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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Books I read in 2018

Happy 2019 everyone!!

I am so excited of what this year will bring!!! But, before I go into that, I am going to post a list of all the books I read in 2018! If I reviewed it, I have linked to it. Here are the links to my 2016 list, and 2017 list! I hope you enjoy!

This year was a little bit of a disappointment because I read some really bad books for school or challenges. Bleh, I always felt gross after reading them. I have hope, that this year will be better!


New-to-me Reads:

Mansfield Park - by Jane Austen (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Danny the Champion of the World - by Roald Dahl
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief - by Wendelin Van Draanen
Night of the Ninth Dragon - by Mary Pope Osborne
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem - by Vivian Vande Velde
The Goose Girl - by Shannon Hale
The Merchant of Mars - by Ronald Pisacuro
The Zookeeper's Wife - by Diane Ackerman
Flipped - by Wendelin Van Draanen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - by J. K. Rowling
The Cure - by Parker J. Cole
Time to Say Goodbye - by Parker J. Cole
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - by Kate Douglas Wiggin
When You Reach Me - by Rebecca Stead
Frankenstein - by Mary Shelley
Rainbow Valley - by L. M. Montgomery
The Beet Queen - by Louise Erdrich
Lady Susan - by Jane Austen
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - by Ann Brashares
Uncommon Type - by Tom Hanks
Mary Poppins - by P. L. Travers
Candide - by Voltare
The Midwife's Apprentice - by Karen Cushman
The Adventures of Robin Hood - by E. Charles Vivian
The Haunted Showboat - by Carolyn Keene
Death Comes to Pemberly - by P. D. James
Charlotte's Web - by E. B. White
The Body in the Library - by Agatha Christie
The Book Jumper - by Mechthild Gläser
Romeow and Juliet - by Kathi Daley
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - by J. K. Rowling
Angela's Ashes - by Frank McCourt (I didn't read all of it, because I cried it was so terrible, but I did so much I am counting it)
The Wild Robot - by Peter Brown
I Got This: To Gold and Beyond - by Laurie Hernandez
Enna Burning - by Shannon Hale
Mark Twain in Virginia City - by (I'll have to look this up)
Funerals are Fatal - by Agatha Christie
Cinder - by Marissa Meyer
Scarlet - by Marissa Meyer
Treasure of Hope - by Ceciliy Wolfe
Cress - by Marissa Meyer
Winter - by Marissa Meyer
Stars Above - by Marissa Meyer
Missing! - by Émile Gaboriau
The Travelers Story of a Terribly Strange Bed - by Wilkie Collins
Murders in the Rue Morgue - by Edgar Allan Poe
The Ten-Thirty Folkstone Express - by Sax Rohmer
Sarah, Plain and Tall - by Patricia MacLacnlan

Total: 48

Yikes, I need to review more!


Rereads:

The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis:
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle

The Anne of Green Gables Series - by L. M. Montgomery:
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars

Total: 11


My 10 Favorites New-To-Me (No specific order):

1. Flipped - by Wendelin Van Draanen
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - by J. K. Rowling
3. When You Reach Me - by Rebecca Stead
4. The Adventures of Robin Hood - by E. Charles Vivian
5. The Wild Robot - by Peter Brown
6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - by Kate Douglas Wiggin
7. The Rumpelstiltskin Problem - by Vivian Vande Velde
8. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief - by Wendelin Van Draanen
9. Cress - by Marissa Meyer
10. Winter - by Marissa Meyer


The Mount TBR 2018 challenge:
Click here for Bev's original post.

I picked Pike's Peak, which is Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s, and I did 15!:


Mansfield Park - by Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - by J. K. Rowling
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - by C. S. Lewis
Prince Caspian - by C. S. Lewis
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Frankenstein - by Mary Shelley
Rainbow Valley - by L. M. Montgomery
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - by Ann Brashares
Mary Poppins - by P. L. Travers
The Adventures of Robin Hood - by E. Charles Vivian
Funerals are Fatal - by Agatha Christie
Missing! - by Émile Gaboriau
The Travelers Story of a Terribly Strange Bed - by Wilkie Collins
Murders in the Rue Morgue - by Edgar Allan Poe
The Ten-Thirty Folkstone Express - by Sax Rohmer


The Mount TBR 2019 challenge:
I once again, pick Pike's Peak! I am really excited to participate again!


Thank you so much for reading this huge post! Have you read any of these books? Are they your favorite?

Happy 2019!

MovieCritic

12 comments:

  1. Oh, you read Death Comes to Pemberley?! How did you like it? I really enjoyed the mini-series, so I had been thinking about reading the book.

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    1. I like her style of writing, and she did a really good job at writing the characters, but I didn't really like the mystery. If you already know the mystery and like it, and think you would enjoy the book!!

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  2. Those are quite the lists! I'm so glad you participated in the Mansfield Park read-along this past year. :) I'm thinking of hosting another read-along soon... Trying to choose between Anne of Avonlea, Emily of New Moon, and The Silver Chair. Not sure if you'd want to read or re-read any of those in the not-too-distant future, but it would be awesome to do a read-along with you again! :)

    Also, I love that Cress and Winter made your favorite new-to-you list! That series is soooo good!

    Thanks so much for sharing, and for stopping by my blog too! *hugs*

    ~Amber

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    1. Thanks! Yes, I'm so glad I was able to participate as well!!! I really enjoy the questions that you put out, it makes me think about it more, and it makes me enjoy it more! Yes, I love Anne of Avonlea and The Silver Chair, and I have been wanting to read Emily of the New Moon for a long time! When you do host another one, I guarantee I'll join!! :)

      Yes! I really enjoyed Marissa Meyer's takes on the classic fairytales! I'm not usually a sci-fi person, but I zoomed through that series!!

      Thank you for reading! Yeah, but I need to comment in your blog again, soon! *hugs*

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  3. Congrats on all those books! I reread HP in 2018 and fell in love with the series. The Deathly Hallows is such a good book! <3

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    1. Thanks, Kara! It actually was the last book that made me love the whole series! It is the best book in the series, by far!! <3

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  4. Great list! Several of these intrigue me, like The Rumplestiltskin Problem.

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    1. It's good! It is a collection of six short stories. The author actually was always confused about the story, so she wrote six different versions of Rumpelstiltskin to see if it made more sense. All of them are so different, it is a very fun read!

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    2. Neat! My library doesn't have it, but they do have another collection by the same author that explores Little Red Riding Hood, so I'm going to try that.

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    3. Ooo! I hadn't heard of that one, I'll have to look it up!

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  5. That's a lot of books. I really need to start reading more.

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    1. Thanks, Skye! I only wish that there were more enjoyable ones in that mix. Though, I did read plenty of good ones.

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