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2018 Reading List

I’ve read at least 100 books a year for the past four years, so it’s fair to say I’m an avid reader. As such, I love giving and receiving book recommendations.

This list is where I will track my monthly reading, posting my list for you. I know you also like reading recommendations, so this list should assist you with those.

Visit my bookstore to view and purchase books I’ve given perfect grades within the past several years, as well as some of my all-time favorites.

You can join Amazon Kindle Unlimited for a 30-Day Free Trial to read unlimited digital books using the previous link.

You also can try Audible, where I listen to many books by using this link: Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks.

As always, happy reading!

December 2018 (7 books read)

1. Somebody’s Daughter – D

2. Between You and Me – D

3. The Good Sister – C

4. Rising Out of Hatred – B

5. Under My Skin – B

6. If She Knew – C

7. The Last Day of Emily Lindsey – C

November 2018 (6 books read)

1. Leaders Eat Last – A

2. The Guise of Another – B

3. A Spark of Light – A

4. Stretched Too Thin – A

5. Hope in the Dark – A

6. To the Bridge – D

October 2018 (9 books read)

1. Insight – D

2. Something in the Water – B

3. Dare to Lead – B

4. Whisper Me This – C

5. Tell Me More – A

6. Insane – B

7. Insight – D

8. Tear Me Apart – A

9. In Her Bones – A

September 2018 (9 books read)

1. The Death of Mrs. Westaway – A

2. Pieces of Her – A

3. The Power of Your Potential – C

4. No Limits – C

5. Educated – B

6. Fear: Trump in the White House – A

7. Ghosted – B

8. What the Eyes Don’t See – A

9. Soulful Simplicity – B

August 2018 (8 books read)

1. The Story of Arthur Truluv – B

2. #NeverAgain – B

3. The Missing – C

4. Dear Amy  – B

5. The Man with the Candy – D

6. Sick – B

7. Dead and Buried – B

8. Hyperfocus – B

July 2018 (13 books read)

1. The Last Mrs. Parrish – A

2. Little Deaths – D

3. Bring Me Back  – A

4. Still Me – A

5. The Free-Time Formula – D

6. Lying in Wait – C

7. The Poisoned City – A

8. I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses – B

9. The Other Side of the Wall – B

10. Far from the Tree – A

11. This Is How It Always Is – B

12. Off the Clock – B

13. Beauty in Broken Places – A

June 2018 (12 books read)

1. Her Last Word – A

2. One Click – A

3. The Lying Game – C

4. The Girl Without a Name – A

5. When Never Comes – A

6. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing – C

7. Pretty Girls Dancing – A

8. The Art of People – A

9. How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t – D

10. Roses of May – D

11. The Broken Girls – A

12. I’m Just Happy to Be Here – D

May 2018 (8 books read)

1. Every Note Played – A

2. Say You’re Sorry – B

3. The Neighbor – A

4. Kick Ass with Mel Robbins – B

5. Girl, Wash Your Face – A

6. The Lucky Ones – D

7. The Perfect Mother – B

8. Then She was Gone – A

April 2018 (6 books read)

1. The Good Daughter – A

2. How We Work – F

3. That’s What She Said – B

4. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark – C

5. Killman Creek – B

6. The Sun Does Shine – A

March 2018 (10 books read)

1.  The Only Girl in World – B

2. The Vanishing Season – B

3. The Trophy Child – C

4. The Woman in the Window – A

5. Unraveling Oliver – A

6. Enough As She Is – D

7. A False Report – B

8. The 5 a.m. Miracle – A

9. Look for Me – B

10. 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do – B

February 2018 (9 books read)

1. Good Me, Bad Me – B

2. My Sister Milly – A

3. The Party – C

4. Girl Last Seen – B

5. Permission to Screw Up – A

6. Getting Off – F

7. The Breakdown – A

8. Killers of the Flower Moon – D

9. The Motivation Myth – A

January 2018 (15 books read)

1. The Wife Between Us – B

2. Serial Killers – A

3. Here and Gone – B

4. The Girl in the Leaves – C

5. If I Am Missing or Dead – B

6. The Man from the Train – D

7. On Pills and Needles – B

8. I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool – B

9. Overload: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News – C

10. Last Breath – B

11. Hillbilly Elegy – C

12. Almost Gone – B

13. The Best Year Ever – B

14. 30 Lessons for Living – B

15. Amy: My Search for Her Killer – B

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