My reading goal for the year was 50 books, and, not for the first time, I fell short. Even so, I can’t say I’m disappointed. In 2014 I became reacquainted with the amazing Margaret Atwood; I got to meet Cheryl Strayed, Veronica Roth, Chelsea Cain, Anne Sexton, Billy Collins, Orson Scott Card, Beth Kephart, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris, and the illustrious Mr. Richard Wilbur. These writers have changed my life. I will never forget them.

1) Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood

2) MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood

3) Dear Life, Alice Munro

4) Wild, Cheryl Strayed

5) Divergent, Veronica Roth

6) Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card

7) Mornings Like This, Annie Dillard

8) The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984, Adrienne Rich

9) The Complete Poems, Anne Sexton

10) Insurgent, Veronica Roth

11) Allegiant, Veronica Roth

12) New and Collected Poems, Richard Wilbur

13) Small Damages, Beth Kephart

14) Sailing Around the Room, Billy Collins

15) Handling the Truth: On Writing Memoir, Beth Kephart

16) Hit List, Laurell K. Hamilton

17) Burn, Linda Howard

18) The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, (Ed) J.D. McClatchy

19) I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron

20) Takedown Twenty, Janet Evanovich

21) Top Secret Twenty-One, Janet Evanovich

22) One Kick, Chelsea Cain

23) I Remember Nothing, Nora Ephron

24)  New and Collected Poems, Richard Wilbur (reread)

25) Contemporary American Poetry, Eds. Gwynn & Lindner

26)  Naked, David Sedaris

My 2015 Reading List goals will appear soon. Any suggestions?