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Showing posts with label My Year in Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Year in Books. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2026

My Year in Books -- a Meme


I was looking at old posts and I stumbled upon this one, an old meme, My Year in Books, from 2017. Thinking it was pretty fun and creative I decided to do it again. I created a list last year and had a lot of fun with it. Join me.

For those of you joining me from Sunday Salon, this is the last of my rogue posts other than a weekly update. Join in the fun!

My Year in Books

Rules?
  • Answer the questions with titles from books you read in 2025. (Some may end up being silly, others may seem overly serious.)   
  • The goal is to have fun. 
  • Participate by copying the questions below. Erasing my answers and inserting you own.  
  • Once you've created your post, link it below so others can see it, then visit others' posts to see how they answered the questions.
  • Spread the word. Let's see if we can make this a thing again this year!

Questions:

In high school I was: The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)

People might be surprised: What the Chicken Knows (Sy Montgomery)

I will never be: Perfection (Vincenzo Latronico)

My fantasy job is: How to Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell)

At the end of a long day I need: [a] Sandwich (Catherine Newman)

I hate it: [when there are] Furious Hours (Casey Cep)

Wish I had: [a doctor who says] We'll Prescribe You a Cat (Syou Ishida)

My family reunions are: Three Days in June (Anne Tyler)

At a party you’d find me: [acting rather crazy like] When the Moon Hits Your Eye (John Scalzi)

I’ve never been to: Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)

A happy day includes: Sunshine (Jarrett Krosoczka)

Motto I live by: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water (Angie Cruz)

On my bucket list is: [seeing] The Beatles in America (Leigh Spencer)

In my next life, I want to have: [a] Ministry of Time (Kaliane Bradley]

Don't take your titles too seriously or judge the actual plot line of the book in your answers. Have fun with this.



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-Anne

Friday, January 10, 2025

My Year In Books -- a meme


I was looking at old posts and I stumbled upon this one, an old meme, My Year in Books, from 2017. Thinking it was pretty fun and creative I decided to do it again. Join me.

My Year in Books

Rules?
  • Answer the questions with titles from books you read in 2024. (Some may end up being silly, others may seem overly serious.)   
  • The goal is to have fun. 
  • Participate by copying the questions below. Erasing my answers and inserting you own.  
  • Once you've created your post, link it below so others can see it, then visit others' posts to see how they answered the questions.
  • Spread the word. Let's see if we can make this a thing again this year!

Questions:

In high school I was: The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be (Shannon Gibney)

People might be surprised: No Cure for Being Human (Kate Bowler)

I will never be: When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill)

My fantasy job is: The Plague-Busters (Lindsey Fitzharris)

At the end of a long day I need: The Kissing of Kissing (Hannah Emerson)

I hate it:  The Plague of Doves (Louise Erdrich)

Wish I had: A Book of Doors (Gareth Brown)

My family reunions are: Tell Me Everything (Elizabeth Strout)

At a party you’d find me: I Cheerfully Refuse (Leif Enger)

I’ve never been to: A Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)

A happy day includes: Ice Cream Man (Glenda Armand)

Motto I live by: Leave Only Footprints (Conor Knighton)

On my bucket list is: Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

In my next life, I want to have: Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)




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-Anne

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

My Year in Books...a meme

Photo Credit: A. Bennett, Chihuly Museum

Let's have some fun and take part in Adam's end of year meme, My Life in Books
The rules? Pretty simple: answer the questions with books you read this year!

In high school I was: a Love Warrior (Glennon Melton)

People might be surprised (that): I Heard God Laughing (poems by Hafiz)

I will never be: A Dog in the Cave (Kay Frydenborg)

My fantasy job is: Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)

At the end of a long day I need: Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)

I hate(d) it:  When We Collided (Emory Lord)

Wish I had: Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur)

My family reunions are: Ordinary Grace (William Krueger)

At a party you’d find me (talking about): News of the World (Paulette Jiles)

I’ve never been to: The (A) Beatles (concert) (Bob Spitz)

A happy day includes: Help. Wow. Thanks. Three Essential Prayers (Anne Lamott)

Motto I live by: The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in the Game Called Life (Kwame Alexander)

On my bucket list is: (is to see the musical) Hamilton (Martha Brockenbrough)

In my next life, I want to have: (Bernie Sanders Guide to) Political Revolution (Bernie Sanders)

Join in the end of year, life in review, what-books-did-I-read-this-year fun with Adam @Roofbeamreader.