2018 Reading Challenge

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I have some news that's sure to liven up your Thursday afternoon:  I completed my 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge!

My goal was to read 35 books and I have already completed that surprisingly far ahead of schedule!

The books I read so far this year include:
The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Vengeance Road - Erin Bowman
Primates of Park Avenue - Wednesday Martin
The Secret of the Old Clock - Carolyn Keene
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Hypnotist's Love Story - Liane Moriarty
My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter - Aja Monet
From Here to Eternity - Caitlin Doughty
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz
Educated - Tara Westover
Not That I Could Tell - Jessica Strawser
I Was Anastasia - Ariel Lawhon
The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah
Patriot Number One - Lauren Hilgers
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy - Nova Jacobs
Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie
Royals - Rachel Hawkins
Bella Figura - Kamin Mohammadi
The Woman In The Window - A.J. Finn
Hardcore Self Help - Robert Duff
The History of Jane Doe - Michael Belanger
If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late - James Sexton
Here in Berlin - Cristina Garcia
Clock Dance - Anne Tyler
Retrain Your Brain - Seth Gillihan
Red Agenda - Cameron Poe
Our House - Louise Candlish
Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar
The Royal Art of Poison - Eleanor Herman
Discovery - Leslie Schweitzer Miller
The Luxe - Anna Godbersen
The Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware
The Glitch - Elizabeth Cohen
Fitness Junkie - Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza

I definitely plan to read at least a few more books before the end of the year, but for right now, I feel really good about accomplishing this goal!

If you're also doing a reading challenge, make sure you add me so I can see your progress!

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