Saturday, January 03, 2015

December 2014 reads

Wow!  I hit my goal!  I read 1005 books in 2014.  That's five more than the goal I set a year ago.  In December I was a little uncertain, as I was a few dozen books behind.  Then a ton of new picture books arrived.  Between that and spending several nights reading novels while the hubby was working, I was able to surpass my goal.  I am rather pleased with myself.

I read 119 books in December. That was more than any previous month in 2014.  Here are the titles.  As usual, if the title is in bold that means I rated it five stars on my Goodreads account. 


The Snow Bride by Debbie Macomber
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Go to Sleep, Little Farm by Mary Lyn Ray
Loula Is Leaving for Africa by Anne Villeneuve
Emily's Blue Period by Cathleen Daly
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
Here Comes Santa Cat by Deborah Underwood
Love Still Stands by Kelly Irvin          
Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
All I Want For Christmas is a Duke by Delilah Marvelle and Maire Claremont        
Unexpected Gifts by Elena Aitken
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
B Is for Box -- The Happy Little Yellow Box: A Pop-Up Book by David A. Carter
Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo! by Pat Mora and Libby Martinez
Chik Chak Shabbat by Mara Rockliff
Noodle Magic by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
A Letter for Leo by Sergio Ruzzier
Recycling Day by Edward Miller
Here Is the Baby by Polly Kanevsky
Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman
Santa from Cincinnati by Judi Barrett
Guess Who's Coming to Santa's for Dinner? by Tomie dePaola
Peter Claus and the Naughty List by Lawrence David
Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? by Jan Brett
Harold at the North Pole by Crockett Johnson
The Littlest Christmas Star by Brandi Dougherty
Must Be Santa by Tim Moore
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth by Ian Lendler
The Way to the Zoo by John Burningham
Duck in the Fridge by Jeff Mack
Vanilla Ice Cream by Bob Graham
Mrs. Mo's Monster by Paul Beavis
Loula and the Sister Recipe by Anne Villeneuve
If Kids Ruled the World by Linda Bailey
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson
Bluebird by Lindsey Yankey
Goodnight, You by Geneviève Côté
Dino-Boarding by Lisa Wheeler
Herman's Letter by Tom Percival
Rex Wrecks It! by Ben Clanton
Marlene, Marlene, Queen of Mean by Jane Lynch
Naptime by Iris de Moüy
The Storm Whale by Benji Davies
Ping Wants to Play by Adam Gudeon
Just Right for Two by Tracey Corderoy
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell
Madame Martine by Sarah S. Brannen
The Zoo is Closed Today! by Evelyn Beilenson
Doug Unplugs on the Farm by Dan Yaccarino
Gus and Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar by Keith Richards
The Zoo Box by Ariel Cohn
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Edible Colors by Jennifer Vogel Bass
Work: An Occupational ABC by Kellen Hatanaka
Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Francis Child
Blizzard by John Rocco
Snowman's Story by Will Hillenbrand
Dinosaur Parade by Shari Halpern
Grandma by Jessica Shepherd
Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana by James Dean
Take Away the A by Michaël Escoffier
You Are Not My Friend, but I Miss You by Daniel Kirk
Ninja Boy Goes to School by N.D. Wilson
Me & Dog by Gene Weingarten
Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming
Maisy's Christmas Tree by Lucy Cousins
Snow What Fun! When Snowmen Come to Life on Christmas Eve by Cheryl Hawkinson
'Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
When the Snow Falls by Fern Michaels, Nancy Bush, Rosanna Chiofalo, Lin Stepp
Eric's Big Day: A Bicycle Race Unlike Any Other by Rod Waters
Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever by Judith Viorst
Countablock by Christopher Franceschelli
Coming Home by Greg Ruth
Latke, the Lucky Dog by Ellen Fischer
Beautiful Yetta's Hanukkah Kitten by Daniel Pinkwater
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel by Amy Cartwright
California Christmas Dreams by J.M. Jeffries
It's a Book by Lane Smith
Naughty & Nice: Three Holiday Treats by Ruthie Knox, Molly O'Keefe, and Stefanie Sloane
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
Her Christmas Pleasure (The Merry Widows #2) by Karen Erickson
I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison
Outside by Deirdre Gill
The Mouse Who Ate the Moon by Petr Horáček
Winter Is Coming by Tony Johnston
How to Bake a Book by Ella Burfoot
And Away We Go! by Migy
Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
Edda: A Little Valkyrie's First Day of School by Adam Auerbach
The Lion and the Mouse: Turn-and-Tell Tales by Jenny Broom
Out of the Blue by Alison Jay
Here Comes Destructosaurus! by Aaron Reynolds
How to Raise a Dinosaur by Natasha Wing
Chu's First Day of School by Neil Gaiman
Monster Needs a Christmas Tree by Paul Czajak
The Last Christmas Tree by Stephen Krensky
Merry Christmas, Davy! by Brigitte Weninger
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel by Caryn Yacowitz
What the Shepherd Saw by Selma Lagerloeff
Saga #1 by Brian K. Vaughan
The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
You Are Not Small by Anna Kang
Tap to Play! by Salina Yoon
Bad Dog Flash by Ruth Paul
Sir Nicholas WintonThe Farmer's Away! Baa! Neigh! by Anne Vittur Kennedy
Dinosaur Farm by Frann Preston-Gannon
A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack by William Joyce
Autumn in Scotland by Karen Ranney
El Deafo by Cece Bell
No Nap! Yes Nap! by Margie Palatini

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