2021

I Listened to 36 Audio Books:

With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (Book from my shelf)
The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling (Book from my shelf)
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (Book from my shelf)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (Book from my shelf)
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo

Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Adventuring Together by Greta Eskridge
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (Book from my shelf)
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
Wink by Rob Harrell
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
Restart by Gordon Korman
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Book from my shelf)
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus
Squint by Chad Morris
Stand Your Ground by Victoria Christopher Murray
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Lu by Jason Reynolds
Patina by Jason Reynolds

Sunny by Jason Reynolds
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Book from my shelf)
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

I Read 53 Books:

Watership Down by Richard Adams (Book from my shelf)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Emma by Jane Austen
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
No Offense by Meg Cabot
No Words by Meg Cabot
Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Franklin Endicott & the Third Key by Kate DiCamillo
Choose Higher Ground by Henry B. Eyring (Spiritual)
On Becoming Teen-Wise by Gary Ezzo
Who Was Woodrow Wilson? by Margaret Frith
The Survivors by Jane Harper
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Haunted Sister by Lael Littke
Rescue Me by Sarra Manning
What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
The Cousins by Karen McManus
The Sight of You by Holly Miller
Madam CJ Walker Builds a Business by Denene Millner
The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes

The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Who Was Mark Twain? by April Jones Prince
Who Was Gandhi? by Dana Meachen Rau
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Hadley and Grace by Suzanne Redfearn
In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
Who Were The Grimm Brothers? by Avery Reed
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith
Who is Steven Spielberg? by Stephanie Spinner
Who Was Annie Oakley? by Stephanie Spinner
The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland (Book from my shelf)
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Rey Terciero
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Book from my shelf)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Box by Carole Boston Weatherford
Go With The Flow by Lily Williams
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
Superman Smashes The Klan by Gene Luen Yang
I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak

I Read 10 Books to Jane:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
All Four Stars by Tara Dairman
The Magic Cake Shop by Meika Hashimoto
Fish In a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris
Wish by Barbara O’Connor
The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

I read 7 Books to Isaac:

The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea
Boy by Roald Dahl
Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret
Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket

We Listened to 3 Audio Books as a Family

Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin

109 Total Books

I Tried 15 Books, but then Discarded:

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky by Sandra Dallas
We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A Promised Land by Barak Obama
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
After by Anna Todd
Behind the Scenes by Jen Turano
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton