Best book you read in 2018:
Oooh, that's a difficult one! I've gone up and down my list a myriad times and I can't seem to pick one book that stands out. The perplexing theft of the jewel in the crown by Vaseem Khan was a pretty cool book and I adored Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson was a very clever book as well which explored OCD in a clever way.
Children's fiction:
That's a hard question. I would say that A Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones was my favourite book of the year. I thoroughly enjoyed it and all the books it led me onto.
I also loved The Ice Sea Pirates by Frida Nillson- it was a beautiful read.
Crime fiction:
Children's fiction:
That's a hard question. I would say that A Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones was my favourite book of the year. I thoroughly enjoyed it and all the books it led me onto.
I also loved The Ice Sea Pirates by Frida Nillson- it was a beautiful read.
Crime fiction:
I bought 3 books at Barter Books by Anna Dean which are the series called the Dido Kent mysteries. All three of these were really clever and in a vein of brilliance which reminded me of Agatha Christie. A particularly good one of these was A gentleman of fortune. The denouement was really surprising!
Classics:
I think the only Classic I read this year was a Children's Modern Classic, "Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" which I have seen for years. Oh and The Hobbit which I read for the first time since I was 8!!! That was so exciting to read. I had forgotten so much of it!
YA:
I think of Rainbow Rowell as a YA writer and I read her book 'Landline' which was a great read. Is it really YA though?
Dystopian fiction:
I didn't read any new dystopian fiction this year- only reread 2 of the Hunger Games books and for me, the original is the best!
Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2017:
I was really surprised to discover, upon reading Archer's Goon, by Diana Wynne Jones, that from reading one name, Hathaway, that I had seen one random episode of an episode of it on children's TV when I was a child. It was SUCH a crazy, yet brilliant book and totally not what I expected.
Book that you read in 2017 that you recommended most to others
Best series you discovered in 2018:
Without a doubt, discovering Diana Wynne Jones' Worlds of Chrestomanci series was a highlight for me. I absolutely ADORE Chrestomanci and I am saving the ONE book in the series, Mixed Magics, which I haven't read, as I can't bear to think there are no more new books to read in this series.
Also, I must mention The Deptford Mice series because they are SO epic. Very, very dark for children's books, perhaps too dark, but so compelling.
Favourite new author you discovered in 2018I discovered the wonderful children's author, Emma Carroll this year. Funnily enough, I had heard about her from someone and then my little sister told me about her the day we went to Barter Books and lo and behold, we looked at the pile of books I'd bought and Emma Carroll's The Girl who walked on air was one of them!
Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love but didn't.
The casual vacancy- J K Rowling.
It's J.K Rowling. I thought I'd love it. And I WAS compelled to read it but I thought the characters were utterly odious and I didn't like the way the book panned out.
Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre to you:
I'm not sure I really read anything outside my comfort zone though I did think Six Stories (see more below in another category) was very different from many books in that genre I've read before.
Book you read in 2018 that you're most likely to read again in 2018:
Favourite book you read in 2018 from an author you've read previously:
Best book you read in 2018 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else:Well, there were two: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and Six stories by Matt Wesolowski. In Corbridge, Northumberland, there is a great bookshop called Forum Books. I love chatting to one of the staff called Jake. He asked me what I liked reading the most and I said, Historical Whodunnits. He asked if I had tried any modern whodunnits, not historical. I replied in the negative and he recommended the above two to me, as well as a few others. I bought these two and he was right! They were so compelling and different from my usual offerings. They still had that feeling of a whodunnit but in a totally modern way but not too gory. I've subsequently bought the next Matt Wesolowski one, Hydra, to be read this year.
Favourite cover of a book in 2018:
This was a book curated by Abi Elphinstone featuring various children's authors. Such a beautiful cover!
Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2017:
Book you can't BELIEVE you waited until 2017 to read:
Favourite relationship from a book you read in 2017 (be it romantic, friendship etc):
Most memorable character in a Book you read in 2018Undoubtedly, the main character Flavia De Luce from The sweetness at the bottom of the pie by Alan Bradley. The detective in question is 11 years old, precocious and utterly brilliant.
