Despite how small my house is, it is lined with shelves upon shelves of books, and there are many I have mysteriously (sorta) never read. Kids' books intended for my sister and I, that passed me by in my youth somehow. Recently, my mother has taken to purging our house of old, unused belongings, which means throwing away various items—well, donating, to use proper terms—and while assisting her on this journey of increasing our abode's inventory space, I have embarked on a quest to read all the kids' (and occasional not children's) novels I either never read before or just completely forgot the plot of. Whilst reading, I determine whether they are of repute or fame (in which case I keep them should someone be interested and for tradition's sake), or whether they "spark joy", employing Marie Kondo's organization technique. Our house is home to all sorts of ridiculous unknown nobody's books, because my mom hauls home anything on sale, so this will take quite some time. It will literally take years off my life, probably, both for time and health reasons. But never mind that.

In November, I was away from home for the first half of the month, so in that month I included books I read there as well, though there were of no concern to whether or not they "sparked joy". Just for fun, you know; and also just for fun, I will be cataloguing and reviewing all the books here on this bulletin board. Reviews in the comments.

EDIT: As of June, 2023, my quest was completed! Yay! That didn't take too long.

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November 2022 Roundup
Uncompleted (total: 3)
Making a Scene by Constance Wu
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton. All October 2022, and the latter two were apparently published on the same day. Kind of egocentric, Felton.

Completed (total: 18)
8 books of the Ology series, by Dugald Steer and others (2006-2020)
Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent (2020)
The Couple at No. 9 by Claire Douglas (2021)
Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery (1919) [I struggle to recall if this is a reread]
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse (1996)
The Truth Cookie by Fiona Dunbar (2004)
Fourth Grade Is A Jinx by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna (1989)
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace (1942) [reread]
The Bell Family by Noel Streatfeild (1954)
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939)
The Testament by John Grisham (1999)

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December 2022 Roundup (total: 23)
Hotel by Arthur Hailey (1965)
Merry Mr Meddle by Enid Blyton (1954)
A Shawl and a Violin by Randall L. Hall (1997)
Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli (1991)
My Dad's got an Alligator! by Jeremy Strong (1994)
The Mystery of the Missing Stallion (Barbie Mystery Files #4) by Linda Aber (2002)
Three Cam Jansen Mysteries by David A. Adler (1980s).
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (1948)
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (1945)
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1946)
The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope (1904)
Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students compiled by Professor Anders Henriksson (2001)
The Year My Parents Ruined My Life by Martha Freeman (1997)
The View from Saturday by E.L. Koningsburg (1996)
More Tales from the Classroom at the End of the Hall by Douglas Evans (2006)
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren (1948)
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (2000)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (1960)
Replay by Sharon Creech (2005)
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1959)
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer (2003)

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January 2023 Roundup (total: 20)
Double Fudge by Judy Blume (2002)
The Little Balloonist by Linda Donn (2006)
Hold Tight the Thread by Jane Kirkpatrick (2004)
As Old as Time by Liz Braswell (2016)
The Case of the Back-to-School Burglar by Nancy Star (2006)
Washington City is Burning by Harriette Gillem Robinet (1996)
Strike the Harp! American Christmas Stories by Owen Parry (2004)
Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman (1925)
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (2007)
PeeWee & Plush by Johanna Hurwitz (2002)
Judy Moody Saves the World! by Megan McDonald (2002)
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain 1466 (The Royal Diaries) by Carolyn Meyer (2000)
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (1980)
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908)
The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde (1888)
Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (1971)
The Moon Over High Street by Natalie Babbitt (2012)
The Golden Ring: A Touching Christmas Story by John Snyder (1999)
Shipwreck by Gordon Korman (2000)
Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume (1990)

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February 2023 Roundup (total: 19-21*)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers by Donald J. Sobol (1990)
The Report Card by Andrew Clements (2004)
Outernet: Time Out by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore (2002)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (1995)
The Fledgling by Jane Langton (1980)
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner (1995)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (1997)
The Shocking Adventures of Lightning Lucy by Jeremy Strong (2002)
My Summer Vacation Book by Stephanie Calmenson (1997)
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (2006)
The Berenstain Bears Accept No Substitutes by Stan & Jan Berenstain (1993)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (2006)
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (1930)
A Walk in Wolf Wood: A Tale of Fantasy and Magic by Mary Stewart (1980)
The Glass Harmonica by Louise Marley (2000)
Mystic Warriors by Rosanne Bittner (2001)
The Rise of Rome — Plutarch (..?)
The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland (written c. 1370–86?)
Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (early 13th century: this edition trans. Helen M. Mustard & Charles E. Passage in 1961)

*Depending on whether you count the Lightning Lucy series compilation as one book or three, and if you would discount My Summer Vacation Book.

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March 2023 Roundup (total: 25)
Airport by Arthur Hailey (1968)
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885) [possible reread?]
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) [reread]
Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling (1910) [reread]
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (1902) [possible reread?]
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney (1881)
Heidi by Johanna Spyri (1881) [half reread—never finished it the first time]
The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley (1863)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1838)
Bleak House by Charles Dickens (1853)
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit (1907)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1891)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1876) [reread]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884) [reread]
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck (1937)
The Pearl by John Steinbeck (1947)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) [reread]
Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945) [reread]
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White (1938) [reread]
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare • this edition edited in 2007 by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen (1607 • 1623 • 2009)
Pericles by William Shakespeare • mayhaps George Wilkins • this edition edited in 2007 by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen (1609 • 2012)
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot (1939)
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2007)

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April 2023 Roundup (total: 30)
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim (1976)
A Gathering of Days; A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos (1979)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (1920)
Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child (2004)
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng (2002)
Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales (2009)
Larklight by Philip Reeve (2006)
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2003)
Rascal by Sterling North (1963)
Two Times the Fun by Beverly Clearly (2005)
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2000)
The Trumpet and the Swan by E.B. White (1970)
The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman (1995)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (2000)
The White Giraffe by Lauren St John (2006)
The Time Bike by Jane Langton (2000)
The Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (1993)
Apple Is My Sign by Mary Riskind (1981)
Paths to Adventure - a Beka Book by editors Laurel Hicks, Marion Hedquist, Shela Conrad & Debbie Beck (1996)
101 Ways to Boost Your Writing Skills by Linda Williams Aber (1996)
101 Ways to Boost Your Science Skills by Robert Hirschfeld (1998)
Horrible Science: Chemical Chaos by Nick Arnold (1997)
Terra — Tales of the Earth: Four Events That Changed the World by Richard Hamblyn (2009)
The Witch Trade by Michael Molloy (2001)
What's Wrong With Timmy? by Maria Shriver (2001)
Poems of Nature edited by Gail Harvey (1989)
Poems of Flowers edited by Gail Harvey (1991)
A Birthday Remembrance edited by Kitty McDonald Clevenger (1978)
Utterly Crazy! Ripley's Believe it or Not (2011)
The Merlin Mystery by Jonathan Gunson & Marten Coombe (1998)

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May 2023 Roundup (total: 15+)
The Hatchling by Kathryn Lasky (2005)
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford (1961)
Poppy's Returnby Avi (2005)
The Parchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1913)
Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1914)
The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1915)
Rinkitink in Ozby L. Frank Baum (1916)
The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1917)
The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1918)
'Tis: a Memoir by Frank McCourt (1999)

Charmed Life by Diane Wynne Jones (1977)
The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling and Brooke S. Passey (2016)
The Assault (De aanslag) by Harry Muslich (1982)

Inkworld series (by Cornelia Funke) rereads

My own old diaries, folders and journals.

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And so my quest ends, as I've read everything that has the potential to be thrown out, or things I never knew I had. Most of what's in my house. Not everything literally, but there are a lot of textbooks that don't interest me particularly. This was faster than I expected!