Book List 2011

This year I made the great switch from hard copy tomes to an electronic library. It was the best move I ever made, and the greatest part has been being able to share all my purchases with my family. There have been some close-second upsides, as well, including being able to share, store and search my comments and highlights; being able to add classics to my collection for nickles or less; being able to add new releases at midnight for a fraction of the hardcover costs, without ever leaving my home or changing out of my nightgown; the convenience of having my collection in hand at all times, even in the doctor's office; being able to organize my collection with tags to list instantly what I read, when I read it, and what I thought of it; and the sheer amount of space that has been saved by going digital.

  1. Dance of Dragons George R. R. Martin
  2. Feast of Crows George R. R. Martin
    This could well be named The Book of Tyrion, though my favorite part was when she bought them all.
  3. Storm of Swords George R. R. Martin
  4. Clash of Crowns George R. R. Martin
  5. Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin
    The book that started it all. I don't think I have ever said "What the heck?!?!" so often while reading. Note: Watching the HBO series is just as bad, though it's almost always rendered as "What the heck?!?!?" while hitting the Play button for the next episode.
  6. Son of Neptune Rick RiordanThe second installment of the Heroes of Olympus series dovetails nicely with the preceding novel while whetting my desire for the next installment. Riordan has managed to overcome the second-novel-slag quite nicely.
  7. Naked Heat Richard Castle
  8. Heat Wave Richard CastleI adore the show, and when I heard that they had published a real honest-to-goodness book to make use of the in-show references, I simply had to have it. Not to be outdone by the show, the book was so much better than I had dared hope it would be.
  9. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
  10. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
  11. Hunger Games Suzanne CollinsThis is an amazing dystopian vision, fully deserving of the five-heart rating. We all read this series this year, and the boys loved it easily as much as I did.
  12. The Faithful Place Tana FrenchI liked Cassie ever so much and was glad to see her again. French continues to impress me with the way she weaves characters and plots, until eventually I can't tell which is the plot and which is the character. Nicely done.
  13. Ascend Amanda HockingHonestly, the writing is so bad I didn't finish this book. Thankfully, it just seems to be pathetic, not actively damaging to the psyche.
  14. Torn Amanda HockingAwful.
  15. Switched Amanda HockingThis series started off promisingly enough, but quickly went downhill from there. If your teenager comes home with it, the best thing you can say is that it isn't Twilight.
  16. The Lost Hero Rick Riordan

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