I’ve now accepted the fact that I will die in a pile of unread books.
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Books I read in 2014
Without further ado, here is a list of the books I read in 2014 (in no particular order):
Fiction
1) The Butterfly Clues - Kate Ellison
2) “When Did You Last See Her?” (All the Wrong Questions #2) - Lemony Snicket
3) Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
4) The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey
6) 1984 - George Orwell
7) The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
8) Life of Pi - Yann Martel
9) Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
10) An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
11) Paper Towns - John Green
12) The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) - Brandon Sanderson
13) Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archive #2) - Brandon Sanderson
14) The Final Empire (Mistborn Trilogy #1) - Brandon Sanderson
15) The Well of Ascension (Mistborn Trilogy #2) - Brandon Sanderson
16) The Hero of Ages (Mistborn Trilogy #3) - Brandon Sanderson
17) Legion (short story) and The Emperor’s Soul (novella) - Brandon Sanderson
18) Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
19) The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) - Robert Jordan
20) Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) - Sarah J Maas
21) No Longer at Ease - Chinua Achebe
22) Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta
23) Russian Roulette (Alex Rider #10) - Anthony Horowitz
24) The Fallen (The Enemy #5) - Charlie Higson
25) 172 Hours on the Moon - Johan Harstad
26) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
27) Zoo City - Lauren Beukes
28) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
29) Solitaire - Alice Oseman
30) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K DIck
31) The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus #5) - Rick Riordan
32) The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Fiction Rereads
1) Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) - Rick Riordan
2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) - J K Rowling
Non-fiction
1) Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas - Judy Parkinson
2) Reclaim Your Heart - Yasmin Mogahed
3) I Am Muslim - Dina Zaman
4) The Arab Awakening - Tariq Ramadan
Goal for the year: 64
No. of books read: 40
Even though I didn’t complete my reading goal (which included reading ten non-fiction books in total), I still feel as if I read a reasonable amount considering that it was my first year of university. This was also my first time keeping track of all the books I read in a single year. Several books, like those written by Brandon Sanderson, were over 700 pages long so they took a lot longer to read usual. I also diversified my reading extensively, moving away from Young Adult books a lot of the time and enjoying a few classics. I’m happy with the books that I’ve read this year, and I hope to continue in the same way next year.
Goal for 2015: 70 books in total, of which ten are non-fiction
What are your reading goals for 2015? Did you meet your 2014 reading goals? Let me know in the replies - or if you’ve read anything on my list that you’d like to say something about. Happy reading!
xx Munira
Do you ever have people that you normally love sharing books with but they can sometimes be really critical so when you read a book that touches your heart you don’t dare tell them about it in case they destroy that feeling for you
Update:
-Currently reading: Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, who is an awesome South African author making waves internationally.
-I will be posting my thoughts on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen soon. Since it is a classic, I don’t feel like a formal review will really make sense for it, but I have a few things I want to say about the book.
-Hopefully, I’ll be reviewing the books I’ve read recently and adding them to my queue, to keep my blog going when I’m busy with university.
-I haven’t really received a response to my posts about university, but I am going to continue with them.
-I’m considering starting a booktube channel, once again, but I’m still not sure if I should go ahead with it.
- If there are any posts that anyone would like to see, drop them in my inbox or ask. Both are always open :)
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth (via magiquotes)
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via books-cupcakes)
things you should do based on your sign
aries: read books
taurus: read books
gemini: read books
cancer: read books
Leo: read books
Virgo: read books
Libra: read books
Scorpio: read books
Sagittarius: read books
Capricorn: read books
Aquarius: read books
Pisces: read books
EBOOKS ARE BOOKS.
AUDIO BOOKS ARE BOOKS.
PAPERBACKS ARE BOOKS.
HARDCOVERS ARE BOOKS.
BOOKS ARE GREAT.
DO I NEED TO REPEAT MYSELF??
New Year Resolutions
- Me: Read more books.
- Me: Buy more books.
- Me: Follow more book blogs.
- Me: Post more book-related stuff.
- Me: Save up money to buy more books.
- Me: Hoard more books.
- Me: Recommend more books.
- Me: Visit more book shops.
- Me: Go to the library more often.
- Me: Convince family, relatives and friends to buy me books as birthday and Christmas gift to me.
- Me: Do more book shopping.
- Me: Work harder to earn more for book shopping.
- Me: Books, books and more books.
I just want walls and walls of books, book I have read, books I want to read, just books, always books.