Stuff I Read in 2018 - The List


1.      Forest Dark                             3
2.      Angel Baby                              4
3.      The Chemist                            4
4.      The Girl in the Window           5
5.      Anything is Possible                4.5
6.      The Satanic Mechanic             4
7.      You Belong to Me                   5
8.      Sunburn                                   4.5
9.      The Finder                               4
10.  Shining City                             4.5
11.  Are You Sleeping                     3
12.  Today Will Be Different          4.5
13.  Goodbye Vitamin                    3
14.  The Last Flight of Poxl West   3
15.  IQ                                            5
16.  Righteous                                4
17.  The Flight Attendant               4
18.  Young Jane Young                   4.5
19.  Lawn Boy                                 4
20.  The Mars Room                      4.5
21.  How It Happened                    4.5
22.  It Ends With Her                      2
23.  The Secrets She Keeps            4.5
24.  The Word is Murder               4
25.  Still Lives                                 4
26.  Heather, The Totality              4.5
27.  The Immortalists                     2
28.  Bearskin                                  4.5
29.  Lethal White                           4
30.  Predator                                  3
31.  21 Lessons for the 21st Century          4.5
32.  Money for Nothing                 4
33.  What’s So Funny                      4
34.  Third Hotel                              3.5
35.  Green Sun                               3.5
36.  An American Marriage           4.5
37.  The Witch Elm                        4.5
38.  The Other Wife                       3.5
39.  Wrecked                                  3.5
40.  Crimson Lake                          4.5
41.  Killing Commendatore            3.5
42.  A Long Way Home                  3.5
43.  The Man in the Crooked Hat  4.5
44.  A Dark and Sacred Night        4.5
45.  The Music Shop                       4.0
46.  November Road                      4.5
47.  When Breath Becomes Air     No rating
48.  Educated                                 5
49.  Sirens                                      2.5
50.  The Italian Teacher                 3
51.  Asymmetry                              4.5
52.  Once Upon a River                  4.5
53.  Baby’s First Felony                  3.5



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