In 2018, I read 30 books and decided to make it a priority to read at least 50 books in 2019 - and I'm proud to say I surpassed that goal, reading 60 books! - though admittedly some of those were re-reads of old favorites. Here were some of my new favorites, read for the first time in 2019:
Non-fiction:
I also saw 10 theater productions (in Detroit, Flint, and local community theaters), 35 new movies (in theaters, borrowed from the library, or on Netflix), and 15 TV series (on various streaming services) over the course of 2019, also totaling 60. Here were some of my favorites in those categories:
Theater productions:
Movies:
TV shows:
(Not enough recommendations for you? If you want to read my 2018 favorites, you can visit this post.)
Non-fiction:
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
- Act Natural: A Cultural History of the Misadventures of Parenting by Jennifer Traig
- Everything Happens For a Reason - And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
- Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - And What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
- Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution by Jennifer Block
- Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacobs
Fiction:
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- When Elephants Fly by Nancy Richardson Fischer
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zghei
- Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
- Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
I also saw 10 theater productions (in Detroit, Flint, and local community theaters), 35 new movies (in theaters, borrowed from the library, or on Netflix), and 15 TV series (on various streaming services) over the course of 2019, also totaling 60. Here were some of my favorites in those categories:
Theater productions:
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream @ the Capitol in Flint (2/15)
- The Play that Goes Wrong @ the Fisher Theater (2/17)
- Hamilton @ the Fisher Theater (3/17)
- Waitress @ the Fisher Theater (5/12)
- Anastasia @ the Fisher Theater (6/16)
Movies:
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Captain Marvel
- Spiderman into the Spider-verse
- Avengers: End Game
- Wine Country
- Toy Story 4
- Booksmart
- Always Be My Maybe
- Rocketman
- Yesterday
- Harriet
- Frozen 2
TV shows:
- Derry Girls
- Russian Doll
- Pen15
- Schitt’s Creek
- The Great British Bake-Off
- The Good Place
- Bojack Horseman
(Not enough recommendations for you? If you want to read my 2018 favorites, you can visit this post.)
