Now that we are halfway through 2018 what book has been your favourite so far?
Now that we are halfway through 2018 what book has been your favourite so far?
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Now that we are halfway through 2018 what book has been your favourite so far?
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Currently Reading a great biography of Robin Williams .
By Andy Dougan?
Adding to my TBR. ??
It is by Dave Itzkoff. It has not been out long.
Holding up the universe
This book by far ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Firestarter
Dalai Lama’s cat ❤
The children star.
The Illuminae Files trilogy. Or The Great Alone.
The sun does shine
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The chataeu by Tiffany Reisz
Marlena by Julie Bunton… so good! Great beach read ?
The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Omg…I LOVED this book.
The Outsider by Stephen King.
On my tbr
The Gentleman’s guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things
This title alone sounds good ?
it’s my new favorite series and the covers are gorgeous. This one is book 1, the author is Martina McAtee, and it’s a really good YA series with diverse characters and love interests- it’s soooo good
Great question!
I would say “Circe” by Madeline Miller. I adore her. Her writing style is so beautiful and entrancing. I finished the book in 2 Days. Which is fast for me nowadays considering I have a toddler. ?
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black ❤️
Sky In The Deep, followed VERY closely by Children of Blood and Bone
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
A little life
One of my favorite books ever!
‘ THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES – A BIOGRAPHY OF CANCER ‘ BY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE. ONE OF THE FINEST IN SCIENCE WRITING !
Copy Cat. by Alex Lake
Reading that right now….glad to hear you liked it!
@Heather loved it! shared it with a friend and want it back to share with another one!!
@Ann well I was just going to do some housework but you have been a bad influence on me so I am going to read that book some more instead lol
I have two Wonder and Malala ??
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
I am half way through this one and love it!!!
On my tbr. Yay!
@Cari I just finished…it is a great book!! Heart-wrenching story!
@Angel, I keep hearing great things about this one. No wonder you liked it. ?
Children of Blood and Bone or The Outsider
Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens!
Chevy Stevens is my absolute favorite author! I recommend her book Still Missing to everyone.
I loveeee her! I just got Still Missing the other day! And I read Those Girls a few months back. That was good too!!
Sarah Powers I loved Those Girls!!
The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett
always wanted to read this, I didn’t realize it was so big!
@Angel It’s really good. The longest book I’ve ever read, but there wasn’t any slow parts.
I haven’t read a LOT of classics but always wanted to read this and I have no idea why lol, It’s on my list for ‘someday’ for sure!
and I love the cover!
The neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante
Cold Sunflowers by Mark Sippings
Hard one….maybe
The stand by king
Or
Alone in Berlin by fallada
Or les miserable ?
That’s a hard question. I loved them all but to pick one, I’ll say The Abominable by Dan Simmons.
Mmmm, I could mention 3 or 4… So, if I had to choose: Jayne Doe by Jamie Brook Thompson
that looks good!
I’ve not heard of this.
It’s pretty good! It’s one of those deals on Amazon if I remember correctly and here is the synopsis that got me instantly hooked: “Jayne is my sister.
Johnny is her boyfriend.
A week ago he murdered me.
Today he put Jayne in the hospital.
Tomorrow he’s going to die.
I’ll make sure of that.”
@Sandra wow
All the bright places only cause its the first book to make me cry in YEARS
Thank you for your service.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Year one by Nora Roberts! Followed by everything I have read of Pepper Winters.
The Light We Lost
For 2018 I really liked The Devils Punchbowl. I think The Family Corleone was also a 2018 read for me and a good one.
The thief by jr ward
Dear Bob and Sue
This is on my tbr.
11.22.63-Stephen King
Hmmm How To Hang A Witch By Adriana Mather or the sequel to Follow Me Back By A V Geiger.
I would say Summer Island by Kristin Hannah or Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins.
“As You Wish” by Cary Elwes. Was amazing especially if you are A Princess Bride fan. Was Cary’s experience making the movie and had quotes from everyone involved. I will be reading it again!
I will have to check that out. I love that book and the movie!
I told several of my friends about it and now they all have their own copies lol. They loved it!
All books by Sharing Lapena, & Chevy Stevens. Love those two authors.
This year? Undoubtedly The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Up Country by Nelson DeMille and The Store by James Patterson
Dear John
Ready Player One & The Kite Runner
Sometimes I Lie
Fabulous book!!!
@Heather just put this book on hold in my library
@Patti If you like it as much as I did you are in for a real treat!!
Yay — it’s on my tbr.
Putting on my TBR now. thanks.
Tom Joad
If the Creek don’t Rise
The hate u give
Tuesdays with Morrie
Philosopher’s Flight I was so surprised by how much I loved this book. I really hope there are more to come!
hard call. I’ll give the edge to BREAKTHROUGH by Michael C Grumley or INFINITY LOST by S. Harrison
The Outsider
The wife between us
Behind closed doors
Have you read The Break Down?Her new one.
Not yet. Soon!
