Books Read in 2018


Books Read in 2018

  1. The Flight Attendant; Chris Bohjalian - 3/5 (eGalley) Jan/2018
  2. Small Great Things; Jodi Picoult (reread book group) - 4.5/5 (audio) Jan/2018
  3. My Absolute Darling; GabrielTallent - 4/5 (eGalley) Jan/2018
  4. Sisters; Lily Tuck - 5/5 (library) Jan/2018
  5. An American Marriage; Tayari Jones - 4/5 (eGalley) Jan/2018
  6. Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books (NF); Wendy Lesser - 3.5/5 (library) Jan/2018
  7. Alternate Side; Anna Quindlen - 3.5/5 (eGalley) Jan/2018
  8. I Married You for Happiness; Lily Tuck - 4/5 (library) Jan/2018
  9. The Woman in the Window; A.J. Finn - 4/5 (eGalley) Feb/2018
  10. Nomadland; Jessica Bruder - 4.5/5 NF/library Feb/2018
  11. Saints for All Occasions; J. Courtney Sullivan - (my shelves) 4.5/5 - Feb/2018
  12. Girl on the Train; Paula Hawkins (reread/book group) - 4/5 - Feb/2018
  13. Census; Jesse Ball - (eGalley) 4/5 - Feb/2018 
  14. I'm a Duck; Eve Bunting - (my shelves) 4.5/5 - March/2018
  15. Windows; Julia Denos - (my shelves) 4.5/5 - March/2018
  16. The Tip Toeing Tiger; Philippa Leathers - (my shelves) 4.5/5 - March/2018
  17. The Perfect Neighbors; Sarah Pekkanen - (eGalley) 3.5/5 - March/2018
  18. White Houses; Amy Bloom - (eGalley) 3.5/5 - March/2018
  19. Best Day Ever; Kaira Rouda - (library) 4.5/5 - March/2018
  20. Lucky Us; Amy Bloom (library/ book group read) 4/5 - March/2018
  21. Mercury; Margot Livesey (eGalley) 3.5/5 - March/2018
  22. The Other Girl; Erica Spindler (audio) 3/5 - March/2018
  23. Trick; Domenico Starnone - (library) 4.5/5 - March/2018
  24. Sunburn; Laura Lippman - eGalley 5/5 - April/2018
  25. Everything Here is Beautiful; Miranda Lee - library - 4.5/5 - April/2018
  26. Tangerine; Christine Mangan - eGalley/eAudio - 4.5/5 - April/2018
  27. I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death; Maggie O'Farrell - library 4/5 - April/2018
  28. Girl in Snow; Danya Kukafka - eGalley - 3.5/5 - April/2018
  29. The Ninth Hour; Alice McDermott - library/audio - 4.5/5 - April/2018
  30. The Nest; Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (reread/bookgroup-April) - 3.5/5 - April/2018
  31. Let Me Lie; Clare Mackintosh (audio) - 4/5 - April/2018
  32. Rainbirds; Clarissa Goenawan (library) - 5/5 - April/2018
  33. A Noise Downstairs; Linwood Barclay (eGalley) - 5/5 - April/2018
  34. Eight Hundred Grapes; Laura Dave (audio/library) - 4/5 May/2018
  35. The Death of Mrs Westaway; Ruth Ware - (eGalley) - May/2018
  36. All the Beautiful Lies; Peter Swanson (eGalley/library audio) - 3.5/5 - May/2018
  37. The Cuban Affair; Nelson DeMille (library audio) - 2.5/5 - May/2018
  38. Sometimes I Lie; Alice Feeney (library) - 4.5/5 May/2018
  39. The Sinner; Petra Hammesfahr (audio & print) - 4/5 - May/2018
  40. The Female Persuasion; Meg Wolitzer (audio) - 4/5 - May/2018
  41. The Great Alone; Kristin Hannah (audio) 4.5/5 - June/June 2018
  42. The Little Clan; Iris Martin Cohen (ARC) 3.5/5 - June/2018
  43. Saving Cee Cee Honeycut; Beth Hoffman - 4/5 - June 2018 (reread-book group)
