Cover to Cover Challenge discussion

I am sure there will be moments, when our TBR will just not look all that interesting, and we might get too lost looking through other peoples TBR's and Reveiws.

So, my question is, what were your top five books for 2009? What were your "Guilty Pleasures" or "the best quick reads" or whatever you want to call them; share them (with links) so that others could have a look and either pad their TBR's or race out to the bookstore or library for a copy 'cause that sounds a LOT better than what I have!

Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd | ♥♥♥♥♥
Hannah's Dream A Novel by Diane Hammond | ♥♥♥♥♥

ooh! I am gonna be late for work so I will finish this later!

I don't know how to share the links but mine are:
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Vision in White and Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I need to think on this; there were so many good reads! :)

My top five fiction from 2009 were:



My favorite non-fiction read of 2009 was

My best "new find" author in 2009 was Cathy Lamb, and I loved all three of her books -- The Last Time I Was Me, Henri's Sisters and Julia's Chocolates (esp. the Last Time I Was Me).
Julia's Chocolates
The Last Time I Was Me
Henry's Sisters

1. The Gathering Storm (book 12 in The Wheel of Time series
2. City of Glass (book 3 in The Mortal Instruments)
3. Beautiful Creatures (debut novel for authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl)
4. The Maze Runner (first book in a new series)
5. Catching Fire (book 2 in The Hunger Games trilogy)

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All of these books and the characters in them will stay with me for a long time.

Boy, I find that I read too many really great books that I can't whittle my list to 5.

My top 5 were:

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Gargoyle
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Wishful Drinking

I'm not for certain of five books but I have two for sure so far.

1. Soulless by Gail Carriger
2.The Lovely Bonesby Alice Sebold

My top 5, in no particular order:

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Just 5, hmmm. I made a list on my blog of my favorite reads of 2009, and there were 22 of them. But if I had to pick just 5, I would say (in no particular order):

Jennifer wrote: "I don't know how to share the links but mine are:
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Vision in White and Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
The Road by Cormac McCarthy"

Jennifer, to share links, just click "add book/author" above the comment box where you type and then plug in the name of a book and click "add". :)

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As you can probably tell, I'm a big fan of YA books. I highly recommend these 5, though it was a bit difficult to choose from the many great books I read last year.

ohhhh cool thanks for letting me know how to do that. :)

That was kind of tough to choose except for my top pick which is Afraid. If you like horror, I so recommend that book.

I so love that you asked this!!!

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1. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

2. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

3. Dead And Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9) by Charlaine Harris
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4. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

5. City Of Glass by Glass by (Mortal Instruments #3) by Cassandra Clare

For me it was a year of Maggie Stiefvater! I've read all 3 of her books. If the list would have been my top 10 of the year, Ballad would have been #6! Love, love, love her writing!

I found 2 great new authors last year, J.A. Jance and Jennifer Chiaverini. The Ali Reynolds series, books 2, 3 & 4, by Jance, and The Cross-Country Quilters.

I read Lovely Bones several years ago, the year it was published. Yes, it has stayed with me a long time. I've seen the trailers for the movie. Film is a totally different medium than the written word & I wonder how they can do justice to the book.

Oh Margie, I'm so glad to see The Girl Next Door included in your Top 5!!! It's one of my all-time faves.

Kelly R wrote: "Oh Margie, I'm so glad to see The Girl Next Door included in your Top 5!!! It's one of my all-time faves."

Thanks! That was my first Jack Ketchum book thanks to recommendations from the Horror Aficionados group on GR. I also read The Lost last year and have several Ketchum books on my TBR shelves for this year.

Margie wrote: "Kelly R wrote: "Oh Margie, I'm so glad to see The Girl Next Door included in your Top 5!!! It's one of my all-time faves."

Thanks! That was my first Jack Ketchum book thanks to rec..."

Ohh, I own The Lost but haven't read it yet. Is it good?? I've read Stranglehold, Hide and Seek, and Off Season. The Girl Next Door is in a class by itself, though... what an amazing job he did with that story, wow. (You know it's based on a true story right?)

The Lost was good, but you are right The Girl Next Door is in a class by itself. It just sticks with you. Yes, I heard it is based on a true story. It was also made into a film, but it was not nearly as good as the book. I have Off Season on my TBR shelf so I will probably read it soon.

Margie wrote: "The Lost was good, but you are right The Girl Next Door is in a class by itself. It just sticks with you. Yes, I heard it is based on a true story. It was also made i..."

Off Season is majorly gory! If it hadn't been for so much gore, I'd have enjoyed it more. I saw the movie American Crime based on the real Sylvia Likens case (with Ellen Page as Sylvia), but I haven't seen The Girl Next Door based on the book. I do want to see it though.

What a great idea!

Here's my top 5 that I read in '09:

Wow! There are some REALLY GREAT books here! I know where I will be heading when my TBR list looks Blah!

I even padded my TBR with some of these...

Hehehe!

Colleen wrote: "My favorite books of 2009, in no certain order: [image error] [image error]..."

