2018 Reading Challenge

This year I completed another goal I set for myself of reading 40 books.  I surpassed this and read/listened to 87.  Now a great deal of my list was children's chapter books- we listened to a lot of Bevery Cleary audiobooks will driving to fun locations this summer. 

My goal for 2019 is to read 50 books.  I'm thinking about looking at some different suggested reading lists or challenge lists, but I've always got a full shelf of books to be read.

If you have recommendations, I'd love to hear them and if you read any of the books on my list and want to discuss, I'm all for it.  I'm definitely missing my book club here in Illinois.  

My 2018 List: 

Christmas Cake Murder- Joanne Fluke

The Read-Aloud Family- Sarah Mackenzie

This is how it Always is- Laurie Frankel

Remember God-Annie Downs

Mr. Popper’s Penguins- Richard Atwater

The Life we Bury- Allen Eskens

Love and other words- Christina Lauren

The 13th Gift- Joanne Smith

Becoming- Michelle Obama

His Needs, Her Needs- Willard Harley

The World According to Humphrey- Betty Birney

The One and Only Ivan- Katherina Applegate

Listen, Love, Repeat- Karen Ehman

James and the Giant Peach- Roald Dahl

The Boxcar Children- Gertrude Warner

Cookies and Crutches- Judy Delton

Educated- Tara Westover

Eat Cake, Be Brave- Melissa Radke

The Lost Letter- Jillian Cantor

Crimes Against a Book Clib- Kathy Cooperman

Scrappy Little Nobody- Anna Kendrick

George- Alex Gind

The Light Between Oceans- ML Stedman

Mistletoe Match- Lindzee Armstrong

Someday, Someday Maybe- Lauren Graham

The Trumpet of the Swam- EB White

The Magic of Motherhood- Ashlee Gadd

Muggie Maggie- Beverly Cleary

Socks- Beverly Cleary

Daring Greatly- Brene Brown

Feeding the Dragon- Sharon Washington

Mitch and Amy- Beverly Cleary

The Residents: Inside the Private World of the White House- Kate Brower

A Night Divided- Jennifer Nielson

Freckle Juice- Judy Blume

The Wife Between Us-Greer Hendricks

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine- Gail Honeyman

An Elephant in the Garden-Michale Morpurgo

Emily’s Runaay Imagination- Beverly Cleary

The Choice- Nicholas Sparks

Otis Spofford- Beverly Cleary

Ellen Tebbits- Beverly Cleary

Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro

Love Does- Bob Goff

Little Fires Everywhere- Celeste Ng

Ribsy- Beverly Cleary

Henry and the Clubhouse- Beverly Cleary

Henry and the Paper Route- Henry and Ribsy- Beverly Cleary

Hentry and Beezus- Beverly Cleary

Henry and Ribsy- Beverly Cleary

Nine Women, One Dress- Jane Rosen

Henry Huggins- Beverly Cleary

Girl Wash Your Face- Rachel Hollid

The Particular Saddness of Lemon Cake- Aimee Bender

The People we Hate at the Wedding- Grant Ginder

Breathing Room- Leeana Tankersley

The Great Alone- Kristin Hannah

The Woman in Cabin 10- Ruth Ware

One Thousand Gifts- Ann Voskamp

Fairest of All-Serena Valentino

Wonder- RJ Palacio

The Midwife- Jennifer Worth

This is Me- Chrissy Metz

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Cosiety- Mary Ann Shaffer

Balanced and Barefoot- Angela Hanscom

Me After You- Jojo Moyes

Ramona the Pest- Beverly Cleary

The Hate U Give- Angie Thomas

Raspberry Danish Murder- Joanne Fluke

Murder on the Orient Express- Agatah Christie

The Glass Kitchen- Linda Francis Less

The Tattooist of Auschwitz- Heather Morris

Banana Cream Pie Murder- Joanne Fluke

Hunger- Roxane Gay

Christmas Caramel Murder- Joanne Fluke

The Best Advice I ever got on Marriage- Jim Daly

Lilac Girls- Martha Hall Kelly

Wedding Cake Murder- Joanne Fluke

Double Fudge Brownie Murder- Joanne Fluke

The Secret Garden- Francis Burnett

Blackberry Pie Murder-  Joanne Fluke

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without me- Mindy Kahling

Talking as Fast as I can- Lauren Graham

Red Velvet Cupcake Murder- Joanne Fluke

Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt

Cinnamon Roll Murder- Joanne Fluke