My parents bought them for me this Christmas. I have never read Heidi before, so it is on my to-read list for this year.
2020 in review:
I had the goal of reading 50 books in 2020. I finished the year off at 29, still pretty good considering I went many months without picking up a book at all. Here is a breakdown of what I read:
• 13 treebooks
• 5 ebooks
• 11 audiobooks
Which consisted of:
• 11 works of fiction, 6 being juvenile fiction
• 18 non-fiction books
My two favorite adult fiction novels were Normal People by Sally Rooney (the Hulu series is equally exquisite) and Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis. My favorite children's fiction was Anne of Avonlea.
Of the non-fiction I read, most were about parenting and/or education, with a few others thrown in there. My favorite books on education were Know and Tell by Karen Glass, and The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie, and my favorite non-fiction overall (and possibly favorite book read this year, period) was Your Blue Flame by Jennifer Fulwiler. Seriously, get it. It's unputdownable, and her story about Luxembourg had me cry-laughing. You'll know when you get there.
My goals for this year:
• I want to read 50 books. It's a lofty goal and won't be easy to reach, but I like challenging myself with a high number to achieve, even if I realize I won't necessarily be able.
• One of my goals is to go through my shelves and begin reading my fictional books, specifically, and give away the ones that don't capture my attention. I am book-buy happy, which is why I had a year of no book-buying back in 2019. I also tend to give a home to any lonesome books I happen upon (like at my farmer's market free book stand), which means my shelves are brimming with books I will probably never read, even if I took a fancy to their pretty covers and interesting descriptions initially upon meeting them. I can tell almost immediately whether or not I will enjoy a fictional novel, which makes me a little sad because I am picky about my fiction, and tend to not enjoy 90% of what I pick up... which should mean I will say goodbye to a lot of the books in my shelves this year.
• In February, as a family, we will read books exclusively by black authors. I did this back in 2019 and it was a great experience. I realized that the majority of books I read are by white authors, and that's really a shame, because I know I'm missing out on a whole world of talents and perspective. On my list of books I'd like to read for myself or with my kids are:
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
• General fictional books I'd like to read this year include:
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Evening the Morning by Ken Follett
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
• And non-fiction that tickles my fancy:
This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman
NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• I have a lot of goals for reading aloud to my children, as well. On our list we have:
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I am as excited as ever to start reading to reach my 2021 goals! The kids and I are reading up a storm already. It's going to be a bookish year. I'm also hoping to see my love for books and photography collide, and take more pictures of my collection.
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