Best of the Spring 2012 Challenge

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

What were your favorite books of the Spring 2012 Challenge?

[Randi]

My 5-star reads:

The Catcher in the Rye
The Lightning Thief
Flat-Out Love
Divergent
Graceling

[Kathy G.]

These were my best reads-

A String in the Harp
The Right Attitude to Rain
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
Garden Spells
Ender's Shadow
Foundation's Edge
The Book Thief
Divergent
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Black Heart

[Megan]

New Additions to my 5-Star Shelf:

A Tale Dark and Grimm
Bronx Masquerade
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
Ender's Game
Mockingbird
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Fire Star
Fire World
Empire of Night

And my two very favorite books for this season, to which I wish I could bestow SIX stars:
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Ready Player One

[Randi]

I just finished The Thirteenth Tale and immediately gave it 5 stars. Definitely worth a look if you're at all interested in gothic fiction. :)

[Jennifer]

My favorite book from the spring 2012 was Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

[Fran]

My favorites from Spring 2012-


Wonder
The Wednesday Wars
Taming Natasha

[Butterflycager]

These were my favorites:

Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton
Poison by Sara Poole
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
Property of A Lady by Sarah Rayne
The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
The Marks Of Cain by Tom Knox
Passage by Connie Willis
A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore
The Raising by Laura Kasischke

[JC]

5 stars:

[Bea]

My 5 start books were:

The Old Man and the Sea
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Grave Goods
Goliath
Anya's Ghost
At Home in Mitford
Living Dead in Dallas
Water for Elephants
Behemoth
The Story Teller
Green Eggs and Ham
The Graveyard Book
Eat Cake

Pretty eclectic grouping, huh?

[Bucket]

I gave out four 5-star ratings this season:

[Riya]

These were my favorites (some I gave 4 stars and some I gave 5):

5-star

4-star

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Divergent
Pretty Little Liars
Around The World in 80 Days
Alanna: The First Adventure
The Night Circus

[Kara]

My five star reads:

Like Water for Chocolate
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Ella Enchanted
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
The Book Thief

[mstan]

Five stars:
Deerskin
Angle of Repose
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
The Singing Sands

Kara - I love Ella Enchanted too!

[Angie]

5 Stars
Born Wicked
The Duff
Faefever
Struck
Angelfall

[Ms.soule]

My 5-star books:
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Dying Wish by Shannon K. Butcher
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas

Four stars but I still really liked it:
Rosemary and Rue by Seanen Maguire
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coehlo
If I Stay by Gayle Forman

[Jennifer W]

My only 5 star read was Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock. I had several 4 star reads, but probably my 2 favorites were Heresy and Matterhorn

[Katrina]

I didn't get to read many, but my two favourites were probably and

[Chelsi]

My five star reads were:

[Ann A]

4-stars:

The Art of Fielding
The Two Towers
The Dovekeepers
The Reversal
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Anne of Avonlea

and one 5-star (I don't give 5 stars very often):

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

[Lorna]

Spring Favorites:

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Ann A wrote: "4-stars:

The Art of Fielding
The Two Towers
The Dovekeepers
The Reversal
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Anne of Avonlea

and one 5-star (I don't give 5 stars very often):

Captain Corelli's..."

I love Anne of Avonlea. :)