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I’ve seen several blog posts like this pop up in the last week or so. I wanted to do my own!

Also, I wanted to capture how many books I actually read in 2018. Several blog posts mentioned this, and I wanted to tally mine. One young lady read 110 books this year. That’s incredible!

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So, before starting the lists of favorites, here’s my tally for books and Book Reviews for 2018:

• Total books read: 17
• Total Book Reviews: 17
• First published Book Review of 2018: Book Review #51: “Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond” (Published January 20, 2018)
• Last published Book Review of 2018: Book Review #67: “Small Town” (Published December 30, 2018)
• ARC Reviews: 2 (!!)

Ratings Tally

• 5 stars: 2
• 4 1/2 stars: 8
• 4 stars: 5
• 3 1/2 stars: 1
• 3 stars: 1
• 2 1/2 stars: 0
• 2 stars: 0
• 1 1/2 stars: 0
• 1 star: 0

ARC Reviews (First year ever!)

• Book Review #64: “Forgetting My Way Back To You” (ARC Review)
• Book Review #65: “Fallible Justice” (ARC Review)

I really enjoyed reading these two books. I hope to read more ARCs in 2019!

Now, on to my favorites!

Favorite Books

• Fallible Justice
• Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide
• Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond
• Prez: A Story of Love
• The Woman in Cabin 10

Favorite Movies

• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Aquaman
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Black Panther
• Blockers
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Christopher Robin
• First Man
• Game Night
• Incredibles 2
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
• Maze Runner: The Death Cure
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout 
• Ready Player One
• Solo: A Star Wars Story
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Favorite TV Shows

• Growing Pains – Seasons 1 and 2 (Amazon)
• Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist (Netflix)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – Seasons 1 and 2 (Hulu)
• The Confession Tapes (Netflix)
• The Magicians – Season 3 (Netflix)

Favorite Podcasts

• Assassinations (Parcast)
• Conspiracy Theories (Parcast)
• Female Criminals (Parcast)
• Hostage (Parcast)
• Kingpins (Parcast)
• Small Town Dicks
• The Adventure Zone – “Amnesty” (Maximum Fun)

Well, that wraps up my favorite things for 2018!

What about you? What were some of your favorite things of the year?

Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