2018 Reading Year in Review

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I read 46 individual works, including 20 novels/novellas. There were actually more novels, because one was a trilogy, one was a quadril… quadrol… it was four books, and one is described as a trilogy in four parts, but is in actuality five parts (surreal humor). I also read ten short stories, plus one short story collection, three plays, three poetry collections, four graphic novels, three children’s books, one work of non-fiction, and The Bible. Combined these totaled a little over 15,000 pages

I read 8 novels for my 100 Greatest Novels Quest: Novels #93-100

Go Tell it on the Mountain

U.S.A. (trilogy)

Native Son

Deliverance

The Stand

Little Women

A Dance to the Music of Time (tetralogy)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (trilogy in four parts, actually five)

***FANFARE*** Thus completing the Quest that was the original purpose of this blog. Read my Quest Wrap-up HERE.

I continue to read novels, mostly classics. Other novels this year:

Three Men in a Boat

A Tale of Two Cities

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The Old Curiosity Shop

Middlemarch

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Invisible Man

The Idiot

Dream of the Red Chamber

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

An Antarctic Mystery

Of all novels, favorite in 2018, and now all-time #1 favorite: A Tale of Two Cities. Honorable mention: The Stand. Least favored in 2018: The Idiot.

Short Stories: 

Sherlock Holmes Adventures

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

The Adventure of the Second Stain

The Reigate Squires

A Scandal in Bohemia

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The Five Orange Pips

A Case of Identity

Other short stories

The Beggar Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree

The Signal Man

A Christmas Memory

A Fine and Pleasant Misery (short story collection) by outdoorsman, humorist Patrick McManus who passed away this year; may he rest in peace.

Plays: All Shakespeare

Macbeth

Hamlet

Measure for Measure

Poetry:

The Poetry of William Shakespeare

The Poetry of Edgar Alan Poe

The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Graphic Novels:

Watchmen

The Sandman vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

The Arrival

V for Vendetta

Children’s Books: Introducing my youngest Grandchild Lydia, and her first Guest Book Review (three-in-one review).

Non-Fiction: 

Please Understand Me II

The Bible

Shameless self-promotion – Blog Post Classic Lit in Song, part II. You’ll want to read this post – trust me. Ever heard of bands Iron Maiden or Blind Guardian? I tip my hat to them, for their numerous songs based on classic literature.