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The Home for Unwanted Girls | Joanna Goodman

My favorite books of the year, did anyone else enjoy these?
#18in18
#favorites

Crazeedi Nightingale, before we were your, both excellent 6y

Judybskt The Lake House 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego This made my list too. It was very good

The Home for Unwanted Girls

Mindyrecycles Love Teribithia and Wonder and Time Traveler‘s Wife. Home for Unwanted Girls is my book club‘s pick for January but I haven‘t started yet. Glad to see the positive review. 🙂 Happy new year to you. 6y

sblbooks @Mindyrecycles I hope you enjoy it. Happy New Year to you too.

The Home for Unwanted Girls

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JoScho

The Craftsman | Sharon Bolton

These are my favorite books I read in 2018. It was a good reading year and I found so many wonderful new books thanks to Litsy. I could also include the Bill Hodges trilogy-loved it. See any books you loved? #18in2018 #18in18

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Some great books there! 📚 6y

LazyDays Ready player One is a good one. 6y

RadicalReader @JoScho I cannot wait for 2019 to read An Anonymous Girl and No Exit 6y

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JennyM Great list 🥳 6y

JoScho @JennyM @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego thanks! 6y

JoScho @LazyDays such a good one! 6y

JoScho @RadicalReader I read An Anonymous Girl and it was good but haven‘t read No Exit yet. Looking forward to it! 6y

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Oryx

Women Talking: A Novel | Miriam Toews

pick

I have to admit I almost bailed on this (mostly because I left it for a while and wasn't sure if I wanted to get back into it) but really glad I stuck with it. Beautifully written and thought provoking, it's horrifying that it's based on real events. Even beyond the atrocities visited on these women, some of the day to day realities of life for women in such authoritarian patriarchal communities is heartbreaking.

Cinfhen This was on my #18in18 list!! So powerful 6y

Oryx @Cinfhen Have you read any of her others? I read this one too, thought it was beautiful but also 💔. Fabulous writer.

All My Puny Sorrows

Cinfhen Not yet but I just picked up

A Complicated Kindness

Oryx @Cinfhen Now stacked 😁. Look forward to hearing what you think when you get to it. 6y

Cinfhen Will do and please let me know what u think 6y

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BridgetteM

Untitled | Unknown

Here are my favorite 18 books I read in 2018. A few of these ended up on my all time favorites list! #18in18 #18in2018

Jee_HookedOnBookz A few of my favs are in there too and my TBR 😁congratulations to a great year! 👍🏼🎉 6y

thebluestocking What a great year of reading! 🎉📚 I read and loved many of these this year too. Beartown and Just Mercy are probably all time favorites. 6y

Crazeedi I love your list! Many of them I read and enjoyed also! Whoohoo! 6y

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JennyM Great list! 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Love your choices! 6y

BridgetteM @Jee_HookedOnBookz @Crazeedi @JennyM @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Thank you! @thebluestocking I totally agree! Both of them are on my all time favorites list as well. 6y

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squirrelbrain

The Year in Review | Freedom Forum Media Studies Center

#18in2018 #18in18

Here goes, as I don‘t think I‘ll finish another one tomorrow....

In no particular order, as that‘s just impossible.... It was difficult enough picking these....

And hovering around just outside the top 18 were:

Speak
Conversations with Friends
There There
Circe
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Other Wes Moore
The Day the World Came to Town

Crazeedi Awesome list! 6y

Kalalalatja Some of my faves on this list 🙌🙌 6y

BarbaraBB Great list! I am now looking forward to the ones I haven‘t read! 6y

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Jee_HookedOnBookz Salivating at your list!! 6y

kplovesbooks Reading The Great Alone now!! 6y

JennyM Awesome list 6y

squirrelbrain @Crazeedi @Kalalalatja @BarbaraBB @Jee_HookedOnBookz @JennyM - most of them are complete #blameitonlitsy reads! 6y

squirrelbrain @kplovesbooks - hope you‘re enjoying it! Are you joining in with the Buddy Read? 6y

Crazeedi @squirrelbrain don't ya love it! 6y

kplovesbooks @squirrelbrain I am enjoying it! And by "enjoy" I mean crying over it! ? ...no, I've never done a buddy read! I intend to someday though. They sound like a blast! 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 💕😭

The Song of Achilles

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Cinfhen

World Book's Year in Review | World Book, Inc. Staff

I‘m ready to call my #18In2018 #18In18
Overall a great reading year. A few of these books were ARCs and won‘t be released until 2019 so I‘ll be curious to see if they make anyone‘s lists next year 😉🤩🥳 I cant pick a favorite but Song of Achilles & PoisonwoodBible are definitely my front runners 🥰
#BringOn19

KarenUK, BarbaraBB

Leftcoastzen Loved

Poisonwood Bible

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 will try and do mine tomorrow!! 6y

KarenUK We match 3 for this year👍💕... plus the Hedgehog is on my favorites of all time, and I‘ll definitely be reading some more of your picks in 2019! 6y

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IndoorDame The Elegance of the Hedgehog was my favorite read several years ago 😊 6y

Cinfhen Did we match on American Marriage, Immortalists and the Boyne !?!?!?! @KarenUK 6y

Cinfhen I can‘t wait to see your list @TrishB xx PLEASE tag me 6y

KarenUK @cinfhen American Marriage, immortalists and Song of Achilles... I‘m DEFINITELY reading the Boyne in 2019 though.... because I loved Furies sooooo much! 6y

Cinfhen Some of those”oldies” were really good @IndoorDame @Leftcoastzen and Poisonwood Bible & Elegance were for a markup book swap @BookaholicNatty @sisilia @shendrix413 #1001BookSwap @JenP 6y

Cinfhen Ooohhhh....you‘re gonna love it @KarenUK

A Ladder to the Sky

Kalalalatja So many books I want to read next year! 🙌 6y

Lmstraubie A nice mix of titles. I love the diversity in your reading. 6y

Hornsby78 I've got three of those ARCs on my TBR list already! 6y

Dragon Great ideas for next year‘s booksales, adding to my list! 📚💚🐉 6y

merelybookish Oooh I keep forgetting Miriam Toews has a new book out! I love her writing! Glad to see you liked it. 6y

Cinfhen The Toews was excellent @merelybookish but it seems to be getting mixed reviews. Which 3 are you looking forward to @Hornsby78 ??? 6y

Cinfhen Thanks so much @Lmstraubie @Kalalalatja @Dragon I do try to mix up my reads but sadly I do not read much middle school or YA. More my own choosing ....maybe I‘ll try to add some in 2019 6y

BarbaraBB Great list! I loved the Towles, Boyne and the Miller and am still looking forward to the Kingsolver 😘 (edited) 6y

Cinfhen Hahahahaha, I forgot I have Towles & Toews on my list @BarbaraBB and I know you didn‘t love the Toews so I was confused for a second 😘😘 6y

Lmstraubie @cinfhen You could always join us for the #mgbuddyread 😉 6y

BarbaraBB Lol, not the Toews 😂. 6y

Cinfhen I‘m gonna give it a try @Lmstraubie 🤩 6y

JennyM So much goodness! I‘m starting 2019 with Our Short History - I know it‘ll wreck me! 6y

Cinfhen The first book of the year is MAJOR @JennyM I hope you appreciate all the feels that Our Short History held for me 🤞🏼🤞🏼 I‘m trying to decide my first read for 2019 6y

Hornsby78 @Cinfhen The Dreamer, The Farm, and Once Upon a River. 6y

Cinfhen All three were really really good @Hornsby78 😍 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Loved

The Song of Achilles

emilyhaldi Ok, wow. Now I'm DYING to read Tampa. And yes to The Cactus & American Marriage 🙌🏻 6y

Cinfhen Thanks @emilyhaldi not sure what you‘ll think of Tampa but I still can‘t stop thinking about Celeste!!! 6y

Cinfhen I liked Circe too and I debated about putting it on my list but Achilles was definitely the stronger of the two in my opinion. Did u read Circe @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Not yet, but it's on my Jan TBR! 6y

Cinfhen Ahhh, so I‘ll be curious what u think @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego It‘s still a 4 Star read, which is high rating from me🤩 (edited) 6y

Centique @Cinfhen I totally agree about Song of Achilles - that one broke my heart and it‘s in there now forever 🙌 I‘m taking a screen shot of these 18 to refer to them later. They all look excellent! 6y

Cinfhen 😘😘 @Centique 6y

Reviewsbylola Soooooo many good books! 😍 6y

Cinfhen You‘re having an exciting new year‘s eve @Reviewsbylola that ball is about to drop and you‘re on Litsy 😁😂😘#priorities 💕💕💕Happy 2019, Steph 🎉🎉🎉Hope it‘s filled with love, blessings, laughter and awesome reads 6y

GatheringBooks i am super intrigued by the miriam toews title - it seems perfect for our #womenreadwomen2019 theme

Women Talking: A Novel

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MaleficentBookDragon

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman

Here are my top #18in18 #18in2018 w/ the tagged book my absolute favorite. This year I discovered new-to-me authors and became a big Ruth Ware fan. I have a new genre love - Steampunk Mysteries. I rekindled my love of creature/monster books, especially sharks, and remembered why I had loved Dean Koontz so much. Grady and Riley had two of my most favorite books this year. I'll be continuing with the cozies and anything by Mira/Seann. A good year!

