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Calling for Books You’ve Most Enjoyed in 2018

18 Sunday Nov 2018

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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“A Best Friend Is Someone Who Gives Me a Book I’ve Never Read”- A. Lincoln

Year 10

Once again it’s that time of year — when I request you share with other readers of MillersTime your most favorite books read over the past 12 months.

Here are a few guidelines that may help in drawing your list and in making my compilation easier:

1. When I ask for your Most Favorite Reads of 2018, I’m seeking fiction and/or nonfiction books that stood out for you above all you’ve read in the past year. What have been the most enjoyable, the most important, the most thought provoking, the best written, the ones you may go back and read again, the ones you reread this year, and/or the ones you have suggested others read?

2. You are welcome to send just one title or as many as meet the criteria in #1 above.

3. Feel free to repeat any titles that you submitted earlier this year for the 2018 mid-year review, particularly if, on reflection, the book(s) still meets the standards above.

4. In order to make the list most useful, please do the following:

* List the title, the author, and indicate whether it is fiction (F) or nonfiction (NF).

* Consider writing a sentence or two, or more (but not an essay), about why a particular book was a favorite for you. Many MillersTime readers seem to be interested in that information.

5. Don’t be concerned about whether others will have the same book(s) on their lists. If we get a number of similar titles, that’s just an indication of the power of a particular book/author.

6. Your books do not have to be ones that were written and/or published in 2018, just ones that you read over the past year.

7. If you have a child/children/grandchild, etc. who enjoys reading or being read to, feel free to include their current favorite book(s), along with the age of the child.

8. If you have listened to a book(s) in one of the various audio formats, Books on Tape, CDs, Audible, etc., and if they meet your definition of books “you’ve enjoyed the most in 2018,” please include those on your list also. Be sure to identify which ‘books’ on your list were ones you enjoyed audibly.

* Send me your list in an email (Samesty84@gmail.com) by Dec. 16th  so I will be able to post the entire list by Dec. 30 as we will be on a trip (surprise) starting the 31st. (If you send me your list sooner than Dec. 16, you may be able to avoid my constant email reminders to do so. and that will also allow me more time to put the entire list together.)

To see previous years’ lists, click on any of these links: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. 2016. 2017. 2018 Mid-Year.

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06 Monday Jan 2014

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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Again, many thanks to all of you who took the time to send in your favorite reads from 2013 and to write briefly about them.

A few thoughts, questions, a suggestion, and a plan:

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The Books Most Enjoyed by MillersTime Readers in 2012

29 Saturday Dec 2012

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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First, much thanks to all who sent in your favorite reads, those who have done so in the past — and continued to do so —  and the dozen or so new contributors too.

Please forgive my endless reminders, tho the results, I believe, may have been worth the nagging. (Late additions will be posted as they arrive, without any snarky comments from the editor.)

I often heard three comments from readers:

  • “Nothing really great this year…”
  • “I can’t really remember (all of) what I’ve read…but here are a few…”
  • *As I get older, I find I’m reading more nonfiction…”

Nevertheless, seventy of you contributed this year, listing 250 different books, split virtually evenly between fiction and nonfiction. The female-male division was 54%-46% (F/M), about what it has been in the past.  About 20% of you were in what I would loosely call the ‘younger’ category, under approximately 39 years of age (my definition of ‘younger’ continues to expand).

I’ve made several adjustments in my posting of the results of what you’ve sent:

  • I’ve listed contributors alphabetically to make it easier for you to find specific individuals to see what they have enjoyed.
  • I have put stars (****) in front of all books that have been listed more than once.  The number of stars refers to the number of times the book appears as a favorite (and NOT how highly individuals rated a book).
  • On a separate link, you can see in one place all the books that were listed more than once this year.
  • For those of you who may want to see the lists from previous years, simply click on which year you want to review – 2009, 2010, 2011.

For a quick overview, titles that appeared five or more times were:

  •  Behind the Beautiful Forevers (NF) by Katherine Boo – 7
  •  The Passage of Power (NF) by Robert Caro -6
  •  This Is How You Lose Her (F) by Junot Diaz – 6
  •  The Hare with Amber Eyes (NF) by Edmund de Waal – 5
  •  Gone Girl (F) by Gillian Flynn – 5
  •  Cutting for Stone (F) by Abraham Verghese – 5

But as is often said, “the devil is in the details.”  I suspect one of the strengths of this (and previous) year’s list has more to do with what contributors said about why they enjoyed certain books rather than the number of times a book was listed.

When I printed out the lengthy list you are about to see, I found 20 different titles I immediately marked for my ‘to read’ list for the coming year and another 29 that also interested me.  Many of these were only mentioned once or twice.

Just a reminder that this list is not meant to be the best books published in 2012, but rather what the title of this posting states – ‘The Books Most Enjoyed by MillersTime Readers in 2012.’

And, of course, I take responsibility for any inaccuracies or mistakes in the posting of the titles, authors, comments, etc. as MillersTime readers rarely make grammatical or other mistakes in their submissions. Please feel free to let me know about any of my errors as I can correct them quickly and easily.

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