This is my journey in books for 2018!
This is my journey in books for 2018!
I read 23,289 pages across 90 books
The shortest book I read was Sea Life: Alphaprints (20 pages)
The longest book I read was Absolute Proof (553 pages)
The most popular book I read was The Woman in the Window which was read by 210,268 other people.
The least popular book was Tonk and the Battle of the 200 for which I was the solitary reader.
MY AVERAGE RATING FOR 2018 WAS 4.4 STARS
My favourite read of 2018 was
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My top 10 reads of 2018 are ( in no order)
The Lost Valley by Jennifer Scoullar
Lying and Dying by Graham Brack
Deathly Wind by Keith Moray
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
A Place to Remember by Jenn J McLeod
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
The Artisan Heart by Dean Mayes
Wild Fire by Anne Cleeves
The Greek Escape by Karen Swan
Birthright by Fiona Lowe
Books that made me laugh out loud
Who Killed the Movie Star by Lily Malone
The Book Ninja by Ali Berg
Laugh Your Head off Forever by Various
The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham
Books that had me on the edge of my seat
Scrublands by Chris Hammer
Gazelle in the Shadows by Michelle Peach
The Last Straw by Ed Duncan
The Woman in the Window by A J Finn
Recommended Young Adult reads
You Wish by Lia Weston
Jenna's Truth by Nadia King
Little Gods by Jenny Ackland
Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
Feel Me Fall by James Morris
Recommended Middle Grade reads
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
James Clyde and the Tomb of Salvation by Colm McElwain
Kat: The Legend of Gnawbonia by Nick White
I joined lots and lots of challenges across many Goodreads groups and found myself loosing track of what challenge in what group I was actually doing. I want to thank the awesome moderators that take the time to develop and post these fun challenges. I think I only finished a couple but my love of challenges will not diminish and I’m sure I will join more in 2019.
Thank you for all the friendships I’ve formed and all the fabulous recommendations I’ve received. Bring on 2019!!!
I am shocked - I haven't read any of these books - :0
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of Australian authors in there so the books are widely known
Deletesorry meant 'aren't widely known'.
DeleteYou had a great year. Hope 2019 is even better.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope your 2019 is awesome too.
Delete23,289 pages! amazing
ReplyDeleteI read a few children’s and Middle Grade.
DeleteThis looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteIt’s been a fun year. I’m looking forward to a bookish 2019.
DeleteGreat reading year!
ReplyDeleteThanks Melanie. I hope yours was too.
DeleteLooks like you had a great reading year. Way to go! May you enjoy many more awesome reads in 2019
ReplyDeleteThank you Jo. I'm looking forward to the reading year ahead.
DeleteLooks like you had a good year!
ReplyDeleteI read a lot of wonderful books.
DeleteWow, congratulations! 90 books is quite a lot.
ReplyDeleteThank you Karina. I have to confess, there are a few children’s books in that lot.
DeleteGreat list of books and authors.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenn. I had a good reading year.
DeleteOoooh, what an interesting wrap-up! I haven't logged into Goodreads in a while, I hadn't thought to check what was the most popular book I'd read - a fascinating stat to look at. Happy reading in 2019!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sheree. I think I spend too much time on Goodreads chatting when I should be reading.
DeleteWow that is a lot of pages! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThank you Heidi.
DeleteWow, 90 books, so great!! What is your new goal for 2019? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating!
It was a fun meme Esther., thanks for hosting. My goal for 2019 is 70. I like to keep it low so there is no stress on reaching it 😀
DeleteGreat job reading this year. I was the solitary reader of my least popular book too.
ReplyDeleteMine was a blog tour too. I don’t know what happened I think the tour company closed down.
DeleteAwesome recap!! I hope you have a great 2019!
ReplyDeleteThank you Erica. All the best for 2019.
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