my best 2011 reads

Some of my reading stats for 2011

85 books read and rated on my Goodreads account. Of those, 61 were borrowed from the library or friends, and 24 were bought (only one at full-price). Three of them were e-books.

My top reads for 2011 (not necessarily published this year)

Best Fiction: tie between Tea Obreht's The Tiger's Wife and Jamie Ford's Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Best Non-Fiction: Mary Roach's Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Best Memoir: Joan Didion's The Magical Year of Thinking
Best Essay Collection: Anne Fadiman's Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Best Young Adult: Mary O'Connel's The Sharp Time
Best Children's/Middle Reader: Pam Munoz Ryan's Becoming Naomi Leon
Best Graphic Novel: Jeff Jenson's The Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
Best Series: Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy
Best Guilty Pleasure Read: Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic
Best Humor: Tina Fey's Bossypants
Best Self-Help: Gina Pera's Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD?
Best Writing Reference: Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones