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Arlenecw

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Mother of twins and wife to beleaguered health care professional. Book lover, camping enthusiast and feminist concerned about democracy.

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bibliolater , to bookstodon
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Did you have a goal for 2023? Did you meet it? I did not have a goal; but, I did read quite a few books over 2023. I cannot say how many exactly as I did not keep a written record. Is keeping a record important? Should keeping a record be my for 2024?

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Arlenecw ,
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@EllenInEdmonton @bibliolater @bookstodon Same. I was buying paperback versions of hardcover books that I loved more often than I would like to admit! I will pull out my Goodreads tbr list to help me pick out books when I’m at the bookstore too.

Likewise , to bookstodon
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Top 10 Favorite Books of 2023 ( no order )

The Half Moon by M. B. Keene
Chasing the Boogeyman by R. Chizmar
Demon Copperhead by B. Kingsolver
Hello Beautiful by A. Napolitano
One Second After by W. Forstchen
Crow Mary by K. Grissom
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
This Time Tomorrow by E. Straub
Ducks by K. Beaton
Our Missing Hearts by C. Ng
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Arlenecw ,
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@Likewise @bookstodon Ooh, Hello Beautiful just came off hold for me yesterday so I’m looking forward to it even more. Yellowface is on my hold list too. I thought Demon Copperhead was genius, but Poisonwood Bible is still my favorite Barbara Kingsolver novel

BethFishReads , to audiobooks
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My top 10 of 2023 (in reading order; mix of print/digital & )

Homestead by Melinda Moustakis
The Diary Keepers by Nina Siegal
Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring
The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-Tanner
On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Annette Higgs
Distant Sons by Tim Johnston
The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylvainen
Above the Fire by Michael O’Donnell

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Arlenecw ,
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@miki_lou @BethFishReads @bookstodon @audiobooks i loved some of those books too. I have never heard of The Weight of Ink or Four Treasures of the sky. Already put them on my TBR list.

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A round up of my year in books, my top 5 reads and a look ahead to what I've got lined up for the new year.

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https://conversationsaboutbooks5.wordpress.com/2023/12/23/my-round-up-of-2023-in-books/

Arlenecw ,
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@LincolnRamirez @jillrhudy @bookstodon I love the Wolf Hall books and everything by Maggie O’ Farrell. Her Hamnet is one of my all time favorites. I have never heard of This Lovely City so I have added it to my TBR list.

Likewise , to bookstodon
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What’s a book you’d like to read next year, either a newly published book in 2024 or a book that you didn’t get to this year?

I’ll start:

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (2024 pub. date) & A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (not new 😉).
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Arlenecw ,
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@Likewise @bookstodon Fun question! It would have to be one of the books in my pile of haven’t gotten to them yet. The Books of Jacob by Olga Torarczuk and Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James. I may add The Trees to my list as well!

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon As we approach the end of 2023, I would love to know about the very best books you read this year. (They don't have to have been published in 2023 for your "best of" list.)

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon My favorites this year are Northwoods by Daniel Mason, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, In Ascension by Martin MacInnes, The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese, Matrix by Lauren Groff and O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker. The last being a recommendation from people.

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Right? I have become very selective in my old age.

sunflower , to bookstodon
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recommend me a book! i like fantasy, paranormal romance, sci-fi, queer fiction. i need 12 recommendations from other people for a 2024 reading challenge :blobcatblep:

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@sunflower @bookstodon In Ascension by Martin MacInnes.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Just out of curiosity, how close are you to your reading goal for the year? I need to read 12 more books to meet the goal I set for myself. 📚📚📚📚

Not everyone works the same way, of course. We've discussed before that reading goals are counterproductive for many. Having a goal really helps me, but it doesn't work for everyone. Just like reading for pleasure and reading to write a review are very different processes.

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @Likewise My biggest goal is to finish my Libby books before they go back! I belong to one library consortium that loans for one week. Just got Covenant of Water and realized it’s 700 pages. The pressure is real.

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @Likewise I get 21 days at two of mine, but only 7 with this one. Waitlists are short though!

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @Likewise I am loving The Covenant of Water so far.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Happy December! November reads round-up: what was/were the best book(s) you read in November?

One of my fave November reads:

Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust, Neal Shusterman, Andres Vera Martinez. [Graphic novel of aspirational stories, giving power to characters against the Nazis.]

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I read two of my favorites so far this year in November. North Woods by Daniel Mason and In Ascension by Martin MacInnes. I also read Prophet Song by Paul Lynch and Julia by Sandra Newman. It was my best month of reading this year.

meshell , to bookstodon
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I think I need to pick up some 500 pagers to round out the year.

Any doorstopper suggestions? @bookstodon

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @meshell @bookstodon Adding Wayward to my TBR list!

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon I was thinking we might make a list of books which speak to the Israeli/Palestinian experience.

I have read:

Apeirogon, Colum McCann. Highly recommend. Beautiful and painful story of a bond between grieving fathers on opposite sides of the conflict.

Exodus, Leon Uris (seems a bit dated now)

And I plan to read:

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, Nathan Thrall (next on reading list)

Palestine, Joe Sacco

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, Sandy Tolan

The Almond Tree, Michelle Cohen Corasanti

Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, Daniel Gordis

What books do you all recommend?

Arlenecw ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have Apeiragon on hold at BPL and it’s a 22 week wait. Loved Exodus when I was young.

Likewise , to bookstodon
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Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
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Arlenecw ,
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@Likewise @bookstodon North Woods! May end up being my favorite of the year. Written by Daniel Mason.

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