Saffron's Reading List

[Autumn Sativus]

I decided just recently that I want to try reading 50 books in one year. Yesterday I compiled my list of (a few more than) 50 books. A number of these are books that I want to re-read, but it all counts. I will post with each book that I read and how I felt about it as I get to them. The list below is alphabetized by Author.


Max Brooks
The Zombie Survival Guide

Terry Brooks
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy
The Sword of Shannara

Dan Brown
The DaVinci Code
Angels & Demons

Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files
Storm Front

Kristin Cast
The House of Night
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
Untamed
Hunted
Tempted
Burned

Cassandra Clare
City of Glass

Terry Goodkind
The Sword of Truth
Chainfire
Phantom
Confessor

Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
Guilty Pleasures

Louis Lowry
The Giver

Gregory Maguire
The Wicked Years
Wicked

Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn

The Host

George Orwell
1984

Christopher Paolini
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr

Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Lightning Theif

J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Louis Sachar
Holes

Michael Scott
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel
The Alchemyst
The Magician
The Sorceress
The Necromancer

William Shakespeare
Hamlet
Macbeth
Romeo & Juliet

Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic
Falling Up
The Giving Tree
The Missing Piece
Runny Babbit
Where the Sidewalk Ends

Nicholas Sparks
The Last Song
Dear John

[Autumn Sativus]

Current Read

Chainfire - Terry Goodkind

[Autumn Sativus]

Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree
This book is a wonderful rendition about how friends give and take in life, and often one can be left behind, giving everything they have and receiving very little. But we can sometimes be happy by making other people happy, as The Giving Tree shows in her kindness to her friend, the Boy.

Runny Babbit
Though a bit difficult to read with it's mixed up letters, Runny Babbit was a cery vute, billy sook, as Shel Silverstein might have put it. It was a collection of just over 40 poems revolving around a very silly Runny Babbit, following him through some of his life's adventures. Recommended for children who are putting together their language skills.

Where the Sidewalk Ends
A wonderful book of fun, silly, and meaningful poems, great for elementary children and all ages looking for a sweet and fun read. As expected from Silverstein, another collection that will not disappoint.
"Listen to the Mustn'ts"
Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child.
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLE and the WON'TS
Liten to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me ---
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.