Aaaaah yes! 2018, what a year!
It was a busy year for me, but nevertheless, I think I had a good reading year. At the beginning of 2018, I set 30 books for me to read. And I was able to read 32 books! Yey me! 😁
Here are the books I read in 2018.
Books I Read
January Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ God's Not Dead by Rice Broocks- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | February Tree by F. Sionil Jose- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
March Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | April The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
May The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | June I Was Here by Gayle Forman- ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 |
July More Than This by Patrick Ness- ⭐⭐⭐.5 Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden- ⭐⭐⭐.5 | August All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
September Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (re-read) Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (re-read) One Day by David Nicholls- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | October The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi- ⭐⭐⭐.5 |
November The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh- ⭐⭐⭐.5 Partials by Dan Wells- ⭐⭐⭐ Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson- ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 | December The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh- ⭐⭐⭐.5 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis-⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
Total books read: 32
In 2018, I also stopped using Goodreads to track my reading stats and opted to just use my bullet journal. Below is the page!
It may not be aesthetically pleasing, but I liked how it turned out. It made me feel good to see how much I read in one year given my busy schedule.
For my blog posts, I was not able to post as much as I wanted. But it's okay because I did not really put too much pressure on myself. 😁
Blog Posts
Total: 35 posts
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Moving forward...
I will again set my reading goal to 30 books. And I will track my reading progress through bullet journal. I will try to make it aesthetically pleasing folks! 😁
For blog posts, I will try to review right away my finished books so I will not forget the plot. Let's see how that will turn out. It will take a lot of self-discipline and a lot of note-taking. I will also try to come up with bookish discussions and/or topics to write about. 😊
Lastly, here are the books I am currently reading:
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That's all folks!
It was a good 2018. And I hope 2019 will be better, more fruitful and happier! Cheers!
Happy reading everyone!