Book list 2019

This is my reading list for 2019. I read 90 books and 42 new ones. A lot, even for me! This was a relatively tougher year and books helped. Somehow, at the right time, I found the right book relating so well to that situation. I at least completed my books related resolutions: at least 2 new ones per month.

Here's to another year of reading! At the end, there is a link for possible new books and accessment of those read. Maybe the next year will involve revisiting some classics...

1. Six geese a laying by Sophie Kinsella

2. Let it snow John Green and others

3. My morning routine by Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander

4. The rooster bar by John Grisham

5. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

6.Neferet's curse by P C Cast

7. SVU: no rules

8. I've got your number by Sophie Kinsella

Feb

9. Can you keep a secret by Sophie Kinsella

10. Percy Jackson and the Sea of monsters by Rick Riordan

11. Percy Jackson and Titan's curse by Rick Riordan

12. Percy Jackson and Lightening Thief

13. Percy Jackson and the battle of the Labyrinth

14. Percy Jackson and the last Olympian

15. Heroes of Olympus: The lost hero

16. Heroes of Olympus: Son of Neptune

17. Heroes of Olympus: The mark of Athena

18. Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades

19. New place, new face.

20. Heroes of Olympus: The blood of Olympus

March

21-23 Girl online series

24. Problems at Pollensa Bay by Agatha Christie

25. Tea for two and a piece of cake

26. Something Secret by Gwyneth Reese

27. Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson

28-38. Sweet Valley University and High series (rereads)

39. Night of the Prom

40. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

41. I owe you one by Sophie Kinsella

42. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simpon

43. Thus Spoke Chanakya by Radhakrishnan Pillai

44. The Present by Spenser Johnson

45. The Lemon Cafe by Cathy Bramley

46. The girl with nine wigs by Sophie van der Stap

47. The little Christmas Kitchen by Jenny Oliver

48. A cat among the pigeons by Agatha Christie

49. Mrs. McGinty's dead by Agatha Christie

50. The moving finger by Agatha Christie

51. Crooked House by Agatha Christie

52. Murder is easy by Agatha Christie

53. At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie

54. The babysitter's club by Ann M Martin

55. Stacey's truth by Ann M Martin

56. On a snowy night  by Debbie Macomber

57. Clean Break by Jacqueline Wilson

58. Living dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
59. Camp Club Girls by Shari Bari

60. The secret of Chimneys. Agatha Christie

61. Five little pigs by Agatha Christie.

62. The perfect holiday by Cathy Kelly

63. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

64. The silent patient by Alex

65-66. St Claires by Pamela Cox

67. Still me by Jojo Moyes

68. The right time by Danielle Steel

69. Close Encounters, Nancy Drew  by Carolyn Keene

70. Parker Pyne investigates by Agatha Chistie

71. Model Suspect, Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

72. The girl in room 5 by Chetan Bhagat

73. Lucky T by Kate Brian

74. Famous Five by  Enid Blyton

75. Everyboday worth knowing by Lauren Weisberger

76. Scrambled legs ( stupus cupids) by Jahnna N Malcolm

77.Scrambled legs ( we hate ballet) by Jahnna N Malcolm

78. The wishlist by Jane Costello

79. Girls in Pressure by Jacqueline Wilson

80. Bucket list Traveloholic by Sarika Pandit

81. Ghost Stories, Nancy Drew

82. Koi Good News by Zarreen Khan

83. Demigods and Magicians by Rick Riordan

84. Nancy Drew

85. 13 little blue envelopes by Maureen.

86. What Alice forgot by Liane Moriarty

87. Sisterhood of travelling pants, second summer by Ann Brashares

88. Forever blue, sisterhood of travelling pants by Ann Brashares

89. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

90. The bucketlist to mend a broken heart by Anna Bell

https://brightside.me/article/200-superb-books-everyone-should-read-at-least-once-80205/

Wanderlust

I have never believed in bucketlists but sometimes life shows you a face that tells a different story. If there are things one would regret not doing, they need to be done sooner rather than later. That is NOW. 

And it is now that the wanderlust bug has bitten me badly. There is so much I want to see. Some as solo trips, some as family, some with kid, some with partner and some with friends. But most importantly, at least some of these trips, I NEED to experience.  It's scary to enlist this and get further caught with the flow but here it is.

My current list includes: 

England: London, High Tea, literary walk

Scotland: Edinburg

Ireland  (maybe)

Denmark

Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice

France: Paris, Nice,

Greece: Santorini, ...

Norway

Istanbul: Turkey

Dubai

Bali

Netherland

Japan

All states and union territories of India at least once

 Some others:

Any one Disneyland or maybe even 2.

A revisit to Vegas 

New York (Manhattan)

Hawai, Miami, Honollulu, Big Sur

Revisit to SA/Canada(maybe)

Germany(maybe)

England: Stay with an old English lady 

Take a short course somewhere

Order food in other languages ....

Maybe also Eastern side: Hungary/Budepast/Vienna/Prague

Egypt? (Less so)

Maybe...One of Mayasia/Maldives etc...near last choices

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I hope to do substantial from this list in next 10/20 years. It may not be all or even close to all. I hope to take this lister as a pointer and initial point and then develop further based on experiences. It could be few or more or just a couple. There have been many others earlier for which I am grateful. I hope when I go it remains magical and is always more than a list. A city needs to be imbibed, not viewed. And we can each have a diffetent window to the same place and a see slightly different view.

Why do I need this? Because travel imparts knowledge and growth beyond measurable ways. Because it broadens your viewpoint. Because I want to. Because....well just because!

Epiphany: it's me

So many times in life, we come across situations which are like crisscrosses, where we don't know the right path. For the longest time, I used to hope to go to someone to just get those answers. At first it would be the wisest or the closest ones. They know you best and can advise clearly, logically. But with time, sometimes one may still not get convinced. Because there can be too many unexpressible questions or different opinions amongst them or even a non judgement/non-opinion. And what is right for one may be wrong for another. Maybe that is why people have "gurus". But then I doubt they discuss with them their day to day situations.

Recently, in one such situation, I was confused, overthinking and looking for a validation for an answer, to make sure it was the right decision. And it wasn't even a very big decision. That's when I had an epiphany. It's me. Noone besides myself can provide me with those answers to me or at least that final validation. Because it needs to be right to me,  for me first. Even if it seems right to everyone else, till my mind validates, it will not let me be convinced. And if it is right to me then I can go ahead with a clear conscience. And somtimes it's ok to " doubt ones doubts". Not over analyse a decision. Just let it happen.

It  may not seem momentous but was a big realization for me. After years and years of wondering, to finally know that the answer was within me.