Today's question from Booking Through Thursday is:
It’s a week or two later than you’d expect, and it may be almost a trite question, but … what were your favorite books from 2008?
My Answer:
I originally posted my favorites on New Year's Eve. Here they are again, in case you missed them the first time around.
My favorites from 2008 (in no particular order) were:
Graphic Novels:
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
Young Adult:
The City of Ember - Jeanne Duprau
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - Alison Goodman
Nonfiction:
Rescuing Da Vinci - Robert M. Edsel (prior to blogging - no review)
Home - Julie Andrews (prior to blogging - no review)
Mascot - Mark Kurzon (prior to blogging - no review)
Where Am I Wearing - Kelsey Timmerman
The Translator - Daoud Hari
Fiction:
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett (prior to blogging - no review)
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield (prior to blogging - no review)
Wednesday Sisters - Meg Waite Clayton (prior to blogging - no review)
The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen
The Violets of Usambara - Mary Soderstrom
Nefertiti - Michelle Moran
The Heretic Queen - Michelle Moran
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
My Lady of Cleves - Margaret Campbell Barnes
Chick Lit:
Can You Keep a Secret? - Sophie Kinsella (prior to blogging - no review)
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12 comments:
Can You Keep a Secret? is one of my favorite books...I admit it!!! ;)
I loved the City of Ember, glad to see some other bloggers did too :)
- Lu
I'm really happy to see Michelle Moran on your list. She made mine, too, and I think she deserves a lot more popularity than she has!
I've read 2 on your list and have 4 more of them waiting to be read. Great list.
What a great list Alyce! In fact you have so many great ones on the list that I'm not going to comment on them all because this comment would be a mile long :p Suffice it to say that many of my favs are there too. I can't wait to read Persepolis. It's one of my priority reads for this year.
This is a great list! I loved the Thirteenth Tale, it was so good. And I read all of Jeanne DuPrau's Ember series, they are all good. My sister and I saw the movie to The City of Ember and it was surprisingly good =)
That's a great list...but I haven't read any yet! I have really been wanting to read Michelle Moran though.
I loved the Sugar Queen-have you read Garden Spells too? Michele Moran's books were definite faves of mine last year. Great list Alyce.
The Thirteenth Tale is on almost everyone's list....guess I'd better read it, huh?
Loved your list Alyce!
I sure loved The Thirteenth Tale. I have Potato Pie Society on my list for sure. Terrific List.
I enjoyed The Thirteenth Tale, The Uncommon Reader and The Guernsy book as well. Happy reading in 2009.
I'm glad that The Violets of Usambara made your favourite list last year. It's always such a pleasure to hear when readers like your book!
Best wishes
Mary
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