Good reads because i don't finish boring books...

Completed:

• Question 7, by Richard Flanagan
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling (w/ Anja)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling (w/ Anja)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling (w/ Anja)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling (w/ Anja) 
• Broken Fields, by Marcie R. Rendon
• The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (w/ Anja)
• How to be a Girl in the World, by Caela Carter
• Wizard for Hire, by Obert Skye (w/ Anja)
• One Last Great Thing, by John Burke
• The BFG, Roald Dahl (w/ Anja)
• George's Marvelous Medicine, by Roald Dahl (w/ Anja)
• A Cold Day in Paradise, by Steve Hamilton
• Winter of the Wolf Moon, by Steve Hamilton
• Acid for the Children, by Flea
• Rabbit, Run, by John Updike

Best Book: Acid for the Children - Whoa! I didn't expect this one. Flea came out with a new single (A Plea) which sent me into a deeper dive. The book is written with an authentic voice and often times reads like something out of the beat generation. Really entertaining read and I found it admirable that Flea seems genuinely grateful to the people and events that shaped him, even if they were imperfect, or even dangerous at times. Inspiring read and great recommendations at the end for great albums and books. 

I didn't get to read as much this year AND I didn't record the first 2/3rds of the year...

• Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
• Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon
• Morning and Evening, by Jon Fosse

Best book: Morning and Evening - It's translated from Norwegian and has no punctuation. Challenging, but incredible story about what happens after death.

• Murder on the Red River, by Marcie Rendon
• Wizard of Oz (w/ Anja), by Frank Baum
• Girl Gone Missing, by Marcie Redon
• Bewilderment, by Richard Powers
• Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (w/ Anja), by Lewis Carroll
• Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
• Sinister Graves, by Marci Rendon
• Pippi Longstocking (w/ Anja), by Astrid Lindgren
• When I was Puerto Rican, by Esmeralda Santiago
• Solito: A Memoir, by Javier Zamora
• This Bird Has My Wings, by Jarvis Jay Masters
• Plainsong, by Kent Haruf
• The Tie that Binds, by Kent Haruf
• China in Ten Words, by Hua Yu
• Eventide, by Kent Haruf
• Dominic (w/ Anja), by William Stieg
• Dawn, by Octavia Butler

Best book: Solito: A Memoir - Like American Dirt, but this is the authors actual lived experience. Great writing and story telling. When he leaves his home in El Salvador as a young child he expresses love for his home and how much he'll miss his friends and family. I appreciate that his story doesn't demonize his home or really speak to why he's traveling to the U.S. except that he'll be joining his parents. It focuses instead on the story of his journey and the experiences, challenges, and support he gets from strangers along the way.