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4.25 AVERAGE
Number of books read in 2018: 55
Top 10 books of 2018 (in no particular order):
1. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (Thriller)
2. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (Romance)
3. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (Thriller)
4. I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne (Romance)
5. The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle (Magical realism)
6. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy)
7. The Hanged Man by P.N. Elrod (Historical steampunk)
8. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (Thriller/ graphic novel)
9. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Adult contemporary)
10. This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay (Non-fiction)
Top 10 books of 2018 (in no particular order):
1. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (Thriller)
2. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (Romance)
3. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (Thriller)
4. I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne (Romance)
5. The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle (Magical realism)
6. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy)
7. The Hanged Man by P.N. Elrod (Historical steampunk)
8. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (Thriller/ graphic novel)
9. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Adult contemporary)
10. This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay (Non-fiction)
Most of my reading this year will be done over the summer, and maybe thanksgiving and winter break. So goes the life of a college student.
Read So Far:
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan - 4 stars
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende - 5 stars
Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer - 3 stars
Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson - 2 stars
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - 4 stars
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater - 5 stars
Currently Reading
Future Plans
The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Stand by Stephen King
I really want to keep adding, but I probably shouldn't get too ambitious :P
Read So Far:
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan - 4 stars
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende - 5 stars
Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer - 3 stars
Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson - 2 stars
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - 4 stars
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater - 5 stars
Currently Reading
Future Plans
The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Stand by Stephen King
I really want to keep adding, but I probably shouldn't get too ambitious :P
I had consciously lowered by bar (yearly target) for reading in the hope that I would also write more (blogs) and pick up a new hobby. However, that did not happen, and a good reading year (54 books read till 24 Dec '18 as against a plan of 24) I feel has come at a price of a balance with other activities.
Nevertheless, a very satisfying year for reading! Read some great books - both fiction & non-fiction, and also found some new good authors I should read more.
The stand-out books of the year for me were:
Fiction:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Silent Sister by Shalini Boland
Beneath an Indian Sky by Renita D'Silva
The Rule Breakers by Preeti Shenoy
Karna's Wife by Kavita Kane
Non-Fiction:
Behave by Robert Sapolsky
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Life After MH370: Journeying Through a Void by K.S. Narendran
Adi Shankaracharya by Pavan K. Varma
Mahatma Gandhi by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long
Being Reshma: The Extraordinary Story of an Acid-Attack Survivor who Took the World by Storm
by Reshma Qureshi with Tania Singh
I just added "Being Reshma" which I just finished on 30 Dec '18, a very inspiring book.
If I had to pick one stand-out book, it would be Behave by Robert Sapolsky for its meticulous research and tremendous new insights on human behaviour.
Nevertheless, a very satisfying year for reading! Read some great books - both fiction & non-fiction, and also found some new good authors I should read more.
The stand-out books of the year for me were:
Fiction:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Silent Sister by Shalini Boland
Beneath an Indian Sky by Renita D'Silva
The Rule Breakers by Preeti Shenoy
Karna's Wife by Kavita Kane
Non-Fiction:
Behave by Robert Sapolsky
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Life After MH370: Journeying Through a Void by K.S. Narendran
Adi Shankaracharya by Pavan K. Varma
Mahatma Gandhi by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long
Being Reshma: The Extraordinary Story of an Acid-Attack Survivor who Took the World by Storm
by Reshma Qureshi with Tania Singh
I just added "Being Reshma" which I just finished on 30 Dec '18, a very inspiring book.
If I had to pick one stand-out book, it would be Behave by Robert Sapolsky for its meticulous research and tremendous new insights on human behaviour.
گودریز مدیای خیلی قشنگی برای ثبت کتابهاست. بدون حاشیه و تخصصی کتاب. من چندسال هست که کتابام رو اینجا ثبت می‌کنم، نظراتمو می‌نویسم و تو چالشش شرکت می‌کنم. تو سال ۲۰۱۸ چهل و شش تا کتاب خوندم. اگر انقدر شده به خاطر کتابهای کم حجمی بود که خوندم وگرنه امسال خیلی آرومتر و با سرعت کمتری کتاب خوندم.
بلندترین کتابی که خوندم آناکارنینا بود که میتونم بگم بهترینش هم بوده. کتابایی که امسال خوندم رو خیلی زیاد دوست داشتم و خوشحالم که خوندمشون. البته کتابایی بودن که نصفه خوندم و رها کردم، یا کتابایی که دوباره‌خوانی کردم.
یادمه من پارسال آخرای سال بود که جمع کتابامو گذاشته بودم. کسی نوشته بود چطور میشه اینهمه کتاب خوند و دوستش نوشته بود نخواه عزیزم نخواه😅کتابای متوسط و پایین😂😂 در حالی که اینطور نبود ولی برای من هشداری شد که بیشتر و بیشتر تو انتخاب کتابام دقت کنم😊
این بود ماجرای ۲۰۱۸ من با گودریدز.
بلندترین کتابی که خوندم آناکارنینا بود که میتونم بگم بهترینش هم بوده. کتابایی که امسال خوندم رو خیلی زیاد دوست داشتم و خوشحالم که خوندمشون. البته کتابایی بودن که نصفه خوندم و رها کردم، یا کتابایی که دوباره‌خوانی کردم.
یادمه من پارسال آخرای سال بود که جمع کتابامو گذاشته بودم. کسی نوشته بود چطور میشه اینهمه کتاب خوند و دوستش نوشته بود نخواه عزیزم نخواه😅کتابای متوسط و پایین😂😂 در حالی که اینطور نبود ولی برای من هشداری شد که بیشتر و بیشتر تو انتخاب کتابام دقت کنم😊
این بود ماجرای ۲۰۱۸ من با گودریدز.
I know, I know. I'm so late to this. We're almost 3 weeks into 2019 and I haven't made that review yet, Oops.
But 2018 was a really great year! I read a lot of books and discovered a lot of my new favorite books/series.
My goals were:
⟶to read 70. I read 77, yay!! ✔️
⟶to read at least 4 books every month ✔️
⟶complete 8 series ✔️
⟶to finish Harry Potter ✔️
⟶to finish the Mortal Instruments ✔️
⟶to read at least 35 fantasy books :I read exactly 35 ✔️
⟶to read 5 mystery books : I read 6 so yay! ✔️
My top 10 books of 2018 are (in a reading order)
1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
2. Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
3. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
4. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
5. A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
6. Children of Blood and Bone
7. Vicious
8. Legendary
9. Scythe
10. The Dream Thieves
So yeah, I read a lot of amazing books and I can't wait to see what 2019 has in store for me!
But 2018 was a really great year! I read a lot of books and discovered a lot of my new favorite books/series.
My goals were:
⟶to read 70. I read 77, yay!! ✔️
⟶to read at least 4 books every month ✔️
⟶complete 8 series ✔️
⟶to finish Harry Potter ✔️
⟶to finish the Mortal Instruments ✔️
⟶to read at least 35 fantasy books :I read exactly 35 ✔️
⟶to read 5 mystery books : I read 6 so yay! ✔️
My top 10 books of 2018 are (in a reading order)
1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
2. Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
3. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
4. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
5. A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
6. Children of Blood and Bone
7. Vicious
8. Legendary
9. Scythe
10. The Dream Thieves
So yeah, I read a lot of amazing books and I can't wait to see what 2019 has in store for me!
I want to read and I want to write “stories that have to be written.” Everybody will have their own definition of that, but mine is stories that scratch an itch I might not have known was there, and once scratched, I feel relief; stories that express something in a particular writer’s essential voice (a voice that doesn’t belong to or mimic anyone else) and move the culture or change a perspective; or stories that make me laugh really hard.
This year was low on comedy, but high on scratching itches. And if I couldn’t stop talking about a book, or if I didn’t talk about it at all because it was too personal, or if it left me with flashbacks that are between me and myself, it’s on this short list of 2018 favorites.
Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country (Steve Almond) got below the surface of our politics, biases, and affinities and told the truth about how we created the swirling mess we're negotiating.
Circe (Madeline Miller) uses mythology in a way that feels current and more truthful than truth to tell a strong woman's journey—the journey of a woman who could be any of us.
Cove (Cynan Jones), in a mere 92 pages, makes you feel how badly we really want to live and survive. After reading a library copy, I had such a craving to be able to pick it up whenever I wanted that I bought a copy and read it again. It gets better every time.
The Overstory (Richard Powers) made me see my own—our own—smallness in the context of all nature, and this view was comforting in such turbulent times of environmental abuse.
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death (Maggie O'Farrell) is all about a magnificent and singular writer's voice. It is not only gorgeous language, but it makes one's heart pound.
Fear: Trump in the White House (Bob Woodward) is as much about writer's voice as it is about the topic. There is a bird's eye view of our imbroglio and no judgment—astounding clarity and compassion.
In the Land of Armadillos (Helen Maryles Shankman) is a perfect book that I spoke about to no one, except to write my review here. It is still haunting me.
Big Picture (Percival Everett) did a slow explosion in my head after I read it. There is a magically repeating structure using the same character in stories #1, #4, and #9 in this collection of nine. The protagonist's journey may be obscure to some readers. For me, it burst into clarity a couple of days after finishing the book and I am still thinking about it.
Man with a Seagull on His Head (Harriet Paige) is a huge book in a tiny package (200 taut pages) that left me blown to bits.
This year was low on comedy, but high on scratching itches. And if I couldn’t stop talking about a book, or if I didn’t talk about it at all because it was too personal, or if it left me with flashbacks that are between me and myself, it’s on this short list of 2018 favorites.
Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country (Steve Almond) got below the surface of our politics, biases, and affinities and told the truth about how we created the swirling mess we're negotiating.
Circe (Madeline Miller) uses mythology in a way that feels current and more truthful than truth to tell a strong woman's journey—the journey of a woman who could be any of us.
Cove (Cynan Jones), in a mere 92 pages, makes you feel how badly we really want to live and survive. After reading a library copy, I had such a craving to be able to pick it up whenever I wanted that I bought a copy and read it again. It gets better every time.
The Overstory (Richard Powers) made me see my own—our own—smallness in the context of all nature, and this view was comforting in such turbulent times of environmental abuse.
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death (Maggie O'Farrell) is all about a magnificent and singular writer's voice. It is not only gorgeous language, but it makes one's heart pound.
Fear: Trump in the White House (Bob Woodward) is as much about writer's voice as it is about the topic. There is a bird's eye view of our imbroglio and no judgment—astounding clarity and compassion.
In the Land of Armadillos (Helen Maryles Shankman) is a perfect book that I spoke about to no one, except to write my review here. It is still haunting me.
Big Picture (Percival Everett) did a slow explosion in my head after I read it. There is a magically repeating structure using the same character in stories #1, #4, and #9 in this collection of nine. The protagonist's journey may be obscure to some readers. For me, it burst into clarity a couple of days after finishing the book and I am still thinking about it.
Man with a Seagull on His Head (Harriet Paige) is a huge book in a tiny package (200 taut pages) that left me blown to bits.
2018 has been a tough year, and I’m not necessarily talking about books.
Throughout this year I’ve been dealing with a crap ton of stomach and anxiety problems and it’s really made me feel upset and isolated all year. I also kinda lost some of my best friends who I believed were always going to be there for me.
On the reading side though, it was a decent year for reading except once the school year hit. I’ve barely had time to read and it’s been really upsetting to me. I just wish I had the time to read again, and I do but at this moment I’m in a reading slump due to my independent read taking a large toll on me. I do believe that a lot of good books came out this year, though, like What If It’s Us, The Cruel Prince, Kingdom of Ash, and To Kill a Kingdom.
