Saturday, January 10, 2015

2014 Reading Count

At the beginning of last year I'd set myself a personal goal of reading 100 books. I didn't know how many books I could read a year, so I thought "why not?".

Spoiler alert I did not read 100 books I have other things to do. (Besides that would be like reading  nearly two books a week and I don't think that's possible.) But I did read 37 books, which I will list for you here, hopefully in order.

1. Ask The Passengers by A.S. King
2. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
5. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (the time I didn't read it for school)
7. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
8. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
9. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
10. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (not for the first time)
11. Looking For Alaska by John Green (again not for the first time)
12. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
13. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
14. Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
15. Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn
16. Ailleur by unknown because I'm stupid and didn't write it down
17. Méto: La Maison by Yves Grevet
18. What I Had Before I Had You by Sarah Cornwell
19. Méto: L'Île by Yves Grevet
20. Méto: Le Monde by Yves Grevet
21. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
22. Fangirl (again)
23. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
24. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
25. Eleanor and Park (again)
26. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (not for the first time)
27. Perks Of Being A Wallflower (again I know shush I ran out of reading material)
28. Why We Broke Up (again)
29. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
30. Landline by Rainbow Rowell
31. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
32. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
33. The Museum Of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
34. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (for school)

35, 36 and 37 I read for school and didn't write down when I read them so this is not chronologically correct, but I also read The Great Gatsby again , To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Othello by William Shakespeare.

So there you have it, my year in books. For those of you keeping up, you may see that I have not yet finished On The Road but it will happen eventually. I am currently reading Bossypants which is Tina Fey's autobiography and very entertaining. I do like reading biographies.

I think my goal for 2015 will be to read 40 books, see if I can beat my record for this year, and to re-read less books. I need to be more prepared when I traveled, that's where the issue lay. Lack of preparation, which can only be expected from me, not gonna lie.

I also think I should tell you that for the first time ever I have filled a whole journal.


If ever you're looking for a journal, I highly recommend Moleskines. I know they're expensive but they are such amazing quality. I've been carrying this one around since 2013 and it really doesn't look any worse for wear. I usually prefer spiral notebooks, but this one was flexible and sturdy and honestly just perfect. I got a new one from my brother for Christmas and I am excited to fill it up.

I hope you had a great 2014, and here's to a 2015 filled with new books, new blank pages and many pages to fill them with.