Genre you read the most from 2018:
Book that was the most fun to read in 2017:
Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2017:
Book you read in 2018 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out:
Total Number of books read in 2018:
I started a Daphne Du Maurier book several times but got bored with it so it definitely wasn't the best!
Non-fiction:
I'm laughing at the fact I didn't read any non-fiction except for 'Horrible Histories Frightful World War One by Terry Deary' which isn't exactly high-brow stuff. It was highly entertaining though!
Non-fiction:
I'm laughing at the fact I didn't read any non-fiction except for 'Horrible Histories Frightful World War One by Terry Deary' which isn't exactly high-brow stuff. It was highly entertaining though!
Unless you count Gerald Durrell's My family and Other animals which is autobiographical. Also entertaining!
YA:
I think of Rainbow Rowell as a YA writer and I read her book 'Landline' which was a great read. Is it really YA though?
Dystopian fiction:
I didn't read any new dystopian fiction this year- only reread 2 of the Hunger Games books and for me, the original is the best!
Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2017:
I was really surprised to discover, upon reading Archer's Goon, by Diana Wynne Jones, that from reading one name, Hathaway, that I had seen one random episode of an episode of it on children's TV when I was a child. It was SUCH a crazy, yet brilliant book and totally not what I expected.
Book that you read in 2017 that you recommended most to others
Best series you discovered in 2018:
Without a doubt, discovering Diana Wynne Jones' Worlds of Chrestomanci series was a highlight for me. I absolutely ADORE Chrestomanci and I am saving the ONE book in the series, Mixed Magics, which I haven't read, as I can't bear to think there are no more new books to read in this series.
Also, I must mention The Deptford Mice series because they are SO epic. Very, very dark for children's books, perhaps too dark, but so compelling.
Favourite new author you discovered in 2018I discovered the wonderful children's author, Emma Carroll this year. Funnily enough, I had heard about her from someone and then my little sister told me about her the day we went to Barter Books and lo and behold, we looked at the pile of books I'd bought and Emma Carroll's The Girl who walked on air was one of them!
Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love but didn't.
The casual vacancy- J K Rowling.
It's J.K Rowling. I thought I'd love it. And I WAS compelled to read it but I thought the characters were utterly odious and I didn't like the way the book panned out.
Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre to you:
I'm not sure I really read anything outside my comfort zone though I did think Six Stories (see more below in another category) was very different from many books in that genre I've read before.
Book you read in 2018 that you're most likely to read again in 2018:
I've got so many books to read it's unlikely there will be a reread so soon. That said, I seem to read The Hunger Games periodically. The most likely is, however, It must have been the Mistletoe.- Judy Astley- since I only read half before I left it on the train! I'm looking for it in the charity shops!
Favourite book you read in 2018 from an author you've read previously:
I read a book by Lauren St John last year and I read several books by her this year about a girl named Martine who lives in a Nature reserve in South Africa. I enjoyed all of these but particularly loved The Dolphin's Tale. These books have a powerful eco message in terms of animal cruelty and the effects of human activity on animals.
Best book you read in 2018 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else:Well, there were two: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and Six stories by Matt Wesolowski. In Corbridge, Northumberland, there is a great bookshop called Forum Books. I love chatting to one of the staff called Jake. He asked me what I liked reading the most and I said, Historical Whodunnits. He asked if I had tried any modern whodunnits, not historical. I replied in the negative and he recommended the above two to me, as well as a few others. I bought these two and he was right! They were so compelling and different from my usual offerings. They still had that feeling of a whodunnit but in a totally modern way but not too gory. I've subsequently bought the next Matt Wesolowski one, Hydra, to be read this year.
Favourite cover of a book in 2018:
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This was a book curated by Abi Elphinstone featuring various children's authors. Such a beautiful cover!
Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2017:
I would say that reading so much about the first world war in Stories from World War One really did have a big impact on me.
Book you can't BELIEVE you waited until 2017 to read:
I don't really feel like I was waiting to read any of the books except that I can't believe it has taken me 30 years to reread The Hobbit for the second time!
