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My Favorite Books of 2011

27 Dec

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish.

I’ve read over 100 books in 2011 which includes a mix of young adult, middle grade, graphic novels, etc.  Creating a list of favorites is no easy task, but it’s also fun to look back at the books I’ve read.  I based my decision on the books that have stuck with me whether it’s because of strong characters, impressive writing, and/or deep emotional connections.  I can’t encourage you enough to read these novels!

P.S. Some favorites of 2011 I’m not listing because I read them in 2010, but they’ll be mentioned in my upcoming favorite debut authors post :)

In no particular order (because creating this list was hard enough!), here are my favorite books of 2011:

Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King (My Review) (Goodreads)

Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman (My Review) (Goodreads)

Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer (My Review) (Goodreads)

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach (My Review) (Goodreads)

Warped by Maurissa Guibord (My Review) (Goodreads)

Where She Went by Gayle Forman (My Review) (Goodreads)

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (My Review) (Goodreads)

Split by Swati Avasthi (My Review) (Goodreads)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (My Flash Review) (Goodreads)

But I Love Him by Amanda Grace (My Review) (Goodreads)

Books of 2010

31 Jul

Because I’m a teacher, I don’t think of years like a normal person.  My years go according to school years.  Last school year a student asked me how many books I’ve read in a year, and b/c of this oddity I couldn’t figure it out.  Once the New Year rolled around, I decided to keep track of each book I read during 2010. 

 I can’t say that all of these are in order.  I did a good job at the beginning of the year, but for a while I forgot to update my list.  My summer reading starts at #20. 

How many books do you think I’ll read by December 31st?!

Books of 2010
1. Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Stolarz
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
4. Shadowland by Alyson Noel
5. Fallen by Lauren Kate
6. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
7. Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
8. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
9. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
10. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
11. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
12. What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
13. Touched by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler
14. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
15. Gone by Lisa McMann
16. Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
17. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
18. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
19. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (graphic novel)
20. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
21. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
22. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
23. Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti
24. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
25. Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
26. Things Change by Patrick Jones
27. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
28. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

*Those that are BOLD are my favorites
*This list does not include my large pile of half-read books (That’s a whole other list…)

Books of 2009

2 Jan

I’ve decided I’m going to keep track of all the books I read in 2010.  I didn’t do this in 2009, and since I’m a list maker, I decided to write down all the books I’ve read in the past year.  I’m pretty sure these are all of them, and they aren’t in any particular order. 

1. The Hunger Games  by Suzanne Collins
2. Wintergirls  by Laurie Halse Anderson   
3. Unwind  by Neal Shusterman
4. White is for Magic by Laurie Faria Stolarz
5. Silver is for Secrets  by Laurie Faria Stolarz
6. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Fade by Lisa McMann
9. City of Bones by Cassandra Claire
10. City of Ashes by Cassandra Claire
11. City of Glass by Cassandra Claire
12. Evermore by Alyson Noel
13. Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
14. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
15. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
16. Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
17. Hold Still by Nina LaCour
18. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
19. Deadline by Chris Crutcher
20. Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
21. Sabriel by Garth Nix
22. Stardust by Neil Gaimon
23. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
24. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
25. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
26. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
27. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
28. The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
29. Specials by Scott Westerfeld
30. The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
31. Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
32. Tempted by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
33. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba 
34. Papertowns by John Green
35. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

P.S.
I just realized (1/4/10) that I forgot about a couple books.  I didn’t include:
36. Sticky Fingers by Niki Burnham
37. When It Happens by Susane Colasanti

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