Books I read in 2019

Hello everyone!!!!!

Welcome to 2020!!! It feels so unreal that this is here. I have so many things planned for this year (seriously, this blogging schedule I've got for January is insane!) and I can't wait to share them with you all! As tradition, here at Movies Meet Their Match I tell you all of the books that I read in the previous year and my top 10. I hope that you enjoy!

Here are my lists from 2018, 2017, and 2016.

As usual, if I reviewed it there will be a link to it. I also got a Goodreads account this year, so you can look at the list HERE but Goodreads has a different way of counting things than I do (usually I don't count devotionals or graphic novels).

New-to-me Reads:

The Year of the Dog - by Grace Lin
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - by Newt Scamander (aka J. K. Rowling)
Dune - by Frank Herbert
The Broken Prince - by Kara Linaburg
Five Poisoned Apples - by Skye Hoffert, Jenelle Hovde, Courtney Manning, Maddie Morrow, & Rachael Wallen.
Emily of New Moon - by L. M. Montgomery (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
North & South - by Elizabeth Gaskell
Flunked - by Jen Calonita
The Adventures of Robin Hood - by Roger Lancelyn Green
Rilla of Ingleside - by L. M. Montgomery
The Secret School - by Avi
The Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Paterson
Jackaby - by William Ritter
Anastasia Krupnik - by Lois Lowery
Moriarty - by Anthony Horowitz
Heartless - by Marissa Meyer
Persuasion - by Jane Austen
The Girl Who Drank the Moon - by Kelly Barnhill
A Week of Werewolves, Faeries, and Fancy Dresses - by Nicki Chapelway
A Time of Trepidation, Pirates, and Lost Princesses - by Nicki Chapelway
Agnes Grey - by Anne Brontë
To the Future, Ben Franklin! - by Mary Pope Osborne
Fahrenheit 451 - by Ray Bradbury
Wives & Daughters - by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - by Alan Bradley
Raymie Nightingale - by Kate DiCamillo
Reflections on the Psalms - by C. S. Lewis
The Great Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald
More Adventures of the Great Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald
I Walk In Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trails - by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Romeo & Juliet - by William Shakespeare
Me and My Little Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald
Christy - by Catherine Marshall (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
The Great Brain at the Academy - by John D. Fitzgerald
Babe the Gallant Pig - by Dick King-Smith
The Great Brain Reforms - by John D. Fitzgerald
Dandelion: The Extraordinary Life of a Misfit - by Sheelagh Mawe
The Isle of the Lost - by Melissa de La Cruz
The Witches - by Roald Dahl
"When Did You See Her Last?" - by Lemony Snicket
The 39 Clues: From the Grave - by Jude Watson
Rascal - by Sterling North
The Courage of Sarah Noble - by Alice Dalgliesh
Don Quixote de la Mancha - by Miguel de Cervantes

Total: 44 books

Rereads:

The Silver Chair - by C. S. Lewis (Part I, Part II, Part III)
The Wizard of Oz - by L. Frank Baum
"Who Could That Be at This Hour?" - by Lemony Snicket
The Clue of the Velvet Mask - by Carolyn Keene (I don't know if this was a reread, but I'm counting it)

Total: 4 books

Grand total: 48 books!


My 10 Favorite New-to-me Books:

1. North & South - by Elizabeth Gaskell (Eeeep!! I love it so much!)

2. Rilla of Ingleside - by L. M. Montgomery

3. Persuasion - by Jane Austen

4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon - by Kelly Barnhill

5. The Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Paterson

6. Five Poisoned Apples - by Skye Hoffert, Jenelle Hovde, Courtney Manning, Maddie Morrow, & Rachael Wallen.

7. The Adventures of Robin Hood - by Roger Lancelyn Green

8. Jackaby - by William Ritter

9. Raymie Nightingale - by Kate DiCamillo

10. The Broken Prince - by Kara Linaburg

Reading Challenges:

I participated in the Mount TBR Reading Challenge hosted by My Reader's Block. I chose the lowest, Pike's Peak which was to read 12 books that I own. I got 16!

