Sunday, December 31, 2017

MOVIE - Pitch Perfect 3

PG-13
Wide release 12/22/17
Viewed New Year's Eve 2017 - 10 degrees at Carlisle 8
IMBd: 6.2
RT Critic: 31   Audience:  53
Critic's Consensus:  Pitch Perfect 3 strains to recapture the magic that helped the original spawn a franchise, but ends up sending this increasingly unnecessary trilogy out on a low note.
Cag:  4/Liked it a lot
Directed by Trish Sle
Universal Pictures

Anna Kendrick, John Lithgow

My comments:  Oh, oh, oh, SO much better than Pitch Perfect 2!  Yay.  Thoroughly enjoyed this one.  Okay, the John Lithgow/Fat Amy part was a little weird, but added a nice bit of fun, and I like the way it started the movie with a scene that they came back to near the end.  There were some really funny parts, though a few of Fat Amy's fell a little flat.  And those girls sure can sing!  I love the USO aspect as well, and the other musicians in the movie were a great addition. I haven't seen the first one in awhile, but I'm thinking this one was pretty comparable.

RT/ IMDb Summary:  Now graduated from college and out in the real world where it takes more than a cappella to get by, the Bellas return in Pitch Perfect 3, the next chapter in the beloved series that has taken in more than $400 million at the global box office. After the highs of winning the World Championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, one last time.
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Reading Challenges Through the Years



2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
No. Read

70
73
71
78
63
63
73
Pgs. Read


24 K
23.5K
27 K
21 K
17.3K
?
Pict. Bks.


19
9
36
17
24

Current Yr.

25
18

19
22
17
14
10+ yrs old

5
6





One-word titles

12
6
7
12
6
9
12
AZ-ME-PA

4
6
10
8
5
5
2
YA

22
16
16
25
11
14
9
Middle Gr.

9
11
10


13

Beg. Rdr.

4






HF

8
2
4
5
4
4
4
CRF

15
13
15
22
18


N-F

0
0
0
3

1

Verse

1
1





Poetry

12




9

Myst

26
35
35
34
25
10

Para-Dyst-SciFi-Fant

15
15
5
12
7
4

AUDIO

28
28
41
34
32
19

Series

40
39
39
41

24

Short Stories

1
1


4


Global

7
14
6
12
11
9
5
4.5 or 5

23
14
15
22
15
17

New-to-me authors


34
29
40
29
20
10

2017 Reading Challenges 
2016 Reading Challenges 
2015 Reading Challenges 
2014 Reading Challenges 
2013 Reading Challenges 
2012 Reading Challenges 
2011 Reading Challenges
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2018 Reading Challenges

2018 Reading Challenges
18 Challenges for 2018

1.  Published in the Current Year - 2018
1.  Punishment - Scott Holliday
2.  The Chalk Man - C. J. Tudor
3.  Truly Devious - Maureen Johnson
4.  The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle - Leslie Connor
5.  The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory
6.  The Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware
7.  The Last Equation of Isaac Severy, The - Nora Jacobs
8.  The Book of M, The - Peng Shepherd
9.  Looking Glass  (Theo Cray #2) - Andrew Mayne
10.  A Gathering of Secrets (#10 Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo
11.  Front Desk - Kelly Yang
12.  Amish Renegade - Rose Doss
13.  Nice Try, Jane Sinner - Lianne Oelke
14.  In Dark Company (#9.5 Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo
15.  Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover
16.  The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
17.  Holy Ghost (Virgil Flowers #11) John Sandford
18.  The Bookshop of Yesterdays -Amy Myerson
19.  Part-Time Lover - Lauren Blakely
20.  The Rule Breaker - Cat Carmine
21.  My Fake Fiance - R. R. Banks

2.  Written before 2008 (over 10 years old)
1.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman (2007)
2.  Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall (2007)
3.  Naked in Death - J. D. Robb (1995)
4.  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt (1994)
5.  Glory in Death (#2 Eve Dallas) (1995)
6.  Open Season (#1 Joe Pickett) - C. J. Box (2001)
7.  Jar City (#3 Erlunder) Indridason (2000 in Iceland)

3.  One-Word Titles
1.  Warcross
2.  Punishment
3.  Prodigy
4.  Fangirl
5.  Unwind
6.  Outcast
7.  Saga
8.  Allusion 
9.  Zeroes
10.  Nyxia
11.  Obsidian
12.  Sanctus
13.  Scythe
14.  Roomies

4.  AZ, ME, or PA?
1. Night Hunter (Downeast ME)
2.  Massacre Pond (Downeast ME)
3.  Fields of Corn (Lancaster County, PA)
4.  Perfect Stranger (Western PA)
5.  The Bone Orchard, The (Maine)
6.  A Road Unknown, A (Lancaster County, PA)
7  The Secret (Lancaster County, PA)

5.  YA
1.  When Dimple Met Rishi - Sandhya Menon
2.  Warcross - Marie Lu
3.  Turtles All the Way Down - John Green
4.  Truly Devious - Maureen Johnson
5.  Prodigy (Legend #1) - Marie Lu
6.  The Disappearances - Emily Bain Murphy
7.  Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
8.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman
9.  Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall - Wendy Mass
10.  Outcast - Adrienne Kress
11.  Paper Girls: Vol. 1 - Brian K. Vaughan
12.  Kiss of Fire - Rebecca Ethington
13.  Wild Bird - Wendelin Van Draanen
14.  Allusion  - Andi Hyldahl
15.  Far From the Tree - Benway
16.  Nyxia - Reintgen
17.  Scorched: A Dry Earth Story - Shaver
18.  Obsidian - Armentrout
19.  Everything Beautiful is not Ruined - Younge-Ullman
20.  Nice Try, Jane Sinner - Lianne Oelke
21.  Perfekt Order - S. E. Bende
22.  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle) Stiefvater
23.  Scythe (#1 Arc of a Scythe) Shusterman
24.  Midnight Rose - Dani Hart

6.  Middle Grades
1.  Amina's Voice - Hena Khan
2.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein
3.  The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle - Leslie Connor
4.  Princess Cora and the Crocodile - Amy Schlitz
5.  Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess - Shari Green
6.  Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel - Kimberly Willis Holt
7.  Front Desk - Kelly Yang

7.  Historical Fiction
1.  Ordinary Grace - Krueger (1961 Minnesota)
2.  The Women in the Castle - Shattuck (1939 -1991 Germany)

8.  CRF
1.  When Dimple Met Rishi -Menon
2.  Amina's Voice  - Khan
3.  Turtles All the Way Down - Green
4.  The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle - Connor
5.   Fangirl - Rowell
6.   Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Honeyman
7.  The Almost Sisters - Jackson
8.  Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess - Green
9.  The Wedding Date - Guillory
10.  The Kurdish Bike - Lightbourne
11.  Wild Bird  - Van Draanen
12.  Losing It - Cora Carmack
13.  The Color of Our Sky - Trasi
14.  Fields of Corn - Price
15.  Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel - Holt
16.  Far From the Tree - Benway
17.  The One, The - Marrs
18.  Front Desk - Yang
19.  A Road Unknown - Cameron
20.  Everything Beautiful is not Ruined - Younge-Ullman
21.  Accidentally Amish by Olivia Newport
22.  The Secret by Beverly Lewis
23.  Amish Renegade  - Rose Doss
24.  Nice Try, Jane Sinner - Lianne Oelke
25.  The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
26.  The Bookshop of Yesterdays  - Amy Myerson
27.  Roomies - Christina Lauren
28.  Part-Time Lover  - Lauren Blakely
29.  The Rule Breaker - Cat Carmine
30.  My Fake Fiance - R. R. Banks

9.  N-F (I can dream can't I?)

10.  Verse

11.  Mystery
1.  Night Hunter - Ward
2.  The Homecoming - Russell
3.  In the Land of Milk and Honey (Elizabeth Harris, Lancaster cop #2) - Jensen
4.  Punishment - Holliday
5.  The Chalk Man -Tudor
6.  The Promise (Elvis Cole #16) - Crais
7.  Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) - Johnson
8.  The Naturalist (Naturalist #1) - Mayne
9.  In the Land of Milk and Honey (Elizabeth Harris #1) - Jensen
10.  The Missing Ones (Det. Lottie Parker #1) - Gibney
11.  Don't Let Go -Coben
12.  The Drowned Girls (Angie Pallorino #1)
13.  Hard Return (Cyril Landry #2)
14.  Dead Letters - Dolan-Leach
15.  Naked in Death  (#1 Eve Dallas)
16.  City of the Lost (#1 Casey Duncan)
17.  Crime on the Fens (Nikki Galena #1) - Ellis
18.  A Darkness Absolute (#2 Casey Duncan) - Armstrong
19.  Eyes of the Innocent (#2 Carter Ross, Newark Eagle-Examiner) Parks
20.  The Lovely, Wicked Rain (#3 Garrison Gage) Scott William Carter
21.  Allusion  - Hyldahl
22.  The Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ware
23.  Zeroes - Wendig
24.  Glory in Death (#2 Eve Dallas) - Robb
25.  Invisible City - Dahl
26.  The Last Equation of Isaac Severy - Jacobs
27.  Looking Glass (#2 Theo Cray) - Mayne
28.  Massacre Pondnd (#4 Mike Bowditch) - Doiron
29.  Only the Lucky (#8.5 Kate Burkholder) Castillo
30.  Deep Freeze (#10 Virgil Flowers) Sandford
31.  A Gathering of Secrets (#10 Kate Burkholder) Castillo
32.  Play Dead (#1 Elise Sandeberg, Savannah) Frasier
33.  Stay Dead (#2 Elise Sandberg, Savannah) Frasier
34.  Perfect Stranger - Miranda
35.  The Bone Orchard (#5 Mike Bowditch) Doiron
36.  Open Season (#1 Joe Pickett) Box
37.  Spectre Black (#3 Cyril Landry) Black
38.  The Blinds - Sternbergh
39.  The Dime - Kent
40.  Angel Killer (#1 Jessica Blackwood) - Mayne
41.  In Dark Company (#9.5 Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo
42.  Sanctus Simon Toyne
43.  Jar City (Indridason)
44.  Stillhouse Lake (Caine)
45.  The Dry (Harper)
46.  Holy Ghost  (#11 Virgil Flowers) John Sandford

12.  Paranormal/Dystopian/Fantasy/SciFi
1.  Warcross - Marie Lu
2.  The Homecoming - Alan Russell
3.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein
4.  Prodigy (#2 Legend) - Marie Lu
5.  The Disappearances, The  - Emily Bain Murphy
6.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman
7.  Outcast - Adrienne Kress
8.  Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall - Wendy Mass
9.  Bird Box - Josh Malerman
10.  Princess Cora and the Crocodile - Amy Schlitz
11.  Paper Girls: Vol. 1 - Vaughan
12.  Saga: Volume 1 - Brian K. Vaughan
13.  Naked in Death  - Robb
14.  The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
15.  Kiss of Fire - Rebecca Ethington
16.  Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
17.  Glory in Death - Robb
18.  The Book of M - Peng Shepherd
19.  Nyxia - Scott Reintgen
20.  Scorched: A Dry Earth Story - Theresa Shaver
20.  Obsidian (#1 Lux) - Jennifer L. Armentrout
21.  Perfekt Order (#1 The Aere Saga) - S. T. Bende
22.  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle) Stiefvater
23.  Scythe (#1 Arc of a Scythe) Shusterman
24.  Midnight Rose - Hart

13.  Audio Books
1.  Warcross - Marie Lu (did not enjoy the reader)
2.  The Homecoming - Alan Russell
3.  The Chalk Man - C. J Tudor
4.. The Promise - Robert Crais
5.  Truly Devious - Maureen Johnson
6.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein
7.  Prodigy - Marie Lu
8.  In the Land of Milk and Honey - Jane Jensen
9.  Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger
10.  Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
11.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman
12.  The Missing Ones - Patricia Gibney
13.  Princess Cora and the Crocodile - read beautifully by Davina Porter
14.  The Almost Sisters - Joshilyn Jackson
15.  Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben
16.  The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck
17.  Hard Return (Cyril Landry #2) - J. Carson Black
18.  Naked in Death  (Eve Dallas #1) ` J. D. Robb
18.  City of the Lost - Kelley Armstrong
19.  Crime on the Fens - Joy Ellis
20.  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
21.  Eyes of the Innocent (#2 Carter Ross) - Brad Parks
21.  The Lovely, Wicked Rain (#3 Garrison Gage) - Scott William Carter
22.  Being Jazz - Jazz Jennings
23.  Glory in Death (#2 Eve Dallas) - J. D. Robb
23.  Invisible City (#1 Rebekah Roberts) - Julia Dahl
24.  The Book of M - Peng Shepherd
25.  Looking Glass (#2 Theo Cray) - Andrew Mayne
26.  Massacre Pond (#4 Mike Bowditch) Paul Doiron
27.  Losing It - Cora Carmack
28.  Deep Freeze (#10 Virgil Flowers) John Sandford
29.  Far From the Tree - Robin Benway
30.  A Gathering of Secrets (#10 Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo
31.  Play Dead (#1 Elise Sandberg) Anne Frasier
32.  Stay Dead (#2 Elise Sandberg) Anne Frasier
33.  The Bone Orchard (#5 Mike Bowditch) Paul Doiron
34.  Open Season (#1 Joe Pickett) C. J. Box
35.  Obsidian (#1 Lux) Jennifer L. Armentrout
36.  Spectre Black (#3 Cyril Landry) J. Carson Black
37.  Sanctus - Simon Toyne
38.  Jar City - Indridason
39.  Stillhouse Lake - Caine
40.  Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover
41.  The Dry (#1 Aaron Falk) - Jane Harper
42,  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle) Stiefvater
43.  Holy Ghost  (#11 Flowers) Sandford
44.  The Bookshop of Yesterdays  - Myerson
45.  Roomies - Lauren

13a.  Read a REAL BOOK!
1..  Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York Chast graphic novel
2.  Bird Box - Josh Malerman
3.  Paper Girls: Vol. 1 - Vaughan, Graphic Novel
4.  Princess Cora and the Crocodile - Schlitz
5.  Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets of My DNA - Hill
6.  Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess - Green
7.  Saga: Volume 1 - Vaughan, Graphic Novel

13b.  Graphic Novels
1.  Going Into Town (Chast)
2..  Paper Girls: Vol. 1 (Vaughan)
3.  Saga: Volume 1 (Vaughan)

14.  Books in a Series
1.  Warcross (Warcross #1)
2.  Night Hunter  (#1 Harry Circus)
3.  Punishment (#1 Det. John Barnes)
3.  The Promise (#16 Elvis Cole)
4.  Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1)
5.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #1)
6.  The Naturalist (Naturalist #1)
7.  Prodigy (Legend #2)
8.  In the Land of Milk and Honey (Elizabeth Harris #1)
9.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman
10.  The Missing Ones (Det. Lottie Parker #1)
11.  The Drowned Girls (Angie Pallorino #1)
12.  Paper Girls: Vol. 1
13.  Hard Return (#2 Cyril Landry)
14.  Saga: Volume 1 (Alana & Marko)
15.  Naked in Death  (#1 Eve Dallas)
16.  City of the Lost(#1 Casey Duncan)
17.  Crime on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #1)
18.  A Darkness Absolute (#2 Casey Duncan)
19.  Kiss of Fire (#1 Imdalind)
20.  Eyes of the Innocent (#2 Carter Ross))
21.  The Lovely, Wicked Rain (#3 Garrison Gage)
22.  Glory in Death (#2 Eve Dallas)
22.  Invisible City (#1 Rebekah Roberts)
23.  Looking Glass (#2 Theo Cray)
24.  Massacre Pond (#4 Mike Bowditch)
25.  Only the Lucky (#8.5 Kate Burkholder)
26.  Nyxia (#1 Nyxia Triad)
27.  A Gathering of Secrets (#10 Kate Burkholder)
28.  Deep Freeze (#10 Virgil Flowers)
29.  Play Dead (#1 Elise Sandberg)
30.  Stay Dead (#2 Elise Sandberg)
31.  The Bone Orchard (#5 Mike Bowditch)
32.  Open Season (#1 Joe Pickett)
33.  Obsidian (#1 Lux)
34.  Spectre Black (#3 Cyril Landry)
35.  The Dime (#1 Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas Homicide)
36.  Angel Killer (#1 Jessica Blackwood)
37.  In Dark Company (#9.5 Kate Burkholder)
38.  Jar City (#3 Erlunder)
39.  The Dry (#1 Aaron Falk)
40.  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle)
41.  Holy Ghost  (#11 Virgil Flowers)
42.  Scythe (#1 Arc of a Scythe)

14a.  First in a Series - Will I Follow Up?
1.  Warcross (Warcross #1)
2.  Night Hunter  (#1 Harry Circus) nope
3.  Punishment (#1 Det. John Barnes) yup, when it comes out
4.  Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) yup, not out yet
5.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #1) doubt it
6.  The Naturalist (Naturalist #1) yup
7.  In the Land of Milk and Honey (Elizabeth Harris #1) oh yes
8.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman
9.  The Missing Ones (Det. Lottie Parker #1) perhaps
10.  The Drowned Girls (Angie Pallorino #1) probably
11.  Paper Girls: Vol. 1 I guess so
12.  Saga: Volume 1 (Alana & Marko) questionnable
13.  Naked in Death  (#1 Eve Dallas) yup
14.  City of the Lostv(#1 Casey Duncan) oh yes
15.  Crime on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #1) maybe
16.  Kiss of Fire (#1 Imdalind) doubtful
17.  Invisible City (#1 Rebekah Roberts) yup
18.  Nyxia (#1 Nyxia Triad) absolutely
19.  Play Dead (#1 Elise Sandberg) for sure
20.  Open Season (#1 Joe Pickett) yup
21.  Obsidian (#1 Obsidian) I shouldn't, but I might...
22.  The Dime, (#1 Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas Homicide) oh yes
23.  Angel Killer (#1 Jessica Blackwell) definitely
24.  Jar City (#3 Erlunder, the 1st one translated into English) possibly
25.  erfekt Order (#1 The Aere Saga) NO!
26.  The Dry (#1 Aaron Falk) Sure will
27.  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle) Absolutely
28.  Scythe (#1 Arc of a Scythe) Oh yeah

15.  Short Stories
1.  Only the Lucky (#8.5 Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo
2.  In Dark Company (#9.5 Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo

16.  Where in the World?  
1.  England - The Chalk Man
2.  Ireland - The Missing Ones
3.  Canada - The Drowned Girls
4.  Germany - The Women in the Castle
5.  Canada - City of the Lost
6.  England (Lincolnshire) - Crime on the Fens
7.  Kurdistan/Iraq - The Kurdish Bike
8.  England (Brighton & Cornwall) - The Death of Mrs. Westaway
9.  Bombay, India - The Color of Our Sky
10.  England and Australia - The One
11.  Turkey - Sanctus
12.  Iceland - Jar City
13.  Australia - The Dry
14.  Copenhagen & Paris - Part-Time Lover 

17.  4.5 or 5 Stars
1.  Turtles All the Way Down - John Green (5)
2.  The Promise (Elvis Cole #5) - Robert Crais (5)
3.  The Chalk Man - C. J. Tudor (4.5)
4.  Truly Devious - Maureen Johnson
5.  Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger (4.5)
6.  Unwind - Neal Shusterman (5)
7.  Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell (5)
8.  Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman (5)
9.  Bird Box - Josh Malerman (4.5)
10.  The Almost Sisters - Joshilyn Jackson (5)
11.  Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben (5)
12.  Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess - Shari Green (4.5)
13.  City of the Lost (Casey Duncan #1) - Kelley Armstrong (4.5)
14.  The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers (5)
15.  The Lovely, Wicked Rain - Scott William Carter (4.5)
16.  Dark Matter - Blake Crouch (5)
17.  Wild Bird  - Wendelin Van Draanen (5)
18.  Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel - Kimberly Willis Holt (5)
19.  Far From the Tree - Robin Benway (5)
20.  Nyxia - Scott Reintgen (4.5)
21.  The One - John Marrs (5)
22.  Play Dead (#1 Elise Sandberg) - Anne Frasier (4.5)
23.  Stay Dead (#2 Elise Sandberg) - Anne Frasier (4.5)
24.  The Bone Orchard (#5 Mike Bowditch) - Paul Doiron (5)
25.  Front Desk - Kelly Yang (4.5)
26.  Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover (4.5)
27.  The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang (5)
28.  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle) Stiefvater (5)
29.  Scythe (#1 Arc of a Scythe) Shusterman (4.5)

18.  A to Z Reading
J - Jar City; 
Q - 
U - Unwind
V - 
W - When Dimple Met Rishi, Warcross, (hard to believe that two of the first three books I've ready this year have titles that begin with "W"!), The Wedding Date, Wild Bird, The Women in the Castle,
X- 
Y - 
Z - Zeroes


I Love Picture Books
1.  Town Is by the Sea (Schwartz/Smith) 2017 (4.5)
2.  After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again (Santat) 2017 (4)
3.  Imagine That! How Dr. Seuss Wrote The Cat in the Hat (Sierra/Hawkes) 2017 (5)
4.  My Journey to the Stars (Kelly/Ceolin) 2017 (4.5)
5.  Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II (Russo) 2005 (5)
6.  The Pink Hat (Joyner) 2018 (5)
7.  Around the World in Numbers (Gifford/Hurley) 2017 (5)
8.  Ella Who? (Ashman/Sanchez) 2017 (5)
9.  Ruby's Chinese New Year (Lee/Chou) 2018 (4)
10.  Extra Yarn (Barnett/Klassen) 2012 (5)
11.  A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E. B. White (Herkert/Castillo) 2017 (4.5)
12.  Noah Webster's Fighting Words (Maurer/Catusanu) 2017 (4.5)
13.  Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen (Hopkinson/Leng) 2018 (4.5)
14.  Ruth Bader Ginsberg: The Case of R. B. G. vs. Inequality (Winter/Innerst) 2017 (4.5)
15.  Newton's Rainbow: The Revolutionary Discoveries of a Young Scientist (Lasky Hawkes) 2017 (4)
16.  Books!  Books!  Books! Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library (Manning & Granstrom) 2017 (4)
17.  Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind (Grady/Hirao) 2018 (4.5)
18.  I Am Jazz (Herthel & Jennings/McNicholas) 2014 (4)
19.  Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World (Hood/various artists) 2018 (5)
20.  The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid (Winter) 2017 (5)
21.  Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees (Prevot/Fronty) 2015 (5)
22.  The Big Umbrella (Bates) 2018 (5)
23.  Lucy Loves Sherman (Bailey) 2017 (4)
24.  Dangerous Jane (Slade/Ratterree) 2017 (4.5)
25.  Islandborn (Diaz/Espinosa) 2018 (4)
26.  Hello Lighthouse (Blackall) 2018 (5)
27.  Two of Everything (Hong) 1993 (4)
28.  Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau's Flute (Dunlap & Lorbieki/Azarian) 2002 (4)
29.  Up and Down (Jeffers) 2010 (4)
30.  Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets (Alexander, Colderley, Wentworth/Holmes) 2017 (5)
31.  Sonia Sotomayor: Turning Pages: My Life Story (Sonia Sotonayor) 2018 (5)
32.  c(Jenkins/Zelinsky) 2018 (4)
33.  Trees of the Dancing Goats, The (Polacco) 1996 (5)

Novels Read in 2018
1.  When Dimple Met Rishi -Sandhya Menon, 2017 ebk (4) 380 pgs.
2.  Amina's Voice  - Hena Khan, 2017 ebk (3) 197 pgs. (577 pgs.)
3.  Warcross (Warcross #1) - Marie Lu 2017 audio (3) 368 pgs. (945 pgs.)
4.  Turtles All the Way Down - John Green, 2017 ebk (5) 290 pgs. (1235 pgs.)
5.  Night Hunter (#1 Harry Circus, Me. State Police) - E. D. Ward, 2017, ebk (2) 208 pgs. (1443 pgs.)
6.  The Homecoming - Alan Russell, 2017, Audible (3.5) 332 pgs. (1775 pgs.)
7.  Punishment (Det. John Barnes, Detroit Police detective) - Scott Holliday, 2018, ebk, (4) 240 pgs. (2015 pgs.)
8.  The Chalk Man - C. J. Tudor, 2018 audio (4.5) 280 pgs. (2295 pgs.)
9.  The Promise (#16 Elvis Cole) - Robert Crais, 2015 audio (5) 408 pgs. (2703 pgs.)
10.  Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) - Maureen Johnson, 2018 Audible (4.5) 432 pgs. (3135 pgs.)
11.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein, 2013 Audible (1.5) 304 pgs. (3439 pgs.)
12.  The Naturalist (Naturalist #1) - Andrew Mayne, 2017 ebk (3) 382 pgs. (3821 pgs.)
13.  Prodigy (Legend #2) - Marie Lu, 2013 Audible (4) 371 pgs. (4192 pgs.)
14.  In the Land of Milk and Honey (Elizabeth Harris #2) 2016 Audible (4) 304 pgs. (4496 pgs.)
15.  The Disappearances - Emily Bain Murphy 2017 ebk (4) 388 pgs. (4884 pgs.)
16.  Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger, 2013 Audible (5) 307 pgs. (5191 pgs.)
17.  The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, 2018 ebk (4) 336 pgs. (5527 pgs.)
18.  Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell, 2013 Audible (5) 448 pgs. (5975 pgs.)
19.  Unwind (Unwinds #1) Neal Shusterman, 2007 Audible (5) 335 pgs. (6310 pgs.)
20.  Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall - Wendy Mass 2007 eBk (4) 251 pgs. (6561 pgs.)
21.  Outcast - Adrienne Kress, 2013 eBk (4) 322 pgs (6883 pgs.)
22.  Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman, 2017 ebk (5) 336 pgs. (7219 pgs.)
23.  Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York - Roz Chast 2017 graph-nov (4) 169 pgs. (7388 pgs.)
24.  The Missing Ones (Det. Lottie Parker #1) - Patricia Gibney, 2017 audio (3.5) 424 pgs. (7812 pgs.)
25.  Bird Box  - Josh Malerman (BOOK!) 2014 (4.5) 262 pgs. (8074 pgs.)
26.  Princess Cora and the Crocodile - Laura Amy Schlitz (Aud & BK) 80 pgs. (8154 pgs.)
27.  The Almost Sisters - Joshilyn Jackson, 2017 (5) 342 pgs. (8496 pgs.)
28.  Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben, 2017 Audio (5) 368 pgs. (8864 pgs.)
29.  The Drowned Girls (Angie Pallorino #1) - Loreth Anne White, 2017 eBk, (3) 524 pgs. (9388 pgs.)
30.  Paper Girls: Vol. 1 - Brian K. Vaughan - GraphNov - 2016 (3) 144 pgs. (9532 pgs.)
31.  Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets of My DNA - Richard Hill, NF Bk - 2012 (4) 249 pgs. (9781 pgs.)
32.  The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck 2017 Audio (3.5) 356 pgs. (10,137 pgs.)
33.  Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess - Shari Green, 2017 Bk (4.5) 239 pgs. (10,376 pgs.)
34.  Hard Return(Cyril Landry #2) - J. Carson Black, Audio (4) 336 pgs. (10,712 pgs.)
