My 2019 Books
- wanderingwonderbread
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2020
For the past three years I have been participating in the Goodreads yearly reading challenge. Almost every year I put myself down for 12 books. Definitely not as many books as some of my friends who try for 30-50+ books a year. Which is fantastic they can do that. My goal is to push myself to read at least one book a month. If I have time for more- yay!
So far I have felt like one book a month is a reasonable goal, especially when life gets too hectic to be able to read for hours on end. My daily goal is to at least read ten minutes before bed every night. I find it to be a good way for me to wind down my brain before sleeping.
2017– 31/20 books (11,609 pages). Seven of the thirty-one books I read were rereads (Harry Potter series).
2018– 22/12 books (9,113 pages) Eight of the twenty-two books I read were rereads (Harry Potter series and Sense and Sensibility).
2019– 20/12 books (8,513 pages) Nine out of twenty were rereads (1-6 of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games trilogy).
What are your opinions on rereading books? For me I find comfort in reading Harry Potter yearly. I have been slowly getting the new illustrated copies since a new one comes out every October (this year was Goblet of Fire). With that, I still try and read a lot of new books as well.
I have an incredible ever growing backlog of books I would like to read, but I am a very moody reader. By that I mean, I decide what book to read by what I am feeling at the time. I don’t mind reading two books at a time. My friend and I have a list of books we read together and have discussions on. So a lot of times I am reading one of our bookclub books at the same time as a personal choice book. Depending on how good the books are, I might end up focusing on one a little more than the other. Or sometimes which book I focus on depends on if one is a kindle version and one is a physical copy. It is easier to carry the kindle in my purse than a physical book. So sometimes the kindle version will get read more out and about, while I’ll save the physical copy for my ten minutes before bed. This is especially true with the Illustrated Harry Potters because they are huge books.
Goodreads’ 2019 Book Challenge
My 2019 books in the order I read:
“Blazing Ahead: Benton Mackaye, Myron Avery, and the Rivalry That Built the Appalachian Trail” by Jeffery H. Ryan (Gave 4 Stars)
“The Women in the Castle” by Jessica Shattuck (Gave 3 Stars)
“Congo” by Michael Critchton (Gave 3 Stars) (If you have read the book, definitely watch the movie for a laugh)
“Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a Time” by Ed Stafford (Gave 4 Stars)
“Appalachian Trials: A Psychological and Emotional Guide to Successfully Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail” by Zach Davis (Gave 4 Stars)
“Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand (Gave 4 Stars)
“The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Dan White (Gave 3 Stars)
“Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths” by Darren Naish (Gave 4 Stars)
“The Hunger Games Trilogy” by Suzanne Collins (Gave all three 5 Stars)
“The Passage” by Justin Cronin (Gave 3 Stars) (Plans to read the rest of the trilogy to see where it goes)
“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer (Gave 4 Stars)
“Harry Potter 1-3” by JK Rowling (All 5 Stars)
“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen (Gave 5 Stars)
“Harry Potter 4-6” by JK Rowling (All 5 Stars)
What did your 2019 reading list look like? Any planned reads for 2020? I will definitely be reading Deathly Hallows and probably finishing The Passage Trilogy. I would like to reread Bill Bryson’s ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ either before I leave to hike the Appalachian Trail or maybe while I am on the trail. We’ll see what the future holds.
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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