Favorite Reads of 2010
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These books were not necessarily published in 2010, but I read them in the past year.
10. Survival of the Sickest: An interesting set of case studies into the possible evolutionary benefits of various illnesses that seem unhelpful at first glance.
9. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood: A surprisingly insightful memoir by a young woman who drank herself through her teens and early twenties; it's that rare book that changed how I view something in the world.
8. Vampire Academy series: This five-book YA series brought me many evenings of good storytelling.
7. Finding Nouf; City of Veils: Two entries in a mystery series set in modern Saudi Arabia.
6. Fall to Pieces: The memoir of Mary Forsberg, the wife of rock singer Scott Weiland.
5. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: The novella is based on a short incident in the Twilight series. With Stephenie Meyer's good sense of plot and characters you care about, it stuck with me.
4. Faithful Place: Best mystery of the year.
3. The Hunger Games trilogy: The only series to rival the Stieg Larsson trilogy for unputdownability.
1 (and 2). Freedom; American Wife: There's no way to choose between these two masterpieces. I really believe this is what students will be studying in English classes a hundred years from now.
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These books were not necessarily published in 2010, but I read them in the past year.
10. Survival of the Sickest: An interesting set of case studies into the possible evolutionary benefits of various illnesses that seem unhelpful at first glance.
9. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood: A surprisingly insightful memoir by a young woman who drank herself through her teens and early twenties; it's that rare book that changed how I view something in the world.
8. Vampire Academy series: This five-book YA series brought me many evenings of good storytelling.
7. Finding Nouf; City of Veils: Two entries in a mystery series set in modern Saudi Arabia.
6. Fall to Pieces: The memoir of Mary Forsberg, the wife of rock singer Scott Weiland.
5. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: The novella is based on a short incident in the Twilight series. With Stephenie Meyer's good sense of plot and characters you care about, it stuck with me.
4. Faithful Place: Best mystery of the year.
3. The Hunger Games trilogy: The only series to rival the Stieg Larsson trilogy for unputdownability.
1 (and 2). Freedom; American Wife: There's no way to choose between these two masterpieces. I really believe this is what students will be studying in English classes a hundred years from now.
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posted by Anonymous at
12:42 PM
2 Comments:
Interesting! The only books in common on our lists are the Hunger Games triology. I do have Survival of the Sickest, Faithful Place and Finding Nouf on my TBR-someday list.
Susan E
Wait a minute, wait a minute . . . you have to post your list here too!!
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