35.  Saga: Volume 1 - Brian Vaughan  2012 GraphicNovel (2.5) 164 pgs. (10,876 pgs.)
36.  Dead Letters - Caite Dolan-Leach, 352 pgs. (11,228 pgs.)
37.  Naked in Death  (#1 Eve Dallas) J. D. Robb, 306 pgs. (11,534 pgs.)
38.  City of the Lost (#1 Casey Duncan) Audio, (4.5) 471 pgs. (12,005 pgs.)
39.  The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory, 2018 ebk (2.5) 320 pgs. (12,325 pgs.)
40.  The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers, 2015 ebk (5) 460 pgs. (12,785 pgs.)
41.  Crime on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #1) - Joy Ellis, 2016 Audio (3.5) 285 pgs. (13,070 pgs.)
42.  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil- John Berendt (Audio & Bk) DNF/(2.5), 200/386 pgs. (13,270 pgs.)
43.  A Darkness Absolute (#2 Casey Duncan) - Armstrong, 2017 eBk (4) 416 pgs. (13,686 pgs.)
44.  Kiss of Fire (#1 Imdalind) Rebecca Ethington 2012, eBk (4) 354 pgs. (14,040 pgs.)
45.  Eyes of the Innocent (Carter Ross #2) Brad Parks, 2011 Audio (4) 304 pgs. (14,344 pgs.)
46.  The Kurdish Bike- Alesa Lighbourne (eBk) 3 - 324 pgs. (14,668 pgs.)
47.  The Lovely, Wicked Rain (#3 Garrison Gage) 2014 Audio, 285 pgs. (14,953 pgs.)
48.  Dark Matter - Blake Crouch,  2016 eBk (5) 342 pgs.(15,295 pgs.)
49.  Wild Bird  - Wendelin VanDraanen, 2017 eBk (5) 320 pgs. (15, 615 pgs.)
50.  Allusion  - Andi Hyldahl, 2017 eBk (3.5) 365 pgs. (15,980 pgs.)
51.  The Death of Mrs. Westaway- Ruth Ware, 2018 eBook (2) 320 pgs. (16,300 pgs.)
52.  Being Jazz - Jazz Jennings, 2016 Audio (3) 272 pgs (16,572 pgs.)
53.  Zeroes - Chuck Wendig, 2015 eBk (3) 432 pgs. (17,004 pgs.)
54.  Glory in Death (#2 Eve Dallas) J. D. Robb 1995 Audio (2) 296 pgs (17,300 pgs.)
55.  Invisible City (#1 Rebekah Roberts) Julia Dahl, 2014 AudioBk (4) 304 pgs. (17,604 pgs.)
56. The Last Equation of Isaac Severy - Nora Jacobs - 2018 eBk (3.5) 337 pgs. (17,941 pgs.)
57.  The Book of M - Peng Shepherd, 2018 Audio, (3) 426 pgs.(13,387 pgs.)
58.  Looking Glass - Andrew Mayne, Audio (4) 312 pgs. (18,699 pgs.)
59.  Massacre Pond (#4 Mike Bowditch) - Paul Doiron, Audio 320  pgs. (19,019 pgs.)
60.  Losing It - Cora Carmack Audio 189 pgs.(19,208 pgs.)
61.  Only the Lucky (#8.5 Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo eBk (4) 56 pgs.(19,264 pgs.)
62.  The Color of Our Sky - Amita Trasi - 2017 eBk (4) 419 pgs. (19,683 pgs.)
63.  Deep Freeze (#10 Virgil Flowers) John Sandford - 2017 Audio (4) 399 pgs. (20,082 pgs.)
64.  Fields of Corn - Sarah Price - 2010 eBk (2.5) 272 pgs. (20,354 pgs.)
65.  Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel - Kimberly Willis Holt - 2017 eBk (5) 336 pgs. (20,690 pgs.)
66.  Far From the Tree - Robin Benway - 2017 Audio (5) 374  pgs. (21.064 pgs.)
67.  Nyxia (#1 Nyxia Triad) - Scott Reintgen - 2017 eBk (4.5) 384 pgs. (21,448 pgs.)
68.  A Gathering of Secrets (#10 Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo - 2018 Audio (3) 308 pgs. (21,756 pgs.)
69.  The One - John Marrs - 2016 eBk (5) 416 pgs. (22,172 pgs.)
70.  Play Dead (#1 Elise Sandberg) - Anne Frasier - 2014 Audio (4.5) 366 pgs. (22,538 pgs.)
