I had a lot of great reads this year, and kicked my reading goal's ass with 52 books read, 12 over my goal of 40!
This was such a beautiful read of an emotional puzzle. Deals with marriage and love and fame and work and racism and LGBT+ issues and parenthood and the ties that bind us. Highly recommend.
If you have any questions/concerns/judgements about poverty in America, read this. It was a supremely logical explanation of the psychology of poverty and provided self-realization (which, for a classic overthinking introvert, is a rare thing). Made me angry, but in a "more aware" way.
So late to the party on this one. But it was Southern creepiness done right.
This book is hard and controversial and I get it, but ugh. Made me think and feel and hurt and cry and rejoice. It questions right and wrong and love and sex and protection and rules and family and youth and life. It is not an easy book or a book you want to read if you live in a black and white world. But if you believe in the gray, it will ruin you in the best way.
Ahhh! Callie may be one of my favorite characters of the year. She is good and bad and strong and sassy and insecure and I looooooove her. And Millie. And everything about this book. Wonderfully fun in a YA way but so thoughtful.
This was such a fun roller coaster of a read. It is a collection of stories about females in America. It moves in chronological order, but the stories have nothing to do with one another. Some are fantasy, some are current-day fiction, some have humans as protagonists, some have fantasy or mythological beings as protagonists, some are rich, some are poor, some are black and some are white and some are Hispanic...overall just a super cool collection of stories by females about females.
I definitely still found some problematic issues with this book, but I love the way it delves into the divisions and differences within Christianity. Too often, both inside and outside the faith, Christians are painted with a broad stroke. But there is a good bit of diversity within the faith and we all need to acknowledge that.
Keeping with the somewhat theme of strong women, Circe rocked. She's a quiet but emotional witch from Greek mythology, and one of my favorite characters this year. I can't even describe exactly what it was that I loved about this book, but I just loved it. It was a reminder of myself and a hope and a comfort and...yeah. Sometimes books come at the right time, and for whatever reason this was right for me.
ETA:
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
I finally finished Children of Blood and Bone on December 30th, after this link-up went live, but I'm coming back to add because THIS BOOK WAS GREAT. I knew it would be, and I'm so pumped for the rest of the series. The first time I read it I just wasn't in the mindset to focus and give it the proper energy, but that was my issue and no reflection of this book. Once I finally committed, it sucked me in and captured my attention and I loooooved it. Just read it.
ETA:
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
I finally finished Children of Blood and Bone on December 30th, after this link-up went live, but I'm coming back to add because THIS BOOK WAS GREAT. I knew it would be, and I'm so pumped for the rest of the series. The first time I read it I just wasn't in the mindset to focus and give it the proper energy, but that was my issue and no reflection of this book. Once I finally committed, it sucked me in and captured my attention and I loooooved it. Just read it.
What were your favorite reads of 2018?
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