Top Ten Books

I didn't read that much this year... as compared to my previous years. Mostly because in the beginning of the year I was busy with studying for final exams, finishing projects and anything that has to do with ending the school year.

Then sometime around June, I started working. And for about 2 months, I was busy learning my scripts and reading a lot of animal stuff like encyclopedias and online stuff. So the following list is really just about 8 months of reading...

My top ten books this year are:

10. The Tenth Circle ~ Jodi Picoult
9. The Tale of Two Sisters ~ Anna Maxted
8. Mister Pip ~ Lloyd Jones
7. The Last Lecture ~ Randy Pausch
6. My Best Friend's Girl ~ Dorothy Koomson
5. The Alchemyst ~Michael Scott
4. Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox ~ Eoin Colfer
3. Marley & Me ~ John Grogan
2. The Tales of Beedle The Bard ~ J.K. Rowling
1. The Infinite Wisdon of Harriet Rose ~ Diana Janney

Bet you thought that I'd put Beedle first right? I like Harry Potter books and although Beedle was awesome, it didn't strike me as much as Harry did.

10, 9, 8 were alright books. 7 was a really touching one, about this professor who has terminal cancer so he wrote this book for his kids and others. 6 was a really touching story about this woman who found out that her best friend had a baby with her fiancé.

Marley &Me was really nice. I remembered I read a large part of the book when I was on a train in Vietnam. My cousins were playing cards on the top deck and I was in my own world at the bottom deck. I stayed away from this book for a while cos my dog just passed away and I didn't want reminders of having a dog yet cos her death hadn't really settled in. But when I finally picked it up, her death was already thoroughly accepted.

Artemis Fowl took up a few years of my teenage life and its just great fun to read! The Alchemyst.. although totally a teenage fantasy, it was entertaining. And its so movie material...

My No. 1 choice... Harriet. It was the first book that I thoroughly enjoyed this year. Its about a teenage girl who is very much into philosophy and not into boys that much. And how the author slips into her mind is oh so entertaining. Highly recommended.