Indonesians Who Love English Books discussion

So, 2011 is heading toward the end and I want to retrospect my reading experience throughout the year. This is an awesome year in term of reading experience for me; I discovered many interesting books and get to know many interesting people (including this group!). To honor that experience, I made a list of questions to answer and please join me answering the questions as well.

1. The first book you read in 2011?
Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt

2. The best book you've read in 2011?
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

3. The lamest book you've read in 2011?
Amber Frost by Suzi Davis

4. The most overrated book you've read in 2011?
Delirium by Lauren Oliver

5. The most underrated book you've read in 2011?
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens

6. The best cover you've seen in 2011?
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

7. The book that touched your heart in 2011?
Shine by Lauren Myracle

8. The book that hooked you for days in 2011?
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

9. Your favorite author in 2011?
Patrick Ness, author of The Chaos Walking series and A Monster Calls

10. The last book you've finished in 2011?
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

What about you?

Ooo, what fun!

1. The first book you read in 2011?
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America


2. The best book you've read in 2011?
Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist


3. The lamest book you've read in 2011?
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman


4. The most overrated book you've read in 2011?
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein


5. The most underrated book you've read in 2011?
Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy


6. The best cover you've seen in 2011?
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel by Helen Grant


7. The book that touched your heart in 2011?
When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided By Race by Judith Stone


8. The book that hooked you for days in 2011?
Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist


9. Your favorite author in 2011?
Matt Ridley, author of The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature


10. The last book you've finished in 2011?
Still hoping to finish this before tomorrow:
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared
by Alice Ozma

1. First read
Burmese Days by George Orwell

2. Best
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin (6 outta 5 stars!)

3. Lamest
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

4. Overrated
Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

5.Underrated
None

6. Best cover
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester ( love the combination with the dust jacket)

7. Touching
Eating Animals by Jonathan Foer

8. Hooked me for days
A Song of Ice and Fire series (rarely slept for three weeks in a row)

9. Fave author
George RR Martin

10. Last read
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Frank Baum

1. The first book you read in 2011?
"The Necromancer" by Michael Scott.


2. The best book you've read in 2011?
"Falling Angels" by Tracy Chevalier


3. The lamest book you've read in 2011?
"Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaardner (not really the lamest, but the least I liked. It isn't THAT lame. I still like it.)


4. The most overrated book you've read in 2011?
"Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaardner (I've heard about Sophie's World for such a long time; a lot of people were talking about it)


5. The most underrated book you've read in 2011?
"The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly


6. The best cover you've seen in 2011?
"The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly VS. "The Warlock" by Michael Scott (can't decide!)



7. The book that touched your heart in 2011?
"Falling Angels" by Tracy Chevalier


8. The book that hooked you for days in 2011?
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.


9. Your favorite author in 2011?
Tracy Chevalier VS Roald Dahl
Tracy Chevalier
Roald Dahl

10. The last book you've finished in 2011?
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

1. The first book you read in 2011?
Ice Limit by Douglas Preston


2. The best book you've read in 2011?
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness


3. The lamest book you've read in 2011?
Passion (Fallen, #3) by Lauren Kate


4. The most overrated book you've read in 2011?
Matched (Matched, #1) by Ally Condie


5. The most underrated book(s) you've read in 2011?
The Queen's Thief series


6. The best cover you've seen in 2011?
Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz


7. The book that touched your heart in 2011?
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo


8. The book that hooked you for days in 2011?
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness


9. Your favorite author in 2011?
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness

10. The last book you've finished in 2011?
Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Oh this is so much fun! I saw this thread a couple of days ago, and I've been dying to join in! And now I finally can! So here goes :)

1. The first book you read in 2011?
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen


2. The best book you've read in 2011?
Have to go with a series for this one: The Tiger's Curse Saga by Colleen Houck
(My new IT)

3. The lamest book you've read in 2011?
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr


4. The most overrated book you've read in 2011?
Blood Red Road by Moira Young


5. The most underrated book you've read in 2011?
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares


6. The best cover you've seen in 2011?
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness


7. The book that touched your heart in 2011?
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver & Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom


8. The book that hooked you for days in 2011?
The previously mentioned Tiger's Curse series & My Name is Memory

9. Your favourite author in 2011?
Colleen Houck!


10. The last book you've finished in 2011?
Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Coqueline wrote: "Ooo, what fun!

1. The first book you read in 2011?
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
[bookcover:The Island at th..."

hello, may I know where did you buy The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma? I asked Periplus once, but they don't have it :(

Good ole' Amazon :)