Ringing in the… New Year?

So Meeghan (of Reads and Bakes fame) has resurrected a 2017 End of Year tag and repurposed it as a Start of 2019 tag. And then tagged me. It might be getting a little late in the month for a ‘New Year’ tag, but I wanted to squeeze it in!

Rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you (Meeghan)
• Link to the creator of the tag (Bookmark Chronicles)
• Answer the questions below (check)
• Tag friends (or not if you don’t feel like it)

Questions:

Best book and/or series read in 2018?

ONE book?! I’m going to pretend it said 3 (and even that was tough to narrow down!) 

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton

Authors that you’ve recently found and would like to read more of in the new year?

Robert Jackson Bennett

Preston Norton

Celeste Ng

Joe Hill

Alexandra Christo

Jo Nesbo

Adam Silvera

Most anticipated book turned movie/tv show?

I only learned that there was going to be a Raven Boys show from Meeghan’s post, so now I’m really excited about that. Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens is up there, too. I actually haven’t read the book yet (though it’s on my 2019 TBR) but anything Neil Gaiman is right up my alley.

Name a character that you wouldn’t mind sharing a kiss with at midnight (if there is one)?

Princess Lira from To Kill a Kingdom. That might end up being my death, her being a siren and all, but what can you do?

What’s on you TBR for 2019?

So much. Some of the most recently added entries are:
All Systems Red, Hounded, and Scythe

How many books do you hope to read in 2019?

Last year I hit 65, so I set this year’s goal at 70.

Will you participate in the Goodreads Reading Challenge or any others?

Kinda, sorta. Goodreads, for sure. And I’ll kind of be doing the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge again. I didn’t complete it last year, but I find it’s a great way to decide what books to read.

Any New Year’s Resolutions?

Ugh. I’m not great with resolutions. I began the new year trying to work out 5 days a week, which hasn’t been working out thus far. I’d also like to blog a little more consistently and get more creative writing done (at least 1 novel and a handful of short stories)

Fun fact about this post: I took a break in the middle of writing this post to play a round of HQ and was embarrassingly eliminated on the 4th question.