The 5 Best Books meme is hosted by Cassandra at Indie Reader Houston.
This week we are asked to list our 5 Best Books so far in 2011. I have read some great books so far this year, so it is rough to only come up with five, but here goes -- in no particular order (links are to my reviews):
- The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis. This one might be hard to appreciate if you aren't Canadian, but even though I've been out of the country for 12 years I still loved its humorous look at politics.
- Paris Was Ours, edited by Penelope Rowlands. This is the kind of book that makes you want to visit Paris right away, whether its your first or tenth time.
- Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. A celebrity memoir that is actually well-written (and the audiobook is well-narrated by the author).
- A Kind of Intimacy by Jenn Ashworth. This is a page-turning thriller that dresses up like a work of literary fiction and it totally works.
- Something Missing by Matthew Dicks. A fun novel about a quirky thief that you can't help but like.
Two other books that I loved so far this year, The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady and The Bee-Loud Glade, could be yours by entering The Literary Blog Hop Giveaway!
I have The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady on my TBR list. Other than that all your titles are new to me. Something Missing sounds like a good one!
ReplyDeleteHere's my list: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/06/five-best-books-of-2011-so-far.html
You are not the first person that I've heard say good things about the Rob Lowe book. I might just have to check it out - that and Bossypants. It's rare that there is one celebrity memoir out there that I want to read, let alone 2 of them.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Thanks for sharing!
I haven't heard of A Kind of Intimacy, sounds totally me, will look into it.
ReplyDeleteIf interested, this is mine that I posted end of May.
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2011/05/armchair-bea-best-of-2011-and.html
The only one of these I have heard of is Something Missing, which I have on my shelf. I am going to have to investigate these others when I can because I can't pass up an almost perfect book!
ReplyDeleteSue, I haven't read any of these. I'm starting to get an inferiority complex. There are just SO many books I haven't read.
ReplyDeleteMy TBR list is pages and pages long...!
Somehow, I cannot imagine a book by a movie star to be any good. But then, maybe it can be, if you say so!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should read the Paris book - you know I've never been there even though I live only about 4 hours away? You know what they say about how you don't appreciate the things in your back yard...
I loved The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady too!
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