2020 Books Read

2020 Reading Goals:  I am not joining any online reading challenges as I want to focus on the following:

1. to read an average of one book per week = minimum of 52 books
2. to read half of my goal from my own TBR pile = 26 books (these will be bolded).
3. to complete books for book clubs before the meeting time (love book clubs!)
4. to read more series (love series!)
5. to completely read more professional books = minimum of five books received via ASCD membership
6. to read more ebooks 
7. to continue to read more young adult books

Chronological Reading List:

1. Blood Fever by Charlie Higson (from class library)
2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (a 2019 Paper Chase read :)
3. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
4. The Gift by Nora Roberts
5. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. The Toll by Neal Shusterman
8. Where the Dandelions Grow by Tara Johnson
9. An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
10. Doctors by Erich Segal
11. No Other Gods by Kelly Minter
12. A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris (ebook - 3-17-20)
13. Fire in Frost by Alica Rades (ebook) - young adult
14. Short-straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer (recommended by a student!)
15. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (ALA)
16. Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris (ebook)
17. Day Shift by Charlaine Harris (ebook)
18. Night Shift by Charlaine Harris (ebook)
19. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (ebook - Overdrive)
20. After the Fact by Michael Beary (WRLC Book Club)
21. Grave Sight (Harper Connelly series - Book 1) by Charlaine Harris - ebook
22. Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly series - Book 2) by Charlaine Harris - ebook
23. An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly series - Book 3) by Charlaine Harris - ebook
24. Grave Secret (Harper Connelly series - Book 4) by Charlaine Harris - ebook
25. Loving a Rebel by Linda Ford - ebook
26. Beauty:  Everland Ever After by  Caraline Lee - ebook - Beauty and the Beast retelling
27. The Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds - ALA Book Club
28. The Lost Letters by Mimi Matthew (retelling of Beauty and the Beast)
29. Bound by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins  (Student Book Club - ebook)
30. Dark Promise by Julia Crane (Student Book Club - ebook)
31. Masterpieces by Francine Rivers (ebook - Overdrive)
32. Educated by Tara Westover
33. Two Weeks by Karen Kingsbury
34. A Diamond in My Pocket by Lorena Angeli (Student Book Club - ebook)
35. Second Chance Ranch by Liz Isaacson
36. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiley
37. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (ALA Book Club)
38. The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe
39. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (WRLC Book Club)
40. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (Lyon College Book Club)
41. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
42. Evolving Learner by Lainie Rowell, Kristy Andre, Lauren Steinmann
43. Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
44. Strive for Happiness in Education by Robert Dunlap (#BookCampPD Book Club/Twitter)
45. Cursed series (four ebooks) by Claire Farrell (SCHS Student Online Book Club)
46. Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
47. Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown (Lyon College Alumni)
48. Becoming Better Grownups by Brad Montague (Colby Sharp Book Club)
49. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (ALA Book Club)
50. The English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke
51. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
52. Critical Encounters in Secondary English by Deborah Appleman
53. The Rejected Writers' Book Club by Suzanne Kelman
54. The Apple Orchid by Susan Wiggs
55. The Beekeepers Ball by Susan Wiggs 
56. Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
57. Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand - ebook
58. The 25 Days of Christmas by James Merritt
59. A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs
60. Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand - ebook
61. Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand - ebook
62. Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand - ebook
63. The Bible - Old and New Testament
64. Flickering Lights by Henry Blackaby
65. Midnight at Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber - ebook

Paper Chase Book Club 2020

• January:  Murder on the Orient Express by Christie (read in last week of December 2019)
• February:  Where the Dandelions Grow by Tara Johnson
• March:  Doctors by Erich Segal
  Due to COVID, we were not able to meet for the following book clubs.
• April:  The Weddings and Wakes by Alice McDermott - started but not finished
• May:  Educated by Tara Westover
• June:  Back to Brenen by Cecelia Wilson - read previously
• July:  Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
• August:  A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
• September:  Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole
• October:  Mrs. Lincoln by Jennifer Flieschner
• November:  The Library Book by Susan Orlean
• December: 

ALA Book Club

• Jan/Feb:  40 Ways to Inject Creativity in the Classroom using Adobe Spark
• March:  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
• April:  The Long Way Down
• June:  Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
• July:  Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi
• September:  The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
• October - Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

WRLC Book Club

• May:  After the Fact by Michael Beary (local Batesville author)
• June:  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

SCHS Student Book Club

• May 6:  Bound by a Dragon
• May 13: Dark Promise
• May 20/28:  A Diamond in My Pocket
• June:  Fire in Frost
• July:  Cursed Series by Claire Farrell
• August:  

Lyon College Alumni Book Club

• Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
• Aug. 31:  Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
• Sept:  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (my recommended book; already read)
• October:  Dear Edward (my recommended book; already read)
• Dec. 7:  The Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand (haven't read...yet!)

Professional

• Teacher Book Club (Colby Sharp):  Becoming Better Grownups
• BookCampPD (Twitter)
• June:  Evolving Learner
• July:  Strive for Happiness in Education
• The English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke (Lyon College Class/Adjunct Faculty)
• Critical Encounters in Secondary English by Deborah Appleman