Despite not making any resolutions, 2018 was a really fantastic year for me in accomplishments – I lost a little weight and scored a snazzy new job!  However, on the one goal I did set – read a least 1 book a month – I fell far short.  In New York I did 95% of my reading during my 2 hour+ plus daily commute and since we moved to Charlottesville I have basically stopped reading.  I desperately need to get back on the bookworm train (figuratively at least!).  So I guess for 2019 I will set one resolution: read at least one book per month.

Here were 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014‘s lists.

And here is 2018 {in chronological order;  F = fiction, NF = nonfiction, and M = memoir} –

1. Furiously Happy; a funny book about horrible things – Jenny Lawson  (m)
2. The Children of Willesden Lane; a true story of hope and survival during World War II – Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen  (nf)
3. Life Sentences – Laura Lippman  (f)
4. Look at You Now; my journey from shame to strength – Liz Pryor  (m)
5. Fresh off the Boat – Eddie Huang  (m)
6. After I’m Gone – Laura Lippman  (f)
7. The Hue and Cry at Our House; a year remembered – Benjamin Taylor  (m)
8. An Abbreviated Life – Ariel Leve  (m)
9. Break in Case of Emergency – Jessica Winter  (f)
10. One Day We’ll All be Dead and None of This Will Matter – Scaachi Koul  (m)
11. The Most Dangerous Thing – Laura Lippman  (f)
12. I’d Know You Anywhere – Laura Lippman  (f)
13. Uncommon Type, Some Stories – Tom Hanks  (f)
14. Look for Me – Lisa Gardner  (f)