Dune - by Frank Herbert
Flunked - by Jen Calonita

The Adventures of Robin Hood - by Roger Lancelyn Green

Rilla of Ingleside - by L. M. Montgomery

The Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Paterson

Jackaby - by William Ritter

Agnes Grey - by Anne Brontë

Reflections on the Psalms - by C. S. Lewis

The Great Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald

More Adventures of the Great Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald

Me and My Little Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald

The Great Brain at the Academy - by John D. Fitzgerald

The Great Brain Reforms - by John D. Fitzgerald

Dandelion: The Extraordinary Life of a Misfit - by Sheelagh Mawe

The Isle of the Lost - by Melissa de La Cruz

And she counts reread if you haven't read them in five years, so The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum counts, too.

Part of the challenge is to see how many proverbs and sayings you can finish using the titles of the books that you read. Bev says that you can remove or add one word to make it work.

A stitch in time [saves]... Jackaby
Don't count your chickens [on]... The Isle of the Lost
A penny saved [and]... The Great Brain Reforms
All good things must come [with]... The Wizard of Oz
When in Rome [be]... Rilla of Ingleside
All that glitters is not... The Bridge to Terabithia
A picture is worth... Agnes Grey [Dune? Nothing really works here]
When the going gets tough, the tough gets... Me and My Little Brain
Two wrongs don't make... The Great Brain
The pen is mightier than... The Great Brain at the Academy
The squeaky wheel gets... Dandelion: The Extraordinary Life of a Misfit [or Flunked also works for this one]
Hope for the best, but prepare for... More Adventures of the Great Brain
Birds of a feather flock [to]... The Adventures of Robin Hood

Some of those don't really work, but I was trying! Haha!

That's it for me! Have any of you read these books? Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful 2020!

MovieCritic

Books I read in 2018

Happy 2019 everyone!!

I am so excited of what this year will bring!!! But, before I go into that, I am going to post a list of all the books I read in 2018! If I reviewed it, I have linked to it. Here are the links to my 2016 list, and 2017 list! I hope you enjoy!

This year was a little bit of a disappointment because I read some really bad books for school or challenges. Bleh, I always felt gross after reading them. I have hope, that this year will be better!


New-to-me Reads:

Mansfield Park - by Jane Austen (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Danny the Champion of the World - by Roald Dahl
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief - by Wendelin Van Draanen
Night of the Ninth Dragon - by Mary Pope Osborne
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem - by Vivian Vande Velde
The Goose Girl - by Shannon Hale
The Merchant of Mars - by Ronald Pisacuro
The Zookeeper's Wife - by Diane Ackerman
Flipped - by Wendelin Van Draanen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - by J. K. Rowling
The Cure - by Parker J. Cole
Time to Say Goodbye - by Parker J. Cole
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - by Kate Douglas Wiggin
When You Reach Me - by Rebecca Stead
Frankenstein - by Mary Shelley
Rainbow Valley - by L. M. Montgomery
The Beet Queen - by Louise Erdrich
Lady Susan - by Jane Austen
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - by Ann Brashares
Uncommon Type - by Tom Hanks
Mary Poppins - by P. L. Travers
Candide - by Voltare
The Midwife's Apprentice - by Karen Cushman
The Adventures of Robin Hood - by E. Charles Vivian
The Haunted Showboat - by Carolyn Keene
Death Comes to Pemberly - by P. D. James
Charlotte's Web - by E. B. White
The Body in the Library - by Agatha Christie
The Book Jumper - by Mechthild Gläser
Romeow and Juliet - by Kathi Daley
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - by J. K. Rowling
Angela's Ashes - by Frank McCourt (I didn't read all of it, because I cried it was so terrible, but I did so much I am counting it)
The Wild Robot - by Peter Brown
I Got This: To Gold and Beyond - by Laurie Hernandez
Enna Burning - by Shannon Hale
Mark Twain in Virginia City - by (I'll have to look this up)
Funerals are Fatal - by Agatha Christie
Cinder - by Marissa Meyer
Scarlet - by Marissa Meyer
Treasure of Hope - by Ceciliy Wolfe
Cress - by Marissa Meyer
Winter - by Marissa Meyer
Stars Above - by Marissa Meyer
Missing! - by Émile Gaboriau
The Travelers Story of a Terribly Strange Bed - by Wilkie Collins
Murders in the Rue Morgue - by Edgar Allan Poe
The Ten-Thirty Folkstone Express - by Sax Rohmer
Sarah, Plain and Tall - by Patricia MacLacnlan

Total: 48

Yikes, I need to review more!


