Top Reads of 2011

[Jasmine]

The books that stand out in my mind for this year are

The Hunger Games
The Bronze HorsemanThe Bronze Horseman
The Night Circus

[Lianne]

I had a ton of favourites; it was too hard to narrow it down! In no particular order:

- The Graveyard Book
- The Paris Wife
- George Vi
- Suite Française
- Anna Karenina
- The Flanders Panel
- Leviathan Wakes
- The Night Circus
- Venetia
- Juliet
- The Villa Triste

xD

[Cathy]

Two of my favorites:

Cutting for Stone
In the Garden of Beasts

Does anyone know how to update status on a currently-reading book if you're reading it on an e-reader??
I recently got a Kindle Fire and don't know how to update my status.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Cathy wrote: "Does anyone know how to update status on a currently-reading book if you're reading it on an e-reader??
I recently got a Kindl..."

There is no difference, as I understand it, although I have never used the status updates. If you have locations instead of pages, there is a way to toggle to percentages.

[Julia]

Oh I have to add one more 5 star this year -- loved loved loved Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Unique, well written, and so intriguing.

[[deleted user]]

Cathy wrote: "Two of my favorites:

Cutting for Stone
In the Garden of Beasts

Does anyone know how to update status on a currently-reading book if you're reading it on an e-reader??
I recently got a Kindl..."

To toggle it to percentages instead of pages, you just click on where it says pages next to the little box where you put in the number of pages, and it will toggle to % instead. :) I hope that helps!

[Megan]

My five star reads for 2011:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

[Katie]

My top 3 are probably:
The Night Circus
She Makes It Look Easy: A Novel
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

[Christine]

Favorites for 2011
Cutting For Stone
Hunger Games Trilogy
The Bronze Horseman Trilogy

[Terri ♥ (aka Mrs. Christian Grey)]

Some of my favorites were

Divergent
The Hunger Games(triology)
Before I Fall
Where She Went
Succubus Revealed

[Lisa]

My top reads are a combination of fiction and non-fiction this year. I was surprised that I enjoyed so many of the non-fictions I read this year so much.

1. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
2. Safe from the Sea
3. The Coffins of Little Hope
4. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks
5. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness

[Nancy]

I'm so glad to see Coffins of Little Hope on your list Lisa! My daughter had to read it for a college English class and he's a local author. She loved it and is insisting I read it. Gave me her copy. Nice to see someone else mention it.