I read every comment and made a big list. What fun! There were some titles that were mentioned over and over and over again. They have an asterisk next to them. Hopefully I’ll remember what the asterisk means in a week.
YA for Young Adult fiction. I have not done nearly enough reading with Caitlin and Leil and you all provided so many great titles. Many mentions of the Harry Potter series. I read the first book out loud to Caitlin when she was in 1st Grade. Greg heard the story by default. When the final page was turned we all got in the car and went to Borders to purchase book two. Thus began our family’s love affair with the magical world of Harry Potter. Ten years later all 4 of us have read all 7 books. We also have them on tape or CD and have enjoyed many a long car trip listening to the stories again and again and again. Your comments sparked some very joyful and quirky family memories that made me remember how satisfying sharing a book with your children can be. Thank you.
A clear winner was the Stieg Larsson series. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has been sitting on my nightstand for two weeks. After day one of the comments I started and was pulled in quickly. I’m excited just knowing there are two more to follow so I can extend the experience!
My list is rather long but I’m feeling excited with such strong recommendations. Water for Elephants, The Help, and The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society are all there. I listen to a lot of books on tape when I’m sewing so I also appreciated the comments about the quality of the audio version. The Secret Life of Bees and Snow Flower & The Secret Fan were two books where I thought the audio versions were amazing.
The Time Traveler’s Wife was mentioned lots. I read that book several years ago after doing a very similar blog post. Still one of my all time favorite books. I haven’t seen the movie and it sounds like I’m not missing anything.
Oh yeah, the winners of the thread:
joh
Katherine
Slack
Happy Reading! xo Kathy
ps new laminated cottons from Jennifer Paganelli, I’m in love with this shade of pink and feeling a strong desire to immediately cover something in my house with it. Allison of Cluck Cluck Sew made a fabulous table cloth with her Nicey Jane laminated cotton, very pretty!
[...] To enter the drawing: leave a comment telling me the best fiction book you’ve read this year. I’m getting ready for a little getaway and I need a good read to take along! I’ll leave the comments open until next Thursday, July 22nd. Good luck. Winners Announced here. [...]
I adore all those laminated cottons so much! Now to just be able to spend that much money. Ugh.
Have a great day!
I love the laminated cottons! It is just what I need to update and cover my old wood singer sewing table top!
Thank you so much Kathy! I am so excited to try it out… Have to go check out all the book suggestions
Congratulations to the lucky winners. Happy Reading!
I wanted to just chime in here with two more suggestions for great YA fiction. If you guys enjoy fantasy series, I highly, highly recommend The Sea of Trolls (trilogy by Nancy Farmer) and the Monster Blood Tattoo Series (DM Cornish). Both have awesome audio versions as well, which is nice if you have any long road trips planned, or spend a great deal of time in the car in general.
Unaccustomed Earth is one of my favorite books this year as well.
Congratulations to you lucky thread winners!
Kathy,
You are so nice. I heard about the Amy Butler thread but did not know about the Kaffe thread!
Kathy