- 1. The Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- 2. Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard
- 3. Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
- 4. Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
- 5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- 6. The Maid by Nita Prose
- 7. Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris
- 8. The Anthropocene Reviewed Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
- 9. The People in My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami
- 10. A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
- 11. The Houseguest by Amparo Davila
- 12. Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
- 13. The Idiot by Elif Batuman
- 14. Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
- 15. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by ...
jan 2 2022 ∞
dec 30 2022 +
- 1. Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
- 2. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
- 3. Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
- 4. The Bathroom Chronicles:100 Women, 100 Images, 100 Stories edited by Friederike Schilbach
- 5. Educated by Tara Westover
- 6. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- 7. The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- 8. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- 9. The Opposite of Loneliness Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan
- 10. Frida Kahlo An Illustrated Life by Maria Hesse translated by Achy Obejas
- 11. Heartburn by Nora Ephron
- 12. Becoming by Michelle Obama
- 13. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- 14. The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
jan 18 2019 ∞
dec 31 2019 +
- 1. Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (graphic novel)
- 2. Wacky Chicks by Simon Doonan
- 3. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- 4. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 5. On Cats by Charles Bukowski
- 6. The First Bad Man: A Novel by Miranda July
- 7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- 8. The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders
- 9. 5,000 km per second by Manuele Fiore (graphic novel)
- 10. Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt by Kristin Hersh
- 11. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
- 12. Everything is Teeth by Evie Wyld (graphic novel)
jan 2 2016 ∞
jan 1 2017 +
- 1. Sign Painters by Faythe Levine, Sam Macon, and Ed Ruscha
- 2. An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider by Stephanie LaCava
- 3. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- 4. Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh
- 5. Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
- 6. Maus by Art Spiegelman
- 7. Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton
- 8. Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
- 9. The Bitch Posse by Martha O'Connor
- 10. Diane Von. Furstenberg and the tale of The Empress's New Clothes by Camilla Morton
- 11. Tender Buttons Objects by Gertrude Stein ill. By Lisa Congdon
- 12. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
jan 4 2013 ∞
dec 31 2013 +
- read 52 books in 52 weeks
- go swimming at least once a week
- have homemade bread every day
- take more walks
- take a picture a day for 365 days
- document a day a month with the camera
- make more interesting dinners
- make macaroons
- repaint furniture
- make a storage bench with room for books/records
- redo the liquor storage area
- make nippy sacks for the kitties
- make my own cookie cutters
- knit something other than a scarf
- knit a scarf for mom with her white yarn
- organize the bookshelf in the 2nd bedroom
- organize my craft supplies
- get passports
dec 27 2010 ∞
dec 25 2019 +
- braised brussel sprouts
- soft pretzels
- macaroons
- croissants
- heavenly potatoes
- apple gallette
- apple jellies
- holiday sangria
- indian spiced chickpea stew
- fruit leather
- bagels
- sourdough starter
- chai concentrate
- granola
- baked oatmeal
- sea salt caramels
- rosemary loaf cake
- carrot cake from Breakfast Lunch Tea cookbook
jan 6 2008 ∞
dec 2 2012 +
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- 1. Transit by Rachel Cusk
- 2. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
- 3. Tomboy by Liz Prince (graphic novel)
- 4. The Fire Never Goes Out a memoir in pictures by Noelle Stevenson (graphic novel)
- 5. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
- 6. Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to be a Popstar by Tracey Thorn
- 7. This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
- 8. The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
- 9. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
- 10. Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu
- 11. All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
- 12. Awayland by Ramona Ausubel
- 13. Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress
- 14. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
dec 30 2022 ∞
dec 25 2023 +
- 1. My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- 2. Trick Mirror Reflections on Self Delusion by Jia Tolentino
- 3. A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
- 4. Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey
- 5. The Holdout by Graham Moore
- 6. After Dark by Haruki Murakami
- 7. You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- 8. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
- 9. Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
- 10. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- 11. Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
- 12. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- 13. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
- 14. Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
- 15. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
dec 31 2019 ∞
dec 30 2020 +
- 1. The Folded Clock: A Diary by Heidi Julavits
- 2. This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
- 3. The Beach at Night by Elena Ferrante
- 4. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
- 5. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- 6. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
- 7. Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
- 8. The Clasp by Sloane Crosley
- 9. The Dinner: A Novel by Herman Koch
- 10. Salvador by Joan Didion
- 11. The Worst Years of Your Life: Stories for the geeked-out, angst-ridden, lust-addled, and deeply disturbed adolescent in all of us. Edited by Mark Jude Poirier
- 12. A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- 13. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
- 14. I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Th...
