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:
- Attempt to not purchase any books (other than the already listed pre-orders)
- Not check out any books from the library (apart from the 3 titles on hold)
- 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