Comments on: The happiest time of the year http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Brenda Drake http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19882 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:36:15 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19882 Seriously, I've picked up A Visit from the Goon Squad twice in the bookstore and put it down for something else. Next time, I'm going to have to purchase it. Sounds like a great read. Thanks for the recommendation! 😀

]]> By: Tracy http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19881 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:28:33 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19881 I don't read many memoirs so I'll just go with the Top 3 Favorite Books I Read in 2010:

1. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney

2. The Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot (though the book was released in 2006, I didn't catch on til this year)

3. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead — (Promise I'm not sucking up here, Jim) Technically, I haven't read the whole book yet, just the first chapter…but I've been waiting since May to get my hands on this thing! I don't see how it can't end up on my favorite list for twenty-ten.

]]> By: Teri http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19875 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:20:22 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19875 A further comment on Emma Donoghue's ROOM. It was the only book I bought the day it came out. I started reading it that afternoon and finished it the next day. Of all the wonderful books I read this year, ROOM was the one that broke my heart, had me scared witless, and made me see so, so many everyday things in a new light. And Donoghue's skill with the present-tense child-narrator was crazy-good.

]]> By: Meagan Spooner http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19869 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:33:40 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19869 Wow, I'm so ashamed that I've only read one of those three! I'm going to have to remedy that.

I had things I loved and things I hated about Mockingjay, but in my opinion, that's really the mark of something good–when I'm so passionate about the book that I feel that strongly about the author's choices, it means she's managed to get me really, really invested in the series. In the end I loved it, and I'm definitely with you on it making a "best of" list.

]]> By: Yat-Yee http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19867 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:05:05 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19867 I LOVE lists. And I agree with you about Mockingjay. Many of my writer friends seem disappointed, but I wasn't.

I am going to look through the list of books I've read this year and highlight some favs.

]]> By: Kristi Helvig http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19866 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:58 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19866 I'm not a big 'list' person, but I also loved Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver and would easily pick that as my fave YA of the year. I'm reading her new one, Delirium, and loving that as well.

]]> By: Caroline Tung Richmond http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19864 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:51:18 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19864 Oh, I love best-of book lists!

It's hard for me to pick my favorite YA novel of 2010 since I've read some great ones this year. If push comes to shove, I'd probably pick BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver. I simply loved how the protagonist developed over the course of the novel. And such a great premise!

When it comes to MG novels though, I have a hands-down winner: ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia. The writing is just wonderful and full of rich details from 1960s Oakland. If this novel doesn't win the Newbery or a Newbery Honor, I'll be really shocked.

Thanks for the rec for ROOM! I've been wondering if I should shell out $$ to buy it…

]]> By: Tamara http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19862 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:36:11 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19862 The one that immediately comes to mind is Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich. Fabulous!

]]> By: Teri http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19861 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:36:03 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19861 You Lost Me There — by Rosencrans Baldwin
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — by Rebecca Skloot
Room — by Emma Donoghue
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter — by Tom Franklin
Just Kids — by Patti Smith
The Invisible Bridge — by Julie Orringer
Red Hook Road — by Ayelet Waldman
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake — by Aimee Bender

]]> By: Amy Tripp http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-19860 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:20:06 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/11/the-happiest-time-of-the-year/#comment-19860 I recently read the entire Hunger Games trilogy in eight days. I, for one, thought it ended perfectly. There couldn't be a nice whitewashed 'happily ever after' to this story. They'd survived, they'd found a measure of happiness, that was all that could be asked for.

I haven't read your other 'tops.' I'll have to check them out.
Thanks
Amy

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