dwhodges01

I didn't join the 100 book challenge for 2016, but I actually finished reading 100 books by the end of the year. The two years before I finished 100 books, twice! So here I am again just hoping to read 100 more.

I have been working my way through Andrew Lang and H. G. Wells for a couple years now. I hope to finish what I have of them this year. Also, I have a reading list on my website, www.rootstwigger.com, that has a basket list of books I am working on.

So here we go:
1. Lang, Mrs. Andrew - The Strange Story Book
2. Anderson, Laurie Halse - Forge
3. Anderson, Laurie Halse - Ashes (Seeds of America Book 3)
4. Johnston, Charles H.L. - Famous Privateersmen and Adventures of the Sea
5. Anonymous - Tales of Romance based upon a book edited by Andrew Lang.
6. Ethridge, Kristen - Storm Surge: Life Lessons I Learned from Hurricane Ike and How You Can Rise Above Life’s Storms
7. Wells, H. G. - The Passionate Friends
8. Fenn, George Manville - Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes
9. Colum, Padraic - The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said
10. Charles River Editors - Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony: The History and Legacy of the Settlement of Colonial New England and Virginia

Welcome dwhodges01 and good luck with reading in 2017, I need to read some H.G. Wells myself...

Good luck with your challenge! I've read some Wells, but I still have War of the Worlds unread on my shelves.

Yeah, me too. We is pretty far down alphabetically . And the movie gave me nightmares for years.

11. ‘That Very Mab’ by May Kendall and Andrew Lang
12. The Holy Terror by H. G. Wells
13. The Nursery Rhyme Book by Andrew Lang
14. Bill Arp from the Uncivil War to Date, 1861-1903 by Bill Arp
15. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by G. A. Henty
16. The Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz
17. Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams by Avi
18. The Warrior King Charlemagne: The Man Who Created the Second Roman Empire by Michael Klein
19. California: A Trip Across the Plains, in the Spring of 1850 by James Abbey
20. The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
21. 9 Lives: An Oral History by Aaron Elson

√ The Red Room by H. G. Wells, not counted. Checked off TBR list.
22. Windcatcher by Avi
23. In the Days of Drake by J. S. Fletcher
24. The Seer of Shadows by Avi
25. Prince Prigio From His Own Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
26. Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? by Avi
27. Blue Heron by Avi
28. Crispin: The End of Time by AVi
29. The Escape From Home (Beyond the Western Sea, Book 1) by Avi
30. Lord Kirkle’s Money (Beyond the Western Sea, Book 2) by Avi
√ Prince Prigio by Andrew Lang. Same as Prince Prigio From His Own Fairy Book, but in a new cover and title.

Wow, you've been on an Avi binge this year!

I have been collecting Avi for years, and found a bunch at a penny apiece on Amazon. But the shipping was huge. Another dozen to go!

31. Poppy and Rye by Avi
32. Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
33. Poppy and Ereth by Avi
34. Greener Pastures by Patrick Quinn
35. The Barn by Avi
36. Ereth’s Birthday by Avi
37. Poppy’s Return by Avi
38. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio’s son by Andrew Lang
39. “Yes, and…”: A Journey of Hope through Tragedy by Matthew Croke
40. Something Upstairs by Avi

41. The Mayor of Central Park by Avi
42. Wolf Rider by Avi
43. Midnight Magic by Avi
44. Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir by Andrew Lang
45. S.O.R. Losers by Avi
46. Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation by Avi
47. Never Mind!: A Twin Novel by Avi and Rachel Vail
48. The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells
49. What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? — Avi
50. Kent Folk Tales by Tony Cooper
51. Windsor Castle by William Harrison Ainsworth

This concludes the reading of recently acquired Avi books. Kent Folk Tales came off the shelf to make room for a reorganized Avi section. Lang, Wells, and Ainsworth are hold-overs from 2015 and 2016 TBR lists. I might be able to finish my Lang list this year.

Congratulations on reaching halfway already!

