Book Drops: What I Read in 2010

I was inspired by my friend, CP, to list out what I read this past year. I did it last year too but didn't lay it out as a list. Here's that post. I have to check a couple of different spaces I think because I started using Get Glue this year and I might have stuff on Good Reads which I don't really use. But let's see how I did because I know in the summer I got a bit lazy.

1. From Fear To Facebook - Matt Levinson
2. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
3. National Geographic's Rare
   
4. Ghostopolis - TenNapel
5. Zombie Chasers Book 1 - John Kloepfer
6. reread - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
7. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
8. reread - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkahan
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
14. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
15. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan
16. Fever Crumb - Philip Reeve
17. Here Lies Arthur - Philip Reeve
18. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
19. The Girl who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
20. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
21. Robot Dreams - Sara Varon
22. The Wave: In Pursuit of Monster Waves - Susan Casey
23. Mouse Guard Vol. 1 - David Petersen
24. Lola: a ghost story - J. Torres
25. Creature Tech - Doug Tennapel
26. Pencil Fight Number Three
27. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Eric Shanower
28. The Marvelous Land of Oz - Eric Shanower
29. Bayou - Jeremy Love
30. Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing
    
31. Sense and Sensibilities - comic version
32. The Complete Alice In Wonderland - Dynamite comics
33. A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
34. Last Call - Daniel Okrent
35. The Tiger: A true story of vengeance and survival - John Vaillant
36. The Warriors: Power of three - the fourth apprentice - Erin Hunter
37. Everwild - Neal Shusterman
38. Asterios Polyp - David Mazzucchelli
39. Julius Caesar - Ellen Galford
40. The Forbidden School House - Suzanne Jurmaine
41. Extreme Scientists - Donna M. Jackson
42. Going Bovine - Libba Bray
43. To The Heart of the Storm - Will Eisner
44. Life in the Boreal Forest - Brenda Guiberson
45. Pedro and Me - Judd Winick
46. How Robots Work - Tony Hyland
47. The Ancient Persians - Virginia Schomp
48. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
49. Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
50. Hatter M. Vol. 1 - Frank Beddor
51. Hatter M. Vol. 2 - Frank Beddor
52. Muckrackers - Ann Bausum
53. Isadora Duncan: a graphic novel biography - Sabrina Jones
54. The Raucous Royals - Carlyn Beccia
55. One Hundred Demons - Lynda Barry
56. Doomed Queens - Kris Waldherr
57. Britten and Brulightly - Hannah Berry
58. Getting Graphic - Michele Gorman
59. Escape: The story of the Great Houdini - Sid Fleischman
60. Peter and Max - Bill Willingham
61. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
62. Who was First? - Russell Freedman
63. The Runaways : dead end kids - Joss Whedon
64. The Story Behind Toilets - Elizabeth Raum
    
65. Aya - Marguerite Abouet
66. My First Book of Tagalog Words - Liana Romulo
67. Food For Thought - Ken Robbins

67 books!!! That's pretty good for the year. So much reading. It was nice going through my old blog posts to see what I read. I totally forgot about the history of toilets book! Lots of graphic novels, a good mix of nonfiction and pretty much a crazy variety. I also included the audio books on this list because why separate them out? Happy reading in 2011!!!

Book Challenge: Read a Banned Book

It is Banned Books week - Sept 29 to Oct. 6.
Learn about why it came to be here.
I also thought that with the whole Palin banning book controversy, the issue is back in the limelight.

Here is the challenge. Pick a banned book. Read it and then post a comment here if you want about the book you read and why you think it was added to the list. I am curious to see what people about some of the books. You can agree, disagree - just don't be rude or obnoxious.

Here is a link to ALA's Banned Books page. They have a number of different lists to check out.

Last year, Chris Crutcher, author of Whale Talk and Deadline, visited our school during Banned Books week. He is one of the most challenged authors because his books actually deal with issues and are not all light and vapid.

Here is a list of the top 10 challenged authors:
1) Robert Cormier
2) Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
3) Mark Twain
4) Toni Morrison
5) Philip Pullman
6) Kevin Henkes
7) Lois Lowry
8) Chris Crutcher
9) Lauren Myracle
10) Joann Sfar

That should help you get started.

I think I am going to read Walter Dean Myers' newest book, Sunrise over Fallujah. I think that might make the list this year.