At the beginning of this year, 2016, I set a goal to read 52 books. Why I didn’t give myself 2 weeks off for vacation I don’t know. The number 52 sounded catchy. On December 10th, I’d made it to 43. If I add the books I read at, used for reference or just couldn’t bring myself to finish, the number is 47. With the holidays fast approaching and Christmas shopping and mailing of packages yet to be finished or even started, I’m calling this good enough. Enjoy!

My key takeaways for the 2nd half are:

• My favorite fiction book of the year was Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederic Bachman. My favorite non-fiction book of the year was You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt.
• I don’t want to do the work required to be a cicerone (a beer sommelier). (My Beer Year)
• I would like to run more ultras in 2017 in places that interest me. (Nowhere Near First)
• Much of the science underlying happiness reminds me of faith. (The Happiness Advantage)
• Anger in language means the person speaking is suffering.  (The Art of Communicating)

Here’s the list of books that I read (and read at) for the 2nd half:

1. Grand Trail by Alexis and Frédéric Bert
2. Nowhere Near First by Cory Reese
3. Beautiful Faces by Jane Davenport
4. My Beer Year by Lucy Burningham
5. The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
6. New Aging by Matthias Hollwich
7. Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi
8. The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh
9. The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz
10. Lexicon: A Novel by Max Barry
11. You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt
12. Running: A Love Story Jenn Shelton
13. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Kim Barker
14. The Drifter by Nicolas Petrie
15. Run the World by Becky Wade
16. Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels (I used the 3 hops chapters in Part One to brew my Flowers American Pale Ale)
17. Craft Beverage Business Management by Madeleine Pullman and John Harris (This was a textbook for a class I was taking through PSU. Sadly, I got too busy I didn’t finish the class, yet. However, I’m retaking it this winter.)
18. Moments of Impact by Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon
19. A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger

You can read about the first 27 books here.