From Beginning to Bookend | Best Books of the Year @FromBeginningtoBookend | Uploaded January 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Feast your eyes on the most glorious books I read in 2017! After forging through over 200 books, here are the 10 books that ravaged my heart, kept me awake turning pages, and earned a permanent spot on my bookshelves.

Videos Mentioned:
How Do I Read So Much: youtube.com/watch?v=QiNLiJD1Pdc
November Wrap Up: youtube.com/watch?v=U_OuPaidrVY&t=65s
Worst Books of the Year (So Far): youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s

Worst Books of the Year (organized least to most disappointing):
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King: youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s
The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly: youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s
The Book No One Ever Read by Cornelia Funke: youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Caslte by Janet Fox: youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s
The Necklace by Claire McMillan: goodreads.com/review/show/2112486943?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Swing Time by Zadie Smith: youtube.com/watch?v=MY2QsU3GRVA
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride: youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s
Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer: youtube.com/watch?v=VcVv_wXI5jM&t=374s
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor: youtube.com/watch?v=pMHr2CU_KN8&t=225s
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy: youtube.com/watch?v=4bODy9rHUi0

Prizes Mentioned:
Baileys Women's Prize: womensprizeforfiction.co.uk
National Book Award: nationalbook.org/nba2017.html#.WlZAMainGUk
Pulitzer Prize: pulitzer.org
Man Booker Prize: themanbookerprize.com
Newbery Medal: ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal

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