2014 Book List

I cannot believe I read 102 books this past year.  I always have loved to read which is why I thought it would be fun to see how many books I read in a year.  I know this year I read way more books than I ever have.  1 reason for that is because I was keeping track, so that added a little competitiveness in me.  Another reason is that I received a Kindle last Christmas, so it was a lot of fun getting to use that I started taking advantage of being able to check out ebooks from the library on my Kindle (you can do that with the Kindle app on a phone or tablet too, I just never had until this year).  It also doesn't hurt that I have weeks where I am a terrible sleeper and when I am awake for a couple of hours in the middle of the night reading is about the only thing I do.  

So here's the list

1. An unbreakable hope by Kristen Billerbeck
2. The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer
3. The trophy wives club by Kristen Billerbeck
4. I heart bloomberg 1-16 by Melody Carlson
5. Chasing God 1-17 by Angie Smith
6. *The Book Thief 1-17 by Markus Zusak
7. Fair Catch 1-19 by Cindy Roland Anderson
8. Redemption 1-20 by Karen Kingsbury
9. Let them eat fruitcake 1-23 by Melody Carlson
10. Spring Broke 1-23 by Melody Carlson
11. 3 weddings and a bar mitzvah 1-26 by Melody Carlson
12. Remember 1-29 by Karen Kingsbury
13. Return 1-30 by Karen Kingsbury
14. The Fault in our stars 2-1 by John Green
15. Where we belong 2-9 by Emily Giffin
16. Rejoice 2-16 by Karen Kingsbury
17. The antelope in the living room 2-18 by Melody Shankle
18. Reunion 2-20 by Karen Kingsbury
19. Wedding night 3-1 by Sophie Kinsella
20. Wild 3-10 by Cheryl Strayed
21. The spectacular now 3-16 by Tim Tharp
22. Paleo 3-19
23. *Firefly lane 3-26 by Kristin Hannah
24. Unbroken 4-5 by Laura Hillenbrand
25. To live is Christ, to die is gain 4-6 by Matt Chandler
26. Paige turned 4-8 by Erynn Mangum
27. Forgiven 4-11 by Karen Kingsbury
28. Found 4-13 by Karen Kingsbury
29. Family 4-15 by Karen Kingsbury
30. Moment maker 4-17 by Carlos Whittaker
31. Forever 4-18 by Karen Kingsbury
32. Born to run 4-27 by Christopher McDougall
33. A series of unfortunate events 5-5 by Lemony Snicket
34. *Daring Greatly 5-8 by Brene Brown
35. Heart of the Matter 5-10 by Emily Giffin
36. That summer 5-16 by Sarah Dessen
37. *The Happiness Project 5-17 by Gretchen Rubin
38. Sunrise 5-19 by Karen Kingsbury
39. Keeping the Moon 5-24 by Sarah Dessen
40. The moon and more 5-27 by Sarah Dessen
41. Balancing it all 5-31 by Candace Bure
42. *Restless 6-3 by Jennie Allen
43. Bridget Jones's diary 6-6 by Helen Fielding
44. Summer 6-7 by Karen Kingsbury
45. Someday 6-10 by Karen Kingsbury
46. *Another place at the table 6-15 by Kathy Harrison
47. The reason I jump 6-17 by Naoki Higashida
48. Sunset 6-20 by Karen Kingsbury
49. Fly away 6-22 by Kristin Hannah
50. A love that multiplies 6-27 by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar
51. Where'd you go Bernadette? 6-28 by Maria Semple
52. The nanny diaries 6-30 by Emma McLaughlin
53. Just listen 7-4 by Sarah Dessen
54. Radical together 7-5 by David Platt
55. Revenge wears prada 7-6 by Lauren Weisberger
56. One small boat 7-7 Kathy Harrison
57. China ghosts: my daughter's journey to America, my passage to fatherhood 7-13 by Jeff Gammage
58. Take two 7-22 by Karen Kingsbury
59. Looking for Alaska 7-23 by John Green
60. Take three 7-23 by Karen Kingsbury
61. Take four 7-24 by Karen Kingsbury
62. Let's all be brave 7-25 by Annie F Downs
63. The truth about forever 7-26 by Sarah Dessen
64. An abundance of Katherine 8-2 by John Green
65. Is everyone hanging out without me? 8-8 Mindy Kaling
66. The husband's secret 8-10 by Liane Moriarty
67. Something borrowed 8-16 by Emily Giffin
68. What Alice forgot 8-21 by Liane Moriarty
69. You don't know me 8-26 by Susan May Warren
70. First love 8-31 by James Patterson and Emily Raymond
71. *Big little lies 9-6 by Liane Moriarty
72. Dating, dining, and desperation 9-15 by Melody Carlson
73. Happier at home 9-16 Gretchen Rubin
74. The art of neighboring 10-2 by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon
75. Creature of the word 10-5 by Matt Chandler and Eric Geiger
76. Jane Austen's first love 10-10 by Syrie James
77. I quit sugar 10-10 by Sarah Wilson
78. As young as we feel 10-12 by Melody Carlson
79. Master your metabolism 10-12 by Jillian Michaels
80. Hometown ties 10-17 by Melody Carlson
81. The hardest peace 10-25 by Kara Tippetts
82. All for one 10-26 by Melody Carlson
83. The negotiator 11-2 by Dee Henderson
84. Three wishes 11-5 by Liane Moriarty
85. Jennifer 11-12 by Dee Henderson
86. The last anniversary 11-17 by Liane Moriarty
87. Leaving 11-21 by Karen Kingsbury
88. Bread and Wine 11-22 by Shauna Niequist
89. Learning by Karen Kingsbury
90. Bridge to Haven 11-29 by Francine Rivers
91. Longing 12-4 by Karen Kingsbury
92. Every bitter thing is sweet 12-3 by Sara Hagerty
93. Loving 12-10 by Karen Kingsbury
94. A New York Christmas 12-13 by Anne Perry
95. Please don't take my baby 12-14 by Cathy Glass
96. I miss my mummy 12-18 by Cathy Glass
97. The guardian 12-20 by Dee Henderson
98. Will you love me? 12-22 by Cathy Glass
99. A sugar creek Christmas 12-24 by Jenny B Jones
100. Match made 12-25 by Erynn Mangum
101. Another forgotten child 12-27 by Cathy Glass
102. The truth-seeker 12-30 by Dee Henderson

Fiction: 69

Non-Fiction: 33

I read a lot more non-fiction books this year than in the past (even though I still read twice as many fiction as non-fiction).  I've always preferred fiction-and I still read a lot of fiction and easy books this year-but I read some really good non-fiction books.  I have separate blog posts of my top 5 non-fiction that I read as well as one with some of my favorite fiction books.  They are longer posts since I included some quotes that stuck out to me so I figured I'd leave them separately.

Top 5 Non-Fiction books for me this year were (not in any order):

1. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

2. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

3. Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison

4. Restless by Jennie Allen

5. Let's All be Brave by Annie F Downs

For me these books where the ones where I walked away with the most information and application.  They are also the books that I highlighted the most.  So for my list they are the top 5.  I did read several other really good non-fiction stories this year that I would recommend such as Wild, Born to Run, Chasing God, Unbroken, The Hardest Peace, The Antelope in the Living Room, and To Live is Chris and to Die is Gain.

My favorite fiction books this year were

The Book Thief; Big Little Lies; and Firefly Lane

A book I could have done without
Balancing it All by Cameron Bure--I felt like this one was just a rehashing of her life story and not so much about how to balance several things

So there's the wrap up.  It's a long list and I had a lot of fun reading through them this year.  Looking forward to what I'll read in 2015!