I read like my boys eat--I gulp down so much, so fast, it's impossible to keep track of how much I've consumed. I have no idea how many books I read during 2010. A safe guesstimate would be fifty-two (one a week). Some I liked, some I didn't, but some absolutely stunned me. Here are the titles from that list:
My Best of 2010:
YA
1. THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson
2. DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth (OK, this doesn't come out until May `11, but this one...omg, this one...It will be on your list next year.)
3. THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger
4. GIRL, STOLEN by April Henry
5. THE CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare
6. THE BODY FINDER by Kimberly Derting
7. FORGET YOU by Jennifer Echols
8. THE DEMON'S COVENANT by Sarah Rees Brennan
9. NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL by Siobhan Vivian
10. CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick
Adult
1. A RELIABLE WIFE by Robert Goolrick
2. ONE DAY by David Nicholls
Non-Fiction
1. THE CYNICAL IDEALIST: A SPIRITUAL BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN LENNON by Gary Tillery
2. AT HOME: A SHORT HISTORY OF PRIVATE LIFE by Bill Bryson
I'm currently reading two books I'm certain would have made the list if I'd finished before typing this: JUST KIDS by Patti Smith and ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins.
Got any titles to add? Disagree with my choices? Tell me!
(I'll be busy finishing up a project over the next two weeks, so this is my last blog post of the year. Happy Holidays to everyone!! Thanks for reading!!)
The Duff was one of the few books I ran out and bought on the day it was released. I also read about 50. Thank God for Goodreads.com, otherwise I'd never remember what I'd read.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I also loved BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver and MATCHED by Ally Condie.
ReplyDeleteObviously I LOVED The Duff and Forget You was SOOOOO good. I also read Going too Far by Jennifer Echols and LOVED it. And I've got Not That Kind of Girl on my list. We must have the same taste in books! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm honored to have 2 on there! Even if one's a cheat.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for TFOU to be on someone's list!! Because it WILL be. It WILL.
I loved your analogy. I read like my boys eat. I can totally see that. I loved One Day.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are making my day with your comments! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to The DUFF and Matched. Before I Fall and The Sky Is Everywhere were two of my all time faves!
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