Pictured: an azure sky with thin wisps of clouds and broken trees painted thickly with hoarfrost.
The azure sky and the hoarfrost take my breath away.

While I looked at this, I put together my book list for this year. These aren’t the only books I’ll be reading this year, but they are books that I’ve put on my “make sure to read this year” list. Some books fit monthly themes throughout the year, some are from my “I bought this. I should read this” list, and some are “I have Kindle Unlimited, therefore I should use it” books.

  1. The Accidental Creative, Todd Henry
  2. A Year of Creative Writing Prompts, Love in Ink
  3. The Witch’s Book of Self-Care, Arin Murphy-Hiscock
  4. An African American and Latinx History of the United States, Paul Ortiz
  5. Balancing on Blue, Keith Foskett
  6. H is for Hawk, Helen MacDonald
  7. How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck (2nd Ed), Avery Breyer
  8. The Miniaturist: A Novel, Jessie Burton
  9. Greenhouse Gardening: How to build and sustain a greenhouse garden, Emma Brooks,
  10. Becoming, Michelle Obama
  11. If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy, and Transformation, Jean Muenchrath
  12. Tomboyland: Essays, Melissa Faliveno
  13. The Power of Zero Expectations, Francis Ku
  14. A Promised Land, Barack Obama
  15. Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely, Lysa TerKeurst
  16. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
  17. The Story Works Guide to Writing Character: How to create memorable characters your readers can’t help but love–or love to hate, Alida Winternheimer
  18. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Gran
  19. Love, Lucy, Lucille Ball
  20. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, R. A. Dick
  21. Flip the Gratitude Switch, Kevin Clayson
  22. A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir, Jason Diakité
  23. 10 Day Outline: A Writer’s Guide to Planning, Lewis Jorstad
  24. The Practice, Seth Godin

I do plan to read other books this year: Bookclub books, Spontaneous reading, TBR backlog, etc. These just represent books that I want to make sure to read.