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• All Clear
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• Tidying the digital shelves + a bunch of mini-reviews
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• ON PURPOSE
• Notebooks, sketchbooks, and planners, oh my

2016

25. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

25. Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

24. Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh

23. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

22. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

21. Just a Girl by Carrie Mesrobian

20. Radical by E.M. Kokie

19. Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

18. The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

17. This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

16. Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys

15. The Girl in the Picture by Alexandra Monir

14. Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace

13. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

12. Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher

11. The Tempest by William Shakespeare

10. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

9. Beware That Girl by Teresa Toten

8. Security by Gina Wohlsdorf

7. Small Changes by Marge Piercy

6. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

5. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

4. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

3. Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis

2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

1. Passage by Connie Willis

Read-Alouds

(novels only—does not include picture books, folk tales, poetry, or nonfiction)

5. A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla

4. The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson

3. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

2. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

1. Ace: The Very Important Pig by Dick King-Smith

Audiobooks & Lecture Series

4. If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother by Julia Sweeney

3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (with Rilla)

2. Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane (in progress)

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (with Rilla)

Others

Book Log 2015

Book Log 2014

Book Log 2013

Book Log 2012

Book Log 2011

Book Log 2010

Book Log 2009

Book Log 2008

Popular Topics

Reader's Guide to Betsy-Tacy

Read-Alouds for 3-Year-Olds

Read-Alouds for 4-Year-Olds

Tidal Homeschooling

Art, Science, Game Ideas

Book Recommendations

My Downton Abbey Recaps

Best of Bonny Glen

Helixes

Bosom Buddies

The Junkyard Dogs

Who's on Surp?

Guitar-Playing Husband

Jane of Lantern Hill

The Barcelona Journal

Current Read-Alouds

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