Reading in 2015

I know, I know.  It's been over a year since my last post.  There have been plenty of post-worthy subjects that I've been experiencing and considering, and perhaps I'll make time for that soon enough.  But today, I'd like to focus on one of my more successful Life Resolutions that I came up with last year around this time.  These Resolutions are constantly in flux and include all sorts of goals and habits that I would like to accomplish over my lifetime.  This is in contrast to putting all of my energy into New Year's Resolutions at the beginning of the year, and in fact help to put the steps and timelines to achieve my goals into perspective.

The Resolution I'm referring to falls under the category of "To learn about the world and human life" (one of the 5 Life Principles I mentioned in my last post): GOAL HABIT: I will read 2+ books per week.

I haven't quite reached that goal yet, but I did read 2+ books per month in 2015 for a total of 30 books.  Some were Kindle books, others Google books or good-old paper books.  Still others were audio books, whether on CD, Audible, or borrowed from the library app OverDrive.  Full disclosing: I'm listing them ALL below, whether or not they're particularly flattering, including the rough dates of around when I finished them.  I have also omitted manga or other comics for now.

1. The E-Myth Revisited (1/15/15)
2. Jesus’ Son (1/19/15)
3. The Hobbit (3/15/15)
4. The Year of Living Biblically (3/18/15)
5. Vagabonding by Rolf Potts (3/24/15)
6. Walden (3/27/15)
7. The 80/20 Principle (3/29/15)
8. Fluent in 3 Months (4/9/15)
9. Highland Destiny (4/30/15)
10. The Fellowship of the Ring (5/1/15)
11. The Martian by Andy Weir (5/14/15)
12. Flow (6/14/15)
13. As a Man Thinketh (6/18/15)
14. The Two Towers (6/30/15)
15. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (7/1/15)
16. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (7/30/15)
17. Return of the King (8/14/15)
18. A History of God (8/19/15)
19. Bold (9/3/15)
20. The Everything Store (9/15/15)
21. The Graveyard Book (9/17/15)
22. 横井軍平のゲーム館 (10/24/15)
23. Jennifer Government (11/2/15)
24. Ready Player One (11/6/15)
25. World War Z (11/15/15)
26. A Brief History of Time (11/20/15)
27. A Game of Thrones (12/7/15)
28. Steve Jobs (12/8/15)
29. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (12/21/15)
30. Being Mortal (12/23/15)

My goal for 2016 is to read 50 books, nearly 1 per week, and to surround myself with more people who are not at all impressed by these figures.

Happy New Year, may your goals be well planned this year!