2018: MY YEAR IN BOOKS ...

FAVOURITE COVERS ...

(In no particular order other than those in which I read the book)

JANUARY ...

1. SITTING MURDER by A.J. Wright {RFR}
2. HANS MY HEDGEHOG (RETOLD) by Kate Coombes 
3. BAD HAIR DAYS by J.M Forster {RFR}
4. DELIZIA! THE EPIC HISTORY OF THE ITALIANS AND THEIR LOVE OF FOOD by John Dickie {RC}
5. BRAHMAHATYA by Mittal Rayiv {RFR}
6. * A POCKETFUL OF CROWS by Joanne Harris
7. THE ARCHITECT'S APPRENTICE by Elif Shafak {OCRG}

FEBRUARY ...

1. DON'T FEED THE ELEPHANTS by Sherry Ellis {RFR}
2. THE HERMETICA: THE LOST WISDOM OF THE PHARAOHS by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy {RC}
3. * HOME by Amanda Berriman {W}
4. THE ARMSTRONG GIRL- A CHILD FOR SALE: THE BATTLE AGAINST THE VICTORIAN SEX TRADE by Cathy Le Feuvre
5. IN SEARCH OF MARY: THE MOTHER OF ALL JOURNEYS by Bee Rowlatt {OCRG}
6. VICIOUS CIRCLE by Wilbur Smith {RC}
7. * THE FED-UP COW by Peta Lemon {RFR}

MARCH ...

1. DARK TRACKS by Philippa Gregory
2. BLACK RABBIT SUMMER by Kevin Brooks {RC}
3. WITCH HUNTERS: PROFESSIONAL PRICKERS, UNWITCHERS & WITCH FINDERS OF THE RENAISSANCE by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart {RC}
4. Charlemagne: Father of the Franks, Leader of the Lombards, and Premier Holy Roman Emperor by in60learning.com {RFR}
5. Hatshepsut: The Pharaoh-Queen of Egypt by in60learning.com {RFR - Click on title above for review}
6. THE LYONS ORPHANAGE by Charlie King {RFR}
7. JUST AN ORDINARY DAY by Shirley Jackson {OCRG}
8. * DON'T EVER LOOK BEHIND DOOR 32 by B.C.R. Fegan {RFR}
9. THE KAAWAD SCRIVENER by Rajiv Mittal
10.  A BETTER TEN COMMANDMENTS by James Miller {RFR}
11. THE DAY I FELL DOWN THE TOILET & OTHER POEMS by Steve Turner {RC}

APRIL ... 

1. BELFAST CENTRAL by A.K. Amherst {RFR}
2. * ALMONDS AND RAISINS by Maisie Mosco {RC - Click on the above title for review}
3. SCATTERED SEED by Maisie Mosco {RC - Click On Almonds And Raisins for review}} 
4. CHILDREN'S CHILDREN by Maisie Mosco {RC - Click on Almonds And Raisins for review}
5. RAGS TO RAGS by Cas Amato {RFR}

MAY ...

1. * I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME by Margaret Craven
2. BEYOND THE ARCH by David Evered
3. GO SET THE WATCHMAN by Harper Lee {OCRG}
4. I LEAP OVER THE WALL by Monica Baldwin
5. CARVED IN BONE by Jefferson Bass
6. ZELDA'S CUT by Philippa Gregory {RC}
7. GINGER KID by Steve Hofstetter {RFR}

JUNE ...

1. NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodie Piccoult {RC}
2. * VICTORIA & ABDUL: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF THE QUEEN'S CLOSEST CONFIDENT by Sharbani Basu
3. DARK MAGICK by Cate Tiernan {RC}
4. LIKE FATHER LIKE SON by Dorothy Webster Beck
5. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green {RC}
6. PERFECT by Rachel Royce {RC}
7. A BONE TO PICK by Charlaine Harris {RC}
8. GODDESS POWER PACK: LEARN HOW TO UNLEASH YOUR INNER GODDESS by Cordelia Brabbs

JULY ...

