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A Year in Review 2012

Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud

We're In a Book (An Elephant and Piggie book) by Mo Willems

Goodnight iPad: A Parody For the Next Generation by Ann Droyd (hehe)

Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith


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:

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin


Sequel Happiness:

The Death Cure by James Dashner

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

Stoner & Spaz II by Ron Koertge

In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L.A. Meyer


Book That Made Me Crave Food:

Raspberries by Jay O'Callahan


Most Enjoyable Bad Book:

Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker


Forgettable Plot Saved By a Fresh, Honest Voice:

Liesel & Po by Lauren Oliver


Book(s) I Was Most Surprised By:

The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George


Made of Pure Awesome:

Tuesdays at the Castle

Amanda & Her Alligator by Mo Willems

Across the Universe by Beth Revis


Best Book Hidden Under the Worst Cover:

Pride an Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith


More Adorable Than Sparkling Puppies:

Tuesdays at the Castle


YA Book Most Likely to be Loved By Adults More Than Actual YAs:

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld


Biggest Disappointment:

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins


Books that Invoked Irrationally Violent Emotions in me:

Empty by Suzanne Weyn


Books I Loved For Their Imperfect Heroines:

Graceling by Kristine Cashore

Valiant by Holly Black


Best Book For Wimpy Kid Lovers:

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson and Chris Tebbets


Best Vampire Book For Twilight-Haters:

Valiant by Holly Black


Favorite Roadtrip Book:

Ranger's Ransom by Emily Diamand

In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L.A. Meyer


Best Action/Adventure Book:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Death Cure by James Dashner


Books that were weird just to be weird:

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator

Dormia by Jake Halpern


Sci-fi's that made me think there is still a future for this genre (future, get it):

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Girl Parts by John Cusick

Raider's Ransom by Emily Diamend

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard


Books I lent out to people multiple times:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Jumper by Steven Gould

The Maze Runner by James Dashner


Worst Book of the Year:

Sapphique by Catherine Fisher


Have a question about this list. Wonder why I loved or hated a book? Leave a comment...let's discuss.

3 comments:

Jess said...

agree about Sapphique, disagree about Mockingjay (I loved it even though it was so sad) but I do know it's either a love or a hate with readers.
And am seriously going to have to finally read Miss Peregrine's, James Dashner's 2nd and 3rd, and you intrigued me with The Kneebone Boy and Tuesdays at the Castle. So they are added to my list.

Taryn said...

I'm in the midst of updating my classroom library and I was on the fence about a couple of books on your list. Thanks for helping me decide!

Taryn said...

I'm in the midst of updating my classroom library and I was on the fence about a couple of books on your list. Thanks for helping me decide!