This list includes those I read aloud, pre-read for the kids, read because my daughter wanted me to, as well as those I read for my own edification and enjoyment. It does not include books where I only read a portion of the book, including my Bible reading. I also neglected to record the audiobooks I listened to with the kids, so that is not included. I don't really listen to audiobooks on my own - the opportunities to do so are so limited I mainly stick with talks from Lighthouse Catholic Media.
Statistics:
66 books total
32 are ebooks
19 were read aloud
19 are in the public domain
2 NaNoWriMo novels (and I'm currently reading one more)
Because I can't seem to decide on a favorite, I'm going to give the top two in a few categories.
Read-aloud: Tough one -I'm going to go with Tree Wagon and The City of the Golden House. We read a lot of really good books together in 2012!
Favorite Fiction: Heir of Redclyffe and Barchester Towers
Favorite Non-Fiction: The Fire Within and The Creative Habit
Least Favorite book: Dear America, Diary of Emma Simpson (This was the first book I've read of this series and I wasn't impressed at all. What a waste of paper. The other book I read from this series was a bit better, but still... there's so many better books out there!) and since I'm naming two in each category, I'll include Organized Simplicity as well. I slogged through the book, mostly just to finish it. I think it is written for someone who is in a different place than I am, and maybe if I was in that place I would have liked it more. As it was, it felt dull, repetitive, and not particularly applicable in many places. I am glad I didn't pay anything for it...
The List:
Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life (finished 1/28/12) ebook
The Three Musketeers (fin 3/25) ebook, public domain
Among the Night People (f 4/20) ebook, public domain, read aloud
George Washington's Socks (finished 1/15/12) read aloud
The Bronze Bow (started 2011, finished 2/22) read aloud
Downright Dency (started 2011, finished 1/10/12) read aloud
Kat Finds A Friend (read 1/2/12) ebook, read aloud
Enemy Brothers (finished 1/4/12) read aloud
When Children Love to Learn (started 2011, finished 1/4/12) ebook
The Creative Habit (f 4/14) ebook
The Borrowers Afloat (1/16/12 - 2/8/12) read aloud
Troll Valley (1/28/12) ebook
The Borrowers Avenged (f 4/28) read aloud
Tremendous Trifles (fin 3/1) ebook, public domain
Saint John Bosco (f 6/6) read aloud
Stories of Great Musicians (finished 2/22) ebook
The Man Who Never Died (f 3/2) read aloud
Sacajawea (f 3/7)
The Captain's Dog (f 3/5) read aloud
Undaunted Courage (f 4/10)
The City of the Golden House (f 4/3) read aloud
Grammar-Land (f 3/16) ebook, public domain
Organized Simplicity (12/12) ebook
Haystack Full of Needles (f 3/25)
The Emerald Story Book (f 5/26) ebook, public domain
The Fire Within (f 11/25) ebook
The Wonder Book of Chemistry (f 6/09) ebook, public domain
White Isle (6/7) read aloud
Tree Wagon (6/2) read aloud
Mother Cary's Chickens (f 4/26) ebook, public domain
The Heir of Redclyffe (f 5/21) ebook, public domain
Little People Who Became Great (f 5/6) ebook, public domain
Twelfth Night (f 5/14) ebook, public domain
Brother Astronomer (6/6)
Joy in the Ordinary (f 5/23) ebook
Toward a Philosophy of Education (f 5/25 -started in 2011) ebook, public domain
Cautionary Tales for Children (f 6/10) ebook, public domain
Stories of the Saints by Candlelight (6/13) ebook, public domain
The Story Girl (7/12) ebook, public domain
Judith Lankester (f 7/1 and 12/12) ebook, read aloud
Counting on Grace (6/28)
Mystery of the Periodic Table (7/3) ebook
The Betrothed (8/24) ebook, public domain
Dear America Diary of Emma Simpson (Civil War) (7/8)
Dear America Diary of Libby West (Transcontinental Railroad) (7/10)
The Cottage at Bantry Bay (7/15)
Francie on the Run (7/18)
Rifles for Watie (7/31)
Pegeen (7/25)
Montessori Today (8/15)
Nine Tailors (8/10)
Montessori in the Classroom (8/25)
Clouds of Witness (9/8)
Tales of Telmaj (9/15) ebook
Tales of Telmaj (9/15) ebook
Saint Helena and the True Cross (10/3) read aloud
We Were There at the Opening of the Erie Canal (10/1) read aloud
Unnatural Death (10/3)
The Life of a Spider (10/7) ebook, public domain
Young Brahms (11/13) read aloud
The Warden (11/24) ebook, public domain
The Queen Bee and Other Nature Stories (11/27) ebook, public domain, read aloud
If You Can Get It (9/10) NaNoWriMo novel that was posted online as it was written
Shadows Falling (11/28) NaNoWriMo novel that was posted online as it was written
Barchester Towers (12/8) ebook, public domain
Augustine Came to Kent (12/4) read aloud
Having Decided to Stay (12/22) ebook
