Did I Reach My Goal of Reading 59 Books?

Book cases are valuable pieces of furniture in my home. You? They contain treasured books that I’ll reread and books I’ll read for the first time. I like setting reading goals so that I make sure to regularly indulge in this favourite hobby.

My goal last year was to consume 59 books. I finished 63. I read from a wide variety of genres. My newest one is decluttering. I have made great decluttering progress and such books keep me motivated.

AUDIO BOOKS

1. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
2. A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
3. How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter by Matt Kepnes
4. I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
5. Lila: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
6. The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
7. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington

CLASSICS

1. War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy
2. What’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey

DECLUTTER

1. Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller 
2. The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life by Robin Zasio
3. Housebroken: admissions of an untidy life by Laurie Notaro
4. Unf*ck your habitat: you’re better than your mess by Rachel Hoffman
5. Year of No Clutter: a memoir by Eve O. Schaub

HEALTH/HOBBIES

1. Architectural Photography: Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing by Adrian Schulz
2. Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most by Timothy Shriver (audio book from Library
3. Getting To Know The World’s Greatest Artists: Picasso by Mike Venezia
4. Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott
5. Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain & Do Everything Better by Wendy Suzuki, PhD
6. How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries by Kathy Lynn Emerson
7. Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen: Learning to Cook with 65 Great Chefs and Over 100 Delicious Recipes by Dana Cowin
8. Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis by Lauren F. Winner
9. TED Talks Storytelling: 23 Storytelling Techniques from the Best TED Talks by Akash Karia

JANE AUSTEN (her books and adaptations)

1. Austenland: A Novel by Shannon Hale
2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
3. The Jane Austin Book Club: A Novel by Karen Joy Fowler

MEMOIR

1. Glitter and Glue: A Memoir by Kelly Corrigan

MISCELLANEOUS

1. The Dinner: A Novel by Herman Koch
2. The Eden Prophecy: A Thriller by Graham Brown
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. Hearts And Bones by Margaret Lawrence
5. The Sleepwalker: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian
6. The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
7. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Joanna Fluke
8. The Young Messiah by Anne Rice
9. False Impression by Jeffrey Archer

RECOMMEND

1. small great things: A Novel by Jodi Picoult

SERIES

The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (1/3)

Blackwell Cold Case

1. Traces of Guilt (#1/2) by Dee Henderson
2. Threads of suspicion (#2/2) by Dee Henderson

Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny

1. Glass Houses: A Novel (13/14)

A Hannah Swensen Mystery

1. Banana Cream Pie Murder (Book 21/21) by Joanne Fluke

In the Land of the Long White Cloud saga Book

1. In the Land of the Long White Cloud (Book 1/3) By Sarah Lark

Mitford Series

1. To Be Where You Are (Book #11) by Jan Karon

Ruth Galloway Mysteries by Elly Griffiths

1. The Crossing Places (#1) by Elly Griffiths
2. The Janus Stone (#2) by Elly Griffiths
3. The House at Sea’s End (#3) by Elly Griffiths
4. A Room Full of Bones (#4) by Elly Griffiths
5. Ruth’s First Christmas Tree (#4.5) by Elly Griffiths
6. A Dying Fall (#5) by Elly Griffiths
7. The Outcast Dead (#6) by Elly Griffiths
8. The Ghost Fields (#7) by Elly Griffiths
9. The Woman in Blue (#8) by Elly Griffiths
10. The Chalk Pit (#9) by Elly Griffiths

Women’s Murder Club Series by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

1. 10th Anniversary  by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2. 11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. 12th of Never  by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. Unlucky 13  by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5. 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and  Maxine Paetro
6. 15th Affair  by James Patterson and  Maxine Paetro
7. 16th Seduction by James Patterson and  Maxine Paetro

YEARLONG BOOKS

1. A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman by Joan Anderson
2. The Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

Your Turn  . . . Did you meet your reading goal for last year? What one book do you think everyone should read? I think everyone would benefit from reading small great things: A Novel by Jodi Picoult.

Related Resources . . .

• Follow Seven Principles to Make a Dream Doable – How I made it through the giant Don Quixote book.
• My 2016 BINGO Reading Challenge
• Top Ten Books I Read in 2015
• Quotes from A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman