My original goal was to read at least one book a month. Depending on how you interpret the semantics of that, I either needed to read 12 books before the end of the year, or complete at least one book per month (though, looking back, by not completing Name of the wind 'til Feb, I think I technically failed...?). Going by the latter criteria, though, I met my goal at the end of May.
That being said, I'm still going strong and completed my 18th book yesterday. For those who are interested and following along, here's the full list so far.
(UPDATED Jan 4, 2019)
1. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (Jan - Feb 2)
2. American Gods - Neil Gaiman (Feb 2 - 17)
3. Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (Feb 17 - 21)
4. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov (Feb 21 - 27)
5. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (Feb 27 - Mar 4)
6. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (Mar 4 - 20)
7. Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss, sequel (Mar 20 - Apr 4)
8. Dune - Frank Herbert (Apr 4 - 19)
9. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (Apr 19 - 25)
10. Animal Farm - George Orwell (Apr 25 - 28)
11. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (April 28 - May 22)
12. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (May 22 - 31)
13. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth (June 1 - 8)
I took a break here, so I'm not actually super sure when I started the next book, but it became available in my app on Jun 21.
14. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (Jun 21? - July 10)
15. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon (July 10 - 12)
16. The Color of Magic - Terry Prachet (July 12 - 24)
The next book I took on was Catch 22, but a couple hours in I decided I couldn't stand it. Ultimately I decided to can it and move on.
17. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (July 25 - Aug 12)
18. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (Aug 12 - 28)
19. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton (Aug 29 - Sept 3)
20. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (Sept 4 - 20)
21. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Sept 20 - 25)
22. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle (Sept 25 - 30)
23. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick (Oct 1 - 8)
It took a while for the next book to come up available in my library app, so I went looking for the first reasonable thing that I could download immediately and read quickly. That's how I ended up with Alice.
24. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Oct 13 - 16)
25. A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami (Oct 17 - 22)
26. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (Oct 22 - 27)
27. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut (Oct 27 - Nov 3)
28. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (Nov 3, wow that was a quickie)
29. A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin (Nov 4 - 7)
30. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (Nov 7 - 14)
31. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (Nov 15 - 20)
32. 1984 - George Orwell (Nov 15 - 27)
I overlapped 31 and 32 a bit, because I couldn't find Handmaid's Tale as an audiobook and had so much walking, train riding, and driving time to fill.
33. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Nov 27 - Dec 4)
I started A Brief History of Time, but only got about a quarter of the way through it before I decided to try it again another time--approximately 90% of it was going over my head and I think I ultimately need more space to re-read it (not unlike Astrophysics for People in a Hurry).
34. Beloved - Toni Morrison (Dec 9-ish - 18)
35. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (Dec 19 - 19) *quickie
36. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (Dec 20 - 25)
At this point, I told myself I was done for the year... but then I started Flowers for Algernon.
37. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes (Dec 27 - Jan 1)
I'm allowing that to stand because I know I didn't start Name of the Wind on Jan 1, so I think it still counts towards the year.
I'll compose my overall thoughts on this year of reading in another post.
