In 2017, I created a list of 35 #mustread books, which I just completed with only a few days to go! I am definitely a list maker in most areas of life, and I enjoy having a reading list to guide me as I begin each new year. I tend to make great progress on this list early in the year, and then I slow down as new books pop up and the state award lists are released. This year was no exception, as I followed my typical reading pattern. My list is below:
Audacity Jones to the Rescue by Kirby Larson(2/26/17)Another Brooklyn by Jaqueline Woodson(2/20/17)The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey(5/31/17)Be Light Like a Bird by Monika Schroder(2/25/17)A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold(4/6/17)Compass South by Hope Larson(2/25/17)Flying Lessons by Ellen Oh(3/1/17)The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson(3/5/17)Gone Camping by Tamera Will Wissinger(5/2/17)The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas(3/15/17)Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes(2/5/17)House Arrest by K. A. Holt(2/12/17)Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks(2/1/17)Liberty by Kirby Larson(3/27/17)Payback by Gordon Korman(3/12/17)Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt(1/23/17)Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke(11/10/17)My Life with the Liars by Caela Carter(2/23/17)The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby(12/27/17)Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder(4/15/17)Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen Potter(2/21/17)The Playbook by Kwame Alexander(1/14/17)Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz(1/28/17)A Rambler Steals Home by Carter Higgins(5/21/17)Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart(1/24/17)Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes(2/5/17)Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan(2/10/17)Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand(1/17/17)The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau(2/17/17)Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix(5/27/17)The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann(2/1/17)The Warden's Daughter by Jerry Spinelli(2/11/17)When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin(2/18/17)The World From Up Here by Cecilia Galante(1/7/17)When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds(3/8/17)
I enjoy being part of the #mustread community, and I know it helps me to pause and create a reading list at the beginning of each new year. Thank you to Carrie Gelson for hosting. I always look forward to checking out lists and progress of others, while gaining new titles for myself. I did miss part of my reading goal that I shared last year, which was to use a journal to write about my reading. I started out doing this with little consistency, and eventually gave it up completely. This is going to be a priority on next year's list!