A Book Year in Review

So on Facebook I keep a list of all the books I read. Today, as I was adding the latest to the list (The Darwin Awards- I didn't say every book was heady. Light reading is fun too) I realized it's been one year since I started keeping track. I figure now is the time to do a lil recap, a look back on my year in books.

I read 3o books this last year. The first was "What Makes A Man", a book I borrowed from an ex-coworker who left the job before I could return the book. I still have it. I read about two books a month. In December, a busy month where I camped, partied, visited my folks, turned 20 and got away from myself a little too much, I didn't read any. I made up for it in January where I read six books, and all before school started.

So here's a recap of my year, awards show style.

BEST: "Haunted", Chuck Philanuk's newest book. I devoured it in a weekend curled up in bed during a chilly November cold front. It was about a group of writers trapped in a house for a month together, all tourturing themselves to get the best story. A book for a writer, by a writer, and haunted me for a while. I love books that stay with you.
Runner-up:"Elephant's on Acid" was a book I read last July on the floor of my living room at my last apt. It was also a quick read (all the best books are) and was just a collection of reports of the strangest experiements. I'm such a nerd for odd scientific data.

MOST INSPIRING: "Rule By Secrecy" This was about the secret societies that really run the world and their hidden agendas. It got me all passionate about conspiracy theories and had me sproutin crazy alien talk (read the book to understand) for a few months.
Runner-up: "Nickel and Dimed" a fairly famous book by a woman who *gasp* joined the working class for a few months. It made me realize how much I didn't want to be waiting tables when I'm thirty.

MOST FORGETABLE: "Simply Irrisistable" must not have been, cuz I don't remember reading it at all. I hope it was good. Yeah, it was a year ago that I picked it up, but I guess that's why I should keep track of the books I read even more. I've probably read hundreds of books in my lifetime that I couldn't name.
Runner-up: "The Most of It" Don't have anything to say about this one either. I can't even tell you what the cover looked like.

BOOK I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO READ BUT NEVER HAD GOTTEN AROUND TO: "Gone With the Wind" Hands down one of my favorite movies, so it's weird that I read the book. Having read it, I have to give the screenwriter a pat on the back for doing such a good job on the translation from book to screen. The only thing missing besides a few useless characters (Like Scarlett's other children) was the racism. The movie probably wouldn't have aged as well as it has. Props for keeping that off the screen.
Runner-up: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" Not a bad book, but I wondered where all the hype was coming from.