January 2015 Archive
A Look Back On 2014
2014 was an interesting year. As a snapshot, I…
-Found out I’m going to be an aunt, next year! <3
-Went on some fun vacations. I travel frequently to see my family and was able to go Portland, OR for my sister’s 30th birthday and also to the Grand Canyon for a very cool hiking trip with my parents.
-Drafted 3 books (okay okay, I am 8k from finishing that third book, but still!)
-Edited 2 of those books until I couldn’t stand 1 of them and had to shove it back into the recesses of my computer
-Finished another year of my masters degree. I only have one semester left!
-Participated in PitchWars and got to mentor two AWESOME writers.
-Was let-go from my job, found a part-time teaching gig at a local community college, and then was re-hired by the first company (that was a crazy month, let me tell you).
-And, of course, I read some pretty amazing books.
Here’s my reading list from 2014! I’ve bolded the books that I particularly enjoyed (bold & italics mean I had book hangovers after finishing them 😀 ). I’m starting 2015 off with the The Real Boy by Anne Ursu and am loving it so far. What books did you fall head over heels for in 2014?
| The One I Left Behind- Jennifer McMahon |
| Annie & Fia: a Mind Games Story-Kiersten White |
| Two Boys Kissing- David Levithan |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea- April Genevieve Tucholke |
| Tell the Wolves I’m Home- Carol Rifka Brunt |
| I Am The Messenger- Markus Zusak |
| Thinking in Pictures- Temple Grandin |
| Liesl & Po- Lauren Oliver |
| The Caged Graves- Dianne K. Salerno |
| Fire in the Hole- Elmore Leonard |
| Okay for Now- Gary D. Schmidt |
| The Girl who Chased the Moon (audiobook)- Sarah Addison Allen |
| The Rook- Daniel O’Malley |
| The Killing Moon- N.K. Jemison |
| The Sugar Queen (audiobook)- Sarah Addison Allen |
| The Coldest Girl in Coldtown- Holly Black |
| The Spindlers (audiobook)- Lauren Oliver |
| LaBrava- Elmore Leonard |
| These Broken Stars- Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner |
| Stardust (audiobook)- Neil Gaiman |
| All the Truth that’s in Me- Julie Gardner Berry |
| Cruel Beauty (audiobook)- Rosamund Hodge |
| Perfect Lies- Kristen White |
| Fire- Cristen Cashore |
| Throne of Glass- Sarah J. Maas |
| Control- Lydia Kang |
| The Walled City- Ryan Graudin |
| Crown of Midnight-Sarah J. Maas |
| The Winner’s Curse- Marie Rutkoski |
| The Murder Complex- Lindsay Cummings |
| Grave Witch- Kalayna Price |
| Grave Dance- Kalayna Price |
| Grave Memory- Kalayna Price |
| Cat Chaser- Elmore Leonard |
| Incarceron- Catherine Fisher |
| The Lost Sun- Tessa Gratton |
| Defy- Sara B. Larson |
| Another Little Piece- Kate Karyus Quinn |
| The Elegance of the Hudgehog- Muriel Barbery |
| Across the Universe-Beth Revis |
| Angelfall- Susan Ee |
| World After- Susan Ee |
| The Promise of Amazing- Robin Constantine |
| Heir of Fire- Sarah J. Maas |
| The Iron Trial- Cassandra Clare & Holly Black |
| Attachments- Rainbow Rowell |
| Soon I Will Be Invincible- Austin Grossman |
| Brightly Woven- Alexandra Bracken |
| The Near Witch- Victoria Schwab |
| The Cuckoo’s Calling- Robert Galbrath |
| The Night Gardener- Jonathon Auxier |
| The Alchemist-Michael Scott |
| The False Prince- Jennifer A. Nielsen |