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Books · 11/29/2018

24 Books I Read in 2017

Can you believe 2017 is almost an entire year behind us? We’re almost to 2019. Wowza.

I enjoy looking through all the books I’ve read in previous years and reminiscing on the great stories I was able to be a part of. So here I am, looking back at the books I read in 2017 with rose colored glasses. 

In 2017, I decided to use reading as a way to relax and learn. I’ve felt much more productive after spending an hour reading rather than spending an hour watching tv. 

My goal for 2017 was to read 24 books, which I completed! Hooray! I got lost in a lot of good books, and struggled through some not so well liked books. 

Here are the books I read in 2017 (in no specific order):

Scrappy Little Nobody 
by: Anna Kendrick
My rating: 5/5

Attachments
by: Rainbow Rowell
My Rating: 5/5

Tales from a Top Fuel Dragster: A Collection of the Greatest Racing Stories Ever Told 
by: Shirley Muldowney, Bill Stephens, Don Prudhomme
My Rating: 5/5


Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
by: Susan Cain
My Rating: 4/5

The Handmade’s Tale
by: Margaret Atwood
My Rating: 4/5

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit
by: John E. Douglas
My Rating: 5/5


I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You
by: Ally Carter
My Rating: 2/5

The Husband’s Secret
by: Liane Moriarty 
My Rating: 4/5

The Hating Game
by: Sally Thorne
My Rating: 4/5


Rules of Civility
by: Amor Towles
My Rating: 4/5

Talking as Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
by: Lauren Graham
My Rating: 3/5

I’ve Got Your Number
by: Sophie Kinsella 
My Rating: 4/5


Big Little Lies
by: Liane Moriarty
My Rating: 5/5

Graduates in Wonderland
by: Jessica Pan and Rachel Kapelke-Dale
My Rating: 4/5

The Magnolia Story
by: Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines
My Rating: 4/5


How to Win Friends and Influence People
by: Dale Carnegie
My Rating: 3/5

Fangirl
by: Rainbow Rowell 
My Rating: 5/5

Reconstructing Amelia
by: Kimberly McCreight
My Rating: 4/5


Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by: Mindy Kaling
My Rating: 4/5

Why Not Me?
by: Mindy Kaling
My Rating: 5/5

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
by: Shonda Rhimes 
My Rating: 4/5


Rich Bitch
by: Nicole Lapin
My Rating: 3/5

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
by: Rolf Potts
My Rating: 3/5

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by: Anthony Bourdain 
My Rating: 5/5


Whose Mind is it Anyway? Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
by: Lisa Esile
My Rating: 3/5

Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
by: Theresa Brown 
My Rating: 4/5




And that’s all I got folks. 

It was a wonderful year of reading! If you’d like an in depth review of any of the books let me know! Also if you’ve read any of these books, let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear your thoughts. 





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