  44. The Banker's Wife; Christina Alger - (eGalley) 3.5/5 June 2018
  45. Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI; David Grann - 4/5 (audio) June/2018
  46. Right Behind You; Lisa Gardner - 4.5/5 (audio) - June/2018
  47. The Outsider; Stephen King (library) - 4/5 June 2018
  48. The Chalk Man; C.J. Tudor (audio) 4/5 - June/2018
  49. The Waiting Room; Emily Bleeker (eGalley) 3.5/5 - June/2018
  50. The Hand Maid's Tale; Margaret Atwood (REREAD/audio) - 4.5/5 - July/2018
  51. 84, Charing Cross Road; Helene Hanff (library) - 5/5 - July 2018
  52. Tin Man; Sarah Winman (library) - 3/5 - July/2018
  53. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership; James Comey (audio) - 5/5 - July/2018
  54. Beartown; Fredrik Backman (print) - 4/5 - July/2018
  55. Moonglow; Michael Chabon (book group) - 2/5 - July/2018
  56. The Ones We Choose; Julie Clark (eGalley) - 4.5/5 - July/2018
  57. Educated: a memoir; Tara Westover (audio) - 3/5 - July/2018
  58. The Death of Truth (NF); M. Katutani (audio) - 4.5/5 - July-2018
  59. Kinship of Clover; Ellen Meeropol - (library) 4/5 - August/2018
  60. House Arrest; Ellen Metropol - (library) 4/5 - August/2018
  61. The Stuff of Stars, Marion Dane Bauer - 5/5 - August/2018
  62.  Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise; David Ezra Stein - 5/5 - August/2018
  63. Do You Believe in Unicorns? Bethany Deeney Murgula - 5/5 - August/2018
  64. The House Swap; Rebecca Fleet (eGalley) 3.5/5 - August/2018
  65. Go Ask Fannie; Elisabeth Hyde (ARC) - 4/5 - August/2018
  66. The Other Mother; Carol Goodman (library) 3.5/5 - August-2018
  67. Clock Dance; Anne Tyler - (library) 4/5 - August-2018
  68. The Japanese Lover; I. Allende (audio) (book group) - 2/5 - August-2018
  69. Visible Empire; Hannah Pittard (ARC) - 3.5/5 - August-2018
  70. Calypso; David Sedaris (audio) - 5/5 - August - 2018
  71. My Year of Rest and Relaxation; Ottessa Moshfegh - (audio) - 3.5/5 - August-2018
  72. Baby Teeth; Zoje Stage (library) - 4/5 - September/2018
  73. The Perfect Couple; Erin Hildebrand (audio) 4.5/5 - September/2018
  74. The Cabin at the End of the World; Paul Tremblay (library) - 3.5/5 - September/2018
  75. I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections; Nora Ephron - (my shelves) 4.5/5 - Sept./2018
  76. The Wife Between Us; G. Hendricks and Sarah Pekkenan (audio and eGalley) - 4/5 - Sept/2018
  77. Something in the Water; Catherine Steadman - (eGalley) - 4.5/5 - Sept/2018
  78. Us Against You; Fredrik Backman - (print & audio) 3.5/5 - 3.5/5 - Sept/2018
  79. Bring Me Back; B.A. Paris - (audio & eGalley) - 3.5/5 - Sept/2018
  80. Ana of California; Andi Teran (my shelves) - 4/5 - Sept/2018
  81. The Lonely Witness; John Boyle (library) - 4/5 - Sept/2018
  82. Severance; Ling Ma (eGalley) - 4/5 - Sept/2018
  83. Unsheltered; Barbara Kingsolver (ARC) - 3.5/5 - Oct/2018
  84. The Trauma Cleaner; Sarah Krasnostein (memoir-library) - 2.5/5 - Oct/2018
  85. After Anna; Lisa Scottoline (audio) - 3/5 - Oct/2018
  86. Ten Horse Farm; Robert Sabuda - (personal copy) - 5/5 (Oct/2018)
  87. Sea Prayer; Khaled Hosseini - (library) - 3.5/5 (Oct/2018)
  88. Waking Up White; Debby Irving NF- (library) 4/5 (Oct/2018)
  89. An Unwanted Guest; Shari Lapena (library) 4.5/5 (Oct/2018)
  90. No Good Asking; Fran Kimmel (ARC) 4.5/5 (Oct/2018)
  91. The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal & Hysteria in 1692 Salem; Stacy Schiff (NF) (book group) - 3/5 Oct/2018 
  92. After You; Jojo Moyes - (personal copy) - 4/5 (Oct/2018)
  93. Still Me; Jojo Moyes - (personal copy) 3.5/5 (Oct/2018)
  94. Family Trust; Kathy Wang (eGalley) - 4/5 (Oct/2018)
  95. Sight; Jessie Greengrass (ARC) 2/5 - (Oct/2018)
  96. Twelve Patients: Life & Death at Bellevue Hospital; Eric Manheimer MD (NF) (library) - 3/5 (Oct/2018)
  97. Where the Crawdads Sing; Delia Owens (eGalley) - 5/5 - (Oct/2018)
  98. In Pieces; Sally Field NF (personal copy) - 4/5 (Nov/2018)
  99. Strike Your Heart; Amelie Nothomb  (library) - 5/5 (Nov/2018)
  100. There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor; Wade Bradford (personal copy) - 5/5 (Nov/2018)
  101. Heads and Tails; John Canty (personal copy) 5/5 (Nov/2018)
  102. Anne of Green Gables; L.M. Montgomery - (personal copy) 4.5/5 (Nov/2018)
  103. Vox; Christina Dalcher (library) - 4/5 (Nov/2018)
  104. OK Mr. Field; Katherine Kilalea - (library) - 2.5/5 (Nov/2018)
  105. Red & Lulu; Matt Taveres - personal copy 5/5 (Nov/2018)
  106. Coming Home; Kerry Hyndman - personal copy 4/5 (Nov/2018)
  107. Little Christmas Tree; Jessica Courtney-Tickle - personal copy - 5/5 (Nov/2018)
  108. The Christmas Eve Tree; Delia Huddy - personal copy - 4/5 (Nov/2018)
  109. Elevation; Stephen King - library - 4/5 (Nov/2018)
  110. The Mars Room; Rachel Kushner - library audio - 4/5 (Nov/2018)
  111. The Swans of Fifth Avenue; Melanie Benjamin - eBook - 4/5 book group read (Nov/2018)
  112. The Story of Arthur Truluv; Elizabeth Berg - library audio - 4.5/5 (Dec/2018)
  113. The Christmas Star; Donna Vanliere - eBook - 4/5 (Dec/2018)
  114. Christmas on Cape Cod; Nan Rossiter - eBook - 3.5/5 (Dec/2018)
  115. Alaskan Holiday; Debbie Macomber - library - 4/5 (Dec/2018)
  116. Becoming; Michelle Obama - audio - 5/5 (Dec/2018)
  117. Night of Miracles; Elizabeth Berg - eGalley - 4/5 (Dec/2018)
  118. Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City; Matthew Desmond (NF)- audio - 3.5/5 (Dec/2018)
  119. How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals - eGalley - Sy Montgomery - 3.5/5 (Dec/2018)
  120. A Christmas Revelation; Anne Perry - library - 4/5 (Dec/2018)
  121. I'd Rather Be Reading: Anne Bogel (NF) - library - 3.5/5 (Dec/2018)
  122. A Spool of Blue Thread; Anne Tyler - library audio - 4/5 (Dec/2018)
DNF
  • The Immortalists; Chloe Benjamin (our book group will read in 2019 - will try again)
  • Wicked; Gregory Maguire
  • Sleeping Beauties; Stephen and Owen King
  • The Never-Open Desert Diner; James Anderson 
  • The President is Missing; James Patterson & Bill Clinton 
  • The Perfect Mother; Aime Molloy

1 comment:

  1. Great way to keep track of books read in 2018, and a great button, too!

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