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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Oilers made the playoffs, but got eliminated in the first round. The Sopranos was on the air, but I had to watch them with my parents (awkward). I was reading chick lit and dude bro memoirs, but not Harry Potter. Let's look closer at the books of Y2K!
Original by Mel's Bookland Adventures (1973): youtube.com/watch?v=ggcX9jX5FmY
Goodreads list of 200 most popular books published in 2000: goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/2000
1999 by Eric Karl Anderson: youtube.com/watch?v=8GdF78GlyvA
1983 by Memento Mori: youtube.com/watch?v=HHD2IfBR44Y
My review of Kelly Oxford's book which gets into the link to Atonement: reading-in-bed.com/2013/06/12/everythings-perfect-when-youre-a-liar-by-kelly-oxford
My deep dive into 2000 prize winners (and exposé of Franzen Blaming): reading-in-bed.com/2017/02/01/franzen-blaming
I tag: all of you. Anyone done 1980 yet? That would have been my second choice!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Oilers made the playoffs, but got eliminated in the first round. The Sopranos was on the air, but I had to watch them with my parents (awkward). I was reading chick lit and dude bro memoirs, but not Harry Potter. Let's look closer at the books of Y2K!
Original by Mel's Bookland Adventures (1973): youtube.com/watch?v=ggcX9jX5FmY
Goodreads list of 200 most popular books published in 2000: goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/2000
1999 by Eric Karl Anderson: youtube.com/watch?v=8GdF78GlyvA
1983 by Memento Mori: youtube.com/watch?v=HHD2IfBR44Y
My review of Kelly Oxford's book which gets into the link to Atonement: reading-in-bed.com/2013/06/12/everythings-perfect-when-youre-a-liar-by-kelly-oxford
My deep dive into 2000 prize winners (and exposé of Franzen Blaming): reading-in-bed.com/2017/02/01/franzen-blaming
I tag: all of you. Anyone done 1980 yet? That would have been my second choice!
