You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

The best that I read was . I was scared to start it but really liked it. The next best were , ; and . A very diverse group of books and I liked them for very different reasons. It appears that I was not taken with very many of the books that I read last year. Hope you had more excellent reads. (Of this list I only gave Room 5 stars - and it was the only one in the whole year!)

I would say that my favorite read for 2011 was Cathedral of the Sea.

I liked Room too.

My favourite was Swan Song, very closely followed by Rapture (there's also a giveaway for this one currently running on GR)

I'm still scared of Room but maybe I will try it n 2012. I have heard only good things.

My favorite read this year (the only one I gave 5 stars to) was Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which was originally published in 2005.

Also loved Molokai, The Bells Let the Great World Spin and, recently, This Burns My Heart

I don't have One favourite... this is a tough one.

I loved The Taker. I still think about it. I think my book club's going to read it in the next few months.

I was too lazy at lunch time to actually look at my 2011 list. In addition to Cathedral of the Sea, I had The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset,
American Gods,
Anansi Boys,
The Pillars of the Earth,
The Last Days of Dogtown,
and A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Judy wrote: "Good thread topic, Shannon. I'm going to have to think about this one, there are so many good books."

Thanks Judy, sorry to hijack the group but am hoping to get a few ideas for this year's read from others' favourites.

I didn't see a hijack. Did anyone else?

Members are welcome to start new threads, encouraged in fact.

This one is a toughie...I usually don't have favorites. It's sad that I can't pick a favorite but can most definitely tell you the ones I didn't like lol. I will have to think a little harder on this one.

I have heard about but have not read it. Thanks for the reminder. I will have to add this one to my ever growing TBR list lol.

My favorite book read this year was Portrait of a Turkish Family. My spoiler free GR review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/.... It explains how I felt when I read this book.

My favourites were and

Kimberly wrote: "My favourites were and "

I own some of the Virgin River series. As anal as I am I won't read them until I get the first one and read them in order LOL

I agree with reading them from the beginning :)

Hey Robin the first 4 are on sale on Kindle right now as a bundle for 8.83 regular price is half that for one of the books in kindle format (not sure if you have those ones or are interested just a heads up).

Thanks for the info!!! No, I don't have the first four, I have ones later in the series. I will check it out on amazon : ) Looks like I will be buying some more books lol.

Here's the link
http://www.amazon.com/Virgin-River-bo...
Happy to help!

Kimberly wrote: "Here's the link
http://www.amazon.com/Virgin-River-bo...
Happy to help!"

Thanks!!!! I just bought them Lol : )

Great!

I'd have to say that The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore was one of my very favorites last year.

My best read this year was definitely The Hunger Games. It really got me back to reading, because it made me remember why this is such a worthwhile hobby.

Well, I guess I had better read The Hunger Games this year and I am very intrigued and so will add The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore (sounds like a potential book club book).

Miss Wednesday wrote: "My best read this year was definitely The Hunger Games. It really got me back to reading, because it made me remember why this is such a worthwhile hobby."

I liked it too - I read it in a day and a half - couldn't put it down!

Miss Wednesday wrote: "My best read this year was definitely The Hunger Games. It really got me back to reading, because it made me remember why this is such a worthwhile hobby."
I loved the Hunger games too!

A Fine balance by Mistry. It's my new all time favourite!

My favourite reads of 2011 were;

Star of the Sea
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
The Absolutist
The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood

I finally bought the The Hunger Games
so looking forward to reading that soon.

Enjoy The Hunger Games, Dem.

Dem wrote: "My favourite reads of 2011 were;

Star of the Sea
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
The Absolutist
[book:The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood|12..."

Dem, I haven't heard of any of those books. Will definitely look them up.

I was thinking about what other top books I read last year and I think was one of my favourites. I also loved all the Janet Evanovich and Robyn Carr books I read last year so their books are in my top books of last year too.

Stefanie wrote: "A Fine balance by Mistry. It's my new all time favourite!"

I absolutely loved that book, but I read it a couple of years ago, so it doesn't count as my favorite 2011.

My favorites of 2011 were: 11/22/63 by Stephen King; Replay by Ken Grimwood; Fault Lines by Nancy Huston; The Roots of Obama's Rage by Dinesh D'Souza; The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Hohsin Hamid; and Trespass by Rose Tremain.

Susan wrote: "My favorites of 2011 were: 11/22/63 by Stephen King; Replay by Ken Grimwood; Fault Lines by Nancy Huston; The Roots of Obama's Rage by D..."

Now that is a diverse bunch of books!

Shannon wrote: "Susan wrote: "My favorites of 2011 were: 11/22/63 by Stephen King; Replay by Ken Grimwood; Fault Lines by Nancy Huston; [book:The Roots of Obama's Rage..."

I'm all over the place.

Thanks, Judy. I can also make a fool of myself on many different subjects. ;-)

I have two favourite books from 2011. One would be by Paul Auster and the other an epic fantasy: by Patrick Rothfuss. There were others, of course, but these two were those that I really enjoyed and I couldn't leave aside until I finished them :)

Dem wrote: "My favourite reads of 2011 were;

Star of the Sea
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
The Absolutist
[book:The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood|12..."

Dem, the Hunger games are awesome! I loved the three books :)

The Passage,
Room,
Carrier
600 Hours of Edward
State of Wonder

Sofia wrote: "Dem wrote: "My favourite reads of 2011 were;

Star of the Sea
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
The Absolutist
[book:The House by the Dvina: A Russian ..."

Star of the Sea looks very good. I added it to my to-read list which is getting l-o-n-g-e-r and l-o-n-g-e-r.