Book that had a scene in it that had you reeling and dying to talk to somebody about it (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss etc). Be careful of spoilers:
I don't think there was anything I could classify as anything like that BUT I read Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford and it did really make me want to talk about what I'd learnt about the BBC in it.
Book that had a scene in it that had you reeling and dying to talk to somebody about it (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss etc). Be careful of spoilers:
I don't think there was anything I could classify as anything like that BUT I read Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford and it did really make me want to talk about what I'd learnt about the BBC in it.
Favourite relationship from a book you read in 2017 (be it romantic, friendship etc):
I don't want to give much away about this book but I loved the relationship between the main characters in Secrets of a Sun King.
Most memorable character in a Book you read in 2018Undoubtedly, the main character Flavia De Luce from The sweetness at the bottom of the pie by Alan Bradley. The detective in question is 11 years old, precocious and utterly brilliant.
I would also say Chrestomanci/adult Christopher Chant from the books I mentioned before but one really mustn't be in love with a fictional character!
Genre you read the most from 2018:
Probably Crime fiction. Though I did read ALOT of children's fiction.
Best 2018 debut:
Best 2018 debut:
Taylor and Rose, Peril in Paris was a brilliant book published in 2018. It's not Katherine Woodfine's debut book but it was great.
Book that was the most fun to read in 2017:
I'm not sure that any of the books were particularly FUN as much but I did enjoy the novelty of reading 7 Helen Moss Adventure Island books which I bought for me niece- they were greatly like the Famous Five with a modern spin and I really enjoyed them- it was like having that wonderful feeling of reading a new Famous Five book in my childhood years.
Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2017:
Stories from the First World war made me cry. SO much loss of life.
Book you read in 2018 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out:
Er....??? I don't think I have enough knowledge of reviews, reading forums or and reading amounts to answer this.
Total Number of books read in 2018:
Surprisingly, I read 130 books it seems which is about 30 more than usual. I think the extra comes from a series of school reading books I picked up in the charity shop for school and really wanted to read so they were all reads of about 10 minutes although I did begin making reading notes and questions for parents and teachers which took more time. There were 27 of them.
December:
118. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH-Robert C. O'Brien
119. Flavia De Luce. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie - Alan Bradley.
120. A merry Mistletoe wedding- Judy Astley.
121. Mistletoe and Mayhem - Kate Kingsbury
122. The mystery of the Whistling caves - Helen Moss
123. The mystery of the Midnight Ghost - Helen Moss
124. The mystery of the Hidden Gold - Helen Moss
125. The mystery of the missing masterpiece - Helen Moss
126. The mystery of the cursed Ruby. - Helen Moss
127. The mystery of the Vanishing skeleton - Helen Moss
128. The mystery of the Dinosaur Discovery. - Helen Moss
129. The Deptford Histories: The Alchemyst's cat. Robin Jarvis
130. The Mistletoe murder and other stories- P.D. James
November:
110. The Dolphin's tale - Lauren St John.
111. Secrets of a Sun king - Emma Carroll
112. The Deptford Mice- The Dark Portal - Robin Jarvis
113. The Deptford Mice- The Crystal Cave- Robin Jarvis
114. The Deptford Mice- The final reckoning - Robin Jarvis
115. The Last Leopard - Lauren St John.
116. Hexwood - Diana Wynne Jones
117. Goldfish Boy - Lisa Thompson
October:
102. A woman of Consequence (Dido Kent mysteries) - Anna Dean.
103. Stories of the First World War- Jim Eldridge.
104. The Pinhoe Egg- Diana Wynne Jones
105. A gentleman of fortune (Dido Kent mysteries)- Anna Dean.
106. A place of confinement (Dido Kent Mysteries)- Anna Dean.
107. Taylor and Rose- Peril in Paris- Katherine Woodfine.
108. The White Giraffe - Lauren St John.
109. The Whitby Witches- Robin Jarvis
September
92. The magicians of Carpona (The worlds of Chrestomanci)- Diana Wynne Jones
93. Mortlock - Jon Mayhew.
94. Witch Week (The worlds of Chrestomanci)- Diana Wynne Jones
95. The Lives of Christopher Chant (The worlds of Chrestomanci)- Diana Wynne Jones
96. The Three-Body Problem - Catherine Shaw.
97. Conrad's fate (The worlds of Chrestomanci) - Diana Wynne Jones
98. Tennis Shoes- Noel Streatfield
99. The One Dollar Horse- Lauren St John.
100. Horrible Histories Frightful World War One- Terry Deary
101. Rattle his Bones- Carola Dunn.
August:
79. The casual vacancy- J K Rowling.
80. RSVP - Helen Warner.
81. The mysterious and beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton
82. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkein.
