{"id":4639,"date":"2019-01-01T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T21:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2021-04-29T17:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T00:37:05","slug":"2018-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/4639","title":{"rendered":"2018 reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

As usual, here is the list of books I read in 2018 with my favorites in bold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Kim Stanley Robinson was a real highlight this year. (The first two Mars books were in 2017.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. Blue Mars<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  2. Tracks<\/em> by Robyn Davidson<\/li>\r\n
  3. Boy Kings of Texas<\/em> by Domingo Martinez<\/li>\r\n
  4. Mirrors of the Unseen<\/em> by Jason Elliot<\/li>\r\n
  5. Alburquerque<\/em> by Rudoldfo Anaya<\/li>\r\n
  6. Caramelo<\/em> by Sandra Cisneros<\/li>\r\n
  7. Good News<\/em> by Edward Abbey<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  8. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell<\/em> by Nadia Hashimi<\/li>\r\n
  9. Braving the Wilderness<\/em> by Brene Brown<\/li>\r\n
  10. Flat Broke with Two Goats<\/em> by Jennifer McGaha<\/li>\r\n
  11. Walking Meditation<\/em> by Nguyen Anh-Huong and Thich Nhat Hanh<\/li>\r\n
  12. Border Walk<\/em> by Mark Hainds<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  13. Zen Under Fire<\/em> by Marianne Elliott<\/li>\r\n
  14. Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em> by Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/li>\r\n
  15. Cutting for Sign<\/em> by  William Langewiesche<\/li>\r\n
  16. Home<\/em> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\r\n
  17. The Line Becomes a River<\/em> by Francisco Cantu<\/li>\r\n
  18. Full Dark, No Stars<\/em> by Stephen King<\/li>\r\n
  19. Caught<\/em> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\r\n
  20. Gone for Good<\/em> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\r\n
  21. The Wild Shore<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  22.  The Gold Coast<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  23. Camino Island<\/em> by John Grisham<\/li>\r\n
  24. Pacific Edge<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  25. Sellers in the Kitchen<\/em> by Betsy Foster Breault<\/li>\r\n
  26. A Land of Hard Edges<\/em> by Peg Bowden<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  27. Behold the Dreamers<\/em> by Imbolo Mbue<\/li>\r\n
  28. Seconds Away<\/em> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\r\n
  29. Living on Wilderness Time<\/em> by Melissa Walker<\/li>\r\n
  30. The Water Knife <\/em>by Paolo Bacigalupi<\/li>\r\n
  31. Love, Africa<\/em> by Jeffrey Gettleman<\/li>\r\n
  32. Where the Past Begins<\/em> by Amy Tan<\/li>\r\n
  33. How to Be Alone<\/em> by Jonathan Franzen<\/li>\r\n
  34. Quiet Until the Thaw<\/em> by Alexandra Fuller<\/li>\r\n
  35. New York 2140<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  36. Sing, Unburied, Sing<\/em> by Jesmyn Ward<\/li>\r\n
  37. Vinegar Girl<\/em> by Anne Tyler<\/li>\r\n
  38. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich<\/li>\r\n
  39. Shaman<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  40. Dear America<\/em> by Jose Antonio Vargas<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  41. A Deepness in the Sky<\/em> by Vernor Vinge<\/li>\r\n
  42. Forty Signs of Rain<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  43. Gathering the Desert<\/em> by Gary Paul Nabhan<\/li>\r\n
  44. Fifty Degrees Below<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  45. Sixty Days and Counting<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
  46. Red Moon<\/em> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\r\n
  47. Digging to America<\/em> by Anne Tyler<\/li>\r\n
  48. The Beginner’s Goodbye<\/em> by Anne Tyler<\/li>\r\n
  49. Bleachers<\/em> by John Grisham<\/li>\r\n
  50. The Rooster Bar<\/em> by John Grisham<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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    Unrelated bonuses: a bobcat that walked by our front door last week…<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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    and a picture from a hike in Portal last week…(there was snow at the top)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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    As usual, here is the list of books I read in 2018 with my favorites in bold. Kim Stanley Robinson was a real highlight this year. (The first two Mars books were in 2017.) Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Tracks by Robyn Davidson Boy Kings of Texas by Domingo Martinez Mirrors of the Unseen by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[175,166],"class_list":["post-4639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-books","tag-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5880,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions\/5880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}