Books, and More Books

2018 I returned to one of my greatest loves, reading.  Once I started there was no stopping me!

I've been trying to keep track of them on Pinterest in hopes I could rememeber to share them with other book lovers. I also finally converted to a kindle and that has been a game changer, as much as I love the smell and feel of books my kindle goes everywhere with me.  Plus I discovered through prime I get a free book a month!

Here's a few of this years favorites (I will say I got really caught up in WWII historical fictions and couldn't get enough).
These three were my favorites:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
Nightingale by Kristen Hannah (this is a MUST read, one of these most beautiful stories I have ever read).  I am currently on the wait list for The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah so we will see if that makes the 2019 list.

Other well worth mentionables:
The Orphans Tale by Pam Jenoff
Love and Ruin by Paula Mclain (if you read the Paris Wife this is about Hemingway 3rd wife)
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The Woman in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

In all I think I finished close to 20 books this year.  I have always been an avid reader, then social media was created, or more so I finally joined. I got sidetracked with life (and social media), and just forget how much joy reading brings me.   However with work being so busy, instead of catching up on social media I hop in bed between 8-9 (the joys of having older kids, I get to go to bed early again) and read! The pure joy of reading is back!

I am almost done with The Boat People by Sharon Bala and Born Survivors by Wendy Holden  (because everyone reads two books at once right?!?!)  I would add both on the worth reading list!