Per tradition, I always have the goal to read as many books as I will have candles on my birthday cake for that year. Some years I go over, some years I have not met the goal, and some years I barely make it. This past year was a good reading year. I went past my goal which I don't think I have done in a while. I also have the goal that 5 of those books should be non-fiction. So here is my list, not in any order besides the order I read them in.
1. Letter from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkein
2. The Secret of the India Orchid by Nancy Campbell Allen
3. Radio Girls by Sarah Jane Stratford
4. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
5. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough***Non-fiction
6. I am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley--a Flavia deLuce mystery
7. Edenbrook by Julianne Donaldson
8. Miss Whitaker Opens her Heart by Jennifer Moore
9. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
10. Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley--a Flavia deLuce mystery
11. The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley--a Flavia deLuce mystery
12. Miss Wilton's Waltz by Josi Kilpack
13. Lieutenant Terry's Christmas Fudge by Gerald Lund***Non-fiction
14. A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa***Non-fiction
15. The Chase by Clive Cussler
16. All that Makes Life Bright by Josi Kilpack
17. The Lady of the Lakes by Josi Kilpack
18. The Vicar's Daughter by Josi Kilpack
19. The Striker by Clive Cussler
20. The Wrecker by Clive Cussler
21. Zemindar by Valerie Fitzgerald
22. A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin
23. Fire Fly Lane by Kristin Hannah
24. A Long Time Gone by Karen White
25. The Scourge by Jennifer A Nielsen
26. The Assassin by Clive Cussler
27. The Gangster by Clive Cussler
28. Exile for Dreamers by Kathleen Baldwin
29. For Love or Honor by Sarah M Eden
30. Refuge for Masterminds by Kathleen Baldwin
31. The Continuous Atonement by Brad Wilcox***Non-fiction
32. Seeking Persephone by Sarah M Eden
33. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
34. The Kiss of a Stranger by Sarah M Eden
35. Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M Eden
36. Promises and Primroses by Josi Kilpack
37. Friends and Foes by Sarah M Eden
38. As Chimney Sweepers come to Dust by Alan Bradley--A Flavia deLuce mystery
39. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff***Non-fiction
40. Loving Lieutenant Lancaster by Sarah M Eden
41. The Chilbury Ladies Choir by Jennifer Ryan
42. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley
43. Drop of Gold by Sarah M Eden
44. The Book of Mormon***Non-fiction
45. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Looking back I LOVED the book A Man Called Ove. I laughed and laughed when I read that. I enjoy Alan Bradley's Flavia De Luce mystery series and Clive Cussler's Isaac Bell series. I really like proper romances and regency romances--books by Sarah M Eden, Josi Kilpack, Nancy Campbell, Julianne Donaldson and Jennifer Moore. I enjoy WWII historical fiction. 2018 was a great year of reading and looking forward to what 2019 brings!
Happy reading!!!!
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