The List

So I thought I should probably make a list of the books that I want to read/review in the next…okay, in the next whenever. The list is always going to be updated as I read and find new books to fall in love with, so check back in if you’re curious, and leave suggestions if you’ve read something I haven’t hunted down yet (pretty please atop a creamcake!). “To Review” is alphabetized…”To Read” is not because I got distracted thinking about all the glorious books whispering new stories in my ears…And if the “To Read” list seems short, well…it’s not complete. It’s just the ones that I really need to get my hands on. Like before I start showing up at bookshops with a wild-eyed look at three in the morning and an ink pen stuffed somewhere in my unbrushed hair (Not at a library. I wouldn’t do that to my librarians. Would I?).

Anyway, here’s the list.

To Read:

• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
• A Glass of Lead and Gold by Cornelia Funke
• The Revenge of Magic by James Riley
• Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
• Tehanu by Ursula K. LeGuin
• The Merrie Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle
• Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Mabinogi
• Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
• The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen
• Mythology 101 by Jody Lynn Nye
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
• Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Beowulf, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien…you get the idea.

To Review

• Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
• Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates (series) by Caroline Carlson
• Floors (series) by Patrick Carman
• The Adventures of Robin Hood: An English Legend by Paul Creswick
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon
• Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
• Inkheart, Inkspell and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
• Reckless and Fearless by Cornelia Funke
• Ruffleclaw by Cornelia Funke
• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
• Zita the Spacegirl (series) by Ben Hatke
• Hood by Stephen Lawhead
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
• Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
• Landon Snow by R.K. Mortenson (vol. 1-4)
• Dragonfell by Sarah Prineas
• Magic Thief (series) by Sarah Prineas
• The Song of the Wren-Falcon by Mary Ruth Pursselley
• Story Thieves by James Riley
• The Fog Diver by Joel Ross
• Beast and Crown by Joel Ross
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Map to Everywhere (series) by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• The Marvels by Brian Selznick
• The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Between Two Ends by David Ward
• The Wards of Iasos by J. Christopher Wilson
• The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patrica C. Wrede
• The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler
• The Marvelwood Magicians by Diane Zahler

As always, if there’s one that’s not on the list you think I should read/review, feel free to tell me! And if there’s one you want to see reviewed sooner than later…say so. I am easily persuaded.