QUIETLY REVIEWING BOOKS I HAVE READ

There has been some discussion on Twitter and Facebook about some "quiet" books, books that may or may not have flown in under the radar. I have read so many books this year (over 500). But, because of Paul Hankins, I have kept a list of them all month by month. So, I was able to go back today and look through those 12 lists (one still growing) and pull those books that still have me thinking. Some of them have received terrific reviews; some have not. Some have mixed reviews. But all of them have resonated with me and still are floating around making connections (and ladders) in my brain. So, I offer without comment (that is your task if you would like), the list. I was aiming for 10 or 20. It ended up being 50. I could winnow. But what if the book I eliminated is one you find here and nowhere else?

So, here goes:

Some Quiet Books for Me, 2010



1. BAMBOO PEOPLE
2. BEATLE MEETS DESTINY
3. BLACK HOLE SUN
4. BONESHAKER
5. BOOM
6. BRAVE ESCAPE OF EDITH WHARTON
7. BUTTERFLY
8. CANDY BOMBER
9. COSMIC
10. DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN
11. DARK GAME
12. DIVERGENT
13. ELI THE GOOD
14. FALLOUT
15. FANTASTIC SECRET OF OWEN JESTER
16. FIXING DELILAH
17. GRACE
18. GREENWITCH
19. HALF LIFE OF PLANETS
20. HOTHOUSE
21. HOW I MADE IT TO 18
22. KAKAPO RESCUE
23. KEEPER
24. LAWN BOY RETURNS
25. MYSTERIOUS HOWLING
26. NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL
27. NOTHING
28. ONCE
29. RECKLESS
30. REVOLVER
31. ROSE SEES RED
32. SAVING THE BAGHDAD ZOO
33. SEARCH FOR WONDLA
34. SMELLS LIKE DOG
35. SMILE
36. SPACEHEADZ
37. SPARKY: THE LIFE AND ART OF CHARLES SCHULZ
38. SPIES OF MISSISSIPPI
39. SPILLING INK
40. STRANGE CASE OF THE ORIGAMI YODA
41. SUBURB BEYOND THE STARS
42. THE BOY WHO CLIMBED INTO THE MOON
43. THE DEATH DEFYING PEPPER ROUX
44. THE HIVE DETECTIVES
45. THE POPULARITY PAPERS
46. THE ZABIME SISTERS
47. TOUCHING BLUE
48. WOODS RUNNER
49. YUMMY: THE LAST DAYS OF A SOUTHSIDE SHORTY
50. ZORA AND ME