2018 Reads

Code:

  • Bold (blue link) = reviewed
  • Bold (black) = hope to review
  • Italics = re-read; unlikely to review (also unrated; most re-reads are automatic 5-stars)
  • * = A top favorite of the year

Books I Read in 2018

Updated Periodically

(Find these on Goodreads on my 2018 Reading Challenge)

  1. The Stroke of Eleven – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  2. The Emerald Dragonfly – Shaun Hume (short story) | 4 stars
  3. Christmas in Talesend – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  4. The Heroes of Tolkien – David Day (non-fiction) | 4 stars
  5. Disowned – Sarah Addison-Fox | 5 stars
  6. The Last Days of Lady Cordelia – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  7. *The Last Motley – D.J. Edwardson | 5 stars
  8. The Lord of Dreams – C.J. Brightley
  9. Mind Writer – Mike Lynch & Lisa Godfrees | 4 stars
  10. A Monkey Made Me Do It: Part 1 – Why Do Stars Taste of Marmalade? by Shaun Hume (short) | 3 stars
  11. My Uncle the Spy: Part 1 – Mysterious Meetings – by Shaun Hume (short) | 4 stars
  12. Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children – E. Nesbit | 3 stars
  13. Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis (non-fiction) | 5 stars
  14. Tolkien: A Celebration – edited by Joseph Pearce (non-fiction) | 5 stars
  15. *The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice, #1) – John Flanagan | 5 stars
  16. Tolkien and the Silmarillion – Clyde S. Kilby (non-fiction)
  17. Joseph of Arimathea – Sarah Holman (short story)
  18. Adela’s Curse – Claire M. Banschbach
  19. *Lady Moon – Rachel Starr Thomson
  20. Dear Mr. Knightley – Katherine Reay
  21. The Mage and the Freckled Frog (short story)
  22. Red Boots (short story)
  23. Rosette Thornbriar (short story)
  24. For Elise – Hayden Wand
  25. The Lady and the Frog – L. Palmer
  26. Lady Moon (re-read)
  27. Love’s Labour’s Won (short story)
  28. The Day Boy and the Night Girl (re-read)
  29. Dissemble – Sarah Addison-Fox
  30. *Masque – W.R. Gingell
  31. Finding God in The Lord of the Rings (nonfiction)
  32. The King’s Equal (picture book)
  33. *Minstrel’s Call – Jenelle Leanne Schmidt | 5 stars
  34. The Game – Diana Wynne Jones
  35. Dragons at Crumbling Castle (and Other Tales) – Terry Pratchett
  36. The Homeward Bounders – Diana Wynne Jones
  37. Discover – Sarah Addison-Fox (short story)
  38. The Leprechaun Trap – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  39. My Uncle the Spy: Part Two – On the Run – Shaun Hume (short story/serial)
  40. Yes Dear – Diana Wynne Jones (picture book)
  41. Dragons Love Tacos 2 – Adam Rubin (picture book)
  42. *Sage – Jamie Foley | 5 stars
  43. A Blink of the Screen – Terry Pratchett
  44. Scoundrels (Star Wars) – Timothy Zahn
  45. A Sudden Wild Magic – Diana Wynne Jones
  46. How I Had Fun Writing 10 Novels in 13 Months – Sarah Addison-Fox (short nonfiction)
  47. For My Good – Sarah Holman (short story)
  48. The Lady of Thorns – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  49. The Busy Mom’s Guide to Writing – Jamie Foley & Angela Castillo (nonfiction)
  50. Horseman – Kyle Robert Shultz
  51. Horseman – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  52. The Lost Castle – Kristy Cambron
  53. The Sailing Saint (picture book)
  54. No Dragons, Please! – Annie Louise Twitchell (short story)
  55. Kate’s Dilemma – Sarah Holman
  56. The Story Peddler – Lindsay A. Franklin
  57. Mythical Doorways – various members of the Fellowship of Fantasy (anthology)
  58. Common – Laurie Lucking
  59. Trial by Song – Alicia Gaile
  60. Create – Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick (short story)
  61. A Sidekick’s Tale – Elisabeth Grace Foley
  62. The Stealthmaster’s Shadow – Hope Ann
  63. Arbrook Huxley and the Star-Crossed Lovers – Mollie E. Reeder (short story)
  64. *The Electrical Menagerie – Mollie E. Reeder
  65. *Song of Leira – Gillian Bronte Adams
  66. Lightporter – C. B. Cook
  67. A Net to Catch the Wind (picture book)
  68. Paddington at the Tower (picture book)
  69. The Janus Elixir – Kyle Robert Shultz
  70. King’s War – Jill Williamson
  71. The Hound of Duville – Kyle Robert Shultz
  72. The Rise of Aredor – Claire M. Banschbach
  73. Healers and Warriors – Daley Downing
  74. Windswept – Sarah Delena White (short story)
  75. Initiation – Grace Bridges (short story)
  76. Cart and Cwidder – Diana Wynne Jones (re-read)
  77. Drowned Ammet – Diana Wynne Jones (re-read)
  78. Mairelon the Magician – Patricia C. Wrede
  79. Magician’s Ward – Patricia C. Wrede (re-read)
  80. East of the Sun and West of the Moon (picture book)
  81. Fly Away – Patricia MacLachlan
  82. Right Ho, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse (re-read; audiobook)
  83. The Worth of a King – Kendra E. Ardnek
  84. World-Building from the Inside Out – Janeen Ippolito (nonfiction; audiobook)
  85. The Beast of Talesend – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  86. Cinder – Marissa Meyer
  87. Punctuation 101 – Jill Williamson (non-fiction)
  88. The Orphan’s Wish – Melanie Dickerson
  89. RotoVegas – Grace Bridges
  90. The Tomb of the Sea Witch – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  91. The Stroke of Eleven – Kyle Robert Shultz (re-read)
  92. The Centaur Express – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  93. The False Prince – Jennifer Nielsen
  94. A Spoonful of Aether – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  95. The Haunted Hoard – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  96. Arbrook Huxley and the Star-Crossed Lovers – Mollie E. Reeder (short story; re-read)
  97. A Royal Masquerade – Allison Tebo
  98. Ravenous – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  99. Blood in the Snow – Sarah Pennington
  100. King’s Warrior – Jenelle Leanne Schmidt (re-read aloud)
  101. Armor of Aletheia – Ralene Burke
  102. The Wisdom of Merlin – T. A. Barron (nonfiction)
  103. The Stone Fey – Robin McKinley (picture book)
  104. The Naming – Margaret Greaves and Pauline Baynes (picture book)
  105. Gekko Saves Christmas (picture book)
  106. My Man Beasley – Kyle Robert Shultz (short story)
  107. The Sixth Christmas – Mollie E. Reeder (short story)
  108. Mark of the Raven – Morgan L. Busse
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