Bookworm or bibliophile?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE BOOKs- so much when we moved into the forever home, I built a library . Royal we of course, the builders built it I just decorated and loaded it up with books. It’s my favourite room. Dark colours cosy seating (and now the hubsters office desk!)
So, it’s clear I am a bookworm, it’s also clear for my sanity outdoors and books is a thing for me too. Walking and audio books work for me. Kindles etc don’t I’ve tried the tangible feel of a book, its pages and turned over corners - sacrosanct for some for me necessity no bookmarks here! I do have a habit of putting those little markers on pages as reminders too. I read and listen to the same book too. I feel like I am cheating myself if i don’t buy the book if I have listed too it- double cost yet its art and that should always be paid for!
So, here’s my two lists of What I’ve read in 2020 and What I’ve listened too. Note the duplicates mean I have read AND Listened to it. I have red and listened to A LOT. I’m going to rate them and keep this journal going - wish I had done it sooner yet what a year to start 2020 got another 50 years in me so plenty to read! I could also rate retrospectively and work my way through the library books.
Note this has a couple of Cookery Books - yet I have got over 30 of those not listed new for this year alone! Will add a new column for 2021!
BOOKS I HAVE LISTENED TOO 2020
BOOKS I HAVE READ 2020
Grown Ups Marian Keyes
Range David Epstein
Curious Ian Leslie
Mindset (updated) Dr Carol Dweck
Atomic Habits James Clear
The Midnight Library Matt Haig
Because of you Dawn French
Boundless Upgrade Your body Ben Greenfield
Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony Gordon
Home Stretch Graham Norton
The Jane Austen Collection
More than a woman Caitlan Moran
Untamed Glennon Doyle
After You’d Gone Maggie O’Farrell
Me and White Supremacy Layla Saad
The vanishing act of Esme Lennox Maggie O’Farrell
The mind and brain Jeffery Schwartz, Sharon Begely
The Tales of the bard JK Rowling
The hand that first held mine Maggie O’Farrell
Brain Wash David Perlmutter
Yes to Life Viktor Frankl
Loon Shots Safy Bachall
Breath James Nestor
Mythos Stephen Fry
The School of Life Allain De Botton
The book of Ichigo Ichie Fransec Miralles Hector Garcia
Born Liars Ian Lelsie
Good Vibes Good Life Vex King
The distance between us Maggie O’Farrell
The Infinite Game Simon Sinek
Dirty Little Secrets Jo Spain
Talking to Strangers Malcom GLadwell
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Tom Shepherd
Stoicism Marcus Aurelias By jasper Bowen
The philosophers toolkit Patrick grim
Trillion Dollar Coach Eric Schmidt Jonathan Rosenberg
Gravitas Caroline Goyder
Surrounded by idiots Thomas Erickson
The little book of clarity Jamie Smart
Honouring the self Nathaniel Branden
City of girls Elizabeth Gilbert
The Cows Dawn O’Porter
High Performance Habits Brendon Bouchard
So Lucky Dawn O’Porter
The courage to be disliked Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi
The Body Billy Bryson
Own the day own your life Aubery Marcus
This is marketing Seth godin
The Practice Seth Godin
It didn’t start with you Mark Wolyn
The kindness method Shahroo Izaadi
Girl Wash you face Rachel Hollis
Building a storybrand DInald Miller
Maybe you should talk to someone Lorri Gottleib
Neuroplasticity Erik Smith
Help me Marriane Powers
The spontaneous Fulfilment deepka Chorpa
Everything is F*cked Mark manson
Happy Derren Brown
The book you wish your parents had read Phillipa Perry
Girl stop apologizing Rachel Hollis
The seven spiritual Laws Deepak Chopra
You are a badass Jen sincero
Girl Women Other Bernadine Evaristo
Us Three Ruth jones
The Life Plan - Shannah Kennedy
Kitchen Diaries Nigel Slater
Rewild Your Garden Francis Tophill
Scots The Mither Tongue Billy Kay
Dreyers English
Word of everyday of the year Steve Poole
WTF Robert Peston
The Crystal Fix Juliette Thornbury
Viktor Frankl Yes to life
Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
Me and White Supremacyby Layla Saad
The Dandelion Clock by Oliver James Linux
Notes on suicide Simon Critchley
Clear bright future Paul Mason
Reasons to stay alive Matt Haig
Mediations Marcus Aurelius
Authentic Happiness Martin Seligman
Le repertoire de la cuisine Louis Saliner
The dinosaurs rediscovered Micheal J Benton
How will you measure your life Clayton M Christensen
Talking to strangers Malcolm Gladwell
The Dutch House Ann Pachet
Write to the point Sam Leith
Boundless Ben Greenwood
Range David Epstein
Curious Ian Leslie
The Poetry Pharmacy (both editions) William Sieghart
Humankind Rutger Bregman
Grit Angela Duckworth
Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell
The Plague Albert Camus
Atomic Habits James Clear
Breath James Nestor
Happy Derren Brown
The Infinite Game Simon Sinek
The book of Ichigo Ichie Fransec Miralles Hector Garcia
Born Liars Ian Lelsie
Mythos Stephen Fry
City of girls Elizabeth Gilbert
She said Jodi Kanotr Megan Twohey
Mary Queen of Scots Anotnia Fraser
Late Bloomers Rich Kalgaard
Invisible Women Caroline Perez
100 nasty women Hannah Jewel
The complete works of Zhuangzi
Whites Otegh Uwagba
Transcend Scott Kauffman
Kitchn Confidentual Anthony Bourdain
On the shortnes of life Seneca
Bio hackers guide Olli Sovijarvi
Generation M Shelina Janomohamed
Molecules of emotion Candace Pert
The Historian Elizabeth Kostova
Worth It Britt Barron
Didn’t see that coming Rachel Hollis
The money is coming Sarah Ackwiscombe
The practice Seth Godin
Cook Eat Repeat Nigella Lawson
This is happening Rohan Gunatillake
Lost Connections Johann Hari
Humankind Rutger Bregman
Make life beautiful Sid & Shea McGee
How to adult Stephen Wildish
Improve your word power Caroline Taggart
The Boy, The Fox, The Mole The Horse Charlie Mackays
Its mental this is my year in books, I like my diversity yet feel it can be more plus that i have read and listened 65 (some repeats as in read and listened too). I have a rule for library books it doesn’t go in UNLESS its been read. Now can i remember every detail of each book no but it sits in my subconscious and I know the memory is there.
Just a quick one here, I was an amonzite fiend getting my books from them however now and with 2020 destruction of retail even more I buy from www.bookshop.org and it’s so worthwhile its support independent bookstores. Its quick, easy and you help keep local bookstores trading. Please use them, something else of me to track and Share.
My final note is I have just been linking this all together and I will have walked, hiked, run since January 2020 to now 1976 miles so that’s where my time goes and gives me the ability to do this amount. The reading books is in my diary, weekly and instead of watching TV I read.
Over and Out 3/365 Persistent and Consistent
