Happy new year everyone! I started this blog one year ago from today to record my thoughts on the books I read, not expecting anyone to read my ramblings. To my surprise I closed the old year with 180 followers (I never knew I was so interesting and popular). Anyway, the book blogging community is so welcoming and friendly, and because of this discovered some great books and authors who I may not have read or heard of otherwise. I also discovered the fun of read-a-tons and read-alongs. They are a great way to interact with other bookish persons and also gave me a push to read outside my comfort zone. All in all a very productive year.
And now an end of the year survey brought to you by Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner
- Best book of 2010: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson
- Worst book of 2010: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- Most disappointing book of 2010: Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch
- Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2010: Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
- Book you recommended to people most in 2010: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Best series you discovered in 2010: Flavia de Luce Mysterys by Alan Bradley
- Favorite new author you discovered in 2010: Alan Bradley, Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth Gaskell, Stieg Larrson
- Most hilarious read of 2010: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- Most thrilling unputdownable book in 2010: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczky and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Book you most anticipated in 2010: Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch
- Favorite cover of a book you read in 2010: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson
- Most memorable character in 2010: Scarlett O’Hara from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Most beautifully written book in 2010: Tinkers by Paul Harding
- Book that had the greatest impact in 2010: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Book you can believe you waited UNTIL 2010 to read: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Congratulations on such a great, productive year! Great list–I like short and to the point.
Congratulations on the 180 followers and some excellent blog posts! I loved The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo as well. Lisbeth is a wonderfully special heroine 🙂
Congratulations on all of the followers–you deserve them! Great list, too.
Congratulations on your blogoversary & a productive reading year! I bought Rebecca for my mom for Xmas & she will (thankfully) pass it on to me when she's finished. It's her favourite book. I also discovered the Millennium series (just #1 so far) in 2010 & can't wait to continue it. Happy New Year 🙂
I couldn't get in to the Outlander either!
Outlander – bleh for me, too. Just couldn't enjoy it one iota, unfortunately.
Rebecca and Cranford are both sublime. I'm reading (and seriously not loving) Outlander right now and so far I'm not a fan. I am awful about not giving up on books though and will proobably read it all the way through expecting it to get better at any minute.