MY TOP TEN READS OF 2011!

2011 has been a great year for books! I discovered many amazing authors this year. I read books that had me in splits, caused slow tears to slide down my cheeks and/ made me all starry-eyed. I can't think of even one book that I strongly disliked... But that maybe because I was overly choosy when it came to selecting books to read. Most of the books I read were pretty hyped to begin with!

It all started with Persnickety Snark's Top 100 YA Novels for 2010 that introduced me to a lot of great contemporary YA novels at the beginning of the year! A big thank you to Persnickety Snark for that! By the second half of the year, I started keeping tabs on what I was reading and by the end of November this blog was born!

Anyway, without further ado... *drumroll*

MY TOP TEN READS OF 2011

• With reference to the books I've read in 2011
• In order of recall

1. Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

One of those books that spans over one night. Such an insightful, colourful, hilarious and meaningful book! I finished this book a couple of days back and it is easily the best book I've read in 2011!

2. The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta

I laughed and cried and got sucked into the lives of Tom Mackee and his aunt Georgie. I thought it couldn't get better than Saving Francesca until this book came out. Melina Marchetta's a genius. I feel like rereading this book already.

3. The Disreputable History of Frankie-Landau Banks by E. Lockhart

Best. Book. Ever. From the PG Wodehouse love, Cities, Art and Protest to the guys I fell in love with along with Frankie! Frankie's someone I'd love to have as a BFF!

4. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

"Oh, dead man, you're dead wrong," I tell him. "The world goes on stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not."

The parallels between modern day Brooklyn and Paris during the French Revolution. The characters, the little signs, the angst and the back stories. I found it so easy to get sucked into this well-researched world of Donnelly's.

5. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephenie Perkins

One word- No, three words: ETIENNE ST. CLAIR! That is all, really.

(And Anna. Anna is awesome)

(And (oh, well) PARIS!!)

6. Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers' best book yet! Totally devoid of cliches. Very sensitive, raw and real.

7. Two Fates by Judy Balan

The unofficial tongue-in-cheek sequel to Chetan Bhagat's Two States. I didn't think I'd love it but I did! It was well written, witty and hilarious!

8. Class by Jane Beaton

The back cover said: "Malory Towers for adults!" I grew up reading Enid Blyton's so that was all I needed to pick it up! And it was so worth it! I've read it twice this year. I felt all warm and fuzzy reading about a boarding school that is built like a castle, lacrosse and the Tricks all over again!  

9. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (#3 of the Hunger Games series)

I LOVED the way the series ended. I think it was one of the best series endings. Though the death of a certain character broke my heart, the rest of it made sense. It was a realistic and bittersweet ending with just enough sweet in the bittersweet!

10. One Day by David Nicholls

Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY.

I LOVED THIS BOOK. It was so gorgeously written! It is the story of Em and Dex, Dex and Em. I enjoyed the period references, laughed a dozen times, got mildly frustrated with the characters at various points of time and cried buckets towards the end.