jan 22 2017 ∞
dec 28 2017 +
- 1. Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- 2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- 3. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- 4. La boutique obscure:124 dreams by George's perec
- 5. The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
- 6. Food Rules by Michael Pollan
- 7. Directing Herbert White by James Franco
- 8. Alone Forever by Liz Prince
- 9. #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
- 10. Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
jan 18 2014 ∞
nov 17 2014 +
- 1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- 2. Take Ivy
- 3. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
- 4. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
- 5. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
- 6. Tristessa by Jack Kerouac
- 7. As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto by Joan Reardon
- 8. Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss
- 9. The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal by Laurie Notaro
- 10. The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family by Dr. Suess
jan 17 2011 ∞
jan 15 2012 +
- cigar boxes for file
- wool sweaters
- wire baskets for wall/purses
- old suitcase
- wooden crates for record storage
- old funky records
- cashmere sweaters for hot water bottle cover
- books from my wish list
- baskets
- low wide pasta bowls
- vintage encyclopedias
- vintage field guides
- Starbucks music CDs
- vintage Dansk cookware
- vintage mugs
jan 6 2008 ∞
aug 15 2022 +
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- 1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- 2. Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
- 3. I Always Think It’s Forever: A love story set in Paris as told by an unreliable but earnest narrator by Timothy Goodman
- 4. The Winter Book by Tove Jansson
- 5. The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane
- 6. The Girls by John Bowen
- 7. Adult Drama and Other Essays by Natalie Beach
- 8. Foster by Claire Keegan
- 9. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- 10. Happiness, as Such by Natalia Ginzburg
- 11. Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
- 12. Anais Nin A Sea of Lies by Leonie Bischoff (graphic novel)
- 13. Cocktail by Lisa Alward
jan 6 2024 ∞
dec 7 2024 +
- 1. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
- 2. A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
- 3. Outlawed by Anna North
- 4. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- 5. Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
- 6. Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
- 7. The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
- 8. Nevada by Imogen Binnie
- 9. The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
- 10. Pond by Claire Louise Bennett
- 11. Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante
- 12. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- 13. The Removed by Brandon Hobson
- 14. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
- 15. World of Wonders In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
jan 2 2021 ∞
jan 2 2022 +
- 1. The Mothers by Brit Bennett
- 2. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- 3. the witch doesn’t burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace (poetry)
- 4. Going into Town A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast (graphic novel)
- 5. The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
- 6. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
- 7. Calypso by David Sedaris
- 8. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- 9. The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
- 10. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- 11. The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
- 12. The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
- 13. Bicycles Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni (poetry)
- 14. Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
mar 17 2018 ∞
dec 29 2018 +
- 1. Delancey by Molly Wizenberg
- 2. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
- 3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- 4. Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- 5. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
- 6. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- 7. The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
- 8. The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
- 9. In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
- 10. Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London by Mohsin Hamid
- 11. Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer by Sylvie Rancourt
- 12. How To Be Happy by Eleanor Davis
- 13. VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave by Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards
jan 14 2015 ∞
jan 2 2016 +
jan 16 2012 ∞
feb 13 2017 +
- Portland, OR
- Brooklyn, NY
- Seattle, WA
- Paris
- London
- Spain
- Ann Arbor, MI
- take the Lake Express Ferry
- Apostle Islands
mar 28 2009 ∞
apr 26 2011 +
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