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I read 164 books in 2010, which is 3 more than I've ever read in a year, and double my average since I started keeping track. And while there were kid's books and manga in there, it wasn't disproportionate compared to some other years.

Best books I read in 2010. I was going to list all the ones I gave 5 star reviews to on Goodreads, but apparently I was generous. Consider this list the 5+s. In order of awesomeness:

A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman
Oooku: The Inner Chambers by Yoshinaga Fumi
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath

The other 5s were: the final volume of Afterschool Nightmare (you really have to read to the end), a couple of Jeeves/Wooster collections, and also a book on ASL for kids called A Show of Hands.

And I sort of think it's not a coincidence that the books I really loved were somewhere on a Tiptree list. So that is spurring me to read more, as is the fact that a number of the authors should be at Wiscon this year.

Here's a link to my goodreads account, if you're curious. I have not reviewed every book in 2010, but most of them.

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Date: 2011-01-01 07:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tomomi.livejournal.com
I'm surprised that Mary Roach did not make your list. You seemed very excited about her.

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Date: 2011-01-01 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julieandrews.livejournal.com
Looks like I gave her books 3s and 4s. For nonfiction though, they're pretty good!

Switch just made a profound impression on me. Which I think I've completely forgotten. Maybe I need to reread it.

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Date: 2011-01-09 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
interesting. only the name of some frivolous.

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