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message 1: by D.L. (new)
Dec 14, 2017 08:49PM

D.L. | 60 comments Mod
What were some of your favorite books you read this year?


message 2: by Susy (last edited Dec 14, 2017 10:38PM) (new)
Dec 14, 2017 10:37PM

Susy (susysstories) The Lunar Chronicle series
The Nightingale
400 brieven van mijn moeder

Yours Daph?


message 3: by D.L. (new)
Dec 15, 2017 05:22PM

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A Head Full of Ghosts & Sharp Objects really stuck with me. They were dark and gritty but sooooo good!

I also liked And Then There Were None.


message 4: by Susy (new)
Dec 15, 2017 10:57PM

Susy (susysstories) They’re all on my TBR! But seems 2018 is already fully planned with buddy reads and dust bunnies I really have to clear!


message 5: by D.L. (new)
Dec 16, 2017 12:56AM

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Susy wrote: "They’re all on my TBR! But seems 2018 is already fully planned with buddy reads and dust bunnies I really have to clear!"

I know what you mean! lol I have so many books to read. I am hoping at least 75% of new year's reads will come from my over-stuffed shelves lol


message 6: by Claire (new)
Dec 16, 2017 01:16AM

Claire | 3 comments I enjoyed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy immensely. I loved Room by Emma Donoghue and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman , was deeply moved by Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie . Also very happy with anything from Robin Hobb and for fantasy thought The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1) by Amy Harmon was excellent.
My favourite authors this year were Ernest Hemingway Julian Barnes and Haruki Murakami and Kazuo Ishiguro.


message 7: by Susy (new)
Dec 16, 2017 08:44AM

Susy (susysstories) Claire wrote: "I enjoyed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy immensely. I loved Room by Emma Donoghue and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, was deeply moved by Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and [boo..."

Cool, added The Bird and The Sword Chronickles to my TBR!


message 8: by D.L. (new)
Dec 16, 2017 11:58AM

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Claire wrote: "I enjoyed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy immensely. I loved Room by Emma Donoghue and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, was deeply moved by Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and [boo..."

I want to read A Man Called Ove & Room so badly. Hopefully next year for our challenge lol


message 9: by D.L. (new)
Dec 18, 2017 09:39AM

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I just finished one last night I really, really enjoyed:

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg


message 10: by Stephanie (new)
Dec 19, 2017 06:11PM

Stephanie I started reading manga this year, and it's one of my favorite genres now. Out of the "regular" books I read, there were several I liked a whole lot, but the one I fell desperately in love with is Catch-22.


message 11: by D.L. (new)
Dec 19, 2017 08:30PM

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Stephanie :} wrote: "I started reading manga this year, and it's one of my favorite genres now. Out of the "regular" books I read, there were several I liked a whole lot, but the one I fell desperately in love with is ..."

Awesome! I read a graphic novel this year I enjoyed. Maybe I'll check out something manga next year :)


message 12: by Arielle (new)
Dec 28, 2017 10:04PM

Arielle Young | 7 comments I got lost in the world of Passenger and Wayfarer
Passenger (Passenger, #1) by Alexandra Bracken Wayfarer (Passenger, #2) by Alexandra Bracken

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly was just as amazing and heartbreaking as my friend said it would be.

And I literally just finished Turtles All the Way Down by John Green ...whenever anyone has questions about my anxiety in the future, I'm just going to give them that book. Wow.


message 13: by Arielle (new)
Dec 28, 2017 10:06PM

Arielle Young | 7 comments Yes, Daph, you must read Room Room by Emma Donoghue , it is incredible.


message 14: by D.L. (new)
Dec 30, 2017 03:09PM

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Arielle wrote: "I got lost in the world of Passenger and Wayfarer
Passenger (Passenger, #1) by Alexandra Bracken Wayfarer (Passenger, #2) by Alexandra Bracken

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly was just as amazing and heartbreaking as my friend ..."

All those books sound so good!!


message 15: by D.L. (new)
Dec 30, 2017 03:10PM

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Arielle wrote: "Yes, Daph, you must read Room Room by Emma Donoghue , it is incredible."

Alright, I'm convinced! I'll put it on my TBR list haha


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