Cinfhen I‘m gonna need some recommendations for #pop19 #extinctCreatures or #imaginarycreatures 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Good choices! 6y

vivastory What steampunk mysteries do you recommend? 6y

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vivastory @Cinfhen I really enjoyed

Into the Drowning Deep

Cinfhen Thanks for the rec @vivastory I think I‘ve already stacked but NOW I will note it in my 2019 planner 😉 6y

MaleficentBookDragon @vivastory Soulless and

Affinity Bridge: Roman (Newbury & Hobbes 1)

MarriedtoMrT Eleanor is my top pick for the year, too. I ❤️ her. 6y

MaleficentBookDragon @Cinfhen I agree with Into the Drowning Deep (I have that stacked). Also Relic or

Subterranean

MaleficentBookDragon @Cinfhen I really love

Ice Hunt

Cinfhen Thanks for the recommendations!! I‘ve noted them in my planner as well 🤓 6y

laur89 In a dark, dark wood is on my TBR list for ‘19!! 6y

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Adelle1

The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah

My #18in18, with The Great Alone being my absolutely favorite this year. It‘s been amazing year in reading for me... found my love of young adult, read a Science Fiction book and actually loved it, and I need more Fredrik Backman and pirates.

SilversReviews I chose 18 too. 😊 I couldn‘t choose 5 or 10!! 😊 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Love me some Bachman! Great picks! 📚📚 6y

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tealwish

Dark Matter | Blake Crouch

My top books of the year. #18in2018 #18in18 It's interesting how they are favorites for different reasons. Dark Matter was probably the most enjoyable of all.

Chrissyreadit We have a lot of favorites in common! I will have to read the ones you listed still on my toppling TBR. 6y

tealwish @Chrissyreadit That's Great! I have myself permission to read whatever I wanted this year and apparently that was a lot of Sci-fi and fantasy! 6y

Soubhiville Yes yes yes! I really loved so many of these! 6y

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tealwish @Soubhiville I love finding people who share my taste! Makes me wanna read more!! 6y

TK421 I really enjoyed Station Eleven and The Bear and the Nightingale. 6y

tealwish @TK421 The sequel to the Bear in the Nightingale was just as good in my opinion. I am excited for the 3rd one next year! 6y

Eggbeater I loved several of these and more are on my TBR. The Graveyard Book holds a special place in my heart. 6y

tealwish @Eggbeater I listened to The Graveyard Book audiobook read by Neil Gaiman. ❤ his voice!! Unfortunately I ran out of time on Libby and had to wait awhile for it to become available again, so that kinda broke up my reading experience. 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Excellent selection! 📚 6y

tealwish @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego It was my best reading year ever! 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 🎉🎉🎉 6y

staci.reads You have some Greta ones on there! 6y

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Elma

Every Heart a Doorway | Seanan McGuire

My #18in18 list. I read some really good books this year, especially the second half of the year. The tagged was probably my favorite. Hopefully next year I'll start out with some really good books. #18in2018

Crazeedi Love your picks, awesome! 6y

Elma @Crazeedi Thank you! 6y

Crazeedi @Elma welcome! 6y

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JennyM Great list - loving seeing everyone‘s picks 6y

Elma @JennyM Thank you! Me too! 6y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Loved Girl with All the Gifts! Got the sequal for Xmas, excited to read it.

The Boy on the Bridge

Emilymdxn Some amazing books! 6y

britt_brooke Great list!! 6y

Elma @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Nice! I really want to read the sequel. My husband got me M.R. Carey's newest book for Christmas. I'm not very far into it, but so far it's good.

Someone Like Me

Elma @Emilymdxn @britt_brooke Thanks!😊 6y

madamereadsalot1 I read More Happy than Not last year and it also landed in my top faves then! Such an amazing read! 6y

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