Dad taught me years ago to keep a
book list, mainly to keep track of which audiobooks we had purchased and which
one of us had read them. I was thrilled when a friend introduced me to Shelfari.com, an online bookshelf where I
can keep track of my read and TBR lists, dust free. Since then GoodReads has become the latest bookshelf
darling allowing authors to connect with readers and I dabble there as well.
One
of my favorite features of these online bookshelves is reading challenges.
Years ago I joined Shelfari’s 50 Book Challenge group. For me, this has been an
easily achieved goal, so I quickly added the 100 Reading Challenge group. This
year my first book was How to Change Your Life in the Next 15 Minutes and the
last Killer Karma. In between I’ve read 3 of Danielle Paige’s wildly successful
Dorothy
Must Die series, found a great new series, Jefferson
Tayte Genealogical Mystery by Steve Robinson and caught up with favorites
like WEB
Griffin, Lorna
Barrett and Mary
Higgins Clark.
My goal this year was to read at least 50 books, but ultimately to read 100.
My favorite book of the year was The
Island at the Center of the World a non-fiction historical look at the
founding of New York City. Besides being a fascinating look into the past,
while I was reading it I started to help a friend with her ancestry search and
found her family prominently featured in the Island, a fact we had no clue
about when the quest began.
On Friday as I watch bowl games,
I will open my 2016 50 Book Challenge goal and expect to add the 100 Book
Challenge by June.
