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I had a great reading year, and were able to finish 107 books, 17 more than last year.
My ratings were split as below:
51% 3 stars; 33% 4 stars; 8% 5 stars; 7% 2 stars; 1% 1 stars
Favorite genres were HF (22%), Fiction (22%), Suspense (17%) and Memoirs (12%).
I read more books by male authors (still only 34%) and non-USA authors (55%) but would like to increase this even more next year.
the biggest change though was how many of the books I read were selected for GR CHOICE 44% compared to 18% last year!!!
Ratings 51% 3 stars; 33% 4 stars; 8% 5 stars; 7% 2 stars; 1% 1 stars
Herewith a list of my best-loved reads for 2018, the links are to my review.
1. Everything Here is Beautiful Mira T Lee ***** FICTION, AUDIO
2. Circe Madeline Miller ***** FANTASY, AUDIBLE
3. Educated Tara Westover ***** MEMOIR
4. Rust & Stardust T Greenwood ***** HF, AUDIBLE
5. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens ***** FICTION
6. The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne ***** HF
7. An American Marriage Tayari Jones ***** FICTION, AUDIO
8. White Crysanthemum Mary Lynn Bracht ***** HF
9. The Sealwoman's Gift Sally Magnusson ***** HF, AUDIO
10. Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward **** FICTION
11. The Girl Who Smiled Beads Clemantine Wamariya **** MEMOIR
12. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen **** CLASSIC, AUDIBLE
13. The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe Douglas Rogers **** MEMOIR
14. In the Land of the Armadillos Helen Maryles Shankman **** HF
15. Calypso David Sedaris **** MEMOIR, AUDIBLE
My wish for everyone in 2019 is that they read books that will make them think, feel, laugh, cry and take them out of their comfort zone.
Thanks for all your great reviews and comments, I love "seeing" you all on GR!
My ratings were split as below:
51% 3 stars; 33% 4 stars; 8% 5 stars; 7% 2 stars; 1% 1 stars
Favorite genres were HF (22%), Fiction (22%), Suspense (17%) and Memoirs (12%).
I read more books by male authors (still only 34%) and non-USA authors (55%) but would like to increase this even more next year.
the biggest change though was how many of the books I read were selected for GR CHOICE 44% compared to 18% last year!!!
Ratings 51% 3 stars; 33% 4 stars; 8% 5 stars; 7% 2 stars; 1% 1 stars
Herewith a list of my best-loved reads for 2018, the links are to my review.
1. Everything Here is Beautiful Mira T Lee ***** FICTION, AUDIO
2. Circe Madeline Miller ***** FANTASY, AUDIBLE
3. Educated Tara Westover ***** MEMOIR
4. Rust & Stardust T Greenwood ***** HF, AUDIBLE
5. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens ***** FICTION
6. The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne ***** HF
7. An American Marriage Tayari Jones ***** FICTION, AUDIO
8. White Crysanthemum Mary Lynn Bracht ***** HF
9. The Sealwoman's Gift Sally Magnusson ***** HF, AUDIO
10. Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward **** FICTION
11. The Girl Who Smiled Beads Clemantine Wamariya **** MEMOIR
12. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen **** CLASSIC, AUDIBLE
13. The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe Douglas Rogers **** MEMOIR
14. In the Land of the Armadillos Helen Maryles Shankman **** HF
15. Calypso David Sedaris **** MEMOIR, AUDIBLE
My wish for everyone in 2019 is that they read books that will make them think, feel, laugh, cry and take them out of their comfort zone.
Thanks for all your great reviews and comments, I love "seeing" you all on GR!