My Favorite Reads of 2011

My favorite book this last year was A Dogs Purpose by Bruce Cameron.We lost our dog of 17years and I recommend this book for anyone who has lost a furry family member.It makes you laugh cry and sums up our relationship with our pets. This book is still on NY best seller list and after you read it you'll know why.

This is an older book, but if you like a really good thriller try Dean Koontz's Intensity.

This year my favorites were the Mortal Instruments series. I read "City of Bones" in 2011 and had to get the others in the series.

This year my favorites were the Mortal Instruments series. I read "City of Bones" in 2011 and had to get the others in the series.

Books have always been among my best friends. It's great reading everyone's favorites - nice to have new ideas for my own reading list. I have always read a lot - this year more than most because my husband and I are caring for his mother who has Alzheimer's. Reading has been a big part of my sanity. My list for this year would include "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, "Roses" by Leila Meacham and then I got on a trend of reading stories about dogs - these are a few of my very favorite; "Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him" by Luis Carlos Montalvan and Bret Witter, "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein, "Amazing Gracie, A Dog's Tale" by Dan Dye, "Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon" by Dr. Nick Trout. Happy Reading!!!

Daybreak by Belva Plain.. such an amazing story

My fav this year was Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. I am also a fan of John Rector. The last one I read was Already Gone. Warm bodies by Isaac Marion was also really good.

I've started reading backwards into my youth and the VC Andrews books she was classic. I didn't like her ghost writer but I certainly loved her first books. I loved the movie Water for Elephants I watched it twice. Also I read Memoirs of A Geisha which was an excellent (though at times tedious) read.

Water for Elephants was my favorite, followed by The Lincoln Lawyer. I am looking forward to reading The Hunger Games which I have loaded onto my Kindle.

East of the Mountains by David Guterson Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham (biking across Vietnam - so vivid!) Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault (very different!) Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Henry Ford The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel and this one was decent. i wasn't wowed with it like everyone else but it was still very colorful and descriptive: Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Hunger Game Series (loved it) Alice I Have Been The Help Mrs. Tom Thumb Endurance Mortal Instrument Series I'm a bookworm :)

My favorite book I read last year was The Help. Incredible book. Movie is good, as well.

Rainwater by Sandra Brown

You guys have given me some suggestions that I haven't heard of before! I can't wait to check them out. Right now I am reading "The Inheritance of Beauty" by Nichole Seitz. I am really, really enjoying it!

I'm currently reading Stephen Kings 11-22-63, it's rather lengthy but like most King books it's good. I'm also reading John Grisham's The Litigators, it's entertaining so far.