Happy Friday!

I’ve noticed a few #WOYBS What’s On Your BookShelf posts lately, so I thought I’d write an update on my quest to read a book from every genre listed on GoodReads (original blog HERE). I started this challenge/quest around the first of July.

Unfortunately, I haven’t read anything that has overwhelmingly WOWED me (yet!). Here’s hoping that book is right around the corner! Here’s what I’ve read/listened to so far, plus my GoodReads star rating (looks like A LOT of very average 3 stars!).

Art: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon (3 stars).

Biography: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman (3 stars)

Business: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance (3 stars)

Chick Lit: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (3 stars)

Children’s: TBR

Christian: Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again (2 stars)

Classics: TBR

Comics: TBR

Contemporary: Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3 stars)

Cookbooks: TBR

Crime: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (3 stars)

Ebooks: TBR (although I’ve read multiple books via Ebooks!)

Fantasy: Six of Crows (currently listening to)

Fiction: Homecoming by Kate Morton (3 stars)

Gay and Lesbian: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3 stars)

Graphic Novels: TBR

Historical Fiction: Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill (3 stars)

History: The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s Ten-Year Road Trip by Jeff Guinn (3 stars)

Horror: TBR

Humor and Comedy: How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur (3 stars)

Manga: TBR

Memoir: TBR

Music: TBR

Mystery: Little Big Lies by Liane Moriarty (3 stars)

Nonfiction: The Tale-Tell Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran (3 stars)

Paranormal: TBR

Philosophy: TBR

Poetry: Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway (3 stars)

Psychology: TBR

Religion: A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (3 stars)

Romance: TBR

Science: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin (3 stars)

Science Fiction: TBR

Self Help: Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown (3 stars)

Suspense: TBR

Spirituality: TBR

Sports: TBR

Thriller: The Whistler by John Grisham (3 stars)

Travel: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts (3 stars)

Young Adult: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (3 stars)

And that’s it! Feel free to recommend any great books in the genres I still need to read.

Have a great day and do or learn…or READ something NEW!