My Reading List for 2103

Last year I realised that for many years that I hadn't been reading much fiction. I had read lots of homeschooling resources and learning books but no really good fiction.

So after reading about a few people who compile book lists at the beginning of the year I decided to give it a go. I keep the list in my planner and it is so much easier to pop into the library (or grab something for the kindle) if I know exactly what I wanted. It also meant that I was not wasting my limited reading time on trash.

Last years book list worked really well and I managed to read a couple of really good books. Some from the list and some not. I didn't manage to get through the whole list, our library doesn't have the best selection and was not prepared to pay $20 - $30 to read a book. Let's hope I have better luck in 2013, especially now that I have a kindle.


Here's my list for 2013 ... in no specific order ...

MY READING LIST FOR 2013

FICTION

Girl in hyacinth blue by Susan Vreeland
What looks like crazy on an ordinary day by Pearl Cleage
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simons
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Homeschool Experiment by Charity Hawkins
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Phryne (Fry-nee) Fisher Series by Kerry Greenwood (only 1 or 2 of them)

The Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews (only 1 or 2 of them)

 

NON-FICTION

You Can Buy Happiness (And It's Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified her life and you can too by Tammy Strobel

The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl by Ree Drummond The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
Never have your dog stuffed by Alan Alda
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living by Rachel Kaplan and K Riby Blume
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Fabe and Elaine Mazlish
The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain
Paleoista by Nell Stephenson


Thank you to those who recommend books. I wont hold it against you if they don't turn out to be very good ... although I may look at you a little differently .... haha