Tim winton shepherds hut
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black ?and Furyborn by Claire Legrand ❤️
Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index by Emily Adrian
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs
A Court of Wings and Ruin. Most definitely
Nora Roberts Boonsboro inn Series.
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
Icy Sparks
Horns by Joe Hill
loved Horns too!
Milk and Honey ? by Rupi Kaur
Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas.
Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker.
Lilac Girls
on my tbr, cant wait to read.
A Man Called Ove
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
One of my favorites too!!
“The Concubine” by Elechi Amadi
That Night by Chevy Stevens
Seven fallen father’s for nonfiction and the Alice network for fic
Loved The Alice Network
The Beautiful Creatures Series
The outsider by Stephen King followed by the death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth ware and the hunger by Alma Katsu
on the hold list for Westaway – can hardly wait!
Close Encounters (and its sequel Close Contact) by Katherine Allred
The Woman In The Window by A.J Finn
The Fault In Our Stars
Coffin Road loved that book!
Waterborne Blade
The Hurricane Sisters
The Anomaly. It was my first book with the Book of the Month club. I never ever read Sci-fi books but I absolutely loved it!!
The Last Mrs. Parrish
On my tbr.
Unbury Carol.
The Hate You Give
Mystic River – I somehow missed it when it came out and never saw the movie but I was entranced. A literal page turner for me.
That was a great page turner and the movie followed it very closely with great acting. Thanks for the memories. Shutter island by Dennis LeHane is really good as well. Very compelling.
Artemis by Andy Weir, and The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I can’t pick just one because they’re so different.
The Outsider by Stephen King.
mine too!
I’ve read some great books this year. Three are at the top…The Alice Network, The Great Alone and Winter Garden. I think Winter Garden is my favorite so far for 2018.
Swamp Water by Ethel Wilson
Runaway by Alice Munro
Children of the blood and bone, and I’m not even done with it yet
The Crows of Brea
The collection series, ( the butterfly garden & The Roses of May & the summer children ) by Dot Hutchison. It’s so good! I loved the 1st and 3rd one the most.
Beneath the Scarlett sky is also amazing. It’s written by Mark T Sullivan
It’s based on a true story.
Stay With Me by Ayobsmi Adebayo
Beneath A Scarlet Sky
The handmaid’s tale
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig and Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood. Can’t wait for the sequel to it.
Beartown
So far this one
That was a good one.
Just loved this book. In my top 10
Small Great Things
13 Little Blue Envelopes ???
The Crossing by Wallace Stegner. A slow burning classic. Rich and rewarding.
I like Stegner. Have you read William Maxwell? He’s of the same era and very good.
Ah? Thanks for that – I’ll have a look! I found Stegner by accident when I was investigating books for my New England trip…he’s pretty much unknown in Australia, so he was a lucky find.
Hang on?! Is that THE Maxwell who edited all the great literary men of the early 20th century??
Alicia Thompson Yep! They Came Like Swallows and So Long, See You Tomorrow are my favorites.
@Alicia And have you read STONER by John Williams, also of that era?
Not yet, but I’ve been giving it long consideration!
amish
An arc of THE DRAMA TEACHER by Koren Zailckas. Loved it.
Really good read!!!!!
I just ordered this one from Thriftbooks.
@Shawn, you won’t be disappointed.
I’m looking it up on kindle now.
Little moments of love by catana comics
Wow that is like asking me to pick which toe I like best.
Lost Boy by Christina Henry
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Stephen King’s The Stand. I have about 12 pages left.
I hasten to add that although it’s a VERY big book, it’s not the only one I have read this year!
Changed my view on what homeless means, and who becomes homeless. Includes the start of a wonderful homeless community in Austin, TX
I have a few: Pachinko, Stay with me, An American Marriage, Educated, The Leavers, Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, The Immortalists, Behold the Dreamers.
A couple of those are on my TBR so I’m glad to hear they’re good.
I really loved Charmcaster by Sebastian De Castell. It was the third entry into his Spellslinger series. This series contains one of my top three favourite female book characters as well, which is always fun : )
The Goldfinch
That’s on my Tbr.
@Cari , all 3 of Donna Tarrt’s books are wonderful
@Tonya, all three are actually on my tbr. Lol. Guess I should move them up the list. Which should I read first?
Well, gindfinch is the last but won the Pulitzer…I’d read them in order maybe?
I loved all of them, but Goldfinch is my top fave.
Sabrial by Garth Nix
The Language of Flowers. Older but excellent.
My bookclub read that one last year…it was good!
Shelter in place by Nora Roberts
The Hearts Invisible Furies
Wish I had a wowzer, but most of them are ‘also rans.’
Lies byT.M. Logan was really good. ARC
I forgot when it comes out but it was good. #Lies
#NetGalley
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
On my tbr. Yay!
It was great! Best quirky character ever!
@Tonya, can’t wait til I get to it. I love quirky.
Just Jenny ‘Blue Ridge Valley #1 by Sandra Owens
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Fenney.
The Night the Angel’s Came by Cathy Glass