My Answers to 10 Bookish Questions: “The last book I…”

I found this list of bookish questions via StuckinaBook’s post and thought I’d give it a whirl since it sounded like fun! Here are my replies to these 10 questions.

My Top 5 Favorite Books of 2018

2018: The year of the “only by a whisker” books.

Yes, the time has come once again for me to give you all my roundup of my favorite books published over this past year. I have to warn you however, I’m going to cheat a tiny bit with my non-fiction book this year. See, although this book was originally published in 2017 in the UK, I think it deserves to be on this list, because the majority of my readers (who live outside the UK) could only get hold of it in 2018. That said, while there were fewer books that got a full five stars from me this year, the quality of these books – be it the writing or the content of these stories – was such that it was very hard for me to rank them for this list; each one edged out the next by a whisker. So here you go, in descending order (for now. I reserve the right to change the order and/or add the book I'm reading as of this writing, if it measures up):

The Journey Begins Again

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Blog Tour Free Giveaway for "The War Between Us" by Sarah Creviston Lee

The War Between Us by Sarah Creviston Lee

Publication Date: December 14, 2015

Paperback & eBook; 330 Pages

The Rise and Fall of Ragtime

Book Review of "Temptation Rag: A Novel" by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard.

Women's Wartime Communications

Book Review of "Girls on the Line" Aimie K. Runyan

Join the New Release Challenge for 2019

2019 New Release Challenge

A Dutch Treat

Book Review of "A Light of Her Own" by Carrie Callaghan

Available NOW Book 3 of Jacey Bedford's Rowankind for pre-order!

I recently got the following email from my friend, author Jacey Bedford, which I had to share with my readers:

Book Three of Jacey Bedford's Rowankind Trilogy Will be Here Soon!

Home Again, Kathleen

Book Review for "The Kennedy Debutante: A Novel" by Kerri Maher

(Thanks for the free book, @PRHGlobal / @prhinternational)

The Gilding of a Lady

Book Review for "A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts" by Therese Anne Fowler 

Educating Harry

Book Review for "Man and Boy" by Tony Parsons 

Ghostly Blues

Book Review for "The Clockmaker’s Daughter: A Novel" by Kate Morton 

Three Belles’ Secrets.

Book Review for "The Glass Ocean" by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White. 

Female Confidential

Book Review for "Vox: A Novel" by Christina Dalcher.  

Thanks for the free book, @PRHGlobal/@prhinternational

A Village Education

Book Review for "The Bookshop" by Penelope Fitzgerald 

Diving in together

Book Review for "The Lido" by Libby Page 

Continuing to be

Book Review for "I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death" by Maggie O’Farrell 

Bottling their History

Book Review for "The Lost Vintage: A Novel" by Ann Mah 

Theatrical Turbulence

Book Review for "Hag-Seed" by Margaret Atwood. 

Finding her Time

Book Review for "Clock Dance: A Novel" by Anne Tyler  

(Thanks for the free book, @PRHGlobal/@prhinternational)

An Eve or a Lilith?

Book Review for "Ecstasy: A Novel of Alma Mahler" by Mary Sharratt 

Between Two Sisters

Book Review for "A Fist Around the Heart" by Heather Chisvin 

Q&A with Eric Houston, author of The Lost Artist: Love Passion War (Part 1)

I recently heard about Eric Houston's memoir "The Lost Artist: Love Passion War (Part 1)" and was immediately intrigued. While I couldn't fit this book into my reading list, I decided instead to feature this work here, by asking him one question. Here's his answer to:

What was one of the most interesting experiences you had when researching this book? 

Opening Lines

Book Review for "The Lost for Words Bookshop" by Stephanie Butland 

Leaping Late in Life

Book Review for "The Little Breton Bistro" by Nina George 

Storms and Longings

Book Review for "Us Against You: A Novel" by Fredrik Backman

The Lost and the Findings

Book Review for "My Name is Venus Black" by Heather Lloyd

Stories with Spurs

Book Review for "Close Range: Wyoming Stories" by Annie Proulx

Consequences of Peace

Book Review for "Warlight: A Novel" by Michael Ondaatje

Music and Silence

Book Review for "The Noise of Time" by Julian Barnes

Shards of Remaining Objects

Book Review for "Smash All the Windows" by Jane Davis

Portraits in Survival

Book Review for "On a Cold Dark Sea" by Elizabeth Blackwell

These Books May Fare Well

Book Review for "Murder in Belgravia: A Mayfair 100 Mystery" by Lynn Brittany

The Difficulties of Devotions

Book Review for "Sadness is a White Bird" by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

A Majestic Clash

Book Review for "I was Anastasia" by Ariel Lawhon

Duplicity or distortion?

Book Review for "Alias Grace" by Margaret Atwood

Chilling Childhood

Book Review for "Winter Sisters: A Novel" by Robin Oliveira

My 300th Post - Review of a Modern Classic

Book Review for "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Mystifying Masquerade

Book Review for "The Phantom’s Apprentice" by Heather Webb

Carnegie’s Maid Blog Tour & Giveaway

Carnegie’s Maid Blog Tour & Giveaway

Owning Your Team Colors

Book Review for "Green: A Novel" by Sam Graham-Felsen