Books I read in 2018
1. Autonomous
Good world building but somehow either too long or too short.
By Annalee Newitz
2. Radical Candor
Some good ideas but overall too heavy on that bullshity lean in style of feminism.
By Kim Scott
3. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Loved this one. Travel editor retraces the steps of the guy that ‘rediscovered’ Machu Picchu along with an amazing Crocodile Dundee sort of man.
By Mark Adams
4. Odds Against Tomorrow
I liked this one a lot despite it not having that nice sci/fi diversity I’ve gotten used to lately.
Futurism is is a cool genre.
By Nathaniel Rich
5. A Wrinkle In Time
Classic
By Madeleine L'Engle
6. Soulless
I wonder if when Brook picked this for book club she realised it was basically a regency romance novel only with werewolves 😂
*update, she did not 😂😂
By Gail Carriger
7. Night Watch
Unsurprisingly good. Best part was the segue in the middle of a fight scene about how the crows came to be idiot savants.
By Terry Pratchett
8. Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country
Book club. Not my jam.
By Chavisa Woods
9. The Alchemists of Kush
Also book club. This was really good.
By Minister Faust
10. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
More affirming than anything else.
By Mark Manson
11.Farenheight 451
Missed reading this in school somehow. Excellent book.
By Ray Bradbury
12. Beastly Bones
Taking a YA break. Love Sherlock Holmes themed books.
By William Ritter
13. Working It
Trash. Didn’t even get to find out who the father of the baby actually was!
By Kendall Ryan
14. Owl and the Japanese Circus
Nice easy vacation read. Awesome world building, annoying main character.
By Kristi Charish
15. Space Opera
This book is amazing and excellent and one of the best I’ve read in awhile.
By Catherynne M. Valente
16. Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach
Book club book. Second book club book this year that was somehow either way too long or way too short. Main character was also an asshole.
By Kelly Robson
17. Telling the Map
Amazing. So good. I almost started it again immediately after finishing.
By Christopher Rowe
18. The Wedding Date
Cute. If you want to get into biracial romance novels this wouldn’t be a bad place to start.
By Jasmine Guillory
19. Blackfish City
Yeah really good. Because I read it in a few sittings I had a hard time remembering who was who - all the characters have short names. But the pacing was nice, the setting was interesting and I’ll never say no to an orca eating gangsters.
By Sam Miller
20. The Magpie Lord
I just wanted a relaxing gay paranormal romance to read and this definitely did the trick.
By KJ Charles
21. The Price Guide to the Occult
I picked this up without knowing anything about it as the book design is beautiful. Ended up being a very nice YA-ish (but very violent) book about witches and women overcoming mental health and family issues with a nice magical background.
By Leslye Walton
22. Station Eleven
Amazing overall. I could think of some small plot improvements, but they don’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
Two things I especially liked were the descriptions of Delano Island. It’s not a real place, but it’s based on where I grew up and I have similar issues when trying to describe it to people. And I enjoyed reading the Airport parts while on a plane and being completely freaked out on landing.
By Emily St. John Mandel
23. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
Not sure how this went unread by me for so long as it’s completely my jam.
My favourite part
By Jonathan L. Howard
24. Storm Season
Too many emotions for my liking. But the characters were excellent.
By Pene Henson
25. Brilliant
A very good jewel thief novel. I appreciated the main character is just a normal middle aged woman.
By Marne Davis Kellogg
26. Convenience Store Woman
I didn’t care for this one much. I think because I’ve read a lot of books like it.
By Sakaya Murata
27. Bones and Bourbon
Very cool idea but soooo boring for me personally. I didn’t think a book with evil killer unicorns could be dull.
By Dorian Graves
28. Ghostly Echos
One more to go. Not sure I like where the series ended up, but it’s still a good story.
By William Ritter
29. The Tea Master and the Detective
Surprisingly good actually, but I wish much longer.
By Aliette de Bodard
30. Circe
Yes. Amazing, loved it would recommend.
By Madeline Miller
31. The Gathering
Cool idea and world building but way too much white space. And halfway through it seemed the author just gave up and explained everything in a few pages.
By Kelly Armstrong
32. Deathless
This was excellent. A retelling of Russian fairy tales. Very brutal and dark with awesome characters and writing.
By Catherynne M. Valente
33. Ancillary Justice
Took me a min to get through because of all the alien history and names I had to learn, but worth it in the end. Been awhile since I read a solid space opera.
By Ann Leckie
34. The Dark Vault
Way too long and emo.
By Victoria Schwab