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2019 Reading List

I’ve read at least 100 books a year for the past five years, so it’s fair to say I’m an avid reader. As such, I love giving and receiving book recommendations.

This list is where I will track my monthly reading, posting my list for you. I know you also like reading recommendations, so this list should assist you with those.

Visit my bookstore to view and purchase books I’ve given perfect grades within the past several years, as well as some of my all-time favorites.

You can join Amazon Kindle Unlimited for a 30-Day Free Trial to read unlimited digital books using the previous link.

You also can try Audible, where I listen to many books by using this link: Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks.

As always, happy reading!

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DECEMBER 2019 (14 books read)

1. The Culture Code – A

2. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive – A

3. No Fail Meetings – B

4. Pretty Little Things – C

5. If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood – B

6. When She Returned – A

7. The Marsh King’s Daughter – A

8. Buried Deep – A

9. No Fail Meetings – B

10. Lock Every Door – A

11. I Will Make You Pay – C

12. I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life – A

13. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignited a Movement – A

14. Ask Again, Yes – A

NOVEMBER 2019 (13 books read)

1. Permission Marketing – B

2. Tiny Beautiful Things – B

3. The Thinnest Air – B

4. The Family Upstairs – B

5. Consent – A

6. Mindset – C

7. The Perfect Child – D

8. Disturbed – B

9. Rapid Falls – A

10. Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls – B

11. Abused: Surviving Sexual Assault and Toxic Gymnastics Culture – A

12. Under Lying – D

13. Once Missed – B

OCTOBER 2019 (15 books read)

1. Know My Name – A

2. Walk Into Silence – C

3. Everything is Figureoutable – A

4. The Lullaby Girl – C

5. Unnecessary Sorrow – A

6. Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl – F

7. The Retreat – A

8. When We Believed in Mermaids – C

9. What Remains True – A

10. So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed – B

11. The Murderer Next Door – A

12. Terror by Night – B

13. Who Killed These Girls? – A

14. Tips for Living – A

15. Trespassing – C

SEPTEMBER 2019 (11 books read)

1. Girls Like Us – C

2. The Chain – A

3. Here to Stay – C

4. If She Fled – C

5. Life After Coffee – B

6. Make Time – B

7. Permanent Record – B

8. The Ex-Wife – C

9. The Sound of Rain – C

10. What You Did – A

11. Lying Next to Me – C

AUGUST 2019 (12 books read)

1. Lifescale – A

2. Good Girl, Bad Girl – A

3. Three Days Missing – B

4. Normal People – D

5. Two Can Keep a Secret – A

6. Last Summer – D

7. Devil’s Knot – B

8. The Family Next Door – D

9. The Drowned Girls – B

10. Don’t Event Breathe – B

11. Someone We Know – A

12. The Stressed Years of Their Lives – B

JULY 2019 (9 books read)

1. An Anonymous Girl – A

2. The Hunting Party – B

3. Before She Knew Him – B

4. The Lie – D

5. Thin Air – C

6. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – B

7. Dear Wife – A

8. The Heavens May Fall – A

9. Try Not to Breathe – B

JUNE 2019 (9 books read)

1. Burnout – C

2. The Girlfriend – B

3. Friend Request – C

4. The Loyalist Team – D

5. The Better Sister – B

6. Close to Home – B

7. My Lovely Wife – A

8. I Invited Her In – B

9. The Hate U Give – B

MAY 2019 (8 books read)

1. The Night Olivia Fell – A

2. The Girls at 17 Swann Street – A

3. The Last Stone – D

4. The Valedictorian of Being Dead – B

5. Things My Son Needs to Know about the World – C

6. Someone Knows – A

7. That’s Not What Happened – C

8. Before We Met – B

APRIL 2019 (10 books read)

1.Radical Candor – A

2. No Exit – A

3. Known– A

4. For Better and Worse – B

5. Faithful Place – B

6. Brave, Not Perfect – C

7. The Miracle Equation – D

8. Chase Darkness with Me – C

9. Free to Focus – B

10. All That You Leave Behind – D

MARCH 2019 (11 books read)

1. Likeable Social Media– C

2. An Unwanted Guest – C

3. Rage Becomes Her – C

4. Her One Mistake – B

5. American Prison – A

6. Don’t Wake Up – B

7. American Overdose – B

8. Three Secrets – B

9. Outer Order, Inner Calm – B

10. Girl, Stop Apologizing – A

11. Never Tell – A

FEBRUARY 2019 (10 books read)

1. Devil in the Grove – B

2. Girls of Glass – C

3. Becoming – A

4. The Mind Connection – B

5. Fraternity – B

6. Parkland – B

7. His Kidnapper’s Shoes – B

8. A Serial Killer’s Daughter – D

9. Say You’re Sorry – B

10. The Suspect – A

JANUARY 2019 (11 books read)

1. True Places – C

2. The Real Lolita – D

3. Before He Kills – C

4. After She’s Gone – C

5. The Girl Next Door – C

6. Calm the F*ck Down – B

7. The One That Got Away – C

8. Burned – D

9. 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do – D

10. Wrecking Crew: Demolishing the Case Against Steven Avery – C

11. Adele – D

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