A Library Is a Hospital for the Mind Reading List

1. The Olive Season by Carol Drinkwater (AB) (February)
2. Fighting for Dear Life by David Gibbs (February)
3. On Two Wings - Humble Faith and Common Sense by Michael Novak (February)
4. Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (AB) (February)
5. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain* + (March)
6. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green + (July)
7. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway + (July)
8. Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie (July)
9. A Room With a View by E. M. Forster (July)
10. Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (July)
11. The Knight of Maison-Rouge by Alexandre Dumas (August)
12. Follow The Stars Home by Luanne Rice (September)
13. It's All About Him -- Finding the Love of My Life by Denise Jackson (September)
14. Washington's God by Michael & Jana Novak (September)
15. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (November)
16. Austenland by Shannon Hale (AB) (September)
17. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen + (October)
19. Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect Religion in America . . . and What's Happened Since by Stephen Mansfield (November)
20. Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Bradden (December)

* = Re-read
(AB) = Audio-Book/CD
+ = Read for Book Club

Books Read in 2006

2006-12-31T17:32:00.003-05:00

1. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (January) +
2. He Fell In Love With His Wife by Edward P. Roe (January)
3. The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis & John Eldredge (February)
4. Captivating by John & Stasi Eldredge (February)
6. Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy by John Fund (March)
7. Shades of Earl Grey by Laura Childs (March)
8. Manhunt - The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (April)
9. The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (May) +
10. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (May) +
11. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (June)
12. At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (June)
13. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (July)
14. A Light in the Window by Jan Karon (July)
15. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (July)
16. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (July)
17. Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (AB) (July)
18. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (AB) (Sept.)*
19. These High Green Hills by Jan Karon (Sept.)
20. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (AB) (Sept)
21. All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (AB) (Oct)
22. The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater (AB) (Oct)
23. Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson (Oct)
24. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (AB) (Dec)

(AB) = Audio Book. I had little time for reading in 2006, but listened to several unabridged books on CD while commuting or traveling.

* = Re-read

+ = Read for Book Club

Books Read: 2005

2005-12-31T15:54:00.000-05:00

1. Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman (January)
2. Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington (January)
3. Unshakable Faith - A Biography of Booker T. Washington & George Washington Carver (February) +
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (March)
5. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (August)

+ = Books read for Book Club

(Note: Prior to reading the sixth Harry Potter book I had read the first five books in the series, but apparently did not record the dates of when I read them. They were read sometime between 2003 and 2005.)

Books Read: 2004

2004-12-31T15:48:00.000-05:00

1. A Woman in White by Wilke Collins (?) +
2. Jubilee by Margaret Walker (May) +
3. The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenburg (May) +
4. Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (May)
5. The Visitation by Frank Peretti (July)
6. The Last Days by Joel Rosenberg (August)
7. 'Tis Herself: A Memoir by Marueen O'Hara (August)
8. Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (October) +
9. Johannes Vermeer by Mike Venezia (October) +
10. The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye (October)
11. Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger (October) +
12. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland (November) +
13. Carolyn 101: Business Lessons from the Aprentices Straight Shooter by Carolyn Kepcher (November)

* = Re-read

+ = Read for Book Club

Books Read: 2000

2000-12-31T15:42:00.002-05:00

1. Though None Go With Me by Jerry Jenkins (January)
2. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (March)
3. Olympus -- It's Not Just a Game by Scott Somerville (April)
4. Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt (Edited: Joseph Bishop) (April)
5. To Hell And Back by Audie Murphy (May)
6. The Story of Eleanor Lambert by Magdalen Brook (May)
7. When God Writes Your Love Story by Eric and Leslie Ludy (June)
8. A Mom Just Like You by Vickie & Jayme Farris (June)
9. Mr. Jones Meet the Master by Peter Marshall (July)
10. The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse (July)

Books Read: 1999

1999-12-31T15:38:00.001-05:00

1. The Citizen's Part in Government by Elihu Root (January)
2. His Perfect Faithfulness by Eric and Leslie Ludy (January)
3. The Answer is God: The Inspiring Personal Story of Dale Evans and Roy Rogers and the Miracle that Changed Their Lives by Elise Miller Davis (January)
4. Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith (February)
5. Good-bye Mr. Chips by James Hilton (February)
6. When Knights Were Bold by Eva March Tappan (February)
7. Ronald Colman - A Very PRivate Person by Juliet Benita Colman (February)
8. The Man Who Never Was by Lieut-Commander Ewen Montagu (February)
9. The American Citizen by John Henry Hopkins (February)
10. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (March)
11. Random Harvest by James Hilton (March)
12. Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
13. Revitalizing A Nation by General Douglas MacArthur (April)
14. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (April)
15. We by Charles A. Lindbergh (May)
16. Of Knights and Fair Maidens by Jeff & Danielle Myers (May)
17. In the Master's Hands by Phillip Keller (May)
18. Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss (June)
19. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (June)
20. Longitude by Dav Sobel (August)

