Best Reads 2013 launches on Saturday, December 28th, the
weekend after Christmas. Up until then, anyone on Twitter is invited to an open
chat about their favorite books of the year using the hashtag #bestreads2013.
If you’ve got a blog or Tumblr, you can post a list of your favorite books
there, only make sure to come back and link it here by the 30th so I can
include you in the master list. For those without Twitter or blogs, you're
still welcome to discuss your favorites in the Comments section. Everyone
is welcome, readers and authors alike.
So think on it. What are your favorite books that you read
this year? Not what was written or published in 2012, but that you personally
read and loved for the first time. Fiction, non-fiction, prose, poetry and
sequential art are all welcome. I guarantee you at least one comic book will
show up on my list. It's Middle Grade, too. My list will be between 5-15 books
long, with 1-2 paragraphs for each entry on what I got out of them. You can
handle the number and format as you like.
Feel free to launch questions below. We'll field them
together.
Oh good. I was hoping you would run with this again. And all things being equal I would love to join in.
ReplyDeleteWe'd love to have you! And I'd be very curious for your picks this year.
DeleteI haven't read as many books as I wanted to this year so I probably can't participate, but I'm looking forward to your list!
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't knocked as many books as you want off your reading list, you can still chime in with a Top 3 or something comparable. There's no obligation to make giant lists!
DeleteI'd have to think on that one. Might just have to check out your list.
ReplyDeleteYou've got plenty of time to think it over, Alex! Based on your blog, I'd be keenly interested for your list.
DeleteI'll play! I'll have to think it over for a few days and go through my Goodreads.
ReplyDeleteI find Goodreads very handy for picking out my favorites of the crop. And you have plenty of time - three weeks left!
DeleteSounds like a fun hop and a great way to find new awesome books. I'll have to look at my Goodreads shelf and see what I can dig up from 2013.
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Though I've got A LOT of reading to do to catch up on my list for the year! We'll see how many I can cram in before the 28th...
ReplyDeleteOh good, we have until the 28th. Maybe I can very some of my half-finished books done by then!
ReplyDeleteAnd then I can read what everyone else said and plan next year's reading!
My all time favourite this year was Bram Stoker's Dracula! ^_^
ReplyDeleteOK, here's my list posted on my blog. Just 5, short and sweet, but each killed me:
ReplyDeletehttp://megarber.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/favorite-reads-of-2013/
Everyone is free to list and explain as many books as they please. Five is great by me. I also really enjoy Jemisin.
DeleteThanks for the invite John- I'll have to get my list together.
ReplyDeleteHere is my link: http://melanieschulz.blogspot.com/2013/12/five-year-project-best-reads-2013.html
ReplyDeleteHere's my post:
ReplyDeletehttp://bethmatthewsbooks.com/2013/12/27/best-books-of-2013/
Joining the party: http://cindyvaskova.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/best-reads-2013/ Thanks for hosting it again John!
ReplyDeleteJoining in: http://cindyvaskova.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/best-reads-2013/ Thanks for hosting it again John!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and for inviting us to share. Here's my link: http://margitsage.com/blog/2013/12/29/10-best-reads-2013/
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