To Do by Year’s End

Stacks of Books Atop My Dresser

OK, so I’m behind on my reading, and it’s time to do something about it. These stacks on my dresser are the books that I hope to read before the end of the year. They’re all books that I’ve had for a long time, and/or that I think will be quick reads, and/or that I already started once but didn’t finish, and/or that are on the list of Top 100 Children’s Books. Reading all 33 (plus the book currently on my nightstand) by year’s end is a tall order but not outside the realms of possibility.

Here is a list of the books.

1. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2. Somehow Form a Family by Tony Earley
3. Origins of the Specious by Patricia T. O’Connor
4. Frogs & French Kisses by Sarah Mlynowski
5. Spells & Sleeping Bags by Sarah Mlynowski
6. Arabel’s Raven by Joan Aiken
7. King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
8. The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
9. The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
10. Rowan Hood by Nancy Springer
11. Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
12. Mable Riley by Marthe Jocelyn
13. The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
14. Parties & Potions by Sarah Mlynowski
15. Replay by Sharon Creech
16. The Witches by Roald Dahl
17. Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
18. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
19. Saving C.C. Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
20. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
21. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
22. A World Without Heroes (Beyonders Book 1) by Brandon Mull
23. Each Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles
24. Beyond the Deepwoods (The Edge Chronicles Book 1) by Paul Stewart
25. The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau
26. Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
27. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
28. Beyond the Laughing Sky by Michelle Cuevas
29. Make It Mighty Ugly by Kim Piper Werker
30. The BFG by Roald Dahl
31. Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Langdon
32. Lirael by Garth Nix
33. Glimmer Train Stories by Miscellaneous Authors
34. The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern (book not shown)