Books Read: 1998

1998-12-31T15:27:00.001-05:00

1. The Name Above the Title, An Autobiography by Frank Capra (January)
2. The Day I Owned The Sky by Robert Lee Scott, Jr. (February)
3. Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor (February)
4. The Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt (March)
5. Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay (May)
6. Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (May)
7. Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare (May)
8. Memoirs And Letters of Dolly Madison edited by her grand-niece (June)
9. Passion And Purity by Elizabeth Elliot (July)
10. Give Me Liberty - The Uncompromising Statemsnaship of Patrick Henry by David J. Vaughan (August)
11. Blue Horizons by Faith Baldwin (Cuthrell) (September)
12. A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter (September)
13. "Doc" Gordon Rx by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman (September)
14. Good Citizenship by Grover Cleveland (November)
15. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (December)
16. Quest For Love, True Stories of Passion and Purity by Elizabeth Elliot (December)

Books Read: 1997

1997-12-31T15:26:00.004-05:00

1. Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman (January)
2. Hinds' Feet On High Places by Hannah Hurnard (January)
3. Miracle at Carville by Betty Martin (January)
4. No One Must Ever Know (The Struggle of two Hanson patients to overcome the stigma of their dreaded disease in the outside world) by Betty Martin (March)
5. Self-Portrait by Gene Tierney with Mickey Herskowitz (March)
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (April)
8. The Ghost And Mrs. Muir by Josephine Leslie (April)
9. The News Business by John Chancellor & Walter R. Mears (April)
10. Living By Faith by Faith Baldwin (May)
11. Murder At Fenway Park by Troy Soos (June)
12. The Betsy-Taacy Companion (A Biography of Maud Hart Lovelace) by Sharla Scannell Whalen (June)
13. The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (Hawkins) (July)
14. Life With Father by Clarence Day (July)
15. Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge (September)
16. Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen (October)
17. God's Candle by John Oxenham (November)
18. In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon (November)*
19. The Private Wire to Washington (November)
20. The Tale of Beatrix Potter - A Biography by Margaret Lane (December)

* = Re-read

Books Read: 1996

1996-12-31T15:17:00.000-05:00

1. A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke (January)
2. The Fifth of March : A Story of the Boston Massacre by Ann Rinaldi (January)
3. The Oath by Frank Peretti (January)
4. Finishing Becca (A Story of Peggy Shipper and Benedict Arnold) by Ann Rinaldi (February)
5. A Daughter of Zion by Bodie Thoene (February)
6. The Clue of the Forgotten Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner (March)
7. A Woman Named Damaris by Janette Oke* (March)
8. Betsy & Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace (March)
9. Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace* (March)
10. Somewhere In Time by Richard Mathson (March)
11. High School Journalism Today by Illinois State H.S. Press Association (March)
12. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (April)
13. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (April)
14. The Return to Zion by Bodie Thoene (April)
15. A Light in Zion by Bodie Thoene (May)
16. Born Again (What Really Happened to the White House Hatchetman) by Chuck Colson (May)
17. The Key to Zion by Bodie Thoene (May)
18. The Red Geranium by Janette Oke (May)
19. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (June)
20. Cheaper By The Dozen by Frank B. Gibreth, Jr. & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (June)
21. The Seceret of the Golden Pavilion by Carolyn Keene (July)
22. Gideon's Torch by Charles Colson & Ellen Vaughn (July)
23. Little By Little: A Writer's Education by Jean Little (July)
24. Laura by Vera Caspery (August)
25. Kilmeny of the Orchard by L. M. Montgomery (August)
26. Song of Fire by Joseph Bentz (October)
27. Saint Ben by John Fischer (October)
28. State Fair by Phillip Stong (October)
29. Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (November)
30. The Saint's And Angels' Song by John Fischer (November)
31. They Shoot Canoes Don't They by Patrick F. McManus (December)

Books Read: 1995

1995-12-31T15:09:00.000-05:00

1. Grace Livingston Hill by Robert Munce (January)
2. The Union Belle by Gilber Morris (January)
3. Meeting God at Every Turn: A Personal Family Story by Catharine Marshall (January)
4. A Home for the Heart by Michael Phillips (January)
5. The Divine Romance by Gene Edwards (February)
6. Betsy And Joe by Maud Hart Lovelace (March)*
7. Daughter of Grace by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella (March)
8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (April)
9. The Final Adversary by Gilbert Morris (April)
10. Mr. Wilmer by Robert Lawson (April)*
11. Nellie Bly First Woman Reporter by Iris Noble (April)
12. Breaker by Norah A. Perez (April)
13. The Slopes of War by Norah A. Perez (April)
14. The Begining by Gene Edwards (April)
15. The Crossed Sabers by Gilbert Morris (May)
16. Eight Cousins of the Hunt Hill by Louisa May Alcott (May)
17. Rose in Bloom by Lousia May Alcott (May)
18. The Bluebird And the Sparrow by Janette Oke (June)
19. In the Forest of Arden by Hamilton Wright Mable (June)
20. A School to Come Home To by Lisa Dunlop (June)
21. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (July)
22. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (July)
23. Main Street Beat: 37 Years in the Life of the Reporter Who Stayed Home by Henry W. Clune (August)
24. The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins (September)
25. The Vallent Gunman by Gilbert Morris (September)
26. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (September)
27. Night Coach To Paris by Rita Ritchie (October)
28. The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill (October)
29. All Creatures Great And Small by James Herriot (November)
30. The Gallant Outlaw by Gilbert Morris (November)
31. Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti (November)
32. The Jeweled Spur by Gilbert Morris (November)
33. Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome by: Unknown (December)
34. The Ukon Queen by Gilbert MOrris (December)

