Best of the Spring 2011 Challenge

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

What were your favorite books of the Spring 2011 Challenge?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

I really liked
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Eternal on the Water
Room
Death Comes for the Archbishop

[Gayla]

Here are my five-star reads this time around:

The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life
Model Home: A Novel
Kapitoil
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Tiger's Wife
The Giver
Cleopatra: A Life
A Game of Thrones

[JC]

My 5 star reads for the spring challenge:

Fingersmith (excellent mini-series adaptation)
The Gargoyle
Every Last Cuckoo
All the Pretty Horses (excellent movie adaptation)
The Golden Compass (really bad movie adaptation)
Ender's Game
Tehanu
The Handmaid's Tale

[Patricia]

My 5 star reads this Spring:

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Breaking Night
Hannah Swensen books Key Lime Pie Murder, Carrot Cake Murder, Chocolate Fudge Murder

[Ms.soule]

Shadowfever
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Lover Unleashed
On the Edge
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Ravished
Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life
Cooking for Isaiah: Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes for Easy Delicious Meals
Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World
The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet
Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action

[Lahni]

Here are my 5 star books:

Heart of a Samurai
A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Interpreter of Maladies
Shutter Island
The Kitchen House
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

[Diane]

My 5-star books for the Spring 2011 Challenge:


(The first two were re-reads).

[Bea]

My five star reads for Spring 2011 were:

[Amanda]

My 5 Star Books are

[Kristina Simon]

My 5 star reads for Spring 2011 were:
One Day by David Nicholls
The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax -- really looking forward to reading her new one, Ten Beach Road, this summer
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[Kelly]

My favorites were: , and

[N.]

My favorites for spring were:

[Joy Marie]

My Spring 2011 Favorites were: