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50 Books Reading Challenge!!!

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

These are the books I read last year as part of Grace’s 50 book challenge.  Somehow I got more than 50 books, so prepare for a very long post!

This list is mostly all fiction books because most of the nonfiction I’m either not done reading, or I’ve just read what I need from that particular book.

The Golden Fleece by Padriac Colum

Calico Bush by Rachel Field

Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Love’s Unending Legacy by Janette Oke

Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Children of the New Forest by Captain F. Marryat

The Dragon and the Raven by G. A. Henty

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

A Knight of the White Cross by G. A. Henty

Friends, though Divided by G. A. Henty

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 

A Loyal Huguenot Maid by Margaret S. Comrie

Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566 and the Story of My Ancestor’s Treasure Chest by Rien Poortvliet

Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

 The Young Brahms by Opal Wheeler

The Life of Flavius Josephus by Flavius Josephus

Emma by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot

The Library of World Poetry

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet by James Herriot

Let Sleeping Vets Lie by James Herriot

Bonnie Prince Charlie by G. A. Henty

Vet in Harness by James Herriot

Vets Might Fly by James Herriot

Vet in a Spin by James Herriot  

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot

The Lion of St. Mark by G. A. Henty

Karen by Marie Killea

Pilgrim Street by Hesba Stretton

Governor of England by Marjorie Bowen

Asterix Omnibus by R Goscinny and A Underzo

The Sword, the Ring, and the Parchment by Ed Dunlop

The Quest for Seven Castles by Ed Dunlop

Wulf the Saxon by G. A. Henty

I Will Maintain by Marjorie Bowen

Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Defender of the Faith by Marjorie Bowen

Secret Mission by A. van der Jagt

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

Every Living Thing by James Herriot

The Mouse That Saved the West by Leonard Wibberley

Faerie Gold by Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker

The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

The Rose Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Away from Home by Arleta Richardson

A School of her Own by Arleta Richardson

Wedding Bells by Arleta Richardson

The Romance of Protestantism by Deborah Alcock

Asterix in Switzerland

The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Discourse on Free Will by Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther

Condemned as a Nihilist by G. A. Henty

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

Lilac Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang

Maximum Asterix by Goscinny and Uderzo

Etiquette by Emily Post

Twenty Years Later by Alexandre Dumas

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

Run, Kevin, Run by Piet Prins

The Boy Knight by G. A. Henty

The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas

A Tale of the Western Plains by G. A. Henty

When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke

The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

Through the Sikh War by G. A. Henty

When Comes the Spring by Janette Oke     

A Final Reckoning by G. A. Henty

When Breaks the Dawn by Janette Oke

The Whites and the Blues by Alexandre Dumas

Iceland Adventure by Elizabeth Yates

Facing Death by G.A. Henty

The Burnished Sword

The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff

Dr. Adrian by Deborah Alcock

Love in Times of Reformation

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Beric the Briton by G. A. Henty

For God and the King by Marjorie Bowen

Soldier of Virginia by Marjorie Bowen

Done and Dared in Old France by Deborah Alcock

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

The King’s Service by Deborah Alcock

The Baron of Salgas by Sabine Malplach

 The Cross and the Crown by Deborah Alcock

The Carpenter of Nimes by Deborah Alcock

The Refugees by A. Conan Doyle

Letter from a Christian Citizen by Douglas Wilson

The White Company by A. Conan Doyle

A Summer with the Moody’s by Sarah Maxwell

Autumn with the Moody’s by Sarah Maxwell

An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

How They Kept the Faith by Grace Raymond

Driven Into Exile by Charlotte Maria Tucker

The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott

Dutch Painting by Caroline Bugler

Portrait Painting by Malcolm Warner

Renaissance Painting by Paul Stirton

Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris

Misty’s Twilight by Marguerite Henry

Renoir by William Gaunt (Great Artists Collection)

Manet by John Richardson (Great Artists Collection)

Leonardo by Walter Pater (Great Artists Collection)

The Queens Smuggler by Dave and Neta Jackson

The Thieves of Tyburn Square by Dave and Neta Jackson

Lad: a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune

Redwall by Brian Jacques

Love Takes Wing by Janette Oke

Scout: the Sailing Sleuths by Piet Prins

Scout: the Mystery of the Abandoned Mill by Piet Prins

Changes for Addy (American Girl Series)

The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne

Glaucia the Greek Slave by Emma Leslie

Redwall: the Sable Quean by Brian Jacques

For the Temple by G. A. Henty

Dearer than Life by Emma Leslie

The Young Huguenots by Edith S. Floyer

St. Bartholomew’s Eve by G. A. Henty

A Mighty Fortress in the Storm by Pauline M. Roostenburg-Bootsma

A March on London by G. A. Henty

By Pike and Dyke by G. A. Henty

When Hope Springs New by Janette Oke

Prince and Heretic by Marjorie Bowen

William, by the Grace of God by Marjorie Bowen

Catharine and Other Writings by Jane Austen

The Castle Corona  by Sharon Creech

William, Father of the Netherlands by Gordon Langley Hall

The Last Confederate by Gilbert Morris

Dress in 18^th century Europe by Aileen Ribeiro

Alone in an Untamed Land by Maxine Trottier

Through the Fray by G. A. Henty

St. George for England by G. A. Henty

George Alfred Henty: The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn

Maria Takes a Stand Sisters in Time Series

The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French

Wings like a Dove by Christine Farenhorst

Deep Down by R. M. Ballantyne

Crushed Yet Conquering by Deborah Alcock

That’s what I read last year.  All 147 books.  Now some hopefully accurate trivia:

My most read author (and one of my most liked) last year was G. A. Henty with 20 books out of my 147.  That’s roughly 14%.

Next was James Herriot with 8 books.  That surprised me, because I don’t really even like his vet stories.  I just read his whole series in the spring when I was bored.

3^rd place was tied for 7 books between Deborah Alcock, who is my favourite author, Marjorie Bowen, whom I also really like, and Jane Austen.

We’ll see how I do next year!  Grace has another 50 book challenge this year or I could join 52 books in 52 weeks.  The thing will be more about recording books than acutally trying to read a lot, because I’m a bookworm anyways.  I’ll be busier with schoolwork and such this year but I should be able to get 11 books.

Soon I’ll probably post about a Jane Austen challenge I’m considering doing and also the books of old reading challenge from the Ladies Library. (The button is on my sidebar.)

Blessings,

Elisabeth

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