As noted in Part 1, I read 63 books in 2018. I missed my goal of 70, but that was a pretty ambitious goal. 63 books over 52 weeks is still a lot. (An aside, here is a fun article about Canadians and their reading habits that I found when I was trying to figure out how many books the average Canadian reads in a year.)
As for the books themselves, I read mostly fiction (a mix of contemporary, romance, thrillers and beach reads) with some memoirs sprinkled in. I abandoned more books that I used to, but I don’t like to track that because it feels mean. I have come back to books I’ve abandoned in the past and enjoyed them which reminds me that frame of mind when reading a book is important.
I didn’t rate or review many of the books I read. I’m not sure if that’s because I don’t want a less-than five-star review to hurt an author’s feelings, or if I was just lazy about it. I’m not sure if I will take specific action on this during this year’s challenge. No sense in overthinking it.
I will share my favourite reads here though. Here is a list of the books I really enjoyed in 2018, in reverse order from what I read them in. I’d love to know what your favourite reads in 2018 were.
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky
- Just the Funny Parts: My 30 Years on the Hollywood Jungle Gym by Nell Scovell
- The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
- Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello
- How To Be Famous by Caitlin Moran
- This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps
- We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green
- This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications by Diane Schoemperlen
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg
- You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
- The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
- Nobody Looks That Young Here by Daniel Perry
- The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
- My Name Is Venus Black by Heather Lloyd
- Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
- Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
- Rosie Colored Glasses: A Novel by Brianna Wolfson
- They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock’n’Roll by Shep Gordon
- The Breaking Words by Gilaine Mitchell
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
