According to my LibraryThing account, I read 35 books in 2010, exactly half of what I read in 2009. Although, this number doesn't usually count picture books I've reviewed. So overall, the count is probably a bit higher.
Here is the breakdown by star rating:
I RARELY give five stars. I hold on to that for the special book that I just simply couldn't put down, read while ignoring the children, or was simply just blown away. I usually give this to a book that I really can't find a single fault with.
Four and 1/2 stars is a very good book but maybe there were one or two things that bothered me.
And onward.
FIVE STARS:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
FOUR 1/2 STARS:
Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
FOUR STARS:
The Wake Trilogy (Wake, Fade & Gone) by Lisa McMann
Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
The Scarlet Stockings by Charlotte Kandel
Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Zeus: King of Gods by George O'Connor
Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
Theodore Boone by John Grisham
Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James
Athena: Grey-eyed Goddess by George O'Connor
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
Holiday Magic by Fern Michaels (clairfication: only read Terri Dulong's Cedar Key novella--rating is for that, not the entire book)
Three 1/2 STARS:
Over the Holidays by Sandra Harper
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
We the Children by Andrew Clements
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
Caught by Harlen Coben
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Brain Camp by Susan Kim
Stash by David Klein
THREE STARS:
The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser
ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
ghostgirl: the homecoming by Tonya Hurley
Booth by C.C. Colbert
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
Year in Review by Genre:
Adult Fiction
Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James
Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Caught by Harlen Coben
Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
Over the Holidays by Sandra Harper
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
The Help by Karen Stockett
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Stash by David Klein
Holiday Magic by Fern Michaels
Adult Mystery
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
Young Adult
Wake by Lisa McMann
Fade by Lisa McMann
Gone by Lisa McMann
Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
ghostgirl: Homecoming by Tonya Hurley
Middle-Grade
Theodore Boone by John Grisham
We the Children by Andrew Clements
The Scarlet Stockings by Charlotte Kandel
Savvy by Ingrid Law
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
Children's Fiction
Superheroes: A Pop-up Book
How to Raise a Dinosaur by Natasha Wing
This School Year Will be the Best by Kay Winters
How You Got So Smart by David Milgrim
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library by Vicki Myron
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire by Jane O'Connor
Say Hello! by Rachel Isadora
Hot Diggity Dog by Adrienne Sylver
Ladybug Girl at the Beach by David Soman
Red Green Blue by Alison Jay
Sleepover at Gramma's House by Barbara Joose
Graphic Novel
Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale
Zeus: King of Gods by George O'Connor
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
Athena: Grey-eyed Goddess by George O'Connor
Brain Camp by Susan Kim
Booth by C.C. Colbert
Nonfiction
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser
Just for my own musings....
Books on this list--
Bought this year: 7
Advanced Copies/From the Publisher: 25
Borrowed from Library/Friend: 11 (Library), 3 (Friend)
E-books read: 2
Books already sitting on my shelf: 0 (boo!)
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3 comments:
The Wake Trilogy was on my favourite list also. I really look forward to reading her new one.
I keep considering The Help, maybe this year.
This is a lovely surprise! Thank you so much for the high rating of my novel, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. I'm truly honored!
Happy New Year.
Marce--You really should read The Help. I'm leery of books that are talked about all the time and on everyone's lists. But this time, it really was worth the hype. Very good read!
And I need to get my review up of Lisa McMann's new book. It was interesting, but I didn't find it quite as good as the Wake Trilogy.
Beth--Thanks so much for stopping by! I did enjoy your book quite a bit! I am hoping to get caught up on some long overdue reviews very soon. So hopefully a review of Saving CeeCee will be here shortly!
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