2010: Year in Review

Number of posts: 142
Number of book reviews: 128

Favorite middle-grade reads:
Octavia Boone's Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything
Forge
Turtle in Paradise
Keeper
Countdown
One Crazy Summer

Favorite middle-grade reads that were separated at birth:
The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place)
The Kneebone Boy

Favorite chapter book-y reads:
Bink & Gollie
Prime Baby

Favorite YA reads:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
This World We Live In
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

Favorite grown-up reads:
Packing for Mars
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity

Favorite sequels/series continuations:
Clementine, Friend of the Week
Bobby the Brave (Sometimes)
Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance
Ivy & Bean: What's the Big Idea?
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophes

Best jackets of the year:
Forge
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend
You

The Kneebone Boy

Countdown
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

The Book Is Overdue!
The Checklist Manifesto
Zombies vs. Unicorns

Books that, if they do not get some kind of ALA award recognition, I will eat my hat:
Forge
One Crazy Summer
Countdown
Keeper
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Bink & Gollie
The Kneebone Boy

(And YES, I realize I have completely ignored nonfiction. BAD Emily. BAD BAD BAD.)