Thursday, January 1, 2009

2008: Year in Review

So... in 2008 I read a ridiculous number of books. Seriously. So, I'll do my best to summarize the year with a list of my favorite books, favorite discovered authors and of course, let you know which books you can skip!

Best Fiction
1. Tell No One (#108)
2. Belong to Me (#50)
3. Hold Tight (#84)
4. Change of Heart (#34)
5. Firefly Lane (#116)
6. The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square (#24)
7. Somebody Else's Daughter (#85)
8. the girl who stopped swimming (#18)
9. The Lucky One (#117)
10. The Surrogate (#2)

Best Chick-lit
1. Love the One You're With (#41)
2. Seeing Me Naked (#5)
3. Chasing Harry Winston (#51) 4. Guilty Feet (#26)
5. Nice to Come Home to (#37)
6. My Best Friend's Girl (#27)


Best Non-fiction
1. Bitter is the New Black (#123)
2. How Does it Feel to Be a Problem (#127)
3. Look Me In the Eye (#49)
4. Mother Warriors (#118)
5. Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability (#39)

Best Series

1. Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp books and Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar books
2. Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books
3. Laura Lippman's Tess Monoghan books



And.... the ones to skip: A Date with the Other Side, Elements of Style, My Husband's Sweethearts, Bidding for Love, Celebutantes, Girls in Trucks, Sleeping Arrangements, Lovehampton, Don't You Forget About Me