Rereads:

The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis:
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle

The Anne of Green Gables Series - by L. M. Montgomery:
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars

Total: 11


My 10 Favorites New-To-Me (No specific order):

1. Flipped - by Wendelin Van Draanen

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - by J. K. Rowling

3. When You Reach Me - by Rebecca Stead

4. The Adventures of Robin Hood - by E. Charles Vivian

5. The Wild Robot - by Peter Brown

6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - by Kate Douglas Wiggin

7. The Rumpelstiltskin Problem - by Vivian Vande Velde

8. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief - by Wendelin Van Draanen

9. Cress - by Marissa Meyer

10. Winter - by Marissa Meyer

The Mount TBR 2018 challenge:

Click here for Bev's original post.

I picked Pike's Peak, which is Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s, and I did 15!:


Mansfield Park - by Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - by J. K. Rowling
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - by C. S. Lewis
Prince Caspian - by C. S. Lewis
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Frankenstein - by Mary Shelley
Rainbow Valley - by L. M. Montgomery
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - by Ann Brashares
Mary Poppins - by P. L. Travers
The Adventures of Robin Hood - by E. Charles Vivian
Funerals are Fatal - by Agatha Christie
Missing! - by Émile Gaboriau
The Travelers Story of a Terribly Strange Bed - by Wilkie Collins
Murders in the Rue Morgue - by Edgar Allan Poe
The Ten-Thirty Folkstone Express - by Sax Rohmer


The Mount TBR 2019 challenge:

I once again, pick Pike's Peak! I am really excited to participate again!


Thank you so much for reading this huge post! Have you read any of these books? Are they your favorite?

Happy 2019!

MovieCritic

Books I read in 2016

Hello!
In these last few hours of 2016, I am finally putting up which books I read in 2016, and which were my 10 favorites! Hopefully one day I will be able to review all of these...

First Time:

Princess of the Silver Woods - by Jessica Day George
Beauty - by Robin McKinley
I, Robot - by Isaac Asimov (My first sci-fi!)
Oliver Twist - by Charles Dickens
The Diary of Anne Frank - by Anne Frank
Zlata's Diary - by Zlata Filipović
The BFG - by Roald Dahl
The 39 clues: A Maze of Bones - by Rick Riordan
Storybound - by Marrisa Burt
Fridays with the Wizards - by Jessica Day George
Old Yeller - by Fred Gipson
Esio Trot - by Roald Dahl
George's Marvelous Medicine - by Roald Dahl
A Tale of Two Cities - by Charles Dickens
My Friend Flicka - by Mary O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - by J. K. Rowling
Jane Eyre - by Charlotte Bronté
Big Red - by Jim Kjeljaad
The Hobbit - by J. R. R. Tolkien
Fablehaven: Key to the Dragon Sanctuary - by Brandon Mull
Pax - by Sara Pennypacker
The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey - by Chris Colfer
Santa Cruise: a holiday mystery at sea - by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark
Appointment with Death - by Agatha Christie
Lambing Out and other stories - by Mary Clearman
A Wizard of Earthsea - by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ghosts of Rockville: Search for the Dominion Glass - by Justin Heimberg
David Copperfield - by Charles Dickens
The 39 clues: One False Note - by Gordan Korman
The Little Mermaid - by Hans Christan Anderson
Emma - by Jane Austen (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
The 39 clues: The Sword Thief - by Peter Langras
The Hundred and One Dalmatians - by Dodie Smith
Great Expectations - by Charles Dickens
Hattie Big Sky - by Kirby Larson
Johnny Tremain - by Esther Forbes
To Kill a Mockingbird - by Harper Lee
2001: A Space Odyssey - by Arthur C. Clarke

ReReads:

Holes - by Louis Sachar
The Penderwicks - by Jeanie Birdsall
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - by Lewis Caroll

Favorite First Time 10: (In no particular order!)

