One of my goals for the year 2021 was to read four books per month, totaling forty-eight books read within the year. To date, I have read seventy-three books. A couple of months back I shared some of the books that I had read and others that I was working on. Today I am going to give a full accounting, so here goes:
*Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
*The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
*Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
*The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
*The Case Against Socialism by Rand Paul
*The Devil and Karl Marx by Paul Kengor
*The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather
*The Human Stain by Philip Roth
*Gosnell by McElhinney and McAleer
*If I Did It: Confessions of A Killer by O.J. Simpson/The Goldman Family
*The Plot Against the President by Lee Smith
*The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
*Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
*The Infidels Guide to the Koran by Robert Spencer
*Hope's Table by Hope Helmuth
*Douglass and Lincoln by Paul and Stephen Kendrick
*Unholy Alliance by Jay Sekulow
*Anti-Inflammatory Drinks for Health by Flaherty
*South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber
*Please Stop Helping Us by Jason L. Riley
*The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin
*The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey by Orenduff
*The Society of Timid Souls or How to Be Brave by Polly Morland
*Love from Boy: Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother by Donald Sturrock
*Curious by Ian Leslie
*Memories Last Breath by Gerde Saunders
*A Curious Mind by Brian Grazer
*The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
*50 Great American Places by Brent Glass
*Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
*The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
*The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
*Natural Curiosity by Lisa Carne
*Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
*Gilead by Marilynn Robinson
*American Bloomsbury by Susan Cheever
*Walking by Erling Kagge
* My Favorite Things by Maira Kalman
*Lists of Note by Shaun Usher
*Messages From My Father by Calvin Trillin
*Black Wall Street by Hannibal Johnson
*Road Trip USA by Moon
*Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
*The Enlightenment: Reason, Tolerance and Humanity by Prof. James Schmidt
*The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
*Multiple Streams of Income by Robert Allen
*Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt
*The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
*Outwitting the Devil by Napolean Hill
*Grit by Angela Duckworth
*An Ozark Odyssey: The Journey of a Father and Son by William Childress
*The Power of Consistency by Weldon Long
*Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters by John Maxwell
*The Creators Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs by Amy Wilkinson
*Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days by Chris Guillebeau
*The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
*The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Ottowi Crossing by Orenduff
*Beyond the Limelight: Some Pioneer Recollections of Missouri and Oklahoma, Johnston's Shut-Ins State Park by Harry Johnston (x2)
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
*A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
*A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
*An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle
*Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
*An Ozark Boy's Story, 1915-1945 by John Hulston
*Take to the Hills: A Chronicle of the Ozarks by Marguerite Lyons
*Apple Mary: A Story of a German Immigrant Family by Kathleen Farrelly
*The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West by Poling-Kempes
*Fresh From the Hills by Marguerite Lyons
*Street Craft: Geurilla Gardening, Yarn Bombing, Light Graffiti, Street Sculpture and More by Riikka Kuittinen
*Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
*Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
That was tremendously satisfying!
I had forgotten about some of the books and with others it feels as if I read them such a very long time ago. I try to read a wide variety of books. I read nonfiction and fiction. I read history and business and art and psychology. I am particularly pleased with having read the Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle. When I was a child I read A Wrinkle In Time and I loved it. I then read it to my children and they loved it. I had never, however, read the full quintet. I have now and I loved it! I have also developed an interest in personal historical accounts from the Ozarks because I have learned that a portion of my family history resides in the hills of the Ozarks. It is exciting to read an account from the region and wonder if life was similar for my ancestors!
I am currently reading:
*Bright Glowed My Hills by Mahnkey
*The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
*The Skin Collector: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver
And I have more queued up:
*Home by Marilynne Robinson
*The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
*The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance by Ellen Cushman
*Grown-Up Anger: the Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 by Daniel Wolff
*The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt
Truly, "there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living,"
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