2011 “Fun” Reads

So I had a great discussion with a bunch of neighbor ladies at the Space Derby last night.  I found out about the neighborhood book club, and am hoping to get started with it this week.  (I was really excited when I found out the book this month was one that I put on my “must read” list just a couple of weeks ago.  Unfortunately, it seems to be pretty popular right now, so I won’t be able to finish it in time for the meeting.)

Anyway, we were sharing our favorite book titles, and I was chastised for not being on Good Reads.  (Okay, I am on Good Reads, just have never done anything with it.)  I have been keeping track of my reading lists in Excel (hey, I teach the program okay!).  One of them asked my Top 10 favorite books.  I came up totally blank.  Still, I am totally blank.  It depends on my mood.  So I started reviewing my book lists from last year, and could EASILY come up with the books I loved reading last year. 

So here are my 2011 ”Fun” Reads.  I am still going through my “required” for 2011, and trying to remember what I liked, so hoping to post something about those in the next week or so.

The rating is totally arbitrary.  It was my initial impulse when I saw the title when reviewing them today.  I did go through and bold my absolute favorites that I could just gush about to anyone interested in books.

Just a note: Yes, I did read “A Season of Gifts” 2 times this year.  I received it in a book exchange for Christmas 2010, and then my Orem book club read it this year for our December book.  Didn’t matter to me….ABSOLUTELY loved it.  It reminded me that I need to go buy “A Long Way from Chicago” to make it a set. 

2nd note: I did bold all 3 books in the Airborn series.  I loved all of them.  There are a few other series in here that I liked the first book, but Airborn was definitely one that held strong through all the books. 

There we go.  One more thing off my to-do list.  I’m loving these short moments of motivation!