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Best book of the year for you? The HelpWorst book of the year for you? Bridges of Madison County
Most surprising book of the year for you (either one you thought you wouldn't like or one that you thought you would love and hated)? The Pilots Wife. I really thought I would enjoy it...bleh!
Book you recommended to people the most? Firefly Lane
Best book of the year: An Echo in the Bone....just love OutlanderWorst book of the year: Water for Elephants
Most surprising book: Secret Life of Bees. I thought I would love this. Nope. it was not what I expected.
Best Book - Poisonwood BibleSurpising book - Those who Save Us.I enjoy books about Germans and Jews but, To much grusome detail for me.
Book I recommend - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.
Cool idea, Jamie.Best Book- The Gargoyle. I thought the story was intricately woven and great details.
Worst Book- The Lazarus Project The story jumped around and wasn't very engaging.
Most Surprising- The Hunger Games I couldn't believe how engaging this book was, I couldn't put it down.
Book I recommend- Columbine I recommended this book to everyone.
Best Book- Memoirs of a Geisha - after 100 pages of absolute depression, this book was really good. It really drew me into it's world.Worst Book- Either Life of Pi or Act of Treason. I think Act of Treason might be just a little worse because the writing was so poor. I used better grammar in high school English papers than this man used in his book. It was really awful.
Most surprising- Panic by Jeff Abbott. He really pulls off the 21st century espionage/intrigue novel. I was hooked from the first few sentences.
Book I recommend- Dead After Dark by Charlaine Harris. I know so many people who love the Twilight series (which I don't think is that great). I always tell them that they need to read Sookie Stackhouse because it's in a similar vein only written for grownups! LOL
Best book - In Her NameWorst book - Twilight series (though the fourth one, Breaking Dawn, was the most tolerable... partly because of the sweet relief that came with someone other than Bella narrating the book for a while, and partly because I knew it was the last installment in the series and was excited for it to be over as soon as possible)
Most surprising(ly good) book - The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Book I recommend - The Book of Dahlia
Oh man, I don't know if I can pick just one for those categories!!Best book of the year - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. And, The Shadow of the Wind. Huh, seems to be a wind theme there...
Worst book of the year - it's a tie betweenWater for Elephants and Slaughterhouse-Five . UGH.
Most surprising book of the year - I was so disappointed in this one...I'd been waiting for it for so long!! An Echo in the Bone
Book I would recommend - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society And of course the best book that I mentioned...
Great idea Jamie! Very hard to narrow down... GAH!Best Book - The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Worst Book - When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, at times very funny, but on a time/money budget - not my thing.
Most surprising book - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Book I would recoomend - the aforementioned The Book Thief or Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best book of the year for you? The Help Worst book of the year for you? History of Love
Most surprising book of the year for you (either one you thought you wouldn't like or one that you thought you would love and hated)? Edgar Sawtelle I didn't expect to like it as much as I did
Book you recommended to people the most? The Help or Firefly Lane
Rebecca sent me some really great additional categories! I edited my post.
That was kind of you to use them Jamie. Thanks!!
Best for Orginality? Sunday's at Tiffany'sMost well written? The Help wins again!
Best storyline? My Sister's Keeper
Best and worst characters? Best: Aibeleen and Skeeter from The Help....worse: The mother in The Glass Castle and all the other meanies I came across in books. lol
Best New Author/Authoress (new to you) Hands Down, Kathryn Stockett for new author. Favorite Author this year: Toss up between Kristin Hannah and Jodi Picoult
Worst - Sophie's World. I don't think I've ever before finished a book I hated so much. I kept hoping it was going to turn into something...Best - the trilogy of books giving Mr. Darcy's side of the story by Pamela Aidan: An Assembly Such As This, Duty and Desire, and These Three Remain.
Most surprising - Pillars of the Earth. An acquaintance got me really excited about reading it, and it turned out not to be for me at all.
Best New Authoress - Pamela Aidan, as mentioned above.
Favorite Author this year, always and forever - still Tolkien.
Brenda wrote: "Thanks, Jamie and Rebecca that was fun.We should post our People's Choice Awards.
Top 25 books recommended by Chicks on Lit."
I completely agree, Brenda!!
Best for Orginality? The Gragoyle; Dark PlacesMost well written? Olive Kitteredge; The Heritics Daughter
Best storyline? The Help
Best and worst characters? Abileen from The Help
Best Author: Kathleen Kent
By far one of the best year for novels!
Brenda, do you listen to audio books? I listened to The Help and really enjoyed it that way. Skeeter, Minnie and Abilene each have their own reader so you can easily keep them separate, plus it makes them more "real" to hear the stories in their voices. Just a thought.
Best book of the year for you? NO TIME FOR GOODBYE BY LINWOOD BARCLAYWorst book of the year for you? MERLE'S DOOR BY TED ???
Most surprising book of the year for you (either one you thought you wouldn't like or one that you thought you would love and hated)? THE RED TENT - DID NOT THINK I WOULD LIKE THIS BOOK
Book you recommended to people the most? SUMMER ON BLOSSOM STREET BY DEBBIE MACOMBER
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Best storyline? NO TIME FOR GOODBYE
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Best New Author/Authoress (new to you) LINWOOD BARCLAY
Best for Orginality? Memoirs of a GeishaMost well written? Memoirs of a Geisha
Best storyline? Panic by Jeff Abbott
Best and worst characters? Best - Sookie Stackhouse (she makes me laugh) Worst - Mitch Rapp (Act of Treason)
Best New Author/Authoress (new to you) Charlaine Harris
Best book of the year for you? Let me get back to you on that...Worst book of the year for you? I loved the House of Night series until about the fourth boook, and then it got monotonous and tedious.
Most surprising book of the year for you (either one you thought you wouldn't like or one that you thought you would love and hated)? American Wife . I was surprisingly entranced with the story.
Book you recommended to people the most? I have been suggesting Kristin Hannah and Marian Keyes a lot.
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Best and worst characters? All of the Sookie Stackhouse novels have characters that I ADORE! Sookie makes me giggle.
I fell in love with all of the girls on FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah.
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