Best of 2010

I'm disappointed in my reading this year. I read 50 books, which is almost one per week, but most of that was concentrated in a couple of months. Most of the time, I found other things to do besides read. (The internet is my biggest temptation - it's so easy to waste a few hours reading all the news sites.) One of my New Year's resolutions is to read more, although I said the same thing last year.

But on the positive side, I had a pretty good reading year. I didn't read a single book graded lower than 3 stars - which is an average read. I either got better at picking books or better at giving up on the bad ones. And almost half of my reads were rated at 4 stars or more.

I gave one book 5 stars, which is unusual for me. I really loved Butterfly Tattoo by Deidre Knight, a book I probably wouldn't have picked up at all a couple of years ago.



Some other books I particularly liked:

Scandal by Carolyn Jewel (a complex and interesting historical)
Lead by On by Victoria Dahl (a great contemporary is so hard to find!)
Daughter of the Game by Tracy Grant (finally read it after almost 10 years)
A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh (only novella length but fun to read)
Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh (the best book she's written in many years)
Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn (a book that's grown on me over time)

I did do a lot of rereading this year, as I cleared out some of my keepers and transferred others to the Kindle. So I guess that counts as reading. My goal is to clear out some of the 2010 books in the new year - and hopefully read some new ones too!