83. Fright Forest -Marcus Sedgewick
84. Monster Mountains -Marcus Sedgewick
85. Dread Desert -Marcus Sedgewick
86. Creepy Caves-Marcus Sedgewick
87. The Case of the Missing Treasure (Murder Most unladylike) Robin Stevens
88. Archer's Goon - Diana Wynne Jones
89. Charmed Life (The worlds of Chrestomanci) - Diana Wynne Jones
90. Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet- Gerry Davis
91. The Girl Who walked on air- Emma Carroll
July:
72. The Lost Luggage Porter-
73. Mistletoe and Murder- Robin Stevens
74. Deeds of Darkness- Edward Marston.
75. The Elephant's Tale- Lauren St John.
76. Magpie Murders- Anthony Horrowitz
77. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
78. The case of a murdered Muckraker - Carola Dunn.
June:
64. The Keeper of Lost Things- Ruth Hogan
65. Sydney Chambers and the Shadow of Death- The Granchester Mysteries- James Runcie
66. A Spoonful of Murder- Robin Stephens
67. The Ice Sea Pirates- Frida Nilsson
68. First Class Murder- Robin Stevens
69. The woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
70. The Lost Luggage Porter (Jim Stringer- Steam detective)- Andrew Martin
71. Murder Most Unladylike - Robin Stevens.
May:
55. Kidnap in the Caribbean - Lauren St John
56. Gangsta Granny - David Walliams
57. Grandma Bendy and the Great Snake Escape
58. Little Stars- Jacqueline Wilson
59. Demon Dentist- David Walliams
60. It must have been the Mistletoe.- Judy Astley- Half before I left it on the train!
61. The Palace Library- Steve Loveridge
62. Hetty Feather - Jacqueline Wilson
63. The Gunpowder plot- Carola Dunn
April
47. Landline- Rainbow Rowell
48. Murder in the Snow- Gladys Mitchell
49. The Hunger Games- Michelle Collins.
50. Speedy death - Gladys Mitchell
51. Rosalie and the Chalet School- Elinor Brent Dyer
52. Messenger of Truth- Jacqueline Winspear
53. The school at the Chalet - Elinor Brent Dyer
54. The Bawdy Basket - Edward Marston
March
42. The Master of Maryknoll by Malcolm Saville
43. Vintage Murder - Ngaio Marsh
44. Ticket to Oblivion - Edward Marston
45. The Long Passage - Malcome Saville
46. Gerald Durrell- My family and other animals
February
7. The perplexing theft of the jewel in the crown- Vaseem Khan.
8. Six stories - Matt Wesolowski
9. The Railway Detective - Edward Marston
10. Ant's Pact - Elen Caldecott
11. The Sands of Akwa- Elen Caldecott
12. Holo-board Havoc.- Elen Caldecott
13. The trap- Mike Brownlow
14. The secret whirlpool- Elen Caldecott
15. Race to the Pyramid- Karen Ball
16. The Screams of the Raptiss- Elen Caldecott
17. One step ahead.- Karen Ball
18. Chamber of Treasures- Karen Ball
19. Space Hunt- James Noble
20. The deadly Cave- James Noble
21. Grumptus Attack- James Noble
22. Return to Exis. - Tony Bradman
23. The Miines of Moxor - James Noble
24. The Contest.- James Noble
25. Planet Exis- Tony Bradman
26. Attack of the Buzzles- Tony Bradman
27. Battle with the Beast.- Tony Bradman
28. The Empty Palace.- Tony Bradman
29. Nurp Stampede- Mike Brownlow
30. The Crystal Planet- Karen Ball
31. Tiger x 4- Elen Caldecott
32. The Ruby Cage- Karen Ball
33. The Hunt for Nox- Karen Ball
34. Attack of the Giant Meeb
35. Fear forest.- Steve Cole
36.Swamp Crash- Steve Cole
37. Spaceship Graveyard- Steve Cole
38. Save the World!- Steve Cole
39. The Cave of Life. -- Steve Cole
40. Nights at the Circus- Angela Carter
41. Signal for Vengeance- Edward Marston
January
6. Radio Girls - Sarah-Jane Stratford
5. Winter Tales- Various Authors compiled by Abi Elphinstone
4. Mr Stink - David Williams
3. Unpleasantness in the Ballroom- Catriona McPherson
2. The Hunger Games- Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
1. The Norfolk Mystery- Ian Samson
Just in case you fancy answering these, here is a handy list of the questions. I got this from Janet at www.jbisintheinitial.blogspot.com originally.
Leave me a link in the comments if you did this as I LOVE this type of blog post. Bev from Confuzzledom did it already as did Salazar at 14 shades of grey!
December:
118. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH-Robert C. O'Brien
119. Flavia De Luce. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie - Alan Bradley.
120. A merry Mistletoe wedding- Judy Astley.
121. Mistletoe and Mayhem - Kate Kingsbury
122. The mystery of the Whistling caves - Helen Moss
123. The mystery of the Midnight Ghost - Helen Moss
124. The mystery of the Hidden Gold - Helen Moss
125. The mystery of the missing masterpiece - Helen Moss
126. The mystery of the cursed Ruby. - Helen Moss
127. The mystery of the Vanishing skeleton - Helen Moss
128. The mystery of the Dinosaur Discovery. - Helen Moss
129. The Deptford Histories: The Alchemyst's cat. Robin Jarvis
130. The Mistletoe murder and other stories- P.D. James
November:
110. The Dolphin's tale - Lauren St John.
111. Secrets of a Sun king - Emma Carroll
112. The Deptford Mice- The Dark Portal - Robin Jarvis
113. The Deptford Mice- The Crystal Cave- Robin Jarvis
114. The Deptford Mice- The final reckoning - Robin Jarvis
115. The Last Leopard - Lauren St John.
116. Hexwood - Diana Wynne Jones
117. Goldfish Boy - Lisa Thompson
October:
102. A woman of Consequence (Dido Kent mysteries) - Anna Dean.
103. Stories of the First World War- Jim Eldridge.
104. The Pinhoe Egg- Diana Wynne Jones
105. A gentleman of fortune (Dido Kent mysteries)- Anna Dean.
106. A place of confinement (Dido Kent Mysteries)- Anna Dean.
107. Taylor and Rose- Peril in Paris- Katherine Woodfine.
108. The White Giraffe - Lauren St John.
109. The Whitby Witches- Robin Jarvis
September
92. The magicians of Carpona (The worlds of Chrestomanci)- Diana Wynne Jones
93. Mortlock - Jon Mayhew.
94. Witch Week (The worlds of Chrestomanci)- Diana Wynne Jones
95. The Lives of Christopher Chant (The worlds of Chrestomanci)- Diana Wynne Jones
96. The Three-Body Problem - Catherine Shaw.
97. Conrad's fate (The worlds of Chrestomanci) - Diana Wynne Jones
98. Tennis Shoes- Noel Streatfield
99. The One Dollar Horse- Lauren St John.
100. Horrible Histories Frightful World War One- Terry Deary
101. Rattle his Bones- Carola Dunn.
August:
79. The casual vacancy- J K Rowling.
80. RSVP - Helen Warner.
81. The mysterious and beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton
82. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkein.
83. Fright Forest -Marcus Sedgewick
84. Monster Mountains -Marcus Sedgewick
85. Dread Desert -Marcus Sedgewick
86. Creepy Caves-Marcus Sedgewick
87. The Case of the Missing Treasure (Murder Most unladylike) Robin Stevens
88. Archer's Goon - Diana Wynne Jones
89. Charmed Life (The worlds of Chrestomanci) - Diana Wynne Jones
90. Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet- Gerry Davis
91. The Girl Who walked on air- Emma Carroll
July:
72. The Lost Luggage Porter-
73. Mistletoe and Murder- Robin Stevens
74. Deeds of Darkness- Edward Marston.
75. The Elephant's Tale- Lauren St John.
76. Magpie Murders- Anthony Horrowitz
77. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
78. The case of a murdered Muckraker - Carola Dunn.
June:
64. The Keeper of Lost Things- Ruth Hogan
65. Sydney Chambers and the Shadow of Death- The Granchester Mysteries- James Runcie
66. A Spoonful of Murder- Robin Stephens
67. The Ice Sea Pirates- Frida Nilsson
68. First Class Murder- Robin Stevens
69. The woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
70. The Lost Luggage Porter (Jim Stringer- Steam detective)- Andrew Martin
71. Murder Most Unladylike - Robin Stevens.
May:
55. Kidnap in the Caribbean - Lauren St John
56. Gangsta Granny - David Walliams
57. Grandma Bendy and the Great Snake Escape
58. Little Stars- Jacqueline Wilson
59. Demon Dentist- David Walliams
60. It must have been the Mistletoe.- Judy Astley- Half before I left it on the train!
61. The Palace Library- Steve Loveridge
62. Hetty Feather - Jacqueline Wilson
63. The Gunpowder plot- Carola Dunn
April
47. Landline- Rainbow Rowell
48. Murder in the Snow- Gladys Mitchell
49. The Hunger Games- Michelle Collins.
50. Speedy death - Gladys Mitchell
51. Rosalie and the Chalet School- Elinor Brent Dyer
52. Messenger of Truth- Jacqueline Winspear
53. The school at the Chalet - Elinor Brent Dyer
54. The Bawdy Basket - Edward Marston
March
42. The Master of Maryknoll by Malcolm Saville
43. Vintage Murder - Ngaio Marsh
44. Ticket to Oblivion - Edward Marston
45. The Long Passage - Malcome Saville
46. Gerald Durrell- My family and other animals
February
7. The perplexing theft of the jewel in the crown- Vaseem Khan.
8. Six stories - Matt Wesolowski
9. The Railway Detective - Edward Marston
10. Ant's Pact - Elen Caldecott
11. The Sands of Akwa- Elen Caldecott
12. Holo-board Havoc.- Elen Caldecott
13. The trap- Mike Brownlow
14. The secret whirlpool- Elen Caldecott
15. Race to the Pyramid- Karen Ball
16. The Screams of the Raptiss- Elen Caldecott
17. One step ahead.- Karen Ball
18. Chamber of Treasures- Karen Ball
19. Space Hunt- James Noble
20. The deadly Cave- James Noble
21. Grumptus Attack- James Noble
22. Return to Exis. - Tony Bradman
23. The Miines of Moxor - James Noble
24. The Contest.- James Noble
25. Planet Exis- Tony Bradman
26. Attack of the Buzzles- Tony Bradman
27. Battle with the Beast.- Tony Bradman
28. The Empty Palace.- Tony Bradman
29. Nurp Stampede- Mike Brownlow
30. The Crystal Planet- Karen Ball
31. Tiger x 4- Elen Caldecott
32. The Ruby Cage- Karen Ball
33. The Hunt for Nox- Karen Ball
34. Attack of the Giant Meeb
35. Fear forest.- Steve Cole
36.Swamp Crash- Steve Cole
37. Spaceship Graveyard- Steve Cole
38. Save the World!- Steve Cole
39. The Cave of Life. -- Steve Cole
40. Nights at the Circus- Angela Carter
41. Signal for Vengeance- Edward Marston
January
6. Radio Girls - Sarah-Jane Stratford
5. Winter Tales- Various Authors compiled by Abi Elphinstone
4. Mr Stink - David Williams
3. Unpleasantness in the Ballroom- Catriona McPherson
2. The Hunger Games- Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
1. The Norfolk Mystery- Ian Samson
Just in case you fancy answering these, here is a handy list of the questions. I got this from Janet at www.jbisintheinitial.blogspot.com originally.
Leave me a link in the comments if you did this as I LOVE this type of blog post. Bev from Confuzzledom did it already as did Salazar at 14 shades of grey!
- Best book you read in 2017
- Children's fiction
- Crime fiction
- Classics
- Non-fiction
- YA
- Dystopian fiction
- Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2018
- Book that you read in 2018 that you recommended most to others
- Best series you discovered in 2018
- Favourite new author you discovered in 2018
- Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love but didn't.
- Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre to you.
- Book you read in 2017 that you're most likely to read again in 2018
- Favourite book you read in 2018 from an author you've read previously.
- Best book you read in 2018 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else.
- Favourite cover of a book in 2018
- Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2018
- Book you can't BELIEVE you waited until 2018 to read.
- Book that had a scene in it that had you reeling and dying to talk to somebody about it (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss etc). Be careful of spoilers
- Favourite relationship from a book you read in 2018 (be it romantic, friendship etc)
- Most memorable character in a Book you read in 2018
- Genre you read the most from 2018
- Best 2018 debut
- Book that was the most fun to read in 2018
- Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2018
- Book you read in 2018 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out.
- Total Number of books read in 2018
I don't know why but I like book about ww2.
ReplyDeleteTwo books that I shall remember for a long time are 'The Draughtsman' and 'Forty Autumns'
Briony
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I've enjoyed the WW2 books I've read but I find anything about Auschwitz or treatment of Jews traumatising to read!
DeleteOoh, I've not heard of those books!
You're so organised Kezzie - great reading. I start each year planning to keep note of what I've read but never complete it and then give away the books cos they were good. I read The Colour Purple for the first time this year and adored it, and like yourself loathed the JK Rowling Casual Vacancy book - the characters were awful. And absolutely loved two books from a NI writer, Bernie McGill - The Butterfly Cabinet (which you might enjoy as it's an historical whodunnit sort of) and The Watch Tower set in the time of the Marconi tests of cross Atlantic communications.
ReplyDeleteGlad I am not the only one who disliked the book because of the odious characters. Ooh, I like the sound of both those last books!
Delete130 books, that is absolutely incredible! Where do you find the time to read on top of your already full-on schedule, I wonder? I haven't written down, nor even counted the books I've read, but I'd be happy if I totaled 30! xxx
ReplyDeleteI do have a commute to work and back each day that consists of an hour on a train and waiting time too plus I always read before bed and lots on holiday. Plus, I read super quickly!
DeleteMy oh my this list is brilliant !
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thank you Jan!
DeleteYou have obviously got much enjoyment from your broad reading. I am a bit stunned by the number of books!
ReplyDeleteI reallylove reading a book- it gives me such great escapism!
DeleteI've just read Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH! It was my second book of 2019.
ReplyDeleteI really must get round to reading Howl's Moving Castle this year. I've owned it since before we moved to Switzerland. Oops!
Yay, it was a good book, wasn't it! Yes, you must read Howl!!!
DeleteThis is a great idea for a blog post. 130 is an impressive number. You've read a lot of great books in 20181! I was thinking of putting together a similar post, where I would mention my 2018 reads and say something more about my favourite books.
ReplyDeleteYou should do this- you have such interesting things to say about books and I would love to know what you have read!
DeleteAww, love this. Well done for reading 130 books! I'm going to answer these questions too. I've made a "my 2018 in books" post, but this is a bit different. I'm going to publish it next week. :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, yes, do do it- I LOVe reading these posts!
DeleteI've made the post. Didn't managed to send the link earlier as I was away in London for a week: http://www.coffeeandbooks.co.uk/the-big-book-review-2018/
DeleteI like posts like this too... I have the list of questions ready but I've just not had time to sit and answer them (well, I suppose technically I've had time, but I've spent it reading rather than blogging!) . I would like to join in, if I can get it done in the next few weeks I will but after that I think it'll be too late!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed The Goldfish Boy and want to read other books by the same author. Would you believe, I've never read The Hobbit! or The Lord of the Rings! Every year I say I'll rectify that, but you know, so many books, so little time! It would help if I actually bought copies of them I suppose!