tammyw Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I know the general discussion area has a book discussion, but I'm just looking for favorite reads that you've come across this year (or any time really). Some of my favorites this year are as follows. I'm including both independent reads and read alouds, but ultimately I'd love some recommendations for new books for ME to read :) - Between Shades of Gray -- LOVED this. It was the start of me learning more about Lithuania. - The Endless Steppe (after reading the above!) - My Mother's Secret (about a woman in Nazi Germany who hid/saved various people) - Child 44 (fiction set in Russia, war-time - it is #1 of a series, but have only read the first two) - Just Mercy (a look at our broken justice system -- non-fiction) - Evicted: Poverty & Profit (prompted from book above, very eye opening for me) - The Count of Monte Cristo (first time reading a 1300 page book!) - The Good Earth - The Midwife - several Richard Peck (read aloud) - The Princess and the Goblin (first time reading MacDonald - this was a read aloud) - Don Felder: Heaven and Hell (read it after meeting him and seeing him perform at a gala -- fascinating story really) - The Dream by Harry Bernstein (I hadn't realized I'd read another book of his last year, which was also really good) A few favorite re-reads as part of read aloud time: - Understood Betsy - Boy (love Dahl) - Owls in the Family - Bridge to Terabithia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I love books that are funny, witty, smart and real. I'm not into fantasy at all. Some of my gush, gush, gush favourites include: The Rosie Project The Rosie Effect (sequel) Anything by John Green - my absolute favourite is An Abundance of Katherines Anything by Nick Earls - my favourite would be World of Chickens Both of these authors have a similar feel - the main characters are smart, funny, awkward and absolutely lovable. Jenny Lawson's memoirs (The Blogess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I read Frankenstein for the first time ever this year (crazy, I know) and truly loved it. I read a ton of others, but that one surprised me the most. The others were okay. Nothing stood out as fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 My reading tastes are incredibly eclectic and run the full spectrum from romance novels about blue aliens with horns, to Plutarch and Longfellow. Jack London wrote a lot more books than the ones he is most well known for. I really liked the Scarlet Plague. I enjoyed The Little Duke. I reread most of Water-Babies. I reread some of her Little House on the Prarie Books. Another board member and I seem to read from Where There is No Doctor constantly. Something flew in my eye yesterday and it has been getting worse all day. I need to pull out WTND and see what it says. Tomorrow is Sunday and that is not a great day to go looking for healthcare. I'm reading the Book of Romans in the Bible and some studies about Romans. I also read some books on witchcraft and tarot. I read it all. I read some books to prepare for NanoWriMo, but didn't get past day 3 of Nano before giving up. I skim tons of books without finishing them. I keep making goals to read and reread more of the books in the document in my signature cover-to-cover. But I get distracted by other things. Especially every time a new blue alien book comes out. :lol: Blue aliens on not-Hoth take precedence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Mere Christianity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This year I enjoyed The Glass Castle, All the Light We Cannot See, and the Diary of Anne Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawn Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Then Sings My Soul, and I liked it so much I also ordered Then Sings My Soul Book 2, which is just as good. Each has 150 hymns in chronological order of when they were written, with the stories behind the songs and lives of the writers of each hymn. What used to seem like stale, stilted words in an old song now feel rich and timeless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 This year I enjoyed The Glass Castle, All the Light We Cannot See, and the Diary of Anne Frank. I read The Glass Castle when it first came out and it was really good (crazy and eye opening, but good!) All The Light We Cannot See - briefly started reading it and then it had to go back to the library. I hadn't gotten into it yet so maybe I need to give it another try because it gets mostly good reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 The paper magician was good. Didn't like the second one to the series though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I loved count of Monte Cristo which I read for the first time as an adult this year. Same with A Tree grows in Brooklyn. Can't recall if it was this year but I loved the Elena Ferrante trilogy (though I feel it got worse and worse and her earlier, somewhat unknown works I much prefer. You may realize she has been spinning the same story across some 5 books. Still good.) Housekeeping (I love all her stuff) The tenth of December (George Saunders â¤ï¸) And this is not my genre at all, so I was shocked to really enjoy We have always lived in the Castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hannah Coulter. Really stuck with me in a way that surprised me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Bernard Cornwell, The Saxon TalesBernard Cornwell, The Arthur Books CS Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaInTexas Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) The Wheel on the School -- we all enjoyed this story, but I truly enjoyed it myself. For adult reading, I am enjoying The Story of Christianity Volume I. Edited November 28, 2016 by RenaInTexas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I read a lot this year, and many were first time reads, as well as hits. Here are my favorites: The Night Circus - Erin Morganstern The War that Saved Me - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Dark Lord of Derkholm & Year of the Griffin - Dian Wynne Jones Ursula le Guin's Wizard of Earthsea books David Eddings's Belariad books Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman Howl's Moving Castle (and 2 sequels) - Diana Wynne Jones Also read the Little House books (from Plum Creek on) and enjoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This year's favorite: Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery. A biography about the first woman to complete a thru hike of the Appalachian Trail at 67 years of age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 This year's favorite: Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery. A biography about the first woman to complete a thru hike of the Appalachian Trail at 67 years of age. How timely! I just saw this mentioned on Facebook (A Mighty Girl post) and put a hold on it at my library. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 My reading tastes are incredibly eclectic and run the full spectrum from romance novels about blue aliens with horns, to Plutarch and Longfellow. ... I get distracted by other things. Especially every time a new blue alien book comes out. :lol: Blue aliens on not-Hoth take precedence. Now I'd like to know which blue alien series you are reading; please, do tell. I just read It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover; it was thought provoking and eye opening fiction. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I recently re-read Jane Eyre. :001_wub: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrafor6 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I just finished Hillbilly Elegy, which was enlightening and A Man Called Ove, which was fun. I also love a Light Between Oceans, The Obituary Writer and The Nightingale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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