Reading Goals for 2015

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A new year, a new list of books to read!  When I was young, I devoured books, but as a grew and gained more responsibilities, my reading accomplishments diminished.  A few months ago, a good friend and I started an online book club, and began to hold each other accountable for reading and studying again.  This list may be a little ambitious, but they say you will never accomplish your goals if you do not first write them out.  So, here goes! (Note: I have a few more to add, so I will update later!)

January:
  • The Absolute Beginner's Guide to C
  • Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  • Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (finished!)
  • The Infancy Narratives - Pope Benedict (Dec 2014 Book club selection) (almost finished!)
  • Only the Lover Sings - Josef Peiper

February:

  • The Absolute Beginner's Guide to C
  • Book Club Selection
  • Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen


 March:

  • Beginner's Guide to HTML
  • Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
  • Book Club Selection


 April:

  • Beginner's Guide to HTML
  • Book Club Selection
  • Persuasion - Jane Austen


 May:

  • Beginner's Guide to HTML
  • Life of Christ, Anne Catherine Emmerich
  • Book Club Selection
  • Emma-  Jane Austen


 June:

  • This Town - Mark Leibovich  
  • Life of Christ, Anne Catherine Emmerich
  • Book Club Selection


July:

  • Book Club Selection 
  • The Rise of ISIS - Jay Sekulow 
  • Life of Christ, Anne Catherine Emmerich



 August:

  • Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching - Anthony Esholen
  • Book Club Selection
  • My Sister's the Saints - Colleen Carroll Campbell 


September:

  • Book Club Selection
  • This Town - Mark Leibovich   
  • Everyone is Hanging out Without me and other concerns - Mindy Kaling


 October:

  • How we got to now - Steven Johnson
  • Book Club Selection


 November:

  • The Little way of Ruther Leming - Rod Dreher
  • Book Club Selection
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain \


 December:

  • Book Club Selection
  • The Long Winter - Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Story of a Soul - St Therese

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