This is the first in a series of posts with my resolutions for the new academic year.

I have previously blogged about reading; however I am beginning to set myself some resolutions for the start of the academic year. The first is to read some of the books that I own rather than buying books or getting more books out of the library. I have spent part of this morning looking at books that I own that I have not read.

I will between now and the end of the calendar year:

1. Attempt to not purchase any books (other than the already listed pre-orders)
2. Not check out any books from the library (apart from the 3 titles on hold)
3. Read as many of the books on the list below as possible.

Check back in the end of December / beginning of January for the result!

Non-Fiction

• Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better – Doug Lemov
• Shackleton’s Way: Leadership lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer – Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
• 10 billion – Stephen Emmmott
• Professional Captial: Transforming Teaching in Every School – Mandy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan
• Teacher Proof – Tom Bennett
• Effective Innogaction in the Secondary Geography Curriculum – Charles Rawding
• A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism – Facing History and Ourselves
• The Tail: How England’s schools fail one child in five -and what can be done – Paul Marshall
• Population 10 Billion – Danny Dorling
• Political Parties in Britain – Matt Cole and Helen Deighan
• School Wars – Melisa Benn
• A Smart Guide to Utopia: 111 Inspiring Ideas for a Better City – Le Cool
• Do Not Alight Here: Walking London’s Lost Undergound and Railway Stations- Ben Pedroche
• Brilliant Subject LEader – Marc Bowen
• World City – Doreen Massey
• Whole School Progress the Lazy Way – Jim Smith
• Shut Up and Take Action – Action Jackson
• Johnson’s Life of London – Boris Johnson
• Pulphead – John Jeremiah Sullivan
• Poverty and insecurity: life in low-pay, no-pay Britain (LR)
• The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War – Peter Hennessy
• True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership – Bill George
• Cities are Good For You – Leo Hollis
• What to Expect When No One’s Expecting: America’s Coming Demographic Disaster – Jonathan Last
• An Ethic of Excellence – Ron Berger
• Authenticity in and Through Teaching in Higher Education – Carolin Kreber
• You Talking to Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama – Sam Leith
• The Box – Levinson
• Underground London – Stephen Smith

Autobiography / Biography

• Behind the Candelabra – Scott Thorson
• Dear Lupin: Letters to a wayward Son – Roger Mortimer and Charlie Mortimer (Lib)
• The Lonely Planet Story – Tony and Maureen Wheeler
• The Word According to Bob – James Bowen (LR)
• Tony Blair: A Journey
• Small Wars Permitting – Christina Lamb
• Richte’s Scale – Hough
• Longitude – David Sobel

Fiction

• The Honey Guide – Richard Crompton (LR)
• The Cuckoo’s Calling – Robert Galbraith (LR)
• Stoner: A Novel – John Williams
• The Flood – Ian RankinRed Plenty – Frances Spufford
• The Last Wish – Andrze Sapkowski
• Vanity Fair – Thakeray
• Sunnyside – Glen David Gold
• The Dog Stars – Peter Heller
• The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
• The Brutal Art – Jesse Kellerman
• Carter Beats the Devil – Glen David Gold
• The Flying Man – Roopa Farooki
• Tender is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Other Hand – Chris Cleave
• Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein (K)
• The Legacy – Lynda La Plante (K)
• Never Go Back – Lee Child (K) – Released on 29th August 2013
• Wrongful Death – Lynda La Plante (K) – Released on 12th September 2013
• W is for Wasted – Sue Grafton (K) – Released on 10th September 2013

You can see the books I am currently reading and the books I have read at: www.goodreads.com/gceyre