Book Awards 2012

We read a lot of great books this year. It was tough to give these awards to just one book, but here's what we decided...

 

Overall Favorite Book

 

 

Best Discussion

 

 

Most Well-Written Book (had to pick 2)

 

 

 

Funniest Moment (we loved the funny male characters in both of these!)

 

 

Gary honking the horn was pretty funny!

 



 

Favorite Female Character: Offred

 

 

Favorite Male Character: Will

 

Best Topic

 

 

Most Impactful Book

 

 

Most Recommended Book: All of them!

 

Favorite Cover

 

 

Best Ending (had to pick 2)

 

 

Saddest Moment: Benny's murder

 

 

Worst Female Villain: Hannah

 

 

Worst Male Villain: Silas

 

 

2012 was a great reading year!

Group Pictures-The Call

We had our book club Christmas party yesterday! Lots of cookies, gifts, and food! We had a great discussion of The Call. I think we all ended up liking this one (especially Veronica and Linda) besides Karen.

 

Take 1

 

 

Take 2

 

Well, who knows how many takes with Tony taking the picture!

 

Linda was chosen as member of the year for 2012...more pictures and awards to come!

 

2011 Year in Review

Before 2012 officially arrives, let's recap the 2011 reading year...

Our favorite overall book of 2011 was Cutting for Stone.

Our best discussion was about Room.

We thought the most well-written book was Cutting for Stone.

The funniest moment occurred in The Bucolic Plague with the goat poop before the Martha Show.

Our favorite female character was Betty White.

Our favorite male character was a toss-up, but it went to Marion from Cutting for Stone.

The best topic or theme was Room.

The most impactful book was I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced.

The book we recommended most was The Bucolic Plague.

Room had the best ending.

Our least favorite book was Never Let Me Go.

The saddest moment was when Nujood was raped by her "husband."

The worst female villain was Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The worst male villain was Old Nick from Room.

Looking forward to 2012! Happy New Year!

Look Back at 2010

It's the final day of 2010! Can you believe it?

We've already talked about best and worst of 2010, but what about the rest of these categories? See other answers here.

Most disappointing book



Most surprising book



Book you recommended to people most



Best series you discovered



Favorite new authors (Suzanne Collins & Kate Atkinson)




Most hilarious read (didn't really read any other funny books)



Most thrilling, unputdownable book



Favorite cover



Most memorable character (Aibileen)



Most beautifully written book (I don't know if it's actually beautiful but I love her writing style.)



Book that had the greatest impact on you



Book you can't believe you waited until 2010 to finally read (Well, re-read. It had been 15 years.)

2010 Book Club Year in Review

We read so many great books this year!


















January | In the Woods


February | The 19th Wife


March | Columbine


We voted this our BEST DISCUSSION and FAVORITE OVERALL BOOK. We also chose Eric Harris as WORST MALE VILLAIN. Our SADDEST MOMENT was also from Columbine--various parts were mentioned, including the death of teacher Dave Sanders.


April | The Condition


May | Have a Little Faith


June | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim


July | Olive Kitteridge


August | Blame


September | To Kill a Mockingbird


Our FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER was Scout and our FAVORITE MALE CHARACTER was Atticus.


October | Little Bird of Heaven


We voted this as MOST DISAPPOINTING OVERALL BOOK.


November | Shanghai Girls


We chose Shanghai Girls for BEST TOPIC/THEME (and runner-up for SADDEST MOMENT).


December | The Help


Our FUNNIEST MOMENT was from The Help: The Terrible Awful. We also voted it BEST ENDING. We chose Hilly as WORST FEMALE VILLAIN (unanimous).


We didn't come to a consensus on MOST WELL-WRITTEN BOOK. There were votes for The 19th Wife, Columbine, Olive Kitteridge, To Kill a Mockingbird, Shanghai Girls and The Help.