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A Year of Reading
A Year of Reading: A Month-by-month Guide to Classics and Crowd-pleasers for You and Your Book Group | Elisabeth Ellington, Jane Freimiller
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There are more than fifty thousand new books published each year. Choosing what to read can seem overwhelming. A Year of Reading relieves the anxiety by helping readers find just the right book for each month of the year. Aimed at individuals and reading groups, A Year of Reading provides five fiction and nonfiction selections for each month with thorough summaries in the following categories: Crowd-Pleasers, Classics, Challenges, Memoirs and Potluck. This book also makes reading more fulfilling by providing additional selections, plus questions about the selections to stimulate thought and discussion. Also included is information on authors, reviews, video and Internet resources and annotated lists of related reading. And if you still think reading is too passive, try one of the many activities suggested, such as author readings, visits to museums, nature hikes and more. The appendices focus on book clubs, from the basics of starting your own to improving a group that has been together for some time.
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faelinwolf
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Here's my 2018 reading stats!

2018 Goodreads goal: 1000 (met 11/16/18)
Total books read in 2018 according to Goodreads: 1205

2018 books read according to my notebook: 1214
Broken down by category:
431 picture books
254 manga
200 graphic novels
116 youth nonfiction
52 young adult fiction
45 adult nonfiction
44 comics
37 adult fiction
30 youth fiction
3 fan fiction
2 young adult nonfiction

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ju.ca.no
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My actual stats - read a few books not on Goodreads. I read a lot of great books and only few bad ones🎉
I‘ve reached Mount Kilimanjaro for #MountTBR and #MountTBRChallenge @DivaDiane which means 62 books. Without gifts and bookshop giftcards and work/Uni books I‘ve only bought 24 new books - which is surprisingly little😁 all together a successfull reading year🎉

Amiable Great job, especially with Mount TBR! 👍🏼👍🏼 6y
britt_brooke Nice year!!! 6y
DivaDiane Well done! 6y
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AmyG Good job. Wow. 🎉 6y
kspenmoll 🎉🎉🎉🙌🏻 6y
MayJasper Happy New Year dear Julia xxx 6y
MayJasper Happy New Year dear Julia 6y
ju.ca.no @MayJasper happy new year to you too🤗 6y
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ju.ca.no
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I‘m pleased with my finaly Goodreads Count😍 the high book number is only due to a lot of very short books, but I still managed to read much more than the previous years😊 I hope next year will be as bookish and I hope everyone has a brilliant start into the new year😘🌟🥂🎉

Heideschrampf I have THE NEW GHOST aswell! Fell in love with it in a small scottisch gallery. Were did you find it? 6y
ju.ca.no @Heideschrampf I was searching for the New Peculiar Book by Ransom Riggs called Map of Days, and the Author of the New Ghost also has a book called Map of Days, and the cover looked pretty - I ended up ordering the new ghost as it was cheaper but I really loved it and should get some of his other comics as well😍 6y
GripLitGrl 🎉🎉🎉 6y
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Smangela
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My 2017 stats - not my best year, many short, easy reads but lots of quality reads as well. Hmmm what would my favorites be?

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello‘s Library
Sorcerer to the Crown
The King‘s Mistress
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
One Kick
El Deafo
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

WarpedSweetness I think you did great in 2017! 7y
Karkar Cute audiobook cord! 7y
rustoryhuf I think I‘m in love with your journal. #audrey 7y
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Smangela @WarpedSweetness ☺️☺️ thank you! 7y
Smangela @Karkar thank you! I had fun doodling ☺️ so many talented Littens post such cute doodles so I figured id at least have fun trying :) 7y
Smangela @rustoryhuf 😍😍 she was amazing! My husband brought this back for me from a trip to Philadelphia in college and Only started using it last year - Litsy made me realize I could do a book journal - for someone who loves journals but sucks at consistently journaling it was a win! Haha 7y
DivineDiana Love this! How did you calculate average rating and gender percentages? Did you do it the old fashioned way via mathematics?!? 🤔 7y
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rjsthumbelina
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Not near my goal, but I am proud of myself! Not bad for full-time graduate student and working over 50 hours a week. Next year's goals mostly involve tackling some of the very large number of books and ebooks that I already own but have not read 📚
#myyearofreading

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KimM
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Bookzombie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Lacythebookworm Yay!! 🙌 7y
Eyelit Yay!! 📚🎉👏 7y
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JacqMac
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I don‘t think I will have time to squeeze in one more. My goal was 60, so I think I did alright. I owe much of it to this wonderful place and all you fabulous Littens. You all just get me. ❤️ Happy New Year! May it be the most wonderful year, full of fantastic books, stories and friends.

Andrew65 You did better than alright! Well done, a fantastic achievement. 👏👏👏 7y
Redwritinghood 👏👏👏👏 7y
AmyG Wow! 🎉 7y
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BookMaven407 Happy New Year! 🥂 7y
Cailey_Mac What a great reading year you‘ve had!! 7y
Jas16 🙌🏽 7y
TrishB 🎉🎉 7y
robinb Congrats @JacqMac ! Wonderful year for you! 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉 7y
JessClark78 Happy New Year! 7y
Eggs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Dulcinella 😍💐💐🥂 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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2017 was the year that I read the most books. Thanks, Littens for being a part of my reading journey!

rubyslippersreads 🎉📚🎉📚🎉🎉🎉 7y
EchoLogical Wow! 🎉🎉🎉 7y
DrJAdMerricksson Grats!! 7y
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Eggs Congratulations 🎊🍾🎈👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Dulcinella 😍💐💐🥂 7y
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xicanti
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Crammed with X-Men.

Or

Craploads of mutants.

readordierachel Craploads of Mutants is a good name for a punk band. 7y
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DreesReads
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I‘ll be finishing up another book or 3 this year, but goodreads‘ year in review is always fun!

SassyBookworm Congratulations!!! 🎉👏🏼📚📖 7y
batsy Nice! 👏👏 7y
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sprainedbrain
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@Brona shared this challenge found on Instagram... I think it looks fun. Time to check my Goodreads and get caught up. 😃

erinreads Ooh, this is a fun yearly wrap up! Joining in. 7y
Liatrek Awesome! Thanks for posting this one 😊 7y
sprainedbrain @erinreads @liatrek the more the merrier! These kinds of lists always help me add to my tbr. 🤪 7y
Pamwurtzler This does look fun! I‘m all caught up now. Thanks for sharing! 7y
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Artsywink
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I hate to admit it but I have actually never read any of these classics. They will definitely be added to my TBR list

sprainedbrain I just started reading the Anne books last year on Serial Reader app. I love them! ❤️ 8y
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Artsywink
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Getting some ideas of what to read even though I have 3 books at home from the library

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Donna_sBookMinute
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IT'S LATE BUT WELL-PLANNED WITH LOTS OF WIGGLE ROOM
My 2017 reading plan has finally taken shape.
It is not genre-specific and will help me accomplish
current, backlist, and TBR goals. Monthly recaps
will focus on my list of broad categories and will
display how well I adhered to my reading plan.
My only genre-related goal is to read all 10 plays in
"August Wilson's Century Cycle." #Donna_sBookYear2017 #TBR

Lesliereads I love your plan for selecting from your TBR; and reading all of August Wilson's century cycle.👍🏾 8y
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asiriusreader
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Happy New Year Littens! After much deliberation (classic over thinker right here!), I have decided which reading challenges to strive for in 2017...
1️⃣ Goodreads Challenge: 75 books in 2017
2️⃣ #LitsyReadingChallenge 2017 (see bingo card above!)
3️⃣ #birthdaychallenge: 1986 - 2017 (excellent idea @TheNextBook ! 😊)
4️⃣ #bookriot #readharder2017 challenge

(and if I'm feeling extra ambitious!!)
5️⃣ Modern Mrs. Darcy's or PopSugar challenge

asiriusreader Unlike all the rest of you organized readers, I have no spreadsheet or list of books decided on...just a desire to tackle these challenges this year! Anywho, happy fresh year of reading to all! 🎉📖 8y
TheNextBook Thats an awesome list!!! #birthdaychallenge! Have fun! 8y
OSChamberlain @asiriusreader I like your plan of attack! It's much more sporadic and fun ☺ 8y
asiriusreader @TheNextBook thank you! You inspired me with your #birthdaychallenge posts. Can't wait to dive in! 8y
asiriusreader @OSChamberlain yes, thank you! I just didn't want to be locked in to reading specific books...I like to keep my reading options open! 😄 8y
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Born.A.Reader
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This shouldn't be hard, considering I've decided to do three reading challenges this year: #LitsyAtoZ #birthdaychallenge and #2017readingchallenge. Expanding my horizons and interests with those lists (the majority of which are TBR). Wish me luck! ❤📚😊

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theshrinkette
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Welp there you have it. #2016 #goodreads

TrishB Wow 😀 8y
Suet624 ❤❤ 8y
Nafiza Go you! 8y
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rachellayown Dang! Nice! 8y
GlitteryOtters Yay, awesome!!!👏 8y
HardcoverHearts Fantastic!! 🎉👏🏻 8y
Nebklvr Great job! 8y
heatherspoetlife Congratulations! Thats amazing! 8y
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Eyelit
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I posted my #topreads2016 earlier this week (see #2016toptenbooks 😃) so I'm going to post my updated and final #yearinbooks. I read more than I thought (my goal for the year was 257 on GR) and that's largely thanks to litsy and all it's cool peeps recommending awesome new books left and right. Thanks y'all! Looking forward to more great reads and fun photo challenges in the new year! #seasonsreadings2016

