January
- The Chemistry of Joy: A Three-Step Program for Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom by Henry Emmons, M.D. (started in Dec. 2017)
- Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (re-read)
- The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford {audiobook} (started in Dec. 2017)
- The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain and Phillip Stead
- Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
January chapter books read-aloud to the DLM
- The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis {read by Steady Eddie} (started in December 2017)
- Squanto by Clyde Robert Bulla
- Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
- The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
January chapter books read-aloud to the girls
- Inside Out and Back Again by Thannhi Lai {audiobook} (re-read for me)
February
- Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
- Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt (re-read)
February chapter books read aloud to the DLM
- The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
- On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
February chapter books read aloud to the girls
- The Golden Road by L.M. Montgomery
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba {audiobook}
March
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi {audiobook} (re-read)
- The Giver by Lois Lowry (re-read)
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day-by-Day by Pete Scazzero
- Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! by Michael J. Bradley
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli {audiobook} (re-read)
March chapter books read aloud to the DLM
- Benjamin Franklin by the D’Aulaires
- The Weather Detectives by Mark Eubank
March chapter books read aloud to the girls
- Journey to Jo’burg by Beverly Naidoo
April
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis {audiobook}
- The World According to Mr. Rogers by Fred Rogers {audiobook}
- I’m Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers by Tim Madigan
April chapter books read aloud to the DLM
- Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry
- North! or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson
May
- A Spirituality of Homecoming by Henri Nouwen
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (re-read)
- Mere Churchianity by Michael Spencer
Chapter books finished with girls in May (read aloud)
- Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Chapter books finished with all kids in May (read aloud)
- Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck (re-read for me)
June
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
- Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard
- Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper {audiobook}
July
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo {audiobook}
- Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier {audiobook}
- Poppy by Avi
- The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story by Rudyard Kipling {audiobook}
- Blackout by Connie Willis {audiobook}
Chapter books finished with the girls in July (read aloud)
- The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
August
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton {audiobook} (re-read)
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne {audiobook}
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (re-read)
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury {audiobook} (re-read)
Chapter books finished with Louise, the DLM, and Benny (Lulu in public school)
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
September
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- My Antonia by Willa Cather {audiobook} (re-read)
- Educated by Tara Westover
Finished with the boys in September (read-aloud)
- Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
- Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Chapter books finished with Louise, the DLM, and Benny in September (read-aloud)
- Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
October
- The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings {audiobook} (re-read)
- Stretched Too Thin by Jessica N. Turner {audiobook}
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown {audiobook}
Chapter books finished with the DLM in October (read-aloud)
- The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson
Chapter books finished with the Louise, the DLM, and Benny in October (read-aloud)
- . Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein {audiobook} (re-read)
Chapter books finished with the girls in October (read-aloud)
- A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery (re-read)
November
- Othello by William Shakespeare {audiobook}
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt {audiobook} (re-read)
- The Emotionally Healthy Woman by Geri Scazzero
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Chapter books finished with the boys in November (read-aloud)
- The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (re-read)
Chapter books finished with the DLM in November (read-aloud)
- Knights vs. Dinosaurs by Matt Phelan
Chapter books finished with Louise in November (read-aloud_
- Shane by Jack Schaefer (re-read)