2011 in review, book-wise

Ah, 2011. It seems like you just ended yesterday.
First, I'd like to again apologize for not keeping up the reviews like I should. I've had a few personal projects on the go, and I hope to return to a more regular output in 2012. This site may alter itself somewhat, but the reviews will continue.
But now, in lieu of said incisive literary commentary, I've had a close gander at what I've read over the course of the past 365 days, and I thought it would be a good time to bring the whole thing out into the open for a year-end Best Of list (the reason the Internet was created!).
In 2011, I reached what is probably a personal milestone: 107 books read from cover to cover. I'm not sure when the last time I broke three digits was, but I was likely still in short pants. So, pre-2006. That's a lot of books, and going over them, I've had quite a good year. In 2010 I was intentionally hurting myself through a masochistic desire to read books almost destined to grate on me like steel wool against bare flesh (I weirdly miss the nad-shrinking prose of Chuck Norris, James Patterson, and Stephanie Meyer; what does that say about me?). 2011, I went with what I wanted to read, which was not only more soothing to the soul, but also lent me quite a large list of recommendations today.
So below is a sizable list, divided into sections for easy consumption. I have not paid attention to year of publication, and I have ignored books I reread. I've bolded those I've reviewed.

Favourite books of the year:  The Sisters Brothers (2011), Patrick DeWitt  A Book of Tongues (2010), A Rope of Thorns (2011), Gemma Files Room (2010), Emma Donoghue The Time We All Went Marching (2011), Arley McNeneyCity of Truth (1990), James Morrow  Idaho Winter (2011), Tony Burgess The Magician King (2011), Lev Grossman   The Blue Light Project (2011), Timothy Taylor   An Ordinary Decent Criminal (2005), Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal (2008), Michael Van Rooy Novels I'd read again in a second: 
Curiosity (2010), Joan Thomas   Drive-by Saviours (2010), Chris Benjamin Kalila (2011), Rosemary Nixon  Tide Road (2011), Valerie Compton The Guardians (2011), Andrew Pyper Because I Have Loved and Hidden It (2009), Elise Moser Sarah Court (2010), Craig Davidson The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark (2010), Christopher MeadesThe Town that Drowned (2011), Riel Nason Major Karnage (2010), Gord ZajacAnnabel (2010), Kathleen WinterOne of Our Thursdays is Missing (2011), Jasper Fforde Low Town (2011), Daniel Polansky The Island of Doctor Moreau (1897), H.G. Wells   The Canterbury Trail (2011), Angie Abdou The Bookman (2010), Camera Obscura (2011), Lavie Tidhar Beauty Plus Pity (2011), Kevin Chong John Dies at the End (2009), David Wong The Alchemists of Kush (2011), Minister FaustButterfly Winter (2011), W.P. Kinsella  Chasing the Dragon (2009), Nicholas KaufmanAmerican Desert (2004), Percival Everett True Grit (1968), Charles Portis This Hidden Thing (2010), Dora DueckJesus and the Eightfold Path (2011), Lavie Tidhar Spectacular short fiction:
This Cake is for the Party (2010), Sarah Selecky   Light Lifting (2010), Alexander McLeod   Crisp (2010), R.W. Gray   The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (2011), Ann & Jeff Vandermeer (eds.)  The Hair Wreath and Other Stories (2010) - Halli Villegas  Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded (2011), Ann & Jeff Vandermeer (eds.)  The Urban Fantasy Anthology (2011), Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale (eds.) Great titles:
Jesus and the Eightfold Path (2011), Lavie Tidhar John Dies at the End (2009), David Wong Squid Pulp Blues (2008), Jordan Krall  The Ass Goblins of Auschwitz (2009), Cameron Pierce Zombie Spaceship Wasteland (2011), Patton Oswalt  Why Not a Spider Monkey Jesus? (2010), A.G. Pasquella  Major Karnage (2010), Gord Zajac Books that would make awesome movies: Sandman Slim (2009), Richard Kadrey  John Dies at the End (2009), David Wong (coming in 2012!)  Major Karnage (2010), Gord Zajac  The Sisters Brothers (2011), Patrick DeWitt  Chasing the Dragon (2009), Nicholas Kaufman  Brains (2010), Robin Becker  Patient Zero (2009), Jonathan Mayberry Disappointments (not the worst books, just personal disappointment): Damned (2011), Chuck Palahniuk - and that's it for me, I can't take another Palahniuk letdownWet Work (1993), Philip Nutman - heard a lot about it, but it's only okay The Fall (2011), Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan - it's a fun ride, but nowhere near as scary or suspenseful as some reviewers have said Amnesia Moon (1995), Jonathan Lethem - from Lethem, almost anything not a masterpiece is a disappointment Robopocalypse (2011), Daniel H. Wilson - killer robots should be fun, not boring