2018 Books

Goal: 120 books --- Read: 130 books

  
See my 2018 year end book stats post!

Bold = I will most likely read again at some point

Highlight = I really liked it and want you to read it too

January:
1. Light Falls: Space, Time, and an Obsession of Einstein by Brian Greene (1/2/18)
2. The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia (1/7/18)
3. Legion by Brandon Sanderson (1/9/18)
4. Skin Deep (Legion #2) by Brandon Sanderson (1/17/18)
5. Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson (1/23/18)
6. The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (1/29/18)
7. Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News by Brian Zahnd (1/31/18) - January's Theology Book Club selection.

February:
8. A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals #1) by Madeleine L'Engle (2/8/18) - Read my review.

9. And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (Genesis #1) by Madeleine L'Engle (2/15/18)
10. Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley (2/21/18)
11. A is For Animals by Tom Lemler (2/23/18)

March:
12. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell (3/3/18)
13. Men Explain Things to Me (Essays) by Rebecca Solnit (3/4/18)
14. The Certainty of Faith and the Probabilities of Salvation History: The Dialectic of Faith and History in Modern Theology by Laurence W. Wood (for seminary) (3/16/18)
15. Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science by Mike McHargue (March's Theology Book Club selection) (3/17/18)
16. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss (3/20/18)
17. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (3/22/18)
18. The Gospel of Matthew (3/26/18)
19. The Gospel of Matthew (3/28/18) had to read multiple times for one of my seminary classes

April:
20. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (4/1/18)

21. In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It by Lauren Graham (4/3/18)
22. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4/3/18)
23. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (4/4/18) - free on kindle
24. The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright (4/10/18) Read my review
25. Quidditch Through the Ages by  J.K. Rowling (4/13/18)
26. The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It by Peter Enns (4/14/18) (April's Theology Book Club selection)
27. I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir by Bart Millard (4/15/18)
28. Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik (4/17/18)
29. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (4/19/18)
30. All Systems Red by Martha Wells (4/20/18)
31. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (4/22/18)
32. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (4/23/18)
33. Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters by Charlotte Jones Voiklis,  Léna Roy (4/24/18)
34. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (4/24/18)
35. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (4/25/18)
36. This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz (4/26/18)
37. Theology as History and Hermeneutics by Laurence W. Wood (4/27/18)

May:
38. I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy (5/1/18)
39. Beauty Will Save the World: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity by Brian Zahnd (5/2/18)
40. Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks (5/3/18)
41. The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South by Philip Jenkins (5/4/18)
42. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (5/7/18) this was the inspiration behind the Blade Runner movies.
43. The Delphi Effect (The Delphi Trilogy #1) by Rysa Walker (5/8/18) - free on Kindle Unlimited
44. The Delphi Resistance (The Delphi Trilogy #2) by Rysa Walker (5/14/18) - free on Kindle Unlimited
45. Pentecost and Sanctification in the Writings of John and Charles Wesley With a Proposal for Today by Laurence W. Wood (5/15/18)
46. A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet #2) by Madeleine L'Engle (5/23/18)

June:
47. A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3) by Madeleine L'Engle (6/3/18)
48. Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair by Anne Lamott (6/4/18)
49. George MacDonald, An Anthology; edited by C. S. Lewis (6/5/18)
50. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans (6/15/18)

51. Many Waters (Time Quintet #4) by Madeleine L'Engle (6/18/18)
52. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Illustrated by Cliff Chiang and Matthew Wilson (6/27/18)
53. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home (Season 8, Volume #1) by Joss Whedon, Illustrated by Georges Jeanty (6/27/18)
54. Paper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Illustrated by Cliff Chiang (6/28/18)
55. Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Illustrated by Cliff Chiang (6/28/18)
56. An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5) by Madeleine L'Engle (6/28/18)
57. Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, Illustrated by Cliff Chiang (6/29/18)

July:
58. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future for You (Season 8, Volume #2) by Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon (Executive Producer), Illustrated by Georges Jeanty (7/1/18)

59. Out of Spite, Out of Mind (Magic 2.0 #5) by Scott Meyer (7/3/18)
60. Facing the Music: My Story by Jennifer Knapp (7/13/18) read my brief review
61. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2) by Rick Riordan (7/23/18)
62. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli  (7/24/18)
63. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate (Season 8 #3) by Joss Whedon (7/24/18)
64. Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons #2) by Marie Lu (7/25/18)
65. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Time of Your Life (Season 8 #4) by Joss Whedon (7/25/2018)
66. Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo (7/27/2018)
67. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Predators and Prey (Season 8 #5) by Joss Whedon (7/27/2018)
68. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Retreat (Season 8 #6) by Joss Whedon (7/27/2018)
69. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Twilight (Season 8 #7) by Joss Whedon (7/30/2018)
70. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Last Gleaming (Season 8 #8) by Joss Whedon (7/30/2018)

