Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Monday, January 1, 2024

2023 Books Read: July to December

 

  1. The Lion's Den by Katherine St. John (audiobook)
  2. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
  3. Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock
  4. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
  5. All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein (audiobook)
  6. Circling the Sun by Paula McClain (audiobook)
  7. A Burning by Meha Majumdar (audibook)
  8. Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli (audiobook)
  9. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (audiobook)
  10. The Whole & Healthy Family by Jodi Mockabee
  11. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (audiobook)
  12. Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie (audiobook)
  13. We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (audiobook)
  14. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  15. Outlawed by Anna North (audiobook)
  16. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 
  17. Maame by Jessica George
  18. The Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (audiobook)
  19. The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine (audiobook)
  20. Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen (audiobook)
  21. Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost
  22. The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica by Naira de Gracia
  23. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
  24. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
  25. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (audiobook)
  26. Weyward by Emilia Hart
  27. Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate (audiobook)
  28. The Children's Train by Viola Ardone (audiobook)
  29. One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (audiobook)
  30. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  31. Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (audiobok)
  32. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
  33. Tangerine by Christine Mangan (audiobook)
  34. Bluebird by Genevieve Graham (audiobook)
  35. The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
  36. If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (audiobook)
  37. Send For Me by Lauren Fox (audibook)
  38. The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah
  39. Solito by Javier Zamora 
  40. Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook)
  41. The All-Girl Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flag
  42. The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
  43. Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald
  44. Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Ellie Cosimano
  45. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
  46. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassan (audibook)
  47. How to Not Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (audiobook)
  48. Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale (audiobook)
  49. The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane 
  50. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (audiobook)
  51. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore (audiobook)
  52. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
  53. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul (audiobook)
  54. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (audiobook)
  55. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  56. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (audiobook)
  57. Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (audiobook)
  58. Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez (audiobook)
  59. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 
  60. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (audiobook)
  61. Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown (audiobook)


Books I've Read to the Boys

  1. Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
  2. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (audiobook)
  3. Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary (audiobook)
  4. Gregor the Overlander (Book 1) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
  5. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese (Book 3) by Cressida Crowell
  6. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse (Book 4) by Cressida Crowell
  7. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
  8. The Penderwicks at Last (Book 5) by Jeanne Birdsall
  9. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Twist a Dragon's Tale (Book 5) by Cressida Crowell
  10. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
  11. How to Train Your Dragon: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons (Book 6) by Cressida Crowell
  12. The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy (Book 2) by Rick Riordan
  13. The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
  14. The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
  15. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Book 2) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
  16.  How to Train Your Dragon: How to Ride a Dragon's Storm (Book 7) by Cressida Crowell
  17. The Wild Robot Protects (Book 3) by Peter Brown
  18. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Break a Dragon's Heart (Book 8) by Cressida Crowell
  19. Stella by McCall Hoyle (audiobook)
  20. Just Gus by McCall Hoyle (audiobook)
  21. The Incorrigibles of Ashton Place: The Interrupted Tale (Book 4) by Maryrose Wood

Saturday, December 30, 2023

2023 State Parks

Texas State Parks
  1. Davis Mountains State Park
  2. Indian Lodge
  3. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
  4. Galveston Island State Park
  5. McKinney Falls State Park
Oregon State Parks
  1. Collier Memorial State Park
California State Parks
  1. MacArthur-Burney Memorial State Park
  2. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
  3. Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
  4. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
  5. Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Friday, December 22, 2023

2023 Camping Adventures

  1.  Big Bend National Park (Rio Grand Village Campground, Chisos Basin Campground, Cottonwood Campground)
  2. Davis Mountains State Park
  3. Gilbert Ray Campground (Tuscon, AZ)
  4. Joshua Tree National Park (Cottonwood Campground)
  5. Death Valley National Park (Stovepipe Wells Village)
  6. Galveston Island State Park
  7. Kaibab National Forest (De Motte Campground)
  8. Great Basin National Park (Baker Creek Campground)
  9. Lassen Volcanic National Park (Manzanita Lake Campground)
  10. Collier Memorial State Park (Chiloquin, OR)
  11. Six Rivers National Forest (Panther Flat Campground)
  12. Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park (Mill Creek Campground)
  13. Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Albee Creek Campground)

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

2023 National Park Lands

 National Parks

  1. Big Bend (TX)
  2. Saguaro (AZ)
  3. Joshua Tree (CA)
  4. Death Valley (CA)
  5. Grand Canyon North Rim (AZ)
  6. Great Basin (NV)
  7. Lassen Volcanic (CA)
  8. Redwoods (CA)
  9. Crater Lake(OR)

National Historic Sites

  1. Fort Davis (TX)

National Historic Landmark

  1. Sloss Furnaces (AL)

National Monuments

  1. Sunset Crater Volcano (AZ)
  2. Wupatki (AZ)
  3. Vermillion Cliffs (AZ)
  4. Pipe Spring (AZ)
National Forests
  1. Coconino National Forest (AZ)
  2. Kaibab National Forest (AZ)
  3. Humboldt NF (NV)
  4. Toiyabe NF (NV)
  5. Lassen NF (CA)
  6. Shasta Trinity NF (CA
  7. Klamath NF (CA)
  8. Fremont-Wimena NF (OR)
  9. Rogue River-Sisikyou NF (OR)
  10. Six Rivers NF (CA)
  11. Angels NF (CA)

Thursday, July 6, 2023

2023 Books Read: January to June

  1.  Conviction by Denise Mina
  2. The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel
  3. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
  4. The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West
  5. Beauty in the Broken Places by Allison Pataki (audiobook)
  6. The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
  7. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  8. Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (audiobook)
  9. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
  10. We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pide and Jo Piazza
  11. Honor by Thirty Umrigar
  12. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (audiobook)
  13. People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn (audiobook)
  14. Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
  15. The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
  16. Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke (audiobook)
  17. The Winners by Fredik Backman
  18. On the Roof Top by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (audiobook)
  19. Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins Valdez
  20. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
  21. Dominicana by Angie Cruz
  22. I Must Betray You by Rita Sepetys 
  23. Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore (audiobook)
  24. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  25. Everything I Have is Yours by Eleanor Henderson (audiobook)
  26. The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
  27. Stories from Suffragette City by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis
  28. Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
  29. Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (audiobook)
  30. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  31. Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Famous Spy and the Sister She Betrayed by Jim Popkin (audiobook)
  32. The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
  33. This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
  34. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford (audiobook)
  35. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
  36. Verity by Colleen Hoover
  37. The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron (audiobook)
  38. Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon (audiobook)
  39. Stars in the Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo (audiobook)
  40. One Two Three by Laurie Frankel (audiobook)
  41. The Whalebone Theater by Joanna Quinn
  42. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdy (audiobook)
  43. Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu (audiobook)
  44. Call of the Penguins by Hazel Prior 
  45. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
  46. The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (audiobook)
  47. Have You Seen Luis Velez by Catherine Ryan Hyde
  48. The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak


Books I've Read to the Boys

  1. Lions and Liars by Kate Beasley (audiobook)
  2. Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
  3. Just Harriett by Elana K. Arnold (audiobook)
  4. The Incorigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unseen Guest (Book 3) by Maryrose Wood (audiobook)
  5. Three Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  6. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Book 1) by Jeanne Birdsall
  7. The Heartwood Hotel: A True Home (Book 1) by Kallie George
  8. Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman
  9. The Heros of Olympus; The Blood of Olympus (Book 5) by Rick Riordan
  10. The Penderwicks of Gardam Street (Book 2) by Jeanne Birdsall
  11. Mr. Tiger, Betsy, and the Blue Moon by Sally Gardner
  12. The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart (audiobook)
  13. Glitch by Laura Martin (audiobook)
  14. The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: The Terror of the Southlands (Book 2) by Caroline Carlson (audiobook)
  15. The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City by Jodi Kendall
  16. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (Book 3) by Jeanne Birdsall
  17. How to Train Your Dragon (Book 1) by Cressida Cowell
  18. The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
  19. How to Train Your Dragon: How to be a Pirate (Book 2) by Cressida Cowell
  20. The Penderwicks in Spring (Book 4) by Jeanne Birdsall
  21. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle (Book 1) by Rick Riordan

Tuesday, January 31, 2023