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My goal this year was to read 120 books, but I ended up reading 134 books. Here’s what I read:
January – 12 books finished
LA Candy by Lauren Conrad (audio) ♥♥♥
Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad (audio) ♥♥♥
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (audio) ♥♥♥
Breaking Night by Liz Murray (ebook) ♥♥♥♥♥
Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney (audio) ♥♥♥
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Love on Assignment by Cara Lynn James ♥♥
Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad (audio) ♥♥♥
The Millennials by Thom Rainer and Jess Rainer (audio) ♥♥♥♥
When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka (ebook) ♥♥♥♥♥
Black Boy by Richard Wright (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
February – 12 books finished
Certain Women by Madeleine L’Engle ♥♥
Specials by Scott Westerfeld (audio) ♥♥♥
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Humanitarian Jesus by Christian Buckley and Ryan Dobson ♥♥♥
Rescuing Ambition by Dave Harvey ♥♥♥♥
A Shooting Star by Wallace Stegner (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
Delirium by Lauren Oliver ♥♥♥
Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson (audio) ♥♥♥♥
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Night by Elie Wiesel ♥♥♥♥
March – 12 books finished
On the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥♥
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥♥
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (audio) ♥♥♥
Cross Talk by Michael R. Emlet ♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥♥
I Am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Kirkby (audio) ♥♥♥♥
The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges ♥♥♥
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich ♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
Ready to Restore by Jay Adams ♥♥♥
April – 4 books finished
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥♥
What Good Is God? by Phillip Yancey ♥♥
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
May – 9 books finished
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (audio) ♥♥♥♥
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. ♥♥♥
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ♥♥♥♥
One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde (audio) ♥♥♥
The Unexpected Journey by Thom S. Rainer ♥♥♥
White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ♥♥♥♥
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (audio) ♥♥♥♥
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter ♥♥♥
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr ♥♥♥♥
June – 17 books finished
Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst ♥♥♥♥
Pitch Uncertain by Maisie Houghton ♥♥♥♥
Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney ♥♥♥♥♥
Incurable by John Marsden ♥♥♥
10 Books That Screwed Up the World by Benjamin Wiker ♥♥♥♥
Peacemaking for Families by Ken Sande and Tom Raabe ♥♥♥♥
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld ♥♥♥
My Heart in His Hands: Ann Judson of Burma by Sharon L. James ♥♥♥♥♥
Bumped by Megan McCafferty ♥♥♥
Matched by Ally Condie ♥♥♥♥
Love to Eat, Hate to Eat by Elyse Fitzpatrick ♥♥♥♥♥
Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot ♥♥♥♥
Hipster Christianity by Brett McCracken ♥♥
Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal (ebook) ♥♥♥♥
Dirt Road Home by Watt Key (ebook) ♥♥♥
Thin Places by Mary DeMuth (ebook) ♥♥
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly (ebook) ♥♥♥
July – 7 books finished
Prodigal God by Tim Keller ♥♥♥♥♥
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (audio) ♥♥♥
Voices of the True Woman Movement edited by Nancy Leigh DeMoss ♥♥♥♥
Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker ♥♥♥
Maze of Bones by Rich Riordan (audio) ♥♥♥
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan (ebook) ♥♥♥
When People are Big and God is Small by Edward T. Welch ♥♥♥♥
August – 22 books finished
Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream by Adam Shepard ♥♥♥
One False Note by Gordon Korman (audio) ♥♥♥
Ancient-Future Faith by Robert E. Webber ♥♥♥♥
Across the Universe by Beth Revis ♥♥♥♥
Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis (audio) ♥♥♥
Divergent by Veronica Roth ♥♥♥♥♥
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares (audio) ♥♥♥
I Gave God Time by Ann Kiemel Anderson ♥♥♥
John Adams by David McCullough (audio) ♥♥♥
Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson (audio) ♥♥♥
The Black Circle by Patrick Carman (audio) ♥♥♥
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ♥♥♥♥♥
In Too Deep by Jude Watson (audio) ♥♥♥
The Viper’s Nest by Peter Lerangis (audio) ♥♥♥
Hope and Despair in the American City by Gerald Grant ♥♥♥
The Emperor’s Code by Gordon Korman (audio) ♥♥♥
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper ♥♥♥♥♥
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson ♥♥♥♥
Storm Warning by Linda Sue Park (audio) ♥♥♥
Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers ♥♥♥
Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef ♥♥♥
Depression: a Spiritual Darkness by Edward T. Welch ♥♥♥♥
September – 8 books finished
Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani ♥♥♥
Exegetical Fallacies by D.A. Carson ♥♥♥
Culture Shift by Al Mohler ♥♥♥
Honeymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing ♥♥♥♥
Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee ♥♥♥
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers ♥♥
Feed by M.T. Anderson ♥♥♥
Whiter Than Snow by Paul David Tripp ♥♥♥♥♥
October – 15 books finished
The Slave Next Door by Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter ♥♥♥
How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by Leslie Vernick ♥♥♥
Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick ♥♥♥
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis ♥♥♥♥♥
In Christ Alone by Sinclair Ferguson ♥♥♥♥♥
The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson ♥♥♥♥
Passage to India by E.M. Forster (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Peterson Haddix (audio) ♥♥♥
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss ♥♥♥
The Whistleblower by Kathryn Bolkovac ♥♥♥♥
The Cross of Christ by John Stott ♥♥♥♥♥
The Kids from Nowhere by George Guthridge ♥♥♥♥
Addictions: a Banquet in the Grave by Edward T. Welch ♥♥♥♥♥
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence ♥♥♥
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (audio, 2nd listen) ♥♥♥♥♥
November – 12 books finished
Bossypants by Tina Fey (audio) ♥♥♥
Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (audio) ♥♥♥♥
Because He Loves Me by Elyse Fitzpatrick ♥♥♥♥
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (audio) ♥♥♥♥♥
The Omnivore’s Dilemma (audio) by Michael Pollan ♥♥♥♥
Desiring God by John Piper ♥♥♥♥
The Egypt Game (audio) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder ♥♥♥
The Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken ♥♥♥♥♥
Escape from Reason by Francis Schaeffer ♥♥♥
The Inferno (audio) by Dante ♥♥♥
The Price of Everything (audio) by Eduardo Porter ♥♥♥
1984 (audio – 4th read) by George Orwell ♥♥♥♥♥
December – 4 books finished
Possessed by God by David Peterson ♥♥♥
A Love That Multiplies by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar ♥♥♥
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley ♥♥♥♥
Brave Girl Eating by Harriet Brown ♥♥♥♥
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