Reviewsbylola 325 is phenomenal! 😳🎉 8y
ephemeralwaltz Crazy!! 8y
queerbookreader I feel so stupid for asking but how do you get to this screen? Is it on goodreads or another platform? 🙈 8y
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LeahBergen Wow! 😮😮 8y
TrishB Double wow 😱😱 8y
Eyelit @lemonlime799 it's on Goodreads - all gr members got an email with a link to their year in books (I think it was sent out late November) 8y
ReadingOver50 @lemonlime799 in Goodreads go to My Books and at the top is a banner that says "see your year in books" You may need to be on the website for this. The app doesn't seem to have it. 8y
Eyelit Thanks @ReadingOver50 I didn't know how to access through the website itself - only knew of the email link! 😃 8y
danimgill I'm in AWE of your total! 😱 Way to go! 🎉 8y
LauraBeth Wow!! 😀👏🎉🌟👏🌟🎉 8y
Suzze Impressive total! 👏👏👏 8y
Faibka Amazing!!! 😳 Congratulations!! 👏🏼👏🏼📚💕 8y
PurpleyPumpkin Wow, amazing!👏🏽👍🏽 8y
Bookworm54 Wow! Great job 🎉🎉🎉 8y
asiriusreader Amazing!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉 8y
Peddler410 As commented on another post : Wow! That's a big number! I guess I could hit that number if I included all the picture books and early chapter books I read with my daughter! 🤓 8y
britt_brooke Holy 🐄! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
kspenmoll Amazing!!!👏👏💕 8y
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scripturient
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I updated my Goodreads stats and yaaaay, I did manage to crack 100. 😊 I might be able to squeeze in one more before New Year's but I'm more than happy with this result. Thank you, Littens, your motivation had a lot of impact. 💕

Sue Yay, congratulations!!! 8y
Kalalalatja Way to go! 👏👏 8y
melbeautyandbooks Way to go! 8y
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Marmie7 Awesome! 8y
Cinfhen Yay 😊 🎉🎉🎉 8y
Marchpane Woohoo! Well done! 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉 8y
Joybishoptx Congratulations 🎈🍾🎉 8y
KarenUK 🙌🙌🙌💕💕💕 8y
PurpleyPumpkin Amazing!🙌🏽 8y
BibliophileMomma 🙌🏼🙌🏼👍🏼👍🏼 8y
AmyG Amazing. The most I read in a year was 99....back in the early 80's. I applaud you! (edited) 8y
Lindy Well done! 8y
sprainedbrain This is awesome! 👏 8y
LauraBeth Awesome 😀🎉🌟👏 8y
Reviewsbylola 🎉🎉🎉 8y
RiotMom 🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y
DebinHawaii Congratulations! Great job!!🎉📚👍 8y
writerlibrarian 👏👏 8y
asiriusreader 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉 8y
ReadingsByTheC Congrats! 8y
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Fantasyfan
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My results for 2016. Not bad. I think I started taking Goodreads seriously in late summer. Hopefully next year will be better!

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Eyelit
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The year isn't quite over so the numbers may change slightly - but Goodreads let me know that my year in books is up. 😃 I was a bit surprised by my most popular book - mainly in that number of other people read is much lower than I thought it'd be. Also, is it weird that this makes me want to read a super obscure book next year so for my 'least popular' book I'll have been the only one to read it? 😆 #yearinbooks

LindsayReads That very situation happened with my "least popular" book...I was the only person who shelved it. It was also the highest rated one, too. ? 8y
LindsayReads Though now I think I need to read 8y
Eyelit @LindsayReads you've got me interested... what was the book? 8y
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LindsayReads Oh, the monograph of my aunt's work 😂 8y
Samwise_Gamgee World's ugliest dog contest?! Haha I'm interested in that!! 8y
InLibrisVeritas My least popular book has only one person (me). It was called Jughead by CJ Frye, a mystery by a local author. 😬 8y
Eyelit @InLibrisVeritas how was it? 8y
InLibrisVeritas I thought it was okay. Good writing, but it didn't blow me away. It was a fun read, but average overall 8y
CuriousG Ugly dog contests have to be the best topic ever for a book 😅 8y
Faibka Wow! Amazing! 👍😊 8y
Theresa Incredible!! 8y
Kimzey Wowza! That's a lot of books! 8y
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Bkwurm
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This is how the syllabus for my Rediscovering the Classics class gets made: on a warm summer evening with a glass of wine and a pile of books, sitting on the back patio listening to the crickets chirp. 🤓📚🍷

Claireluana That looks heavenly! 8y
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Spiderfelt
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"Which among the tens of thousands of books published each year are worth reading? How do we make choices? How can we get more out of our reading?" Sometimes it seems like reading has become a competition, instead of reading for the enjoyment of the process. Do we think deeply about what we read?

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Spiderfelt
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This is a brilliant concept: a bookclub reference with 5 title suggestions around a monthly theme, descriptions of the title and author background, reflection questions and further reading suggestions for each title. Written in 2003, I would be interested in a 2nd or 3rd edition.

Spiderfelt Have you belonged to a book group? What worked and what hasn't worked? How do you choose the titles? 8y
marita I was part of a poetry book club. We put forward suggestions and came to a consensus. We only met a few times before I moved away. It was fun. 8y
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