| 2018 MOST DISAPPOINTING READS |

I decided not to name this list my hated books of 2018 because I did not hate any of the books I will list below. Some of the reasons why these books disappointed me include not living up to the hype, some things did not click for me, something annoyed me big time, did not enjoy the characters, etc. 

Books that will show up here does not mean that I did not enjoy them. It just means that there was something iffy for me about the book.

Now here is my most disappointing reads of 2018 along with the reasons why!

NOTE: If you don't want to be spoiled, don't read the parts that are strikedthrough.

1. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (3.6/5)
   • It felt overhyped for me. I saw this a lot in the booktube community and I did not understand all the hype. The story was okay but I had issues with the characters and some of the events.
   • Things escalated quickly and there were some scenes that weren't really necessary.
   • I did not really like Dimple's character. She was too selfish for my taste and kind of annoying too.
   • The web development part wasn't really focused even though it's one of the main point of the setting.
     
2. What If It's Us By Becky Albertalli and Adam Silver (3.7/5)
   • Another overhyped book for me. I see why other people enjoyed this but it didn't work for me. The story and the writing was okay but I had some issues with the build up of the characters.
   • I like the concept of the meet cute but I really didn't feel the chemistry after they found each other. They were cute as friends but I wasn't buying them as a couple. I also got annoyed that they easily got mad at each other. Simply things that could be talked about caused major issues that didn't feel like a super big deal for me.
   • Also, I hate the fact that they did not really got together at the end (or at that point in time, no). The premise was based on that and then things don't work out?? Wtf man.
     
3. Vengeful by VE Schwab (3.8/5)
   • I really did not feel the need for this second book after reading it. It was okay but the plot line was just repetitive. They had the same issues to deal with just with additional characters.
   • Some characters were added just to cause more friction. They weren't necessary at all. I didn't feel their importance.
   • Also, confusing timelines.
     
4. The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (3.5/5)
   • I did not enjoy this as much as the first book which was kind of a disappointment. The story wasn't as exciting and the characters showed their annoying side (I'm looking at you Lily).
   • I disliked Lily in this book because she was so negative. She fucked up things without any solid reason. I felt like she lost any character development.
   • My boyfriend, who loved the first book, decided to DNF it because he couldn't take what was done to the characters and the story.
     
     
5. Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (4/5)
   • This wasn't really bad at all. I just didn't feel as amazed as I did with her previous books and that's why it disappointed me.
   • The writing wasn't as beautiful as before and the story wasn't as exciting. There were predictable parts and honestly, some of it felt a little boring. We don't feel the same attachments we did to the characters because we haven't really seen them a lot before (except for Kade and Christopher).
     
6. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (4/5)
   • Again, this wasn't really bad at all. I just kind of had a big expectation because I just finished Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda before I started this. I loved that book a lot and since Leah is Simon's friend, I thought I would enjoy this as much as I enjoyed Simon's story but I did not.
   • The story was alright. I loved how we got to see Leah's gang again. The main issue that I had was Leah. I wasn't really feeling her at all and I kind of got pissed at her. She's full of rants and negativity and I felt off about it. I also didn't really like her romance story for some reason. I'm all for girl x girl love story but I didn't feel theirs at all. It kind of felt rushed.

| 2018 BOOKS I DID NOT FINISH |

This is the list of books I started in 2018 but for some reason did not finish. I may finish this books in the future but at this moment their status is unknown.

1. And I Darken by Kiersten White
   • I was actually interested at the start. It was kind of cool reading about how tough the main character is in a world that doesn't really empower her gender but the world building was kind of slow so at 100th page I kind of lost my mood to read. I haven't picked it up since. I don't know if I will ever continue again because the prospect of continuing a new series kind of overwhelms me at the moment.
2. The Magician by Michael Scott
   • This is a second book in the series so at least I was able to finish the first one. I actually just stopped this because other books caught my attention but I still plan on continuing this. Also, it was actually a bit slow and the copies I kept on getting had issues like weird spacing or missing quotation marks so that kind of made me annoyed. I don't know if I will reach the last book but at this point I'm still positive on finishing the second one. I actually continued some of the chapters today. Hopefully I'll finish it in January 2019.
3. Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover
   • I actually tried to read this immediately after reading Hopeless and I reached the 1/3 mark. I stopped because the events from Hopeless felt too fresh on my mind and it felt repetitive for me so I did not appreciate it at all. I don't know if I will still continue reading this at the moment because I don't really love Dean and not really interested on his point of view.
4. To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
   • I was actually intrigued by this book. I wanted to know more but the copy I had kept fucking me up. Chapters kept getting broken and jumping onto next chapters so it annoyed the hell out of me. I stopped and haven't picked it up since. I don't know if there is a better copy now. We'll see if I pick it up again.
5. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
   • I love John Green but for some reason I haven't been really feeling this book. I am 1/3 in but I haven't really appreciated anything. The lead character bored me and the story isn't really interesting to me. I don't know if I will continue this in the future because I already tried two times. Hopefully, I will but we'll see in the future.

| BOOKS I READ IN 2018 |

I completed my goodreads reading challenge this year! I set 25 as my goal and I managed to read 37 which is an achievement for me so yehey! 

I read 9,630 pages across 37 books.

SHORTEST BOOK: Son of the Dawn by Cassandra Clare (48 pages)

LONGEST BOOK: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (912 pages)

AVERAGE LENGTH OF BOOK: 275 pages

MY AVERAGE RATING FOR 2018: 4.3/5

1. The Young Queens by Kendare Blake (4/5)
2. Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (4/5)
3. The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken (4.25/5) 
4. The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (3.5/5)
5. Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet (3.8/5) 
6. Mirrored by Alex Flinn (3.7/5)
7. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (3.6/5)
8. Son of the Dawn by Cassandra Clare (4.25/5)
9. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (4/5)
10. The Oracle Queen by Kendare Blake (4.3/5)
11. Circe by Madeline Miller (4.5/5)
12. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan (5/5)
13. Cast Long Shadows by Cassandra Clare (4.75/5)
14. Every Exquisite Thing by Cassandra Clare (5/5)
15. Learn about Loss by Cassandra Clare (4.5/5)
    
    I've already my short reviews for the first 15 books during the first half of the year. You can check it out in this link. :D
    
16. Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (5/5)
• I loved the movie but I enjoyed the book more!
• I found the story fun and enjoyable to read. I love the interactions between the characters and I absolutely adored Jacques and Blue.
  
17. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (4/5)
    • I enjoyed this but I didn't really love it. I loved the friendship between the characters though.
    • I did not like Leah as the main character. She kind of annoyed me.
    • I found the love story cute but the ending felt kind of rushed.
    • The highlight of this for me is still the romance between Jacques and Blue.
      
18. All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover (4.8/5)
• I loved the story. The issues were more adult compared to her other books but it still breaks your heart just the same.
• The events that happened were too realistic which made it more heartbreaking. 
• It hurt to see the difference between the past interactions and the present interactions of the characters.
• So many things to think about a relationship that you can probably relate to (I know I did).
  
19. Hopeless by Colleen Hoover (4.8/5)
    • This is the most fucked up book I've read by Colleen Hoover. 
    • The beginning started out normal but after you reach a certain point, you would get an intense roller coaster of emotions. So many twists and turns.
    • I liked the relationship of the lead characters but I do think that their development was quite fast.
      
20. Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover (3.9/5)
    • The love story between the lead characters were okay. Nothing amazing but it was fun to read. Their interactions were funny but there were some things that were fucked up.
      
21. A Deeper Love by Cassandra Clare (4/5)
    • Interesting story but not really important. 
    • I liked that we got to see Jem and Tessa together but for some reason I really didn't like the timing.
    • I liked seeing Catarina and Jem telling her about something that's important to her made me happy.
      
      
22. PJO: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (5/5) 
23. PJO: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (5/5)
24. PJO: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (5/5)
25. PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (5/5)
26. PJO: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (5/5)
    • For the review about the whole Percy Jackson and the Olympian Series, just refer here.
    • I loved rereading Rick Riordan's PJO series again. I had fun reading about Percy and his adventures.
    • I loved this even from the first book. It was an interesting introduction to the world of Greek Myth.
    • Percy Jackson is one of the most interesting main character from a book series and it was fun reading from his point of view again. I loved his interactions with the different characters and his love for his family.
      
27. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (4.25/5)
    • It was such a simple and short read but I enjoyed it. I found Victoria Schwab's beautiful and her writing of this story was quite intriguing and creepy.
      
28. HoO: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (4.5/5)
    • This followed the same formula as the first series but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did with PJO which is probably because I don't really like Jason as a main character. He was kind of boring to be honest.
    • I still enjoyed the story from this book and how it played out though.  The adventures were still on point.
      
29. The Wicked Ones by Cassandra Clare (4.5/5)
    • This was such an interesting and intriguing story. We got to see Jace's mother - Celine Montclaire. I liked reading from her point of view even though we know things don't end well for her. We get to see her connection to Valentine and their weird bond.
    • I liked that it was set in Paris. I loved Cassie's writing about Paris.
      
30. Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake (4/5)
    • The story was still interesting but nothing amazing happens. 
    • It was kind of confusing seeing different point of views in different places and you don't really know who to cheer for because things aren't as clear as they used too.
    • The revelation here was kind of messed up. It made you hope hard.
      
31. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (4/5)
    • The pacing was a bit slow but the book was mainly okay. I was just not pushed to continue the series but I still may.
    • I love the interconnection between the different mythologies of different cultures. It was amazing how Michael wove them together.
    • The twins character were a little weak that's why I wasn't really impressed.
      
