Reading
I never considered myself much of a reader, but when the pandemic swept in, I turned to my Edmonton Public Library card for solace and discovered the friendship waiting within the pages of books. Setting an annual reading goal became a personal mission, and to date, I've embarked on journeys through these titles (in alphabetical order):
A-D
An Elderly Lady is up to no good
And Then There Were None
Atomic Habits
125 Brain Games for Babies
Be a Triangle
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Book Lovers
Confessions of a Public Speaker
Dare to Lead
Data-ism
Don't Sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff
E-H
Eat that Frog
Elevation
Exactly What to Say
Factfulness
Fatal Fudge Swirl
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
Fine Art of Small Talk
Five Tuesdays in Winter
Galatea
Girl, Stop Apologizing
God Help the Child
Honor
How to drag a body and other safety tips you hope to never need
How to Keep House while Drowning
How to Stop Feeling like Shit
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
How to Talk to Anyone
How to Win Friends and Influence People
I-M
I Only Read Murder
I'm Still Here
Ice Cream Machine
Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Indistractable
Invisible Women
Letters to a Young Muslim
Little Frogs Guide to Self care
Lost Connections
Luster
Malice
Man's Search for Meaning
Men Explain Things to Me
Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me
Murders of Molly Southborne
My Sister the Serial Killer
N-S
Never Split the Difference
Of Women and Salt
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
Show your Work
Silent Parade
Sleep Smarter
Small Pleasures
Small Things like this
Smart Women Finish Rich
So Late in the Day
Start with Why
Steal like an Artist
Summer Waters
T-Z
The $100 Startup
The 22 immutable laws of marketing
The 4-hour week
The 5 Love Languages
The 5 second rule
The Art of Frugal Hedonism : A guide to spending less while enjoying everything more
The Alchemist
The Big Steep
The Cat Who saved books
The Devotion of Suspect X
The End We start from
The Gifts of Imperfection
The Girl Who Reads on the Metro
The Greatest Salesman in the World
The Henna Artist
The Kite Runner
The Last Lecture
The Latte Factor: Why You Don't Have to Be Rich to Live Rich
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Little Book of Life Hacks
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Maid
The Monk Who sold his Ferrari
The Namesake
The Office of Historical Corrections
The One
The Paradox of Choice
The Psychology of Money
The Richest Man in Babylon
The Silence
The Silent Patient
The Sorority Murder
The Surgeon
The Sweetness of Doing Nothing - Live Life the Italian way with dolce far niente
The Travel Hack Handbook
The Uncommon Reader
The Vegetarian
The Wild Robot Escapes
The Year of Less
The Yellow Wallpaper
Think Again
Think Like a Freak
Tuesdays with Morrie
Turning Pro
Unwinding Anxiety
Upstream
Very Cold People
We love Anderson Cooper
Who Moved the Cheese
Who will cry when you die? Life Lessons from the Monk who sold his Ferrari
You Can't Screw This Up
You're not Listening: Why You're Missing and Why It Matters
Your Future Self