One More Resolution

This coming year, I will make at least one new post every week in addition to my weekly booklist.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Mother Angelica's Private

and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #

introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo

reserved for Sunday

"Once Upon a Christmas Time"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[memoir, childhood, Sweden]

"A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens
[fiction]
(Kindle book)
my annual December 24th reading.
This edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out"

by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]

(I figured out why the Yada Yada books 

appeal to me. It's in this post.)

This time around, I'm also going
to read ALL of the spin-offs

"Lois Lenski: Storycatcher" #
by Bobbie Malone
[biography]
(Kindle book)

"Good If It Goes"
(Kindle book)
"Popcorn"
(physical copy)
by Gary Provost and
Gail Levine-Provost
[children's fiction]


"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016 

"Sadie Rose and The Double Secret"
(openlibrary.org loan)
"Sadie Rose and The Mad Fortune Hunters"
(physical copy)
by Hilda Stahl
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant, historical, 1800s]

"All-Of-A-Kind Family"
by Sydney Taylor
[children's fiction]

"The Miraculous Medal"
 by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
[biography, age 10 and up]
reserved for Sunday

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Mother Angelica's Private

and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #

introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo

reserved for Sunday

"Juniors Of The Chalet School" #
by Katherine Bruce
[children's fiction]
set in the same term as, and
sharing some incidents with,
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's The Princess
Of The Chalet School

"The Story of Horace" 
retold and illustrated by Alice M. Coats
[picture book]
(free online book)

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]

(I figured out why the Yada Yada books 

appeal to me. It's in this post.)

This time around, I'm also going
to read ALL of the spin-offs

"Lois Lenski: Storycatcher" #
by Bobbie Malone
[biography]
(Kindle book)

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016 

"Blueberry Muffins: Everyday Stories of God's Love"

by Colleen Spiro

[nonfiction]

(Kindle book)

reserved for Sunday

"Sadie Rose and The Daring Escape"
(openlibrary.org loan)
"Sadie Rose and The Cottonwood Creek Orphan"
"Sadie Rose and The Outlaw Rustlers"
(physical copies)
by Hilda Stahl
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant, historical, 1800s]

"Walden"

by Henry David Thoreau
[nonfiction]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Mother Angelica's Private

and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #

introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo

reserved for Sunday

"Witches' Children" #
by Patricia Clapp
[children's fiction, (older children) historical;
Salem Witch Trials]

"The Adventures of Jeremy and Heddy Levi"
by Yaffa Ganz
[children's fiction, Jewish]

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]

(I figured out why the Yada Yada books 

appeal to me. It's in this post.)

This time around, I'm also going
to read ALL of the spin-offs

"Rupert Piper and Megan, The Valuable Girl"

"Rupert Piper and the Dear, Dear Birds"

by Ethelyn M. Parkinson
[children's fiction]

"Come Sing, Jimmy Jo"

by Katherine Paterson
[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016 

"Blueberry Muffins: Everyday Stories of God's Love"

by Colleen Spiro

[nonfiction]

(Kindle book)

reserved for Sunday

"Walden"

by Henry David Thoreau
[nonfiction]

"But Names Will Never Hurt Me" #
by Bernard Waber
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
not at all what I expected, but still a good book.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Mother Angelica's Private

and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #

introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo

reserved for Sunday

"The Ballad of Lucy Whipple"

by Karen Cushman

[children's fiction, historical (1849-1850s)]

"Mary Todd's Last Term" #

by Frances Greenwood

[children's/YA fiction]

this title sounds like part

of a series, but it isn't.

"Whose Cat Is That?" #
by Virginia Kahl
[picture book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Operation That Happened To Rupert Piper"
by Ethelyn M. Parkinson
[children's fiction]

"Come Sing, Jimmy Jo"

by Katherine Paterson

[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016 

"Blueberry Muffins: Everyday Stories of God's Love"

by Colleen Spiro

[nonfiction]

(Kindle book)

reserved for Sunday

"Walden"

by Henry David Thoreau
[nonfiction]

This Year's Resolutions

Well, here it is Advent, and that means it is time for my New Year's  resolutions.

As my regular readers know, I don't like to make a whole long laundry list;  I keep it short.

So what are this year's resolutions?

1: I will listen to, and sing, more hymns, and more praise and worship songs, both traditional and contemporary.

2: I will read at least one work of historical fiction every week.  The book chosen shall be set no later than 1900, and will not have been contemporary when first written.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Mother Angelica's Private

and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #

introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo

reserved for Sunday

"Secrets  (Brookville C.C. No 4)"

"Friends Forever  (Brookville C.C. No 5)"

by Tziporah Elian

[children's/young teen fiction, Jewish, series]

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough"

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]

(I figured out why the Yada Yada books 

appeal to me. It's in this post.)

This time around, I'm also going
to read ALL of the spin-offs

"What Do You Say, Dear?"
by Sesyle Joslin
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
First time I've read this in years.
I forgot how funny it is.

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016 

"Blueberry Muffins: Everyday Stories of God's Love"

by Colleen Spiro

[nonfiction]

(Kindle book)

reserved for Sunday

"Walden"

by Henry David Thoreau
[nonfiction]