71.  Stay Dead (#2 Elise Sandberg) - Anne Frasier - 2014 Audio (4.5) 310 pgs. (22,848 pgs.)
72.  The Perfect Stranger, The - Megan Miranda - 2017 eBk (3.5) 337 pgs.(23,185 pgs.)
73.  The Bone Orchard (#5 Mike Bowditch - Paul Doiron - 2014 Audio (5) 306 pgs. (23,491 pgs.)
74.  Scorched: A Dry Earth Story - Theresa Shaver - 2017 eBook (2) 203 pgs. (23,694 pgs.)
75.  Open Season (#1 Joe Pickett) - C. J. Box - Audio (4) 278 pgs. (23,972 pgs.)
76.  Obsidian (#1 Lux) - Jennifer Armentrout - 2011 Audio (2.5) 287 pgs. (24,259 pgs.)
77.  Front Desk - Kelly Yang - 2018 eBk (4.5) 286 pgs. (24,545 pgs.)
78.  Spectre Black (#3 Cyril Landry) J. Carson Black -  Audio (3.5) 304 pgs. (24,849 pgs.)
79.  The Blinds - Adam Sternbergh - 2017 eBk (4) 382 pgs. (25,231 pgs.)
80.  A Road Unknown - Barbara Cameron - 2014 eBk (3) 304 pgs. (25,535 pgs.)
81.  Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined - 2017 eBk (4) 368 pgs. (25,903 pgs.)
82.  The Dime (#1 Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas narcotics) - Kathleen Kent - 2017 Audio (4) 352 pgs. (26,255 pgs.)
83.  Angel Killer (#1 Jessica Blackwood) - Andrew Mayne - 2014 eBk (4) 368 pgs. (26,623 pgs,)
84.  Accidentally Amish (#1 Valley of Choice) - Olivia Newport - 2012 eBk (3) 368 pgs. (26,991 pgs.)
85.  The Secret - Beverly Lewis - 2009 eBk (2.5) 364 pgs. (27,355 pgs.)
86.  Amish Renegade  - Rose Doss - 2018 eBk (3) 190 pgs. (27,545 pgs.)
87.  Nice Try, Jane Sinner - Lianne Belke - 2018 eBk (3) 420 pgs. (27,965 pgs.)
88.  In Dark Company (9.5 Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo - 2018 eBk (2.5) 60 pgs. (30.025 pgs.)
89.  Sanctus - Simon Toyne, 2011 Audio (2) 486 pgs. (30,511 pgs.)
90.  Jar City (#3 Inspector Erlundur) - Arnaldur Indridason, 2005 eBk AND Audio AND movie () 275 pgs. (30,786 pgs.)
91.  Stillhouse Lake - Rachel Caine - 2017 Audio (2) 302 pgs. (31,088 pgs.)
92.  Perfekt Order - S. T. Bende - 2015 (1) Unknown/200 pgs. (31,288 pgs.)
93.  Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover - 2018Audio (5) 334 pgs. (31,622 pgs.)
94.  The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang - 2018 eBk (5) 336 pgs. (31,958 pgs.)
95.  The Dry (#1 Aaron Falk) - Jane Harper - 2016 Audio (4) 352 pgs. (32,310 pgs.)
96.  The Raven Boys (#1 Raven Cycle) - Maggie Stiefvater - 2012 Audio (5) 409 pgs (32,719 pgs.)
97.  Holy Ghost  (#11 Virgil Flowers) John Sandford - 2018 Audio (4) 373 pgs. (33,092 pgs.)
98.  The Bookshop of Yesterdays - Amy Myerson - 2018 Audio (4) 368 pgs. (33,460 pgs.)
99.  Scythe (#1 Arc of a Scythe) Neil Shusterman - 2017 eBk (4) 435 pgs (33,895 pgs.)
100. !!!  Roomies - Christina Lauren - 2017 Audio (4) 368 pgs. (34,263 pgs.)
101.  Part-Time Lover - Lauren Blakely - 2018 eBk (3.5) 308 pgs. (34,571 pgs.)
102.  The Rule Breaker - Cat Carmine - 2018 eBk (3.5)  268 pgs. (34,839 pgs.)
103.  My Fake Fiance - R. R. Banks - 2018 eBk (1) 310 pgs. (35,149 pgs.)
104.  Midnight Rose - Dani Hart - 2017 eBk (3) 425 pgs. (35,574 pgs.)

My 2018 Goodreads YEAR IN REVIEW

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