My Goodreads 2019 Challenge Results To Date

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As we move into the holiday season, I want to take a brief detour from my author interviews to share my Goodreads list of books read in 2019. The Goodreads Annual Reading Challenge allows you to set a goal for how many books you'll read in the next year and track it. 

For 2019, I set my goal at 60 books. As of today, Nov. 26, I have read 76 books. I'm currently reading 4 more, and I still have 5 weeks left to add to this number. Last year, I barely missed hitting my goal of 50 books. What's different this year? Several things:
  • I started listening to audiobooks in the car with my grandchildren
  • I was grounded by a broken foot
  • The grands are older, so I have more free time to read (not much but I'll take what I can get)

You will find several genres in this list including middle grade and young adult titles The list is heavily weighted toward my favorite genre of fantasy, but I've read mysteries, contemporary fiction, literary, women's fiction, and nonfiction, too.

You will, also, find several books from one particular author. I had a lengthy list of her books on my e-reader already. I probably scooped them up during a special deal, so she was an easy go-to.

The full list is below, but there are certain ones that stand out to me as special favorites. They are listed below in no particular order:

  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
  • Little Fires Everywhere
  • A Man Called Ove
  • Where'd You Go Bernadette
  • The Plastic Magician
  • The Blood Queen
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon
  • The Natural History of Dragons (received a 4 due to narration not story)
  • Shattered Bonds


And here is the full list in order by my rating on Goodreads.  After you look through this list, why don't you pop into the comments on this post and share your favorite books from this past year? I'd love to see what you suggest.


Title
Author
Rating
Shiftless (Wolf Rampant #1)
Aimee Easterling
5
The Spies That Bind (Gallagher Girls, #0.5)
Ally Carter
5
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
5
The Plastic Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg
5
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
Christina Henry
5
The Hundredth Queen (The Hundredth Queen, #1)
Emily R. King
5
Forest of Secrets (Warriors, #3)
Erin Hunter
5
Rising Storm (Warriors, #4)
Erin Hunter
5
Shattered Bonds (Jane Yellowrock, #13)
Faith Hunter
5
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
5
The Dispatcher
John Scalzi
5
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill
5
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson
5
Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate
5
The Vine Witch (Vine Witch, #1)
Luanne G. Smith
5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
5
The Sisters of the Winter Wood
Rena Rossner
5
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
5
The Queen of Blood  (The Queens of Renthia, #1)
Sarah Beth Durst
5
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
Sarah J. Maas
5
Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World (Rivals!, #1)
Scott McCormick
5
Aimless Witch (Questing Witch, #1)
Shannon Mayer
5
Alex (Rylee Adamson, #5.5)
Shannon Mayer
5
Blood of the Lost (Rylee Adamson #10)
Shannon Mayer
5
Guardian (Rylee Adamson #6.5)
Shannon Mayer
5
Liam (The Rylee Adamson Epilogues, #2)
Shannon Mayer
5
Lynchpin (The Rylee Adamson Epilogues, #4)
Shannon Mayer
5
Maze Witch (Questing Witch #3)
Shannon Mayer
5
Pamela (The Rylee Adamson Epilogues, #3)
Shannon Mayer
5
Rising Darkness (Rylee Adamson, #9)
Shannon Mayer
5
Stitched (Rylee Adamson #8.5)
Shannon Mayer
5
Pack Princess: A Fantastical Werewolf Adventure (Wolf Rampant Book 2)
Aimee Easterling
4
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
4
Swimming for Sunlight
Allie Larkin
4
Siryn
C.E. Murphy
4
The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele, #1)
C.J. Archer
4
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #1)
Drew  Hayes
4
Fire and Ice (Warriors, #2)
Erin Hunter
4
Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
Erin Hunter
4
Circle of the Moon (Soulwood, #4)
Faith Hunter
4
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein
4
The Memory of Butterflies
Grace Greene
4
Granny's Got a Gun (Secret Agent Granny #1)
Harper Lin
4
Jukebox Joyride
Jacob Stein
4
Talon (Talon, #1)
Julie Kagawa
4
Fantasy of Frost (Tainted Accords, #1)
Kelly St. Clare
4
Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)
Kendare Blake
4
The Last Girls
Lee  Smith
4
The Mystery of Alice
Lee Bacon
4
Come Home to Me
Liz Talley
4
A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
Marie Brennan
4
The Tropic of Serpents (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #2)
Marie Brennan
4
The Ocean Liner
Marius Gabriel
4
Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues (Mystic Bayou, #2.5)
Molly Harper
4
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
4
Sick Girl
Rachel Hargrove
4
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
Sarah J. Maas
4
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
4
Caravan Witch (Questing Witch, #2)
Shannon Mayer
4
Wounded (Rylee Adamson, #8)
Shannon Mayer
4
St. Dale (St. Dale, #1)
Sharyn McCrumb
4
Dodge & Twist
Tony Lee
4
Tell No One
Barbara Taylor Sissel
3
The Soul Summoner  (The Soul Summoner, #1)
Elicia Hyder
3
The Matchmaker
Elin Hilderbrand
3
The Falconer (The Falconer, #1)
Elizabeth May
3
Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, #1)
Ilona Andrews
3
Creative Change: Why We Resist It How We Can Embrace It: Why We Resist It How We Can Embrace It
Jennifer  Mueller
3
The Clockmaker's Daughter
Kate Morton
3
15 Minutes (A Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery, #1)
Larissa Reinhart
3
The Summer That Made Us
Robyn Carr
3
Ink Mage (A Fire Beneath the Skin, #1)
Victor Gischler
3
Atomic Marriage
Curtis Sittenfeld
2
Room to Breathe
Liz Talley
2


Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Comments

Phil Arnold said…
Barbara, you are amazing. 76 books. Have you contacted Guinness Book of Records?
November 28, 2019 at 5:24 PM
Barbara V. Evers said…
Phil, LOL! I seriously doubt I’m anywhere near the record!
November 30, 2019 at 8:27 PM
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