lovemywhirlygirls Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Looking for books to add to my Christmas list. Wondering what your favorite read was this year. I won't limit genre as I'm guessing there are others who would like to hear from you. I did not get a lot of "extra" reading done this year. Hope to do 52 books next year. I guess my favorite was Three Cups of Tea. Though I do not line up on many points with the author, I was encouraged/challenged/convicted that one person CAN make a BIG difference. Would love to know what your favorite read was this year if you'd care to share. Have a great week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) I don't think I can pick just one, lol. It kind of depends on my mood as to which one I'd pick. Tied for 1st place: Born to Run (non-fiction) Good Omens (fiction) Also really great: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (non-fiction) The Remains of the Day (fiction) The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (fiction/mystery) C (fiction) Edited November 22, 2010 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Angela's Ashes. Something about it touched me so deeply that I read it straight through twice in one week. Then had to see the movie. Must be my Irish. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We did the Mysterious Benedict Society as a read aloud. I must admit that I also thoroughly enjoyed it. Also enjoyed Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Pilgrim's Progress (Bunyan), with a study group. Excellent! Moby Dick. Epic. To Kill a Mockingbird. My perpetual favorite. Not as big, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I think my favourites were Onyx and Crake and The Flood by Margaret Atwood. You really have to read them both. I couldn't put them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thea Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Moby Dick. Epic. :001_wub: :001_wub: :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Cutting for Stone was my favorite. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Either The Moonstone (Collins) or Dracula (Stoker). Can't decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 If I was to name only one for the past year, since that's what your title asks, I would most likely say: The Geography of Bliss (non-fiction, but really interesting). If was to name 3 others, they would be The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I love Lisbeth Salander. She's my hero. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellaMama Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I enjoyed My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Help by Kathryn Stockett (fiction about African American servants in the south) An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison (autobiography about a woman with bipolar) Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes (story of a man who does insane amounts of running) My Life in France by Julia Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmomto5 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Jane Eyre The Core Animal Farm Lora in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 LOVED... Fall of Giants The Heretic's Daughter The Time Paradox What God Really Thinks About Women The Help The Book Thief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 My favourites (can't just pick one) from this year: Still Alice--Lisa Genova Blackout--Connie Willis A History of the World in 6 Glasses--Tom Standage (non-fiction) A Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie--Alan Bradley (not sure if that is his name or not :confused:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5forMe Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Help Right now I am reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" on my kindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Angela's Ashes. Something about it touched me so deeply that I read it straight through twice in one week. Then had to see the movie. Must be my Irish. :001_smile: There are two other books following Angela's Ashes, have you read them? I really enjoyed Frank McCourt's writing style - so raw, and yet effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Ten Thousand Lovers by Edeet Ravel, set in Israel in the 1970s. I'm generally unsentimental, but the scene from which the name is drawn (which related to the many lives lost to conflicts over the years) had me in tears. Out of print, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 There are two other books following Angela's Ashes, have you read them? I really enjoyed Frank McCourt's writing style - so raw, and yet effective. I know about 'Tis, but not the other. I'll look - thanks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5forMe Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I know about 'Tis, but not the other. I'll look - thanks. :) I think the third book is called "Teacher Man". I loved Angela's Ashes. He has a children's book now too. I can't recall the title but something with "Angela". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Passage by Justin Cronin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Mockingjay by Collins. I read a ton of books this past year and this is the one that has clearly stood out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Titan, by Ron Chernow. Bio of John D. Rockefeller. Totally fascinating. Broadened my understanding of the "Gilded Age". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Blackout by Connie Willis (still "reading" it -- I listen to it while I'm working out at the gym). I just love Connie Willis! This one is about World War II and ordinary heroes. And time travel, of course. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Help - adult book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - children's book As a transplanted Yankee in the Deep South, I found The Help absolutely fascinating. I read it in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabelle Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I'm reading The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt and enjoying it quite a lot. The Hunger Games trilogy was some very compelling YA fiction. I read The Passage this year as well and it really got under my skin. I had bad dreams every single night until I finished that book. I also like to plug Douglas Coupland. He's one of my favorite authors. I have pretty much everything he's written. This year he came out with Generation A. And now there's a new book...Player One, which I'm going to read as soon as I'm done with the Byatt book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 read To kill a mockingbird for the first time.... wow...loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Stephen Lawhead's "Tuck"- it's part of the Robin Hood trilogy- a GREAT one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Book Thief and The Help were two great reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Still Alice The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Of Bees and Mist The Irresistible Henry House Freedom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie in Life Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I loved both of these books by Michael Perry (probably because we are the same age and both came from Wisconsin small-town farming backgrounds). Population 485- Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 The Book Thief and The Help were two great reads. :iagree: as well as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. I devoured them. The Book Thief and The Help have stayed with me although I read them much earlier in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Finally got around to reading Pride and Prejudice. Now I know what all the fuss is about:) Loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Another vote here for The Book Thief :) I also read To Kill A Mockingbird for the first time this year, it was wonderful as well. I also read Crime and Punishment this year (don't remember which translation, but those details are on my blog under "Book Chatter"). It was a good read as well, but very dense and harder to get through than the two above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Kristin Lavransdotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I would have said The Help and a few others also, such as The Book Thief, but quite honestly, I read those in '09 and not in '10. ;) They were both fabulous. I just love threads like this one. Thank you for starting it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Bread by Jim Lahey It by Stephen King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 THE HELP! *LOVED* that book! astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Kristin Lavransdotter Wonderful book! I wish I could say it was my fav for this year, but alas, I read it in 2009. :D I read a lot of good books this year - how to pick just one?! An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan. Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. The Help -which I see has been recommended several times here already. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I loved the characters in this book, but the ending did tick me off so maybe I shouldn't list it as an all-around fav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemywhirlygirls Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Ok folks, My schedule has been so crazy, I am just now reading your responses after a couple of weeks. THANK YOU for all of the posts. I look forward to checking out your suggestions. I am very much looking forward to making a commitment to "pleasure reading" for next year. (I don't really like that term....most reading is pleasure reading for me.) Have a great evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 :iagree: as well as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. I devoured them.The Book Thief and The Help have stayed with me although I read them much earlier in the year. I agree with all 3 - or should I say - all 6 - since I LOVED The Dragon Tattoo trilogy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyniffrec Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Stephen Lawhead's "Tuck"- it's part of the Robin Hood trilogy- a GREAT one!! I love Stephen Lawhead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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