32. The Land I Lost by Cassandra Clare (5/5)
    • This is the best story in the Ghosts of the Shadow Market Anthology. 
    • I loved seeing Alec in all his glory. I loved seeing his interactions with the downworlders and with his family. I loved that we got the story of how he met Rafe.
      
33. Through Blood, Through Fire by Cassandra Clare (5/5)
    • I loved this story because we got to see the main point of Jem's trip to the Shadowhunter Markets. 
    • It was interesting to see the reason why the Kit's bloodline is so important.
    • Also, that reveal! Omg I did not see that coming but I loved it so much. It made me want to scream out loud in the office.
      
34. Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (4.5/5)
    • So many good things that happened but there were also things that you would question as to why it was needed in the book. 
    • So many heartbreaking things. Especially on the first pages.
    • I had an issue on how easy things came to be in the end. There was not really a consequence on the major things that left me questioning them.
    • The Cohort annoyed the hell out of me. They were just so stupid.
    • I still really didn't connect with Julian and Emma as the lead that's why this didn't beat Clockwork Princess or City of Heavenly Fire for me. Also, it was kind of not really an end book.
      
35. Vengeful by VE Schwab (3.8/5)
    
    • I really did not feel the need for this second book. The main story was just repetitive of the first one that it kind of bored me. 
    • The timeline in this one kind of confused me and there were characters that was added that felt like they were just there to make things longer and complicated but they were really irrelevant.
    • I liked that we got to see more EO's though.
    
    
36. Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (4.8/5)
    • This is not as beautiful and amazing as Strange the Dreamer but it was still a masterpiece. 
    • I loved seeing the story unfold and things resolve itself. There were still many shocking things to see. 
    • I love the implication that this world may be connected to the world in Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
      
37. What If It's Us By Becky Albertalli and Adam Silver (3.7/5)
    • The story was interesting. I liked how things unfolded but I really didn't feel the chemistry between the lead characters. They were cute together but I enjoyed them more as friends which was kind of disappointing because I felt that it wasn't what the story was selling.
    • I loved Dylan and Samantha's romance though. They were really cute together.

| NEWLY DISCOVERED AUTHORS OF 2018 |

Most of the books I read this year were from authors I've read from before but I did manage to sneak in five new ones this year! Yay for me! That's an achievement for me because recently I've just been reading sequels to books I've followed from before or new releases by authors I know and love. 

Here is the list of my newly discovered authors!

1. Alexandra Bracken
- The only book I read by her is the Prosper Redding one and I enjoyed it. I like her writing. It's fun and easy to read.

2. Michael Scott
- I started the The Secrets of the Immortal Flamel series this year and I enjoyed Michael's writing. It's interesting to read about a world that mashed up the different mythological stuff of different cultures.

3. Sandhya Menon
- I liked Sandhya's writing even though I didn't really love When Dimple Met Rishi. Her writing is easy to read and fun.

4. Adam Silvera
- I only read What If It's Us which is a collaboration between him and Becky Albertalli. Even I had an issue with Ben's character, I still enjoyed his point of view especially when he is joined by Dylan.

5. Roshani Chokshi
- I liked that I found another author who writes about mythology. I found Aru Shah enjoyable and an interesting take on Hindu Myth. Her characters are fun and her writing is easy to read.

Also, shoutout to Colleen Hoover though because I read three book by her this year!

| RECAP ON MY MOST AWAITED BOOKS OF 2018 |

So, at the start of this year I made my most awaited books of 2018.

Click here to look back at that post! 

I managed to read 12 out of 23 books I listed there which is better than last years (I read 11). I was shocked that I managed to read that many from my list because I haven't really read much this year. All of the books I managed to finish were sequel to series or books from an author I've read before.

Here is the list of the 2018 releases that I managed to read this year!

1. Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet
2. Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
3. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
4. The Oracle Queen by Kendare Blake
5. Circe by Madeline Miller
6. Son of the Dawn by Cassandra Clare (this should have been the Shadowhunter Market Series)
7. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
8. All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
9. Two Dark Reign by Kendare Blake
10. Vengeful by VE Schwab
11. Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare
12. The Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor 

For my thoughts on these books, wait for my Books I've Read in 2018 post! :)

Catching Up On Things That I Did

I can't possible write individual reviews for shows, movies, and books I've read throughout the year now because 2018 is almost at its end. So what I plan to do (or cram) for the next few days before 2018 ends is to just make a short review for each of them. A list of the possible incoming posts would be about:

• Recap on My Most Anticipated Books of 2018
• Newly Discovered Authors of 2018
• Most Disappointing Reads of 2018
• Best Books of 2018
• Books I Did Not Finish in 2018
• Most Disappointing Movies of 2018
• Best Movies of 2018
• Shows I Watched in 2018
• Movies I Watched in 2018
• Books I Read in 2018
• My Life in 2018

Let's see how many I get to cram before 2019 starts!