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lolakimono — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:16:21 GMT

checked out from the local library this year.

Which of these did you read?

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LdyBugz — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:30:59 GMT

I started Becoming, but never finished it. I got about a third of the way in, got bored, and never went back. I should give it another try though and finish it.

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Dusty1 — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:41:59 GMT

Where The Crawdad's Sing, The Giver Of Stars, The Dutch House & Blue Moon.

I loved them all.

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GenXmuse — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:44:43 GMT

I didn't read any of them but I have a few on my tbr list.

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Mellyg — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 04:48:21 GMT

I really enjoyed "American Dirt" and "Educated". I also started "Becoming", I dnf.

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KathyM23 — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 08:12:06 GMT

The Guardians, Camino Winds, Walk the Wire and Blue Moon. I have read so many more. I am a reader all the time but especially this year with so much time on my hands. I currently have 62 on the reserve list at the library of those "coming soon". Yesterday, I pickup up curbside service from the library NYPD Red 6, And Now She's Gone, Wrong Alibi and The Wrong Family. Just finished Deadly Cross and Dead Man's Switch.

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BirkiLady — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:16:41 GMT

@lolakimono Read all of them!

Favorites were Where the Crawdads Sing, Educated, Becoming, and Dutch House from your list. All read in 2019 when they were initially released.

I've read 133 books in 2020. With COVID, there wasn't much socializing and reading is always a pleasant pasttime.

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Alter Ego — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 01:35:02 GMT

I read Where The Crawdads Sing, The Giver of Stars and American Dirt. I enjoyed them all.

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LuvmyLab — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:00:36 GMT

I read the John Grisham books you listed.

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AngelPuppy1 — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:59:51 GMT

Last year for Christmas I got - Where the Crawdads Sing. This is a wonderful book and I can see why it is rated so highly.

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kitty45 — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:48:21 GMT

I read The Dutch House.

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insomniac2 — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:21:22 GMT

I read Where the Crawdads Sing, Educated, Becoming, and The Dutch House.

Loved them all!

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haddon9 — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:24:00 GMT

I read, Becoming, Educated, The Dutch House & American Dirt.

I enjoyed all of them but American Dirt was the one that I just couldn't put down!

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maximillian — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 01:26:59 GMT

# 1, 4, 7 and 10. Some of the other titles look good; I'll try to get to them.

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SWEET — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:17:09 GMT

I loved The Dutch House. One of my favorites of 2020.

I have no desire to read Where The Crawdads Sing.

Did not finish American Dirt. I'm always in the minority of disliking books that others rave about (see above Where The Crawdads Sing).

Got an ARC of Jojo Moyes The Giver of Stars too before it came out and decided to swap it for something I wanted to read.

I tried some of John Grisham's newer books and just can't get into them. I loved his older books from the 80s though. Nothing has compared to those. The plots don't appeal to me anymore.

I seem to be in the minority of a lot of books that people love or the very popular ones.

When I go on my FB book groups I think to myself it's deja vu all over again when I see the same books over and over again that I don't want to read or that people are reading that I don't.

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kaydee50 — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:23:24 GMT

Educated -- IMO, a highly overrated book. I got about 1/3 through it. Thought it was unbelievable.

The Dutch House -- liked this one. Need to read more books by that author.

I like Baldacci and Grisham but haven't read these particular books yet.

DH is a big Lee Child fan.

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teganslaw — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:58:22 GMT

The only book I read is "Where the Crawdads Sing." and thought it was overrated.

I did read an excerpt online from "Becoming" just to see what it was like. Not impressed and no desire to read the whole book.

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happycat — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:55:22 GMT

Where the crawdads sing is the only one I read there. I wanted to read American Dirt, but never got the chance.

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Lilysmom1 — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:23:10 GMT

@lolakimono , thanks for posting. I read some but not all. I now had requested the ones I didn't read from my library. Some good reading ahead! S

PS, I am so bad with titles I had to check the storyline on some. Hate that!