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Better late than never: My favorite books of 2009 and a year of reading in review!

TOP FIVE FICTION

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TOP FIVE GRAPHIC NOVELS

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TOP FIVE YOUNG ADULT

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TOP FIVE NONFICTION

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FIVE WORST BOOKS

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And now some gratuitous statistics!

Types of Books:
Fiction: 81%
Nonfiction: 19%

In Fiction:
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 30%
Mystery: 8%
Graphic Novel: 18%
Literary/Other: 35%

Books Acquired:
Library: 39%
Borrowed: 22%
Gifts: 1%
Internet: 1%
BookMooch: 12%
Bought: 11%
ARCs: 13%

Sex of Author:
Male: 141
Female: 59
Ratio: 2.39:1 (oy)

Books by People of Color:
Total: 34
Percentage: 16% (*facepalm*)

Old vs. New:
New: 97%
Reread: 3%

But now it is a new year! A fresh start! Please rec me:

1. Awesome books by women!
2. Awesome books by POC!
3. Goofy-fun books with angels in ’em!


Obviously, any that are three-in-one would be amazing.

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Date: 2010-02-07 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] k00kaburra.livejournal.com
Agreed on Hush, hush. As I speculated in my review of the book (http://fashion-piranha.livejournal.com/83515.html?mode=reply):

So how many of us, after reading Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, threw the book across the room and declared “I could write that book better than she did?”

A lot of us, yes?

But how many of us actually turned around and actually wrote our own paranormal teen romance? Not quite so many, right?

Well, it is my personal theory that this gut reaction is exactly the impetus that led Becca Fitzpatrick to write her debut novel, Hush, Hush.

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Date: 2010-02-07 06:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
I suspect you are correct. I only wish she'd strayed a little (okay, a lot) farther from the formula.

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