Book-It 'o10! Summation!
Courtesy Su Blackwell
So here's a wrap up of last year's Fifty Books Challenge!
Favorite Books:
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Stargirl
The Limits of Enchantment: A Novel
Love, Stargirl
Dark Sister
The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
The Stranger Beside Me
COLUMBINE
Chocolat
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
The Girl With No Shadow
What's New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion
Sleep, Pale Sister
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
i know i am, but what are you?
Strangers In Paradise (Book Five)
Strangers In Paradise (Book Three)
Strangers In Paradise Book (Book Four)
Strangers In Paradise (Book Six)
Strangers In Paradise (Book One)
Strangers In Paradise (Book Two)
Role Models
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
The Night Bookmobile
The Mystery of Mary Rogers
The Case of Madeleine Smith
You'll Never Know Book One: A Good and Decent Man
Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood
Stuck Rubber Baby
Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People
The Annotated Northwest Passage
Least Favorite Books:
The Trouble With Magic
Ceremony in Death
Beg the Question
Bell, Book, and Murder: The Bast Mysteries
Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
The Witch's Boy
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Brida: A Novel
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
Five Quarters of the Orange
Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
Cat Magic
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
Books That Felt Like a Sisyphean Ordeal:
Bleeding Kansas
The Witch's Boy
Brida: A Novel
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
Five Quarters of the Orange
Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As HH Holmes
Cat Magic
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
The Passion of Mary Magdalen: A Novel
Books That Made Me Want to Smack the Author(s):
The Trouble With Magic
Ceremony in Death
Beg the Question
The Minister's Daughter
The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
The Witch's Boy
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy
Cat Magic
Dirty Sexy Politics
How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
Books That Helped Me Look at the World in a New Way:
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Stargirl
The Limits of Enchantment: A Novel
The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution
Love, Stargirl
Dark Sister
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women
The Stranger Beside Me
COLUMBINE
Chocolat
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
The Girl With No Shadow
Sleep, Pale Sister
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
Strangers In Paradise (Book Five)
Role Models
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Night Bookmobile
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that talks to the Dead
J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood
Stuck Rubber Baby
The Passion of Mary Magdalen: A Novel
Books I've Already Recommended to People:
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Stargirl
The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women
Love, Stargirl
The Stranger Beside Me
COLUMBINE
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
i know i am, but what are you?
What's New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion
Role Models
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
The Night Bookmobile
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer
You'll Never Know Book One: A Good and Decent Man
Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood
Stuck Rubber Baby
The Annotated Northwest Passage
Most Disappointing Books:
Emily the Strange: The Lost Days
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
The Witch's Boy
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Brida: A Novel
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
Five Quarters of the Orange
Sorceress
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
Famous Players, the Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior
Most Depressing (as in Sadness-Inducing) Books:
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women
COLUMBINE
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
Strangers In Paradise (Book Six)
Blood Song: A Silent Ballad
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
You'll Never Know Book One: A Good and Decent Man
Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood
Stuck Rubber Baby
The Passion of Mary Magdalen: A Novel
Most Uplifting Books:
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Stargirl
Love, Stargirl
The Girl With No Shadow
What's New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
Role Models