Beginning in December of last year I have been reviewing all the books I read and some of my favorite zines right here on my blog. From 12/1/08 to 11/30/09 I reviewed 96 books and zines. Here are some statistics and links to my top 20 of the year...
Of the 96 books and zines
- 78 were by female authors (79 if you count the Zine Yearbook, which had male and female editors)
- 67 were novels, including teen and tween fiction
- 26 were paranormal fiction books
- 24 were by or about (e.g. a biography) people of color
- 22 were biographies (including autobiographies)
- 19 were teen/tween books
- 9 were zines (the number of zines I read is I'm guessing between 100 and 300, but I only review my absolute favorites, and not at all consistently)
- 8 by LGBTQ authors
- 8 graphic or illustrated novels
- 3 non-biography, non-zine non-fiction
My top twenty, in the order I read them, with links to my reviews, were
- sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling
- Parfait 2 and 3 by Emily K. Larned
- PopCo by Scarlett Thomas
- Jackie Robinson: a Biography by Arnold Rampersad
- I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing by Kyria Abrahams
- Wild Ginger by Anchee Min
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- An American in Paris by Margaret Vandenburg
- Word Math by Katie Haegele
- I Dreamed I Was Assertive #12 by Celia Perez
- Cruddy: an Illustrated Novel by Lynda Barry
- The Black Girl Next Door by Jennifer Baszile
- Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Nguyen
- Her Blues and the Art of Feeling by Torie Quiñonez
- Miranda: Motherhood and Other Adventures #19 by Kate Haas
- Sister Safety Pin by Lorrie Sprecher
- Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women by Victoria Law
- Rivington Street by Meredith Tax
- The Passion of Alice by Stephanie Grant
Please tell me your favorite reads!
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