Suey posted this end of year meme this week, and I just gakked it from her. Gak away!
Best Book: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.
Worst Book: The Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Morgan was one of the few books I didn't finish. Nothing offensive, just not interesting enough to keep reading.
Most Disappointing Book: The Swimming Pool by Holly Lecraw didn't seem to match the blurb, so while I was expecting a mystery, I got family angst that wasn't even that angsty.
Most Surprising Book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Nonfiction book that reads like fiction, which taught me a lot about biology, genes, and bad moral decisions.
The Book Most Recommended to Others: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winnifred Watson. Cutest book, and I really must get the movie to watch.
Best Series Discovered: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear and Benny Griesel (by Deon Meyer)
Favorite New Authors Discovered: Catherine O' Flynn This was the only author I read for the first time, and then read a second book by her (The News Where You Are, and What Was Lost) immediately. Both were excellent.
Most Hilarious Read: She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel; A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn French; Paper Towns by John Green (funny road trip scene)
Most Thrilling, Unputdownable Book: Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer. Police mystery over 13 frantic hours in South Africa. Looking forward to reading another in this series.
Most Anticipated Book: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Me and everyone else.
Favorite Cover: Shiver by Maggie Stievgarer. I read the book because I loved the cover of the series. Didn't like the book as much.
Most Memorable Character: Jack, the little boy in Room was very memorable, along with his mother
Most Beautifully-Written Book: hmm, can't really pick one for this, but I'm going to add best re-read, The Blue Castle, by LM Montgomery, because it needs to be somewhere on this list.
Book That Had the Greatest Impact On You: Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos
Book you Can't Believe you Waited Until 2010 to Read: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Considering how great "The Lottery" was, which I read in high school, I'm surprised it took me this long to read another Jackson.
New Favorite Book Blog You Discovered: Buried in Print, one of several new Canadian blogs. She writes insightful reviews, and reads such different books than I do.
Favorite Review You Wrote: The Year of the Flood by Atwood. Also gets honorable mention as most beautiful cover.
Best Book Event You Participated in During 2010: The Holiday Book Swap is always fun! I also enjoyed the Detectives Around the World, although now I know so many more mysteries to read.
Best Bookish Discovery of 2010: In 2010, I really got back into mysteries, and I am glad for that. Over the years, before blogging, mysteries were my go to books.
How about you? What books (or blog posts) would you plug into these categories?
Thursday, December 23, 2010
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