Saturday, December 31, 2011

Favorite Books of 2011

I so planned on finishing up all reviews this week and starting 2012 all fresh and free.  But then I got a flu bug and could not focus on review writing.  So anyway, my best of 2011:

While I read a lot of books this year, I didn't have nearly as many "OMG this book is awesome" moments as last year.  I think it's just the books I chose to read.  A lot that I read last year had been on my list for ages and ages and I was really excited to read them.  This year, I read all books I wanted to read (except for school, heh..), and really liked a lot of them, but there were fewer that I loved a whole super duper lot.  Here is my list of favorite books that I read in 2011:

Biographie de la faim (A Life of Hunger) by Amelie Nothomb


Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz


No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy


Beneath the Wheel by Herman Hesse


The House on Tradd Street by Karen White


South of Superior by Ellen Airgood


13, rue Therese by Elena Mauli Shapiro


Flight by Sherman Alexie


A Cottage by the Sea by Ciji Ware


Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto


The Pope's Daughter by Caroline P. Murphy



Leaving India by Minal Hajratwala


The Help by Kathryn Stockett


MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche


I read a total of 38 books and 3 single short stories (for school..).  I'm hoping to do much better next year because I have more free time now :)
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6 comments:

  1. LLDecember 31, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    Before Ever After is sitting on my to-read-and-review pile... knowing it's great will propel me to read it sooner! Glad you had a good year of books. :)

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  2. Sam (Tiny Library)January 1, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    This is a great list of books, I've added a few to my wishlist.

    Happy New Year, and happy reading in 2012 :)

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  3. BookQuoterJanuary 2, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    And yet more books to add to my list:)

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  4. Natalie~Coffee and a Book ChickJanuary 3, 2012 at 7:30 PM

    There are so many on here that I've been meaning to read! The Pope's Daughter just sounds like an interesting book based on the title alone, so I'm really going to have to check that one out!

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  5. Her Royal OrangenessJanuary 5, 2012 at 6:25 AM

    I haven't heard of most of these books...will have to add some of them to my TBR list.

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