2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm ready for New Years 2014!!!

In 2012 I read 31 books.
In 2013 I read 105 books.
In 2014 I think my schedule will allow me to read 150!

Ready, Set, GO!!!

1. The Dinosaur Feather by S.J. Gazan
2. Dissident Gardens: A Novel by Jonathan Lethem
3. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
4. Tenth of December by George Saunders
5. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
6. 100 Diagrams That Changed the World: From the Earliest Cave Paintings to the Innovation of the iPod by Scott Christianson
7. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg
8. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
9. The Art Forger: A Novel by B.A. Shapiro
10. Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
11. The Circle by Dave Eggers
12. Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller
13. The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
14. Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap by Rory Freedman
15. The Round House by Louise Erdrich
16. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
17. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
18. Gray Horses by Hope Larson
19. We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin
20. Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
21. Saints by Gene Luen Yang
22. The Property by Rutu Modan
23. The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
24. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
25. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
26. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
27. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
28. The Infatuations by Javier Marías
29. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
30. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
31. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
32. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quck
33. Longbourn by Jo Baker
34. Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas by Oscar Goodman
35. One-Dish Vegan: More than 150 Soul-Satisfying Recipes for Easy and Delicious One-Bowl and One-Plate Dinners by Robin G. Robertson
36. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
37. Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan
38. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
39. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
40. The Blender Girl: Super-Easy, Super-Healthy Meals, Snacks, Desserts, and Drinks--100 Gluten-Free, Vegan Recipes! by Tess Masters
41. Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
42. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
43. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
44. Fever by Mary Beth Keane
45. The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson
46. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
47. Sh*tty Mom: The Guide for Good-Enough Moms by Laurie Kilmartin etc.
48. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
49. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
50. Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
51. Henri, le Chat Noir: The Existential Musings of an Angst-Filled Cat by William Braden
52. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
53. Antigua and Barbuda by Sara Louise Kras
54. The Hospital by Keith C. Blackmore
55. Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
56. City of Night by Dean Koontz
57. The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
58. Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz
59. The Twilight Zone: The After Hours by Mark Kneece
60. The Twilight Zone: Walking Distance by Rod Serling
61. Bandette, Volume 1: Presto! by Colleen Coover
62. American Widow by Alissa Torres
63. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
64. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
65. New York: The Big City by Will Eisner
66. The Building by Will Eisner
67. City People Notebook by Will Eisner
68. Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
69. Invisible People by Will Eisner
70. Zoom by Istvan Banyai
71. Pride and Prejudice by Nancy Butler, Jane Austen
72. Sense & Sensibility by Nancy Butler, Jane Austen
73. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
74. The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
75. We Are Water by Wally Lamb
76. Welcome to the Dahl House by Ken Dahl
77. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
78. Monsters by Ken Dahl
79. The House Girl by Tara Conklin
80. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
81. Liberace Extravaganza! by Connie Furr Soloman
82. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
83. Anya's Ghostby Vera Brosgol
84. Before I Die by Candy Chang
85. Frontier Village by Bob Johnson
86. The Junkie Quatrain by Peter Clines
87. Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote
88. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
89. 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster
90. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
91. Black Hole by Charles Burns
92. Instant Mom by Nia Vardalas
93. Shine by Donnelle McGee
94. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
95. Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson
96. My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
97. You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know by Heather Sellers
98. Everybody's Got Something
99. The Silkworm
100. Through the Woods
101. Landline
102. The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
103. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
104. My Reality
105. The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume One
106. The Eye of the World: the Graphic Novel, Volume Two
107. Foghorn Outdoors 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area
108. The Little Prince Graphic Novel
109. Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking
110. Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots?
111. Moon 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area
112. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
113. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick
114. The Handmaid's Tale
115. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
116. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
117. The Long Walk
118. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
119. Blankets
120. The Rabbi's Cat
121. Belzhar
122. Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World
123. If You Ask Me
124. French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
125. The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
126. Wolf in White Van
127. Broken Monsters
128. Hallucinations
129. What I Saw and How I Lied
130. Seriously... I'm Kidding
131. I Am Pilgrim
132. Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
133. My Point... And I Do Have One
134. Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!
135. Wool: The Graphic Novel
136. Claire of the Sea Light
137. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
138. Schroder
139. Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
140. Beautiful Darkness
141. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
142. The Laughing Monsters
143. El Deafo
144. Sisters
145. This One Summer
146. Spoiled Brats: Stories
147. Big Little Lies
148. Deep Down Dark: the untold stories of 33 men buried alive in a chilean mine and the miracle that set them free
149. Not My Father's Son
150. Don't Order Dog
151. Find Momo: A Photography Book
152. Station Eleven
153. The Paying Guests

I completed 153 books and am halfway through a couple more. It was a VERY BUSY year for reading, but I am super proud of myself!!