1. MARY ANN SATE, IMBECILE by Alice Jolly {RFR}
2. I'M A DRAGON YOU SEE by David Kirkman {RFR} {BT}
3. TIMMY ON THE TOILET by Peta Lemon {RFR}
4. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (+ 3 OTHER STORIES) by Truman Capote {OCRG}
5. ALL THE WINDED WORLD  by Kate Innes {RFR}
6. * THE GILDED KING by Josie Jaffrey {RFR}
7. THE STORY OF DR. DOLITTLE by Hugh Lofting {RFR} 
8. THE DAY THAT A RAN AWAY by B.C.R. Fegan {RFR}
9. CHATTY CAT 5: AUTUMN INTO WINTER by Suzan Collins {BR}

AUGUST ...

1. * THE DRY by Jane Harper {OCRG}
2. LAST SCENE ALIVE by Charlaine Harris {RC - See A Bone To Pick for review}
3. POPPY DONE TO DEATH by Charlaine Harris {RC - See A Bone to Pick for review}
4. THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah {ARC}
5. BEAUTY by Robin McKinley
6. MISS MARY'S BOOK OF DREAMS by Sophie Nicholls
7. SKULDUGGARY PLEASANT 5: MORTAL COIL by Derek Landy

SEPTEMBER ...

1. STRANGERS ON A BRIDGE by Louise Mangos {RFR}
2. ROTHERWEIRD by Andrew Coldecott
3. * THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS by Sophie Anderson
4. BOOK OF SHADOWS by Kate Tiernan
5. THE COVEN by Cate Tiernan {Link to review as above}
6. BLOOD WITCH by Cate Tiernan {Link to review as of Book Of Shadows}
7. *( AWAKENING by Cate Tiernan {Link to review as of Book Of Shadows}
8. NO.1 LADIES' DECTECTIVE AGENCY by Alexander McCall Smith {ABC}

OCTOBER ...

1. THE LYONS LEGACY by Charlie King {RFR}
2. * THE HEDGEHOG FEAST by Edith Holden
3. IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE by Emily Koch (OCRG}
4. CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE by Victoria Hislop
5. PHARAOH by Wilbur Smith
6. DEAD PRETTY by Candy Denham {RFR}
7. SITTING PRETTY by Candy Denham {RFR - Link to review as above}

NOVEMBER ...

1. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain {ABC}
2. WHISKEY AND BLOOD by Benjamin Brad Dison
3. * KATHARINE LUTHER. NUN. REBEL. WIFE. by Anne Boileau {BT}
4. SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY by Deanna Raybourn
5. ON FORGIVENESS by Richard Holloway 
6. THE LAST TUDOR by Philippa Gregory
7. CREATING A LIFE by James Hollis {Link as that for On Forgiveness}

DECEMBER ...

1. * SAVIOURS DAY by Lewis Kinmond {RFR} {BC}
2. MURDER ON CHRISTMAS EVE by Various authors {BC}
3. ANGELS AT CHRISTMAS by Debbie Macomber {BC}
4. ON STRIKE FOR CHRISTMAS by Sheila Roberts {BC}
5. IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MISTLETOE by Judy Astley {BC} 
6. RUMPOLE AT CHRISTMAS by John Mortimer {BC} (Yet to be reviewed)
7. PADDINGTON AND THE CHRISTMAS SURPRISE by Michael bond {BC} (Link as above)
8. A WINTER FLAME by Millie Johnson {BC} 

That is ...

• 91 books OR if you prefer 23,787 pages read this year (that's 17 more books/5,010 more pages than in 2017.

KEY ...

ABC: Arkansas Book Club
BR: Beta Read

BT: Book Tour

RC: Reading Challenge

RFR: Received for review

OCRG: Oxford Centre Reading Group

W: Won

*: Book(s) Of The Month

Please note: Whilst the books are always listed in the order in which I read them, they need not necessarily be reviewed in that order. 

 ... My 2018 Book Challenges Wrap.