tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334926762012-01-22T03:22:34.364-08:00I am a slight bibliophile. The list of "want to read" always seems to grow beyond what I have time to read. Anyway...this page is just for me to keep track of what I've read, what I want to read, and just in case you're curious: what I'm currently reading.Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-88989676519731638332012-01-22T03:19:00.000-08:002012-01-22T03:22:34.371-08:001. Forgotten God<div>2. The Help</div><div>3. Portes Provençales (en français)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-8898967651973163833?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-1156790001850298022012-01-08T23:33:00.000-08:002012-01-08T04:24:33.131-08:00<div align="justify">Morning Manna</div><div align="justify">In the Secret Place</div><div align="justify">Words in a French Life</div><div align="justify">The Seven Ages of Paris</div><div align="justify">One Thousand Gifts</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-115679000185029802?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-5003497168249782122011-12-31T07:52:00.000-08:002011-12-31T01:09:45.354-08:001. The Quilter's Apprentice<div>2. Night</div><div>3. Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God</div><div>4. Answering I</div><div>5. Round Robin</div><div>6. (Finished) Bruce and Stan's study on Ephesians: Finding Your Identity in Christ</div><div><div align="justify">7. (Finished) H.A. Ironside's Commentary on Ephesians</div><div align="justify">8. (Finished) MacArthur's study on Ephesians: Our Immeasurable Blessings in Christ</div><div align="justify">9. (Finished) Blackaby's small group study on Ephesians</div></div><div align="justify">10. (Finished) Piper's sermons from Ephesians (online)</div><div align="justify">11. There's Gotta Be More!</div><div align="justify"><b>12. The Moonstone</b></div><div align="justify"><b>13. The Fiddler's Gun</b></div><div align="justify">14. War of Words</div><div align="justify"><b>15. The Fiddler's Green (Fin's Revolution)</b></div><div align="justify"><b>16. The Rookery</b></div><div align="justify">17. The Fiddler's Gun: Letters</div><div align="justify">18. 30 Days to a Great Attitude</div><div align="justify">19. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</div><div align="justify">20. A Stolen Life</div><div align="justify"><b>21. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency</b></div><div align="justify">22. Tears of the Giraffe</div><div align="justify">23. Morality for Beautiful Girls</div><div align="justify">24. A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi</div><div align="justify">25. The Kalahari Typing School for Men</div><div align="justify">26. The Full Cupboard of Life</div><div align="justify">27. The Lost Symbol</div><div align="justify">28. In the Shadow of the Sun King</div><div align="justify">29. A Prisoner of Versailles </div><div align="justify">30. War of Words (second time)</div><div align="justify">31. Finally Alive!</div><div align="justify">32. The Cross and the Switchblade</div><div align="justify">33. Where Hearts are Free</div><div align="justify">34. Get It Together, Girl! (A de-cluttering/organizing book)</div><div align="justify">35. The Fitting Room: Putting on the Character of Christ</div><div align="justify"><b>36. Conversation Peace</b></div><div align="justify">37. 31 Days to Clean: Having a Martha Home the Mary Way</div><div align="justify">38. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank</div><div align="justify">39. As Sure as the Dawn</div><div>40. Taming the Tongue</div><div>41. The Bible</div><div> --Plus: Psalms 2 more times, Proverbs 5 more times, Ephesians more times than I can count.</div><div>42. 3:16, The Numbers of Hope</div><div>43. A Guide to Art Nouveau Style</div><div>44. The Hip Girl's Guide to Home Making</div><div>45. Lord, Teach Me How to Pray</div><div>46. The Cross Country Quilters</div><div>47. A Christmas Carol</div><div>48. Matthew Henry's Discourse on Meekness</div><div><br /></div><div>Partially Read:</div><div>--Moby Dick</div><div>--On the Edge of the Sea of Darkness</div><div>--The Essential Five</div><div>--Treasure Island</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-500349716824978212?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-69422283154780016692010-12-30T13:39:00.000-08:002010-12-30T13:38:07.776-08:001. More Than a Carpenter <div>2. The Summons</div><div>3. Raise the Titanic!</div><div><b>4. 1984</b></div><div>5. Total Money Makeover</div><div>6. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time</div><div>7. The View from Saturday</div><div>8. Through Her Eyes<br />9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br />10. Animal Farm<br /></div><div><b>11. Same Kind of Different As Me</b></div><div><b>12. Mondays in the Middle East</b></div><div>13. The Financially Confident Woman</div><div><b>14. Peace Like a River</b> *** HIGHLY RECOMMEND***</div><div>15. What in the World is Going On?</div><div>16. <b>Crazy Love</b></div><div><b>17. Freakonomics </b>(I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but I don't think everyone would)</div><div>18. The Screwtape Letters</div><div><b>19. Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy</b></div><div>20. Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman</div><div>21. Loving God with all your Mind</div><div>22. Surprised by Joy</div><div><b>23. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</b></div><div>24. The Noticer</div><div>25. Tea with Hezbollah</div><div>26. My Life in France</div><div>27. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</div><div>28. The Witness</div><div>29. Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity</div><div>30. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</div><div><b>31. The Siege of Mecca</b></div><div>32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</div><div>33. The Novelist</div><div>34. A Movable Feast</div><div>35. Save the Males</div><div>36. The Bible</div><div> --Plus: Psalms a second time, Esther 3 times, Proverbs 12 times, several NT letters 2-3 times, and Ephesians more times than can be counted.</div><div>37. Winne-the-Pooh</div><div>38. What Went Wrong?</div><div><br /></div><div>Partially Read:</div><div><div align="justify">H.A. Ironside's Commentary on Ephesians</div><div align="justify">MacArthur's study on Ephesians: Our Immeasurable Blessings in Christ</div><div align="justify">Blackaby's small group study on Ephesians</div><div align="justify">Bruce and Stan's study on Ephesians: Finding Your Identity in Christ</div><div align="justify">Piper's sermons from Ephesians (online)</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-6942228315478001669?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-66480660461911846572009-12-31T14:04:00.000-08:002009-12-31T07:59:48.467-08:001. Atlantis Found <div style="font-weight: bold;">2. The Three Musketeers</div><div>3. The Shack</div><div>4. A Year in Provence</div><div>5. Walking with God</div><div>6. Blessed Child</div><div>7. Journey to Jo'burg</div><div style="font-weight: bold;">8. The City of Dreaming Books</div><div>9. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</div><div>10. HP &amp; The Philosopher's Stone</div><div>11. HP &amp; The Chamber of Secrets</div><div>12. The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin</div><div>13. HP &amp; The Prisoner of Azkaban</div><div>14. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ<br />(Sidebar comment: I began reading several books about singleness to see if someone has already written something that covers what I want to say in my "manifesto." If so, I don't have to write it, and can just recommend the book.)<br /></div><div>15. Get Married: What Women Can Do To Make It Happen</div><div style="font-weight: bold;">16. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</div><div>17. While Europe Slept</div><div>18. For Women Only</div><div>19. Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? (The title for this book is all wrong. It should be titled something about how to be the Proverbs 31 woman as a single.)<br />20. Passion and Purity (for the upteenth million time)<br />21. Marriable: Taking the Desperate out of Dating</div><div><b>22. Travels with Charley in Search of America</b></div><div>23. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</div><div>24. The Martyr's Song<br /><br />(I recommend the books in <span style="font-weight: bold;">bold</span>.)<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-6648066046191184657?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-8871864194252479922008-12-31T14:45:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:52:50.614-08:001. A Year of Living Biblically<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Les Miserables (</span>Edited and abridged by Laurence Porter, Translated by C.E. Wilbur)<br />3. Anne of the Island<br />4. A Thousand Splendid Suns<br />5. Bridge to Terabithia<br />6. Pig in a Taxi<br />7. Cecile: Gates of Gold<br />8. Holes<br />9. Maniac McGee<br />10. Looking for Alaska<br />11. The Babylon Blog<br />12. Atonement<br />13. Twilight<br />14. New Moon<br />15. Eclipse<br />16. What a Girl Wants<br />17. She's Out of Control<br />18. Breaking Dawn<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">19. The Poisonwood Bible</span><div>20. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc</span> (by Mark Twain!)</div><div style="font-weight: bold;">21. Little Women</div><div>22. Persuasion</div><div>23. Switching to a Mac for Dummies</div><div>24. Servant on the Edge of History</div><div>25. Reflections on the Psalms</div><div>26. 60 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong</div><div>27. Black: The Birth of Evil</div><div>28. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Paper Towns</span></div><div>29. An Abundance of Katherines</div><div>30. The Runny Babbit</div><div>31. The Tales of Beedle the Bard<br />32. Metrostop: Paris</div><div>33. Catcher in the Rye</div><div>34. The Bible</div><div><br /></div><div>Partially read:</div><div>1. Walking with God</div><div>2. Atlantis Found<br /><br />(Recommended books are in <span style="font-weight: bold;">bold</span>.)<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-887186419425247992?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-63666224729517859952007-12-31T08:41:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:56:25.232-08:00<!-- End .clearer --> <!-- Begin #sidebar :: left column :: blog archives, links --> <div id="sidebar"><!