Of all the books you have read so far this year, what is your favorite?
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I haven't read anything fantastic yet. I've read several decent books, but something that made me go, "wow", nope, haven't been there yet.
ReplyDeleteBut I expect that to end when I get my copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's tomorrow.
Great question! I reread a fantastic book recently: THE SPARROW, by Mary Doria Russell. But the best first-time-read for me would have to be REMARKABLE CREATURES, by Tracy Chevalier - I loved that book!
ReplyDeleteOh my. I've not had an exceptional reading year so far. Last year by this time, I'd read so many good books, but this year...not so much.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...it's hard to choose between several. Probably the best book overall I've read this year was my recent one, CUTTING FOR STONE.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the best mystery I've read this year was THE CROSSING PLACES.
I'm going to have to agree with Kay, Cutting for Stone has been my favourite read thus far and I expect it to be one of my favourites for the whole year.
ReplyDeleteArt of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein was fantastic.
ReplyDeleteLady Rose and Mrs Memmary - a lovely wistful book that I won't forget. Probably a serious contender for best of year.
ReplyDeleteThe Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald. It's the story of a man who was a 1950's "practice baby".
ReplyDeleteGreat writing, great story, great characters.
-Helen Ellis
I've had 8 books that I gave a 4.5/5 when I read them. I'll pick Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson as the best of those.
ReplyDeleteI seldom give a book 5/5 when I read it, that mark has to come upon reflection.
So far, my best read has been The Lunatic, The Lover, and The Poet.
ReplyDeleteIt is tough to choose between the 4 books that have so far been 'best of the month,' but if I had to I would defnitely say "The Weight of Heaven" by Thrity Umrigar, with honorable mention to "The House of Tomorrow" by Peter Borgnanni.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest surprise for me so far was a YA book - me, a diehard historical fiction fan.
ReplyDeleteTUCK EVERLASTING is a quick, beautiful, thought-provoking read.
I loved The Queen of Palmyra and Let the Great World Spin. Either of them could be considered a fave at this point.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely The Book Thief!
ReplyDeleteFor 2010 so far my favorite has been The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
ReplyDeleteSecret Summer of Louisa May Alcott
ReplyDeleteSecret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
Almost Perfect
Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Sounds Like Crazy
The Hunger Games
Pull of the Moon
Out of My Mind
South of Broad
On Folly Beach
Too many????
Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol, with out a doubt. Not for the story but for the content. The story is typical Dan Brown but the information the book contains is life changing!
ReplyDeleteTough question - it looks like I've been having a good year, and picking just one favorite is always hard for me. The fact that my only five-star review was a re-read (The Sparrow) makes it more complicated, too! So here goes:
ReplyDeleteFavorite fiction: The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, by Kelly O'Connor McNees
Favorite nonfiction: Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, by Susan Jane Gilman
Great question, Wendy - thanks for asking! The responses are interesting.
Definitely Cutting for Stone. Awesome book!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't choose between these four:
ReplyDeleteThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie, & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood by Jane Yolen
It's been a really good year so far!
In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon
ReplyDeleteThe audio version of The Guernsey Liteary and Potato Peel Society. I really want to read the Help because so many people love it and I listened to the first three cds of the audio book. :)
This is a great question! My favorites so far:
ReplyDeleteWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Fences by August Wilson
Great question, but oh so hard to choose, LOL.
ReplyDeleteHere's a few of my favourites:
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
On Folly Beach by Karen White
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Hmmm...Surprisingly my favorite so far has been MATTERHORN by Karl Marlantes.
ReplyDelete-Amy
Life by Candlelight
Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys
ReplyDeleteThe Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor!
ReplyDeleteI have read so many great books this year and it has to be Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness. Even though Paper Towns by John Green is also high up there!
ReplyDeleteThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I also loved:
ReplyDeleteTestimony by Anita Shreve (you have to do it in audio), the Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker and The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian (funny book)
Sooo hard to choose since I've read much better books this year than last (thank goodness). I'll go with...The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan. I just bought the second in the series over the weekend and can't wait to get to it.
ReplyDeleteGaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers. I'll be pleasantly surprise if something else ends up knocking it off #1!
ReplyDeleteFiction: The Hunger Games/Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
ReplyDeleteNon-Fiction: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot