Book Review of Year End Wrap-Up / Looking Forward at Reading to Know

I keep a running account of the books I read throughout the year over at The Master List. At any point in time through the year that you are just simply OVERWHELMED with a desire to see what I've read and have been reading, you can click the link on my sidebar and it will take you to my list. I've reprinted it on this blog for convenience sake but this has been what I've been up to, more or less, this past year. Enjoy!

BTW, if you have posted your completed Year in Review list in your blog, please do leave me a note and let me know as I would love to see what you are reflecting on.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. ~ Walt Disney

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. ~ S. I. Hayakawa

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. ~ B. F. Skinner

Literature is my Utopia. ~ Helen Keller

We read to know we are not alone. ~ C.S. Lewis

As for next year's reading goals - I merely intend to continue having fun. I AM going to be reading some books by Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables) in conjunction with the L.M. Montgomery reading challenge which I am hosting. I'm so glad that so many of you are excited about joining in! Keep spreading the word as I think it'll be a fun time. You can find out more details by clicking on the L.M. Montgomery Challenge button:

"The year is a book, isn't it, Marilla? Spring's pages are written in Mayflowers and violets, sumer's in roses, autumn's in red maple leaves, and winter in holly and evergreen." ~ Anne

I also plan on participating in Callapidder Days Spring Reading Challenge which has been "promised" to her readers. (Pressure is on, Katrina!)

Mostly though, I just want to enjoy reading so I'm not making promises to any great reading project. I have no idea where I'm going but I'm gonna have fun getting there!

Happy New Reading Year to you and yours!

18 comments:

Sarah M. said...: Here's my post and I mentioned you in it. :)
http://libraryhospital.blogspot.com/2008/12/year-in-review-2008.html; 12:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, aren't you smart to have a blog just devoted to your lists? I might have to borrow that idea for the new year.

I've posted my Bookish Year in Review which is not a list but rather just a hodgepodge of reflections.

Here's the link------>http://hopeistheword.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/a-bookish-year-in-review/; 1:32 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks, Carrie, for including my little book - Letters for Lizzie - among the many books you read in 2008.

God bless you in the New Year. May it be a good one for you, your family, and for your wonderful and very counter-cultural delight in reading voraciously.

Your friend,

Jim O'Donnell; 1:54 PM
Anonymous said...: Your list is impressive! I, too, want to to the Spring Challenge with Callapidder days. I just listed a "just for the love of it" reading challenge from January through April. It may be PERFECT for you. I'd be honored if you'd check it out on my site.

Best wishes.; 2:34 PM
Stephanie said...: Oooh, I will be perusing this list at leisure to see what I need to add to my list of to-be-read. :); 2:53 PM
Stacy said...: What a great list. I have been thinking of reading the Little House series since I only read about half in the fifth grade. I also have A Bear called Paddington on my TBR list along with Bond's autobiography which I just got in the mail today. Happy reading in 2009!

http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com; 3:08 PM
B said...: Sounds like a good plan for the year! I need to keep that in mind -- reading for fun. Sometimes, I'm too much of a glutton for punishment :); 7:13 PM
Literary Feline said...: I keep a master list that is is linked on my sidebar too. My problem is keeping it updated (which I need to do--maybe tonight, but probably tomorrow). Like you, I usually change the date and repost it at the end of the year in case anyone wants to see the completed list.

I agree--books are full of treasures, much of it is quite priceless.

Have a wonderful New Year and happy reading!; 8:42 PM
Sherry said...: Saturday Review at Semicolon this Saturday is dedicated to just such lists as this one. Please come by and leave your link on Saturday if you can.; 9:10 PM
Nicole said...: I love all of your quotes! All those books, too! I need to add to my TBR list...

Here is my list:

http://firesidemusings.blogspot.com/2008/12/final-thoughts.html; 7:59 AM
Carol in Oregon said...: What a fine list, Carrie! I am a HUGE Van Reid fan; yours is the only other mention of him in book blogs. He reminds me of an upbeat, modern Dickens.

I just checked out the Penderwicks from the library and am eager to read it.

I made a list at my blog too:

http://weblog.xanga.com/magistramater/687695912/brobdingnagian-book-list.html

Happy New Year, Carrie!

Carol in Oregon; 5:18 PM
Heather VanTimmeren said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8:46 PM
Heather VanTimmeren said...: Sorry, my first link didn't work right...

Wow, you put my little list to shame, but here it is for your perusal. I'll be checking out your list for titles to add to my TBR list. From what I've seen we have some similar tastes in books!; 8:50 PM
Lisa Spence said...: I loved visiting some of your reviews that I had either missed or that you had posted before we "met"!; 11:05 AM
Lenore Appelhans said...: I also love reading these year end posts! Here's mine:

http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-in-review-books-fun-stats.html; 5:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow, that's quite a list!! I'm impressed!

I keep a running list through the year: 2008's is here:

http://barbarah.wordpress.com/about-me/books-read-in-2008/; 6:13 PM
hopeinbrazil said...: Great list. I admire your taste in books and feel I could have read and enjoyed your list myself. Happy reading in 2009!; 3:04 AM
Robin M said...: What a great list. I'll definitely be back to get some ideas for more reads. Nice that you did links for most of the books. :)

Robin; 12:32 PM