-- <p>This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.</p> --> </div> <!-- Begin #main :: right column :: blog entry content --><!-- Begin .post --><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame*</span><br />2. A Cracked Pot<br />3. Dixieland Sushi<br />4. Looking for Cassandra Jane<br />5. A Child Called 'It'<br />6. The Lost Boy<br />7. All American Girl<br />8. Sharif<br />9. A Series of Unfortunate Events<br />a. The Bad Beginning<br />b. The Reptile Room<br />c. The Wide Window<br />10. English Grammar for French Students<br />11. Abraham<br />12. The Memory Keeper's Daughter<br />13. Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow<br />14. The Mermaid Chair<br />15. Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone<br />16. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<br />17. M, M, and M (work book)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">18. To Kill a Mockingbird</span><br />19. French or Foe?<br />20. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br />21. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*<br />22. A Passion for the Impossible<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">23. The Hiding Place</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">24. Fatima's Good Fortune</span><br />25. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*<br />26. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*<br />27. M,M, and M (another work book)<br />28. Le Petit Prince (in French!)<br />29. Savoir Flaire!<br />30. Betryal in Paris<br />31. The Passion of Christ<br />32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*<br />33. Jesus and Mo.--a comparison<br />34. The Unfinished Battle<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">35. The Scarlet Pimpernel</span><br />36. The Book of God (the Bible as a novel)*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">37. The Count of Monte Cristo*</span><br />38. Limiting God<br />39. Heart Full of Soul<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">40. Watership Down</span><br /><br />*More than 500 pages<br /><br />Partially Read:<br />1. Suite Française<br />2. Streams in the Desert--daily devotional<br />3. David Copperfield<br />4. To the Scaffold (biography of Marie Antoinette)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-6366622472951785995?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-1156789951329721532006-12-31T11:30:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:54:46.259-08:001. The Fellowship of the Ring<br />2. The Two Towers<br />3. The Measure of a Woman<br />4. Facing Terror<br />5. See Yourself As God Sees You<br />6. The Return of the King<br />7. The Time Traveller's Wife<br />8. Hope That Goes the Distance<br />9. Every Woman's Battle<br />10. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Kite Runner</span><br />11. An Arrow Pointing To Heaven<br />12. When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy<br />13. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Secret Life of Bees</span><br />14. Revelations of a Single Woman: Loving the Life I Didn't Expect<br />15.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> The Nanny Diaries</span><br />16. Waking the Dead<br />17. Chinese Cinderella<br />18. The World As I Remember It<br />19. The New Moon Story<br />20. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland<br />21. Through the Looking Glass<br />22. Room of Marvels<br />23. A Journey of Faith and Sacrifice<br />24. The Magician's Nephew<br />25. The Broker<br />26. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<br />27. The Horse and His Boy<br />28. Prince Caspian<br />29. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<br />30. The Silver Chair<br />31. Be Still My Soul<br />32. The Last Battle<br />33. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Devil Wears Prada</span><br />34. Come Thirsty<br />35. The Great Omission<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">36. Anne of Green Gables</span><br />37. Ruthless Trust<br />38. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Whose Promised Land?</span><br />39. The Five People You Meet in Heaven<br />40. Table for One<br />41. Confessions of a Caffeinated Christian<br />42. Tuesdays with Morrie<br />43. The Unseen Face<br />44. Anne of Avonlea<br />45. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Life of Pi</span><br />46. The Jane Austen Book Club<br />47. The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary and Sewing Circle<br />48. The Pearl<br />49. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Girl with a Pearl Earring</span><br /><br />(I recommend the books in <span style="font-weight: bold;">bold</span>.)<br /><br />Partially Read:<br />--2/3 through The Great Omission (a second time)<br />--most of (minus two chapters) Created to be God's Friend<br />--just a few chapters of An Unstoppable Force<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-115678995132972153?