2019 Books Read

2019 Chronological Read

  1. Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman (retelling of The Great Gatsby; began in 2018)
  2. Mistletoe at Moonglow (and cookbook!) by Deobrah Garner (began in 2018)
  3. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (January BHS Reads)
  4. Crossing the Deadline by Michael Shoulders (ALA Book Club)
  5. The Orphan's Wish by Melanie Dickerson
  6. Gay Girl Good God by Jackie Hill Perry
  7. The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (Paper Chase Book Club)
  8. The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth (Paper Chase Book Club)
  9. Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Women's Bible Cafe Book Club)
  10. First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
  11. Game Changer by Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp (ALA Book Club)
  12. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  13. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  14. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
  15. Descendants by Rae Else (ebook - paired text for Eng 11, Qtr 3)
  16. A Mother's Love by Charlotte Hubbard
  17. Boy Erased by Garrard Conley (Paper Chase Book Club - for May)
  18. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
  19. Back to Bremen by Cecelia Wilson 
  20. The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright (May 25 - first book of the summer!)
  21. The Road Home by Richard Paul Evans
  22. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (June Paper Chase Book Club)
  23. Engraved on the Heart by Tara Johnson (Speaker at our church's Wm Conf)
  24. Paul:  90 Days on His Journey of Faith by Beth Moore
  25. The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Book Love #1)
  26. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (Talks with Teachers Summer Book Club - Facebook)
  27. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
  28. Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
  29. Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon
  30. The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn
  31. The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
  32. The Armor of God by Priscilla Shirer
  33. Buried Lives by Carla McClafferty (ALA Book Club)
  34. Weary Road by James Babb (ALA Book Club)
  35. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen (WRLC Bk Club/Oct and Paperchase/Oct)
  36. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas (SCHS Student Book Club)
  37. The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs (WRLC Bk Club/Sept)
  38. The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
  39. The Guardians by John Grisham
  40. The Christmas Train by David Baldaci
  41. Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans
  42. Peppermint Tea and Purple Socks by Suzy Taylor Oakley
  43. Love Comes for the Scrooge by Savannah Adams
  44. Year One by Nora Roberts
  45. A Hummingbird Christmas by Karen Foley
  46. Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
  47. The Rise of the Magicks by Nora Roberts
  48. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  49. Reading with Patrick by Michelle Kuo
  50. The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
Book Clubs
  • The Paper Chase Book Store Book Club
    • Jan:  Dancing in the Light (I did not read this one.)
    • Feb: The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth 
    • Mar:  The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
    • Apr. 
    • May: Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
    • June:  Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
    • July:  Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
    • Aug:  All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
    • Sept:
    • Oct:  Where the Crawdads Sing
    • Nov. Notorious RGB (Have not red this one yet)
    • Dec.:  Christmas Train by David Baldaci
  • Arkansas Literacy Association Book Club
    • Jan:  Crossing the Deadline by Michael Shoulders
    • Feb/Mar:  Game Changer by Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller
    • April/May:  Back to Bremen by Cecelia Wilson
    • Sept:  Buried Lives by Carla McClafferty
    • Nov: Weary Road by James Babb 
  • Women's Bible Cafe
    • Feb:  Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins - Book 1
    • April:  The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright (finished on May 25)
  • White River Literacy Council
    • Sept:  The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
    • Oct:  Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen
    • Nov:  The Guardians by John Grisham 

Topical 
  • Making Choices Bible Study
    • My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers (365 Days of Devotions)
    • The Armor of God by Priscilla Shirer
    • No Other Gods by Kelly Minter (current read/study)
  • Professional Reads
    • Game Changer by Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller
  • Young Adult
    1. Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman
    2. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
    3. Crossing the Deadline by Michael Shoulders
    4. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
    5. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
    6. Descendants by Rae Else
    7. Back to Bremen by Cecelia Wilson 
    8. The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
    9. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
    10. The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
    11. Weary Road by James Babb (ALA Book Club)
    12. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas (SCHS Student Book Club)
Reading Challenges
  • Reading Women Challenge
    • 1.  A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color:
    • 2.  A book about a woman with a mental illness:  
      • The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth
    • 3.  A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand:
    • 4.  A book about or set in Appalachia:
    • 5.  A children's book:  
    • 6.  A multi-generational family saga:  The House on Foster Hill
    • 7.  A book featuring a woman in science:
    • 8.  A play:
    • 9.  A novella:
    • 10. A book about a woman athlete:
    • 11. A book featuring a religion other than your own:
    • 12. A Lambda Literary Award winner:
    • 13. A myth retelling:
    • 14. A translated book published before 1945: 
    • 15. A book written by a South Asian author:
    • 16. A book by an Indigenous woman:
    • 17. A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist:
    • 18. A romance or love story:
    • 19. A book about nature:
    • 20. A historical fiction book:  Crossing the Deadline
    • 21. A book you bought or borrowed in 2019:  A Long Way Gone
    • 22. A book you picked up because of the cover:  The Orphan's Wish
    • 23. Any book from a series:  Postmortem 
    • 24. A young adult book by a woman of color: 
  • 2019 A to Z Challenge
    • A:  The Armor of God by Priscilla Shirer
    • B:  Boy Erased
    • C:  Crossing the Deadline
    • D:  The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
    • E:  Engraved on the Heart
    • F:  First Frost
    • G:  Gay Girl Good God
    • H:  The Hate U Give, The House on Foster Hill
    • I:
    • J:  Jake, Reinvented
    • K:
    • L:  A Long Way Gone, Left Behind
    • M:  Mistletoe at Moonglow
    • N:  Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon
    • O: The Orphan's Wish, The Optimist's Daughter
    • P: Postmortem
    • Q:
    • R:  The Red Pencil, The Road Home
    • S:  Strange the Dreamer
    • T:  To Kill a Mockingbird
    • U:
    • V:
    • W:  Weary Road by James Babb (ALA Book Club)
    • X:
    • Y:
    • Z:




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