It was a very good year for books from my perspective. Here is the list, from lowest-rated to highest:
Nothing with Strings by Bailey White 1.7
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 3.1
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult 3.3
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 3.5
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns 3.8
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson/Relin 3.9
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 4.1
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 4.6
The Help by Kathryn Stockett 4.7
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 4.9*
I personally can't remember disliking any of these books. Nothing... is a story collection, very different from our steady diet of novels. I had chosen it for the holiday season but obviously it didn't go over that well. Interestingly The Guernsey... is top-rated still, after 5 years and close to 50 books! My picks from this list would be the top 3 of the group and in addition, Cold Sassy..., one of my all-time favorites. (Get the audio version if you can!) I was truly fascinated with The Glass..., a memoir. A Thousand... is pretty intense and not easy for a woman to read but so touching and inspiring. It was coincidental that 3 titles on the list involved middle eastern culture.
Several of our Page Turners went to see the movie "The Help" when it came out. We thought it was very well done and the acting, superb.
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