Kriti (kgodey)'s 2018 reading

Welcome to my 2018 thread!

About Me
I'm Kriti, a 28-year-old software engineer. I work from home in a small town in Ohio and I'm a homebody so I live a pretty quiet life. This is my eighth(!) year with the 75 Books Challenge group. I'm not the most talkative person, but I really enjoy being part of this group and try to keep up the best that I can.

Books
I read a lot of fantasy and science fiction, some non-fiction and general fiction. I review some books on my blog, Just a World Away, and you can see a full list of this year's reviews in post #3. I don't have many goals or categories – I just read what I want, although some of my reading is driven by the review copies I receive from publishers. The few reading goals I do have are listed in post #2.

Movies
In October 2015, my husband and I decided to watch a movie together every single day and we're still going strong! I try to review all the movies we watch on my blog (one post per week) and you can see a full list of this year's reviews in post #4.

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Last year's thread: Kriti's (kgodey) 2017 reads

2018 GOALS

(1) Read at least 75 books

Current total: 34

See the monthly reading posts below (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) for the full list.

(2) Read at least 10 non-fiction books

Current total: 34

1. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (Jan 14)
2. Riot Days (Jan 17)
3. Amazing Stories of the Space Age (Feb 16)
4. 12 Rules for Life (Mar 1)
5. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Mar 10)
6. Why Does He Do That? (Apr 9)
7. The Dance of Intimacy (Apr 11)
8. Come As You Are (Apr 18)
9. The Dance of Deception (Apr 25)
10. The Dance of Connection (Apr 27)
11. The Gift of Fear (Apr 28)
12. The Dance of Fear (Apr 29)
13. The Mother Dance (May 4)
14. A Guide to the Good Life (May 19)
15. Trauma and Recovery (May 23)
16. Complex PTSD (May 25)
17. The Body Keeps the Score (May 29)
18. Emotional Intelligence (Jun 3)
19. Reinventing Yourself (Jun 4)
20. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail (Jun 7)
21. An Adult Child's Guide to What's "Normal" (Jun 9)
22. The Tao of Fully Feeling (Jun 12)
23. The Righteous Mind (Jun 16)
24. Adult Children (Jun 19)
25. The Happiness Hypothesis (Jun 27)
26. The Willpower Instinct (Jul 11)
27. The Whole-Brain Child (Jul 14)
28. NurtureShock (Jul 19)
29. It's OK Not to Share (Jul 23)
30. Parenting with Love & Logic (Jul 27)
31. Born for Love (Aug 3)
32. Rethinking Narcissism (Sep 15)
33. Smart Parenting for Smart Kids (Sep 18)
34. Facing Codependence (Sep 28)

(3) Read at least 10 non-SFF fiction books

Current total: 0

(4) Write at least 52 book review posts on my blog

Current total: 1

See post #3 for the full list

(5) Write at least 52 movie review posts (only movies watched in 2018) on my blog
https://www.librarything.com/topic/279188#
Current total: 3

See post #4 for the full list

BOOK REVIEW BLOG POSTS PUBLISHED IN 2018

1. "Amazing Stories of the Space Age" by Rod Pyle

MOVIE REVIEW BLOG POSTS PUBLISHED IN 2018

Movies watched in 2017
1. Weekly Movie Reviews: Nov 19-25, 2017
American Made, Becoming Jane, Ghost World, In This Corner of the World, My Beautiful Laundrette, Sister Act, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2. Weekly Movie Reviews: Nov 26-Dec 2, 2017
Can't Buy Me Love, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Hocus Pocus, Insomnia, Pitch Perfect, Sucker Punch, The Time Traveler's Wife

3. Weekly Movie Reviews: Dec 3-9, 2017
Boogie Nights, Freaky Friday (1976), In Bruges, Neerja, Oldboy (2003), Paper Moon, Peggy Sue Got Married

4. Weekly Movie Reviews: Dec 10-16, 2017
Friday Night Lights, Girl Interrupted, Hulk, Mona Lisa Smile, Pollyanna, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Switch

5. Weekly Movie Reviews: Dec 17-23, 2017
Beasts of No Nation, The Master, Megan Leavey, No Country for Old Men, Playing by Heart, The Verdict, The Wolverine

6. Weekly Movie Reviews: Dec 24-31, 2017
The Bling Ring, The Book Thief, Bright, Chinatown, Colossal, Heathers, Indignation, The Last of the Mohicans

Movies watched in 2018
1. Weekly Movie Reviews: Jan 1-6, 2018
Dunkirk, Overboard (1987), Predator, The Right Stuff, Tin Men, The War of the Roses

2. Weekly Movie Reviews: Jan 7-13, 2018
Argo, Avalon, The King of Comedy, The Newton Boys, Serpico, Soapdish

3. Movie review: The Handmaiden (2016)

FANTASY BOOK BINGO

/r/Fantasy 2017 book bingo (runs from Apr 1, 2017 to Mar 31, 2018)

This is a bingo card that I'm working on as a member of the the /r/Fantasy subreddit.

Any r/Fantasy Goodreads Group Book Of The Month – Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
Format: Graphic Novel (At Least One Volume) OR Audiobook – Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher
Novel Featuring Time Travel – The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
A Novel Published In 2017 – Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson
An Author's Debut Fantasy Novel – The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Non-fiction Fantasy Related Book
Fantasy Novel That's Been on Your 'To Be Read' List for Over a Year
Award Winning Novel
Subgenre: Dystopian / Post-Apocalyptic / Apocalyptic / Dying Earth – Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
r/Fantasy Big List: 2016 Underread / Underrated

Horror Novel The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
Fantasy Novel Featuring a Desert Setting
Re-Use ANY Previous r/Fantasy Bingo Square (Novel by an author on /r/Fantasy's Women in Fantasy list) – Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Self-Published Fantasy Novel – Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
Fantasy Novel Featuring a Non-Human Protagonist The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams

Sequel: Not the First Book in the Series – Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb
Novel By an r/Fantasy AMA Author OR Writer of the Day – The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood
Subgenre: Fantasy of Manners
Fantasy Novel Featuring Dragons – Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
Subgenre: New Weird

Fantasy Novel Featuring Seafaring
Subgenre: Steampunk – The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis
Five Fantasy Short Stories
Novel by an Author from an r/fantasy Author Appreciation Post
Getting Too Old for This Crap: Fantasy Novel Featuring An Older (50+) Protagonist – City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

JANUARY READING

1. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson (Jan 14, 200 pages, paperback)
2. Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina (Jan 17, 195 pages, review copy, ARC, paperback)

FEBRUARY READING

3. Amazing Stories of the Space Age by Rod Pyle (Feb 16, 300 pages, review copy, paperback)

MARCH READING

4. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (Mar 1, 370 pages, hardcover)
5. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (Mar 10, 284 pages, hardcover)

APRIL READING

6. Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft (Apr 9, 400 pages, paperback)
7. The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner (Apr 11, 233 pages, paperback)
8. Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski (Apr 18, 345 pages, paperback)
9. The Dance of Deception by Harriet Lerner (Apr 25, 220 pages, hardcover)
10. The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner (Apr 27, 239 pages, hardcover)
11. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker (Apr 28, 324 pages, hardcover)
12. The Dance of Fear by Harriet Lerner (Apr 29, 224 pages, paperback)

MAY READING

13. The Mother Dance by Harriet Lerner (May 4, 310 pages, hardcover)
14. A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine (May 19, 283 pages, hardcover)
15. Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman (May 23, 276 pages, paperback)
16. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker (May 25, 224 pages, paperback)
17. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (May 29, 372 pages, paperback)

JUNE READING

18. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (Jun 3, 308 pages, hardcover)
19. Reinventing Yourself by Steve Chandler (Jun 4, 212 pages, hardcover)
20. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail by John Gottman (Jun 7, 235 pages, hardcover)
21. An Adult Child's Guide to What's "Normal" by John C. Friel & Linda Friel (Jun 9, 245 pages, paperback)
22. The Tao of Fully Feeling by Pete Walker (Jun 12, 270 pages, paperback)
23. The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt (Jun 16, 321 pages, hardcover)
24. Adult Children by John C. Friel & Linda Friel (Jun 19, 198 pages, paperback)
25. The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt (Jun 27, 246 pages, paperback)

Did not finish
Bonk by Mary Roach (abandoned ~Jun 24)

JULY READING

26. The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal (Jul 11, 240 pages, hardcover)
27. The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (Jul 14, 171 pages, paperback)
28. NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (Jul 19, 265 pages, hardcover)
29. It's OK Not to Share by Heather Shumaker (Jul 23. 378 pages, paperback)
30. Parenting with Love & Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay (Jul 27, 261 pages, hardcover)

AUGUST READING

31. Born for Love by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz (Aug 3, 342 pages, paperback)

SEPTEMBER READING

32. Rethinking Narcissism by Craig Malkin (Sep 15, 212 pages, hardcover)
33. Smart Parenting for Smart Kids by Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Mark S. Lowenthal (Sep 18, 275 pages, paperback)
34. Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody (Sep 28, 227 pages, paperback)

OCTOBER READING

no books finished

NOVEMBER READING

no books finished

DECEMBER READING

35. The Fall of the Readers by Django Wexler (Dec 19, 358 pages, hardcover)

My thread is now open for business!

Hello there have a *

Welcome back! Wow, what a great breakdown you've got going.

Many happy 2018 reads to you!

Happy reading in 2018, Kriti!

Happy New Year! I wish you to read many good books in 2018.

Dropping a star, Kriti!

Happy New Year🎉

Dropping off a
And wishing you

Happy New Year
Happy New Group here
This place is full of friends
I hope it never ends
It brew of erudition and good cheer.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm officially switching over to this thread now.

Bryony, Jim, Lori, Anita, Mamie, Roni, Paul, Kathy, Marie: thank you for stopping by!

Happy New Year and happy new thread!

I am always in awe of organization since I lack the need for it. I'm a do-it-just-cuz kind of a reader. Wow. I'd never make it through even one book a decade if I had to think it through this carefully!

>32 foggidawn: Thanks Foggi!

>33 richardderus: My organization is mostly just wishful thinking; I tend to read whatever I'm in the mood for and then organize my reading after the fact. I've never successfully completed any of my category-based reading goals or book bingo cards. Even the books I have filled out for the /r/Fantasy book bingo above are ones I read on a whim and then looked through the bingo card afterwards to see if I could slot it in anywhere.

>34 kgodey: OIC

I feel less intimidated now. Thanks.

Happy new year and happy reading!

Starred! Wishing you a new year of happy reading!

Happy New Year, Kriti! Looking forward to seeing what you read in 2018.

Happy New Year, Kriti! Starred, and looking forward to following your reading this year.

All the best for 2018!

Looking forward to following your 2018 reads Kriti!

>36 Narilka: >37 swynn: >38 alcottacre: >39 jnwelch: >40 Kassilem: >41 souloftherose:: Thanks for stopping by, Gale, Steve, Stasia, Joe, Melissa, and Heather!

Hi Kriti! Great to see you round these parts again and looking forward to lots of book bullets! Also, movie reviews! Yay!

Happy New Year!

Hi, Kriti. Dropping a star.



I'll have to visit the /r/Fantasy subreddit.

Looking forward to more of your great book and movie reviews!

Happy New Year, Kriti! Good luck with your challenges this year!

Hope your reading (and life in general) is going well. Very quiet around here!

Missing you around the threads. Hope all is well.

Hi Jeff (and a very belated hello to everyone that stopped by in January)!

I haven't posted here since January so I thought I'd post a quick update: I'm doing all right, I (suddenly) decided to stop reading fiction as a way to motivate myself into making some changes in my life/habits. It's going slowly but I'm making progress, I'm not sure when I can resume my usual reading habits, but I hope it will be fairly soon. I have a lot of books I've been looking forward to reading arrive over the last few months. Also, my job situation has also been in flux all year but that's an ongoing issue so I'd rather not talk about it until it is over.

I have been reading, although not as many books as usual. The more recent books have been about how humans and our brains work, some of which are relevant to what I'm working on with myself. I'm not sure how many of them I'm going to review (probably none) but the two books I'd recommend for a general audience are The Body Keeps The Score and Emotional Intelligence – they both collate various neurological, psychological, anthropological, etc. studies and explain how the brain and body process and store experiences (The Body Keeps the Score focuses on trauma, Emotional Intelligence focuses on emotions). I found them both fascinating.

I do want to get back to blogging, I'm thinking of doing more author interviews and giveaways since I haven't been reading any fiction to review. I have a couple of books that I read months ago that I haven't reviewed, so I'm hoping to get to those soon.

Hey Kriti, glad you're still around. Good on ya for recognizing you needed to work on yourself and having the strength to do so.

Come on back here when you're ready. Don't worry we'll leave the light on. :)

I finished my first book this year so I joined the 2019 group and started a thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/303476. I'm hoping to get back to posting regularly.