I am challenging myself to read 150 books in 2014. I will use the Twitter hashtag #150Books to indicate reviews of the books I read and posts related to reading.
I will update my monthly reading list below. I plan to list 12 books each month, recognizing that the list is likely to change during the month as things arise that I want/need to read.
I would love for you to accept the challenge with me or provide me with your reading recommendations. You can do that on my reading challenge post, on Facebook or on Twitter.
January (14 books read)
1. The Lies We Told
2. Burnout: The Cost of Caring
3. Help for the Haunted: A Novel
4. The Wicked Girls: A Novel
5. Unstuff Your Life!: Kick the Clutter Habit and Completely Organize Your Life for Good
7. Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
10. Bitch on Wheels: The Sharon Nelson Double Murder Case
12. ATTITUDE 101
13. Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System
14. No One You Know
There were three books I started this month that I didn’t finish because I thought they were boring. They were:
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping,
- The Diary
and
- How To Be a Good Wife
.
February (10 books read)
1. Finding the Space to Lead: A Practical Guide to Mindful Leadership
2. Do the Work
3. Reconstructing Amelia (Read my full review.)
5. How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations
6. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
7. My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
8. An Abundance of Katherines
9. Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
10. When I Found You
March (12 books read)
2. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer–America’s Deadliest Serial Murderer (Read my full review.)
3. Shattered
4. Eye Contact
6. Newtown: An American Tragedy
7. My Abandonment 
9. Daddy’s Girl
10. Bird in Hand
11. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Doto Get More of It
12. The Caller
April (9 books read)
1. Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach
5. SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: A Four-Step Guide to Getting Unstuck
6. Keep Quiet
7. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
9. The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
May (11 books read)
1. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
2. Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story
3. Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
4. Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life
6. One Day
7. Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
9. If I Can’t Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children
10. The Girl Factory: A Memoir
11. Still Life with Bread Crumbs
June (10 books read)
1. The Wife
2. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
5. Against Her Will: The Senseless Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes
6. Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
8. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
9. Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know
10. Relationships 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know
July (13 books read)
1. Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love
2. If I Stay
5. Silence
7. Everything I Never Told You
8. The Girls from Corona del Mar
9. Unholy Messenger: The Life and Crimes of the BTK Serial Killer
10. One Plus One
11. Imperfect Justice Updated Ed: Prosecuting Casey Anthony
12. Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally
13. Where We Belong
August (10 books read)
1. Landline
2. For Women Only, Revised and Updated Edition: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men
3. For Men Only, Revised and Updated Edition: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women
7. Fear of Our Father: The True Story of Abuse, Murder, and Family Ties
September (10 books read)
2. Mean Streak
3. How to Win Friends & Influence People
4. Habit Stacking: 97 Small Life Changes That Take Five Minutes or Less
6. The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Women
7. The Cellar
October (13 books read)
1. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
2. On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft
3. Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know
4. To-Do List Makeover: A Simple Guide to Getting the Important Things Done
5. Fatal Jealousy: The True Story of a Doomed Romance, a Singular Obsession, and a Quadruple Murder
6. How Reading Changed My Life
7. Adultery
9. The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer
1o. Getting Life: An Innocent Man’s 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace
11. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
12. Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim
November (13 books read)
1. Lust Killer
3. The Witness
4. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenet and the City of Boulder
5. The Silent Wife (Read full review)
7. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
8. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”
9. Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese
1o. Under the Light of the Moon: Wisconsin, Notorious USA
11. Sharp Objects
12. Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
13. Fatal Vision
December
1. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
2. Journalism of Ideas: Brainstorming, Developing, and Selling Stories in the Digital Age
3. Spin Sucks: Communication and Reputation Management in the Digital Age (Que Biz-Tech)
4. On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
5. Looking for Alaska
7. Self-Improvement 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know
10. Between Good and Evil: A Master Profiler’s Hunt for Society’s Most Violent Predators
11. Under Your Skin
13. The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life
14. Ugly Girls
15. How Successful People Think
16. Under Cover of the Night: A True Story of Sex, Greed and Murder
17. The Good Girl
18. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
19. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
20. You
22. Have a New Teenager by Friday: From Mouthy and Moody to Respectful and Responsible in 5 Days
23. Dangerous Girls
24. Mentoring 101
25. Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success Is Determined by Your Daily Agenda
I will decide in December if I plan to complete a reading challenge next year. I’ll be sure to let you know. Until then, happy reading!
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