Corinne's 2008 Challenge

I have yet to finish any books this year (despite 1.5 snow days!), so I thought that starting this thread might inspire me to finish one of the books I've been working on. I read 85 books in 2007, so I'm going to go for 100 this year. I'm going to try to read more classic fiction and also try to read books that I already own, instead of going to the library or buying new ones.

Here's to another year of good books!

Cheers! I look forward to seeing which books you select.

1. The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood - The mystery wasn't very compelling, but it was still a pretty enjoyable book. 3/5 stars

2. Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen 4.5/5 stars

3. Shadows and Lies by Marjorie Eccles 5/5 stars

4. Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt by Amanda MacKenzie Stuart 5/5 stars

5. Pets in America: A History by Katherine Grier 5/5 stars

6. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 4/5 stars

7. In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 by Mary Beth Norton 4.5/5 stars

I thought In the Devil's Snare was really interesting. Just before I read it, I read another book on the Salem witchcraft crisis of the sort that she criticizes, which made it easier to understand her points.

Which other book did you read? I'd like to read some of the books that she cited.

8. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald 5/5 stars

>11 Corinne: I am trying to remember, but it's a book I don't have anymore, and I read it before I joined LT, so I don't have any record of it. If I think of the title, I'll let you know.

I moved and started a new job in February, so I haven't had much time for reading....feels good to finish a book, though!

9. The Power of a Positive Woman by Karol Ladd 5/5 stars

10. Unshakeable by Jan Coleman 4/5 stars

11. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak 5/5 stars

12. Organizing Archival Records by David W. Carmichael 5/5 stars

13. Villette by Charlotte Bronte 4/5 stars

14. Preserving Textiles by Harold F. Mailand

15. Strong Women, Soft Hearts by Paula Rinehart 5/5 stars

16. The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis 5/5 stars - I think this is my favorite Narnia story so far.

17. The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis 5/5 stars

18. Fresh-Brewed Life by Nicole Johnson 4/5 stars

19. The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox 5/5 stars

20. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 5/5 stars

21. Hope Leslie by Catherine Maria Sedgwick
22. The Nature of Conservation by Philip Ward

23. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

24. Furniture Care and Conservation by Robert McGiffin

Corinne, a while ago I had posted in your thread a comment about In the Devil's Snare. I finally remembered the title of the other book that I had read before that one when I saw it at a book sale today--it's called A Devil in Massachusetts by Marion Starkey.

Thanks! I'll look into that one.

25. Women at War by Brenda Ralph Lewis

26. Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns by Margaret Crawford

27. Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Blinking Eye by Kathryn Kenny

28. Trixie Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery by Kathryn Kenny

...fun Memorial Day reading! :)

29. An Ounce of Preservation: A Guide to the Care of Papers and Photographs by Craig A. Tuttle

I love Trixie Belden books, Corinne! I used to have all of them, but I got some from my parent's house over Memorial Day, and I think my sister stole them. The Mystery of the Blinking Eye was my favorite! There was another one about her discovering fish with no eyes in either the Catskills or the Ozarks...but I don't remember it :)

I didn't remember the Mystery of the Blinking Eye at all, but I found it at a used bookstore recently and loved it! I vaguely remember the blind fish, but I don't remember which book it was.

30. Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History by Joy S. Kammen

31. Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow
32. Lover of My Soul by Alan D. Wright

33. Trixie Belden and the Mystery on the Mississippi by Kathryn Kenny

34. Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home by Jane C. Nylander

35. Christietown by Susan Kandel

36. The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer

37. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer

38. Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century by Stephen Fenichell

39. The Winterthur Guide to Caring for Your Collection

40. Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

41. Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants by Lee Goldberg
42. Mr. Monk in Outer Space by Lee Goldberg

43. The Fairy Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

44. Collector's Guide to Early Photographs by O. Henry Mace

45. The Calder Game by Blue Balliett

46. The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir

47. Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

48. Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England by Lita-Rose Betcherman

49. Cranford/Cousin Phyllis by Elizabeth Gaskell

50. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

51. The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

52. Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton

53. The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom

54. The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit

55. Grand Rapids Furniture: The Story of America's Furniture City

56. As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s by Karal Ann Marling

57. The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

58. Million Dollar Baby by Amy Patricia Meade

59. The Body in the Gallery by Katherine Hall Page

I've been keeping track of all the books I read with titles and authors as well as a short review. I'm not doing that here, tho maybe I'll start that next year. I'm averaging about a book a week, some months more, some months less, depending on what I have going on in my life at that time.

I've been keeping track of all the books I read with titles and authors as well as a short review. I'm not doing that here, tho maybe I'll start that next year. I'm averaging about a book a week, some months more, some months less, depending on what I have going on in my life at that time.

60. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham

61. Camille: Lady of the Camellias by Alexander Dumas fils

62. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

63. American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson by Eve LaPlante

64. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe