2018 Books

This year  (2018) I am challenging myself with 30 books to read. I'm hoping to read as wide a variety of books as I can, which for me can sometimes really be a challenge. Too often I become "obsessed" with an author and read only books created by that author. I would also like to tackle some of the books in my To Be Read (TBR) pile. Although I think I am going to try and approach it realistically. I know that because I have a book buying problem (shout out to all the thrift store sales I go to) I won't be able to read all the books I have accumulated but I do hope to read  5 of them this year. This way I still give my change to read what I pick up from the library, new books, and re-reads of books I've already read.

What I've read so far:
On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety- Andrea Peterson
Keepers of the Sandbox-Greg Picard
Full Dark, No Stars- Stephen King
East of Eden- John Steinbeck
Turtles All The Way Down- John Green
The Widow-Fiona Barton
Delores Claiborne- Stephen King
Joyland- Stephen King
Things Fall Apart- Chinua Achebe
A Suprior Death- Nevada Barr
Ready Player One- Earnest Cline
'Salem's Lot- Stephen King
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
A Superior Death - Nevada Barr
Delores Claiborne - Stephen King
Cell - Stephen King
Cujo - Stephen King
Fire on the Mountain - Edward Abbey
On the Burning Edge - Kyle Dickman
Ahead of the Flaming Front: A Life on Fire - Jerry Mathes
Born to Run - Christopher McDougall
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
Big Burn - Timothy Egan
Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
Young Men and Fire - Norman Maclean
Ill Wind - Nevada Barr
My Abandonment - Peter Rock
127 Hours - Aaron Rolhston
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
The Hunger - Alma Kaisu
The Murders of Molly Southbourne - Tade Thompson
The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
Meteors in August - Melanie Rae Thon
Baggage - Emily Barr
The Hazel Wood - Melissa Albert
Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout - Philip Connors
The Incredible Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe - Ryan North
Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon - Michael Ghiglieri
Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beruit - Salma Abdelnour

What I would like to read:

Book Challenges:
Winter Reading Adult Program
  • Read a book of short stories (Full Dark, No Stars)
  • Read a book from your childhood (Cujo)
  • Read a mystery (Keepers of the Sandbox)
  • Try a recipe from a cook book (I didn't get to this one)
  • Read an e-book (Didn't get to this one)
  • Read a YA book (Turtles All The Way Down)
  • Read a book made into a movie (Ready Player One)
  • Read a book with more than 500 pages (East of Eden)
  • Read a Graphic Novel (The Incredible Squirrel Girl)
  • Read a book based on the cover (The Murders of Molly Southbourne)
* This list is different from the published library challenge, but there was no way I would be able to complete, even this abbreviated list, within a month. So, this is my modified version.

MJC's Bookshelf

  • Full Dark, No Stars
  • East of Eden
  • Delores Claiborne
  • 'Salem's Lot
  • Joyland
  • Things Fall Apart
  • Cell 
  • Cujo

For a list of books that I read last year, take a look at this post.

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