I usually really look forward to giving out my book awards, but for 2009, unfortunately, I read so few books that I actually dreaded it. I just hope that I'll do better in 2010.

( Award-Winning Books of 2009 )

My Book Awards for 2008 are finished! They didn't come out quite the way I expected this year. I didn't read a lot in 2008, but that also means I didn't read a lot of bad books, which eliminated a lot of dead weight and made it pretty hard to choose the worst in each category. Eventually I had to get rid of the Worst Overall category, something I'd ( Read more... )

As I said before, this is the most exciting thing about the new year for me -- giving out my book awards! (Rebecca just keeps getting geekier, doesn't she?) Anyway, for those of you who don't know, I have kept lists of every book I've read since 2003, and at the end of each year, I create awards in different categories. The categories vary somewhat ( Read more... )

I really read a lot of good books last year. Even more so than usual. Now without further ado, here's the round-up for 2006.

( Book Awards of 2006 )

I've looked very carefully over the lists of books for 2005 and handed out the following awards. To keep the awards from getting repetative, the rule is that no book can win twice. For example, Mr. Potter really should have won for Worst School-Required, but it had already won for Overall Worst and couldn't win again. I wrote comments for those I ( Read more... )

I've looked very carefully over the lists of books for 204 and handed out the following awards. To keep the awards from getting repetitive, the rule is that no book can win twice. For example, JM Barrie and the Lost Boys really should have won for Best Overall, but it had already won for Best Barrie Biography and couldn't win again. I wrote ( Read more... )

I've looked very carefully over the lists of books for 2003 and handed out the following awards. To keep the awards from getting repetitive, the rule is that no book can win twice.

( Book Awards of 2003 )