1. Great Expectations - by Charles Dickens

2. The Hobbit - by J. R. R. Tolkien           

3. To Kill a Mockingbird - by Harper Lee

4. Pax - by Sara Pennypacker

  

5. David Copperfield - by Charles Dickens

6. Storybound - by Marissa Burt

7. A Tale of Two Cities - by Charles Dickens

8. Old Yeller - by Fred Gipson

  

9. The BFG - by Roald Dahl

  

10. Hattie Big Sky - by Kirby Larson

Read-alongs:

The Jane Eyre read-along, hosted by The Edge of the Precipice:

The Emma read-along, hosted by Seasons of Humility:

Thank you so much Hamlette and Amber!!

Oh, read-alongs I am going to be in in 2017 are:

And:

How cool Risa!! Can't wait!!

We will never have 2016 again. It was a great year in some ways, I'm glad we had it.
Happy New Year!

MovieCritic

Book vs. Movie: The BFG

Hello Everyone!
I just saw The BFG a few days ago and I'm so excited to review it for my first review!!! So let's get going! It might seem a little weird how I'm doing it, but I haven't had much time to think about ways of doing it without spoilers.

The BFG (The Movie 2016):

 

Based on The BFG by Roald Dahl
I can see that they put a lot of work into it. It has lots of double meanings to it that are really fun to look for especially spiritually, for me. I really enjoyed seeing the story I really like on screen. A few of the scenes were sort of confusing for me (compared to the book). Besides the fact that they took out one of MY FAVORITE parts of the book!!! But I recommend it. I know that some of the names of the characters are creepy, but READ THE BOOK FIRST. Always.
Costumes: 9, They were pretty good to me, one or two characters could have had better I think.
Script: 8, In some ways I think they could have been closer to the book, but they wanted to make sure that you got the idea.
Crew:

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Produced by: 

Steven Spielberg,

Frank Marshall,

Sam Mercer

Screenplay by: Melissa Mathison
Music by: John Williams

Cast:

Mark Rylance as The BFG √ Perfect!

Ruby Barnhill as Sophie * Eh, I thing my little sister would have been better. She was rude and too tall!

Penelope Wilton as Elizabeth II √ For the year they put it in. For the book *Eh,WAY to old.

Rebecca Hall as Mary √ Good!

Rafe Spall as Mr Tibbs * Could be older

Jemaine Clement as the Fleashlumpeater * Too skinny

Michael David Adamthwaite as the Bonecruncher √ Great!

Adam Godley as the Manhugger * Too skinny!

Jonathan Holmes as the Childchewer √ Great!

Paul Moniz de Sa as the Meatdripper √ Great!

Chris Gibbs as the Gizzardgulper √ Great!

Bill Hader as the Bloodbottler * TOO SKINNY!
Daniel Bacon as the Butcher Boy / Pretty good.
(Sorry there are so many, they're all important!)

Good Quotes: Let me think about this.
Story: 5 I know, It's harsh, but, they took out MY FAVORITE part of the book! But not just that, they took out and ADDED things (I really don't like it when they do that).
Overall rating: 8

VS.

The BFG by Roald Dahl (The Book 1982):

 

I want to thank my sister for making me read this. It's one of my favorites!!I just think this is a wonderful and inspiring story everyone should read! That's all I can say about it (for now).
Characters: 10! This book has such great characters for you to love and hate!
Favorites:
The BFG
Sophie
Elizabeth II
Mr. Tibbs
Words: 10! I mean, If you have ever read a book by Roald Dahl you will know what I mean. He uses such words that are so fun to say and use!!
Storyline: 9! Death is mentined a few times. This is such a fun book!

Overall rating: 9.5!

The BOOK wins!!!

This was so fun to review, read, and watch! I hope you all will read it and then see it too!!

MovieCritic