My birthday was last week so while this should have been posted the first of the year, I sometimes like to think of my birthday as the start of my year. Just an excuse!
I thought long and hard about my goals for 2019 since I didn’t quite get to the number I wanted last year and I realized that I didn’t want it to be about the number, but about the books. That being said, I still wanted to strive for something. So a more realistic number of books, a goal to read new books, continue blogging and to try out audiobooks! I don’t usually listen to books despite a longish commute (mainly because I’m afraid that if I listen while driving, I’ll pay more attention to the reading) but I hear so many wonderful things so I’m giving it a try. I kept the number low in case I really don’t like them but we’ll see how it goes.
Like 2018, I’m going to track my books here (and on Goodreads) so you can always check out what I’ve read and I’ll link to the books I blog about! Here are my goals:
- Becoming by Michelle Obama – NEW to me
- The Black Echo by Michael Connelly – re-read
- Past Tense by Lee Child – NEW to me
- The Widow by Fiona Barton – new to me
- Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot – NEW to me
- On The Come Up by Angie Thomas – NEW to me
- Adele by Leila Slimani – NEW to me
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn – NEW to me
- Cemetery Road by Greg Iles – NEW to me
- The Racketeer by John Grisham – new to me
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – NEW to me
- The Child by Fiona Barton – new to me
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan – NEW to me
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng – reread
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – NEW to me
- The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- The Black Ice by Michael Connelly – reread
- Family Trust by Kathy Wang – NEW to me
- French Exit by Patric deWitt – new to me
- The Concrete Blond by Michael Connelly – reread
- The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly – reread
- Winning Teams – Winning Cultures by Larry Senn – new to me
- Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Neon Prey by John Sandford – NEW to me
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain – new to me
- Last Breath by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Triptych by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Where the Evidence Lies by Jeffery Deaver – new to me
- All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda – reread
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – NEW to me
- The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda – NEW to me
- The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion – NEW to me
- Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter – NEW to me
- Fractured by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Undone by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Broken by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Fallen by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Criminal by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Snatched by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Unseen by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Cop Town by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Whisper Network by Chandler Baker – NEW to me
- Normal People by Sally Rooney – NEW to me
- The Snakes by Sadie Jones – NEW to me
- Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- The Wife by Alafair Burke – new to me
- Kisscut by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan – new to me
- A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Indelible by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Faithless by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter – new to me
- What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan – new to me
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – reread
- The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion – reread
- The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter – NEW to me
- Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions – new to me
- Bloody Genius by John Sandford – NEW to me
- The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris – new to me
- She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harrassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey – NEW to me
- The Night Fire by Michael Connelly – NEW to me
- Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #metoo by Robyn Doolittle – NEW to me