2014

2014: The last half of my first year teaching, the first half of my second year teaching, the year I got organized and accountable by listing the dates I finished each book. The year I read 10 Rick Riordan books and dyed my hair dark.

1. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1/18)
2. The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp (1/23)
3. Aimless Love by Billy Collins (2/23)
4. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (2/28)
5. Pillage by Obert Skye (3/21)
6. Choke by Obert Skye (3/22)
7. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (3/24)
8. Ambush by Obert Skye (4/3)
9. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (4/5)
10. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (4/6)
11. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan (4/7)
12. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (4/9)
13. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (4/12)
14. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (4/17)
15. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (4/25)
    Clearly, if I finish my 50 book goal Rick Riordan gets all the credit…
16. C.S. Lewis: Letters to Children by C.S. Lewis (4/27)
17. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (4/27)
18. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (5/9)
19. The Fault in our Stars by John Green (5/11)
20. Messenger by Lois Lowry (5/16)
21. Son by Lois Lowry (5/17)
22. Love Does by Bob Goff (5/18)
23. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (5/17)
24. Outlander by Diana Galbodon (5/25)
25. Home by Julie Andrews (6/3)
26. The Once and Future King by T.H. White (6/25)
27. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (6/26)
28. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (6/30)
29. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (7/8)
30. Richard II by William Shakespeare (7/14)
31. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (7/16)
32. Boundaries with Teens by John Townsend (7/19)
33. The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo (8/15)
34. Bossypants by Tina Fey (8/19)
35. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (9/1)
36. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (9/7)
37. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (10/4)
38. 32 Master Plots and How to Build Them (10/7)
39. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (10/14)
    Thanks again for all your help, Rick!
40. The Terrible Speed of Mercy by Jonathan Rogers (10/17)
41. A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L’Engle (11/4)
42. Atonement by Ian McEwan (11/19)
43. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (12/5) **Since I read this 5 times for each of my classes can I count it 5 times? 🙂
44. Outliers by Malcom Gladwell (12/23)
45. Behold the Lamb of God by Russ Ramsey (12/25)
46. Night by Elie Wiesel (I read this over the summer but somehow forgot to list it)
47. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (12/30)
48. “Sonnets from the Portuguese” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (12/19)
49. Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks (12/31)
50. Genesis