Books I enjoyed in 2011

What better use for a rainy new year's day (note to NZ: it's summer, for god's sake!) than to spend some time listing a few books that I particularly enjoyed this year. These are in no particular order, and just in case they seem like the kind of books you'd enjoy too, I've provided buy links for you. Be prepared for some not-very-insightful comments about each of them; there's a reason why I don't review anything.

The Table for Two series, by Scarlet Blackwell: Just Desserts, Second...