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-15119289941410267652005-12-31T10:57:00.000-08:002010-01-02T18:54:06.912-08:00<div>1. The Rule of Four</div><div>2. Angels and Demons</div><div>3. The Last Juror</div><div>4. The Ishbane Conspiracy</div><div>5. Deadline</div><div>6. Rift in Time</div><div>7. Hidden in Time</div><div>8. The Summons</div><div>9. Captivating</div><div>10. Blue Like Jazz</div><div>11. The Mark of a Man</div><div>12. Byzantium</div><div>13. The Great Commandment Principle</div><div>14. Everybody's Normal Until You Get to Know Them</div><div>15. The Walking Drum</div><div>16. Culture Shock! Iran</div><div>17. The Hobbit</div><div>18. Like Gold Refined</div><div>19. King of Torts</div><div>20. A Painted House</div><div>21. When Godly People Do Ungodly Things</div><div>22. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</div><div>23. Let Me Be a Woman</div><div>24. How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-1511928994141026765?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-22845306817095174252004-12-31T10:53:00.000-08:002010-01-02T18:48:12.382-08:001. Baptist Ways<div>2. The Davinci Code</div><div>3. Intro to the OT by Dillard and Longman</div><div>4. How to Read the Bible</div><div>5. Power Encounters</div><div>6. How People Grow</div><div>7. In the Presence of my Enemies</div><div>8. Culture Shock! India</div><div>9. Leota's Garden</div><div>10. The Camel Method</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-2284530681709517425?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-91418971493079227252004-12-31T02:05:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:35:48.778-08:00<a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2008 Medal Winner</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/2007newberymedalhonors.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2007 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/06newberymedalhonorbooks.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2006 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/05newberymedalhonorbks.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2005 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/2004newberymedalhonors.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2004 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/2003newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2003 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/2002newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2002 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/2001newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2001 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/2000newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >2000 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/1999newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1999 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > <em>Holes by Louis Sachar </em></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/1998newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1998 Medal Winner:</span></a><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/n1998.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > </span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/1997newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1997 Medal Winner:</span></a><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/n1997.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > </span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/1996newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1996 Medal Winner:</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/1995newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1995 Medal Winner: </span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/1994newberymedal.cfm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1994 Medal Winner:</em></span></a><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" > The Giver by Lois Lowry </span><br /></em><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1993 Medal Winner: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1992 Medal Winner: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1991 Medal Winner: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli </span><br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1990 Medal Winner: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry </span><br /></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1989 Medal Winner: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1988 Medal Winner: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1987 Medal Winner: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1986 Medal Winner: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1985 Medal Winner: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1984 Medal Winner: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary</em> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1983 Medal Winner: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1982 Medal Winner: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1981 Medal Winner: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson</em> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1980 Medal Winner: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos </span><br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1979 Medal Winner: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin </span><br /></em><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1978 Medal Winner: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson </span><br /></em><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1977 Medal Winner: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor </span><br /></em><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1976 Medal Winner: The Grey King by Susan Cooper </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1975 Medal Winner: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1974 Medal Winner: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1973 Medal Winner: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1972 Medal Winner: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien</em> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1971 Medal Winner: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1970 Medal Winner: Sounder by William H. Armstrong </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1969 Medal Winner: The High King by Lloyd Alexander </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1968 Medal Winner: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg</em> 1967 Medal Winner: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1966 Medal Winner: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1965 Medal Winner: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1964 Medal Winner: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1963 Medal Winner: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle</em> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1962 Medal Winner: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1961 Medal Winner: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1960 Medal Winner: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1959 Medal Winner: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare</em> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1958 Medal Winner: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1957 Medal Winner: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1956 Medal Winner: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1955 Medal Winner: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1954 Medal Winner: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1953 Medal Winner: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1952 Medal Winner: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1951 Medal Winner: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1950 Medal Winner: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1949 Medal Winner: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1948 Medal Winner: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1947 Medal Winner: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1946 Medal Winner: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1945 Medal Winner: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><em>1944 Medal Winner: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes</em> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1943 Medal Winner: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1942 Medal Winner: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1941 Medal Winner: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1940 Medal Winner: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1939 Medal Winner: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1938 Medal Winner: The White Stag by Kate Seredy </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1937 Medal Winner: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1936 Medal Winner: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />1935 Medal Winner: Dobry by Monica Shannon </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1934 Medal Winner: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1933 Medal Winner: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1932 Medal Winner: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1931 Medal Winner: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1930 Medal Winner: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1929 Medal Winner: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1928 Medal Winner: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1927 Medal Winner: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1926 Medal Winner: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1925 Medal Winner: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1924 Medal Winner: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1923 Medal Winner: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >1922 Medal Winner: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-9141897149307922725?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-1164383269668154592004-12-30T07:44:00.000-08:002010-01-05T14:59:27.712-08:001. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br /><br /><div>3. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson<br />4. Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport<br />5. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry<br /><em></em>6. A False Sense of Well Being by Jeanne Braselton<br />7. Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson<br />8. A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton<br /><em><br /><br /></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-116438326966815459?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-72555747639478237022003-12-31T10:50:00.000-08:002010-01-02T10:53:18.883-08:001. Step From Heaven<div>2. Culture Matters</div><div>3. City of God, City of Satan</div><div>4. Children's Books from Other Countries</div><div>5. Homesick by Fritz</div><div>6. Am I a Hindu?</div><div>7. Christ of the Indian Road</div><div>8. Christian Theology by Erickson</div><div>9. Encountering Religion</div><div>10. The Crucified Guru</div><div>(I missed a few)</div><div>11. The Torn Veil</div><div>12. Beyond the Veil</div><div>13. Let the Children Come</div><div>14. Lifespan</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-7255574763947823702?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-37735071970700071542002-12-31T10:46:00.000-08:002010-01-02T10:50:38.486-08:001. The Brethren<div>2. The Equipping Church</div><div>3. Honeymoon in Purdah</div><div>4. Ragamuffin Prayers</div><div>5. An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan</div><div>6. A Moral Vision of the NT</div><div>7. Becoming Good: Building Moral Character</div><div>8. The Story of Christianity: Volume II</div><div>9. Intro to the NT by Carson, Moo, and Morris</div><div>10. Situation Ethics</div><div>11. Exploring the Land</div><div>12. The Life You've Always Wanted</div><div>13. Pilgrim's Progress</div><div>14. Emma</div><div>15. The Flower Boy</div><div>16. Running in the Family</div><div>17. Boy Meets Girl</div><div>18. The Fellowship of the Ring</div><div>19. The Book of Romance</div><div>20. Bridge Jones' Diary: The Edge of Reason</div><div>21. The Giver</div><div>22. I, Amber Brown</div><div>23. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit</div><div>24. Ramona, the Brave</div><div>25. Freedom Writers Diary</div><div>26. Communicating Across Cultures</div><div>27. Neela: Victory Song</div><div>28. Shabanu</div><div>29. Because of Winn-Dixie</div><div>30. Rabbit Proof Fence</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-3773507197070007154?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-34128222929230307142001-12-31T10:41:00.000-08:002010-01-02T10:46:13.552-08:001. Message in a Bottle<div>2. Michaelangelo: Biography of a Genius</div><div>3. Shadow of the Almighty</div><div>4. Women of the Silk</div><div>5. To Kill a Mockingbird</div><div>6. Skeleton in God's Closet</div><div>7. Unashamed: Rahab</div><div>8. The Prayer of Jabez</div><div>9. Though None Go With Me</div><div>10. The Blue Bottle Club</div><div>11. A Walk to Remember</div><div>12. Unveiled: Tamar</div><div>13. Escape from Ephesus</div><div>14. At Home in Mitford</div><div>15. A Light in the Window</div><div>16. These High, Green Hills</div><div>17. Out to Canaan</div><div>18. A New Song</div><div>19-27. The Left Behind Series Books 1-8</div><div>28. The Five Love Languages</div><div>29. The Lord is My Shepherd</div><div>30. The Sacred Romance</div><div>31. Third Culture Kids</div><div>32. Language and Culture</div><div>33. Culture Shock! Sri Lanka</div><div>34. Global Perspectives for Educators</div><div>35. The Store of Christianity: Volume I</div><div>36. Dipsea: The Greatest Race</div><div>37. The Magician's Nephew</div><div>38. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</div><div>39. Unspoken</div><div>40. The Hobbit</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-3412822292923030714?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-1991016500896300592000-12-31T10:37:00.000-08:002010-01-02T10:41:01.693-08:001. Prayerwalking<div>2. Echo in the Darkness</div><div>3. Masterplan of Evangelism</div><div>4. Passion and Purity</div><div>5. Have You Witnessed to a Mormon Lately?</div><div>6. Christy</div><div>7. Too Busy Not to Pray</div><div>8. The Testament</div><div>9. A Bride for Donnigan</div><div>10. Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret</div><div>11. Pretense</div><div>12. Luther and His Katie</div><div>13. The Scarlet Thread</div><div>14. Bad Girls from the Bible</div><div>15. Gone With the Wind</div><div>16. Deixados Para Atras (Left Behind in Portuguese)</div><div>17. Sowing, Reaping, Keeping</div><div>18 Pride and Prejudice</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33492676-199101650089630059?l=bettercountrybooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480288853838459842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33492676.post-87932345083469162311999-12-31T10:33:00.000-08:002010-01-02T10:37:52.146-08:001. Woman After God's Own Heart<div>2. Woman After God's Own Heart (second time)</div><div>3. The Savage My Kinsman</div><div>4. Redeeming Love</div><div>5. Liberated Through Submission</div><div>6. Beautiful in God's Eyes</div><div>7. Prince Caspian</div><div>8. Apollyon</div><div>9. A Chance to Die</div><div>10. The New Tolerance</div><div>11. The Fire Pony</div><div>12. Love is Always Right</div><div>13. The Financially Confident Woman</div><div>14. The Last Sin Eater</div><div>15. Gentle Thunder</div><div>16. He Still Moves Stones</div><div>17. Loving God With All Your Mind</div><div>18. The Atonement Child</div><div>19. Conversations With Catholics</div><div>20. The Portuguese: The Land and Its People</div><div>21. The Purpose Driven Church</div><div>22. Masterlife</div><div>23. The Runaway Jury</div><div>24. After the Boxes are Unpacked</div><div>25. Cross-Culture Conflict</div><div>26. Maniac McGee</div><div>27. Too Busy Not to Pray</div><div>28. 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