I am making my to read list for 2019. What was your favorite read of 2018?
I am making my to read list for 2019. What was your favorite read of 2018?
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I am making my to read list for 2019. What was your favorite read of 2018?
The tattooist of Auschwitz
“Only Child” by Rhiannon Navin
@Brooke I’m surprised this group hasn’t talked about that one more. It was one of my favorite books this year, too.
It was beautifully written and fascinating to have it told from the point of view of a child.
Even though the subject matter was difficult, I devoured the book.
@Brooke I agree. I listened to it and felt that the reader did an excellent job, too.
Oh my gosh, y’all. I cried and cried reading this book. SO. GOOD! Thanks for the rec.
Before we were yours or The Nightingale
Before we Were Yours too! Amazing
@Lavonne my high school ( entire student body) is reading this starting Jan 7th —
Following
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Where the Crawdads Sing
Before We Were Yours
The Nightingale
The Great Alone
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Ghosted
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Great Alone
The extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
I just finished The Snow Child and really enjoyed it.
The Nightingale, This is How it Always Is and Where the Crawdads Sing
The Breakdown by BA Paris, loved it. A great thriller without intense and unnecessary violence. White is for Witching, loved it. Ruth Ware is great. The Sawkill Girls was perfect.
The Nightingale, The Great Alone, and All Your Perfects
The Simple Wild by KA Tucker, Verity by Colleen Hoover
The inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny and Before we were yours
I didn’t know anything about Louise Penny until I saw her on a morning news show, and so glad I checked her out because I have now read all the series, and received the newest one for Christmas! Such a wonderful heartwarming series.
Eleanor oliphant and the great alone, how to walk away and one day in december!
Lilac Girls and The Alice Network
The House for Unwanted Girls, Great Alone and Educated
Beartown
Where The Crawdads Sings, The Great Alone, Us Against You (Sorry-I had three this year, but these are in order of my favorites at least ?).
The Hate You Give, The first 2 books in the Crazy Rich Asians series, and anything by Kristin Hannah. I loved the Nightengale and read a bunch of her other books this year. They were all amazing.
@Mary shes my newly discovered author. I am trying to read her books in the order that she wrote them.
@Robyn she’s amazing. I haven’t read all her books yet, but everyone I’ve read I’ve loved. Winter Garden was my next favorite.
@Mary I read The Great Alone. Loved it and I am listening to firefly lane on audio..and its the first audiobook that I have been able to focus on.
@Robyn Firefly Lane was also a great read. Enjoy
The Nightingale, Little Fires Everywhere, Beartown
Also The Witch Elm and anything Tana French does.
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Circe, The Great Believers, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, Pachinko.
The Lido. Death by Dumpling
The Immortalists
I loved this one!!
A Place For Us
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
I am so ready for Towles to release a new book. Love is work.
Three of my favorites were Orphan Train, The Outsider and The Girl You Left Behind.
@Laura I loved Orphan train
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.
I Regret Nothing by Jen Lancaster! So funny & true.
Social Creature
In a Dark, Dark Wood; The Life Lucy Knew; Everyone is Beautiful
The Birthday List by Devney Perry.
Verity by Colleen Hoover is getting rave reviews. I haven’t had time to dive in yet but it’s waiting for me. ?
@Jennifer good to know. I love most of her books. I am reading Ugly Love right now. My favorite of her is It Ends with Us.
That’s my favorite! It’s so good.
This was my first read by this author, but I couldn’t put it down. Read it in 4 hours. SO freakin good. So, so good.
She’s good. So good. And a nice person.
Beartown & Us Against You, by Fredrik Backman.
Eleanor and Park. I loved it. It wasnt a new book but it was my favorite.
America’s First Daughter
The Great Alone,
The Nightingle,
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
The Language of Flowers
I just finished The Great Alone and WOW. I could NOT put it down. It was amazing.
@Barbara I really enjoyed The Language of Flowers. I was reading at my volunteer “job” in front of the computer and kept googling the flowers as she mentioned them so they were my view.
@Laurie I got it at a yard sale and loved it.
Just checked it out thanks to you ladies!!
@Barbara The Great Alone was great!
Orphan Train
Atomic City Girls
The Orphan’s Tale
Beartown, Where the Crawdads Sing, How to Walk Away
Take Me With You
Jar of Hearts and usually not my type of book. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
@Michelle I just finished Jar of Hearts!!! Wow!! ??????
@Robin yes it was good. Usually I like Chic-Lit but this held my interest ?
Swear on this life by Renee Carlino. All her books are good that I read this year
Radium Girls
The Seven Husbands of Mrs. Evelyn Hugo
The Woman in the Window
Bad Blood
Rise and Fall of DoDo. It was also the longest book I read.
Beasts of Made of Night and the sequel were really good
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Great Believers