2018 Reading List
2018 lasted a fucking century. It just went on and on forever. it probably didn't help that it was my second year in a row taking less than 10 days off work (besides federal holiday closures). This is going to change in 2019. It has to because I have a new job and I have time off days that are like, about 3 weeks, that are use it or lose it. I think my work hours are going to be longer too, so who knows what my 2019 reading list is going to look like, but my 2018 reading list is done.
I read
My book list, in mostly alphabetical order, except for the author grouping at the top.
I read
- 24 books
- 2,303 fic at about 20 million (ish) words
- Per my comparison shorthand I use, that's 42.6 reads of the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy (473k words)
My book list, in mostly alphabetical order, except for the author grouping at the top.
- A fashionable Indulgence (Society of Gentlemen 1) - KJ Charles
- A Gentleman's Position (Society of Gentlemen 3) - KJ Charles
- I read book 2 last year, and I finished out the trilogy, and I enjoyed them all (though book 2 is still my fave)
- Magpie Lord - KJ Charles
- Think of England - KJ Charles
- I think I read this twice through? I loved this
- The Book of Dust - Phillip Pullman
- Was excited to get back into His Dark Materials universe. I rarely rarely ever enjoy children protags, and it really caught me up here, but the world building was cool
- China Rich Girlfriend - Kevin Kwan
- Read this right after the movie for the first book came out.
- Circe -Madeline Miller
- Loved loved loved this. She writes greek mythology so well, but the pov in this book was impossibly to pull away from
- City of Stairs -Robert Jackson Bennett
- Super interesting world building. And some interesting looks at colonization
- A Conspiracy of Truths - Alexandra Rowland
- Adored the tone of the lead character storytelling you the whole book
- Cut & Run-Abigail Roux
- I need to read the rest of this series
- Desperate Hours (Star Trek Discovery tie in)- David Mack
- I'm looking foreward ot more DiscoTrek tie-ins. I like the world
- A Discovery of Witches- Deborah Harkness
- Read it in prep for the show and also cuz I love vampires. This was fine
- Forest of a Thousand Lanterns - Julie Dao
- ★★★★★ from the pov of a character who's gonna end up the Evil Queen Stepmother in an ancient china fantasy setting. Fuck. Yes. Started my year with this.
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue -Mackenzie Lee
- The most disaster of bisexual main characters.
- Level Up -Cathy Yardley
- It's been so long. I can't remember this book
- Lord of the Fading Lands - CL Wilson
- Barely remember this, but I remember not enjoying this too much
- The Poppy War- R.F. Kuang
- ★★★★★ finished out my year with one of my favourite main characters. Loved. This. Book. Ended my year with another murdering lady in a fantasy china setting.
- The Psychopath Test- Jon Ronson
- Didn't learn anything new, but the author put together a good non-fiction book
- The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
- The next ones are on my list
- Shards of Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold
- Really enjoyed this, more than I thought I would.
- Space Opera - Catherynne Valente
- This was like. Douglas Adams doing David Bowie doing glitter and fun and joy. I adored this book.
- The Women Men Don’t See -James Tiptree Jr.
- A classic that I actually loved.
- To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo
- I love my murderous female leads. This one a siren. Not enough murdering in this book,. and it felt like it ended too quickly, but I did love love love the world
- Where Death Meets the Devil - L.J. Hayward
- I don't even know where I heard of this book and how I got to reading it, but I did finish it in like a blink because it was an easy enjoyable read.