(idea borrowed from another blog)
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud:
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
New-To-Me Series That On One Hand I'm Glad To Have Found, But On The Other, I'm Seriously Horrified That I'd Missed Out On Until Now:
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Lirael by Garth Nix
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Sequel Happiness:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Hunger by Michael Grant
Book That Made Me Crave Food:
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Most Enjoyably Bad Book:
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Forgettable Plot Saved By a Fresh, Honest Voice:
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
Book I Was Most Surprised By:
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Made of Pure Awesome:
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Stoner & Spaz by Ron Koertge
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Book Hidden Under the Worst Cover:
Prism by Faye Kellerman
More Adorable Than Sparkling Puppies:
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
YA Book Most Likely to be Loved By Adults More Than Actual YAs:
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
Biggest Disappointment:
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Books that Invoked Irrationally Violent Emotions in me:
Speak by Laurie Halse Andersen
Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose (I do read non-fiction sometimes)
Books I Loved For Their Imperfect Heroines:
Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Best Vampire Book For Twilight-Haters:
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Worthy of the Hype:
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Favorite Roadtrip Book (and MAN, there were a lot of them!):
Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
Best Action/Adventure Book:
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Books that were weird just to be weird:
The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven
Un Lun Dun by China Meiville
Sci-fi's that made me think there is still a future for this genre (future, get it):
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Books I lent out to people multiple times:
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Jumper by Steven Gould
Have a question about this list. Wonder why I loved or hated a book? Feel free to ask.
3 comments:
Sabriel was one of the first fantasies I read as an adult. I love those books and need to reread them. And tell me about your reaction to Speak?
Have you read Going Bovine?
Also, please go to the Hamline blog now and tell me your top ten lifetime MG!
Venus, what a nice way to do an end of a year list. I just read Marcello... and had that same reaction. As for the earlier Skin Hunger post--can't wait until we're all talking about the book at residency.
And I guess I should go to the Hamline blog and do a MG List before Anne orders me around too.
It would probably be more of a gentle request, Marsha.
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