Books of 2009
Okay, so I didn't read a lot of new YA/MG releases. There was a TON of Debs books I didn't get to because of scheduling, other reviews I promised to do, judging, critiquing, and, um, yeah...the whole deteriorating eyesight issue.
I did read 71 books last year. Only 16 of them were 2009 YA/MG releases.
The top 5 books of 2009:
1. Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma
4. Invisible Lines by Mary Amato
5. Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee TIED WITH Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
I hate doing that, but I enjoyed both books in very different ways.
Top 5 2009 books I'm really disappointed I didn't read:
1. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2. The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
3. Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
4. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
5. The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
Series I loved-loved-loved:
1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Mortal Instruments by Cassie Clare
3. Theatre Illuminata by Lisa Mantchev
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Next 5 books I plan to read:
1. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
2. Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland
3. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
4. Candor by Pam Bachorz
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (currently reading)
Top 10 books read in but not published in 2009:
It feels really wrong to order them as 1 equalling favorite, so they're just numbers-for-counting, okay?
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
6. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz
7. Before, After, and Somebody in Between by Jeannine Garsee
8. Paper Towns by John Green
9. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
10. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
For the record, I read 24 "adult" books, both fiction and non, and none of them come close to kind of writing I found in YA and MG books this year. That's why they didn't make my list. I'm not saying there's no good grown-up work out there, but I am saying that none of it made it onto my reading list.
I am also saying that everyone involved with children's publishing these days is doing a fantastic job.
Can it be May now? Please? I might actually die if I don't get my grubby paws on lisamantchev 's Perchance to Dream very soon.
I did read 71 books last year. Only 16 of them were 2009 YA/MG releases.
The top 5 books of 2009:
1. Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma
4. Invisible Lines by Mary Amato
5. Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee TIED WITH Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
I hate doing that, but I enjoyed both books in very different ways.
Top 5 2009 books I'm really disappointed I didn't read:
1. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2. The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
3. Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
4. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
5. The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
Series I loved-loved-loved:
1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Mortal Instruments by Cassie Clare
3. Theatre Illuminata by Lisa Mantchev
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Next 5 books I plan to read:
1. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
2. Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland
3. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
4. Candor by Pam Bachorz
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (currently reading)
Top 10 books read in but not published in 2009:
It feels really wrong to order them as 1 equalling favorite, so they're just numbers-for-counting, okay?
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
6. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz
7. Before, After, and Somebody in Between by Jeannine Garsee
8. Paper Towns by John Green
9. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
10. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
For the record, I read 24 "adult" books, both fiction and non, and none of them come close to kind of writing I found in YA and MG books this year. That's why they didn't make my list. I'm not saying there's no good grown-up work out there, but I am saying that none of it made it onto my reading list.
I am also saying that everyone involved with children's publishing these days is doing a fantastic job.
Can it be May now? Please? I might actually die if I don't get my grubby paws on lisamantchev 's Perchance to Dream very soon.