Favourite Books

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I don't read books anymore, but here were some of my favourites from when I did.

Assorted Fairytales (Three Little Pigs, Sing a Song of Sixpence) - Unknown Author [childhood]

Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown [childhood]

Goosebumps: 1. Welcome To Dead House - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 2. Stay Out of the Basement - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 3. Monster Blood - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 11. The Haunted Mask - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 13. Piano Lessons Can Be Murder - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 18. Monster Blood II - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 19. Deep Trouble - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 22. Ghost Beach - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 23. Return of the Mummy - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 25. Attack of the Mutant - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 31. The Night of the Living Dummy II - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 33. The Horror at Camp Jellyjam - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 35. A Shocker on Shock Street - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 36. The Haunted Mask II - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 46. How to Kill a Monster - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 55. The Blob That Ate Everyone - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Goosebumps: 58. Deep Trouble II - R. L. Stine [childhood]

Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard and Florence Atwater [Grade 4 Reading Material]

The Toothpaste Genie - Frances Duncan [Grade 4 Reading Material]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling [Grade 5 Reading Material]

Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt [Grade 5 Reading Material]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling [2000]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling [2000]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling [2000]

Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians - Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite [2000]

The Adventures of Captain Underpants - Dav Pilkey [2000]

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets - Dav Pilkey [2000]

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria - Dav Pilkey [2000]

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants - Dav Pilkey [2000]

Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman - Dav Pilkey [2001]

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby - Dav Pilkey [2002]

Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers - Dav Pilkey [2002]

My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George [Grade 6 Reading Material]

Z for Zachariah - Robert C. O'Brien [Grade 6 Reading Material]

The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton [Grade 7 Reading Material]

Illustrated Classics: A Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne [2001]

Illustrated Classics: Ben-Hur - Lew Wallace [2001]

Illustrated Classics: Black Beauty - Anna Sewell [2001]

Illustrated Classics: David Copperfield - Charles Dickens [2001]

Illustrated Classics: Great Expectations - Charles Dickens [2001]

Illustrated Classics: Moby Dick - Herman Melville [2001]

Illustrated Classics: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle[2001]

Illustrated Classics: The Call of the Wild - Jack London [2001]

Illustrated Classics: The Oregon Trail - Francis Parkman [2001]

Illustrated Classics: The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss [2001]

Illustrated Classics: The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas [2001]

Illustrated Classics: The Time Machine - H. G. Wells [2001]

Illustrated Classics: The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells [2001]

Illustrated Classics: Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson [2001]

The Giver - Lois Lowry [Grade 8 Reading Material]

Babysitter's Manual - The Canadian Red Cross Society [2001]

The New Testament [January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2003]

The New Testament [second reading] [January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2004]

The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke [Summer 2003]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling [Summer 2003]

Eragon - Christopher Paolini [Summer 2003]

Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Winter 2003/04]

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare [Grade 9, Semester 2; for English]

Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes [Grade 9, Semester 2; for English]

The Chrysalides - John Wyndham [Grade 9, Semester 2; for English]

Inherit the Wind - Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee [Grade 9, Semester 2; for English]

Inkspell - Cornelia Funke [Summer 2004]

The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman [Summer 2004]

Holes - Louis Sachar [Summer 2004; Read in one sitting]

The Great Tree of Avalon: Child of the Dark Prophecy - T. A. Barron [Summer 2004]

The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope [Summer 2004]

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket [Summer 2004]

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket [Summer 2004]

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket [Summer 2004]

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket [Summer 2004]

Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John [January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005]

Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare [Grade 10, Semester 2; for English]

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte [Spring 2005]

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom [Grade 10, Semester 2; for English]

Lives of the Saints - Nino Ricci [Grade 10, Semester 2; for English]

A Lesson Before Dying - Ernest J. Gaines [Grade 10, Semester 2; for English]

Eragon - Christopher Paolini [second reading] [Summer 2005]

Eldest - Christopher Paolini [Summer 2005]

Inkheart - Cornelia Funke [Summer 2005]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling [Summer 2005]

The Great Tree of Avalon: Shadows on the Stars - T. A. Barron [Summer 2005]

The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown [Summer 2005]

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck [Summer 2005]

The Grapes of Wrath [half] - John Steinbeck [Summer 2005]

Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe [Summer 2005]

Life of Pi - Yann Martel [Summer 2005]

Old Testament [January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2007]

Macbeth - William Shakespeare [Grade 11, Semester 2; for English]

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald [Grade 11, Semester 2; for English]

1984 - George Orwell [Grade 11, Semester 2; for English]

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood [Grade 11, Semester 2; for English]

The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman [Summer 2006]

The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman [Summer 2006]

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown [Summer 2006]

Shadowmancer - G. P. Taylor [Summer 2006]

The Strange Voyage of the Raconteur - J. C. Mills [Summer 2006]

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger [Summer 2006]

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee [Summer 2006]

The Zoo Story - Edward Albee [November 2006]

In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje [Grade 12, Semester 1; for Writer's Craft]

Hamlet - William Shakespeare [Grade 12, Semester 2; for English]

Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller [Grade 12, Semester 2; for English]

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini [Spring 2007]

The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne [Grade 12, Semester 2; for English]

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut [Grade 12, Semester 2; for English]

The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields [Grade 12, Semester 2; for English]

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (comics 1 - 3) - Stephen King [Spring 2007]

Filmmaking for Dummies - Bryan Michael Stoller [June - July 2007]

Animal Farm - George Orwell [July 2007]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - [July 22 - 30, 2007]

Film Art: An Introduction 8th Ed - David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson [Sept 2007- Mar 26, 2008]

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley [September 28 - 30, 2007]

The White Rose - Inge Scholl [November 6 - 11, 2007]

Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen [Winter Holiday 2007]

Maus: A Survivor's Tale I: My Father Bleeds History - Art Spiegelman [Jan 11-13, 2008]

The Theory of Almost Everything - Robert Oerter [January 12, 2008 - April 14, 2008]

Maus: A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began - Art Spiegelman [Jan 17-18, 2008]

Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman [Feb 6-13, 2008]

On Pain of Death - Jan Rehner [Feb 13-25, 2008]

Teach Yourself: Filmmaking - Tom Holden [Mar 20 - 26, 2008]

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift [Apr 18, 2008 - May 11, 2008]

The Filmmaker's Handbook: 2008 Edition - Ascher & Pincus [May 12, 2008 - Nov 2008]

Everything's an Argument - Lunsford & Ruszkiewicz [Early September] [less than half]

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky [Dec 2008 - March 2009] [half]

Watchmen - Alan Moore [March 2009]

Audition - Michael Shurtleff [April 2-9, 2009]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand [July 2009 - November 23, 2009]

Screenplay - Syd Field [July 24-31, 2009]

In the Blink of an Eye - Walter Murch [August 2, 2009]

Learning Autodesk Maya 2009 Foundation - Marc-Andre Guindon [Nov and Dec 2009]

Music Theory for Dummies - Michael Pilhofer and Holly Day [November 18-26, 2009]

Marketing for Dummies 3rd Edition - Alexander Hiam [November 29, 2009 - January, 11, 2010]

Economics for Dummies - Sean Masaki Flynn [January 11 - February 3, 2010]

Physics for Dummies - Steven Holzner [February 3-18, 2010]

Law: A Very Short Introduction - Raymond Wacks [Early March 2010]

Psychology for Dummies - Adam Cash [March 10 - April 11, 2010]

Music Composition for Dummies - Scott Jarrett, Holly Day [May 1-14 2010]

Trading for Dummies 2nd Edition - Michael Griffis, Lita Epstein [May 11, 2010 - July 8, 2010]

Color Correction for Video 2nd Edition - Steve Hullfish, Jaime Fowler [June - July 8, 2010]

Survival Tips 150 Ways to Survive Emergency Situations - Clive Johnson [Early July 2010]

The Educated Imagination - Northrop Frye [July 13-25, 2010]

True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor - David Mamet [July 20-25, 2010]

A Practical Handbook for the Actor - Bruder, Cohn, Olnek, Pollack, Previto, Zigler [July 29-31]

Anatomy and Physiology for Dummies - Donna Rae Siegfried [August 9, 2010 - Late September 2010]

The Perks of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky [September 2011]

The Art of War - Sun Tzu [Winter 2011-12]

Electronics for Dummies - Shamieh McComb [2012]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain [February 2012] [half]

How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime - Roger Corman [March 2013]

Neuroscience for Dummies - Frank Amthor [April - August 5, 2013]