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2019 Book of the year selection

1/2/2020

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Eleven years ago, I realized the futility of having a “favorite” book and decided that I would select a favorite book every year. Note: it’s just something I personally read that year, not necessarily published that year. I have never met anyone in real life that does this, but a lot of the book bloggers and twitterbrarians do it. They’re all my type of nerdy. #librarytwitter #bookbloggers

I read books that are in almost every genre. Occasionally, I will read two great books that are so dissimilar that I cannot compare them enough to decide between the two. Those rare years I will have two favorites, but for the most part, I have one very clear favorite. These books are all innovative, surprising and expertly crafted. They are profound or outstanding in their own way. 

Here are my previous selections:
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​I feel like unveiling my book of the year should come with a drumroll and curtain, but I haven’t figured out how to do that on blog, so…
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​My favorite book of 2019 was The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (Ta-Dah!!!!!) I was absolutely 100% obsessed with this book. The audio was THIRTY-TWO hours long and I finished it with time to spare on my two-week check-out. My house was spotless and I got so many steps in because all I wanted to do was walk and clean so I could listen to my book.
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The Wanderers is apocalyptic fiction set in the very near future. I would consider this to be science-fiction although the tech is only slightly more advanced than ours. So, it’s probably science-fact, we just don’t know it yet. Fans of Stephen King’s Under the Dome and The Stand will love this book. For my full review click here.

What was your favorite book this year? Comment below:

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13 Comments
I'm All Booked Up link
1/2/2020 03:38:08 pm

We haven't heard of this one, but it looks interesting. We also enjoyed the Passage!

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Alison Kelly
1/3/2020 12:31:46 pm

Loved the Passage. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the sequels as much, but they were still good. The TV show is entertaining enough, I like the cast : )

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Mai link
1/3/2020 05:42:04 pm

Oh! I love sci-fi! One of my go-to genres when I can't settle down on a book. I'll have to look into this one for sure!

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Alison Kelly
1/4/2020 12:39:10 pm

Sci-Fi is my go-to as well. Let me know what you think when you are done!

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Worlds Unlike Our Own
1/4/2020 07:28:05 pm

Book of the year posts are my favourite! I haven't heard of The Wanderers but it sounds really good. I'll definitely have to check it out!

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Alison Kelly
1/7/2020 11:26:34 am

It has been fun to see all the bloggers post their favorites from 2019!

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Millennial Book Review
1/5/2020 08:48:48 am

I have not heard of this book before, but based on the description you gave, I will definitely check it out.

As a side note, The Power you 2018 selection, was one of my favorite books that I read in 2019.

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Alison Kelly
1/7/2020 11:27:39 am

I heard they are making it into a TV show. Hopefully, it will live up to the book!

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Miragaik link
1/5/2020 08:19:13 pm

I admire your strength!!! I dont have the brain power to choose 1 favorite book much less rank my favorites of the year!

I'm not familiar with this but I am definitely checking this out on goodreads!

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Alison Kelly
1/7/2020 11:31:14 am

I always have a "book to beat" in my mind. Every time I finish a book, I always ask myself if it is better than, whatever my current favorite is.

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Tanya link
1/6/2020 12:54:17 pm

Whelp.... I have yet to read any of these. Lol. I'll have to look some of them up

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Alison Kelly
1/7/2020 11:34:00 am

Let me know if you end up reading any of these! I always love to chat about books!

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kmf link
1/27/2020 07:56:35 am

I love Stephen King (actually took a class on him in college) so adding this book to my #tbr. I just blogged about my top 19 books from the past decade as I agree it’s futile to just have one favorite book. And I love how you highlighted your favorite book from past years...may borrow that idea!

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