I love to read! Some days, weeks, months, or years I find more time to read than others.

When I was a teacher, I used to hang a blank chart on my classroom door every August. Every time I finished a book, I would add it to my chart. This was a great conversation starter with my students and colleagues, and my students often recommended books to me (and vice versa!).  I also kept a reading journal for years, as a way to improve my own teaching of reading and writing, and to jog my memory when I couldn’t remember a particular book.

I got away from that habit for a number of years. However, when I began blogging, I realized that it was an easy way to keep track of my reading habits. In 2015 I read 44 books, which was great considering my initial goal was to #read15in15.  My goal for 2016 was to beat my 2015 record, since I love to compete with myself. In 2016 I read 69 books, and I kept track of my reading experiences throughout the year.

My initial goal for this year was to beat my record from last year. I missed that goal, but I’m happy with what I did read.  Thanks to an 8-day cruise in December, I was able to read a lot in the last month of 2017.

1. Someday Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham (audiobook)
2. The Together Leader: Get Organized for Your Success – and Sanity! by Maia Heyck-Merlin
3. The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes
4. 1984 by George Orwell (audiobook)
5. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
6. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook – What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce Perry  and Maia Szalavitz
7. The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
8. The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
9. All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
10. Without Annette by Jane B. Mason
11. The Search for Baby Ruby by Susan Shreve
12. Best Friends for Life by Andrew Norriss
13. Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel
14. Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger
15. Bionic by Suzanne Weyn
16. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (audiobook)
17. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
18. Night School by Lee Child
19. Golden Prey (Lucas Davenport Series #27) by John Sanford
20. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
21. D.C. Dead (Stone Barrington Series #22) by Stuart Woods
22. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
23. Unnatural Causes (Stone Barrington Series #23) by Stuart Woods
24. Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
25. Severe Clear (Stone Barrington Series #24) by Stuart Woods
26. The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
27. Social Leadia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership by Jennifer Casa-Todd
28. The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace by Ron Friedman (audiobook)
29. Collateral Damage (Stone Barrington Series #25) by Stuart Woods
30. Unintended Consequences (Stone Barrington Series #26) by Stuart Woods
31. Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning by John Spencer and A.J. Juliani
32. Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results by Judith E. Glaser
33. Balancing Acts by Zoe Fishman
34. The Cove by Catherine Coulter
35. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (audiobook)
36. Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking that Block Women’s Paths to Power by Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath, and Mary Davis Holt
37. The Girl Before by JP Delaney
38. Doing Hard Time (Stone Barrington #27) by Stuart Woods
39. Standup Guy (Stone Barrington #28) by Stuart Woods
40. Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
41. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
42. Lovers at Heart (Treat Braden) by Melissa Foster
43. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown (audiobook)
44. Shift This! How to Implement Gradual Changes for Massive Impact in Your Classroom by Joy Kirr
45. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (audiobook)
46. Carnal Curiosity (Stone Barrington #29) by Stuart Woods
47. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
48. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
49. Cut and Thrust (Stone Barrington #30) by Stuart Woods
50. The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn

Here’s hoping to more great reads in 2018!