2015 Year End Reading Plans

Here we are barreling down to the end of 2015 already! How are you all doing on whatever reading resolutions and challenges you set for yourself? My only reading goal was to read 52 books, and that seems completely possible with 5 weeks left in the year. My list says I'm at 47, though I think I might be missing one or two and need to double check. So five books in five weeks, of which I have a lot of vacation time? Seems doable. (Unless this distracts me.)

Here's the list of what I'm hoping to read from, though it's entirely possible that I'll distract myself.

I have a ton of NetGalley books that I haven't reviewed, but I'd like to try not to get farther behind. These are the titles I have that have release dates between now and the end of January, plus the Christmas titles:

Home for Christmas by Lily Everett

Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince by Ella Quinn

Steal Me by Lauren Layne (Due out today!)

Proposal At the Winter Ball by Jessica Gilmore

Anything for You by Kristan Higgins

  

The Dirt on the Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones 

(and since I've only read the first two in the series, the six titles in between?)

Keep On Loving You by Christine Ridgway

And then there's the library holds that keep showing up in my Kindle:

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

 (reading this right now. It's both fascinating and depressing.)

Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh

When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare

The Martian by Andy Weir

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

Clearly, I will not read all of these. The library titles are all titles that I've waited through very long hold lists on, and since they are e-books I don't have any flexibility (ie, I can't hold them past my due date and just pay a fine, however rude that is to the next person.)  I'm fairly determined NOT to get more behind on NetGalley, and in fact I'd love to squeeze in a couple older titles.  What do you guys think? 12 books in 5 weeks? Plus the other six Darynda Jones? Totally doable, right?

What's on your holiday reading list?

Five books from 2015 that I'd like to read.

We all know how I rarely break out of my reading ruts. I rarely read general fiction, even tho I enjoy it when I do, and I mostly just ignore non-romance bestsellers. Despite this, there are a few books that have caught my eye and I think I might attempt to get them on my Kindle soon.

Here are the first five that come to mind:

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

What else should be on my list?

I thought I could read twenty-seven books in the next month?!

As I've mentioned (ahem) we're moving soon- in less than a month if all goes as planned. I've packed up most of our books, but of course left a few out to read while we (I) pack. In fact, I keep 27 books. I usually read less than a book a week, so I'm not really sure what I was thinking.

Here's the list of the 15 I kept from the library. Clearly these are the priority, since I can't take them with me. Two of them are half read (as noted) but what do I read after that?

• Steamed: A Steampunk Romance (Paranormal Romance (Signet)) by Katie MacAlister
• Too Good To Be True (Hqn) by Kristin Higgins
• Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
• The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Jason Turbow
• When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be by Amy Wilson (Half done!)
• Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World by Mark Frauenfelder
• Generation Debt: How Our Future Was Sold Out for Student Loans, Bad Jobs, NoBenefits, and Tax Cuts for Rich Geezers--And How to Fight Back by Anya Kamenetz
• Debbie Harry Sings in French by Meagan Brothers
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
• Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg (P.S.) by Michael Perry (now past due, oops)
• The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide: Field-Tested Strategies for Staying Smart, Sane, and Connected While Caring for Your Kids by Melissa Stanton
• Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin (probably won't read this one)
• What We Eat When We Eat Alone: Stories and 100 Recipes by Deborah Madison
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
• Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman (half done!)

Yikes!

And for a complete list, these are the ones I kept off these two lists:

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel  by Jonathan Safran Foer (added after Trish made me)
• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
• Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion
• Didn't I Feed You Yesterday?: A Mother's Guide to Sanity in Stilettos by Laura Bennett
• Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life by Gail Blanke
• Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
• Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
• In the Woods by Tana French
• The Queen of Palmyra: A Novel (P.S.) by Minrose Gwin
• Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 1) by Ann Brashares (bought at the library sale after the list was made.)

A wee bit ambitious during a move, wouldn't you think?

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The TBR shelves, non-fiction

(Packed!)



I recently posted the fiction TBR shelves, here's the non-fiction that I'm hanging onto.  I show a definite preference for parenting books, books about religious journeys, and stuff about money.


What non-fiction do you lean towards?

1. Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
2. The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
3. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam  by Karen Armstrong
4. Through the Narrow Gate, Revised: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery by Karen Armstrong
5. Didn't I Feed You Yesterday?: A Mother's Guide to Sanity in Stilettos  by Laura Bennett
6. Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life  by Gail Blanke
7. It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons  edited by Andrea Buchanan
8. Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It by Andrea J Buchanan
9. Shakespeare (The Illustrated and Updated Edition) by Bill Bryson
10. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
11. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
12. Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage) by Bill Buford
13. Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl  by Susan Campbell
14. Pornology: Noun--1: A Good Girl's Guide to Porn; 2: The misadventures of the world's first anthroPORNologist; 3: A Hilarious Exploration of Men, Relationships, and Sex by Ayn Carrillo-Galley
15. Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More and Argue Less As Your Family Grows 
16. FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father's Code by Maria Conlon-MvIvor
17. What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues  by Jessamyn Conrad
18. Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead  by Tamara Draut
19. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
20. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
21. Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence  by Gerard Jones
22. The Story of My Life: The Restored Classic, Complete and Unabridged, Centennial Edition  by Helen Keller
23. Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel  by Jean Kilbourne
24. Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age by Daniel Kindlon
25. Yearnings: EMBRACING THE SACRED MESSINESS OF LIFE  by Irwin Kula
26. Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
27. Gift From the Sea (A Vintage Book) by Anne Morrow Lindberg
28. Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom
29. See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Writing Chick Lit by Sarah Mlynowski
30. Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family by Catherine Newman
31. Practically Perfect in Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help--and Back  by Jennifer Niesslein
32. The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke by Angela Nissel
33. The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
34. Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion
35. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robinson
36. Baby B by Michael Ryan
37. You're Not The Boss Of Me: Adventures Of A Modern Mom  by Erika Schickel
38. Ciao, America!: An Italian Discovers the U.S.  by Beppe Severgnini
39. Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish by Tom Shachtman
40. The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change by Shari MacDonald Strong
41. Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference by Clay Travis
42. Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom by Kristin van Ogtrop
43. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
44. Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World by Sarah Vowell
45. The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order by Joan Wickersham
46. The Other Woman: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal by Victoria Zackheim

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