On the bright side, I was able to explore and see new places I’ve never gone before. I was fortunate enough to experience Europe for the first time. I also learned that I need to put my own needs and self-care first because school was slowly taking over my life. I also discovered some new friends in the process of my old friends breaking away from me. So I suppose every cloud does have a silver lining :)
Overall, I hope the new year brings something good because I feel like this year has been one bombshell after another (and that sometimes wasn’t good). 2019 doesn’t sound terrible now because it seems like there’s going to be a lot of new and interesting books coming out, and I can’t wait to read them all ;)
Throughout this year I’ve been dealing with a crap ton of stomach and anxiety problems and it’s really made me feel upset and isolated all year. I also kinda lost some of my best friends who I believed were always going to be there for me.
On the reading side though, it was a decent year for reading except once the school year hit. I’ve barely had time to read and it’s been really upsetting to me. I just wish I had the time to read again, and I do but at this moment I’m in a reading slump due to my independent read taking a large toll on me. I do believe that a lot of good books came out this year, though, like What If It’s Us, The Cruel Prince, Kingdom of Ash, and To Kill a Kingdom.
On the bright side, I was able to explore and see new places I’ve never gone before. I was fortunate enough to experience Europe for the first time. I also learned that I need to put my own needs and self-care first because school was slowly taking over my life. I also discovered some new friends in the process of my old friends breaking away from me. So I suppose every cloud does have a silver lining :)
Overall, I hope the new year brings something good because I feel like this year has been one bombshell after another (and that sometimes wasn’t good). 2019 doesn’t sound terrible now because it seems like there’s going to be a lot of new and interesting books coming out, and I can’t wait to read them all ;)
Wow, this was the only year I fell behind on my reading challenge. But, I managed to catch up and read some really great books. Overall, 2018 was an amazing year.
This year was a mixed bag for me- especially after I lost my job in June. So, I am going to do something completely out of my norm. I am going to do a list. And I am going to be brief.
Favourite books of 2018 (May or may not have been published in 2018)
1. Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks
2. Death by Scrabble
3. Cold Little Bird
4. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
5. A Gentleman In Moscow.
Books I basically hated and/or disliked in 2018
1. Verity
2. Hate Notes
3. Band Sinister
4. The Silver Dragon's Slave
5. Nine Rules To Break When Romancing a Rake
Books that I loved but they shoulda been longer (You may see a bias)
1. Stranger on The Shore
2. Bitter Legacy
3. Murder Takes The High Road
4. The Magician Murders
5. Cell One
Books that made my wishlistbut for one reason or another but I couldn't afford them.
1. Becoming
2. Tomte
3. The Sisters Brothers
Here's hoping 2019 is better.
Favourite books of 2018 (May or may not have been published in 2018)
1. Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks
2. Death by Scrabble
3. Cold Little Bird
4. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
5. A Gentleman In Moscow.
Books I basically hated and/or disliked in 2018
1. Verity
2. Hate Notes
3. Band Sinister
4. The Silver Dragon's Slave
5. Nine Rules To Break When Romancing a Rake
Books that I loved but they shoulda been longer (You may see a bias)
1. Stranger on The Shore
2. Bitter Legacy
3. Murder Takes The High Road
4. The Magician Murders
5. Cell One
Books that made my wishlist
1. Becoming
2. Tomte
3. The Sisters Brothers
Here's hoping 2019 is better.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter by Sam J. Miller
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
It's All in Your Head by Suzanne O'Sullivan
Relentless by Tim Grower
Honorable mention: hockey romances that were ~25% of my book pile
The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter by Sam J. Miller
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
It's All in Your Head by Suzanne O'Sullivan
Relentless by Tim Grower
Honorable mention: hockey romances that were ~25% of my book pile