Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Your Turn

Favorite book you read this year.

42 comments:

  1. Hard to pick one of the trilogy so I'll say Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life).

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  2. Anonymous10:02 AM

    "The Rise And Fall Of DODO" by Neal Stephenson. Working on "Leonardo Da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson, also excellent.

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  3. When I was in college, I worked as the accountant for a chain of restaurants. But my conscience bothered me over how the owner was cooking the books.

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  4. Wolfie gets turned on when I dress like a librarian. He says I make shhhhh happen.

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  5. Mein Kampf lol. No I lied, I'm trying to read Don Quixote when I have time, it's funny, just loooooooong as hell.

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    1. I tried DQ but I couldn't get past the character's stupidity. I should try again. It's been almost 20 years.

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  6. Anonymous10:08 AM

    The Passing of the Armiea by Joshua Chamberlain

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  7. Elusive by L.A Fiore

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  8. The Wayward Children books by Seanan McGuire - Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones. I can't wait for the next one that comes out soon.

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  9. Michael Chabon's "Moonglow"

    But I also re-read my all time favorite book - "A Prayer For Owen Meany" by John Irving.

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    1. A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my favorite books too

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  10. erin morgenstern's "the night circus"

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    1. I loved that book. I'm surprised no one has optioned it for a movie yet.

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    2. Wasn’t it magical!! 🧙‍♂️

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  11. The Nightingale-someone should buy the rights to make that into a movie.

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  12. The Driver by Hart Hansen (originated Bones), so fun and creative.

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  13. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

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  15. All Things Cease To Appear by Elizabeth Brundage. Highly recommend!!!

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  16. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader
    24 Karat Gold Edition

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  17. Anything written by Terry Pratchett.

    His 'Disc World' novels are great reads!

    RIP, Terry.

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  18. A Gentleman in Moscow. Excellent.

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  19. Making my way through my "Book Bucket List" this year, my favourite so far has probably been Fahrenheit 451.

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  20. Avedon: Something Personal. A 720-page stunner about one of the most gifted and prolific photographers ever. I will be reading it for a long, long time! 720 pages is a bitch. New Years, Valentine's Day...

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  21. Anonymous12:16 PM

    The Hate U Give. and The Nightingale has been optioned.

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  22. The Idea of You by Robinne Lee. Beautifully written May-December romance. Needs to be a movie.

    As far as non/fiction-memoirs go, “A Stone Of Hope” by Jim St. Germain.

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  23. Favorite is a weird term but Under Two Dictators: Prisoner of Stalin" and Hitler" by Margarete Buber-Neumann was amazing!

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  24. The Orphan Masters Son by Adam Johnson, takes place in North Korea. Pair that with Michael Malice's Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il.

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  25. "Certain Prey" by John Sandford. A terrific villainess.

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  26. Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind > actually still have a few more pages to go, but I am usually reading several books at once. I love this book and usually when I start reading, I can’t put it down.

    I finally got around to reading some classics this past year that turned out to be amazing as well. My runner ups:
    East of Eden (I so wish someone would make an epic movie out of this!!! A trilogy. With Jlaw. And explosions.)
    House of Mirth - I found it amusing because although it takes place in the 1900’s, still very relatable today

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  27. The Life to Come by Michelle de Krester is bursting with movie potential. Millenials who can laugh at themselves will love it.

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  28. The Man in My Basement.

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  29. It ends with us by Colleen Hoover.

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  30. I read -one- book and I just HATED it. no help here

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  31. My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin.

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  32. "The Spy" Paolo Coelho.

    Liked it so much I bought his 2018 "Freedom" planner to use as a daily "dear diary" journal. 🗽👩🏻🚕🍂💛

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  33. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. It was so good that I am considering re-reading it, which is something I never do.

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  34. Where is Baby’s Bellybutton? J/K
    Seriously though this year my reading has dropped off dramatically after having a baby. I’ve gone from reading a book+ a week to struggling to finish one in a month. Of the few adult books I’ve managed, the one on Russian history during The Romanoff era was very interesting.

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  35. Another great book I read is: Under The wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment by Paul Conroy. If you aren't familiar with Marie, Google her. This book is crying out to be made into a film. It has Cate Blanchett written all over it. That said, of course they'll hire Nicole Kidman as Marie and will ruin it! A great freezing weather read.

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  36. The Girls, by Emma Cline and Marlena by Julie Buntin. They both left me feeling unsettled in a way that I rarely feel from books anymore.

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  37. A book that was the subject of a blind here not long ago. The author is no longer with us...

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