{"id":15461,"date":"2018-12-02T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/?p=15461"},"modified":"2019-01-11T17:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T22:22:51","slug":"recommendation-station-top-books-of-2018-mythologies-memoirs-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2018\/12\/02\/recommendation-station-top-books-of-2018-mythologies-memoirs-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Books of 2018: Mythologies, Memoirs, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #990000\">By Eva Daniels<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the weather starts getting colder and a new year is upon us, it\u2019s time to curl up with a blanket and a good book. And what greater way to start the holiday season than with some of the top books of 2018? Across all the top books lists, these were consistently ranked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>Circe<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15472 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/circe-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/circe-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/circe-684x1024.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/circe-601x900.jpeg 601w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/circe-267x400.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/circe.jpeg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For fans of <em>The Odyssey<\/em> comes the tale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780316556347\">Circe<\/a>, a goddess possessing the power of witchcraft. This mythological novel follows the journey of Circe as she is banished to a deserted island by Zeus. She finds herself alone, with the wrath of both the mortals and the gods. In a dangerous situation, she must finally choose between them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>Girl, Wash Your Face<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15473 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/wash-your-face-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/wash-your-face-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/wash-your-face-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095218\/wash-your-face.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Hollis pens this brutally honest self-development book, <em>Girl, Wash Your Face<\/em>, to guide readers away from the lies that they believe about themselves, and into the truth: that they can do absolutely anything they dream of. Readers describe this book as a wake-up call for those battling the lies that you need to have it all together to do meaningful work. If you want to kick self-doubt to the curb, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/girl-wash-your-face-rachel-hollis\/1126606426;jsessionid=C2CA213D12A5522ACCFA3E395671AC4E.prodny_store02-atgap05?ean=9781400201655#\/\">this book<\/a> is for you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>The Wedding Date<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15476 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095215\/the-wedding-dates-1.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This contemporary romance novel follows the romance of Drew Nichols and Alexa Monroe,\u00a0who\u00a0coincidentally cross paths in an elevator. When Drew doesn\u2019t have a plus one to a wedding, he asks a stranger who he gets stuck in an elevator with to pretend to be his fake girlfriend for the day. It goes much better than expected and they have a wonderful time. After the wedding, they go back to their normal lives, across the country from each other. Will their love survive the long distance, or will the distance tear them apart? Find out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wedding-Date-Jasmine-Guillory\/dp\/0399587667\"><em>The Wedding Date<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>Educated<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This powerful memoir depicts the life of Tara Westover, who at seventeen, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15471 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated-592x900.jpg 592w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated-263x400.jpg 263w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095219\/educated.jpg 1684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/>having never been to school, taught herself all she needed to know in order to go to college. After hearing about the world beyond her survivalist parents\u2019 ideals, she began her journey toward her own education and away from the isolation that her parents lived in. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover\/dp\/0399590501\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This gripping memoir <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">explores the role of education and what it truly offers people. Westover recounts the trials and struggles that she faced in order to become who she is today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>The Immortalists<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15477 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists-596x900.jpg 596w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists-265x400.jpg 265w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/10095214\/immoralists.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>When a psychic comes to New York City claiming to have the power to tell people the exact day they are going to die, the invitation is too enticing for four teenagers. This experience helps shape the years to come, as the readers follow along each character\u2019s story and what they have chosen to do until the day they die. As each character\u2019s life unfolds, readers find out more and more about what the psychic has told them, how the psychic\u2019s words have impacted their life choices, and most importantly whether or not the prophecy of the date of their deaths come true. Find out their destinies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Immortalists-Chloe-Benjamin\/dp\/0735213186\">The Immortalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eva Daniels As the weather starts getting colder and a new year is upon us, it\u2019s time to curl up with a blanket and a good book. And what greater way to start the holiday season than with some of the top books of 2018? 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