My Pursuit of Happiness and Skinny Jeans

My journey to a smaller jean size

Books Read in 2016

For the last two years I have made reading a priority and have kept track of the books I’ve read.  My goal for 2014 was 24 books – 2 a month. I ended up reading 30 books that year. For 2015 I made 30 books my goal and finished with 39 books read. For 2016, my goal will be 40 books.

As always, I will keep track of what I’ve read and when I finished each book here on this page.  Books in bold were particularly good reads.

Feel free to suggest any good reads!

  1. Everything I Never Told You, By Celeste Ng (January 2)
  2. All The Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr (January 6)
  3. We Need To Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver (January 15)
  4. After You, by Jojo Moyes (January 20)
  5. If I Stay, by Gayle Forman (January 20)
  6. One Plus One, my Jojo Moyes ( January 25)
  7. Honeymoon in Paris – A Novella, by Jojo Moyes (January 25)
  8. The Silent Wife, by A.S.A. Harrison (January 27)
  9. The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks (January 31)
  10. Sheltering Rain, by Jojo Moyes (February 7)
  11. The Girl You Left Behind, by Jojo Moyes (February 10)
  12. Still Alice, by Lisa Genova (February 12)
  13. Where She Went, by Gail Forman (February 14)
  14. Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent (February 21)
  15. What Alice Forgot, by Liane Moriarty (February 24)
  16. The Last Letter From Your Lover, by Jojo Moyes (March 2)
  17. Paris For One, by Jojo Moyes ( a “Quick Reads” book) (March 2)
  18. Room, by Emma Donoghue (March 4)
  19. How Should A Person Be, by Sheila Heti (March 8)
  20. Can You Keep A Secret, by Sophie Kinsella (March 11)
  21. Remember Me?, by Sophie Kinsella (March 12)
  22. Crash & Burn, by Lisa Gardner (March 31)
  23. Castle Cay, by Lee Hanson (April 1)
  24. Bossypants, by Tina Fey (April 6)
  25. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better, but Monica Heisey (April 18)
  26. Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella (April 20)
  27. Bucky F*cking Dent, by David Duchovny (April 27)
  28. Love Anthony, by Lisa Genova (April 29)
  29. The Things We Keep, by Sally Hepworth (May 4)
  30. Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill (May 5)
  31. Crazy Rich Asians, by Kevin Kwan (May 18)
  32. Year of Yes – How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person, by Shonda Rhimes (May 22)
  33. Why Not Me?, by Mindy Kaling (May 29)
  34. The Good Girl, by Mary Kubica (June 7)
  35. A Summer Affair, by Elin Hilderbrand (June 12)
  36. Until the Night, by Giles Blunt (June 21)
  37. The Nest, by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeny (September 7)
  38. Reinventing Mona, by Jennifer Coburn (September 30)
  39. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, by Sophie Kinsella (October 20)
  40. Shopaholic Ties the Knot, by Sophie Kinsella (November 9)
  41. Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff (December 18) 
  42. The Girls, by Emma Cline (December  28)