Please excuse the photo which is more focused on the camera than the old books. Β Unfortunately most of the books I read now are on my Kindle, and it makes for a boring photo. Β I’m also really bad at tagging my photos so went through them looking for “books” this was one of only a few that popped up. Β However, I hate a post with no photos, so there you go.
It’s time again for my end of the year how many books read post. Β Also, instead of keeping a long list this year on the side of my blog like I used to, I’m going to start a post and then just keep updating it. Β I’ve already finished one book, so I hope to get the page up by next week. Β I am also possibly going to try to do some book challenges this year. Β I was inspired by A Quiet Life – and her book challenge.
I read 55 books this year. Β Not too shabby. Β I am always amazed by the people though who manage to read 100+ books. Β That’s more than two a week (I’m also a math whiz) – how do they do it? Β If you are one of those crazy reader people, how do you do it? Β I imagine if I had a long commute, where I could get a regular hour or two of reading in everyday, it would up my numbers. Β But unfortunately my commute involves walking down the stairs to the basement where my computer is!
1.I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
2. The Goldfinch
3. The Perfume Collector: A Novel
4. The Rosie Project: A Novel
5. Poppet (Jack Caffery)
6. House of Bathory
7. Someone Else’s Love Story: A Novel
8. The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
9. The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
10. The Serpent of Venice: A Novel
11. Delicious!: A Novel
12. Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line
13. Chop Chop: A Novel
14. Cutting Teeth: A Novel
15. Chasing the Sun: A Novel
16. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
17. Cop Town: A Novel
18. The Art of Arranging Flowers
19. Shaking out the Dead
20. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Story
21. The Girl with All the Gifts
22. The Butcher
23. The City: A Novel
24. The Virtues of Oxygen
25. The Here and Now
26. A Wedding in Provence: A Novel
27. The Blackhouse: A Novel
28. Summer House with Swimming Pool: A Novel
29. Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories
30. Inamorata
31. The Patron Saint of Ugly
32. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
33. Creep (Creep series Book 1)
34. The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Series)
35. The Promise of Provence
36. Seriously…I’m Kidding
37. You Are Now Less Dumb: How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself
38. Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison
39. The Girl You Left Behind: A Novel
40. The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, Book 5)
41. Olde School (The Kingdom City Chronicles Book 1)
42. Vanessa and Her Sister: A Novel
43. The Vines
44. The Frozen Dead
45. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”
46. Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence (A Chelsea Handler Book/Borderline Amazing Publishing)
47. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir
48. Station Eleven: A novel
49. Big Little Lies
50. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust: A Flavia de Luce Novel
51. Us: A Novel
52. Food: A Love Story
53. Promises to Keep – A Novel (Love in Provence Book 2)
54. Yes Please
55. The Bone Clocks: A Novel
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I read 38 books in 2014, which is good, since my goal was 30. I haven’t read any of the books on your list, but I do have “Delicious” and “Sous chef” and will need to read them soon, since I won them in a GoodReads giveaway and I owe them a review.
Some of my favorites for 2014 were:
– Jhumpa Lahiri – The namesake
– Laura Moriarty – The chaperone
– Alan Brennert – Honolulu
– Alan Drew – Gardens of water
– Laurie Fabiano – Elizabeth Street
– Jeanette Walls – The glass castle
– Sarah McCoy – The baker’s daughter
You did good this year! I have put #9 in my amazon cart. Was it good?
Happy New Year!
Velva
Oh yes, I loved it!
55 is an excellent amount. We have read some of the same books and I have added some to my to-read list after seeing your reviews on Goodreads.
I have averaged 100ish books the last couple of years but I estimate that cooks books are around 20% of that. Although I don’t read them word for word, I do go through any cookbooks pretty thoroughly before I rate / review them. π Otherwise, I read really fast and I read for at least an hour or usually more in bed every night before going to sleep as well as other times I can sneak it in–waiting rooms, plane flights etc. The Kindle has certainly helped with it. π
I don’t count cookbooks in my list – so maybe I should!
I love images of old cameras. A young person once asked me if everyone was black & white in the *Old Days* . I guess it was a fair assumption given all the photos are black & white. Kids today have such easy access to a camera on their phones. I can remember my first camera was barely that. Just enough to hold the film and the cost to have it developed! So much easier today.
I know. I remember putting those rolls of film in envelopes. Then hoping that you got some good pics!
I love your book lists!
We read so many of the same books, but you have a lot of new ones to me as well that I’ll be adding. I need to get up the courage to read Goldfinch… courage seems like such a strange word, but it’s so long! I don’t know if my attention span can handle it π I’ve heard it’s amazing though.
I missed my goal by a long shot last year. This year though I’ve been doing 2 books at a time. Listening to one at the gym and car, and then reading one, usually at night before bed or whenever I can sneak it in. I’m hoping that helps to get my reading numbers up. So many books, so little time!
(And yes – how on earth do people read 100 books in a year? I can’t imagine!)
I do two books at a time too. I read fiction and listen to non fiction – it works for me!
I like your picture! I did the same thing to illustrate my book review – just grabbed a couple of random shots from back in 2011! Very impressive reading list. And I was thinking of starting a post for next January, with my reading listed, so I don’t have to type the whole long list. I’m glad to hear that you have done just that.
You had some good book pictures, I just might have to steal some next year!
I often look at your list of books read when I am looking for a new book to read
I hope you find something good!
Nice job! 55! That’s really good, in my opinion. I follow a girl’s blog from Scotland, and she read 325 books last year! I was blown away. She does commute 2 hours every day, so that must help some. I wish I could read that many, there just never seems to be enough time at the end of the day. Can’t wait to see how many you read next year! π
Even with a two hour commute how in the world do you read 325!
I love lists! We share many titles π I read 150 books due to sleep disorder, wake up at 4 and read until world starts at 8am gives you loads of extra time… then walk down your stairs!
Well, I sort of have your same sleep disorder, but I don’t accept it. I lie there in bread, willing myself to go back to sleep, not allowing myself to get up!