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

[ladyknight1512]

Wow. I have no clue whatsoever when I read what. I do, however, keep a record of what I read over the course of the year, so:

Best of 2010
Stolen by Lucy Christopher / The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins / Juliet by Anne Fortier / The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson / Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead / The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Worst of 2010
The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout / Darcy and Elizabeth by Linda Berdoll / The Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith.

As you can see, there are way more "Bests" than "Worsts", but that's because if I don't like a book, I generally abandon it and don't bother getting to the end. I should also say, the "Best" list only includes books I read for the first time this year.

[raidergirl3]

Not all my worst were actually bad, just the least best of the month. I couldn't even put down a worst for some months because I didn't want to give that impression

[catyah]

January

[p2c2e]

January
Best: Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Worst: Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett

February
Best John Dies At The End by David Wong
Worst Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block

March
Best: Half Life by Shelley Jackson
Worst: The Monster of Templeton by Lauren Groff

April
Best: Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
Worst: The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan

May
Best: Clown Girl by Monica Drake
Worst: Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

June
Best: The Dry Salvages by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Worst: Slights by Kaaron Warren

July
Best: Singing Innocence and Experience by Sonya Taaffe
Worst: Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan

August
Best: Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
Worst: The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber

September
Best: Looking For Jake by China Mieville
Worst: Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn

October
Best: Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Worst: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

November
Best: Alabaster by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Worst: Makers by Cory Doctorow

December
Best: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin
Worst: The

[edith_jones]

January
Best: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Worst: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne-Jones, and it's not really a worst, just the lowest out of a great bunch of books.

February
Best: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Worst: The Private Patient by P.D. James

March
Best: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [and it's also the year's best]
Worst: Mrs. Warren's Profession by G.B. Shaw [and it's also the year's worst]

April
Best: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Worst: Villette by Charlotte Bronte

May
Best: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Worst: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

June
Best: Contact by Carl Sagan
Worst: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

July
Best: Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
Worst: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

August
Best: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Worst: Escape by Carolyn Jessop, and it was the least good of a great lot.

September
Best: Bone - One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith
Worst: Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer