I'm going to try something I've never done before. I'm going to try and write down the next five books I want to read. Let me backtrack a bit. Over the past couple of years I've been doing the Goodreads reading challenge. In 2012 I put my goal at 20 books, in 2013 I put it at 25 and in 2014 I put it at 26. Each year I've hit my goal but I always had one big problem. I struggled transitioning from one book to the next.

I've really fallen in love with reading over the past couple of years. As a kid I always felt like I wanted to get into it but just could never find the patience. Even to this day sitting down to actually read a book is a challenge. That's why when I discovered audiobooks (and more specifically Audible) it was the perfect match for me. I commute for two hours a day, what better way to pass the time then by expanding my mind. In 2012 & 2013 I hit my goal of 25 books a year. Not wanting to push the envelope to far I made my goal for this year at 26. The good news is as of the end of last week (December 16th) I made my goal of reading 26 books in 2014.

I absolutely love both The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Its probably my favorite fantasy series of all time. So I knew going into The Slow Regard of Silent Things that this was going to be a major departure from those two. I guess I wasn't fully prepared for how different this would end up being.

I'm so conflicted on the entire Last Policeman trilogy. I purchased each of the three books in the hopes that it would build to a climatic conclusion. On paper these books are right up my alley. The world is coming to an end, and Detective Hank Palace is trying to figure out what to do with the remaining months of his life. The first two novels (The Last Policeman & Countdown City) were both good entertaining short reads. Nice appetizers in between some of my more meaty reads this year.

I'm a big Jim Gaffigan fan. I've watched an absolute ton of his stand-up and even read his first book, Dad is Fat. What I liked about Dad is Fat was that it was a nice blend of his stand-up routines and his life in New York as a Dad. It felt genuine but still made me laugh quite a bit.

In a lot of ways Revival by Stephen King is everything I both love and dislike about reading a Stephen King novel. There's no denying that King is a master story-teller. He's written some of my favorite novels of all-time (11-22-63 & The Stand) and even novels that weren't my cup of tea I still enjoyed because of how well he can spin a story together.