craftykitten
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Post by craftykitten on Dec 21, 2018 21:44:04 GMT
Well my Goodreads list is at 60. I have gone through phases of not reading at all and then for example at the moment I am averaging a book a day. I read fast but I don't always absorb the stories properly. A lot of my books are from Kindle Unlimited so I can't always get the titles I want (but I just got 3 months subscription for 1.99 so it's a cheap way to keep myself amused). I can't physically get to my library at the moment and their online borrowing system is absolutely pants.
I gave 5 star ratings to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Keeper of Lost Things.
I shall be saving this thread though! I think there are some good ideas on here:)
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Peal
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Post by Peal on Dec 21, 2018 23:01:43 GMT
My goal this year was 50 and I made it. I don't have access to a library so most of the books I read were from second hand book stores, so they are usually older and obscure. I did buy a few new ones. I also wrote a book this year during NaNoWriMo. O. M. G! I like how you just sort of mentioned this in passing. Would you like to share more about what you wrote? Huge congrats to you! Lisa Ha Ha. I don't even know if it is any good. As soon as I finished I put it away and haven't looked at it. I'm going to start revisions in January. Because NaNoWriMo has you writing 50,000 words in 30 days it has a way to kind of fry the brain. I kept going with it though. The story just kind of poured out. But by the end I really needed a break. As I think about the characters now I know what needs to be fleshed out and what needs to be cut. It's supposed to be a light read. The very short version; A town is preparing for an annual festival, Something falls from the sky, Government agents arrive, Shenanigans, All's well that ends well.
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gottapeanow
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Post by gottapeanow on Dec 21, 2018 23:54:49 GMT
Peal, that sounds fascinating. I'm a professional (full-time) editor. Let me know if you have any questions that I can answer. Lisa
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Post by finsup on Dec 22, 2018 0:31:49 GMT
I set a goal of 52 and I'm at 54 but I don't count two super-short ones so I'm right on track. My 5-star reads for the year were: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel Beartown and Us Against You by Fredrick Bachman Every Note Played by Lisa Genova The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker The Blessings by Elisa Juska The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Calypso by David Sedaris
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 1:19:15 GMT
I am in awe of the Peas that have read over 50 books this year! I was happy that I exceeded my goal of 15!
My three favorites this year were:
The Other Einstein Little Fires Everywhere The Nightengale
I'm going to add a few of the ones named on this thread to my want-to-read list.
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Post by ~summer~ on Dec 22, 2018 2:15:04 GMT
My goal is 50 books, and I'm behind at 44, but with winter break coming up (I'm a teacher), I should hit my goal. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward and Pachinko by Min Jin Lee were the two best books I read this year. Pachinko was my favorite book of 2017. I was hoping it would win the pulitzer this year.
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ComplicatedLady
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Dec 22, 2018 2:16:14 GMT
I don’t know how many books I’ve read, but I’ve read way more than I have in recent years. If you wasn’t a few quick win easy reads, I recommend Pete Souza’s books—he was President Obama’s photographer. Obama: An Intimate Portrait Shade: a Tale of Two Presidents www.amazon.com/Pete-Souza/e/B001K8KRQI/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1545444787&sr=8-2-ent I know you don’t live in the U.S. but his photographs are amazing. I also agree with this one: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling Fascinating book and it’s a quick and easy read!
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Mystie
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Jun 25, 2014 19:53:37 GMT
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Post by Mystie on Dec 30, 2018 2:43:04 GMT
I missed this thread before (I was out of town and not on my phone) and started another one. Here are my best and worst from that.
My five-star books this year (rated on GoodReads):
Stories from Jonestown by Leigh Fondakowski. Collected survivor stories, an oral history of Jim Jones' cult.
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. A 400-year-old immortal human searches for is daughter in modern England.
America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray. A novel narrated by Thomas Jefferson's daughter Martha.
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl. A memoir of the Gourmet writer's growing-up years and encounters with food.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. An American missionary family encounters the Belgian Congo in the 1960s.
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Learning to Love the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans. (On sale for $1.99 for Kindle right now!)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. A young black girl witnesses a police shooting of her friend and its aftereffects on her family and community.
Calypso by David Sedaris. Essays about David's family, partner and travels, a little more sentimental than his usual tone.
The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables by David Bellos. The story of how this huge novel came to be written.
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. A novel about modern scholars and the Elizabethan Jewish scribe they're trying to identify.
My worst reads: The Thinnest Air by Minka Kent and Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
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Post by craftmepink on Dec 30, 2018 18:43:40 GMT
I missed this thread too, thank you Mystie for bumping it up. I'm definitely going to add more books to my TBR list.
This year, I read 85 books, my goal was 52. I can't believe I read that many books.
My 5 star books were:
As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeymann The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Rust and Stardust by T. Greenwood The Road by Cormac McCarthy Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya This is Me by Chrissy Metz
The books I gave a 1 star review are below. Sorry, I know some of these were favorites of the Peas but I just didn't like them.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Behind Her eyes by Sarah Pinborough The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
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Post by gardengoddess on Dec 30, 2018 19:35:30 GMT
I'm at 112% of my reading goal this year and my favorites were:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
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Post by shinyhappytina on Dec 31, 2018 3:01:50 GMT
I've never set a goal for reading, but I go in spurts when I read a ton. I should set a goal for next year and track how I do with it. I'm just starting the Great Alone, which I'm anxious to read.
My favorite books that I read last year were Before we were yours, The love that I have, Lilac Girls and I re-read the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.
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newlywoods03
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Post by newlywoods03 on Dec 31, 2018 3:22:53 GMT
I set a goal of 75 and I have read 77 so far this year!
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