Year in review: The best books of 2016

I've been slacking a bit this year, unfortunately ... according to Goodreads, my total amount of books read for 2016 was 66 books, nine shy of my goal of 75. That being said, most of the books I remember reading were very good this year. Here's a list of my top nine favorites. ...

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Quick Pick book review: The Widow of Wall Street, by Randy Susan Meyers

Opening lines: Phoebe never hated her husband more than when she visited him in prison. The preceding nightmare of ordeals—eleven hours hauling a suitcase by bus, train, and cab, her muscles screaming from the weight—were the coming attractions of the misery she faced...

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Quick Pick book review: Love and First Sight, by Josh Sundquist

Opening lines: Vice Principal Larry Johnston extends his hand.To clarify: I don't see this. I hear the swish of his shirtsleeve. Reason I picked up the book: I'm a fan of YA novels, and this one sounded different since it focuses on a teen who has been blind since...

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Quick Pick book review: The Circle, by Dave Eggers

Opening lines: My God, Mae thought. It's heaven.The campus was vast and rambling, wild with Pacific color, and yet the smallest detail had been carefully considered, shaped by the most eloquent hands. On land that had once been a shipyard, then a drive-in movie theater,...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Everything You Want Me to Be, by Mindy Mejia {ends 12/20}

Most people think that acting is make-believe. Like it's a big game where people put on costumes and feign kisses or stab wounds and they pretend to gasp and die. They think it's a show. They don't understand that acting is becoming someone else, changing your thoughts and needs...

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