Category Archives: 500 Books by Age 50

It looks like I forgot to write up book 1 of the series Kathryn and I are reading! It was called Sisters also by Raina Telgemeier! And I just realized there aren’t 3 books in the series, there are acutally … Continue reading →

This was another book that Kathryn picked out from the school library and we read every night! It was the 2nd book in a series and it’s called Smile by Raina Telgemeier. I loved the first 2 books, and now … Continue reading →

This book was called Lawrence Welk: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Bandleader and Television Host by Charles Rivers Editors. This is actually the 2nd Lawrence Welk book that I have read. I don’t really watch his shows reruns, … Continue reading →

This book was called The Secret Message by Anna Stuart and was very good! It was during the Holocaust but instead it followed the people of Poland who were occupied, and it’s actually another story within the Holocaust and WW2 … Continue reading →

So this is a book that Kathryn checked out of her school library and I read to her! It was really good. Although it was in comic strip type instead of regular reading. I used to not like that, but … Continue reading →

This book is another one of my Elvis books! It was called Being Elvis: A Lonely Life by Ray Connolly. Obviously, if you can’t tell I love Elvis and want to know everything. I’ve read a ton of books now, … Continue reading →

So this book was one Kathryn brought home from her school library, called Cat Found by Ingrid Lee. She checked it out because it had a picture of a cute kitty on it. At first it was ok, about homeless … Continue reading →

So how we got this next book is very interesting! The first week in October, my dad, Kathryn and I went to Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at a hotel we’ve never stayed at before, it was in downtown Dells and … Continue reading →

This book was called Elvis In Vegas: How The King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show by Richard Zoglin. It was definitely an interesting book and I enjoyed it very much, but not because it was an Elvis book, surprisingly enough … Continue reading →

So we actually read this book when Kathryn was at Haskin for the One School One Book program, but she had checked it out from her library, so we read it again! It was called The Adventures of a South … Continue reading →

This was another Elvis book called Baby, Let’s Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him by Alanna Nash. I really enjoyed this one because it’s his same story only this time and talked about every single woman … Continue reading →

Even though this is technically a small kids book, A Little Golden Book to be exact. It was a book that I purchased for myself, even though I did read it to Kathryn! It’s because it’s called Disney Figment! Figment … Continue reading →

So this book was a chapter book that I read to Kathryn many nights before her bedtime. A chapter a night, so figured I should include it, seeing as I am the one who read it! It’s called The Wish … Continue reading →

This book was called The War Orphan by Anna Stuart! It was another Holocaust book but it was a little bit different. Yes the characters were in Auschwitz, but it was more about what happened after they were liberated when … Continue reading →