Happy New Year! I'm afraid I am very behind on my "What I'm Reading" posts. I may have to do a compilation of the last bunch of them all in one post: behold, the consequences of procrastination!
In the meanwhile, a quick summary of books I read in 2019:
Of the 117 books I read, 56 were fiction and 61 were Non-Fiction (a pretty even distribution! unintentionally). I listened to 48 of them as audiobooks, read three of them as e-books, and read 66 as physical books.
- Favorite fiction: "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- Runner-up fiction: "Olive Kitterridge" by Elizabeth Strout.
- Favorite non-fiction: "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Runner-up non-fiction: "How to Do Nothing" by Jenny Odell
While reading last year, I made even more of an effort to be consistent about taking notes along the way (in Gmail drafts, in my Notes on my phone, in my journal or on random scraps of paper) and then summarize them afterwards. This was supremely helpful in not only appreciating my reading life as pleasure, but for enriching my thinking life. It helped me connect ideas better (between books, between ideas, between my thoughts and other people's thoughts, etc.) and as a result, I enjoy talking about books with others even more too. We were consistent with book club meetings, which I look forward to every month, and due to me posting about books I read on social media I have had more book talks this year than any other year! So I will plan to keep doing that this upcoming year. What a privilege it is to read! And what a privilege it is to be around others who read.
wow!!! 117 books! that's amazing.
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