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My goal is to end 2018 with fewer unread ebooks than I have at the start of 2018.
I start 2018 with 1017* books on my TBR pile.

Books finished in 2018

1. January 1st: Grantville Gazette #75 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.60 - 5/5 - 125pp
   The usual enjoyable mix.
2. January 1st: F&SF, January/February 2018 edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 5/5 - 247pp
   An excellent issue.
3. January 3rd: The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey - £2.00 - 4/5 - 241pp re-read
   An accidental re-read. Good fun.
4. January 6th: Man-Kzin Wars III by Larry Niven et al.- £2.50 - 4/5 - 278pp
   A short story by Niven and two Novellas by others. Fun.
5. January 10th: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin - £0.99 - 3/5 - 380pp
   Interesting world, but the style was rather off-putting, and this is clearly a third of a big book rather than the first book of a trilogy. I also guessed the twist at the end long before the last line.
6. January 17th: Passing by Nella Larsen - £0.88 - 3/5 - 106pp
   It was OK. The flashback start seemed unnecessary. The ending was poor. It was an interesting insight into some aspects of Black American life in the Early 20th Century.
7. January 19th: Kill Before Dying by Travis S. Taylor - £2.50 - 4/5 - 297pp
   Fun tosh.
8. January 25th: The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri - £0.99 - 5/5 - 134pp
   An excellent detective story. I'm looking forward to more.
9. January 26th: The Cackle of Cthulhu edited by Alex Shvartsman - £2.50 - 4/5 - 251pp
   Most enjoyable, even though I don't usually like Lovecraftian stuff.
10. February 1st: Analog SF, January/February 2018 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 4/5 - 341pp
    
    "The Quantum Magician" by Derek Künsken is the first part of a serial. If I'd realised I would have left it for when I had all parts available to read together, but the silly Magazine format that they use on the Kindle meant I didn't notice until I'd finished this part. An enjoyable far-future story.
    
    Novella:
    "Blurred Lives" by Adam-Troy Castro is an odd story of mind control.
    Spoiler:
    I enjoyed it.
    
    Novelettes:
    "The Journeyman: Through Madness Gap" by Michael F. Flynn is an amusing continuation of the story of Teodorq and Sammi and their quest on behalf of some failing technology. I look forward to the next installment, whenever it appears.
    "Endless City" by David Gerrold. Hard bitten detective in cyberspace and realspace. OK, but not really my kind of thing.
    
    Short stories:
    "Hobson's Choices" by Mary A. Turzillo is a very good flawed utopia story.
    "Ten and Ten" by Alan Dean Foster is a story of communication. Pretty good.
    "One to Watch" by Andrew Barton is strange. I don't really understand the motivation of the protagonist.
    "Home on the Free Range" by Holly Schofield considers the problems of farming with no experience of the yearly cycle. Good.
    "When the Aliens Stop to Bottle" by Ian Watson is a story of alien conquest. Hmmm.
    "Two Point Three Children" by Marissa Lingen is a very good story about AI.
    "Air Gap" by Eric Cline. A completely different very good story about AI.
    "The Dissonant Note" by Jeremiah Tolbert is a very good story about the consequences of uploadable consciousness.
    
    The Probability Zero story "Margin of Error" was a fun look at a political campaign.
11. February 4th: The Jack of Souls by Stephen C Merlino - Free - 4/5 - 352pp
    Enjoyable, and readable, but I hadn't realised the trilogy is unfinished. Perhaps a little too busy with mysterious magic and spirits.
12. February 8th: Neogenesis by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller - £3.75 - 5/5 - 379pp
    Splendid. Now to wait for the next one!
13. February 9th: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton - £0.49 - 2/5 - 397pp
    [ABANDONED]Great idea. I'm just not taken by the style and plot.
14. February 18th: I, Claudius by Robert Graves - £0.99 - 5/5 - 448pp
    Utterly splendid.
15. February 19th: Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan- £0.99 - 4/5 - 249pp
    Good fun modern fantasy. But without anything supernatural.
16. February 27th: Asimov's SF edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 3/5 - 301pp
    Two Novellas:
    "In the Lost City of Leng" by Rudy Rucker & Paul Di Filippo. A Lovecraftian story and not really to my taste.
    "The Rescue of the Renegat" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. One of her Fleet stories. I enjoyed it.
    Four Novellas:
    "Sea of Dreams" by Cixin Liu, trans. John Chu. Artistic temperament write large. Quite good.
    "Solicited Discordance" by Matthew Hughes. P.I. on alien world. OK.
    "Assassin in the Clouds" by Robert R. Chase. Bodyguard work. OK.
    "Barren Isle" by Allen M. Steele. A Coyote story. Good.
    Four Short Stories:
    "Consciousness: 4107's Story" and "The Final Commandment: Trey's Story" by James Gunn. Back stories of two characters in his Transcendental trilogy. OK, but only just. Clearly setups for the novels.
    "The Equalizers" by Ian Creasey. An interesting look at anti-discrimination technology and social interactions. Good.
    "Mother Tongues" by S. Qiouyi Lu. Good story about the importance of language.
17. February 28th: Penhallow by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 3/5 - 305pp
    One of her 'modern' books, but not even a mysteru, more a consequences.
18. March 4th: Grantville Gazette #76 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.60 - 4/5 - 148pp
    Good stories. Seemed a little shorter than usual.
19. March 6th: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 160pp
    A fun re-read.
    re-read
20. March 7th: The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 4/5 - 219pp
    Fun, but the plot was, perhaps, a little obvious.
21. March 9th: A Call to Vengence by David Weber - £4.69 - 5/5 - 447pp
    An enjoyable space romp.
22. March 12th: Deadly Election by Lindsay Davis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 329pp
    An enjoyable historical, although slightly odd word explanations towards the start.
23. March 17th: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle £0.99 - 4/5 - 153pp
    Pretty good, I'm going to put the rest on my wishlist, athough this is a complete story in itself.
24. March 18th: The Clocks by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 245pp
    Great fun. Agatha Christie poking fun, but with some splendid stuff. I loved the bookshop.
25. March 22nd: A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 3/5 - 235pp
    Fun, but too much just on the surface for me.
26. March 26th: Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 361pp
    Great fun.
27. March 28th: A Carribean Mystery by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 181pp
    Miss Marple on holiday.
28. March 30th: Analog SFF, Mar/Apr 2018 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 348pp
    The Spires - a good story about wanting to prove you're right. Lab B-15 about the problems of emulation. The Streaming Man - an excellent story about accidental internet success. Razzibot - an excellent story about accidental internet success. The Selves We Leave Behind - a sad story about first contact. Beek - a very good story about insights gained from the a natural world. An Incident on Ishtar, and excellent story about the lengths people will go for what's important to them. The Tail Gunner's Lament - a good WWII UFO story. Sicko - how to save the world slowly. Car Talk - AI and cars. What's not to like? Frog Happy - odd story about alien invasion. Sun Splashed Fields and Far Blue Mountains - a USA healthcare story. Physics Tomorrow: A story of SETI success. Big Thompson: A story of SETI success. The Camel's Tail - an excellent story of space commerce.
29. April 2nd: Asimov's SF, Mar/Apr 2018 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 4/5 - 292pp
    Full review to follow
30. April 6th: The Worst Witch by Jill Murphey - £0.99 - 3/5 - 53pp
    Fun, but aimed younger than I remembered.
31. April 7th: A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 273pp
    A most enjoyable 'in the gaps' story.
32. April 10th: Making History by Stephen Fry - £2.99 - 4/5 - 359pp
    I liked the alternate history bits, I didn't like some of the style.
33. April 14th: Though Hell Should Bar The Way by David Drake - £4.69 - 5+/5 - ???pp
    With Leary getting a little too senior, we follow another character through an adventure. Great.
34. April 16th: F&SF March-April 2018 edited by C. C. Finlay - £1.98 - 4/5 - 244pp
    Finished on 22nd. Full review to follow.
35. April 17th: Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 5/5 - 384pp
    A most enjoyable YA fantasy story.
36. April 19th: Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones - £1.49 - 4/5 - 188pp
    Another splendid YA fantasy. One star off for the main characters unreasonable preoccupation with his book.
37. April 20th: A Margin in Time by Laura Hayden - Free - 2/5 - 183pp
    I should remember that Romances don't care about anything except the romance. It would have been much better without the extra character who did nothing for the time-travelling plot except make it completely inconsistent.
38. April 23rd: Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter - £0.50 - 3/5 - 219pp
    OK. Oddly unlike the Morse we know from TV. It will be interesting to see how the characters change as the series progresses.
39. April 26th: The Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 251pp
    The usual Cadfael fun
40. April 28th: The Reluctant Window by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 241pp
    Great fun, as usual.
41. April 29th: At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 4/5 - 201pp
    Fun, but not quite as good as I'd expected.
42. April 29th: The Counterfeit Madam by Pat McIntosh - £0.84 - 5/5 - 238pp
    Most enjoyable.
43. May 5th: Grantville Gazette 77 by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.41 - 5/5 - 151pp
    The usual fun collection of stories.
44. May 7th: F&SF, May/June 2018 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.61 - 4/5 - 251pp
    On of the stories was not to my taste, so 4/5 this month.
45. May 9th: Asimov's SF, May/June 2018 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 4/5 - 305pp
    An enjoyable set of stories.
46. May 11th: Analog SFF, May/June 2018 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 344pp
    A good issue, and the conclusion of the serial was very good.
47. May 16th: Neede by Hal Clemenet - £1.49 - 4/5 - 212pp Re-read
    Most enjoyable.
48. May 20th: Cobra Slave by Timothy Zahn - £1.71 - 5/5 - 256pp
    Fun adventure/thriller SF
49. May 22nd: Through the Eye of a Neede by Hal Clemenet - £2.49 - 3/5 - 174pp Re-read
    Not quite enough plot, but interesting.
50. May 22nd: Cobra Outlaw by Timothy Zahn - £1.81 - 4/5 - 288pp
    Fun, but hard to keep track of everyone in the small episodes.
51. May 25th: The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.95 - 5/5 - 65pp
    Excellent, as expected.
52. May 26th: Cobra Traitor by Timothy Zahn - £2.50 - 4/5 - 361pp
    OK, but little real peril.
53. May 28th: The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 338pp
    Delightful. I'm really enjoying this series.
54. June 1st: The King's Justice by E. M. Powell - Free - 5/5 - 224pp
    Good characters, plot, and historical details. Recommended.
55. June 2nd: Nimisha's Ship by Anne McCaffrey - £1.19- 3/5 - 298pp
    Disappointing. No peril and cavalier attitude of heros
56. June 4th: A Talent to Amuse by Sheridan Morley - Free - 3/5 - 418pp
    A bit dry, but I enjoyed it. A work biography of Noel Coward
57. June 6th: Black Horses for the King by Anne MacCaffrey - £1.19 - 4/5 - 135pp
    Better than Nimisha's ship. Enjoyable dark ages Arthurian story.
58. June 10th: Man-Kzin Wars IV by Larry Niven et al. - £3.74 - 4/5 - 251pp
    Two good stories about the Man-Kzin Wars.
59. June 15th: Pulse by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 270pp
    Most enjoyable. I'll read more by him.
60. June 17th: Analog SFF, July/August 2018 edited by Tevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 349pp
    Usual good mix of stories.
61. June 21st: The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell - £1.99 - 5/5 - 426pp
    It took a while to get into it, but I think it deserves 5/5 in the end.
62. June 27th: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - £0.99 - 2/5 - 505pp
    [ABANDONED. Not for me at the moment.]
63. July 1st: GG#78 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.41 - 5/5 - 159pp
    A most enjoyable quick read.
64. July 4th: Stupefying Stories, August 2014 - Free - 3/5 - 115pp
    OK. More MilSF than I'd expected.
65. July 7th: Asimov's SF, July/August 2018 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 4/5 - 313pp
    The usual good crop of stories.
66. July 11th: Foundation by Mercedes Lackey - £1.00 - 5/5 - 291pp.
    Nothing too unexpected, but an enjoyable, readable story.
67. July 12th: Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 276pp
    Still good fun.
68. July 14th: Changes by Mercedes Lackey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 267pp
    Still good fun
69. July 16th: Redoubt by Mercedes Lackey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 253pp
    Still good fun
70. July 18th: Bastion by Mercedes Lackey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 276pp
    A most enjoyable series
71. July 19th: Games Wizards Play by Diane Duane - £2.45 - 5/5 - 355pp
    I was expecting a filler from the title. No such thing! Excellent.
72. July 21st: The Angry Tide by Winston Graham - £1.19 - 5/5 - 449pp
    Great melodrama set at end of 18th century.
73. July 24th: I Captured the Castle by Dodie Smith - £0.99 - 5/5 - 303pp
    A wonderful book. Great story and characters.
74. July 27th: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott - £0.99 - 3/5 - 464pp
    A 1930s vet's life. Fun, but not enough to continue with the rest.
75. July 27th: Interim Errantry by Diane Duane - £2.79 - 5/5 - 403ppp
    Three excellent short stories.
76. August 1st: On Ordeal by Diane Duane - £4.19 - 5/5 - 308pp
    Another three excellent short stories.
77. August 3rd: Man-Kzin Wars V by Larry Niven et al. - £3.74 - 4/5 - 260pp[INDENT]More stories about the wars.[/I]
78. August 6th: Shanji by James C. Glass - Free - 2/5 - 324pp
    Too many plot holes.
79. August 9th: The Fourth Crow by Pat McIntosh- £0.84 - 5/5 - 235pp
    Tudor Glasgow investigating fun.
80. August 12th: The King's Corrodian by Pat McIntosh - £0.84 - 4/5 - 233pp
    I found the experimenting implausible, so 4/5
81. August 14th: Artemis by Andy Weir - £0.99 - 4/5 - 261pp
    Fun, but I didn't find the female protagonist convincingly female. Whether that's Andy Weir's failing or my own isn't something I can answer.
82. August 15th: Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates - £0.99 - 5/5 - 161pp
    Splendid dectective fun in Australia
83. August 16th: Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 344p
    Great Fun. Nice to see some of Rameses' internal monologue
84. August 18th: The Ape Who Guards the Balancet by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 348p
    Great Fun. Amelia caught by her own unconscious prejudices.
85. August 19th: Asimov's SF, September/October 2018 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - - 304pp
    Up to the usual standard.
86. August 20th: The Foundling by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 338pp
    A splendid adventure.
87. August 23rd: Analog SFF, September/October 2018 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 4/5 - 345pp
    One story I didn't care for, otherwise fine.
88. August 23rd: Third Girl by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 236pp
    The clues were there. Good mystery, if perhaps, more complex than needed.
89. August 26th: Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charles Sheffield - Free - 3/5 - 278pp
    Good start, disappointing middle and end.
90. August 27th: Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 343pp
    Another splendid mystery.
91. August 29th: A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 241pp
    More fun with the Emersons
92. August 31st: The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 351pp
    Wow. What a lot of action. Although the villain is obvious as soon as one thing happens.
93. September 1st: F&SF, July/August 2018 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.61 - 5/5 - 247pp
    A Good mix of Famtasy and SF, as it should be.
94. September 2nd: Grantville Gazette #79 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.41 - 5/5 - 156pp
    The usual fun mix.
95. September 3rd: Project Elfhome by We Spencer - £2.07 - 5/5 - 431pp
    A delightful collection of what would be fan-fic if it wasn't written by the author.
96. September 6th: Bookburners by Max Gladstone et al. - £2.64 - 5/5 - 594pp
    An enjoyable demon-infested world. I have the next volumes on my wishlist.
97. September 10th: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.02 - 4/5 - 224pp
    Better than the first, but I feel we're perhaps not fully there yet.
98. September 11th: Rommel? Gunner Who? by Spike Milligan - £0.99 - 3/5 - 164pp
    The actual autobiography is moving. I found the jokes not to my taste.
99. September 14th: An Elephant for Aristotle by L. Sprague de Camp - Free - 4/5 - 364
    Most enjoyable historical fiction in the time of Alexander the Great.
100. September 22nd: Caine's Mutiny by Charles E. Gannon - £1.97 - 4/5 - 774pp
     The series is growing on me.
101. September 24th: F&SF Sep/Oct 2018 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.61 - 5/5 - 250pp
     Another splendid collection. I really like the stories since C. C. Finlay took over as editor.
102. September 26th: Flying Colours by C. S. Fprester - £0.24 - 5/5 - 166pp
     Splendid stuff, A most enjoyable re-read.
103. September 28th: The Commodore by C. S. Forester - £0.25 - 5/5 - 233pp
     Great.
104. September 29th: Lord Hornblower by C. S. Forester - £0.25 - 5/5 - 198pp
     Still great, but it could be improved by a historical end note.
105. September 30th: Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester - £0.25 - 5/5 - 235pp
     Splendid as always.
106. October 3rd: The Horse Lord by Peter Morwood - £0.99 - 5/5 - 256pp
     A nice low tech fantasy
107. October 5th: The Demon Lord by Peter Morwood - £0.99 - 5/5 - 260pp
     A good second book
108. October 8th: The Dragon Lord by Peter Morwood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 256pp
     Not as conclusive an ending as I'd like in a trilogy.
109. October 12th: Arabella by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 245pp
     Great fun
110. October 14th: Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 282pp
     Utterly splendid.
111. October 16th: The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 251pp
     Splendid. A very nice mystery.
112. October 19th: The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi - £2.79 - 5/5 - 233pp
     A good continuation. I'm looking forward to the next one.
113. October 21st: A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 5/5 - 86pp
     Still funny, and touching. Silently updated to account for inflation.
114. October 22nd: Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 392pp
     Excellent, as usual. And lots of things happen.
115. October 25th: More About Paddinton by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 5/5 - 79pp
     Less successful updating in this book, but still most enjoyable..
116. October 26th: Analog SFF, November/December 2018 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 352pp
     Another excellent selection of stories.
117. October 30th: Rashomon Gate by I J Parker - Free - 5/5 - 339pp
     Good mystery set in mediaeval Japan
118. November 3rd: Asimov's SF, November/December 2018 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 309pp
     Another good selection of stories and articles.
119. November 4th: Georgia on my Mind and Other Places by Charles Sheffield - £1.03 - 4/5 - 340pp
     OK, but I think I prefer his longer works
120. November 7th: The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovich - £0.99 - 5/5 - 255pp
     Excellent, as usual. I'm looking forward to the next one.
121. November 10th: Grantville Gazette #80 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.41 - 5/5 - 170pp
     The usual collection of good stories and articles.
122. November 12th: Paddington Helps Out by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 5/5 - 73pp
     More fun with Paddington, who always lands on his paws.
123. November 16th: Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 3/5 - 206pp
     Bit average. But I'll continue with the series because I like Edinburgh, and it's supposed to get a lot better.
124. November 19th: F&SF Nov/Dec 2018 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.61 - 5/5 - 249pp
     Another good selection by C. C. Finlay.
125. November 21st: Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 383pp
     Another splendid romp in Egypt
126. November 25th: The Gates of Tagmeth by P. C. Hodgell - £2.76 - 4/5 - 307pp
     Good, but I'd like to see some more movement on the major plot
127. December 2nd: The Fifth Knight by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 308pp
     Most enjoyable historical romp, making space for itself in history.
128. December 3rd: Burning Tower by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - £1.35 - 4/5 - 464pp
     I love the world building. Not quite so sure about the plot.
129. December 7th: The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 263pp
     Another splendid Cadfael adventure
130. December 10th: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 621pp
     Excellent stand-alone fantasy.
131. December 15th: Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 4/5 - 215pp
     Better than the first. But still a bit too wild in the events.
132. December 16th: Postsingular by Rudy Rucker - Free - 2/5 - 238pp
     Rather too silly.
133. December 16th: The Graveyard of the Hesperides - £0.99 - 5/5 - 341pp
     A most enjoyable 1st century Roman mystery.
134. December 17th: Children of the Nameless by Brandon Sanderson - Free - 5/5 - 148pp
     A splendid fantasy novella. I have no knowledge of the background, but the stor worked for me.
135. December 17th: Endless Night by Agatha Christie - £0.41 - 3/5 - 186pp
     OK, but not one of her best.
136. December 18th: Tramp Royale by Robert A. Heinlein - £3.33 - 4/5 - 344pp
     Interesting.
137. December 19th: Paddington Abroad by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 5/5 - 79pp
     Delightful stories of Paddington falling on his feet as usual.
138. December 20th: Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell - £1.99 - 5/5 - 407pp
     A splendid reimagining of the Arthurian myth
139. December 22nd: Analog SFF, January/February 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 341pp
     Another excellent selection

