Thursday, December 31, 2009

Year in Review - The Best of 2009



It's that time of year again where I share my favorite reads of the year. It's been quite a year reading wise for me, I discovered new authors and found new gems which have been added to my keeper shelf.

My favorites (in no particular order):

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Man Who Loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'Rourke

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn

At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh

The Book of Scandal by Julia London

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

Timeline by Michael Crichton

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Marie Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James

Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas

Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson

3 comments:

Nise' said...

Glad to see a couple of books on my TBR stack on your favs list. I see a couple that I want to add.

Happy New Year.

Anonymous said...

I haven't read any of these, but have several on my shelves. Fun list!

Kailana said...

Several books on there that I really have to read!