Thursday, December 29, 2011

The 2011 book list

I love it when people post lists of their favorite books read during the past year--it gives me so many books to look forward to reading in the upcoming year. Here is my contribution: a list of some of my favorite reads from 2011. And for those who have been following my reading history in 2011 via my Goodreads sidebar, fear not! I am going to do it again in 2012. It was really fun for me to go back and look at all that I'd read this past year and what I did and didn't like. I read 34 books in 2011 and only eight of those books got a 5 star rating from me. It seems that this year most of those 5 star ratings went to the classics. Go figure, I guess classics are probably called classics for a reason :) Also, 5 of my 5 star books were books I'd read previously. Here is a list of my 5 star babies. Think of it as a late Christmas present from one happy reader to another. Kisses.

Katie's List of Literary Jewels read in 2011:

A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens


Mother: Our Heavenly Connection
Author: George Durrant (my grandpa)

Gone With the Wind
Author: Margaret Mitchell


Anne of Green Gables
Author: L.M. Montgomery


Anne of the Island
Author: L.M. Montgomery


My Antonia
Author: Willa Cather


Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Bronte


The Scorpio Races
Author: Maggie Stiefvater

I even included links because I care about you that much. Share some late Christmas love and give me a good start for 2012. What were the BEST books you read last year?

2 comments:

Jenny said...

I love getting your reading recommendations! Iread my Antonia this year and loved it so much also. Here are some of my favorites for the year besides My Antonia.

Unbroken- Laura hillenbrand
The poisonwood bible- Barbara kingsolver
Team of Rivals
A Jane Austen education
The magic of ordinary days
The latest two Flavia de Luce installments.

k said...

This is how I've started keeping track of my reading....

http://bookamy.blogspot.com/