Now believe me, some were re-reads. Like all the Harry Potter Books, and some of the Diana Gabaldon books. But all in all, I did a pretty good job. And I think I branched out quite a bit. Actually read some NYT Bestsellers and a Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel!
This year, not only am I doing the Goodreads Challenge (55 books!) I'm mashing together the Book Riot's challenge with PopSugar's Challenge.
I love to read! And since I don't have cable tv anymore, I'm not tied to watching tv which was starting to bore me anyway. Don't get me wrong, there were a few books I read last year that I would prefer to never have to read again but I believe I got something out of each book I read. Even the re-reads.
So, the books I read last year:
| The Dinner | Herman Koch |
| The Snow Child | Eowyn Ivey |
| The Dressmaker | Kate Alcott |
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Rebecca Skloot |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Mark Haddon |
| The Good Luck of Right Now | Matthew Quick |
| The Invention of Wings | Sue Monk Kidd |
| Ticker | Lisa Mantchev |
| Defending Jacob | William Landay |
| The Fever | Megan Abbott |
| If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) | Gayle Forman |
| Orphan Train | Christina Baker Kline |
| A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) | George R.R. Martin |
| Outliers: The Story of Success | Malcolm Gladwell |
| The Returned | Jason Mott |
| Bitter Winds (Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters, #3) | Kay Bratt |
| Tangled Vines (Tales of the Scavenger's Daughter, Book Two) | Kay Bratt |
| The Giver (The Giver Quartet, #1) | Lois Lowry |
| The Wedding Dress | Rachel Hauck |
| Details | T.H.E. |
| The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy, #1) | Charlie N. Holmberg |
| One Lavender Ribbon | Heather Burch |
| Inamorata | Megan Chance |
| A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) | George R.R. Martin |
| Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) | Diana Gabaldon |
| Dust Angel | Jutta Profijt |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) | Libba Bray |
| Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind | Gavin Edwards |
| The Fault in Our Stars | John Green |
| The Absolute Last Weight-Loss, Diet, & Exercise Book You will Ever Need To Read | Arthur Apolinario |
| The Scavenger's Daughters (Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters, #1) | Kay Bratt |
| Veronika Decides to Die | Paulo Coelho |
| House of Bathory | Linda Lafferty |
| The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5) | Rick Riordan |
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman |
| By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept | Paulo Coelho |
| And the Mountains Echoed | Khaled Hosseini |
| The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) | Rick Riordan |
| The Circle | Dave Eggers |
| City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) | Cassandra Clare |
| The Book Thief | Markus Zusak |
| Allegiant (Divergent, #3) | Veronica Roth |
| The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt |
| Voyager (Outlander, #3) | Diana Gabaldon |
| Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) | Diana Gabaldon |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) | J.K. Rowling |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) | J.K. Rowling |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) | J.K. Rowling |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) | J.K. Rowling |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) | J.K. Rowling |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) | J.K. Rowling |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) | J.K. Rowling |
I'm creating an Excel Spreadsheet with regards to the books I hope I'll be reading this year. I like the "categories" that Book Riot and PopSugar created.
I'm sure I'll get distracted by some "new" book this year but I'm going to try and stick to my list. I'll let you know how I did on December 31st!
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