Thursday, January 3, 2019

A Walk Through My 2018 Ratings & Genres

Hey, everyone! This year I wanted to do something a little different. To look back at what I read in 2018, I wanted to look at the genres of the books I read and recommend some of the top reads from the genre. I still on planning to do a favorites list, but if you are looking for specific genre recommendations, then you can scroll through and look those that I recommend. 

Horror
Total: 8
Average Rating: 4.2 stars
5 stars- 4 books
4.5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 2 books
1 star- 1 book
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Top Five:
1.       Gerald’s Game
2.       The Shining
3.       The Long Walk
4.       IT
5.       The Cabin at the End of the World

Fantasy
Total: 10
Average Rating: 4.1 stars
5 stars- 3 books
4.75 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars- 2 books
4 stars- 2 books
3 stars- 1 book
1.5 stars- 1 book
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Top Five:
1.       Son of the Shadows
2.       Child of the Prophecy
3.       The Mermaid
4.       The Night Circus
5.       Circe

Christian Living / Self-Help
Total: 4
Average Rating: 4.8 stars
5 stars- 3 books
4.25 stars- 1 book 
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Top Four:
1.       Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
2.   Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
3.       The Pursuit of Holiness
4.       Lady in Waiting: Becoming Your Best While Waiting for Mr. Right

YA/NA Fantasy
Total: 12
Average Rating: 3.9 stars
5 stars- 3 books
4 stars- 3 books
4.25 stars- 1 book
3.25 stars- 4 books
3 stars- 1 book
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Top Five:
1.       Reign the Earth
2.       Tess of the Road
3.       The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4.       Prince Caspian
5.       Furyborn

Thriller/Suspense/Psychological/Mystery
Total: 12
Average Rating: 4.2 stars
5 stars- 7 books
4.25  stars- 1 book
3. 5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2.25 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
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Top Seven:
1.       You
2.       Pretty Girls
3.       The Lovely Bones
4.       The Last Time I Lied
5.       Big Little Lies
6.       The Good Daughter
7.       Pieces of Her

Classics
Total: 2
Average Rating: 4 stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
3.5 stars- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
2.       A Passage to India

YA Horror
Total: 4
Average Rating: 4.5 stars
5 stars- 2 books
4.5 stars- 1 book
3.5 stars- 1 book
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Top Four:
1.       The Diviners
2.       The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
3.       Coraline
4.       Nightingale

YA Sci-Fi
Total: 5
Average Rating: 4 stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars- 2 books
2.5 stars- 1 book
1.25 stars- 1 book
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Top Three:
1.       The Last Star
2.       LIFEL1K3
3.       The Infinite Sea

Sci-Fi
Total: 4
Average Rating: 3.1 stars
5 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars - 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
1 star- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       Oryx and Crake
2.       The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

YA Historical Fiction
Total: 2
Average Rating: 4 stars
5 stars- 2 books
2 stars- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       Salt to the Sea
2.       Between Shades of Gray

Historical Fiction
Total: 5
Average Rating: 3.3 stars
5 stars- 1 book
4.5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 2 books
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Top Two:
1.       Rust & Stardust
2.       An American Marriage

Literary Fiction
Total: 3
Average Rating: 3.8 stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
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 Top Two:
1.       White Teeth
2.       The Mars Room

True Crime
Total: 3
Average Rating: 3.3 stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 1 book
1.25 stars- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
2.       Murder in the Bayou

Short Stories
Total: 8 (counted by anthologies and individual stories read)
Average Rating: 3.4 stars
4.25 stars- 1 story
4 stars- 1 story
3.75  stars- 1 story
3.5 stars- 2 stories
3 stars- 2 stories
2 stars- 1 story
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Top Five: (only listing five-star short stories because I've read too many in total)
1.       The Rabbit (in The Merry Spinster)
2.       The Six-Boy Coffin (in The Merry Spinster)
3.       On the Wall (in Starlings)
4.       Fear Not: An Incident Log (in The Merry Spinster)
5.       Royal Beatings (in A Wilderness Station)

Memoir
Total: 3
Average Rating: 4.8
5 stars- 2 books
4.25 stars- 1 book
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Top Three:
1.       Anne Frank Remembered
2.       The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
3.       Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Historical Romance
Total: 4
Average Rating: 3.3 stars
4.5 stars-1 book
3.75 stars-1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       A Devil in Scotland
2.       The Sins of Lord Lockwood

YA Contemporary
Total: 8
Average Rating: 3.1 stars
5 stars 3 books
3.5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 2 books
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Top Four:
1.       All the Rage
2.       The Hate U Give
3.       Long Way Down
4.       To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Romance
Total: 2
Average Rating: 4.4 stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       Love Story
2.       Crazy Rich Asians

Poetry
Total: 3
Average Rating: 3.3 stars
3.75 stars- 1 book
3.25 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
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Recommended: 
1.   Child of the Moon

Religion & Philosophy
Total:4
Average Rating: 4.3 stars
5 stars- 2 books
4 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
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Top Three:
1.       The Bible
2.       The Case for Jesus
3.       The Master Plan of Evangelism

Manga
Total: 5
Average Rating: 3.2 stars
5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2.75 stars- 1 book
1 star- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       Death Note Volume 1: Boredom
2.       Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

YA Paranormal
Total: 4
Average Rating: 3.2 stars
4.25 stars- 1 book
3.5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
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Top Two:
1.       The Price Guide to the Occult
2.       Ashes to Ashes

Paranormal
Total: 2
Average Rating: 1.6 stars
1.75 stars- 1 book
1.5 stars- 1 book
No Recommendations :(
YA Suspense & Thriller
Total: 3
Average Rating: 1.5 stars
2 stars- 1 book
1.5 stars- 1 book
1 star- 1 book

Education
Total: 1
4 stars
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Recommend:
1.       Is Everyone Really Equal?

 What is your most read genre of 2018? Are you a fan of any of these or interested in picking any up?

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