This year has been such a doozy, I actually feel a touch apathetic about putting this list together. Don’t get me wrong: I read more than a handful of knock-my-socks off books this past year. The apathy has more to do with wrecked concentration, a continued disinterest in starting new books, and I’ll leave it at that. So here it is, a quick and dirty list. Actually, lists.
They’re Among My Favorites for a Reason:
- Shalador’s Lady by Anne Bishop
- Bewitched & Betrayed by Lisa Shearin
- Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Killbox by Ann Aguirre
- Archangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh
Favorite New (and New to Me) Series:
- Touched by and Alien / Alien Tango by Gini Koch
- The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
- Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
- Still Life by Louise Penny
YA Keepers:
- The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Dreamdark: Silksinger by Laini Taylor
- A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
- Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
- Dust City by Robert Paul Weston
- Jane by April Lindner
- Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
I loved it so much, I couldn’t review it:
Anna and the French Kiss
by Stephanie Perkins
This book is all kinds of wonderful. Frankly, it’s the most grounded, realistic romance I’ve read in a long time. I loved everything about it, so much so that it made finding the right words to review it impossible. Luckily, it’s caught on like wildfire, and there are plenty of other wonderful reviews, like Angie’s, to spotlight Anna‘s wonderfulness. As for me, instead of writing a lousy review that doesn’t come close to doing the book justice, I’ll opt to go back and reread it instead.
Deserving of a {I can’t believe I’m about to use this phrase} Shout-out:
- Everlasting by Angie Frazier
- Heist Society by Ally Carter
- House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Man with a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
- Dreadful Skin by Cherie Priest
- Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
Very interesting list of books.
Everyone seems to love “Anna and the French Kiss”. Guess I should give it a try.
Hope you will have a great start into 2011.
Yay for Mockingjay, Jane, Emotional Geology and AatFK! I really liked Laini Taylor’s collection of fairy/fantasy stories about kisses. I should check out the Dreamdark series sometime.
Great wrap up! I’ll definitely be adding Anna and the French Kiss to my wishlist for next year!
You have some really good books in your list! Yay for the Kate Daniels series. I also discovered the series this year.
My friend Jeff and I are constantly talking about reading Ann Aguirre’s series but haven’t gotten around to it.
Love the cover for Alien Tango. I look at that book a lot when I am in the stores. I’ve long been a fan of Daniel Dos Santos’ work.