I really enjoyed Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, it's been a long time since I have read it... I should dig it out again this year!

Have you considered The Jade Peony? It was a fabulous book I read in a women's studies class, and it you loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, I'm sure this will impress you too...

P.S. ...I think I will be looking around for "The Second Virgin Birth" very soon!

I should really take the time to finish my list of five today!

Ms. Erin, I have not heard of "The Jade Peony" I am going to look for it on Paperback Swap today.

I was very surprised by how much I really enjoyed "The Second Virgin Birth" I have lent my copy to my sister and she called me today to say that she could not put it down, and she had to get ready for work LOL If Tommy Taylor comes out with a second book I will buy it.

My favorites of 2009

1. by Lauren Willig
2. by Ted Bell
3. by Alice Hoffman
4. by Holly Black
5. by Lee Child

In no particular order :)

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
3. Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
5. The Bright Side of Disaster: A Novel by Katherine Center

Nita wrote: "My top five fiction from 2009 were:



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I LOVED Soulless! Her second book pubs in April 2010 and I can't wait to read it.

My top five for 2009 would be:
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A LOT of runners up, but these stayed with me.

Colleen wrote:
I was very surprised by how much I really enjoyed "The Second Virgin Birth" I have lent my copy to my sister and she called me today to say that she could not put it down, and she had to get ready for work LOL If Tommy Taylor comes out with a second book I will buy it.

I also really loved "The Second Virgin Birth" Tommy is working on the sequel. He was sweet enough to let me read the first chapter. It promises to be as good as the first book. I'm really looking forward to reading it as well.

Donna, that is good news, I can't wait to read it.

Journeywoman wrote: I LOVED Soulless! Her second book pubs in April 2010 and I can't wait to read it.

I am really looking forward to the second one too. I hear there is going to be less Lord Maccon, though. I think more Lord Maccon is always better. :D

Shutter Island by Dennis LeHane
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Black Hills by Nota Roberts
Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
Kindred in Death by JD Robb

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum Series, Book 12) by Janet Evanovich
The Other Side of the Story: A Novel by Marian Keyes

I'm not sure how to do the links thing but my top 5 of last year were definitely;











These were all amazing books!

Yas, adding the links is easy... just click "add book/author" right above the comment box and you can figure it out from there. :)

Lol bloody hell..I must seem really stupid LOL! Ive only just got to grips with crossing books out as well...thanks to libby!

Kelly R wrote: "Yas, adding the links is easy... just click "add book/author" right above the comment box and you can figure it out from there. :)"

Yay!! :D Thanks lol

Lol - it took me quite some time to figure it out as well, Yas, and only after someone told me how to do it :P

Yas wrote: "Lol bloody hell..I must seem really stupid LOL! Ive only just got to grips with crossing books out as well...thanks to libby!"

Yas, you think you are bad. I still don't get what would be the point of crossing them out. Is like a I've already read this one, the non-crossed out ones are ones I still have to read? LOL! And I have been using this site for almost a year! :D

I love this thread because it's more books to add to my TBR list. Thanks guys!

Yas wrote: "Lol bloody hell..I must seem really stupid LOL! Ive only just got to grips with crossing books out as well...thanks to libby!"

I feel your pain! I got the linking thing down, but would you mind explaining to me how you cross books out?

My top books would the the first 4 Charlaine Harrisbooks of Sookie Stackhouse, Afraidby: Jack KilbornDark PossessionDark Challengeall by Christine Feehanthose are my guilty pleasures. I have a lot of good books, but I think that Christine Feehan is my favorite books to read.

Susan - Have you read the other Sookie books? I love that you love them. And are you Team Eric or Bill :D.

I haven't read Feehan but I see her books all the time and have almost bought them like 4 or 5 times and then have put them back. I may just need to bite the bullet and by one. What would you say would be a good one to start with of hers?

Leana wrote: "Yas wrote: "Lol bloody hell..I must seem really stupid LOL! Ive only just got to grips with crossing books out as well...thanks to libby!"

Yas, you think you are bad. I still don't get what woul..."


Lol yeah thats the general gist...and it feels great seeing all the crossed out ones lol.

Rachel wrote: "Yas wrote: "Lol bloody hell..I must seem really stupid LOL! Ive only just got to grips with crossing books out as well...thanks to libby!"

I feel your pain! I got the linking thing down, but wo..."

Yeah..at the beginning of the title/author or whatever put (it wont let me do it here..keeps crossing stuff out and not putting the commands down so it'll be a bit harder to explain. Okay so at the start of your sentence put sideway Left triangle point thing.(at bottom of keyboard usually with quotations etc)..an s and then the right triangle. Then do the same for the end of the sentence...left sideways triangle thing but then a left slash then the s and then the right sideways triangle thing! Sorry- dead confusing but it wont show commands on here.

Margie wrote: "

That was kind of tough to choose except for my top pick ..."

I just bought Cell this week. Got the hardback on sale for $6.99! Seeing that in your list has me excited about getting started on it.