Jessi Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Your favourite read of the year? Katherine by Anya Seton Your favourite author of the year? Pen Farthing Your most read author of the year? Jean Plaidy Your favourite book cover of the year? The House of Special Purpose The book that most disappointed you? Lord Robert – Jean Plaidy The funniest book you read this year? Tinkling The English by Dara O’Briain Your favourite literary character this year? Sirius Black Your favourite children's book this year? The Prisoner of Azkaban Your favourite non-fiction book this year? The Letters of Clementine and Winston Churchill Your favourite biography this year? Theodore Rex Your favourite collection of short stories this year? The Tales of Beadle the Bard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) Great thread Poppyshake, I need to chill after a hot sticky morning in the kitchen baking Christmas Mince pies Your favourite read of the year? Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Mr Golightly's Holiday by Salley Vickers Your favourite author of the year? Neil Gaiman and Salley Vickers Your most read author of the year? Neil Gaiman Your favourite book cover of the year? The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice ( but I intend to get back to it, just wasn't in the mood at the time) and The Annotated Alice in Wonderland. As much as I love Lewis Carroll's poems, this book annoys me with its twee writing. The book that most disappointed you? Night of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy The funniest book you read this year? The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Your favourite literary character this year? Yvaine in Stardust by Neil Gaiman Your favourite children's book this year? That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell Your favourite non-fiction book this year? The Courage To Be Yourself by Sue Patton Thoele Your favourite biography this year? Jack A Life of CS Lewis by George Sayer Your favourite collection of short stories this year? none read Your favourite poetry collection this year? Stiggy's Your favourite illustrated book of the year? Asterix Edited December 21, 2010 by poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Your favourite read of the year? Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Your favourite author of the year? Cassandra Clare Your most read author of the year? Elizabeth Barrett Browning Your favourite book cover of the year? The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Hm... there were quite a few Probably The Mermaid's Tale. The book that most disappointed you? Decision Points by George Bush (though not for the reasons one might expect) The funniest book you read this year? One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Your favourite literary character this year? Jem from Clockwork Angel Your favourite children's book this year? Walter the Farting Dog Your favourite non-fiction book work this year? Hm... The Rolling Stone special Beatles edition Your favourite biography this year? n/a Your favourite collection of short stories this year? Elizabeth Barrett Browning's works (not all are short stories, but nothing else compares to her works) Your favourite poetry collection this year? Elizabeth Barrett Browning's collective works. Your favourite illustrated book of the year? The Marvel graphic novel of Sense and Sensability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Your favourite read of the year? The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne Your favourite author of the year? Jules Verne Your most read author of the year? Jules Verne Your favourite book cover of the year? Lew Wallace - Ben Hur (Wordsworth edition featuring The Chariot Race by Alexander von Wagner) The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities (50 pages) The book that most disappointed you? Carlo Collodi - Pinocchio The funniest book you read this year? N/A Your favourite literary character this year? Rand al'Thor in The Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Your favourite children's book this year? L. Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Christopher Reeve - Still Me Your favourite biography this year? Christopher Reeve - Still Me Your favourite collection of short stories this year? Rabindranath Tagore - The Hungry Stones and Other Stories Your favourite poetry collection this year? Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Selected Poetry Your favourite illustrated book of the year? Antoine de Saint Exupéry - The Little Prince Edited December 31, 2010 by vinay87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Your favourite read of the year? I had several 10/10s: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan Mr Rosenblum's List - or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman by Natasha Solomons Once by Morris Gleitzman The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson Macbeth by William Shakespeare Your favourite author of the year? Stieg Larsson. I will (hopefully!) finish The Girl Who Played With Fire today, which I'm also really enjoying - I'm looking forward to part 3 in 2011. Your most read author of the year? George Orwell and Shakespeare - 2 books for each Your favourite book cover of the year? This is tricky as there have been several, so I'm going to cheat and pick two! For prettiness: But for sheer tactility of the cover (even though the picture isn't pretty) - I couldn't stop rubbing it! The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Sadly The Children's Book by A S Byatt. I really wanted to like this, and the cover was very pretty (!) but I just couldn't get into it. The book that most disappointed you? I was lucky not to have any absolute turkeys this year, but I was rather disappointed with the non-fiction Dear Me: A Letter to my Sixteen-Year-Old Self by Various Contributors - a brilliant premise, but a bit of a let-down. The funniest book you read this year? Join Me by Danny Wallace - I haven't read all of his books yet, but he never disappoints! Your favourite literary character this year? Pooter in Diary of a Nobody! Your favourite children's book this year? The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson - a bit of a twee ending, but charming. Your favourite non-fiction book this year? The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett Your favourite biography this year? It's Not What You Think by Chris Evans - I'm looking forward to the paperback of part 2 Your favourite collection of short stories this year? N/A Your favourite poetry collection this year? A Poem for the Day One - although I haven't managed to read a poem every day - perhaps that should be a resolution for 2011! Your favourite illustrated book of the year? I've already chosen this book in another category, but it would have to be The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith as they so suit the story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Your favourite read of the year? I have to cheat and nominate two: The Hand That First Held Mine - Maggie O'Farrell The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney Your favourite author of the year? Probably David Liss - he was a new author for me, and I was quite impressed. Your most read author of the year? Stephenie Meyer, as I finally read the Twilight series. Your favourite book cover of the year? Pass The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Brick Lane by Monica Ali. The book that most disappointed you? The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. The funniest book you read this year? Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris Your favourite literary character this year? Difficult, but I'd say Ethel Williams from Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett. Your favourite children's book this year? I only read one children's book this year - the first in the Famous Five series. Your favourite non-fiction book this year? I'm quite shocked to discover I've only read one non-fiction this year, and I'm still part way through it (and I've been reading it since June ) It's At Home by Bill Bryson. A very good read, so I don't know why it's taking me so long. Your favourite biography this year? Haven't read any. Your favourite collection of short stories this year? None - I can't get into short stories. Your favourite poetry collection this year? None, poetry doesn't do anything for me. Your favourite illustrated book of the year? The only one I have read is The Little Prince. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Now 2010 is finally over (and my chance for squeezing in another quick read has gone!), here are my choices: Your favourite read of the year? The Gum Thief, by Douglas Coupland or The Death of Grass, by John Christopher I can't decide between the two. Two very different books; the first full of sharp, insightful observation (and one of the most bizarre books-within-a-book I have ever read); the second a dark and grim tale of the collapse of civilisation. Both very well written and both very enjoyable. Your favourite author of the year? Whilst I have enjoyed books written by other authors more, I'd have to go for Haruki Murakami for Wild Sheep Chase, a superbly crafted book (possibly my favourite of his to date). Your most read author of the year? Douglas Coupland (Purely by dint of my having read two of his books this year!) Your favourite book cover of the year? The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? There's nothing I've have got more than a few pages into before abandoning, and they were abandoned because they were simply the wrong book picked up at the wrong time rather than the book in question being poor. The book that most disappointed you? Black Sun Rising, by Celia Friedman But I've raked over that ground a few times already! The funniest book you read this year? The Gum Thief, by Douglas Coupland (though Generation X, by the same author, and M*A*S*H, by Richard Hooker both give it a run for it's money). Your favourite literary character this year? Emma Morley (One Day). One of the best characters I've ever read; Ordinary and flawed, but so vividly written I felt like I knew her. There's no way I'll be watching the film adaptation of this, there is simply no way they will be able to meet my expectations for the character (Anne Hathaway certainly isn't it!). Your favourite children's book this year? The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien The book that restored my faith in fantasy novels! Notable for useless, ungrateful Dwarves, a plucky hobbit and epic dragon fail. Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Doctor Who: The Writers Tale: The Final Chapter, by Russell T. Davis and Benjamin Cook An interesting insight into the last months of Russell T. Davis's tenure as the head writer on Doctor Who (and for those wondering, yes, he was making it up as he went along). Your favourite biography this year? The To-Do List, by Mike Gayle. Not a biography in the traditional sense, but probably the closest I've come to reading one this year. It was interesting to read about Mike Gayle's own life (even though this was a brief glimpse into it) as it gave a number of insights into his novels. Your favourite collection of short stories this year? Pavane, by Keith Roberts Technically, this is classed as a novel, but it is really a collection of short stories spanning a number of years in an alternate history of the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayezie Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Your favourite read of the year? Steig Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest Your favourite author of the year? Steig Larsson Your most read author of the year? Jodi Picoult Your favourite book cover of the year? Trisha Ashley - Twelve Days of Christmas The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Val McDermid - The Grave Tattoo The book that most disappointed you? Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones The funniest book you read this year? Walter Moers - The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear Your favourite literary character this year? Holly Brown from Trisha Ashley's Twelve Days of Christmas Your favourite children's book this year? N/A Your favourite non-fiction book this year? N/A Your favourite biography this year? N/A Your favourite collection of short stories this year? Does Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol count?! Your favourite poetry collection this year? N/A Your favourite illustrated book of the year? N/A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladymacbeth Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Your favourite read of the year? The Giver by Lois Lowry Your favourite author of the year? Yeesh - probably Suzanne Collins as I really enjoyed her Hunger Games series. Your most read author of the year? Richelle Mead Your favourite book cover of the year? Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. I didn't think much of the book but the cover appealed. The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I tried really hard with this but in the end decided it was absolute rubbish. The book that most disappointed you? Atonement by Ian McEwan. Ooh and I need to have a second. The Towers of Midnight by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan - simply for the massive continuity errors that the editors should be ashamed of themselves for missing. Despicable in an otherwise great series. The funniest book you read this year? Probably the succubus series by Richelle Mead - let's face it, they are easy-reading slush and that's why I like 'em. Your favourite literary character this year? Winston Smith from 1984. Your favourite children's book this year? Seeing as my favourite book of the year is a children's book I will choose that and add a second, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalli007 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Your favourite read of the year? My Sister My Love, Joyce Carol Oates Your favourite author of the year? Joyce Carol Oates Your most read author of the year? Joyce carol Oates Your favourite book cover of the year? The book you abandoned? Wish You Were Here, Stewart O'Nan The book that most disappointed you? So Cold the River, Michael Koryta Your favourite literary character this year? Lisbeth Salander Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama Your favourite biography this year? same as above Your favourite collection of short stories this year? The Wheel of Love, JCO As you can see, I have turned into quite the JCO Fan! With a few exceptions she is pretty much all I have read this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Your favourite read of the year? I'll count this as new reads in 2010, rather than re-reads. Even then there are too many. It's between The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, and Lustrum by Robert Harris. Or Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell. Damn, this is difficult. Call it a tie. Your favourite author of the year? I'll count this as authors that were new to me in 2010. So it's Jo Nesbo, CJ Sansom or George RR Martin. Again, it's a tie. Your most read author of the year? Steven Erikson, I think, as I've been gradually re-reading his Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Your favourite book cover of the year? The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? Only one - The King Beyond The Gate by David Gemmell. No reason other than I was unwell and lost touch with it. The book that most disappointed you? Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton. I'm a big Hamilton fan but this was the second book in a two-book 'saga' and it was over-blown and padded beyond belief. He could have stripped the extraneous stuff out and told the whole story in one book. Shame. The funniest book you read this year? Um, I don't really read funny books. Say Cross Country by James Patterson, just because it was so hilariously bad. Your favourite literary character this year? There are three that immediately spring to mind: Fermin Romero de Torres in The Shadow of the Wind, and Tyrion Lannister and Arya Stark in George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. All wonderful characters that jumped off the page in my mind. Your favourite children's book this year? I think Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye by Alison Goodman was the only one I read. Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Forensics For Dummies. It was research for a story I'm writing. I'm not planning to murder anyone. Honest. Your favourite biography this year? Didn't read any. Your favourite collection of short stories this year? I read some of Robert E Howard's Solomon Kane stories, which I enjoyed. Your favourite poetry collection this year? Didn't read any. Your favourite illustrated book of the year? Didn't read any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Forensics For Dummies. It was research for a story I'm writing. I'm not planning to murder anyone. Honest. That made me laugh! If there's a list of book you don't want "dummies" reading, this one must surely be right near the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Your favourite read of the year? Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanne Clarke. It took me about 6 months to get through it, but I loved every page and thought it was an absolutely fantastic read. Your favourite author of the year? Favourite book was a toss up between the above and this: Vlad by C. C. Humphreys. I'm picking Humphreys for this as I adored his book, he was immensely kind about doing an interview for the forum when I contacted him and I plan to read much more of his work. Your most read author of the year? Lev Grossman - I read two by him and only one by everyone else. I also absolutely loved both books, and The Magicians was another contender for favourite book. Your favourite book cover of the year? Oooh, PROBABLY The House At Riverton by Kate Morton. It's just a picture of a garden/gate, but I love books with those covers. That's actually what caught my eye about it in the charity shop - same way I found 'The Line Of Beauty' by Alan Hollinghurst, the cover of which I also love but did not read this year! Galileo's Dream was a close second, with a gorgeous grey space-y cover with some gold instruments on it. The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)? I abandoned Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare after a few chapters because I just wasn't feeling it. I did however pay good money for the thing so I'm going to attempt it again this year. The book that most disappointed you? Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. I was so sure I'd love his writing, based both on what I had heard about his material and the actual people who recommended him to me - they're usually bang on. But I just hated every page of it. I read the whole thing just to be sure, but I'm afraid he eludes me. The funniest book you read this year? I didn't read anything I could honestly class as funny last year. I'll have to make sure I do this year! Your favourite literary character this year? That's tough. Mr. Norrell comes close, but I think I have to go with Vlad Dracula simply because of the range of emotions he inspired in me and his being portrayed as a well rounded man and celebrated leader, not just a cold blooded psychotic killer. Your favourite children's book this year? Tag by Michael Coleman. About a couple of kids who get caught up in graffiti gangs and end up in serious trouble. I just spotted it for 2 quid in the charity shop and said why not - but it turned out to be one of the best books I read in 2010. Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Oscar Wilde's Collected Letters. Very interesting to see the contrast between the man in formal poetic writing and the man being honest in letters he never expected the world to see. Your favourite collection of short stories this year? Again, Oscar Wilde. I had never read a lot of his short stories and I loved them! Your favourite illustrated book of the year? Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. The illustrations were few and far between, but lovely all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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