My 2018 Read list

This is a running list of the books I've read each month, with a copy of the cover as my favourite of the month - which turns out to be 34! WOW! I am not including any of the manuscripts I have worked on for my author friends, as sometimes they had no working title when I received it, or the author has decided to withhold it from the public as it's being queried out, but there are likely a dozen or two I'd add to the list.

It's definitely been a nice variety as our book club switches genres each month. That's fun - it's nice to read something a little different. 

January

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda Brunstetter
Bera the One-Headed Troll by Eric Orchard
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins


February 

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Husseini
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins



March

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Love Connection by Camilla Isley
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Landing Luck by Tracy Krimmer
Caraval by Stephanie Garber (re-read)



April 

Bird Box by Josh Mailerman


May 

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
Spelled by Betsy Schow


June

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill


July 

Pax by Sarah Pennypacker
Weird Things Customers Said in Bookstores by Jen Campbell
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
Mrs. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh



August 

The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd
The Inn Between by Marina Cohen
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnson


September

The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
Blackheart by Nicole Castroman

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October


Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

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November

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Whispering Magpies by J. Huet
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs



December

My Life as a Country Album by LJ Evans

my life as a country album (my life as an album Book 1) by [Evans, LJ]


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