2018 Reading Goals

Below are the reading goals I set for the year – it was really about encouraging myself to continue reading lots as I don’t often track the number of books I read.  I thought this would be a fun exercise and a good challenge to remember to keep on reading even when life gets busy!  As I probably won’t blog about every single book I read (if only I can love them all that much), I’m going to keep adding to this list as I read throughout the year to hold myself accountable and let you know what I’m reading!

1. The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown – NEW to me
2. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz – NEW to me
3. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward – NEW to me
4. the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur – NEW to me
5. A Stranger in The House by Shari Lapena – new to me
6. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly – new to me
7. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle – new to me

January’s Books

1. (8) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt – I read half of this a couple years ago so it’s kind of a re-read and kind of new – I’m considering it a re-read
2. (9) The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman – NEW to me
3. (10) Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill – NEW to me
4. (11) The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn – NEW to me
5. (12) Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple – re-read
6. (13) The Midnight Line by Lee Child – NEW to me
7. (14) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer – new to me

February’s Books

1. (15) Void Moon by Michael Connelly – new to me
2. (16) The Alice Network by Kate Quinn – NEW to me
3. (17) Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay – new to me
4. (18) Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths For A Better Life by Humble the Poet – new to me

The Books from March

1. (19) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan – new to me
2. (20) An American Marriage by Tayari Jones – NEW to me
3. (21) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – new to me
4. (22) China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan – new to me
5. (23) Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan – new to me

My April Reads

1. (24) Face-off edited by David Baldacci – new to me
2. (25) The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall– re-read
3. (26) Warlight by Michael Ondaatje – NEW to me
4. (27) Mulholland Dive by Michael Connelly – new to me
5. (28) A Textbook Case by Jeffery Deaver – new to me
6. (29) Twisted Prey by John Sandford – NEW to me
7. (30) You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld – NEW to me

May Reads (two on the Kobo)

1. (31) Love and Ruin by Paula McLain – NEW to me
2. (32) Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay – NEW to me
3. (33) Tin Man by Sarah Winman – NEW to me
4. (34) Blue on Black by Michael Connelly – new to me
5. (35) The Safe Man by Michael Connelly – new to me
6. (36) Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos – re-read

My June Books (2 on the Kobo)

Given that it’s June 30th, I thought it was worth adding in a half year status on my goals!  I am sitting at 48% of my goal which is technically one book behind (I track on Good Reads and that’s what the site tells me) but I am well on track to meeting each of them and I have read some really stellar books so far this year!  And I am highly anticipating many of the books coming out in the back half of the year – new ones from some of my favourite authors!  Cheers to more reading!

A review of my 2018 reading goals at the half way mark!

1. (37) How To Be Famous – by Caitlin Moran – NEW to me
2. (38) I’ll Be Your Blue Sky – by Marisa de los Santos – NEW to me
3. (39) Difficult Women – by Roxane Gay – new to me
4. (40) The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin – new to me
5. (41) The Delivery Man by Jeffery Deaver – new to me
6. (42) The Clasp by Sloane Crosley – new to me

July Reads (3 Books on the Kobo)

1. (43) Field of Prey by John Sanford – re-read
2. (44) Gathering Prey by John Sanford – re-read
3. (45) Educated by Tara Westover – NEW to me
4. (46) The Poet by Michael Connelly – I think I read this a long time ago so re-read

August’s Books

1. (47) Switchblade by Michael Connelly – new to me
2. (48) Extreme Prey by John Sandford – re-read
3. (49) Golden Prey by John Sandford – re-read
4. (50) Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain – new to me
5. (51) Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini – NEW to me
6. (52) Us Against You by Frederik Backman – NEW to me

1. (53) When The Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica – NEW to me
2. (54) An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena – NEW to me
3. (55) Holy Ghost by John Sandford – NEW to me

1. (56) Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly – NEW to me
2. (57) Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini – re-read
3. (58) Transcription by Kate Atkinson – NEW to me
4. (59) The Reckoning by John Grisham – NEW to me
5. (60) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – re-read

 

1. (61) The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly – new to me
2. (62) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi – new to me
3. (63) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee – re-read
4. (64) Ayiti by Roxane Gay – new to me
5. (65) The Deal of a Lifetime by Frederik Backman – NEW to me