Icelandic Sunrise

Iceland, Taken September 15, 2019

Books of 2019

1. Lethal Licorice---Amanda Flower
2. Premeditated Peppermint---Amanda Flower
3. City of Ink---Elsa Hart
4. Assaulted Caramel---Amanda Flower
5. Jade Dragon Mountain---Elsa Hart
6. Plainly Murder---Isabella Alan
7. Murder, Plain and Simple---Isabella Alan
8. Plain Murder---Emma Miller
9. The White Mirror--Elsa Hart
10. Plain Killing---Emma Miller
11. Minimum Wage Magic---Rachel Aaron
12. The Governess Affair--Courtney Milan
13. Valley of Dry Bones---J.F. Penn
14. House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery--Liz Rosenberg
15. Lady Luck Runs Out---Shannon Esposito
16. The Coroner's Lunch---Colin Cottrell
17. For Pete's Sake---Shannon Esposito
18. The Witches of New York---Ami McKay
19. Thirty-Three Teeth---Colin Cottrell
20. Greensmith Girls---Raven Snow
21. The Hazel Wood---Melissa Albert
22. Love Story---Lauren Layne
23. Midsummer Night's Mischief---Jennifer David Hesse
24. Bell, Book, and Candlemas---Jennifer David Hesse
25. Yuletide Homicide---Jennifer David Hesse
26. Samhain Secrets---Jennifer David Hesse
27. Mayday Murder---Jennifer David Hesse
28. Disco for the Departed---Colin Cotterill
29. Anarchy and Old Dogs---Colin Cotterill
30. Once a Wife---Patricia Keelyn
31. The Bride Price---Mai Neng Moua
32. 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do---Amy Morin
33. Shop till You Drop---Elaine Viets
34. This Will Only Hurt a Little---Busy Philipps
35. Murder Between the Covers---Elaine Viets
36. Someday, Maybe---Lauren Graham
37. Kindred---Octavia E. Butler
38. Criminally Cocoa---Amanda Flower
39. The Night Tiger---Yangsze Choo
40. Bewitched and Betrothed---Juliet Blackwell
41. Wicked Fox---Kat Cho
42. Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune---Roselle Lim
43. Enchanted, Inc.---Shanna Swendson
44. The Wedding Party--Jasmine Guillory
45. Caught Dead Handed---Carol J. Perry
46. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler---Kelly Harms
47. Casting Spells---Barbara Bretton
48. The Graveyard Book---Neil Gaiman
49. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe---Heather Webber
50. Curse of the Pogo Stick---Colin Cotterill
51. Bird Box---Josh Malerman
52. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill---Abbi Waxman
53. The Alchemist---Paulo Coelho
54. Spin the Dawn---Elizabeth Lim
55. Prince---Afshin Shahidi
56. The Garden of Small Beginnings, Abbi Waxman
57. Gods of Jade and Snow---Silvia Moreno-Garcia
58. Autumn Alibi---Jennifer David Hesse
59. The Dinner List---Rebecca Serle
60. The Lost Night---Andrea Bartz
61. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts---Kate Racculia
62. The Plastic Magician---Charlie N. Holmberg
63. Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop---Rebecca Raisin
64. Hexes and Exes---Raven Snow
65. Part-Time Gods---Rachel Aaron
66. If the Shoe Kills---Lynn Cahoon
67. Dressed to Kill---Lynn Cahoon
68. Murder on Wheels---Lynn Cahoon
69. Tea Cups and Carnage---Lynn Cahoon
70. Hospitality and Homicide---Lynn Cahoon
71. Rockets Dead Glare---Lynn Cahoon
72. The Girl with Ghost Eyes---M.H. Boroson
73. The Vine Witch---Luanne G. Smith
74. Grave Destiny---Kalayna Price
75. The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay---Kelly Harms

I read a lot of books in 2019 (at least compared to my previous reading lists). I don't even know if I've listed all of the books that were read in 2019 and if any more comes to my mind, I'll update the list at a later time.

The book that made the most impact on me and one that I'd highly recommend that you read, paul Coelho's The Alchemist. It's a little book, but it's a fantastic book about following your dreams, having faith, and just believing in yourself.

I hope you had a good reading year in 2019. Now, it's time to get cracking with new books for 2020 (it's been a slow start for me so far).

Are there any books you'd recommend based on what you read in 2019?

Follow-Through 2020

Each year, for the last several years, I've chosen a word to guide me through the year, rather than make New Year resolutions. This year, I've chosen the word(s) follow-through/follow through. (When the word is hyphenated, it's a noun and when it's not, it's a verb.) Regardless of how it's spelled, I've decided that 2020 will be the year where I will follow through on all the things that I've started or thought about starting in 2019.

I look back on 2019 and it's a year where I've set myself up to start so many projects. For whatever reasons (i.e. a lack of time, lack of belief in myself, the first steps I've made are only the beginning in a very long term project, etc.), I know that there are still a lot of unfinished projects that I want to see finished. So, it's my good intentions to follow through on as many of these projects and finish them or get the projects to the next level. It's time to follow through on what I've started and the momentum I've built so far.

I know it's going to take a lot of focus, concentration, and hard work, but I know I can do it. I just have to keep myself accountable or figure out a way to motivate myself even more than before. I think just knowing that I will be using this word to guide me in 2020 it already a good step.

I hope you are doing well. Did you make resolutions for 2020 or do you have a guiding word? Care to share?