Feb 2019-So I didn't actually write anything like goals or whatever in the beginning of 2019. It was a struggle just to get the 2018 post finished!
Reflection Jan 2020- This was my 10th year keeping track of what I'm reading (woah!). I of course am not reading the books I own, whatever, who does? That was a perennial goal that I will drop. I didn't keep track of how many I read until the end of the year which was nice. I do hope to read less next year and more deeply and thoughtfully. Happy to give whatever feedback I can about any of these titles, but really, this list is more for me than you.
Key-
A=audiobook
juv=juvenile
ya= young adult
GN= graphic novel
*** (highly recommended)
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January (12)
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions by Gerner - A
A Big Important Art Book: Now with Women by Danielle Krysa
Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out—and Never Say Diet Again by Scritchfield - A
This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips - A
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Haddon - A
***The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by King- A
The Parker Inheritance by Johnson- A, juv
Simplicity Parenting by Payne - A
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi- A, juv
***The Stone Sky by Jemisin - A
***The Night Diary by Hiranandani - A, juv
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis - A, Juv
February (12)
Front Desk by Yang- A, juv
***Dry by Shusterman - A, ya
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson- A, ya (didn't enjoy, but usually love M.T. Anderson, checked it out for the pictures as well)
The Collapse of Parenting by Sax -A
***American Like me by America Ferrera - A
How to Change your Mind by Pollan -A
No Hard Feelings by Fosslein - A
Watership Down by Richard Adams -A
Baby-Led feeding: A Natural way to raise happy, independent eaters by Helwig
Active baby, healthy brain : 135 fun exercises and activities by Sasse
***Flora: inside the secret world of plants (Smithsonian, DK)
Infinite wonder : an astronaut's photographs from a year in space by Kelly
March (23)
Motherhood: a novel by Heti - A (creepy)
***And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I was Ready by O'Connell - A
Lighter than my Shadow by Katie Green -GN, YA
Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell -GN, juv
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles - juv
Oliver Jeffers : The Working Mind and drawing hand by Jeffers
Spectacle : rare and astonishing photographs by National Geographic
Hey, Kiddo by Krosoczka - GN
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray - A
Mind in the Making: The Seven essential life skills every child needs by Ellen Galinsky- A
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor -A
***So you want to talk about race by Ijeoma Oluo -A
How to Be Safe by McAllister - A
***The Library Book by Orlean - A
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram - A, ya
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas - A, ya
Bloom by Kevin Panetta - GN, ya
***Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisely -GN, Memoir
Speak: Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson
***One of us is lying by McManus- A, YA
***Good moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Kleiman -Comic Non-Fiction
***An Ocean of Minutes by Lim - A
The Audacity of Hope by Obama - A, memoir
April (14)
***Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Garbes - A, memoir
The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading aloud in the age of distraction by Gurdon- A
Parkland: Birth of a movement by Cullen- A
Darktown by Mullen - A
Pay Attention Carter Jones by Schmidt - juv
The Lost Girl by Ursu- A
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson - A
Stargirl by Spinelli - A
The Astonishing Color of After by Pan -A, YA
Love, Stargirl by Spinelli -A, YA
Positive Parenting by Eanes -A
Passing for Human by Finck- GN, memoir
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Green - A, YA
***Doing Justice by Bharara - A, memoir
May (9)
***Some of My best Friends are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America by Colby
***The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-term effects of Childhood Adversity by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris - A
Leading with Cultural Intelligence by Livermore -A
Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic account of the riots that shook the nation a decade before Black Lives Matter by Moore -GN
***What Now? by Patchett - A
Blended by Draper -A, juv
The Boys in the Cave by Gutman- A
Dig by A.S. King - A. YA
June (9)
Spoonbenders by Gregory - A
Basketcase by Hiassen - A
Outer Order, Inner Calm by Rubin - A
Share Your Smile by Telgemeier - GN, juv
***New Kid by Craft - GN, juv
Camp by Miller -GN , juv
A Fire Story by Fies- GN
I Hear You by Sorensen - A
***I Was Their American Dream by Gharib - GN
July (13)
Hey Ladies! by Markowitz
Being There: Why Prioiritizing Motherhood in the first three years matters by Kosimer
The Season of Styx Malone by Magoon - A, juz
***What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood by Sacks and Birndorf
Heart Berries by Mailhot - A
Felix Yz by Bunker - A, juv
The Farm by Ramos - A
The Kiss Quotient by Hoang - A
Searching for Sunday by Evans - A
Opposite of Always by Reynolds - A, ya
***The Queen: The Forgotten Life of an American Myth by Josh Levin - A
***Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Kimmerer - A
Kind of Coping: an illustrated look at life with anxiety by Wilson - comics
August (11)
Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks - A, YA
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel - A
Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro - A, juv
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - A
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza -A
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella - A
The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't do by Edward Tenner - A
Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kinser - A, ya
***Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (Matt Cruse Series book 1) - A
Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files Book 1) - A
various gardening books by Tracy DiSabato- Aust
September (8)
***Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear - A (will reread)
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Book 1) - A
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus - A, ya
You are a Badass Everyday by Jen Sincero - A
Changeable: How Collaborative Problem Solving Changes Lives at Home, at School, at Work by J. Stuart Ablon - A
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden from Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 - A
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado - A
We are Here forever by Gish - GN
October (6)
The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball - A
***Do Fathers Matter by Paul Raeburn - A
Good Husbandry by Kristin Kimball - A
***Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino - A
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo - A
The Line Tender by Kate Allen - A, juv
November (15)
Be the Pack Leader by Cesar Millan - A
Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog - A
***Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a mother's will to survive by Stephanie Land - A
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans - A
***Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a generation of Young Women and How I broke Free by Linda Kay Klein - A
I'm Not Dying with you tonite by Kimberly Jones - A, ya
***Recursion by Blake Crouch -A
***Life Undercover: Coming to Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox - A
The Art of Mindful Living by Thich Nhat Hanh - A
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart - A, juv
How to be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell'Antonia - A
Men Without Women by Haruki Marukami - A
Oh Crap! I have a Toddler by Jamie Golwacki - A
How to Raise a Wild Child by Scott Sampson - A
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes- A
December (13)
Peace is Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hanh -A
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh -A
Happiness by Thich Nhat Hanh -A
***No Time to Spare: Thinking about what matters by Ursula K. Le Guin
How to Be a Family: The Year I dragged my kids around the world to find a new way to be together by Dan Kois - A
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly - A , juv
Stretched too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, work Smarter, and Thrive by Jessica N. Turner - A
Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More and Live Bolder by Reshma Saujani - A
***Shameless: A Sexual Reformation by Nadia Bolz-Weber -A
The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman - A
Strange Planet by Nathan Pyle - comics
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - A
Kindred by Octavia Butler - A
total: 145 books
Books I am partly through and will probably finish this January:
The Silent Companions by Purcell
***The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains by Nicholas Carr
Overview: a new way of seeing Earth by Benjamin Grant (youth edition- comparing the two)
Overview : a new perspective of Earth by Benjamin Grant (adult ed)
***The Art of Raising a Puppy by the Monks of New Skete (¡Really Good!)
Dog Training 101: step-by-step instructions for raising a happy, well-behaved dog by Kyra Sundance (really clear pictures)
Books I wanted to start but because I own them they will just sit on the to-read pile:
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Banaji
Everything is F*cked: A Book about Hope by Mark Manson
Becoming Mother by Sharon Tjaden-Glass
