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"HA! Mom, I can't believe you've only read 65 books this year?!"
says the toddler who keeps me busier than ever!
This year has been filled with ups and downs.
For the downs; I lost my Grandmother, I experienced real depression and anxiety for the first time in my life and sought therapy for it, I discovered I hate potty training, I broke out in hives, my hair turned more gray than red, and I got arthritis in my big toe. :(
For the ups; I've been fortunate to continue to be home with my son, I got a job at my local library that I love, I went to BEA and the first ever Book Blogger Convention and it rocked!, I met a few of you lovely folks, I got my blog redesigned by Rachel at Parajunkee, I celebrated my 6th year anniversary with my husband and I finally discovered GLEE!
Thanks to all of you for going along on the ride with me. I appreciate you all!
Overall, it's been a busy year and I look forward to the next being bigger and better and
full of happy times.
Now, here's my Book Year in Review, folks.
Books Read:
64
Books Read including Children's Books:
182
Review Copies read:
34
Library Loan:
15
Owned Books Read:
16
Challenges completed:
RIP Challenge 1/1, Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 1/1
Challenges NOT completed:
100+ Reading Challenge 65/100, Cozy Mystery Challenge 3/6
Favorite New Author:
Karen White
Best Review Books I almost said No to:
Adriana Trigiani's Very Valentine and Brava, Valentine
Best Discovery:
Sandra Brannan's In the Belly of Jonah
Guilty Pleasure:
Gentleman Prefer Succubi by Jill Myles
Top 10 Favorite Books of 2010:
The Distant Hours- Kate Morton
The Likeness- Tana French
Sea Escape- Lynne Griffin
Revolution-Jennifer Donnelly
In the Belly of Jonah-Sandra Brannan
Very Valentine-Adriana Trigiani
Madonnas of Echo Park-Brando Skyhorse
House Rules-Jodi Picoult
Garlic and Sapphires- Ruth Reichl
House on Tradd Street-Karen White
In the next year in Blog Land, I hope to read more of my favorite genres while at the same time discovering new authors. I'm very excited for the 3 challenges I am participating in. I look forward to discovering more bloggers out there and start planning to BEA 2011, baby!
I hope to also write more about my adventures in the literary world from my years of bookselling to managing a bookstore to now working at a public library. More to come on that...!
Happy Reading. Happy New Year. As always, thanks for stopping by!
red headed book child
