Best and Worst Books of the Summer 09 Challenge

[Megan]

Hmmm, I'm probably too generous with my stars, and not very consistent. But here are some of my favorites and least favorites
Faves:


Unfaves:

[Elizabeth (NC)]

Lisa wrote: "I'm new to the challenge group, but will post my best/worst reads of the summer.
BEST 5 stars:
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I read Running with Scissors for this challenge too and I don't know how to rate it--it really struck me, but was also very disturbing. I read his brother's book as well (Look me in the Eye). They were interesting to read together.

[Jen B]

I kind of stopped mid-challenge with too much else going on this summer, but I did read some books I enjoyed. My only five star was The Great Gatsby, which was a reread. I gave four stars to:

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The two-stars I didn't really enjoy (but did actually manage to finish):


Hoping I fare a little better this fall!

[Britta]

Nicole wrote: "I love this! And I can finally practice using the add book/author feature!

My Five Star Books
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Myaa, I love you! I loved Libba Bray's trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, etc.) as well ^___^ Тhe end made me slightly sad *Cough*

Mmkay, here's my list! Since I don't have much time right now, I'll just post the names! Maybe I'll edit later with links and/or pictures ^^
(I also wasn't in the summer challenge officially, but I did read, of course.)

5 Stars!

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
So Long and Thanks For All the Fish
Mostly Harmless

A Great And Terrible Beauty,
Rebel Angels,
The Sweet Far Thing

Journey to he River Sea

Dragon Keeper

4 Stars

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, The Universe and Everything
Marley and Me
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

I'm too kind with my 1-Stars..I can't think of any books to put here! I suppose I'm good at picking good books :P

[Mary Beth]

Like many of you, I too am stingy with my 5 and 1 star ratings...especially the longer I am on GR. Sooooo....

5 Stars:


4 Stars (and therefore worth a mention):
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1 Star (and therefore REALLY BAD):

[Manday]

I really like this thread!!(I have two books left I plan to finish, but I don't think they will be five or one stars).


Five Stars



One Star

[Rach]

Great thread! I wouldn't say I'm stingy with my 5-stars, but basically, I give 5 stars to books I would definitely re-read again. I didn't give any books just 1 star this summer, and I only have one 2 star book. It's possible that I just didn't hate anything that much this summer (or just that I didn't hate anything as much as I hated reading Lemony Snicket last Spring, which is now my standard for "hate it-1 star" books).

Five Stars
These ones were my absolute FAVORITES of the summer:
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The rest of my five stars - also great books. ;)



Two Stars


These ones were Three Stars, but ones I feel qualify for my "worst of the summer" list:

[Julia]

You know, this thread made me curious about what I have rated 5 stars and what I have rated 1. The majority or my shelf falls in the middle...

I have only three 5 star books: The Time Traveler's Wife, Angels & Demons, and The Outsiders.

And I have only three 1 star books: Of Mice and Men, Eclipse, and Lord of the Flies.

I am very stingy it seems with my best and worst, haha!

[Jennifer]

My 5 Stars were -
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I had one 1 Star -


And one 2 Stars -


I'm only going to have time to finish one more book for the challenge and so far, I know it will not be a 5 Star...probably a 3. Right now, it's a slow starter, but if it picks up some, it could possibly be a 4

[Amy]

haha some of you guys are a psychologist's nightmare! Pick one end of the spectrum or the other as often as possible :)

That has to be a sign that my mind has been completely overtaken by psych and stats classes in college...

[Madeline]

This is a cool idea :) I'm a pretty easy grader, I have to be really bored/angry beginning to end for me to give something 1 or 2 stars. It doesn't happen too often, so I don't have any this summer. I do have some fives though.

My Five-stars:
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Sister Grimm: The Everafter War by Micheal Buckley
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
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:D

[Judith]

Here are my top books.


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And the worst, and I mean that...



And one so bad I abandoned it completely...

[Sera]

Too fun!

Like Cait, I was also fortunate to read many excellent books over the summer. Here are my five star reads:

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Only one "1" star book:

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[Diane]

5 Star:
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Stinkers:

[Kristen]

Some of my highest rated books of the summer:


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Some of my lowest rated of the summer:


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[Nicole]

Good thread, I love seeing my comparison on books to other people. Like many, I'm stingy with 5/1 stars, but here's what I had.
5 stars:
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4.5 stars:

1 star:

[Nicki]

A new worst book of the summer for me:



Don't bother with it - it's awful!

[Jaclyn]

Cynthia, I agree with you about Citizen Girl - it was terrible! I also agree about the Janet Evanovich books, they're hilarious! (I just didn't read them this summer)

Cait, I also agree with you about Lucy Sullivan... it almost felt deceiving b/c I was expecting a light hearted read and it wasn't at all!

Elizabeth and Sara, I'm so bummed I didn't get around to Goose Girl! It was on my list - oh well, I'll get to it sometime!

Here's my list:
5 Stars:

I also really liked these though:
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1 Star:

but there were several others that got 2 stars, so I thought I'd include them as well:
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It was a fairly mixed summer for me reading-wise. This Fall I think I'll be more choosey!

[Juniper]

Hello! I didn't participate in the summer challenge either, as I have only been on GR for the past month. However, I did read two really wonderful books this summer that rated 5 stars.

by Anna Gavalda

by Frances Itani

Like a few other posters have mentioned, I am also pretty stingy in giving 5 Stars to a book but, to me, these two books definitely deserve the highest rating.

[Alisha Marie]

I only participated in the Summer Challenge about half-way, but I did read a lot of great books this summer.

Five Stars:













I only had one two star book from June-August and that was:



but here are some that were kind of disappointing: