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“A Best Friend Is Someone Who Gives Me a Book I’ve Never Read”- A. Lincoln
As many of you know, each year I ask MillersTime readers to take some time and send me your Favorite Reads of the past year. I then compile the list and post it so that you can see what others have read and most enjoyed over the past 12 months.
If you have participated in the past, please do so again this year. If you are new to this part of MillersTime, please consider taking the time to add to the list for 2014.
Here are a few guidelines that may help in drawing your list and in making my compilation easy:
* When I ask for your Favorite Reads of 2014, 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?
* You are welcome to send just one title or up to a half dozen or so.
* List the title, the author, and indicate whether it is fiction (F) or nonfiction (NF).
* If you are willing, please write a sentence or two about why each particular book made it to your list for this year. If you prefer not to add this, no problem, but I’ve found readers enjoy the comments and use them in choosing books to read for the coming year.
* 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.
* Your books do not have to be ones that were written and/or published in 2014, just ones that you read over the past year.
* Send me your list in an email (Samesty84@gmail.com) by Dec. 20, 2014 so I will be able to post the entire list at the end of the year.
To see last year’s list, click on this link: The Books Most Enjoyed by MillersTime Readers in 2013.
PS – Dec. 9 – After a discussion with an avid reader and a faithful contributor to this list, one additional guideline: If any of the books you read fit into a category of “must reads” (i.e., “put down everything else and read this book now”), please so indicate by putting a star after the title. Said friend is looking for such a read.
Randy Candea said:
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (NF), Michael A. Singer. A book that has had a strong impact on me.
No Place To Hide (NF), Glenn Greenwald. This book changed my way of thinking. Deals with one of the most important issues confronting modern life.
The Poison Wood Bible (F), Barbara Kingsolver. A marvelous story told by the wife and four daughters of an Evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959.
Off Season (F), Anne Rivers Siddon. A beautifully rendered story about a young girl growing up, her first love, marriage and the secrets that determine our lives.
The Book Of Lost Things (F), John Connolly. a 12 year old loses his mother and takes refuge in his imagination and a journey through the loss of innocence into adulthood.
A Fighting Chance (NF), Elizabeth Warren. A fun and “positive” read for those with a Progressive outlook in an otherwise dreary political landscape.
harry siler said:
Books, 2014
Ric,
I haven’t done my due diligence, and looked back at all my options, but : AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN, by Tracy Kidder; FEASTING THE HEART, by Reynolds Price; THE HIDDEN WOUND, by Wendell Berry; BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, by Dick Cavett; STONER, by John Williams;NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS, by Angela Carter; THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, by Elizabeth Gilbert.
I may not add to this, but at least I’ve done this much.
Harry
melanie landau said:
at this moment – one book:
The End of your Life Bookclub – Nick Schwalbe.
interesting – and leads to other “must” reads or re-reads.