52. A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang
53. The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by Samuel Butler
54. The Patriarchal Age by Charles F. Pfeiffer
55. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Andrew Lang
56. How to Raise Children for Christ (Updated Edition): A Guide for Excellent Christian Parenting by Andrew Murray
57. The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
58. The True Story Book by Andrew Lang
√ A Wasted Day by Richard Harding Davis
59. A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence by Stephen Hawley Martin
60. Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Andrew Lang
61. The Chronic Argonauts by H. G. Wells
62. The Dream by H. G. Wells

Some of the touchstones were inaccurate so I removed the tags. The Time Machine is close enough for The Chronic Argonauts.

It was one of Richard Harding Davis's anniversary and I picked up this additional title for the author I began reading in 2015 with Lang and Wells. Davis is complete again and Lang's end is almost in sight. All good things come to an end.

63. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Andrew Lang
64. The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
65. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
66. The Sea Lady by H. G. Wells
67. Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells
68. Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose — Andrew Lang
69. Myth, Ritual and Religion – Volume 1 by Andrew Lang

It seems I have saved all the difficult Andrew Lang books for last. Finally I can just about see the end of them. H.G. Wells may take me the rest of the year to finish. I will keep on plugging away at these two authors.

70. The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Charles Foster Kent
71. The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
72. Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
73. What Is an Establishment of Religion? by Michael J. Findley
73. The Emancipation of Mary Sweeney by Dani Larsen
74. Big Brother by Annie F. Johnston
75. School of the Dead by Avi
76. Asa Holmes or At the Cross-Roads by Annie F. Johnston
77. Aunt ‘Liza’s Hero and Other Stories by Annie F. Johnston

This post marks a new initiative to read my collection of Annie F. Johnston stories.

78. Cicely and Other Stories by Annie F. Johnston
79. Flip’s “Islands of Providence” by Annie F. Johnston
80. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery by Ellen Craft and William Craft
81. Sarah’s Valley by Sharon Mierke
82. Raking Light from Ashes by Relli Robinson
83. A Story of Becoming: An Inspiring Fantasy fable by Ayn Cates Sullivan
84. The Gate of the Giant Scissors — Annie F. Johnston
85. Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie F. Johnston
86. Georgina’s Service Stars by Annie F. Johnston
87. In League with Israel A Tale of the Chattanooga Conference — Annie F. Johnston

√ It Was the Road to Jericho by Annie F. Johnston
88. The Jester’s Sword How Aldebaran, the King’s Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest by Annie F. Johnston
89. Joel: A Boy of Galilee by Annie F. Johnston
This was a particularly good novel based on the Life of Jesus Christ.
90. Keeping Tryst A Tale of King Arthur’s Time by Annie F. Johnston
√ The Legend of the Bleeding-heart by Annie F. Johnston
√ The Little Colonel by Annie F. Johnston
Lovely story. I'm looking forward to the rest of the Little Colonel series.

I didn't count each title as part of my challenge. I am reading through the author, and some works are shorter than book-length.

91. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Annie F. Johnston
92. The Little Colonel in Arizona by Annie F. Johnston
93. The Little Colonel’s Christmas Vacation by Annie F. Johnston
94. The Little Colonel’s Chum: Mary Ware — Annie F. Johnston
95. The Little Colonel’s Hero by Annie F. Johnston
96. The Little Colonel’s Holidays by Annie F. Johnston
97. The Coming Prince by Sir Robert Anderson

It will be some time before I finish the 100. I am going back to finish reading Andrew Lang whom I began reading in 2015, before I finish reading Annie F. Johnston.

√ Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang. This is a subset of the next title.
98. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities by Andrew Lang
99. The Odyssey Done into English prose translated by Andrew Lang and others.

Which leaves me with two more Andrew Lang titles to complete my own Odyssey through Lang's works, though of those one was co-authored with Henry Rider Haggard whom I've read.

105. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
106. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
107. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
108. Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle
109. An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’Engle

I have so grown to love L'Engle's time quintet that I now read these books annually.

110. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Annie F. Johnston
111. Mary Ware in Texas by Annie F. Johnston
√ The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells

The Shape of Things to Come is considered to be sci-fi. The main science appears to be political science. It is a made up history of the world from 1933 to 2106. While this might have been interesting in 1933, in the year 2017 it can be hazardous to your health. I stopped reading 50% of the way through. I read for pleasure and I was not pleased with this book. If I want to read fake news I can watch the evening news.

112. Mary Ware’s Promised Land by Annie F. Johnston
113. Mildred’s Inheritance Just Her Way; Ann’s Own Way by Annie F. Johnston
114. Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman by Annie F. Johnston

I am enjoying all the Annie Fellows Johnston books. Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman is a particular joy. Keep it in mind if you have children to read to around Christmas.

115. Ole Mammy’s Torment by Annie F. Johnston
116. The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle by Annie F. Johnston
117. The Rescue of the Princess Winsome A Fairy Play for Old and Young by Annie F. Johnston
118. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

119. My Promised Land by Ari Shavit
120. Songs Ysame by Annie F. Johnston
121. The Story of Dago by Annie F. Johnston
122. The Story of the Red Cross as told to The Little Colonel by Annie F. Johnston

Two of these books were especially appropriate for this week. My Promised Land gives the history of all the various crises in the history of the Zionist movement. This week a new crisis came to the forefront. Messianic Israelis have been banned from getting marriage licenses unless they go before a Rabbinic court and deny their Messiah.

The Story of the Red Cross was apropos to the relief work being done this week with Hurricane Harvey.

123. Travelers Five Along Life’s Highway by Annie F. Johnston
124. Two Little Knights of Kentucky by Annie F. Johnston

This concludes my readings of Annie F. Johnston.

125. After the Flood by Bill Cooper

Cooper began with the Table of Nations in Genesis 11 and 12, and tried to disprove the historicity of the Bible using secular sources. He expected that 40% confirmation of the people listed in that list of nation founders to be a reasonable confirmation, due to the length of time in which records could have been destroyed. Amazingly he found confirmation of the Bible for 99% of the cases.

126. Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle

Carlyle's history of the Scandinavian countries more or less picks up where Cooper's left off.

127. The King of Ireland’s Son by Padraic Colum
128. As We Go — Charles Dudley Warner
129. As We Were Saying by Charles Dudley Warner
130. Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing by Charles Dudley Warner
131. Being a Boy by Charles Dudley Warner
132. Causes of Discontent by Charles Dudley Warner
133. Diversities of American Life by Charles Dudley Warner

Continuing with Charles Dudley Warner:
134. Education of the Negro by Charles Dudley Warner
135. England by Charles Dudley Warner
136. Equality by Charles Dudley Warner
137. Fashions in Literature by Charles Dudley Warner

As you can see I have been reading Warner for some time and have just gotten down to his "F.." titles. I am finding his books a little interesting, but also seeing some side tracks to read on similar titles.

138. American Newspaper by Charles Dudley Warner
139. The Gilded Age, Part 1. by Charles Dudley Warner and Mark Twain

The Gilded Age, Part 1. was an interesting read. It is the only work that Mark Twain worked in collaboration with another writer. I bought the complete work and will read it in its entirety.

140. On Horseback by Charles Dudley Warner

141. A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells

I've been working on H. G. Wells for nearly three years now. This was one of his most readable works, from my point of view anyway. It would be a good auxiliary book for a Western Civilization class.

142. The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner

142. How Spring Came in New England by Charles Dudley Warner

143. The Gilded Age — Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

The Gilded Age is the only work in which Mark Twain collaborated with another author. It is a spectacular effort on the part of Charles Dudley Warner who wrote the last sixty chapters.

144. Indeterminate Sentence by Charles Dudley Warner

145. Modern Fiction by Charles Dudley Warner

145. Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March by James Barron and Stephen Decatur

146. Nine Short Essays by Charles Dudley Warner

147. The Sleeper Awakes by H. G. Wells

148. Literary Copyright by Charles Dudley Warner

149. Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner

150. Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells

151. The Novel and the Common School by Charles Dudley Warner

152. The Novel of the Black Seal by Arthur Machen

153. Our Italy by Charles Dudley Warner

154. Pilgrim and American by Charles Dudley Warner

155. Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner