Thursday, December 20, 2018

Year in Review: 2018

It's that time of year again. . .
Here are my Top Ten Favorite Books that I read this year:
(4 novels, 1 novella, and 1 short story were published this year and 4 novels were published prior to this year)

1. The Girl in the Moon by Terry Goodkind [2018]

2. The Hard Bounce by Todd Robinson

3. The Harvest by John Leahy [2018]

4. Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller [2018 Short Story]

5. The Last Hellfighter by Thomas S. Flowers [2018]

6. The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille (Book #2 in the John Corey series)

7. Plum Island by Nelson DeMille (Book #1 in the John Corey series)

8. Scapegoat by Adam Howe & James Newman [2018]

9. The Spy Who Came for Christmas by David Morrell

10. Trouble's Child by Terry Goodkind [2018 Novella - the Prequel to The Girl in the Moon]

If I were to choose a #1 favorite, that honor would go to:

The Girl in the Moon (my favorite book of 2018 - for the sheer rawness of it) with The Last Hellfighter being a close second.

and The Lion's Game (my favorite non-2018 book of the year)

Here are my Top 10 Favorite Films that I watched this year:
(6 were released this year and 4 were released prior to this year)

1. Better Watch Out (if you haven't seen this one yet, now would be a great time to watch it)

2. Blindspotting [2018]

3. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (If I remember correctly, this was the first movie that I watched this year, and it has remained one of my favorites)

4. Overlord [2018]

5. A Quiet Place [2018]

6. Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado [2018]
(a sequel that surpasses the first one!)

7. Summer of '84 [2018]

8. Thelma

9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

10. Upgrade [2018]

If I were to choose a #1 favorite, that honor would go to:

Blindspotting (my favorite film of 2018) with Sicario 2 being a close second.

and Brawl in Cell Block 99 (my favorite non-2018 film of the year)

May you all have a very Merry Christmas and have a Blessed, Happy, and Healthy 2019!

Jason

P. S. All of the book covers and movie posters have been posted on my Google+ and MeWe Profiles.

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