August:
71. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Novelization) by Richie Tankersley Cusick (8/4/2018)
72. The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #3) by Rick Riordan (8/5/2018)
73. Sin Bravely: My Great Escape from Evangelical Hell by Maggie Rowe (8/7/2018)
74. Disruption by Jessica Shirvington (8/13/2018)
75. Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Blood (The New 52) by Brian Azzarello (8/13/2018)
76. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia (8/13/2018) I LOVED this one!
77. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans (8/14/18)
78. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (8/20/18)

79. We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy by Caseen Gaines (8/22/18)
80. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan (8/23/18)
81. Warcross by Marie Lu (8/27/18) I really enjoyed this one!
82. Women and C. S. Lewis edited by Carolyn Curtis and Mary Pomroy Key (8/29/18)
83. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (8/31/18)

September:
84. When I Fly with Papa by Claudia May (9/4/18)
85. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (9/7/18)
86. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (9/10/18)
87. Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince (9/11/18)
88. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (9/14/18)
89. The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1) by Michael Buckley (9/14/2018)
90. Click'd by Tamara Ireland Stone (9/17/2018)
91. Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown (9/18/2018)
92. A Bigger Table by John Pavlovitz (9/21/18)
93. Five Views on Apologetics edited by Steven B. Cowan (for seminary)
94. The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn (9/26/2018)

October:
95. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel (10/4/2018)
96. Wildcard (Warcross #2) by Marie Lu (10/10/18)
97. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins
98. Philosophy and the Christian Faith by Colin Brown (10/15/2018) (for seminary)
99. Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission by Amy Simpson (10/24/18)
100. Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan (10/29/18)
101. Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths by Alister E. McGrath (10/30/2018) for seminary

November:
102. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott (11/3/2018)
103. A Farewell to Mars by Brian Zahnd (11/7/2018)
104. Undivided by Vicky Beeching (11/10/2018)
105. Legion by Brandon Sanderson (11/14/2018)
106. Skin Deep (Legion #2) by Brandon Sanderson (11/14/2018)
107. Lies of the Beholder (Legion #3) by Brandon Sanderson (11/21/2018)

December:
108. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (12/3/2018) for seminary

109. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum (12/4/2018)

110. A Town Divided by Christmas by Orson Scott Card (12/5/2018)
111. The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg (12/6/18)
112. Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis (12/7/18) read my review
113. Introducing Practical Theology: Mission, Ministry, and the Life of the Church by Pete Ward (12/7/2018) for seminary
114. Practical Theology and Qualitative Research by John Swinton and Harriet Mowat (12/7/2018) for seminary
115. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore (12/7/2018) for seminary

116. The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman (12/8/2018)

117. Intergalactic P.S. 3: A Wrinkle in Time Story by Madeleine L'Engle (12/10/2018)
118. The Dawkins Delusion? by Alister and Joanna McGrath (12/11/2018) for seminary
119. Art Matters by Neil Gaiman (12/12/2018)
120. The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth by Madeleine L'Engle (12/14/2018)
121. Leaf by Niggle by J. R. R. Tolkien (12/17/2018)
122. Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King by William Joyce & Laura Geringer Bass (12/19/2018)
123. Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (12/22/2018)
124. Why I Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on Christianity Between an Evangelical Father and His Humanist Son by Tony Campolo,  Bart Campolo (12/22/2018) - May's Theology Book Club selection
125. The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas by Madeleine L'Engle (12/25/2018)
126. Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann (12/26/2018)

The illustrations that made me buy this book! (Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure)

127. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling (12/27/2018)
128. Preparing for Christmas: Daily Reflections for Advent by Richard Rohr (12/28/2018)
129. Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann (12/28/2018) - re-read aloud to my cousin's daughter
130. Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism by Deborah Jian Lee (February's Theology Book Club selection) (12/30/2018)

What I read in 2019 (203 books!)
What I read in 2017 (83 books)
What I read in 2016 (141 books!)
What I read in 2015 (120 books)
What I read in 2014 (111 books)
What I read in 2013 (100 books)
What I read in 2012 (56 books)
What I read 2007-2011

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