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Reading List 2015

It’s my goal to read at least one book per week in 2015. I tend to get bogged down in long, serious books for weeks, so I’m making this challenge a little easier by adding graphic novels, trade paperbacks, and romance novels (all of which generally take me less than a couple of hours to devour) to the list. Hopefully I’ll sneak in a few more dense reads to remain somewhat respectable. We’ll see.

  1. Hollow City, by Ransom Riggs (1/3/15)
  2. Saga Volume #1, by Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples (1/18/15)
  3. Saga Volume #2, by Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples (1/18/15)
  4. Saga Volume #3, by Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples (1/18/15)
  5. Saga Volume #4, by Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples (1/20/15)
  6. 10% Happier, by Dan Harris (4/5/15)
  7. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (4/15/15)
  8. Mistress, by Amanda Quick (4/23/15)
  9. The Paid Companion, by Amanda Quick (4/24/15)
  10. Reckless, by Amanda Quick (4/25/15)
  11. Desire, by Amanda Quick (4/26/15)
  12. Midnight in Europe, by Alan Furst (4/29/15)
  13. The Angel Knight, by Susan King (5/2/15)
  14. The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, by Haruki Murakami (5/7/15)
  15. The Avengers Mythos, by Paul Jenkins et al. (5/9/15)
  16. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon (5/10/15)
  17. Everything I Ever Wanted, by Jo Goodman (5/15/15)
  18. Natural Born Charmer, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (5/19/15)
  19. Hidden Things, by Doyce Testerman (5/26/15)
  20. The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion (5/27/15)
  21. A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (6/5/15)
  22. Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness (6/9/15)
  23. The Book of Life, by Deborah Harkness (6/11/15)
  24. The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa (6/28/15)
  25. Library of Souls, by Ransom Riggs (10/5/15)
  26. The Dalai Lama’s Cat, by David Michie (11/18/15)
  27. Redshirts, by John Scalzi (11/18/15)
  28. The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin (11/18/15)
  29. How Miss Rutherford Got Her Groove Back, by Sophie Barnes (11/18/15)
  30. Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’Rygoth, by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc J. Upchurch, Stjepan Sejic (11/27/15)
  31. Sex Criminals Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (11/27/15)
  32. The New Deadwardians, by Dan Abnett (11/29/15)
  33. Saga Volume #5, by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan (11/30/15)
  34. The Mister Trophy (The Markhat Files Book 1), by Frank Tuttle (12/1/15)
  35. Lost in Temptation, by Lauren Royal *17 behind

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I’m Nova

I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!

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