2011 Book List

I used to do this every year on my Xanga account, so I think I will start it back up here.  This year I read 15 books, a far cry from the almost fifty I read back in 2009, but times change.  Reading took a backseat this year, partly because I just didn't want to, and partly because I finished writing my book.

So here's the list!

• The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
• The Black Book of Buried Secrets - 39 Clues
• Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan
• The Band that Played On by Steve Turner
• The Final Summit by Andy Andrews
• Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic
• Craving Grace by Lisa Velthouse
• Out of a Far Country by Chris & Angela Yuan
• Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
• Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
• Bill Peet: An Autobiography
• Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve
• A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
• Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

 This was a strange year.  I mostly read things I would never read usually.  Part of that is because I joined the blogging book review sites, pretty much the only thing I blogged about this year... blah.  I probably will be pulling WAY back from that.  I was just so enticed by free books... I couldn't help myself.

I will say this, the last five books on the list are excellent, especially the ones by Philip Reeve.  He is one of my favorite authors and his Hungry City Chronicles is so well-written, with such a diversely spun and imaginative world... it's the kind of writing I aspire to.

I can't say I'll read more books this year, mostly because I've already started writing book two of my series, but let's say this:  I hope to read more good books this year.
 
Happy New Year!