Reading Recap: 2010

Here it is, my reading recap for 2010 highlighting my favorite and least favorite books of the year. I begin with the bad, just to get it out of the way. Followed by my list of favorites; categories include Favorite New Series, YA, Romance, and I end with my favorite book of the year.

Any guesses on that one?! I'll give you a hint: J to the motherfucking M! Ahem, pardon my French. Without further ado:

Disappointing Reads

 Jane by April Lindner

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

Favorite New Series

Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane

Envy Chronicals by Joss Ware

Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

Young Adult

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Romance

Broken Wing by Judith James

Proof by Seduction by Courtney Milan

Favorite Book of the Year

Lover Mine by J.R. Ward

Any of these make anyone else's top picks for 2010?

Library Loot: 2010 Review

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted alternatively by Marg and Claire that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky (at Marg's this week) any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!

I wanted to do a retrospective of all the library books that I actually read this year. Lord knows I always get waaaaay more than I could ever read so here are the books I actually read.

I've listed how much money the library saved me based on the Amazon price because that's likely where I would have bought the book; which books I later bought (bold) and the price I paid . (That's right I only paid thirty-five cents for Unholy Magic thanks to Borders Buck and a coupon!) Lastly, I've linked to my reviews (pink).

Title	Amazon Price	Bought
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins	10.19
Lover Eternal (audio) by J.R. Ward	31.49
Dark Lover (audio) by J.R. Ward	31.49
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher	8.99
Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie	24.99	24.99
Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern	6.49
Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane	7.99
Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane	7.99	0.35
City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane	7.99
Graceling (audio) by Kristen Cashore	47.45
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han	9.99
The Exile by Diana Gabaldon	16.17
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow	9.99
Proof by Seduction by Courtney Milan	7.99	7.99
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi	12.23
Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Sherain	7.99
Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler	12.95
Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley	7.99	3.99
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff	10.79
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger	5.34	5.34
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson	17.99	8.99
Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick	13.25
Salem's Lot by Stephen King	25
Candor by Pam Bachorz	8.99
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols	7.92
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott	11.55
Total	371.19
Bought	51.65
Grand Total Saved	319.89

Does anyone else keep track of how much the library has saved them throughout the year?

I only have one item waiting for me at the library this week:

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (audiobook)