Books Read in 2011

This year I completed one book more than last year, with 42.  I really had a good reading year: many books I loved, few that I disliked.  There are a number that I began and never finished (including two from the online book club … [boo]) but would very much like to complete.

Here’s the official list. (Bolded were books I enjoyed, strikethrough books I didn’t)

My 2011 Reviews:

1. Her Daughter’s Dream – Francine Rivers
2. Island of the World – Michael O’Brien (AMAZING! Best fiction for 2011)
3. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress – Rhoda Janzen (Worst book of the year)
4. Cinderella Ate My Daughter – Peggy Orenstein
5. Devil’s Cub – Georgette Heyer
6. Keeping a Nature Journal – Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E Roth.
7. Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization (Audio Book) – Anthony Esolen
8. Excellent Women – Barbara Pym
9. The Abyssinian – Jean-Christophe Rufin – this one is almost struck through, but I thought it well written and it made me think because I disagreed with its premises
10. In the Company of Others – Jan Karon
11. One Thousand Gifts – Ann Voskamp
12. Regency Buck – Georgette Heyer
13. Bath Tangle – Georgette Heyer
14. The Convenient Marriage – Georgette Heyer
15. The Organized Heart – Staci Eastin
16. Your Home: A Place of Grace – Susan Hunt
17. Christian Encounters: Jane Austen – Peter Leithart
18. Bambi: A Life in the Woods – Victor Salten
19. Aunt Jane’s Hero – Elizabeth Prentiss
20. The Magician’s Nephew (Audio Book) – C.S. Lewis
21. The Horse and His Boy (Audio Book) – C.S. Lewis
22. Beauty for Truth’s Sake – Stratford Caldecott
23. A Mother’s Rule of Life – Holly Pierlot
24. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
25. Persuasion – Jane Austen
26. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
27. Real Love for Real Life – Andi Ashworth
28. Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies – Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (tied for best non-fiction in 2011)
29. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction – Alan Jacobs (tied for best non-fiction in 2011)
30. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
31. The Waiting Sands – Susan Howatch
32. Prince Caspian (Audio Book) – C.S. Lewis
33. Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien (review forthcoming)
34. Garden Spells – Sarah Addison Allen
35. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
36. The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien
37. The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien
38. Lady of Quality – Georgette Heyer
39. Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – edited by Nancy Guthrie
40. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
41. North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell

I’m currently reading Lit! by Tony Reinke (and not loving it, it’s OK but a bit ponderous) and The Praying Life by Paul Miller (which is quite good, helpful, and approachable)