Favorite Book Club Book:
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Favorite Memoir:
Educated by Tara Westover
Favorite Author:
Fredrik Backman – I read 4 of his books this year and really enjoyed them.
Favorite Re-read:
The Guernsey and Literary Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows **
Favorite Mystery:
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Favorite Fluffy YA Romance Author:
Kasie West – I read 5 books by her this year.
Favorite Family Audio Books:
Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Matilda by Roald Dahl (version read by Kate Winslet)
Favorite Middle Grade Novels:
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
Favorite Books I Read with Jane:
Where are you Going, Baby Lincoln? by Kate DiCamillo
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis **
Favorite Books I Read with Isaac:
Wonder by R.J. Palacio **
There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Wish by Barbara O’Connor
** This book has made the list before.
I only read 2 classics in 2018 – A Christmas Carol and The Grapes of Wrath. One of my goals for 2019 is to read more classic novels.