Book of the Month

[kiwiria]

I did this last year, and thought it would be fun to do again.

I know December isn't over yet, but we're half way through, so I reckon it's okay to make an assumption.
Which was the best (and worst) book you read each month?

My answer is in the comments once I make up my mind for each month ;)

Comments

Best / Worst

[kiwiria]

January: The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers* / Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
February: The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins / The King of the Trees by William D. Burt
March: The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas / The Lost Diary of Don Juan by Douglas Carlton Abrams
April: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin / Idlewild by Nick Sagan
May: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks / Stilleleg by Julie Clausen
June: Who Do I Lean On? by Neta Jackson / Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
July: 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff / The Man Who Tasted Shapes by Richard Cytowic
August: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl / Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
September: Hearts of Fire by various / Nightfall by L.J. Smith
October: Under the Dome by Stephen King / The Penny by Joyce Meyer
November: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert / Monday's Child by Louise Bagshawe
December: All By My Selves by Jeff Dunham / The Girls by Lori Lansens

* Actually, this may just be the best book I've read all year!

[anotherplay]

I'm not including re-reads!

January
Best: I read a lot of perfect books in January, but in the end the most important one for the rest of the year was "Survival in Auschwitz" by Primo Levi
Worst: "Chekhov" by Vladimir Nabokov

February
Best: "The Land of the Green Plums" by Herta Müller
Worst: "The Garden of the Finzi-Contini's" by Giorgio Bassani

March
Best: "Philip and the Others" by Cees Nooteboom
Worst: "Liebediener" by Julia Franck (but that's not very fair, it wasn't an exceptional month for good nor bad books)

April
Best: "Die Welt der Rücken" by Elke Heidenreicher
Worst: "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore

May
Best: "This is All" by Aidan Chambers
Worst: Nothing bad, but I didn't finish "Doctor Glass" by Hjadar Söderberg

June
Best: "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame
Worst: "Salome" by Oscar Wilde

July
Best: "The Little White Horse" by Elizabeth Goudge
Worst: "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen

August
Best: "All Souls Day" by Cees Nooteboom
Worst: "Magic Under Glass" by Jaclyn Dolamore

September
Best: "Alte Liebe" by

[pax_athena]

Hmmm, some months I only had really bad books and some almost only great ones, where even the worst is far better than the best one from other months. But oh well ...

January
Best: Georg Büchner: Lenz
Worst: Dmitry Glukhovsky: Metro 2033

February
Best: Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
Worst: Peter Handke: Kali

March
Best: Roger Zelazny: The Courts of Chaos
Worst: Leonie Swann: Glennkill

April
Best: Victor Pelevin: Empire V
Worst: Robert Silverberg: The Book of Skulls

May
Best: Robert Silverberg: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party
Worst: Aleksandr Voinov: Special Forces - Mercenaries I

June
Best: Max Frisch: Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Worst: Roger Zelazny: Blood of Amber (But the whole series is still one of my all timme favourites!)

July (only three books at all and all rated 2 starts out of five, so ...)
Best: Helene Hegemann: Axolotl Roadkill
Worst: Jim Butcher: Storm Front, Book 1 of the Dresden Files

August (again only three books, this time 2 five starts and one 4 stars rating)
Best: Michael Chabon:Gentlemen of the Road

[christina_reads]

January
Best: The Laurentine Spy by Emily Gee
Worst: Pack Up the Moon by Anna McPartlin

February
Best: Death in Kashmir by M. M. Kaye
Worst: Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

March
Best: Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean
Worst: Pirates! by Celia Rees

April
Best: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Worst: Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece by Jennifer Crusie (ed.)

May
Best: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Worst: Someday My Prince Will Come: True Adventures of a Wannabe Princess by Jerramy Fine

June
Best: The Code of Love by Cheryl Sawyer
Worst: The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King

July
Best: A Spy in the House by Y. S. Lee
Worst: The Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie Ford

August
Best: Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Worst: Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts

September
Best: Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross
Worst: The Trial by Franz Kafka

October
Best: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Worst: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and

[readthisandweep]

Goodness me ~ how organised some of you are! I read lots of books & anything that was likely to be given the label, 'worst' would have made itself known to me by page two at the latest.

I have read some amazing books this year. A few of my stand out favourites are The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman; Possession & The Children's Book by A.S.Byatt; Outlander by Gil Adamson & Blue Eyed Boy by Joanne Harris.

There are many more ~ & several re-reads ~ suffice it to say, books are either 'best' or not worthy of my attention!

[raidergirl3]

I loved Outlander last year.