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~Here is a list of books I want to read this year:
1. King Authur and The Quest for Camalot series
2. Romeo and Juliet, Midsummers Night Dream, and Hamlet
3. Alice in Wonderland and other books that follow
4. Brisingr
5. Lord of the Rings series including The Hobbit
6. The Dragonkeepers Chronicles
7. Gone with the Wind
8. Pride and Prejudice
9. Bridge to Terebinthia
10. The Never-Ending Story
11. Caroline
12. Artemis Fowl and mabe series
13. Dragon Rider mabe?
14. Ella Enchanted
15. Princess Diaries?
16. Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
17. Arabian Nights
And so many more.~
1. King Authur and The Quest for Camalot series
2. Romeo and Juliet, Midsummers Night Dream, and Hamlet
3. Alice in Wonderland and other books that follow
4. Brisingr
5. Lord of the Rings series including The Hobbit
6. The Dragonkeepers Chronicles
7. Gone with the Wind
8. Pride and Prejudice
9. Bridge to Terebinthia
10. The Never-Ending Story
11. Caroline
12. Artemis Fowl and mabe series
13. Dragon Rider mabe?
14. Ella Enchanted
15. Princess Diaries?
16. Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
17. Arabian Nights
And so many more.~

1. King Authur and The Quest for Camalot series
2. Romeo and Juliet, Midsummers Night Dream, and Hamlet
3. Alice in Wonderland and other books ..."
These look good, too! So many books so little time.

Many people have commented that The Hound of Rowan is a Harry Potter knock off and I certainly can't deny that there are many parallels. Most of the book takes place at a private school for "gifted" kids and has the good versus evil theme, magical creatures, etc. There are differences in Neff's story and HP and I feel as the story continues and the characters continue to grow and evolve I will enjoy it even more. The story did bounce around a bit and at times I found myself wondering why Neff went from point A to C without stopping at point B along the way. I read it because I enjoy this type of book and if at times it triggers memories of HP then that is okay, I miss him and his adventures and I didn't have any problems keeping the stories straight. I will read the next book in Neff's Tapestry series since I found this one enjoyable.

I just finished Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg. I loved this book. It was the one of the most beautifully descriptive and expressive books that I have ever read. Even though these people endured humiliation due to their inability to communicate with the general populace and the preconceived prejudices against them, their love for one another was always evident. This book chronicles the lives of a Lou and Sarah Uhlberg, deaf since a toddler and infant respectively and their hearing sons, Myron and Irwin. It covers most of the last century and the first couple of years of this century. Myron was forced from a very young age to interpret for his parents and to shoulder many of the responsibilities that would normally belong to the parents, including the nighttime vigil he performed in anticipation of his younger brother’s epileptic seizures. The book made me laugh and made me cry, but most of all it made me think. Made me think about how unlucky they were, but mostly about how lucky they were.

I just finished Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg. I loved this book. It was the one of the most beautifully descriptive and expressive books that I have ever read. Even tho..."
Wow! What a descriptive comment. You used some pretty fancy words there!! Well we all know you are smart!





1. The Secret Garden
2. Little Women
3. The Wind in the Willows
4. Jane Enre
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Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over A Childhood Broken by Abuse by Erin Merryn.6.
On the Way Home:The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
8.
The Tale of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling9. The Most Wanted
10.
The Ingall's Family by William Anderson11.
Snow Country12. The House on Mango Street
13. Three Coups of Tea
14. The Rain God
15. This House of Sky
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Let the Hurricane Roar by Rose Wilder Lane17. Mother Tongue
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich19.
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon20.
At the Scene of the Crime: Forensic Mysteries from Today's Best Writers.21.
Driving with Dead People22.
Dead Man's Bones by Susan Wettig Albert23.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl24.
Envy by Sandra Brown25.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman26.
The Hound of Rowan by Henry H Neff27.
My Father's Hands by Myron Uhlberg28.
The Second Siege by Henry H Neff29.
The Blessing Way: A Joe Leaphorn Mystery by Tony Hillerman30.
Highland Barbarian by Hannah Lowell31.
Dinner With A Perfect Stranger An Unvitation Worth Considering by David Gregory32.
Jim the Boy by Tony Earley33.
Griffen & Sabine by Nick Bantock34.
Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg35. Laura Ingalls Wilder A Biography by Williams Anderson
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Sabine's Notebook:In wWhich the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues by Nick Bantock37.
The Golden Mean:In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes by Nick Bantock38.
The Blue Star by Tony Earley