my year in books

Every year I set a reading goal. A number of books to try and read before the year is out. For 2013 I read 185 books according to GoodReads (actually I read more but a lot of them were re-reads and GoodReads doesn’t count those) but then for 2014 I only read 20 books (with a few re-reads) and 2015 was 26 books with a few re-reads again.

Sad sad sad state. Even though I know that it’s still more than most people read in a year.

This year was really busy again and I was scared I wouldn’t make my reading goal of 50 books and I hit managed it! I did try then push for 100 by new year but that’s not going to happen unless I count short stories or blogposts :P

Also, very important > A big shout out to Penguin Random House, several individual authors and that random guy on freecycle for keeping me reading this year. Books are pricey and I appreciate each one I’m given to review.

So here, in no particular order, are the books I read for 2016.
Not listed are books read for learning, self-help or craft purposes. 

1. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (Illustrated Edition) – currently reading this with Fysh.
2. The Hidden Oracle – Rick Riordan (still busy with this on audio)
3. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – JK Rowling
4. Jed had to die – Tara Sivec
5. Coraline (the graphic novel edition) – Neil Gaimann
6. Beautiful Creatures – Kami Garcia
7. The Choice – Nicholas Sparks
8. Baking and Babies – Tara Sivec
9. The Mating Season – James Patterson / Laurie Horowitz
10. Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman
11. Of Winged Creatures and Nesting Grounds – A. Wilding Wells
12. Confess – Colleen Hoover
13. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
14. Mike and Dave need Wedding Dates. And a Thousand Cocktails – Mike Stangle
15. Nerve – Jeanne Ryan
16. The Brightest Star in the Sky – Chyemenn Santos
17. A Piece of my Heart – Cindi Page
18. The Girl in 6E – A.R. Torre
19. The Firework Exploded – Tara Sivec
20. The Convenient Groom – Denise Hunter
21. Stop the Wedding! – Stephanie Bond
22. St Trinians – Pippa Le Quesne
23. The Prince’s Secret Baby – Christine Rimmer
24. Muti Nation – Monique Snyman
25. The revised fundamentals of caregiving – Jonathan Evison
26. Allegiant – Veronica Roth
27. Cell – Stephen King
28. Cupid has a heart on – Tara Sivec
29. The stocking was hung – Tara Sivec
30. Soundless – Richelle Mead
31. The Christmas Note – Donna Van Liere
32. The Land of magic Medicines – Enid Blyton
33. The War Between – Jennifer Withers
34. One with you – Sylvia Day
35. The Best first Kiss – Colleen Hoover
36. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
37. Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard
38. The Fight of the Fallen – Melissa Delport
39. Fool Me Once – Harlan Coben
40. How to be Single – Liz Tuccillo
41. The Italian’s Bride – Donna Alward
42. Millionaire Dad’s SOS – Ally Blake
43. Tom Clancy’s The Division: New York Collapse – Alex Irvine
44. The DUFF – Kody Keplinger
45.  Snowbound Seduction – Helen Brooks
46. Dark Designs – Madelynne Ellis
47. The Spanish Billionaire’s Christmas Bride – Maggie Cox
48. Pleasured by the Secret Millionaire – Natalie Anderson
49. Nine to Five Bride – Jennie Adams
50. The Billionaire Boss’s Secret Bride – Helen Brooks
51. Just Add Magic – Cindy Callaghan
52. The Cowboys Baby – Cristina Grenier
53. The Martian – Andy Weir
54. Room – Emma Donoghue
55. The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
56. The Giver – Lois Lowry
57. 10 million dollar marriage proposal – James Patterson
58. Learning to Ride – Erin Knightley
59. The McCullagh Inn – James Patterson
60. Billionaire Cowboy – Mandy Baxter
61. A kiss is just a kiss – Linda Barlow
62. Naughty St Nick – Calista Fox
63. Play with me – Lisa Renee Jones
64. Snowfall – Mary Ann Rivers
65. In the Bleak Midwinter – Andra Brynn
66. Rocked by the Billionaire – Mandy Baxter
67. Love Charm for Dakota – Carly Carson
68. The Billion Dollar Player – Mandy Baxter
69. After Midnight – Serena Bell
70. Blame it on the Mistletoe – Nicole Michaels
71. A Touch of Frost – Rhian Cahill
72. Decked with Holly – Marni Bates
73. Flashback – Amanda Carpenter
74. The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
75. Inferno – Dan Brown

It’s only the 27th so am sure that I’ll manage to fit at least one more in before the New Year. Am keen on Melissa Delport’s new The Clock Keeper but my TBRBBM (to be read before buying more) pile is staring at me accusingly.