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message 1: by Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game (new)

Em Lost In Books (emlostinbooks) | 24795 comments Mod
I know, I know we are still 11 days away from 2018 and you all still can squeeze one or two books this year but patience is not one of my virtue. I am getting very antsy to know what you all read that managed to impress/shock/win over you.

Let see what you all have to tell me.

P.S: Also if you have any special resolution for reading, do share..


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message 3: by dely (last edited Dec 20, 2017 12:07AM) (new)

dely | 5485 comments On another group I keep track of the best book read every month so now it's easy for me because I already have a list (except December).

Best fiction: The Neverending Story and The Song of Bernadette

Best non-fiction: Il tempo dei nuovi eroi and Bilal: viaggiare, lavorare, morire da clandestini (both with no English translation) and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose.

If I should choose only one, then it would be The Neverending Story because it gave me back a piece of my childhood I had forgotten about: immagination and the ability to dream.

The worst books I've read have no English translation, so I won't add them here but stay away from the books by Alejandro Jodorowsky if you ever see an English edition.


message 4: by Ahtims (last edited Dec 20, 2017 04:25AM) (new)

Ahtims (embeddedinbooks) | 47116 comments Mod
Will update later...
Read the best as well as worst book in the same day😁

And worst book turned out to be the best ( not for its content) in many unexpected ways 🤣🤣


message 5: by Girish, The Good cop (last edited Jan 03, 2018 08:53AM) (new)


message 6: by Akshay (new)

Akshay Dasgupta | 126 comments My best books so far were The Husband's Secret, In Custody and Mahashweta

The worst was - A House for Mr Biswas - I had to abandon this book half way through (which I sincerely dislike)


message 7: by Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game (last edited Jan 03, 2018 08:06AM) (new)

Em Lost In Books (emlostinbooks) | 24795 comments Mod
best of the year:

Thorn Birds
American Pastoral
Stormlight Archives 1 & 2
Pride & Prejudice
Remembrance of Earth's Past

Honorable mention
Black Swan Green
David Copperfield
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Monster Calls

Worst of the year:
The Road
A Visit from Goon Squad
Since We Fell


message 8: by Venkatesh (new)


message 9: by Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game (new)

Em Lost In Books (emlostinbooks) | 24795 comments Mod
Venkatesh wrote: "Best Books I have read in 2017 .
1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. The Girl on the Train

Worst Bo..."


have born a crime on my tbr since last year. have heard some really good things about it. hopefully will get to read it this year.


message 10: by Venkatesh (new)

Venkatesh Balaji | 11 comments @manju Do go for it . It sure will not disappoint you . Born a Crime would leave you longing for more pages in the end .


message 12: by InsanePulao (new)

InsanePulao Best
The Last Olympian , Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5 by Rick Riordan.

Worst
The Flip side by Andrew Matthews


message 13: by Virat (new)

Virat Singh | 8 comments As per my reads,
I would rate 10 Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson is one of my not so good reads.
Whereas When Breath Becomes Air is the best book that I have ever read in 2017


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