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Jan 01, 2017 07:23AM

158858 Discuss Part I here
Jan 01, 2017 07:22AM

158858 General discussion of The Recognitions here
158858 C-shaw wrote: "make my butt want to dip snuff. "

I am not sure what this means, but I like it! :)
Dec 29, 2016 09:04AM

158858 Discuss The Handmaid's Tale here
158858 Simone wrote: "I finally finished it too. I was also surprised by the book, it completely exceeded my expectations.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."


Great review!

And, apparently everyone named Simone is reading this this month! :)
Dec 29, 2016 09:01AM

158858 The winner was The Handmaid's Tale by one vote!
Dec 28, 2016 02:45PM

158858 It is an interesting list, but someone at Time thought it was the best. I should look into it more and see if they had criteria, multiple contributors, or if it was just one person's opinion.
Dec 28, 2016 02:30PM

158858 Matthew wrote: "Matthew wrote: "I have read 31 of these. Some are indicating the whole series - which makes sense."

I am at 36 now - at least I will be once I finish Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - o..."


Another list check in for 2016 - I am now up to 39! However, when checking this list I swear there were mere than 3 new ones for this year, so I may have counted wrong last year.
Dec 28, 2016 02:25PM

158858 Matthew wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Read 15 - I have not heard of a lot of these."

This was a good year! I am up to 24 on this list now!"


I always like to check back in on my lists at the end of the year and see how I am doing. I was at 24 and now I am at 27 on this one. Up from 15 the first year.

So, not a lot of activity this year, but progress!
158858 Simone - I agree! It ended up being better than I thought.

Here is my review: Matthew's Review
Introduce Yourself (100 new)
Dec 23, 2016 11:40AM

158858 Carol wrote: "I'm Carol. I was on Shelfari, which I liked better, but I was also here, which made the transition easier. I was a librarian for many years, starting when I was 14 and ran the town library, but I w..."

Welcome Carol! :)
158858 Maybe I am just getting used to the writing, but the second "Lightness and Weight" section is very interesting!
158858 "Love is a battle" . . . "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end."

"Love is a battle?" . . . "Well, I don't feel at all like fighting."
158858 Simone wrote: "I know what you mean, however, I'm starting to warm up to it. Relations are established and new things are happening. Though we already know how it's going to end, I am invested enough now to patie..."

Yeah - there was just a MAJOR spoiler . . . and I was actually quite surprised. It piqued my interest.
158858 So much deep artsy-ness . . . not sure if I am going to end up liking this one in the end. When I read last night I realized my mind was drifting . . .
Dec 21, 2016 10:49AM

158858 It was a tie! Just posted the tie-breaker poll! VOTE-VOTE-VOTE!
158858 Hmmm, okay Kundera, thanks af the Anna Karenina spoiler . . .
158858 Simone wrote: "Made it to part three! I never care for a shift in perspective and a consecutive re-telling of the same events. Maybe the, as yet unnoticed, added insight into these events will become apparent lat..."

Not bothering me too much so far, but not quite to where you are yet.
158858 Just started and not what I expected. Decent through part one with interesting character development. Looking forward to seeing where this one goes.
158858 C-Shaw - understood! Not all of these are everyone! :)