Afthead Reads

My reading challenge for 2019 is to read 80 books.  Here’s how I’m doing with my goal:

2019 Reading Challenge

2019 Reading Challenge
Johanna has
read 56 books toward
her goal of
80 books.
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Want to see what’s flowing into my afthead brain?  Check out my Goodreads page, or the list below.

2018 – Total Books Completed: 82

See my Goodreads profile for full details of books read in 2018.

2017 – Total books completed:  83

In 2017 I kept a log of what I read, before I started using Goodreads.  The date is when I finished the book, and the ratings are based on 5 stars where 5 is the best book

Read – 38

  1. Regeneration
  2. The Power – ***
  3. Hardcore Twenty-Four – ****
  4. The Crossing – 11/20 – ****
  5. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street – *****
  6. Two Kinds of Truth – ****
  7. The Wrong Side of Goodbye – ****
  8. Dissension – ****
  9. Turtles all the way Down – 10/12 – *****
  10. Flight Behavior – ***
  11. Ready Player One – *****
  12. The Book of Strange New Things – 9/18 – ****
  13. A Wrinkle in Time – *****
  14. Mrs. Kimble – 8/25 – *****
  15. Everything Belongs to the Future – ****
  16. Super Flat Times – *
  17. Agent to the Stars – *****
  18. Swan Song – ****
  19. Hallelujah – 7/2 – **
  20. Faith – 6/18 – ****
  21. Morning Star – 6/9 – *****
  22. Golden Son – 5/28 – *****
  23. Red Rising – 5/24 – ****
  24. The Fixer – 5/14 – ****
  25. Eleven Hours – 4/18 – ****
  26. Slade House – *****
  27. The Only Ones – ****
  28. The Water Knife – **
  29. United as One – 2/19 – **
  30. The Fate of Ten – 2/14 – **
  31. The Revenge of Seven – 2/11 – ***
  32. The Fall of Five – 2/7 – ***
  33. The Rise of Nine – 2/2 – ****
  34. The Power of Six – 1/27 – ****
  35. I am Number Four – 1/23 – *****
  36. How to Be a Good Wife – 1/20 – *
  37. Way Station – 1/14 – *****
  38. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl – 1/10 – ***
  39. Red Mars – 1/7 – ****

Listen – 22

  1. The Christmas Train
  2. The Stupidest Angel – *****
  3. Visions of Sugar Plums – ****
  4. The Tale of Despereaux – ***
  5. Agent to the Stars – *****
  6. Golden Son – ****
  7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (again)
  8. Red Rising – 9/15 – ****
  9. Lock In – 8/20 – *****
  10. The Night Circus – *****
  11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – *****
  12. A Man Called Ove – 6/28 – *****
  13. Fortunately, the Milk – 6/11 – *****
  14. The Enormous Alligator – 6/9 – ****
  15. Fantastic Mr. Fox – 6/9 – ****
  16. The Handmaid’s Tale – 5/28 – *****
  17. Slade House – 5/16 – *****
  18. The Poisonwood Bible – 4/24 – *****
  19. Station Eleven – *****
  20. Norse Mythology – 6/9 – ****
  21. The Magicians – 2/18 – ****
  22. Designing Your Life – 1/19 – *****
  23. The Christmas Train – 1/6 – ****

Read aloud – 23

  1. Medea the Enchantress
  2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – *****
  3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – *****
  4. Secret of the Time Tablet – 10/11 – *****
  5. The Thief and the Sword – *****
  6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – *****
  7. Cleopatra in Space – *****
  8. The Lighthouse Mystery – ***
  9. The Woodshed Mystery – 9/16 – ***
  10. Blue Bay Mystery – ***
  11. The Yellow House Mystery – ***
  12. Surprise Island – ***
  13. The Boxcar Children – ***
  14. The Boxcar Children: Mike’s Mystery – ***
  15. The Boxcar Children: Mystery Ranch – ***
  16. Unicorn Crossing – *****
  17. Nyx the Mysterious – ***
  18. Pallas the Pal – ***
  20. Echo the CopyCat – 2/14 – ****
  21. Hestia the Invisible – 2/5 – ***
  22. Amphitrite the Bubbly – 1/20 – ***
  23. Olympians: Poseidon Earth Shaker – 1/8 – *****
  24. Medusa the Rich – 1/6 – ***