All this week, one of my favourite book bloggers is running the Faves of 2011, a Book Award Thingy where you give shout outs to your favourite books read this year. Today is all about the books:
Here are some of my favourite reads of the year so far:
1. favourite book read in 2011: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2. most powerful book: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
3. brilliantly funny: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
4. best ache-y, heart-breaking, tear-jerker read: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
5. most beautiful story: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
6. delicious rainy day comfort read: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
7. adrenalin-fuelled, unputdownable award: Stolen by Lucy Christopher
8. the beautiful prose award: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
9. most atmospheric and vivid setting: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
10. i-so-want-to-go-there award: The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds
11. most original and imaginative: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
12. best under-appreciated, hidden gem book: Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar
13. i-had-no-idea-i-would-love this-so award: Divergent by Veronica Roth
14. most haunting story: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
15. outside my comfort zone but gosh how i loved it: Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
16. series that i’m loving: Wildefire by Karsten Knight
17. always recommending this book award: The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
18. completely awesome premise award: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
19. would make the best movie: Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
20. want to re-read already: Good Oil by Laura Buzo
What are some of your book highlights?
What a great selection of books! Loved so many of them and a few are on my list too such as Beauty Queens, Lola, Divergent, Daughter of Smoke and Bone...
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So many people have WSW as their Best Achey Book, including me. I just love Adam and Mia!
ReplyDeleteAnd you are right about Raw Blue being a hidden gem! I wish it was more readily available because it's amazing!
I really liked Divergent--I think I read it in two days, mostly on a plane ride.
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Oh man, Stolen is just something else! Ty creeps me out.
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There have been so many GREAT books I've read this year - Dogsled Dreams, Possession, Untraceable, Earthling Hero, Body Finder, Shade... So many!
ReplyDeleteOooh ~ you have so much book love here :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE pretty much all your answers (which are either faves of mine or books teetering on my TBR)
you are good at these lists, hey. You sound so confident in your choices, haha.
I reread Good Oil this year and loved it even more (though i did not think that was possible)
xx Nomes
Fantastic list, Jade, and I love the reasons why you picked them. I am head-over-heels in love with The Scorpio Races. Brilliant book.
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