Over at the awesome Inkcrush, Nomes is doing a half yearly list of her favourite books so far. They are 3 different lists The Books, The Characters and The Scenes & The Random. The books are any books you have read in 2011 so far regardless of what year they were published. I will be posting my lists over the following week. Anybody can participate just make sure to visit Inkcrush.
2. most powerful book - This Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas. Subtle in the way it affects you but is a story I will never forget.
3. brilliantly funny - The Year of Secret Assignments (Finding Cassie Crazy) by Jaclyn Moritary. Just brilliantly entertaining.
4. best ache-y, heart-breaking, tear-jerker read - Stay by Deb Caletti and Sweethearts by Sara Zarr.
5. most beautiful story - Where She Went by Gayle Forman.
6. delicious rainy day comfort read - Saving June by Hannah Harrington, Psych Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson and Past Perfect by Leila Sales.
7. adrenalin-fuelled, unputdownable award - Divergent by Veronica Roth.
8. the beautiful prose award - But I Love Him by Amanda Grace and Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler.
10. i-so-want-to-go-there award - Die For Me by Amy Plum. Paris ~le sigh~ I want to go there again.
11. most original and imaginative - Graceling by Kristin Cashore.
12. best under-appreciated, hidden gem book - Psych Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson.
13. i-had-no-idea-i-would-love this-so award - This Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas and Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren.
14. most haunting story - Stolen by Lucy Christopher.
15. outside my comfort zone but gosh how i loved it - Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergen. Time travel, historical eek! But I loved it.
16. series that i’m loving - Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. One word Barrons.
17. most memorable voice award - Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John and Fury by Shirley Marr.
18. completely awesome premise award - Divergent by Veronica Roth.
20. want to re-read already - Saving June by Hannah Harrington.
Note: Sorry that I didn't include links. It took me forever to decide on the books. Also my spacing is playing up.
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I loved sweethearts by Sara Zarr-I remember crying. I haven't read it in a long time so I'll have to pick it up again.
I love this list! It reminds me of all the awesome books I want to read too :P which is wayyy too many, but it's awesome to see which books have been your favourites this year :) Fixing Delilah, This gorgeous game, Psych Major syndrome... *desperately wants* :)
GREAT LIST! Just further emphasis that I need to read Past Perfect, Psych Major Syndrome, Saving June, This Gorgeous Game (If you say it was crawling-under-skin amazing, then I must pick it up once it gets here!) and all those in between.
Great list! I have read Stay, Fury and Stolen from your list - loved them all! I really want to read Die for Me, Saving June and Waterfall.
I was having problem with spacing too! I tried and tried to fix it, but it just didn't work. Stupid blogger! :(
blogger formatting was annoying me too! good in draft and bad when i posted. argh.
YAY for your top three!!!
and some Jaclyn Moriarty LOVE :)
and we both chose fixing delilah as the beautiful prose <3
i SO agree about the setting in stolen. it was intense and vivid
and yay for waterfall :) can't wait to read the sequel with you :D
i also would love past perfect as a movie (and think divergent would be an awesome movie)
on your list that i haven;t read (only 3!): but i love him & stay & five flavours of dumb ~ I've preordered one and am swapping for another ...
Awesome post! I love Sarah Ockler's writing, and Divergent was definitely unputdownable! I'm putting the other titles I haven't read on my TBR list now,
Wow everyone is choosing Divergent. It must be really good.
I really wanted to put Graceling on my list as well. I seriously LOVED IT but I didn't read it this year (not for the first time any way)
I think Divergent might win the adrenalin-fuelled award for me as well (or certainly be in the running anyway!) That one had my heart pounding. I haven't read Past Perfect or Saving June yet but since they made both your and Nomes' lists I will be on the lookout for them for sure!
And aw, I love The Year of Secret Assignments. I've re-read that one countless times :)
BARRONS!
Ah, Nic! I love that I have the same choices as you for some categories, namely MOST BEAUTIFUL with WSW!!!
I love all your selections, and you know I often pick up a lot of recommendations from you. I know they were chosen with a lot of thought and care.
I can't believe I haven't read Psych Major yet, or Divergent, or Five Flavors of Dumb, or Fury! I'm epic fail.
Wonderful choices, my friend.
I love the list! I may have to check out Past Perfect!
Great list Nic! I really must find myself a copy of Past Perfect *sigh*
And yay for Saving June, Dumb, Die For Me, Where She Went and Divergent! They're on my list too :)
You have so many books I want to read! and the fact that they made it to this list just got me more pumped! :D
Lovely list.
Great list! I really would love to see Divergent on the big screen - I picked it too!
I must read Psych Major Syndrom it sounds so good.
Finding Cassie Crazy!
And Five Flavors of Dumb!
And more books I haven't read yet! :P
Your list is basically my TBR list right now, so this gives me hope that I'm going to have a lot of great books to look forward to.
Such great picks, Nic! So many on my list already (many of them thanks to you!), but naturally I found a new one as well. This Gorgeous Game sounds really intriguing. :)
Thanx for the recommendations! Now I need to work a couple of extra shifts so I can actually buy them all. lol. ;)
love your list! very creative and you brought justice to your rationales:)
Aww wow such a great list you have.
You've given me some great books to check out.
I've just finished exams and am finally on holidays so i will be reading a lot of these books!
Fixing deliah, Psych Major syndrome, die for me and saving june are all on the list!.
Great post as always!
:) Abbey
also thank you for the congrats comment on my photo!
I almost put Stay as my tear-jerker read!
Saving June and Past Perfect are making your list a lot and I haven't read those yet! Maybe they can be my favs as well!
you have a great list here. im so going to have to check a lot of these out!
This is a great list! I love it! Some of these books I am adding to my tbr pile! Thanks!
What a fun idea and what a fabulous list you have here Nic! I really need to read Waterfall and Divergent, I keep seeing those everywhere and I'm out of the loop and I want in it! I also really want to read Stay:)
I cant believe how many books on your list I have not read yet!!! Thanks for all reading goodness..
I did love Where She Went and Waterfall...:)
I cant wait to start Divergent!!
Ah! I need Divergent! Look at how many times it is on your list! I need it!! I have Waterfall and can't wait to get to it!
I seriously do not understand why Saving June isn't available here (in US) yet. I wants to read it NOW!!!
You have some great picks. I love Secret Assignments, and Divergent and Stolen. I wish I could get my hands on Psych Major syndrome and Fury though. Grrr...
Saving June and Psych Major Syndrome both look so good... not here in the US yet, are they? I also LOVED Divergent. And Graceling, as well. I particularly am in love with that Aussie cover! Great round-up of books, Nic! :)
THANK YOU for showing This Gorgeous Game some love! I thought that book was fabulous :)
Great picks and some I need to get to. I loved Graceling, so glad you included it!
Out of all the books you listed I've only read one of them and its Fixing Delilah. I pretty much want to read all the other ones you listed to see why you loved them so much.
I've heard a bunch of brilliant things about the Gorgeous Game - and your list seems to confirm them!
I'm seeing lots of Divergent on people list's too - so I guess I'll have to get around to that one asap!
And Graceling! *sigh* How I love that book. :)
Divergent would make an awesome movie. There are a couple of books on this list which I don't have on my wishlist so I'll be adding them when I have time :)
Oooo! *furiously scribbles down titles to put on to read list* Lol, am surprised to see my own book there cos it's getting super old now but aww thanks Nic!
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