How Did I Do With 2009's Goal?

One of my goals last year was to read more for pleasure. Sure I read to research things like homeschooling, health, college acceptance, religious studies, etc., but to read for fun rarely happened in my life. I not only read books, I also began listening to books on my MP3 player. Listening to them was my lifesaver. I LOVE listening to books. I'm a slow reader because I basically read outloud in my head - every character has a voice and I read every single word. I tried to remember to keep track of the books I read or listened to, so I have included it here (I may have forgotten a couple, but I think this list is pretty accurate). I think the list shows a good variety of types of books too from chic lit to very intense and serious and everything in-between. I would love your suggestions for the new year, so please chime in.

Here is my list from 2009:

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
Snow Falling on Cedar, by David Guterson
The Ivy Chronicles, by Karen Quinn
Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau
A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
The Client, by John Grisham
The Accidental Time Machine, by Joe Haldeman
Next, by Michael Crichton
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer
The Year of Fog, by Michelle Richmond
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Sundays at Tiffany’s, by James Patterson
Harvesting the Heart, by Jodi Picoult
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
April & Oliver, by Tess Callahan
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Nearlyweds by Beth Kendrick
24 Hours by Greg Iles
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson