Books That I Read! Mid Year Book Update 2019

It’s that time again to wrap up my reading progress for the first half of the year, 2019.

I am ecstatic to report that I read more books than I could ever imagine. I read a total of 80 books in 6 months. That’s a world record for me. I went over my Goodreads reading challenge by 20 books already!

I have bested my reading challenge by following my own tips! Want to read more? Check out my Top 5 Tips On How To Read More.

My hiatus in blogging had helped fuel the extra time for reading. Since the beginning of the year, I have not done many reviews or posts. I took a break to enjoy reading without thinking about writing a review or to blog. This has been great for me as I was blogged-out. Sometimes you just need a break!

Books That I Read!

Below are the books that I read, broken down by the stars I gave it.

• Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
• Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
• White Sand Blues by Vicki Delany

• The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
• I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• The Mandela Plot by Kenneth Bonert
• All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
• Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Milkman by Anna Burns
• The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
• The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
• Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelley
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
• The Cuban Affair by  Nelson Demille
• Third Grave Ahead by Darynda Jones
• Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
• The Radleys by Matt Haig
• Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
• Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
• Neon Prey by John Sandford

• Ghosted by Rosie Walsh
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
• Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
• Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
• Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
• Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kid
• Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
• One Day in December by Josie Silver
• We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
• Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel

• Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield
• The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
• Rules Of Civility by Amor Towles
• The Library Book by Susan Orlean
• Transcription by Kate Atkinson
• The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien
• My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
• Kingdom of Copper by S A Chaborty
• Tear Me Apart by J T Ellison
• Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
• The Witches Daughter by Paula Brackston
• The Love And Lies Of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
• Grist Mill Road by Christopher J Yates
• Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
• An Ocean Of Minutes by Thea Lim
• Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
• The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
• Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
• One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline
• After Anna by Lisa Scottoline

• Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
• The Wicked King by Holly Black
• Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
• Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• The Dry by Jane Harper
• It’s always The Husband by Michele Campbell
• The Island Of Sea Women by Lisa See
• The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
• The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
• Force of Nature by Jane Harper
• One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
• The Lost Man by Jane Harper
• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
• The Book Woman Of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
• The Seven Or Eight Deaths Of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
• An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
• Recursion by Blake Crouch

• I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
• Circe by Madeline Miller
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
• The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
• Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor

There were lots of great books that I really enjoyed and some a disappointment, but overall it was good.

I was also pleased that I discovered some new authors to love!

I was surprised that Neon Prey by John Sandford was not as good as I had hoped. I have read all of the prey series and this 29th book was just a disappointment!

Another disappointment was The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin and Becoming by Michelle Obama. I had thought they were going to be better than what I got.

My top three books which I absolutely loved were Circe by Madeline, The Night Tiger by Yangze Choo, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

Thanks for reading! Have you read any of these books? If yes, what did you think? Let me know in the comments 🙂

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