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  • What are the best books you've read in 2024?

    From Steve Hayes@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Dec 14 18:51:19 2024
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    What are the best books you've read in 2024?

    Mine:

    87 Lewis, C.S. 1973. Prince Caspian.
    87 Towles, Amor. 2017. A Gentleman in Moscow.
    86 Poland, Marguerite. 2019. A Sin of Omission.
    85 Williams, Pip. 2022. The Dictionary of Lost Words.
    84 Holland, Tom. 2019. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind.
    83 Jewell, Lisa. 2019. The Family Upstairs.
    82 de la Motte, Anders. 2020. Rites of Spring.
    82 Glyn, Patricia. 2006. Footing with Sir Richard's Ghost.
    81 King, Stephen. 2011. 11.22.63.
    81 Wain, John. 1974. A Winter in the Hills.

    Scores out of 100, so those over 80 got 5 stars on GoodReads

    Reviews of the (tied) top two here:

    Telmarines: the ultimate whenwes <https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/09/telmarines-ultimate-whenwes.html>

    A Gentleman in Moscow -- the mind and face of Bolshevism <https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-gentleman-in-moscow-mind-and-face-of.html>



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  • From bertietaylor@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Dec 14 22:02:29 2024
    Good try.

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  • From Bozo User@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jan 17 05:58:05 2025
    On 2024-12-14, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
    What are the best books you've read in 2024?

    Mine:

    87 Lewis, C.S. 1973. Prince Caspian.
    87 Towles, Amor. 2017. A Gentleman in Moscow.
    86 Poland, Marguerite. 2019. A Sin of Omission.
    85 Williams, Pip. 2022. The Dictionary of Lost Words.
    84 Holland, Tom. 2019. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind.
    83 Jewell, Lisa. 2019. The Family Upstairs.
    82 de la Motte, Anders. 2020. Rites of Spring.
    82 Glyn, Patricia. 2006. Footing with Sir Richard's Ghost.
    81 King, Stephen. 2011. 11.22.63.
    81 Wain, John. 1974. A Winter in the Hills.

    Scores out of 100, so those over 80 got 5 stars on GoodReads

    Reviews of the (tied) top two here:

    Telmarines: the ultimate whenwes
    <https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/09/telmarines-ultimate-whenwes.html>

    A Gentleman in Moscow -- the mind and face of Bolshevism
    <https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-gentleman-in-moscow-mind-and-face-of.html>




    Colourless Tsukuru, Haruku Murakami, 2013. Well, it actually was my second read,
    as it's a book with several metaphors.

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    Excuse my English, I am not a native speaker. Thanks.

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