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message 1: by Aaron Vincent (last edited Feb 09, 2017 08:30PM) (new)

Aaron Vincent (aaronvincent) | 2053 comments We asked our attendees from our previous F2F discussion what are their best and worst reads of the previous year. After the round-table discussion, we drew lots which best or worst read is challenged to an attendee. Here's the results:

Veronica
Best: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Worst: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett
Worst Book Challenged to Mawi

Angus
Best: Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish
Worst: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Book Challenged to Elaine

Justin
Best: Hunger by Michael Grant
Worst: Lies by Michael Grant
Best Book Challenged to Abdul

Abdul
Best: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson,
Worst: Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
Best Book Challenged to Ronnie

Aaron
Best: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Worst: Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Best Book Challenged to Angus

Mawi
Best: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Worst: Halina Filipina by Arnold Arre
Worst Book Challenged to Honey

Elaine
Best: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Worst: The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
Best Book Challenged to Justin

Honey
Best: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Best Book Challenged to Maria

Maria
Best: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Worst: She's Dating the Gangster by Bianca B. Bernardino
Worst Book Challenged to Aaron

Meliza
Best: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Worst: Siddharta by Herman Hesse
Worst Book Challenged to Monique

Monique
Best: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Worst: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Book Challenged to Meliza

If you wish to participate, please identify your best and worst read of 2016 below and send me a private message of a choice between the number 1 and 2. We'll wait for you to have a pair and then I'll give your pair's challenge book assignment. :)


message 2: by Meliza (new)

Meliza (mecawish) | 720 comments You forgot me and Monique? I hate you, Aaron. Haha!


message 3: by Monique (new)

Monique (attymonique) | 2130 comments Ay grabe sya o. Wala kami ni Mel. Ako pa ang nagremind sa thread na to ha.


message 4: by Bennard (new)

Bennard | 730 comments Best Book: Runaway by Alice Munro

Worst Book: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli


message 5: by Aaron Vincent (new)

Aaron Vincent (aaronvincent) | 2053 comments Edited. Nahiwalay lang yung note ko sa wallet. Sorry! :)


kwesi 章英狮 (kwesifriends) | 2752 comments Puwede pa bang sumali, Aaron? Haha.

Best Book: Harvest by Jim Crace
Worst Book: Candy #Feels: The Best of CandyMag.com's You! Section


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