Books

Starting in 2015, I decided to read 2 books a month for the duration of the year after realizing how very little I had read in 2014. Now, I'm continuing on every year with a new reading goal, dependent on what I accomplished (or not) in the year before. If you want, you can follow my progress and see what I'm reading over at GoodReads or you can check out the list of books I've read below.

2021

February
• The Serpent: The Secret Life & Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville

• Venice by Cees Nooteboom

• Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

2019

March
• The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis-Graves

May
• German Men Sit Down to Pee And Other Insights Into German Culture by Niklas Frank & James Cave

June
• Los Angeles (mini) by Tim Street-Porter
• Paranoid by Lisa Jackson

2018

January
• A Traveller's Wine Guide to California by Robert Holmes

February
• DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: San Francisco & Northern California by Barry Parr

March
• The Photographer's Guide to the California Coast by Douglas Steakley
• DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: California by Jamie Jensen
• Fatal Descent: Andreas Lubitz and the Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 by Jeff Wise

April
• How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

July
• Evelyn, After by Victoria Helen Stone

August
Mary McScary by R.L. Stine

September
• How to Get Dressed by Alison Freer
• The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

October
• The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
• A Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell
• Carry Her Heart (Words of the Heart) by Holly Jacobs

2017

January
• To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Collin

February
• Maui Revealed by Anthony Doughty
• Oahu Revealed by Anthony Doughty

April
• Break Into Travel Writing (Teach Yourself) by Beth Blair

May
• Personal Recollections Of Vincent Van Gogh by Elisabeth Huberta Du Quesne-van Gogh
• Pierre Hermé Macarons: The Ultimate Recipes from the Master Pâtissier by Pierre Hermé

June
• The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
• Emma In the Night by Wendy Walker

July
• National Geographic Traveler: Miami & the Keys by Mark Miller

October
* The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

2016

January
• Sweeter Off the Vine by Yossy Arefi
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• 2 A.M. At The Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino

February
• The Tall Trees of Paris by Matt Wagner
• The Knot Outdoor Weddings by Carley Roney

March
• Germany For Beginners an anthology of German Way Expat Blog posts
• The Flower Workshop by Ariella Chezar, Julie Michaels
• Your Idea Starts Here by Carolyn Eckert

April
• Hashtag Poetry: The Hidden Poetry of Twitter by Clive Birnie
• Photographs from the Edge by Art Wolfe, Rob Sheppard
• Tasting Rome by Katie Parla

May
• Ladurée: The Sweet Recipes (Sucré) by Philippe Andrieu

June
• Walking Paris by the National Geographic Society
• Walking New York by the National Geographic Society
* The Best Of Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur

July
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

August
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

October
• Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh•t by Steven Pressfield

November
• Foraged Flora by Louesa Roebuck
• Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
• Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson

December
* Frommer's Montreal Day by Day by Andre Legaspi
* Michelin Green Guide Montreal & Quebec City

2015

January

• the After series by Anna Todd

• A Lion In Paris by Beatrice Alemagna

• I Sold My Soul to the Devil For Vinyls … Pitiful, I Know on Wattpad

• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

• Refinery 29 by Piere Gelardi and Christene Barberich

• Frites by Anne de la Forest

February

• Summer Rain on Wattpad

• Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer

• How to Travel the World on $50 A Day by Matt Kepnes

• Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan