Alright, this is a little delayed… but here are some snapshots of my year in books for 2018. I want to read an extra 20 books this year and I can’t wait to hit it!
My Year in Books
Tag Archives: 2018
December 2018
I’ve been a little book crazy this month… mostly with the buying of books over the Christmas sales. But still… it’s all meant that I’ve not only got lots of new books on my shelf, but also lots of new books to sink my teeth into.
Standalone stories
- Wolfish in Sheep’s Clothing by Marta Acosta
- High Kicks and Misdemeanors by Janet Berliner
- 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
- The People’s Machine by Tobias S. Buckell
- Resonance by Mary E. Choo
- The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens
- The Chimes by Charles Dickens
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
- The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain by Charles Dickens
- The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas
- A Temporary Vampire by Barbara Emrys
- The Pagan Bride by Patricia Grasso
- Mother of Miscreants by Jennifer Greylyn
- Zeppelin City by Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick
- Close Knit by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- Chrysalis by Ronald Hore
- Forever Knight by Jackie Ivie
- Play Dead by Dina James
- Curse Me Wicked by Elle Jasper
- Gifts of the Magi by Jean Johnson
- Let the Night In by Sandra Kasturi
- The Longest Night by Mercedes Lackey
- Six by Marjorie M. Liu
- A Good Psycho is Hard to Find by Will Ludwigsen
- Numismatics in the Reigns of Naranh and Viu by Alex Dally MacFarlane
- Highland Heart by Heather McCollum
- Overbite by Savannah Russe
- Run, Run, Rudolph by Lynsay Sands
- Dear Prudence by Steven Savile
- Melting Frosty by Maggie Shayne
- PR Problems by Eric James Stone
- Astronaut Nick by Brad R. Torgersen
- The Anachronist’s Cookbook by Catherynne M. Valente
Series
- Naughty & Nice by Kevin J. Anderson
- Ayama and the Thorn Wood by Leigh Bardugo
- Little Knife by Leigh Bardugo
- The Soldier Prince by Leigh Bardugo
- When Water Sang Fire by Leigh Bardugo
- The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo
- Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day
- Wild Hearts in Atlantis by Alyssa Day
- Halloween in Atlantis by Alyssa Day
- Wolves of the Witchwood by Kate Forsyth
- In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead by Colleen Gleason
- Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel by Kim Harrison
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
- The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin
- Charlotte’s Web by Erin McCarthy
- The Harvest by Vicki Pettersson
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling & Olivia Lomenech Gill
- Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling & Jim Kay
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent
- Hunter’s Choice by Shiloh Walker
Short story collections
- The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
- A Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Treasures by Charles Dickens
- Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrisson, Lynsay Sands, Marjorie M. Liu & Vicki Pettersson
- Wild Thing by Marjorie M. Liu, Maggie Shayne, Alyssa Day & Meljean Brook
- An Enchanted Season by Nalini Singh, Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy & Jean Johnson
- The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance edited by Trisha Telep
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October 2018
Fieldwork has been picking up, and I have been having anxiety issues. Which makes it more likely that I’ve been reading short stories – they are a quick and easy fix that make me calm down without disappearing into a book for the ENTIRE day…
- The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
- Fangs for Hire by Jenna Black
- Bloodlist by P.N. Elrod
- Lifeblood by P.N. Elrod
- Eternal Strife by Dara England
- Fade to Black by Sherri Erwin
- Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan
- Water Bound by Christine Feehan
- Spirit Bound by Christine Feehan
- Air Bound by Christine Feehan
- Earth Bound by Christine Feehan
- Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Daughter of the Sea by Kathleen Givens
- Quicksilver by Cindy Holby
- Ode to Edvard Munch by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- The Steamdancer (1896) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- The Eternal Warrior by Jenna Maclaine
- The Righteous by Jenna Maclaine
- Winter by Marissa Meyer
- Something Old, Something New by Marissa Meyer
- Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
- Steampunk: Looking to the Future Through the Lens of the Past by Ekaterina Sedia
- Sekret by Lindsay Smith
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
- Assassin Study by Maria V. Snyder
- A Lodging for the Night by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Feast of Beauty by Helen Scott Taylor
- Icebreaker by E. Catherine Tobler
- Fixing Hanover by Jeff VanderMeer
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September 2018
September has been crazy for me. I have had my major review, I’ve been doing fieldwork. And I’ve had a few social things on. Basically, I have been feeling exhausted, slightly mental, and incredibly productive.
- The Trials of Bryan Murphy by Cat Adams
- Shifter Made by Jennifer Ashley
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
- The Awakening by Christine Feehan
- Wild Rain by Christine Feehan
- Burning Wild by Christine Feehan
- The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann Martin
- Cress by Marissa Meyer
- Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky by Marissa Meyer
- Fairest by Marissa Meyer
- The Princess and the Guard by Marissa Meyer
- Nia and the Beast of Killarney Wood by Nia Miles
- The Christmas Curse by Ruby Moone
- Beyond the Veil by Patricia Rice
- Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal by Emily Rodda
- Rowan and the Zebak by Emily Rodda
- Rowan of the Bukshah by Emily Rodda
- Shadows of the Master by Emily Rodda
- Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling
- Ocean Light by Nalini Singh
- The Pavilion on the Links by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Rajah’s Diamond by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Mortal Sins by Eileen Wilks
- Human Nature by Eileen Wilks
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August 2018
August is always a weird month for me – it’s my baby sister’s birthday and so should be one of my favourite months. But it also seems to be the month in which a lot of not-so-good things have happened in my life. Plus, it’s winter, and I hate being cold and sick, so I have just buried myself in the realm of books…
- A Mere Formality by Ilona Andrews
- The Romantic Poets by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Falling for Anthony by Meljean Brook
- Blind Spot by Meljean Brook
- The Heart is a Burial Ground by Tamara Colchester
- The Ballad of Rosamunde by Claire Delacroix
- Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan
- The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan
- Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan
- Dangerous Tides by Christine Feehan
- Safe Harbor by Christine Feehan
- Turbulent Sea by Christine Feehan
- Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
- The Blue Pebble by Shirley Kennedy
- Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon by Derek Landy
- Armor of Roses by Marjorie Liu
- Red Hot Fury by Kasey MacKenzie
- Green-Eyed Envy by Kasey MacKenzie
- Oracle by Margo Maguire
- Shifting Star by Vicki Pettersson
- Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
- Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
- Rookwood and Mrs. King by Lilith Saintcrow
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Hot August Moon by Katherine Sutcliffe
- Jodie’s Journey by Colin Thiele
- God’s Creatures by Carrie Vaughn
- Inked by Karen Chance, Marjorie Liu, Yasmine Galenorn & Eileen Wilks
- Lover Beware by Christine Feehan, Katherine Sutcliffe, Fiona Brand & Eileen Wilks
- Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews & Meljean Brook
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July 2018
I start my fieldwork next month (hopefully) which means that I have been spending a lot of time sorting out the things that I need for this. So I’ve found that I’ve read a lot of novellas, and easier tales this month. They’re a great, short way to distract myself. If I get too hooked into a full novel, well, then I seem to struggle to actually put the books down…
- Veiled Menace by Deborah Blake
- After Midnight by Fiona Brand
- Moon Called Volume 1 by Patricia Briggs & David Lawrence
- Moon Called Volume 2 by Patricia Briggs & David Lawrence
- Even Hand by Jim Butcher
- The Beacon by Shannon K. Butcher
- Even a Rabbit Will Bite by Rachel Caine
- Small Shen by Kylie Chan & Queenie Chan
- White Tiger by Kylie Chan
- Black Scales, White Fur by Kylie Chan
- Skin Deep by Karen Chance
- Dark Lady by P.N. Elrod
- Beastly by Alex Flinn
- Beastly: Lindy’s Diary by Alex Flinn
- Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn
- The Alchemist’s Key by Traci Harding
- The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris
- Beknighted by Deidre Knight
- Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
- Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
- The Blood by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
- Heads Will Roll by Lish McBride
- Dragon’s Nest by Emily Rodda
- Shadowgate by Emily Rodda
- Isle of the Dead by Emily Rodda
- The Sister of the South by Emily Rodda
- Krisis by Lindsay Smith
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June 2018
This month I have been writing my first paper / literature review for my PhD. I have written my research proposal (somehow scarier than anything I’ve ever done before) and just in general felt overwhelmed and stressed. Which tends to mean I read a little more than usual… so it was kind of good, and kind of not so good…
- Shutter by Courtney Alameda
- The Cypress Project by Gennifer Albin
- Hans Christian Andersen Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
- The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
- Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions by David Attenborough
- The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo
- Kangaroo Dundee by Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend Deleted Scenes by Katie Finn
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Blue Moon by Nikki Kelly
- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
- Dynamite Junior by Jennifer Mathieu
- Tortured by Caragh M. O’Brien
- Tough Mothers by Jason Porath
- First Bones by Kathy Reichs
- Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
- Cavern of the Fear by Emily Rodda
- The Isle of Illusion by Emily Rodda
- The Shadowlands by Emily Rodda
- Bridge of Snow by Marie Rutkoski
- Typecast by Jeff Ryan
- Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh
- Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed
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April 2018
April started off rocky – I was working a lot and trying to also make great progress on my PhD. For starters, the month started with a long weekend and one of my work mates being sick… But, luckily, I quickly found my flow and managed to get myself back on track.
- The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
- Bayou Brawl by L.A. Banks
- The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
- The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
- Lucinda’s Secret by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
- The Ironwood Tree by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
- The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
- Dating After the Apocalypse by Stephen Dorato
- Distressed Travelers by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
- A Day in the Life by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- A Misadventure to Call Your Own by Adrien Ludens
- Acknowledgements by Will Ludwigsen
- The Keeper by Marissa Meyer
- After Sunshine Passes By by Marissa Meyer
- The Mechanic by Marissa Meyer
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- The Queen’s Army by Marissa Meyer
- Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
- Mort by Terry Pratchett
- For Sale by David Sakmyster
- Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
- BRIANS!!! by D.L. Snell
- The Road to Balinor by Mary Stanton
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March 2018
I started my PhD this month. It’s been a pretty intense and overwhelming period. But, also one of the most exciting and surreal experiences that I’ve looked forward to for a long time!
- Blood Lite III: Aftertaste edited by Kevin J. Anderson
- Mint in Box by Mike Baron
- Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
- Roses in Winter by Patricia Briggs
- Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
- In Red with Pearls by Patricia Briggs
- River Marked by Patricia Briggs
- Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
- The Red Queen by Isobelle Carmody
- The Great Zombie Invasion of 1979 by JG Faherty
- Glitches by Marissa Meyer
- The Little Android by Marissa Meyer
- Let That Be a Lesson To You by Mark Onspaugh
- Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
- The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
- Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
- The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
- Angels’ Dance by Nalini Singh
- Angels’ Judgment by Nalini Singh
- Angels’ Pawn by Nalini Singh
- Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh
- Allegiance of Honour by Nalini Singh
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February 2018
This month I turned 25… which has made me begin to feel a little old. But that’s okay, because I can still disappear into the world of books…
- Wickedly Spirited by Deborah Blake
- Dangerously Charming by Deborah Blake
- Dangerously Divine by Deborah Blake
- Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
- I Was a Teenage Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
- The Sending by Isobelle Carmody
- Put on a Happy Face by Christopher Golden
- Devil’s Contract by E.S. Magill
- Tortall: A Spy’s Guide by Tamora Pierce
- Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
- Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
- The Maze of the Beast by Emily Rodda
- The Valley of the Lost by Emily Rodda
- Return to Del by Emily Rodda
- Tales of Deltora by Emily Rodda
- The Deltora Book of Monsters by Emily Rodda
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley
- Nine-Tenths of the Law by Eric James Stone
- Scrumptious Bone Bread by Jeff Strand
- Blood-Red Greens by Joel A. Sutherland
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