I actually reached my reading goal for this year. It wasn’t until the past couple years that I started set reading goals for myself. It used to be something I did as a school kid so I didn’t really like the idea of setting reading goals voluntarily. I think, though, that once we’re past school age and reading isn’t part of your everyday curriculum it’s good to set yourself a goal that way you don’t accidentally let everyday life get in the way of picking up a book and actually reading it. This year I set myself a goal of 30 books. Doesn’t sound like much but I do experience the occasional reading slump and things in life get to be too much and I don’t wanna overwhelm myself. I don’t want reading to ever become a “burden” so I never expect too much of myself. That keeps it at a nice leisurely activity for me.
So out of the 30 books I read this year, I’ve picked the best of 7 genres:
Best Literary Fiction
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Historical Fiction
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Best Mystery/Thriller
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
Best Classic
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Chick Lit
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
Best Non-fiction
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Best Contemporary
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
If you’re curious, here’s a list of the books I read in 2019:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 5/5
Shine: 20 Secrets to a Happy Life by Shannon Kennedy 5/5
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 5/5
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 4/5
Bossypants by Tina Fey 4/5
Adagio: Living and Gardening Mindfully by Trisha Dixon 4/5
The Likeness by Tana French 5/5
Emma by Jane Austen 5/5
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan 3/5
My Abandonment by Peter Rock 3/5
The Incorrigible Optimists Club by Jean-Michel Guenassia 4/5
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan 5/5
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 3/5
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 4/5
Bird Box by Josh Malerman 5/5
The Spy Game by Georgina Harding 3/5
Room by Emma Donoghue 5/5
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 5/5
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson 4/5
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf 3/5
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 4/5
Eve of Man by Giovanna Fletcher 3/5
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker 5/5
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 5/5
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain 5/5
Origin by Dan Brown 3/5
Legend by Marie Lu 2/5
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 3/5
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 3/5
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 5/5
And according to Goodreads, I read a total of 11,718 pages! That averages to about 400 pages per book. Not bad.
Did you read any of these books in 2019? What’s your reading goal for next year? Let me know in the comments!
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