Dec 28 2009
2010 Reading
Aim: 100+
Actual: 84
January
1. Terry Pratchett: The Truth
2. Terry Pratchett: The Last Hero
3. Toby Litt: Beatnix
4. Emily Bronte: Agnes Grey
5. Katy Gardner: The Mermaid’s Purse
6. Val Andrews: Sherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Mystery
7. Nora Roberts: Dream Makers
8. Adeline Yen Mah: Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
9. Robert Swindells: Snapshot
February
10. Amanda Grange: Lord Deverill’s Secret
11. Terry Pratchett: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
12. Kate Morton: The Forgotten Garden
13. Elisabeth Hyde: In The Heart of the Canyon
14. Charlaine Harris: Grave Secret
March
15. Sheila O’Flanagan: Yours, Faithfully
16. Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
17. Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden
18. Kader Abdolah: My Father’s Notebook
19. Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
20. Miriam Toews: A Complicated Kindness
21. Roald Dahl: Esio Trot
22. Roald Dahl: The Magic Finger
23. Roald Dahl: The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me
24. Kathleen Kent: The Heretic’s Daughter
25. A. A. Milne: The Complete Winnie the Pooh
26. Jerome K. Jerome: Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)
April
27. L. Frank Baum: The Wizard of Oz
28. Roald Dahl: George’s Marvellous Medicine
29. Terry Pratchett: Night Watch
30. Sheila O’Flanagan: Maggie’s Story
31. Terry Pratchett: Thief of Time
32. Wendy Virgo: The Prophetess
33. Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Little Princess
34. Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger
35. Susan Coolidge: What Katy Did
36. Philippa Gregory: The White Queen
37. Sharon Owens: The Revenge of the Wedding Planner
May
38. John Piper: Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Save
39. Sarah Dessen: Just Listen
40. Vikas Swarup: Q & A
41. Nicholas Sparks: The Choice
42. Jessica Green: The Diary of a Would-Be Princess
43. Terry Pratchett: The Wee Free Men
44. Dorothy Koomson: The Ice-Cream Girls
45. Neil Gaimon: Stardust
46. Mary Naylus: The Dresskeeper
47. Erica James: The Queen of New Beginnings
48. Sarah Dessen: The Truth About Forever
June
49. Nicholas Sparks: The Last Song
50. Terry Pratchett: Monstrous Regiment
51. Nicholas Sparks: The Wedding
52. Meg Cabot: Size 12 is Not Fat
53. Nick Hornby: The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
54. Alice Hoffman: Incantation
55. Wendy Virgo: Life Issues
56. Stephenie Meyer: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
57. Voltaire: Candide
58. Sarah Dessen: Lock and Key
59. Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar
60. Terry Pratchett: A Hat Full of Sky
61. Kate Harrison: Old School Ties
62. Debbie Macomber: 44 Cranberry Point
63. Matt Beaumont: E
64. Judy Blume: Forever
65. Rachel Hore: The Memory Garden
66. Elizabeth Noble: The Girl Next door
July
67. Debbie Macomber: 50 Harbour Street
68. Melanie Ray: The Great Destruction Book 1
69. Terry Pratchett: Going Postal
70. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
71. Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
72. Nick Hornby: About a Boy
73. Allison van Diepen: The Oracle of Dating
74. James Patterson: Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment
75. Sarah Dessen: Along For The Ride
76. L. K. Madisan: The Mermaid’s Mirror
77. Francine Rivers: Redeeming Love
78. Andrew Oberg: Randolph’s One Bedroom
79. Stephen Chobsky: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
80. Sarah Dessen: Last Chance
81. John Connolly: The Book of Lost Things
82. Lyn Andrews: A Daughter’s Journey
83. Jim Beavis: The Brighton Races
84. Jane Green: Second Chance
Exceprt: http://www.joewawa.com
I am having a hard time advertising, the book companies want more and more money and my royalties are small. I need some readers!
Black Clouds and Vultures
Hovering over me, waiting for me to take the first drink
And make their kill. Patient but hungry
They want it all, they want my soul
I usually recognize them, but they are very sly
Like Eve tempting Adam, that forbidden drink
Sometimes I feel that I live, just not to give into them
They creep in every area like weed growing on sidewalks
I keep cutting them down, but they sprout up again
The forces of the disease are too great for me
They know their business and use their weapons well
Fear, resentments, and all of that negative stuff
I feel naked, alone, and unprepared
All I have is a sword, the sword of God
Sometimes I get too lazy to use it that is when I am vulnerable
Today, I sharpen my sword