My Favorite Reads of 2010
This time of year, everyone is putting out their best-books-of-the-year lists like this one from Publishers Weekly. So in keeping with the spirit of it all, here are a few of the best books I’ve read this year. Please, share yours!
•The Magicians by Lev Grossman
•The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
•Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
•The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale . . . by Jeanne Birdsall
•Harry Potter. What a great re-read (any of them, all of them!).
•The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
All of these books are, of course, available at the SMES library. What was your favorite read of 2010?
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The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization, and Cultural Change, 950-1350. By Robert Bartlett.
Some GROWN UP books I liked this year–(don’t think we have them all here @ SMES)
ONE DAY by David Nicholls
THE LONELY POLYGAMIST by Brady Udall
ROOM by Emma Donoghue
THE IRRESISTABLE HENRY HOUSE by Lisa Grunwald
HOUSE RULES by Jodi Picoult
JUST KIDS by Patti Smith
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Unwind by Neil Shusterman
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Miles Pearson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larrson
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Help by Kathryn Stockett…Happy reading!!!
LOST IN THE MERITOCRACY: THE UNDEREDUCATION OF AN OVERACHIEVER by Walter Kirn
HAMLET’S BLACKBERRY: A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR BUILDING A GOOD LIFE IN THE DIGITAL AGE by William Powers
GOOD TO GREAT by Jim Collins.
Saint Iggy by KL Going
The Once and Future King by TH White
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
They definitely weren’t published 2010, but they were my best reads of the year
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin
TREE GIRL by Mikaelsen, Ben
HUNGER GAMES SERIES by Collins, Suzanne
UNWIND by Shusterman, Neal
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Asher, Jay
MAZE RUNNER by Dashner, James
MARIE DANCING by Meyer, Carolyn
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
Thirteen Reasons Why- Jay Asher
The Miles Between- Mary E. Pearson (I’m not finished yet, but it’s good so far)
The Book Thief-Marcus Zusak
The Sky is Everywhere- Jandy Nelson
Just Listen- Sarah Dessen
Hero Type- Barry Lyga
The Help- by Kathryn Stockett
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Book Thief-Markus Zusak
Sarah’s Key-Tatiana de Rosnay
All really great books!
My favorites for this year were THe Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, and The Girl who Kicked over the Hornet’s Nest all part of the cycle written by Steig Larrson.
If I had to pick one, my all time favorite was The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. ;O
The Hunger Games by S. Collins
Unwind by N. Shusterman
Room by Emma Donoghue
Blind Descent by James Tabor
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Empire Falls – Richard Russo – It’s been on my shelf for at least two years, and I finally gave it the attention it deserves, as I wasn’t up to the task before. Man, it also makes me glad I chose not to live in my own hometown. A good idea, but just not for me. A must read for any Maine-er.
Oh… I have read a lot of good books this year so I have a list.
11 Birthdays
12 Finally (not in the library)
Harry Potter (some books from the series)
The Twilight Series (beginning of the year)
yeah some other books 2 i dont remember…
CANT BELIEVE IT IS I DAY UNTIL 2011!!!!!!!
My Favorite read was the Pretty Little Liars Series. I am still reading it but the ones that I read so far were very good!
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Both books have great writing with memorable characters, and both were made into movies!
J
Some of the books I really liked this year were . . .
1) The Capture (Guardians of Ga’hoole Series)
2)The Hunger Games
3)The Lost Hero
4)To Kill a Mockingbird
5)Our Town
Hope this helps!
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
and, Before You Leap: A Frog’s Eye View of Life’s Greatest Lessons by Kermit the Frog, an entertaining,self-help sort of book.
The Percy Jackson Series
The Lightning Thief
By Rick Riordan
The Sea Of Monsters
By Rick Riordan
The Titan’s Curse
By Rick Riordan
The Battle Of The Labyrinth
By Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian
By Rick Riordan
Books?
Well.
Probably the Red Pyramid or The Westing Game.
Although my ratio of Manga/Comics to books read this year was probably like 100 to 1 or something. XD
I read some good books but here are my favorite:
Pretty Little Liars by ????
The Daughters by Joanna Philbin
Alphas by Lisi Harrison
The Dork Diaries by ????
And those are my favorite. I bet I could think of more but the line would be too long!
I liked…
The Maximum Ride Series-James Patterson
Harry Potter-J.K Rowling
The Lost Hero-Rick Riorden
The Red Pyramid-Rick Riorden
The Adoration of Jenna Fox-Mary E. Pearson
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