I love to read. I love to listen to audiobooks while driving (I download from the library). I set a goal last New Years Day of 52 books for the year, I smashed it! I am setting my 2020 goal at 100 books read or listened to. Some I read for my storytelling career. A few were read aloud choices at after school classroom. Some were pre-reads for after school students. Indiebooks made my 2019 list. A few blew me away – they are highlighted in bold.
Book List for 2019
Carolyn Stearns
Audio (A) Read (R)
Goal was 52 books in a year
Top 13 denoted with *
- A Week in Winter Maeve Binchey A
- *A Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks A
- Leadership From the Inside Out Kevin Cashman A
- Nailing the Job Interview Freeway Guide Susan Leahy A
- The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace Gary Chapman A
- Fish in a Tree Lynda Mulby Hunt A
- The Witches Stacy Schiff A
- Treasure Island R,L, Stevenson R at after school
- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates R at after school
- The Bridge to Terebithia R at after school
- Wonder RJ Palacio A
- A Vikings Daughter John Andrews R
- Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage A
- Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull Pixar A
- The Christmas Train David Baldacci A
- The Mother Tongue Bill Bryson A
- Echo Pam Munoz Ryan A
- Thrive Ariana Huffington A
- The Borrowers Mary Norton R at after school
- Whitethorn Woods Maeve Binchey A
- 21. *The Orchid Theif Susan Orlean R
- *People of the Book Geraldine Brooks A
- The Notorious RBG Irin Carmon & Shane Kniznik A
- Seedfolks Paul Fleischman A
- *The Library Book Susan Orleans A
- Solomon’s Oak Joanan Napson
- Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman A
- The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield A
- Red River Lalita Tademy A
- How Children Succeed Paul Tough A
- Coastliners Joanne Harris A
- How I Live Now Meg Rosoff A
- The First 20 Minutes Gretchen Reynolds A
- Some Luck Jane Smiley A
- * Venetia Kelly’s Travelling Show Frank Delaney A
- Four Queens Nancy Goldstone A
- Fish Stephen Lundin R
- Big Country Louis Lamour A
- 39. * The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DeCamillo A
- LEAP Tess Vigeland R
- Dairy Queen Catherine Gilbert Murdock A
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Daniel Amen A
- James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl R
- * The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu Joshua Hammer A
- The Invisible Thread Laura Schroff & Alex Tresniowski A
- Love that Boy Ron Fournier A
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba A
- Abide with Me Elizabeth Strout A
- Shakespeare His Life and Work Richard Hampton & David Weston A
- My Name is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout A
- Outcast United Warren St.John A
- Calico Joe John Grisham A
- * Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin A
- Hamilton the Revolution Lin Manuel Miranda A
- Will and Carolina (Beta Read) Jim Harriman R
- Miracle on 49th Street Mike Lupica A
- 57. *Highest Duty Chesley “Sully” Sullenberg A
- *The Perfect Horse Elizabeth Letts R
- For Love & Money A Writing Life Jonathan Raban R
- The Snow Queen Michael Cunningham A
- The Book of Secrets Deepak Chopra A
- The Time Keeper Mitch Albom A
- *The Pioneers David McCullough A
- * The Case Against Sugar Gary Taubes A
- Highland Christmas M.C. Beaton A
- Around the Campfire Shawn Moriarty R
- *Making Rounds with Oscar David Dosa MD A
- Winter Street Elin Hilderbrand A
- The Other Einstein Marie Benedict A
- Little Paris Bookshop Nina George A
- Myths from Many Lands Roger Lancelyn Green R
- Uncreible Thoughts John Marszackowski R
73.Scandinavian Folk & Fairy Tales Claire Booss R
- Ms. Bixby’s Last Day John David Anderson A
WOOHOO!!!! 74 books in 2019 Happy New Year! Time to start a new list!
