2018 Year in Review

Okay, I think I did everything right. I didn't do the best job of notes this past year. I got lazy. This should be everything though. If there is something that needs to be added, I will. This year will be relaxed. I haven't had the patience to read lately. We will see what happens by the end of the year. 

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge: 

A book made into a movie you’ve already seen:  The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The next book in a series you started: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (H.P. #5) by J.K. Rowling
A novel based on a real person: Cane River by Lalita Tademy
A book set in a country that fascinates you: Death of a Mad Hatter (Hat Shop Mystery #2) by Jenn McKinlay
A book with a time of day in the title: Lady Midnight (Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A book that is also a stage play or musical: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A book about feminism: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A book about mental health: By Your Side by Kasie West (Anxiety)
A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift:
A book by two authors: All Dressed in White (Under Suspicion #3) by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
A book about or involving a sport: Pivot Point (Pivot Point #1) by Kasie West [Football]
A book by a local author: What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (We both live in NC, just not in the same city)

A book with alliteration in the title: Tough Tug by Margaret Read MacDonald

A book with a weather element in the title: The Summer by Sarah Dessen
A book set on a different planet: A Wrinkle in Time (Time #1) by Madeleine L'Engle
A book with song lyrics in the titles: Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson (Song by: Kelly Clarkson)
A book with characters who are twins: A Wrinkle in Time (Time #1) by Madeleine L'Engle
A book from a celebrity book club: Cane River by Lalita Tademy 
A childhood classic you’ve never read: Road to Oz (Oz #5) by L. Frank Baum
 A book that’s published in 2018: Wedding Cake Crumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #10) by Jen McKinlay
A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen
A book set in the decade you were born: Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg
A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to:  By Your Side by Kasie West
 A book that involves a bookstore or a library: By Your Side by Kasie West
Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges: 

  A Book from an author you love that you haven't read yet [2015]: Pivot Point (Pivot Point #1)             by Kasie West

Big Book Challenge:

Goal: 12

Completed:13

Page Count: 7,157

1. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (402 pages)

2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (870 pages)

3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (652 pages)

4. Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson (449 pages) 

5. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg (496 pages) 
6. What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton (464 pages)

7. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #1) by Joanne Fluke (431 pages)
8. Cane River by Lalita Tademy (543 pages)
9.  Lady Midnight (Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare (669 pages)
10. Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs #2) by Fannie Flagg (560 pages)
11. 1st To Die (Women's Murder Club #1) by James Patterson (462 pages)
12. Beastly (Kendra Chronicles #1) by Alex Flinn (483 pages)
13. Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) by Brandon Sanderson (676 pages)

Personal Reading Challenge:

Goal: 12

Completed: 54

Throughout the year, I went up on the challenge (on Goodreads) but kept the original goal here so that I can see how I did and could do the comparison.

January :
1. Our Sunday Best by Lynn Johnston  4/5
2. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen 3/5
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 3/5
4. Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay 3/5

February 

1. Tough Tug by Margaret Read MacDonald 5/5

2. By Your Side by Kasie West 4/5

3. The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum 5/5

4. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen 3/5

5. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith 3/5

6. Malcolm X: The Last Speeches**   5/5

7. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 3/5

March 

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 4.5/5

2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.5/5

April 

1. Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson 4/5 

2. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg 4/5

3. Pivot Point by Kasie West 4.5/5

4. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis 5/5

5. Lucky in Love by Kasie West  3.75/5

May :

1. That Summer by Sarah Dessen 3/5

2. All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark  3.5/5

3. Last One Home by Debbie Macomber  4/5

4. Not A Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus by Kyle Idleman 3/5 

5. Wedding Cake Crumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #10) by Jenn McKinlay 5/5

June:

1. What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton 4.5/5

2. Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay 4.5/5

3. And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou 5/5

4. The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith 5/5

5. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen 3/5

July:

1. Fat Dad, Fat Kid by Shay Butler & Gavin Butler 5/5

2. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #1) by Joanne Fluke 3/5

3. Taming of the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton 2.75/5

4. The Emerald City of Oz (Oz #6) by L. Frank Baum 3.5/5

5. The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black 3/5

#7In7Readathon (7/23/18-7/29/18)

6. Cane River by Lalita Tademy (I started this book before the 7 in 7 & finished the last 100+ pages on day one)

7. The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles #2) by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black 5/5

8. Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles #3) by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black 4.5/5

9. The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles #4) by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black 4/5

10. The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles #5) by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black 4.5/5

Booktubeathon 2018  (7/30-8/5/18)

11. A Wrinkle in Time (Time #1) by Madeleine L'engle 2.5/5

August:

1.  Son of the Dawn (Ghosts of the Shadow Market #1) by Cassandra Clare & Sarah Reese Brennan  3/5

2. Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare  3/5

September:

1. Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs #2) by Fannie Flagg**    5/5

2. 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club #1) by James Patterson 4.5/5

Contemporary-A-Thon (9/17-9/23/18)

3. Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg 4.75/5

4. Until Friday Night (The Field Party #1) by Abbi Glines 3.5/5

Fall Into Reading-A-Thon (9/22-9/28/18)

5. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith 4/5

October:
1.  Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) by Brandon Sanderson 
2. Asking for Truffle (A Southern Chocolate Mystery #1) by Dorothy St. James
3. The Robot King by Brian Selznick
4. 50% Off Murder (Good Buy Girls Mystery #1) by Josie Belle/Jenny McKinlay
5. House by Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker
6. Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends by Barbara Johnson

December:
The Sisters' Guide to In-Depth Bible Study by Victoria L. Johnson

Favorite (**)