* = Re-read Books

Books Read: 1994

1994-12-31T14:58:00.000-05:00

1. Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge (January)
2. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (The Girl) by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Eric Wiggin (January)
3. They Called Her Mrs. Doc by Janette Oke (January)
4. A Place in the Sun by Michael Phillips & Judith Pella (January)
5. Mrs. de Winter by Susan Hill (February)
6. The Gentle Rebel by Gilbert Morris (February)
7. The Chimney Sweep's Ransom by Dave & Neta Jackson (February)
8. Sea to Shining Sea by Michael Phillips (February)
9. Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery (March)
10. Emily Climbs by L. M. Montgomery (March)
11. The Saintly Buccanner by Gilbert Morris (March)
12. Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke (March)
13. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (March)
14. The Holy Warrior by Gilbert Morris (March)
15. Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery (March)
16. Betsy In Spite of Herself by Maud Hart Lovelace (March)
17. Esther, The Story of a Woman Who Saved a Nation by Ellen Gunderson Taylor (April)
18. The Reluctant Bridegroom by Gilbert Morris (April)
19. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (April)
20. Dr. Wilson's Stories of Soul-Winning by Walter L. Wilson (April)
21. Too on A Stranger by Janette Oke (May)
22. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: The Woman, A Sequal by Eric Wiggin (May)
23. The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (May)
24. Ruth: A Love Story by Ellen Gunderson Taylor (May)
25. Astaire: The Man, the Dancer, The Life of Fred Astaire by Bob Thomas (May)
26. Betsy Was Junior by Maud Hart Lovelace (May)
27. The Last Confederate by Gilbert Morris (June)
28. The Search by Grace Livingston Hill (June)
29. The American Newspapers: Behind the Headlines by Thomas Fleming (June)
30. The Living Legend (R.C.M.P.) by Alan Phillips (June)
31. Two From Galilee by Margorie Holmes (July)
32. A Girl From Montana by Grace Livingston Hill (July)
33. A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill (July)
34. Land of the Brave and the Free by Michael Phillips (August)
35. The Gates of Zion by Bodie Thoene (September)
36. Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (October)
37. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (October)
38. Where the Heart Is by Janette Oke (October)
39. The Dixie Widow by Gilbert Morris (November)
40. The Sword of Truth by Gilbert Morris (November)
41. Bitter Night Sweet Dawn by Janet Bedly (December)
42. Adam And His Kin (The Lost History of Their Lives & Times) by Ruth Beechick (December)

Books Read: 1993

1993-12-31T14:52:00.000-05:00

1. The Calling of Emily Evans by Janette Oke (August)
2. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth G. Speare (September)
3. Elven Kids, One Summer by Ann M. Martin (September)
4. A Town Like Alice (The Legacy) by Nevil Shute (October)
5. Julia's Last Hope by Janette Oke (October)
6. A Chance to Die (The Life of Amy Carmichael) by Elizabeth Elliot (October)
7. Deluge by S. Fawler Wright (October)
8. The Case of the Horrified Heris (A Perry Mason Mystery) by Erle Stanley Gardner (October)
9. When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke (October)
10. Grace The Story of a Princess by Phyllida Hart-Davis (October)
11. When Comes the Spring by Janette Oke (October)
12. The Honorable Imposter by Gilbert Morris (November)
13. Gracie, A Love Story by George Burns (November)
14. When Breaks the Dawn by Janette Oke (November)
15. The Case of the Shapely Shadow (A Perry Mason Mystery) by Erle Stanley Gardner (November)
16. The Captive Bride by Gilbert Morris (November)
17. The Indentured Heart by Gilbert Morris (December)
18. When Hope Springs New by Janette Oke (December)
19. The Story Girl Earns Her Name by Sullivan Films & L. M. Montgomery (December)
20. Sankey Still Sings, The Life Story of Ira D. Sankey by Charles Ludwig (December)
21. The Covenant by Hilda Stahl (December)
22. The Inheritance by Hilda Stahl (December)
23. The Dream by Hilda Stahl (December)