Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Thankful For

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Things You’re Thankful For (it can be bookish or not). I went with bookish. As you might imagine, this is a really really really hard topic to narrow down. These aren’t necessarily my top ten

East of Eden

Steinbeck. I seem to have fallen deeply, madly, hopelessly in love with the man. After swooning my way through The Grapes of Wrath, I didn’t think it would be possible to love one of his other books even more. But ohhhh, it’s possible alright. East of Eden initially got my attention when it was chosen

Favorites of 2011: Fiction

56 of the books I read in 2011 were fiction. Naturally, I had a much harder time choosing my favorites this year. After some tough decisions, here’s what I came up with. The first three are my absolute favorites of the year. I didn’t rank the rest; everything after the jump is listed in alphabetical

Favorites of 2010: Fiction

I tried really hard to narrow this list down a tiny bit more, but it ain’t happening! These are my favorite fiction reads of 2010, starting with my top three favorites, then continuing in alphabetical order by title. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck This is not only my favorite read of the year,