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Ashley"s 2018 Books
Great list! Someone just strongly recommended Unbroken to me today when she found out I was reading 2 WWII books. I may add it to my plan. Enjoy your 2018 books!
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Completed week 1 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
How did you like it? I read it last year and thought it was terrific.
I loved it. Such a great story and I loved the ending. I wasn't expecting it to end the way it did and it was great.
Completed week 3 Into the Water. Very good book and recommend it .Completed week 4 The Pillars of the Earth. This was also a good book. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters and following them through their life story.
Completed Week 5 The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle. This was very interesting. It was about Chris Kyle as a person and a little about his accomplishments. This is a different side the person in American Sniper.
Week 21: Switched and read American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. This was written by Chris Kyle about his time in the military and the battles he fought in. Contains his thought and also the balance of military and family.
Completed week 30A Wrinkle in Time. I thought this book was slow and did not really enjoy it. Nothing really happened and then it just ended.
I really disliked A Wrinkle in Time too. I’ll definitely be passing on reading the rest of the series!
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The movie might to be better as they can add a little more to hold your attention. Reviews only take you so far as everyone has different tastes. You may love the movie even with bad reviews. Hope you enjoy the movie though.
Week 23: Defending Jacob. This was a good legal thriller. Easy to read and you do not need to the know the law to read it. However, if you do know US criminal law, there is one part that you might dislike. It moves quickly past it and it does not deter from the book as a whole.
Completed week 29: And Then There Were None. This was an entertaining read and was a like a big and deadly game of clue. I enjoyed this book.
Completed week 27: Gone with the Wind. I enjoyed this book. There were a range of emotions as I read it. You go from liking characters to hating them and everything in between. The characters change so much with everything they go through.
I really liked Gone with the Wind too. Scarlett is one of those characters that I hate, but admire. She is a survivor.
Around the Year in 52 Books
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Don Quixote (other topics)The Pillars of the Earth (other topics)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (other topics)
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Ken Follett (other topics)Ivy Pochoda (other topics)
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the titleThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
5. A book about or inspired by real events
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes
7. A gothic novel
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
8. An "own voices" book*
On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Buyvis
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
11. A literary fictionLord of the Flies
12. A book set in Africa or South AmericaOut of Africa by Isak Dinesen
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 FireFatal Burn by Lisa Jackson
15. A book with an unique format/writing structureThe Book Thief
16. A narrative nonfictionUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
17. A book you expect to make you laughTalking as fast as I can by Lauren Graham
18. A book with a location in the titleVisitation Street by Ivy Pochoda
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friendsThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
21. A book written in first person perspective
American Snipe by Chris Kyle
22. A book you have high expectations or hope forKiss the Girls by James Patterson
23. A medical or legal thrillerDefending Jacob by William Landry
24. A book with a map
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of viewGrendel by John Gardner
26. A book with a text only coverTuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 WaterMystery at shadow Lake by B.L. Hoffman
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
And then there were none by Agatha Christie
30. A short bookA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I
32. An alternate history bookFarthing by Jo Walten
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)Gangster by Lorenzo Carcaterra
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
35. A book featuring a murderJack & Jill by James Patterson
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read beforeThe Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)A crime in the neighborhood by Suzanne Berne
38. A science book or a science fiction bookEragon by Christopher Pailini
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the titleTomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Ronald Dahl
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initialsThe Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwaterGhost Ship by Clive Cussler
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
44. A ghost story
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
45. A book that intimidates/ scares youX Isle by Steve Augarde
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your ownCat & Mouse by James Patterson
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)Pride and prejudice by Jane Austin
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
51. An award-winning short story or short story collectionWhat I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler
52. A book published in 2018
The President is Missing by James Patterson