Last year, I chose to focus my Goodreads challenge on books that were new-to-me. I succeeded and actually surpassed my goal, reading 83 new-to-me books.
This year, I decided to go back to simply counting books overall. I have other challenges to help me keep track of the various types of books I read; this year Goodreads will just be an overall count. I’m challenging myself to read 175 books this coming year. I don’t know, I may not make that many, but we’ll see!
** UPDATED December 2017 ** I’ve gone through and put the books in genres. The most prolific genre by far was cozy mysteries, followed by romance. Books are in alphabetical order by title within their genres.
Total Books Read: 182 (some were read more than once)
Cozy Mysteries
- A Christmas Peril – J.A. Hennrikus
- A Christmas Tartan – Paige Shelto
- A Deadly Eclair – Daryl Wood Gerber
- A Fatal Collection – Mary Ellen Hughes
- A Killer Read – Erika Chase
- A Knit Before Dying – Sadie Hartwell
- A Murder for the Books – Victoria Gilbert
- A Stone’s Throw – Debbie De Louise
- All Signs Point to Murder – Connie Di Marco
- Assault & Beret – Jenn McKinlay
- Bearly Departed – Meg Macy
- Between a Rock & a Hard Place – Debbie De Louise
- Beware the Orchids – Cynthia Hickey
- Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts – Erin Johnson
- Body on Baker Street – Vicki Delany
- Broken Promises – Anne Willow
- Cadbury Creme Murder – Susan Gillard
- Calamity at the Continental Club – Colleen J. Shogan
- Caramel Crush – Jenn McKinlay
- Cards at the Table – Agatha Christie
- Cat Got Your Cash – Julie Chase
- Cat Got Your Diamonds – Julie Chase
- Cat Got Your Secrets – Julie Chase
- Catering to Nobody – Diane Mott Davidson
- Chocolate Frosted Murder – Susan Gillard
- Color Me Dead – Teresa Trent
- Cookies, Corpses, and the Deadly Haunt – Rachael Stapleton
- Crime & Poetry – Amanda Flower
- Curiosity Thrilled the Cat – Sofie Kelly
- Death by Chocolate Lab – Bethany Blake
- Death in the Clouds – Agatha Christie
- Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie
- Death Overdue – Allison Brook
- Donut Hole Mysteries Collection #2 – Susan Gillard
- Drawing Blood – Deirdre Verne
- Drawing Conclusions – Deirdre Verne
- Dumb Witness – Agatha Christie
- Dumpster Dying – Lesley A. Diehl
- Dying on the Vine – Marla Cooper
- Egg Drop Dead – Laura Childs
- Elementary, She Read – Vicki Delany
- Etched in Tears – Cheryl Hollon
- Grilled, Chilled, and Killed – Lesley A. Diehl
- Homicide in Hardcover – Kate Carlisle
- Hospitality and Homicide – Lynn Cahoon
- If Books Could Kill – Kate Carlisle
- Jamie Quinn Box Set – Barbara Venkataraman
- Kale to the Queen – Nell Hampton
- Killer Party – Lynn Cahoon
- Kneaded to Death – Winnie Archer
- Lord Edgeware Dies – Agatha Christie
- Magick & Mayhem – Sharon Pape
- Maple Frosted Murder – Susan Gillard
- Masked to Death – Christina Freeburn
- Mermaid Fins, Wands, and Rolling Pins – Erin Johnson
- Mint Chip Murder – Susan Gillard
- Mister Mottley and the Dying Fall – Ellen Seltz
- Mister Mottley Gets His Man – Ellen Seltz
- Mister Mottley Stirs Up Trouble – Ellen Seltz
- Murder at the Riverbend Retirement Resort – Stan Schatt
- Murder in Mesopotamia – Agatha Christie
- Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie
- Murder on the Toy Town Express – Barbara Early
- Murder Under Cover – Kate Carlisle
- Mystery of the Blue Train – Agatha Christie
- No Charm Intended – Mollie Cox Bryan
- Of Books & Bagpipes – Paige Shelton
- Of Murder and Men – Lynn Cahoon
- Once Upon a Spine – Kate Carlisle
- Pages of Sin – Kate Carlisle
- Pekoe Most Poison – Laura Childs
- Peril at End House – Agatha Christie
- Prose & Cons – Amanda Flower
- Red, White and Blueberry Murder – Susan Gillard
- Scorched Eggs – Laura Childs
- Seashells, Spells, & Caramels – Erin Johnson
- Shaken, Not Purred – Kelle Z Riley
- Smugglers and Scones – Morgan Talbot
- Spells & Scones – Bailey Cates
- Strawberry Cream Murder – Susan Gillard
- Stuck: The Penningtons Investigate – C.T. Collier
- Terror in Taffeta – Marla Cooper
- That Olde White Magick – Sharon Pape
- The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie
- The Connecticut Corpse Caper – Tyler Colins
- The Convenient Cadaver – Matt Ferraz
- The Cracked Spine – Paige Shelton
- The Cupcake Caper – Kelle Z Riley
- The Discombobulated Decipherers – Julie Seedorf
- The Drawing Game – Deirdre Verne
- The Fiesta Burger Murder – Rosie A. Point
- The Witch & the Dead – Heather Blake
- Three Act Tragedy – Agatha Christie
- Towhee, Get Your Gun – J.R. Ripley
- Town in a Blueberry Jam – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Cinnamon Toast – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Lobster Stew – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Maple Madness – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Pumpkin Bash – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Strawberry Swirl – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Sweet Pickle – B.B. Haywood
- Town in a Wild Moose Chase – B.B. Haywood
- Treble at the Jam Fest – Leslie Budewitz
- Tricky Blueberry Murder – Susan Gillard
- Twelve Angry Librarians – Miranda James
- Unnatural Causes – Dawn Eastman
- Vangie Vale & the Corpseless Custard – R.L. Syme
- Vangie Vale and the Murdered Macaron – R.L. Syme
- Written in Stone – Debbie De Louise
Romance (Both Steamy & Non-Steamy)
- A Very Marian Christmas – Lucy Lennox
- Borrowing Blue – Lucy Lennox
- Brad (novella) – Lucy Lennox
- Broken Angel – Kristy Gibs
- Command Me – Geneva Lee
- Complete Me – Geneva Lee
- Conquer Me – Geneva Lee
- Crown Me – Geneva Lee
- Delivering Dante – Lucy Lennox
- Gilt: By Invitation Only – Geneva Lee
- Grounding Griffin – Lucy Lennox
- Home Sweet Love – Ava Miles
- Jumping Jude – Lucy Lennox
- Moving Maverick – Lucy Lennox
- My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 1 – Juliette Jaye
- My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 2 – Juliette Jaye
- My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 3- Juliette Jaye
- My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 4 – Juliette Jaye
- My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 5 – Juliette Jaye
- Only with You – J.D. Chambers
- Stepbrother with Benefits 1 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 10 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 11 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 12 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 13 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 14 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 15 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 2 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 3 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 4 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 5 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 6 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 7- Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 8 – Mia Clark
- Stepbrother with Benefits 9 – Mia Clark
- Taming Teddy – Lucy Lennox
- Teach Me – Isabella Starling & Demi Donovan
- Teaching Roman – Geneva Lee
- The Collector – Nora Roberts
- The Last Boyfriend – Nora Roberts
- The Moonlight Serenade – Ava Miles
- The Next Always – Nora Roberts
- The Perfect Hope – Nora Roberts
- The Witness – Nora Roberts
- World of Innocent – Nadine Keels
Children’s Books (Both Picture Books & Children’s Fiction)
- A Party for Myrtle (children’s book)
- A Tale of Two Mommies – Vanita Oelschlager
- Be Light Like a Bird – Monika Schröder
- Cinder Edna – Ellen Jackson
- Do Fairies Bring the Spring – Liza Gardner Walsh
- If You Give a Mouse a Brownie – Laura Numeroff
- My Secret Guide to Paris – Lisa Schroeder
- Sealed with a Secret – Lisa Schroeder
- Star-Crossed – Barbara Dee
- Strange Fruit – Gary Golio & Charlotte Riley-Webb
- The Doorway and the Deep – K.E. Ormsbee
- The Frog Princess Returns – E.D. Baker
- The Water and the Wild – K.E. Ormsbee
- Wish – Barbara O’Connor
Non-Cozy Mysteries
- Brotherhood in Death – J.D. Robb
- Day of Secrets – Daryl Wood Gerber
- Echoes in Death – J.D. Robb (read twice)
- Reunion in Death – J.D. Robb
- Secrets in Death – J.D. Robb
- Shadow Girl – Gerry Schmitt
Other Genres (General Fiction, Women’s Fiction, & Fantasy)
- The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
- The Dreamer’s Song – Lynn Kurland
- The Swallow’s Nest – Emilie Richards
- The White Spell – Lynn Kurland
- Watching Glass Shatter – James J. Cudney (Read 3 times)