So it's time to look back at what I read this past year and name my faves. I had a goal of reading 50 books this year and I came really close. The holiday madness seemed to get in the way. I finished book 48 (The Queen of Palmyra) as our neighbors fired off annoying fireworks last night! I will make the goal this year to read 50. I am also a writer and am working on a YA novel and will spen most of my time this coming year reading other YA novels similar to what I want to write. I will also read aduly fiction also.
TOP TEN OF 2010:
Mudbound by Jordan (probably my go to recommendation for friends. I actually read this book twice this year!)
The Sky Unwashed by Zabytko
All the Broken Pieces by Burg
Carry Me Home by Kring
The Other Wes Moore by Moore
The Help by Stockett (This was my top fave last year. I read it again this year for a book club)
Chains by Anderson
The Immortal Like of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot
The Sweet By and By by Johnson
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Franklin
LOOKING FORWARD TO READING:
Unbroken by Hillenbrand
State of Wonder by Patchett (I haven't read a thing about this book but love her other work!)
To Have Not by Lefkowitz (Love the cover of this book!)
Lord of Misrule by Gordon
Half a Life by Strauss
What will you be reading in 2011? Happy Reading!
I hope you have had a chance to read Unbroken by now. What a fantastic read!
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Malissa, I come here for reading ideas...thanks! Just finished Mudbound a few weeks ago. I really liked the book and enjoyed the story and characters. I couldn't fully enjoy the read though because I lived through this in north Mississippi as a child and it really hits home. Carry Me Home I loved. I laughed at the banter between the boys as much as anything. The Help I read last year and would like to read it again. Last week I read Wideacre and am on #2 of the series, The Favored Child.
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