A portion of the books are audiobooks, and 2 are picture books - I had to include them on my list as the artwork is superb . Quite a few of the titles are pre-reads before I hand the book over to Jay or Daisy to read. (Helps when it comes time to discuss the books with them too ☺)
The number beside each book is my personal rating for the book, or audiobook, at the time of reading with the range being:
(1) = would not recommend,
(2) = some interesting aspects but not one of my recommended reads,
(3) = would recommend.
(4) = Really good (or worthy) read, would definitely recommend
(5) = Excellent book, highly recommend
The next few
are ongoing, sip, reads so I will add them here:
A: Letters
of Robert Browning & Elizabeth Barrett Vol’s 1 & 2 (pub Harper &
brothers) B: Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens ~ Debra Bell (4++ so far)
The titles
in green are books I’ve pre-read before handing them to the children
- King Alfred's English ~ White (still reading this together. Currently a 5-)
- Lorna Doone ~ R.D. Blackmore (England. Monmouth’s Rebellion) (audio) (4+) (see my review of this elsewhere on my blog. It does contain content issues)
- Scaramouche ~ Sabatini (4+)
- Captain Blood ~ Sabatini (audio) (4)
- Moonfleet ~ Faulkner (4+)
- The Making of a Marchioness ~ Hodgson-Burnett (3)(slightly odd story!!)
- Rhiannon (Audio) ~ Grove (1) ( Y, this one is an avoid-at-all costs for you n yours!)
- Mary Queen of Scots ~ Strong (4-)
- The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow ~ French (4+)
- Fire, Bed, and Bone ~ Branford (5)
- Flame Over Tara ~ Polland (SL) (2) (I thought I was really going to enjoy this book. I didn't. I've read a few of Polland's books and I think her approach to historical fiction and "christian" world views just don't gel for our family.)
- Otto of the Silver Hand ~ Pyle (SLG R/A) (5-) (contains M.Ages retribution)
- The Ramsay Scallop ~ Temple (SL 200) (2) (Too Romance-y and an odd content issue tossed in - a man asking the girl to "lay" with him. Can't understand why SL chose this title. Not for us.)
- Ivanhoe ~ Scott (3++)
- Bound ~ Napoli (4++) (editing out needed as a read aloud in our home)
- Luther in His Own Words ~ Martin Luther (4+)
- Martin Luther’s “Here I Stand” (Narrator Max McLean) (5-)
- The Girl From the Limberlost ~ Porter (5) (favourite. repeat read. Do note: the mother is initially awful(!), until forgiveness goes to work.)
- The Year 1000 ~ Lacey (audio option) (4+) (Very interesting content, though editing out is needed - which was a bit hard to do with an audio ☺ )
- Little and Friday Celebrations ~ Evans (cookbook) (3)
- Cousin Kate ~ Heyer (2-) (If you skip this Heyer book you won't be missing anything! It was recommended as a Gothic era storyline to go with works of that era.)
- China’s Long March ~ Fritz (SL) (1)
- The Hallow ~ Christie (4+) (kept me guessing until right near the end)
- Dead Man’s Ransom (Cadfael Mystery) ~ Peters (4+) (abridged dramatized audio. Much of the too mature/adult toned content has been cut out)
- The Raven in the Foregate (Cadfael Mystery) ~ Peters (4-) (abridged dramatized audio. Much of the too mature/adult toned content is cut out)
- Mansfield Park ~ Austen (3+)
- Paul Temple and The Van Dyke Affair (audio/radio drama) ~ Durbridge (4+)
- Paul Temple and The Gilbert Case (audio/radio drama) ~ Durbridge (4-)
- King James Bible: 1 Corinthians – Colossians (5+)
- A Glorious Age in Africa ~ Chu and Skinner (4++)
- Feast: Our Food Out East ~ (4) (an eclectic collection of Eastcoast recipes. Makes for interesting reading))
- Beach, Bach, Boat, Barbecue: The Complete Collection ~ Batchelor and Oliver (5-)
- The Seven Dials Mystery ~ Christie (4) (abridged dramatized audio. Much of the too mature/adult toned content is cut out)
- Save With Jamie ~ Jamie Oliver (3+)
- Christian Leaders of the 18th Century ~ Ryle (4) (older, more romantised style of writing)
- Shakespeare: His Works and His World ~ Rosen & Ingpen (5) (love picture books with artwork by Ingpen)
- Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu ~ Lewin (4-) (lovely pictures!)
- The Chronicles of Iona: Exile ~
- Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation ~ Shearer (3++)
- Famous Men of the Middle Ages ~ Haaren (3++)
- Georgette Heyer’s Regency England ~ Chris (4-)
- Phillippa’s Home Baking ~ Grogan (cookbook) (5)
- It's Easier Than You Think ~ Seagar (cookbook) (4+)
- The Knights Templar ~ Hodge (4)
- 1215 : The Year of Magna Carta ~ Danziger (3+)
- How the Irish Saved Civilization ~ Cahill (4++)
- The Hunger Games ~ Collins ( series: 3 books) (2) (I wanted to see what all the ‘fuss’ was about. My two won’t be reading this series anytime soon :/ )
- A Minute of Margin ~ Swenson (5) (favourite book. repeat read)
- The Art of The Hobbitt ~ Tolkein Editor: Hammond (4+)
- Churches ~ Dupre (4)
- Medicines of The Maori ~ Christina Macdonald (4+) (very interesting book)
2 comments:
Thank you for this. I'm looking for some inspiration for reading over the holiday so this was useful. I hadn't realised that Lorna Doone was about the Monmouth rebellion. I enjoyed your scoring system.
thanks for stopping SarahElisabeth.
Hoping your have a few titles to onshare this year too ☺
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