young adult: 33
nonfiction: 11
historical fiction:15
middle grade: 6
children's literature: 5
I completed one challenge this year: The Great Book Blogger Swap. It was great fun and some of my favorite reads of the year came from the recommendations of my friends Book Nut and Library Queue.
I will now list for you the books that I gave 5 stars to. Five stars means, usually, one of two things.
1. It was so riveting that I couldn't put it down. Maybe it wasn't the most thought-provoking or meaningful book ever, but I was obsessed with it, so the author did SOMETHING right for me as a reader.
2. It made me look at the world in a new way. Maybe an idea in it struck a chord with my own personal experience in a way that no other book has. Maybe it's so beautifully written that I want it to be on my bookshelf forever. Maybe it was just such an excellently executed good idea that I was satisfied and wouldn't change a thing (since I'm a really picky reader, in case you haven't noticed).
This year, I read 19 books that I gave 5 stars to. I shall list them for you now with a link to my review:
adult fiction/non-fiction
young adult
middle grade
I put stars by my top four for the year. What joy I find in books. If you read an incredible book this year that I MUST put on my list for 2012, please leave a comment and let me know :)
3 comments:
I'm sad to say that The Wednesday Wars is the only one of those books I've read. I've got a lot of catching up to do! Happy New Year!
You need to add Okay for Now to your list for 2012!
Happy New Year!
So, I read Lauren Oliver's middle grade book and kinda liked it, while you read her two YA books and loved them. Hmmm. Perhaps I should read her YA books!
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