Since I got Goodreads it’s much easier to keep track of my reading goals in one place. It’s become a great tool for saving, making lists, and even keeping track of what my friends have read. Here’s the link to my Goodreads if you’d like to check it out.
The goal I set for myself every year is to read one book a year, a goal that doesn’t make me anxious but instead keeps me motivated.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.
My rating: 3 starts
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Historical Fiction
The epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.
My rating: Between 3.8 to 4
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Gabriel García Márquez, and Luisa Rivera as the illustrator
It is also a story of injustice and violence: an old retired colonel goes to the port every Friday to await the arrival of the official letter that responds to the just claim of his rights for the services rendered to the country.
My rating: 4.5
By Paula Ramos: A trilogy for those who laugh, love, and never give up. My rating of the whole trilogy: 3.8
Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging by Brennan Manning
Author Brennan Manning encourages you to let go of this stressful, unreal impostor lifestyle and freely accept your identity as a child of God. Find the rest that you long for as you grow in character and accept His lordship.
My rating: 4.5
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
In these wildly imaginative, devilishly daring tales of the macabre, internationally bestselling author Mariana Enriquez brings contemporary Argentina to vibrant life as a place where shocking inequality, violence, and corruption are the law of the land, while military dictatorship and legions of desaparecidos loom large in the collective memory.
My rating: 4
Todo lo que somos juntos by Alice Kellen
Nineteen-year-old Leah Jones is struggling to cope after she and her twenty-nine-year-old brother Oliver lose their parents in a horrific car accident. Leah was in the car and is plagued by nightmares, intense grief and numbness—her life as she knew it was over. But then she fall in love and everything changes.
My Rating: 3
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy J. Keller
With his trademark insights and energy, Keller offers biblical guidance as well as specific prayers for certain situations, such as dealing with grief, loss, love, and forgiveness. He discusses ways to make prayers more personal and powerful, and how to establish a practice of prayer that works for each reader.
My rating: 4.3
Herbal Antibiotics: What BIG Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know – by Mary Jones
Boost Your Immune System with Nature’s Bounty!Herbal antibiotics have been used throughout the centuries as natural treatments for hundreds of diseases and ailments.
My rating: 4.2
Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts By Lucy Peppiatt
The answer to straightforward questions is deeply contested. Those who see the overturning of male-dominated hierarchy in the Scriptures, she argues, are truly rediscovering an ancient message―a message distorted by those who assumed that a patriarchal world, which they sometimes saw reflected in the Bible, was the one God had ordained.
My rating: 4
Nosotras: historias de mujeres y algo más by Rosa Montero
This book is not just for women, just as feminism is not just for girls. We are changing the world, we are destroying age-old stereotypes, and it is clear that if the social role of women is changing, it is because the role of men is also changing.
My rating: 5
The Intentional Year: Simple Rhythms for Finding Freedom, Peace, and Purpose by Glenn Packiam, Holly Packiam
The Intentional Year is an invitation to stop right now, right where you are, and choose to live on purpose. This isn’t just about aspirations or self-improvement–a flourishing life is tangible and possible. With stories, practices, and a road map into intentionality, Holly and Glenn Packiam will guide you into simple ways to grow personally.
My rating: 4
Solito by Javier Zamora
Javier Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
My rating: 4.8
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up — she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.
My rating: 3.7
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.
My rating: 4.2
God Has a Name by John Mark Comer
God Has a Name is a simple yet profound guide to understanding God in a new light–focusing on what God says about himself. This one shift has the potential to radically alter how you relate to God, not as a doctrine, but as a relational being who responds to you in an elastic, back-and-forth way.
My rating: 5
Here I leave you all my readings for the year 2024, many of them were achieved thanks to audiobooks, as you know, I spend many hours in the studio painting or in front of the computer so audiobooks have been an effective way to read.
Thanks for reading!
Means so much to connect and share every time.
Please let me know what other books you listen to or enjoy reading in 2024, remember that we are a community that will grow with all of us :).
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