It’s a new year (well, almost a month in…get it together Casie) and new year’s mean setting goals for yourself and trying to become a better you than last year. That’s exactly what I’m doing this year by setting a reading goal for myself.

Before going to college I read all. the. time. I’m talking books on books on books. Okay, I’m exaggerating, I didn’t read a ton, but compared to a lot of people I knew at the time, I was reading a lot more than the average teen.

Then, I chose to be an English major and reading became an assignment, project, or exam. No thank you. Actually, it was a pretty awesome assignment, but overall it did take the fun out of reading for me. It felt like (and it was) a requirement instead of something I just loved to do.

BUT THIS YEAR THAT CHANGES! That’s right, you heard it here first, I’m reading for fun again…by assigning myself a specific number of books I want to read this year and choosing specific titles I should read this year…so I’m basically being my own professor and forcing myself to read more.

Here’s a list of books I want to read this year:

1. Turtles All The Way Down – John Green
2. Scrappy Little Nobody – Anna Kendrick
3. The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish
4. The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
5. Big Little Lies – Liane Moriarty
6. The Immortalist’s – Chloe Benjamin
7. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
8. The Gender Game – Bella Forrest
9. The Alchemist – Paulo Coehlo
10. My (not so) Perfect Life – Sophie Kinsella

Here’s a list of books I’d recommend to you:

1. Paper Towns – John Green
2. Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison
3. Milk and Honey – Rupi Kaur
4. The Sun and Her Flowers – Rupi Kaur
5. Yes Please! – Amy Poehler
6. You are a Badass – Jen Sincero
7. Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
8. It’s Kind of a Funny Story – Ned Vizzini
9. Woman Warrior – Maxine Hong Kingston
10. The Latehomecomer – Kao Kalia Yang

What else should be on my list? What author’s am I totally missing? I’m all about a good dystopian novel, memoirs, and simple little reads.

Happy reading!

-Cas

P.S. Become my friend on GoodReads so we can see what we’re all reading 🙂

P.P.S. I’m going to need a bigger bookshelf after this year.