My goal for 2015 was to read 50 books. I came in at 52, so I topped my goal. Still not nearly as many books read as I wish, but I need to keep working on that! Only 4 of my 2015 books read were non-fiction, which is more than the previous year, so I will continue to work on that one. I always have the best intentions, and have started many, but I only pick them up to read every once in awhile. I am usually so caught up in the fiction book that I am reading that it takes my reading time priority.
As usual, my top favorite book numbers are odd....I will begin with my Top 17 books read in 2015 (listed in chronological reading order):
The Night Birds-Thomas Malton
A Spool of Blue Thread-Anne
Tyler
Ruby-Cynthia Bond
What She Left Behind-Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Bone Tree-Greg Iles
A Lucky Life Interrupted-Tom
Brokaw
The Secret Wisdom of the
Earth-Christopher Scotton
Ordinary Grace-William Kent
Krueger
A long time gone-Karen White
Skylight Confessions-Alice
Hoffman
The Love Song of Miss Queenie
Hennessy-Rachel Joyce
The Good Girl-Mary Kubica
Kitchens of the Great Midwest-
J. Ryan Stradal
Disobedience- Jane Hamilton
The Sacrifice-Joyce Carol
Oates
House Rules-Jodi Picult
The Nightingale-Kristin
Hannah *(see Note at bottom)
I loved every one of these books and recommend that if you haven't read any of those listed to give them a try. Now the hard part...narrowing down to the Top 10:
I loved every one of these books and recommend that if you haven't read any of those listed to give them a try. Now the hard part...narrowing down to the Top 10:
The Night Birds-Thomas Malton
A Spool of Blue Thread-Anne
Tyler
The Bone Tree-Greg Iles
The Secret Wisdom of the
Earth-Christopher Scotton
Ordinary Grace-William Kent
Krueger
Skylight Confessions-Alice
Hoffman
The Love Song of Miss Queenie
Hennessy-Rachel Joyce
Disobedience- Jane Hamilton
The Sacrifice-Joyce Carol
Oates
The Nightingale-Kristin
Hannah
It's breaking my heart to narrow this down, but here's the top 5:
The Night Birds-Thomas Malton
The Night Birds-Thomas Malton
The Secret Wisdom of the
Earth-Christopher Scotton
Ordinary Grace-William Kent
Krueger
The Love Song of Miss Queenie
Hennessy-Rachel Joyce
The Nightingale-Kristin
Hannah
I really loved all five of those books, but I must move on...to the top 3:
I really loved all five of those books, but I must move on...to the top 3:
The Night Birds-Thomas Malton
Ordinary Grace-William Kent
Krueger
The Nightingale-Kristin
Hannah
I'll tell you a secret...it is almost painful to chose the number 1 book. But here goes: my number one favorite book read in 2015 is the first book I read this year:
The Night Birds by Thomas Malton.
An absolutely brilliant work! Read it!
Goals for reading for 2016? I'm going to try to keep them modest. I would like to increase from the 52 books read (this year). I came across a site that listed eight "must read" books and I decided that I would read them over the next year. I found two of them yesterday at the used bookstore, so they will be my start. The books are:
See Jane Run-Joy Fielding
We Were Liars-e. lockhart
You-Caroline Kepness
Second Life-S.J. Watson
Luckiest Girl Alive-Jessica Knoll
Her-Harriett Lane
The Silent Wife-A.A.A. Harrison
The Memory Box-Eva Natiello
I am always interested in participating in the various reading challenges that are out there, but with belonging to two books clubs that both meet each month I feel like that's enough pressure on my reading! I guess my other goal will be to finish reading some of the non-fiction that I have started...I need a push with that, so maybe setting that goal will do it.
I feel like a little kid starting a new school year...I am really excited to begin a new year of reading!
*Note-I haven't reviewed The Nightingale yet because it is the January read for one of my book groups, so check back later in January 2016 for that!
Goals for reading for 2016? I'm going to try to keep them modest. I would like to increase from the 52 books read (this year). I came across a site that listed eight "must read" books and I decided that I would read them over the next year. I found two of them yesterday at the used bookstore, so they will be my start. The books are:
See Jane Run-Joy Fielding
We Were Liars-e. lockhart
You-Caroline Kepness
Second Life-S.J. Watson
Luckiest Girl Alive-Jessica Knoll
Her-Harriett Lane
The Silent Wife-A.A.A. Harrison
The Memory Box-Eva Natiello
I am always interested in participating in the various reading challenges that are out there, but with belonging to two books clubs that both meet each month I feel like that's enough pressure on my reading! I guess my other goal will be to finish reading some of the non-fiction that I have started...I need a push with that, so maybe setting that goal will do it.
I feel like a little kid starting a new school year...I am really excited to begin a new year of reading!
*Note-I haven't reviewed The Nightingale yet because it is the January read for one of my book groups, so check back later in January 2016 for that!
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