1. Best book(s) I read in 2011: "Ella Minnow Pea" by Mark Dunn and "Earthly Delights" by Kerry Greenwood
2. Most disappointing book of 2011: It's a tie between "The Map of Time" by Felix J. Palma and "This Dark Endeavour" by Kenneth Oppel
3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2011: I figured I would read the first page of "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness, not like it, and return it to the library. I finished the book in two days...got totally sucked in!
4. Books I recommended most to people in 2011: "Before I Go To Sleep" by S.J. Watson
5. Best series I discovered in 2011: The Corinna Chapman series by Kerry Greenwood
6. Favourite new authors of 2011: Kerry Greenwood, Ivan Coyote, and Gail Carriger
7. Most thrilling, unputdownable book of 2011: I go to bed at the same time every night, so when a book is so good that I stay up until the wee hours of the morning to finish it, that's a sure sign the book is good. I did that for both "Forbidden Fruit" by Kerry Greenwood (read in 1 day) and "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness" (read in 2 days)
8. Book I most anticipated in 2011: "Wonder" by Robert J. Sawyer, the third and final book in his WWW trilogy
9. Favourite cover of a book I read in 2011: "Stars" by Mary Lyn Ray
11. Most beautifully written book of 2011: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Anne Barrows. I would also vote it for the book with the longest title.
12. Best book that was out of my comfort zone or was a new genre for me in 2011: I don't like heavy metal music and I'm not much for reading biographies. But I enjoyed reading "Mustaine" by Dave Mustaine.
13. Book that had the greatest impact on me in 2011: "The Reading Promise" by Alice Ozma. I promise to read and I promise to read to my brand new niece.
14. Book I can't believe I waited until 2011 to FINALLY read: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I was impressed to find that there is more plot to the actual story than the film versions I've seen. I still love "Mickey's Christmas Carol" for the visual but I actually like the book a lot.
15. Book I read in 2011 that would most likely be reread in 2012: I have far too many books on my to-read list to do any rereading but if I miraculously ran out of things to read, I would choose any book by Ivan Coyote.
16. Book that had a scene in it that had me reeling and dying to talk to someone about it? (A WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc. No spoilers!): The revelation about Audrey's father and uncle at the end of "Come, Thou Tortoise" by Jessica Grant.
Some fun stats:
Books completed: 122
Pages read: 27,367
Books by male authors: 63
Books by female authors: 59
Fiction: 75
Non-fiction: 47
Children's books: 34
YA books: 4
Big fat books (more than 500 pages): 3
I might do this again next year. I already have one of the answers.
Read on,
Paula
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