Best reads of the year

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I made a New Year's resolution to myself that I would keep track of all the books I read this year. I bought a little journal, and I did just that, including brief (or sometimes not-so-brief) comments about the book. This has allowed me to make a personal "best" list for the year. So far, I've read 59 books this year (not including the 100s of picture books). I'll add one or two more, but I don't think it'll change my best list. You can see the whole list here on Bibliophil.org, but I didn't really use the rating feature or anything like that.

I would say the over all Best book of the year was Kindred by Octavia Butler. It will stay with me for a long long time.

Anyway, here's my list, not including re-reads:

Best "New" Reads of 2005

Fiction - Adult
Cheat And Charmer - Elizabeth Frank
Hungry Hearts - Francine Prose
The Autobiography of G-d - Julius Lester
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord Byron's Novel - John Crowley
Ten Thousand Lovers - Edeet Ravel
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Kindred - Octavia Butler
Stardust - Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
The Pirates! - Gideon Defoe (a different kind of "good" read, but I couldn't bear to leave it off)

Non-fiction - Adult
Outwitting History - Aaron Lansky

Graphic Novels
Invincible - Robert Kirkman
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
Watchmen - Alan Moore

Fiction - Kids & YA
The Last Universe - William Sleator
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

Comments

Grrrr

[(Anonymous)]

Hey

Stop playing civilization (or colonization, or whatever), and write something here! Its after the new year, how bout something interesting ;P

-E

Re: Grrrr

[hippie1025.livejournal.com]

I sit on my butt all day trying to heal. I'm not doing much, so what do I have to write that is of interest? Not feeling sorry for myself, just honest.