Best book you've read in 2008

[Jane]

Hi all YABC members! I asked this during the Wildwood Dancing meeting. What's the best book you've read in 2008?

[Jane]

Mine was The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

[Aric]

I just read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and I could not put it down. It was excellent, I can't wait for the sequel!

[Clickety]

Shadow of the Wind is up for the Newberry, isn't it? Hmmmm... I'll have to look over my list!!

OH! Yeah. Probably My Bonny Light Horseman.

Others: The Plucker, Little Brother, The Underneath (can't believe this isn't up for the Newberry!), The Hunger Games, Schooled... *sigh*

[Alethea]

Clix wrote: "Shadow of the Wind is up for the Newberry, isn't it?

I think it came out too long ago to be up for a Newbery, plus it's an adult novel. It's actually been around for at least 5 years! Paperback came out in 2005.

I'm going to go with Shadow of the Wind, too. I think if I had read it before Poison Study, it would have gone down to 2nd place.

Favorite book that was published in 2008: Pretty Monsters.

[Jane]

The Newbery is also only awarded to American authors. =(

[Emily]

Isn't the Newberry only for books published during the year. So we have to choose something that hit the press in 2008?

If that's so then I pick - Graceling!

[Clickety]

Wahoo! Okay, so I went to the library last night and picked up Graceling AND Pretty Monsters AND... bah, it's at home, but a BUNCH of stuff. YAY!!!!

[Alethea]

Clix wrote: "Wahoo! Okay, so I went to the library last night and picked up Graceling AND Pretty Monsters AND... bah, it's at home, but a BUNCH of stuff. YAY!!!!"

Yay, Clix!!! Read like the wind!!!

[cheeseflavoredcorncurls]

Clix wrote: "Wahoo! Okay, so I went to the library last night and picked up Graceling AND Pretty Monsters AND... bah, it's at home, but a BUNCH of stuff. YAY!!!!"

how come your libraries got so many good books? and new ones? :( our library sucks. eheh. im gonna have to go with shadow of the wind also. but i also really liked the book of lost things. :)

[Jen]

Mine was ... hmm, the Lioness saga from Tamora Pierce maybe - though Poison Study comes before that... but that might not be a YA book. :)

Jen

[Clickety]

Cheeseflavoredcorncurls wrote: "how come your libraries got so many good books? and new ones?..."

Partly because I ask for them. They still don't have Poison Study. :( And I doubt the school library has it.

Eh well, NBD... I shouldn't be asking for more books at this point when I've got huge piles to read!

[Angela]

Bloddy Jack series by L. A Meyer

[Alfonso]

Mine was between the The Soloist A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music and A Thousand Splendid Suns. YAY.

[Kristen]

Magician by Michael Scott

[Sonja]

The best I read in 2008 may possibly be one of the best books I have ever read EVER! The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I want to give this book to everyone I know over the age of 11.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore is a close second. Both sequels are coming next Fall. Yay!

[Carrie]

I have to agree about The Hunger Games. It is haunting and quite fantastic. The other one for me is Exodus by Julie Bertagna along with its sequel, Zenith. I don't know yet if there will be a third, but I sure wish there would be.

I have heard so many good things about Graceling. It is on my list to read soon.

[Kristen]

Ditto for Hunger Games.

[Jane]

Ditto for both Hunger Games and Graceling. Shadow of the Wind, Hunger Games, Graceling, and the Study Series are all on my top 5 of 2008.

[cheeseflavoredcorncurls]

i cant find a copy of graceling anywhere. urg!

[Jane]

Boo! I think you'll really like it too!