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Topic: 2007--Six Month Review--What were your 6 favorite books?
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I thought it'd be fun for everyone to share their 6 favorite books (one for each month) that you've read so far this year. You can list 6 books over all or pick one from each month if you keep track of your books that way. Here's my list: January: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Seijie February: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire March: The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland April: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See May: Rival Queens by Fidelis Morgan June: Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston What were your six faves?
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I can't remember which months I read them, but these are the top 6 of the last 6 months: The Reluctant Queen - Jean Plaidy But Enough About Me... - Jancee Dunn The Lost King of France - Deborah Cadbury The King's Daughters - Molly Costain Haycraft To The Scaffold, The Life of Marie Antoinette - Carolly Erickson Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir
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I can't remember when I read them but here are my 6 top picks:
I probably would not have read any of these if it wasn't for the great people on PBS recommending them! Opppppps that's 5 not 6 lol Last Edited on: 7/2/07 12:10 AM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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in no particular order, here goes: 1. The Way the Crow Flies 2. Water for Elephants (wish I hadn't given up my copy now, so back on my WL again) 3. The Girls 4. Fall on Your Knees (same author as #1) 5. The Other Boleyn Sister 6. An Egg on Three Sticks I have Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan on my bookshelf waiting for me to read them. Can't wait! Then I can pass them on to you guys. |
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Cozette, I agree. So many times I see a book here that sounds interesting. It isn't normally something I would select and then I've found I've got a new favorite. |
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January: Assassination Vacation (Sarah Vowell) February: The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby) March: A Mind to Murder (P.D. James) April: The Black Mountain (Rex Stout) May: Strapless: The Rise and Fall of John Singer Sargent and Madam X (Deborah Davis) June: The Red House Mystery (A.A. Milne) Three of these are "vintage" mysteries and the other three fall in the bio, autobio & travel memoir genre. Interesting! |
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Looking back at the past six months, I've come up with these six, in no particular order:
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My books are: Key Lime Pie Murder by Jo Anne Fluke What's a Ghoul to do by Victoria Laurie 101 ways to talk to God by Sherry Morris 101 ways to find God's Purpose for your life by Natalie Gillespie Better off Wed by Laura Durham All books by Maddie Hunter. i read so much it was hard to decide and now I still think of others I could have put down. |
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I've read a lot of new authors and re-read a ton of old favorites so far this year: January - Codex by Douglas Preston February - Wicked - The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire March - Candy Apple Dead by Sammi Carter April - The Assassin King by Elizabeth Haydon May - Abby Cooper - Pyschic Eye by Victoria Laurie June - Aunt Dimity's Death - by Nancy Atherton (this is a new keeper series for me! Love it!) |
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cheating here a bit, cause some are parts of series that I've read this year. I devour them, so I have to hold off and try and only read one or two a months so they can sustain for me for the year. All of these are new to me authors. Ferris, Monica: Unraveled Sleeve, A Stitch in Time, A Murderous Yarn, Crewel World |
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Not listed by month, but my 2007 faves to-date:
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In My Hands – Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer – Irina Gut Opdyke The Worst Hard Time-Timothy Egan A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khalid Hosseini The Family That Couldn’t Sleep by D. T. Max Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories – Jean Shepherd The Diary of Mattie Spenser – Sandra Dallas |
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It was hard to pick only six. If pressed I could add another 6! I've read some really great books this year, including Perfume, the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind, which was one of the creepiest books I ever read but was fantastic none the less. |
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January: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant and Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (since didn't read anything that great in Feb!) March: Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen April: Blind Dates Can Be Murder by Mindy Starns Clark May: The Monk's Son by W.R. Wilkerson, III June: Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson Last Edited on: 7/2/07 1:49 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Click on the links to see my reviews. I've only finished 24 books so far this year. Here's to much more reading in the next six months! |
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1. Roots of Evil by Sarah Rayne 2. Tower of Silence by Sarah Rayne 3. Dark Dividing by Sarah Rayne 4. Spider Light by Sarah Rayne 5. Toxin by Robin Cook 6. Deep Storm by Lincoln Child |
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In no particular order: Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Sphere by Michael Crichton The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich Graham. |
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The Greatest White Trash Love Story Ever Told Freakonomics The Mercy of Thin Air All We Know of Love Odd Thomas Forever Odd |
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Doomsday Book – Connie Willis The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks – Susan Casey The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer – Neal Stephenson The Burn Journals – Brent Runyon The Looking Glass Wars – Frank Beddor Luna – Julie Anne Peters
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Last Edited on: 7/2/07 9:24 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Hmm...
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Great topic! In no particular order, my six would be: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Divide by Nicholas Evans Hotel Babylon by Anonymous and Imogen Edwards-Jones Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Little Children by Tom Perrotta A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation by Catherine Crier I'm about to finish "Something Borrowed" by Emily Giffin which is great as well! |
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In order by favorite, not by month: 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2. The Glass Castle 3. Nineteen Minutes 4. The Book Thief 5. When Crickets Cry 6. The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them |
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This was tough. I went back to see what I had read and there were lots of great books! In no particular order (LOL)
Michelle |
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