My first thought was to read more meaningful and diverse books in 2015. My second thought was to read ONLY books by people of color, preferably women. My third thought was - 'you're a shithead and setting yourself up for failure.' So I am doing the Book Riot 'Read Harder' Challenge as a compromise. Asterisks indicate a 'Read Harder' task complete. I'm using this list to review and catalogue everything I read.

• Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay
• On Writing, Stephen King (currently re-reading)
• Here, Richard McGuire* (graphic novel)
• The Unspeakable, Meghan Daum
• An Untamed State, Roxane Gay
• Being Mortal, Atun Gawande
• Blue Nights*, Joan Didion
• Open City, Teju Cole
• this is the story of a happy marriage, Ann patchett
• A Rogue By Any Other Name*, Sarah MacLean
• Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng
• Annihilation*, Jeff VanDerMeer
• Silence Once Begun*, Jesse Ball
• Redeployment*, Phil Klay
• Thrown*, Kerry Howley
• My Misspent Youth, Meghan Daum
• So You've Been Publicly Shamed*, Jon Ronson
• Authority, Jeff Vandermeer
• The Keep*, Jennifer Egan
• Gratitude & Trust*, Paul Williams & Tracey Johnson
• Paris I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, Rosecrans Baldwin
• Adam*, Ariel Schraig
• The Smartest Kids in the World, Amanda Ripley
• The Andy Cohen Diaries*, Andy Cohen
• One Good Early Deserves a Lover, Sarah MaClean
• Bonk*, Mary Roach
• The Girls from Corona Del Mar, Rufi Thorpe
• How to Grow Up, Michelle Tea
• Acceptance, Jeff Vandermeer
• Seating Arrangements, Maggie Shipstead
• Garlic & Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
• You, Caroline Kepnes
• Missoula*, Jon Krakauer
• Mo Meta Blues, Questlove
• Between the World & Me*, Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian*, Sherman Alexie
• Citizen*, Claudia Rankine
• Carry on, Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton