I really love to read.  I love it.  It is my happy place – a way to learn, escape, or experience new things.  When I read, I like to mix it up and read things from many genres.  This year, I read quite a few nonfiction books, a genre that I hadn’t read a ton in before.  It has been really fun, especially since listening to a nonfiction book, makes me feel like the person is telling me their story.  Right now, I am listening to a biography of Einstein, which is at times fascinating and boring, and so listening to it is perfect.  

My monthly night out, is to go to book club, and I try to never miss it.  It is my favorite, and I make such wonderful friends while I share books and my love of reading with others.  I have read a lot more e-books this year, and although I still love a paper book in my hands more than anything, it has been really convenient.  I have also listened to a ton of audio books this year.  It is so nice to listen to a book while I work, and I really love it.  In fact, I listened to 71 of the 144 books I read this year.

As always, I kept track of how many pages I read for the year – just for fun. My average book was 343 pages and my total pages for the year was 49,110.  If you want to know what I thought about each book, go to www.goodreads.com and friend me, and you can read my reviews for them all.  Remember that just because I read it, doesn’t mean I loved it – you should definitely check out my reviews ;).          

*** – a book I read with Arthur

** – a book I read with Derek

* – a book I read with Lily

^ – a reread, which means I loved the book enough the first time to read it again

# – an audio book  

1. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by Joseph Smith Jr. (Translator) (531)
2. Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (295)# ^
3. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (The Vanderbeekers #1) by Karina Yan Glaser (297)
4. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley (Teachings of Presidents of the Church) by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (351)#
5. Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters #1) by Amy Stewart (408)
6. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1) by Laurie R. King (341)#
7. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer (328)#
8. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park (128)#
9. The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson (492)
10. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp (320)
11. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (207)#
12. The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer (272)#
13. The Bootlegger (Isaac Bell #7) by Clive Cussler (403)#
14. Arabella by Georgette Heyer (320)#
15. Deliberate Motherhood: 12 Key Powers of Peace, Purpose, Order & Joy by The Power of Moms, Amy Makechnie (256)
16. The Romanov Ransom (Fargo Adventure #9) by Clive Cussler (384)#
17. Rekindled by Tamera Alexander (334)
18. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling (48)#
19. The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles #1) by John Flanagan (434)#
20. Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (309)#
21. Heir to Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson (53)
22. And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily #1) by Tasha Alexander (321)#^
23. Beartown by Fredrik Backman (418)
24. The Gangster (Isaac Bell #9) by Clive Cussler (387)#
25. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (408)# 
26. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly (675)
27. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (312)#
28. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly (352)
29. The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2) by Lemony Snicket (192)#
30. Children of the Storm (Amelia Peabody #15)by Elizabeth Peters (334)#
31. A Lion and a Lamb by Rand H. Packer (180)
32. The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising #4) by Susan Cooper (165)#
33. My Fair Gentleman by Nancy Campbell Allen (256)
34. The Shack by William Paul Young (272)
35. The Golden One (Amelia Peabody #14) by Elizabeth Peters (512)#
36. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (292)#
37. The Lady of the Lakes: The True Love Story of Sir Walter Scott by Josi S. Kilpack (336)
38. Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith (128)***^
39. Smile by Raina Telgemeier (224)
40. Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising #3) by Susan Cooper (192)#
41. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong (144)
42. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson (456)#
43. Sixty Acres and a Bride by Regina Jennings (368)
44. A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer (341)#
45. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (215)
46. In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs #13) by Jacqueline Winspear (352)#
47. The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising #2) by Susan Cooper (224)#
48. The Emperor’s Ostrich by Julie Berry (224)
49. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Harry Potter #3) by J.K. Rowling (435)**^
50. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg (221)
51. He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #12) by Elizabeth Peters (512)#
52. The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody #11) by Elizabeth Peters (464)#
53. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō (224)
54. The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen (445)
55. Villete by Charlotte Brontë (478)
56. Thrawn by Timothy Zahn  (327)#
57. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket (176)#
58. A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley (288)#
59. The Adventuress (Lady Emily #10) by Tasha Alexander (304)
60. Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson (1087)#
61. Summerlost by Ally Condie (272)
62. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables #2) by L.M. Montgomery (276)*^
63. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas (404)
64. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (334)#^
65. The Cutthroat (Isaac Bell #10) by Clive Cussler (393)#
66. Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen (389)
67. Tom Clancy’s Point of Contact (Jack Ryan Universe #23) by Mike Maden (485)
68. Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg (231)
69. The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin (416)#
70. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (342)#
71. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen (273)#
72. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (201)#
73. By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage by Tom Norris, Mike Thornton, Dick Couch (288)#
74. Saving Grace (Hearthfire Romance #1) by Michele Paige Holmes (380)
75. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy(Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams (216)#
76. Refine (House of Oak #4) by Nichole Van (375)
77. The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson (1007)#
78. Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (337)
79. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (130)
80. Popular: How a Geek in Pearls Discovered the Secret to Confidence by Maya Van Wagenen (272)
81. Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde (127)
82. The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #1) by Philippa Gregory (502)
83. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (278)#
84. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris (291)#
85. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson (390)#
86. Grit by Angela Duckworth (352)#
87. Clandestine (House of Oak #3) by Nichole Van (327)
88. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (307)
89. The Spellman Files (The Spellmans #1) by Lisa Lutz (353)
90. The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody #10) by Elizabeth Peters (464)#
91. The Battle of Hackham Heath (Ranger’s Apprentice: The Early Years #2) by John Flanagan (346)
92. No Other Will Do (Ladies of Harper’s Station #1) by Karen Witemeyer (364)#
93. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (288)
94. A Conspiracy of Kings (The Queen’s Thief #4) by Megan Whalen Turner (316)#
95. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d (Flavia de Luce #8) by Alan Bradley (331)
96. The Sheriffs of Savage Wells by Sarah M. Eden (336)
97. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (387)#
98. The Queen of Attolia (The Queen’s Thief #2) by Megan Whalen Turner (362)#
99. These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly (488)
100. Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff (384)#
101. The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars #1) by Frank Beddor (364)
102. The Kingdom (Fargo Adventure #3) by Clive Cussler (392)#
103. The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) by Brent Weeks (629)#
104. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (386)
105. The Thief (The Queen’s Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner (280)#
106. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (416)#
107. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester (242)
108. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman (414)#^
109. Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower #4) by Jessica Day George (240)#
110. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8) by John Tiffany (Adaptation), Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling (343)
111. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown (352)#
112. Divine (House of Oak #2) by Nichole Van (346)
113. The Magnolia Story by Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines (208)#
114. Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs #12) by Jacqueline Winspear (287)
115. The Royal Ranger (Ranger’s Apprentice #12) by John Flanagan (464)
116. Trojan Odyssey (Dirk Pitt #17) by Clive Cussler (463)#
117. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan by Bill O’Reilly (323)#
118. Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock (394)
119. Odessa Sea (Dirk Pitt #24) by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler (484)#
120. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (192)
121. Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (324)
122. Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald (240)
123. Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen #3) by Joanne Fluke (310)
124. At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson (497)#
125. The Tournament at Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice: The Early Years #1) by John Flanagan (364)#
126. Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising #1) by Susan Cooper (196)#
127. Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo (272)
128. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(Harry Potter #2) by J.K. Rowling (341)**^
129. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls #1) by Ally Carter (284)
130. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (192)
131. True Faith and Allegiance (Jack Ryan Universe #22) by Mark Greaney (736)#
132. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (393)
133. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (375)#
134. Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency by Bill O’Reilly (290)#
135. Autumn Street by Lois Lowry (224)
136. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (509)#^
137. Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan (143)
138. Pirate (Fargo Adventure #8) by Clive Cussler (387)#
139. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library (Mr. Lemoncello’s Library #1) by Chris Grabenstein (304)
140. Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America by Amy Belding Brown (368)
141. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O’Reilly (324)# 
142. Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka (496)
143. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling (320)**^
144. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables #1) by L.M. Montgomery (309)*