Goodreads 2015 Summary

The main reason why I was able to stay on track with the reading goal for 2015 was Goodreads. I logged my progress as done or currently reading. The want-to-read list was also helpful because I refer to it whenever I need to check out books from the local library. Goodreads showed me this summary of my year.





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  1. Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte 
  2. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizinni 
  3. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler 
  4. Think Like a Freak by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner 
  5. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd 
  6. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood 
  7. Thrive by Arianna Huffingtom 
  8. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 
  9. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton 
  10. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 
  11. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 
  12. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 
  13. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom 
  14. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 
  15. Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple 
  16. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain 
  17. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo 
  18. Between You and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 
  19. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling 
  20. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert 
  21. How to Fly a Horse by Kevin Ashton 
  22. Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira 
  23. Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin 
  24. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

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