2019 books in review

Even though I had a serious book slump at the beginning of the year, I surpassed my reading goal of 50 books by reading 59! now I did have a few "cheat" books toward the end of the year so here is a break down of what I read!!!


Physical books:
Caraval: Stephanie Garber
The Proposal: Jasmine Guillory
The Wicked King: Holly Black
The ruth about Happily Ever After: Karole Cozzo
Rush: Maya Banks
Fever: Maya Banks
The Warrior Maiden: Melanie Dickerson
Dumbo: Kari Sutherland
Be More Chill: Ned Vizzini
The Sister Grimm Series: Michael Buckley
Aladdin: Elizabeth Rudnick
Geekerella: Ashley Poston
The Princess and the FanGirl: Ashley Poston
Stain: A.G. Howard
The Key to Happily Ever After: Tif Marcelo
The Wedding Party: Jasmine Guillory 
Fix Her Up: Tessa Bailey
The Wicked Queen: Gena Showalter
Capturing the Devil: Kerri Maniscalco
American Royals: Katherine McGee
A Tale of Magic: Chris Colfer
Conceal, Don't Feel: Jen Calonita
A Map of Days: Ransom Riggs
Looking for Alaska: John Green
An Abundance of Katherines: John Green

Audio books-via Hoopla
After Alice: Gregory Maguire
Legendary: Stephanie Garber
The Shadow Queen: C.J.Redwine
The Wish Granter: C.J. Redwine
The Traitor Prince:C.J. Redwine
The Blood Spell: C.J. Redwine
Heartless: Marissa Meyer
Pretty in Punxsutawney: Laurie Boyle Crompton
Banished: Betsy Schow
The End of Oz: Danielle Paige
A Dance of Silver and Shadow: Melanie Cellier
A Tale of Beauty and Beast: Melanie Cellier
A Crown of Snow and Ice: Melanie Cellier
A Deam of Ebony and White: Melanie Cellier

"Cheat" books
The Hidden Power of Fucking Up: Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, Eugene Lee Yang
 Dad Jokes: A. Grambs
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Offical Black Spire Outpost Cookbook: Insight Editions
Little Moments of Love: Catana Chetwynd
What's Your Poo Telling You?: Josh Richman
Wookie Cookies: a star Wars Cookbook: Robin Davis
The Wizard's Cookbook: Aurelia Beaupommier
Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Offical Touring History: Skip Daly

The cheat books were all comics/cookbooks my husband and I received for Christmas, and yes, I did get my Husband the dad jokes book. I'm excited to see where my reading will go this year. I'm hoping to complete some series and continue with ones that are still going strong. I also created a shelf on GoodReads for my daughter's books so I can keep track of them when I'm out and about shopping. 


 I hope everyone has a fantastic reading year! let me know what you read!!!

Life Update!!!!

It has been over a year since I have posted and I know, I suck. but here's a brief glance at my last year:




Tyler and I had a baby!!! We found out we were pregnant right after the start of the new year last year. I had a very hard first 20 weeks with severe morning sickness and migraines. in July, we had a small scare where I had not felt our daughter move in close to a week, this resulted in us having to have an NST (non-stress test) once a week until she was born. I was induced on September 25th after three weeks of unbearable pain, so bad I had to leave work and go to the hospital for them to send me home after 2 hours as I wasn't dilated enough for them to do much. my water broke on September 26th at 12:30 AM and Octavia Ellen was born at 3:25 AM. A very quick birth with no medicine other than a small numbing agent for an episiotomy. In addition to the baby, we also bought a house in June. Shockingly enough, we are still unpacking. 


I also surpassed my reading goal for the year at 59/50 books! I had a very slow start as that morning sickness took a lot out of me and I was very restless and couldn't sit still long enough to actually read. I will have a breakdown of my 2019 in books soon.

I promise that now have my baby and I am back at work, I won't let this slip away again. Fingers crossed 2020 ends up just as amazing and rewarding as 2019!!

xoxo, Josi