Author: Lois Lowry

Item: Number the Stars
Rating: 5
Author: Amanda Marie

2015 in Review (& End of Year and Statistics Surveys)

Posted December 31, 2015 in Life, Reading / 10 Comments

Big Things That Happened in 2015

I mentioned the school talent show in which the teachers sang Yellow Submarine.
I worked at a Catholic summer camp for the summer and had a blast. I wrote about it and shared some pictures.
I survived over a week of blinding smoke due to forest fires. It was insane. I talked about that here.
I had my very first ever Blogversary which was exciting.

Analysis of Books I Read in 2015

This was the very first year that I ever kept track of the books that I read. My stats have amazed me.

I read 141 books.
Almost all of the books I read this year were 4 or 5 stars. I must be pretty good at choosing books I know I’ll enjoy.
Over two-thirds of the books I read this year were from the library or books I own.
Over half of the books I read this year were hard copied (Paperback or Hardcover) while over a quarter were ebooks. Audiobooks made up the rest.
About a quarter of the books I read this year were debuts.

I made some pretty nifty looking pie charts in Excel (you can just pretend they are totally awesome).

Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic Book, Color Coded Challenge, Fairytale Retelling Challenge, Finishing the Series Challenge, Mythology Reading Challenge, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge

The Classics Club 50 Question Survey

Posted August 29, 2015 in Reading / 0 Comments

I decided to join the Classics Club. I have a list of 50 books here and will try to read them all by September 1, 2020. That makes it about 10 classics from my list every year. Why? Because I like classics and this will give me an incentive to read them. 🙂 Anyway, they have this 50 Question Survey on their website. I am going to answer some of them for you.

Share a link to your club list.
- My list can be found here.
When did you join The Classics Club? How many titles have you read for the club? (We are SO CHECKING UP ON YOU! Nah. We’re just asking.) 🙂
- I’m just joining the Classics Club now so I haven’t read any books for my list yet. 🙂
What are you currently reading?
- I am currently reading Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein.
What did you just finish reading and what did you think of it?
- I just finished The City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and thought it was awesome. I will be posting a review of it later.
What are you reading next? Why?
- I will probably re-read Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier next because it is a library book.
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Tagged as Classics Club

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Own That I’m Looking Forward To Reading… Hopefully Soon

Posted May 19, 2015 in Reading / 16 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week’s list is a freebie. I picked the Top Ten Books I Own That I’m Looking Forward to Reading. I have quite a few more that could have made this list but I tried to keep it at just ten.

Tagged as Fairy Tales, Top Ten Tuesday

April 2015 in Review

Posted April 30, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 2 Comments

This year is flying by. I can hardly believe that April is over already!

Things that Happened in April

My birthday!! I even got books for my birthday which greatly surprised me. Thanks so much, little sister!
Easter! I was able to attend one of my most favorite Masses of the entire Church year, the Easter Vigil! (Who doesn’t like candles and a three hour Mass?)
Field trips with the school kids! The bus rides are a bit longer than the ones where I grew up but we are in the-middle-of-nowhere, Montana.
Yesterday evening one of the sixth grade teachers passed away. It will be a terribly rough day today with the students. Any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Books I Read in April

Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic, Catholic Book, Easter, Fairy Tales, Fairytale Retelling Challenge, Monthly Wrap-Up, Rereading Challenge, Saints, School, Sister, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge

A Review By My Students: Number the Stars

Posted April 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell (1989)
Paperback (137 pages)
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup, 2015 Re-Reading, Read 2015

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It’s now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are “relocated”. Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen’s life.

Find the book: Goodreads

Tagged as 5 star, All Time Favorites, Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge