When I began to work on my “favorites of 2011” list, the task immediately became quite daunting. How on earth could I limit it to just 10 books? Quickly I realized that was an impossible task. Why limit the books I loved? Instead, I’ve created a few posts listing groupings of my favorite books.
To start off this “Best of” series of lists are women whose writing literally knocked my socks off. Their books cover a wide-range of genres. I often get comments about the number of outstanding books (or the lack of) written by women that are published. This list is just a small percentage of the tremendously talented women writers out there. They are listed in order of date reviewed.
1. Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy. I absolutely LOVE this series of cozy mysteries. I have the latest one Affairs of Steak, which releases the first week of January. I cannot wait to start it!
2. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. I loved this book so much that I wrote two version of my review. A “normal” review and version two: In Response to Many…the Gushing Review of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.
3. The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton
4. The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
6. The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
7. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
8. You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
9. Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
10. The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
The thirteenth book is one that I didn’t review, due to my relationship with the author. That book is THE TAKER by Alma Katsu. This year alone, I’ve purchased ten copies of this book as gifts. Lots of love for this book!
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