Nancy's Goal to read 100 in 2010

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The list starts here:

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1. The Christmas Carol/Cricket on the hearth/The Chimes (Dickens)
2. Lawn Boy (Gary Paulsen)
3. The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
4. North River (Pete Hamill)
5. Sweet Potato Queens Guide to Raising Kids for Fun and Profit (Jill Connor Browne)
6. Deal Breaker Harlan Coben)
7. A Fair Maiden (Joyce Carol Oates)
8. Sunday at Tiffany's (James Patterson)
9. Noah's Compass (Anne Tyler)
10. Remarkable Creatures (Tracey Chevalier)
11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Jamie Ford)
12. The Red Door (Charles Todd)
13. The Seige (Stephen White)
14. The White Queen (Philippa Gregory)
15. Crossing Places (Elly Griffeths)
16. The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
17. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo (Stieg Larsson)
18. Little Bee (Chris Cleave)

[Marie-vicky]

Hi Nancy

I'm in the middle of Little Bee and I love it so far.
Memorable characters and well-written.I also read #16 and 17 on your list. there were also really good.

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Hopefully, I can read 100 before the end of the year!!

Marie-vicky wrote: "Hi Nancy

I'm in the middle of Little Bee and I love it so far.
Memorable characters and well-written.I also read #16 and 17 on your list. there were also really good."

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19. Legs Benedict (Mary Daheim)
20. The Good Thief (Hannah Tinti))

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21. The Help (Kathryn Stockett)

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22. Skeletons at the Feast (Chris Bohjalian)

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23.I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

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What did you think of Nujood?

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It was okay. I guess that I was looking for something that went a bit deeper....I di=o need to remember that the book was about a 10 year old that have undeveloped writing styles! You?

[[deleted user]]

The same, and I thought maybe the adult co-writer contributed to the inauthentic tone.

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24. Wifey

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25. Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)

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26. The Historian

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27.The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley (Juvenile Fiction/Read Aloud in my class)

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28. I Capture the Castleby Dodie Smith

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29. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
by Helen Grant

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30. Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?by Avi

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31. Thinner by Stephen King

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32.Fragile Beasts: A Novel bt Tawni O'Dell

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33. WOW! Adding Pizzazz to Teaching and Learning

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34. A Reliable Wifeby Robert Goolrick

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35. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

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36. The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson

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37. Last Night in Twisted Riverby John Irving

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38. Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline

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39. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldierby Ishmael Beah
40.Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson

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41. True Colors by Kristin Hannah

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42. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

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43. Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand

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44.The Season of Second Chances: A Novel by Diane Meier

45. Basket Case by Carl Hiassen

46. South of Broad by Pat Conroy

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47. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

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48. Fade Away by Harlan Coben
49. The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry

[galya]

Go Nancy!!

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School starts in a month.......I may not make it! keep your fingers crossed!!

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50. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

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51. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

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52. The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain

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53. On Folly Beachby Karen White

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54.Still Aliceby Lisa Genova

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55. Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notbohm

56. The Daily 5 by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser

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57. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Vergese

58. She's Gone Countryby Jane Porter

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59. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cakeby Aimee Bender

60. Nantucket Nightsby Elin Hildebrand

61. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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62. Mr. Popper's Penguinsby Richard Atwater

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63.. Poppy by Avi

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64. Zooman Sam by Lois Lowry

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65.The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

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66. P is for Passport: A World Alphabet

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67.The Girl Who Played with Fire

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68.The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy