Book Awards!

Well…it’s been a year at The Life and Lies. I started the blog in September, and have read quite a few books since then.

But it’s time to pick the best of the best.

I do hope this will be a yearly thing that I do, sort of to celebrate a blogoversary. But sadly I won’t be able to do giveaways, because I’m very broke (not just a little broke, mind you. Very broke.) and there are lots of other giveaways out there for you to win… so.

Besides. Top lists are more fun anyway.

So here are my top picks—by genre—for books that I’ve read in September 1, 2009-September 1, 2010.

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General Fiction: The Secret of Joy

Romance: Uncertain Magic

Clean romance: All I Ever Wanted

Christian fiction: A Distant Melody

Memoir: Terror by Night

Crime thriller: One Scream Away

Science Fiction: The Better Part of Darkness

Fantasy: Magic Under Glass

Young Adult: Birthmarked

Children ages 2-6: Donner the Western Dragon

Children ages 7-12: Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass

Craft/knitting: Cowl Girls

Audio book: Pride and Prejudice, recorded by Librivox

Self-published: Primary Victim*

(*I’ve recently e-mailed the author, and he’s working on re-editing and re-publishing Primary Victim. I’ll do a post when the new edition comes out.)

 

So that's it for the first year of The Life and Lies! Woot! Let the books for year 2 begin!