I’m both really excited and also not at all surprised by how many books I read this year… a pandemic and a lot of quarantining and living alone and needing to escape the mess of a world means you choose books a LOT. (If you’re me, anyway.)
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What a year it’s been. Seriously — it was a major one in my life, with so many big events (a new job! a big break up! a new car! EMDR therapy!) and lots of great books (more than 175!!!) and so many other wonderful and hard and emotional things in between.
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I rounded up 12 of the very best books I read this year. Don’t you dare ask me which one is my favorite! Don’t even ask me to rank them in order! It was hard enough to narrow the list down to 12 when I had more than 20 that got 5-star ratings from me.
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The last month of the year — yay! I crossed the finish line of my 2018 reading goal of 150 books this month just in the nick of time, hitting a total of 152. Here’s what I read in December!
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These are books I highly recommend, thoroughly enjoyed, and want everyone else to read, too. And, they are ALL written by WOMEN.
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I was off to a strong start in November… and then didn’t read at all for like two weeks. Times like these are when I’m glad I had some buffer in my reading goal progress!
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Ten books this month (three of which were an awesome new trilogy!) and some real winners in the bunch — check out what I read this October.
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Something about the anticipation of fall just puts me in the mood to curl up and read ALL THE BOOKS… which I clearly did this month!
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August… the month where it's too miserable to be doing literally anything else but reading inside where there is AC. Ya feel?!
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This month did not disappoint when it came to diverse and fun reads.
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I never know how birthday month will go when it comes to reading-- it always feels like the month flies by and is full of fun activities, but I'm glad I was able to crush my 12 book goal this May after all!
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I spent this whole month thinking I had made my yearly reading goal 200 books and consequently feeling the pressure to read a ton... turns out it's only 150 and I'm actually on track!
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Goodreads is (kindly) reminding me I'm 4 books behind schedule on my reading goal for this year... yikes. The stacks look impressive, but I'm not counting kid lit books toward my yearly goals...
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It was a month of a lot LESS reading than normal, but the ones I read were great, and I discovered a new kind of literature I cannot get enough of...
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19 books (only ONE by a white man!) starting off this year STRONG.
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Here's the thing: for the first time probably ever in my life, the things I'm hearing, consuming, and learning are finally feeling diverse and balanced.
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The last month of the year. The month I hit (and passed!) my 200 book goal. The month I finished 17 books. Basically, A GREAT MONTH.
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