{"id":20516,"date":"2019-01-14T12:10:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T17:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/?p=20516"},"modified":"2019-01-14T12:11:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T17:11:20","slug":"jennes-quest-to-read-100-books-in-2018-concluded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/jennes-quest-to-read-100-books-in-2018-concluded\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenne&#8217;s Quest to Read 100 Books in 2018 (concluded)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jenne reached her goal of 100 books back in November but didn&#8217;t slow down in December. Way to read! See below for her final stats and some recommendations and reviews of her favorite books of the month. And, yup, she&#8217;s doing it again in 2019. This time with a goal of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">125 books<\/span>! You can do it, Jenne!!<\/p>\n<h4><b>December<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Books read this month<\/span>: 15<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Books read this year<\/span>: 119<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December turned out to be my most productive month yet. I read 15 books, which brought my yearly total to <strong>119<\/strong>. Wow! Even I\u2019m surprised I read that many. Also, this was finally the month I read mostly NOT cozy mysteries (only 3 out of 15!) so I\u2019m pretty proud of myself. I also finally finished <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidden Figures<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which I hate to admit I did not love. It was interesting, but I have a hard time with nonfiction and it wasn\u2019t as intriguing as the story was in the movie. It got very into details of projects at Langley, which was interesting, but could be dry at times. I started it in September and finally made myself finish it this month. I failed miserably at my quest to read more nonfiction, but hey, I can\u2019t help that I have a deep, deep love of fiction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for following me on this journey to (and past) 100 books! I\u2019ve really love blogging about it, so I might keep that up. We shall see! My goal for 2019 is 125, so maybe I\u2019ll just keep doing monthly logs so people can keep up if they want to. Or maybe I\u2019ll start my own book blog! The world is my oyster. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>My favorites: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20517 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rachelhsmall.jpg?resize=197%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rachelhsmall.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rachelhsmall.jpg?w=328&amp;ssl=1 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>How to Catch a Prince <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Rachel Hauck- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love a light romance and this one was perfect. A story of a prince who secretly married the love of his life but, due to tragic circumstances, breaks things off with her. Years later his marriage is discovered and to set things right he must find her and ask for an annulment. But of course, it\u2019s not that easy and they find themselves drawn together once more.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Gift to Remember<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Melissa Hill- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas puts me in the mood to read cozy lovely books where nothing bad happens (besides the occasional cozy murder mystery) and this was a great choice for that. Darcy is involved in an accident which leaves a handsome stranger with amnesia. Feeling guilty, Darcy takes care of his dog and tries to find out who the stranger could be. As she tries to unravel his identity, she is left with more questions than answers. And she finds herself starting to fall for him&#8230;or at least for the version of him she\u2019s starting to discover.\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Day in December <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Josie Silver- I have to be honest, as much as I enjoyed it, this book was aggravating at times. It follows Laurie and Jack through 10 years of near misses in love and sometimes it\u2019s heartbreaking. But I really enjoyed the premise of the book and the characters and of course there\u2019s a happy ending. Plus, this was Reese Witherspoon\u2019s Book Club pick for December, so how could I resist? <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December reads: <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/5412812?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What On Earth Am I Here For? (The Purpose Driven Life)\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Catch a Prince <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Rachel Hauck<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farm Fresh Murder (Farmers Market #1) \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Gift to Remember <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Melissa Hill<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come to the Table <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Neta Jackson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8202893?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen of Babble<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Meg Cabot<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8163593?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clockmaker\u2019s Daughter<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Kate Morton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/7349729?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Murder on the Toy Town Express (Vintage Toyshop Mystery #2)<\/em><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Barbara Early<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8607282?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Christmas Camp<\/em><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Karen Schaler<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8439285?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidden Figures<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Margot Lee Shetterly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>One Day in December<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Josie Silver<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8163609?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Alaskan Holiday<\/em><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Debbie Macomber<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8249077?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Date with Darcy<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Tiffany Schmidt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/8244162?locg=419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Christmas Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen #23)<\/em><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Joanne Fluke<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/7986400?locg=419\"><i>The Glass Ocean<\/i><\/a> by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willing, Karen White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenne reached her goal of 100 books back in November but didn&#8217;t slow down in December. 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