Books added to TBR in 2018

Freebies (11)

1. January 28th: The Jack of Souls (read)
2. January 31st: Killing Gravity (unread)
3. January 31st: Witches of Lychford (unread)
4. February 14th: The Eizzoli Bag (unread)
5. February 25th: Ruth's First Christmas Tree (unread)
6. March 7th: A Talent to Amuse (read)
7. April 12th: A Margin in Time (read)
8. April 27th: Stupefying Stories: August 2014 (read)
9. May 3rd: The King's Justice (read)
10. July 20th: Tomorrow and Tomorrow (read)
11. December 13th: Children of the Nameless (read)

Ebooks Bought

• January (23/£40.36): Grantville Gazette #75, F&SF January/February 2018, Neogenesis, Cobra Traitor, The Cackle of Cthulu, Kill Before Dying, Man-Kzin Wars III, The Deluge Drivers, Needle, Through the Eye of a Needle, Icerigger, Mission to Moulokin, The Fifth Season, Passing, 8xInspector Montalbano Mysteries (The Shape of Water, The Terracotta Dog, The Snack Thief, The Voice of the Violin, Excursion to Tindari, The Scent of the Night, Rounding the Mark, The Patience of the Spider), The English and their History
• February (14/£23.59): Pawn of Prophecy, Child of Earth, Midnight Snack and Other Fairy Tales, Interim Errantry2: On Ordeal, Analog SFF March/April 2018, Asimov's SF March/April 2018, The Best SF&F of the Year, Enchanted Glass, Deep Secret, A Tale of Time City, The Chalk Pit, The Russia House, All Creatures Great and Small, Castle of Wizardry
• March (37/£48.53): Grantville Gazette #76, F&SF March/April 2018, Dragon Song, To Love and be Wise, A Wrinkle in Time, A Call to Vengence, Deadly Election, The seven Narnia books, The Name of the Rose, Making History, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Talent for Murder, Pulse, 10xInspector Morse, 8xInspector Montalbano
• April (7/£14.63): Jeeves Omnibus 2, The Franchise Affair, The Worst Witch, Though Hell Should Bar The Way, Analog SFF May/June, Asimov's SF May/June, The Crossing Places
• May (9/£16.91): Grantville Gazette #77, F&SF May/June 2018, Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman?, The Singing Sands, Enchanter's End Game, Unnatural Habits, Fools and Mortals, Guardians of the West, The Flowers of Vashnoi
• June (11/£25.52): The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excaliber, The Girl on the Train, Man-Kzin Wars IV, Science of Discworld II and IV, Classic(Mary Berry), The Dark Side of the Sun, Analog SFF July/August 2018, Asimov's SF July/August 2018
• July (19/£27.54): Grantville Gazette #78, F&SF July/August 2018, The Jeeves Omnibus Vol. 1, Man-Kzin Wars V, (The OathBound, Oathbreakers, Oathblood), (Exile's Honor, Exile's Valor, Take a Thief), Games Wizards Play, The Chrysalids, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, The Diary of a Young Girl, The Genius of Jane Austen, Georgia on my Mind, I Captured the Castle, Miss Pym Disposes, Oathbringer
• August (6/£8.94): Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates, Smiley's People, The Honorable Schoolboy, Analog SFF September/October 2018, Asimov's SF September/October 2018, 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'
• September (26/£31.52): Grantville Gazette #79, F&SF September/October 2018, The Diamond Throne, The Mission Song, The Constant Gardener, Project Elfhome, Bookburners, Caine's Mutiny, Stir Crazy (not added), The Player of Games, 12 Rebus novels, Admiral Hornblower Omnibus (counted as four books)
• October (17/£20.74): The Horse Lord, The Demon Lord, The Dragon Lord, The Consuming Fire, The Span of Empire, Analog SFF November/December 2018, Asimov's SF November/December 2018, 8xPadding Bear books, The Monastery Murders, Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories
• November (15/£31.66) Grantville Gazette #80, F&SF November/December 2018, The Hanging Tree, The Fifth Knight, The Blood of the Fifth Knight, The Lord of Ireland, The Gates of Tagmeth, Inspector Rebus (2-9)
• December (10/£16.40) Dragonsinger, The Jeeves Omnibus vol 3, Elantris, The Third Nero, Pandora's Boy, Analog SFF January/February 2019, Asimov's SF January/February 2019, One Enchanted Evening, Ready Player One, The Eye of the World

Spoiler:

Subscription books

• December (0/£0.00):

Analysis
TBR: 1014
Books read: 139 (including 12 freebies, 2 abandoned, 4 re-reads)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 50 (freebies discarded)

Books removed from TBR pile: 185
Books added to TBR pile: 182 (including 11 freebies)
Removed/Added: 1.02
Net reduction for 2018: 3

Non-free books read: 127 (including 2 abandoned, 4 re-reads)
Total cost of books read: £214.86
Average cost of books read: £1.69

Non-free books bought: 194 (including 23 not added to TBR, 1 omnibus counted as 4)
Total cost of books bought: £297.33
Average cost of books bought: £1.53

Rating System:
1: Bad.
2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.)
3: Satisfactory.
4: Good.
5: Excellent.

Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page.

* Adjusted for removal of public domain, and expansion of some omnibuses