{"id":911,"date":"2019-04-21T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/?p=911"},"modified":"2019-04-21T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T20:56:30","slug":"my-year-in-books-2018-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"My year in books: 2018 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, for the first time in awhile, this list of books I\u2019ve\nread represents (I think) a calendar year. I can\u2019t tell whether I should be\nproud of how much I read without having to make an effort\u2026 or embarrassed by\nhow much I don\u2019t get out! Either way, I think I set a personal record for\nreading books written by people I know, and we can all agree that\u2019s pretty\nnifty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the order I read them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What I Think Happened: An Underresearched History of the Western World<\/em>, Evany Rosen<\/li>
  2. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person\u2019s Guide to Writing in the 21<\/em>st<\/em><\/sup> Century<\/em>, Steven Pinker<\/li>
  3. Tenth of December<\/em>, George Saunders<\/li>
  4. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)<\/em>, David Sedaris<\/li>
  5. The Library at Mount Char<\/em>, Scott Hawkins<\/li>
  6. We Are Never Meeting In Real Life<\/em>, Samantha Irby<\/li>
  7. The Unmaking of the President 2016: How FBI Director James Comey Cost Hillary Clinton the Presidency<\/em>, Lanny J. Davis<\/li>
  8. I Can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Better<\/em>, Monica Heisey<\/li>
  9. The Last Black Unicorn<\/em>, Tiffany Haddish<\/li>
  10. From Animal House to Our House: A Love Stor<\/em>y, Ron Tanner<\/li>
  11. Lincoln in the Bardo<\/em>, George Saunders<\/li>
  12. SPARKS<\/em>, Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto<\/li>
  13. Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution<\/em>, Jonathan Abrams<\/li>
  14. Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer<\/em>, Barbara Ehrenreich<\/li>
  15. I\u2019ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman\u2019s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer<\/em>, Michelle McNamara<\/li>
  16. Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir<\/em>, H. Jon Benjamin<\/li>
  17. Like Brothers<\/em>, Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass<\/li>
  18. How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written<\/em>, Sterling Archer*<\/li>
  19. Land Mammals and Sea Creatures<\/em>, Jen Neale<\/li>
  20. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City<\/em>, Tanya Talaga<\/li>
  21. All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire<\/em>, Jonathan Abrams<\/li>
  22. Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries<\/em>, Kory Stamper<\/li>
  23. Just the Funny Parts \u2026 And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys\u2019 Club<\/em>, Nell Scovell<\/li>
  24. The Men Who Stare at Goats<\/em>, Jon Ronson<\/li>
  25. How to Fall in Love With Anyone<\/em>, Mandy Len Catron<\/li>
  26. The Ghost Map: The Story of London\u2019s Most Terrifying Epidemic \u2013 and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World<\/em>, Steven Johnson<\/li>
  27. Hits & Misses<\/em>, Simon Rich<\/li>
  28. Sweet Affliction<\/em>, Anna Leventhal<\/li>
  29. A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age<\/em>, Daniel J. Levitin<\/li>
  30. Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture<\/em>, Ken Jennings<\/li>
  31. Property Values<\/em>, Charles Demers<\/li>
  32. Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most<\/em>, Steven Johnson<\/li>
  33. The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy<\/em>, Paul Myers<\/li>
  34. The Fifth Risk<\/em>, Michael Lewis<\/li>
  35. I\u2019ll Be There For You: The One about Friends<\/em>, Kelsey Miller<\/li>
  36. How To Be Alone (If You Want To, and Even If You Don\u2019t)<\/em>, Lane Moore<\/li>
  37. The Library Book<\/em>, Susan Orlean<\/li>
  38. A Gentleman in Moscow<\/em>, Amor Towles<\/li>
  39. All the Answers<\/em>, Michael Kupperman<\/li>
  40. Moon of the Crusted Snow<\/em>, Waubgeshig Rice<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Boy, when I finally get around to making a Goodreads page, it’s going to be a lot of work, and my reviews will be quite arbitrary! But hey, it’s nice to have a record of all this wonderful reading. Read on, my invisible book club!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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