Top 10 of 2010

Here are my top 10 books of 2010!! Some books were released this year, others were released last year and some of the books were released many years ago! The last one was my favorite! All links go to Goodread.

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

This was a book that I really enjoyed. There were some things that happened that made me think of similar things that had happened in my life a few years ago. I loved Anne's character, especially since she was just acting the way she was! It's was a really good book that I recomend to others.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

This was one of those books that made me think of the world that we live in. It talks about some things that are still happening even though this book was published a long time ago. Everyone should definitively read it!

 

  

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

I know this book was published last year but I read it this year. It's no wonder that I loved this book since I love fantasy! I loved the world that Cinda Williams Chima created and can't wait to read The Exiled Queen.

Fire by Kristin Cashore 

I loved this book! I loved how Fire was a character who fought for what she believed in. She had to deal with what others thought of but she didn't give up. Who doesn't like it when the heroine doesn't depend on others?

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

I loved how this book was different than most. It's told from the perspective of a boy and that alone could make me love it. It's not the only thing though, I loved the characters and the writing doesn't show that two are writing the book! It really was a good book!

The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins

I can't believe that it took me such a long time to read this amazing book! Maybe it was because I had been hearing so many good things about it that I didn't want to be disappointed. It didn't matter because this book was simply great!

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

This book was one that I was most looking forward to this year. Let me say that I loved it! Simone Elkeles is simply an amazing writer. Plus we get to read about hot boys who speak Spanish! An added bonus is that I can understand perfectly what they're saying without having to look it up!

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

All my life I've heard of Edgar Allen Poe but I had never read a book that used him. This was a unique book that made me want to know more about him and read more of his poems. And Varen! I loved that he wasn't the typical boy that are in most books! I can't wait to find out what happens next!

Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

I love when authors write books with magic in them. So this was one book that I couldn't wait to read. It had everything that I like: magic and a handsome wizard! I loved how the relationship between Sydelle and North changes from hate to love!

Last Sacrifice Richelle Mead

The whole series really but I thought I should just put the last book. Since I first read Vampire Academy I knew I would love the rest of the books and I'm happy to say that I did. Everything about the books is great! The characters, the plot and everything else it has! I can officially say that it's my second favorite series, after Harry Potter of course!

So what do you guys think? =)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Published: 1960
Pages: 323
Rating: 5/5
Summary: One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publications in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century.

Review: When I first started reading this book I didn't know what to expect. I had heard a lot of this book and knew that it had been banned in some places.

I didn't really understand the beginning but as I read I started to understand what the book was about. This book covers a lot of what was happening in the country during the 1920s and 1930s. We get to see how the people of Maycomb county don't treat the people of color the way they should. All book is basically going the story of how Jem broke his arm.

The narrator is a little girl named Jean Louise that goes by Scout, who is the sister of Jem and daughter of Atticus. Even though she was so small she knew that what others were saying about her father was wrong and wanted to stand up for him. At the time that the book takes place it isn't common for girls to act the way that Scout does but I'm sure if people were doing the wrong things they were doing I would've acted like she did.

Jem was a good brother. He was sometimes mean to Scout but in the end he was always looking out for her. Since he was bigger he understood more of why the people reacted the way they did even if he didn't agree with them. All through the book he goes through changes and at the end the reader can see that he will become a great man just like Atticus.

Atticus was the one that made the story the way it is. He had to stand up for what he believed in. Others in Maycomb talked about how he was just ruining himself for helping an African American, even his family. I think that he showed how there were some people who weren't in agreement with what most people thought but at the same time they couldn't do much to change things even though they tried.

This was an amazing book that had much in it. It talked about so many things that may still be happening today in this country even after so many years. I liked how at the end Atticus was willing to do what was right even if it meant his family would be affected. This is definitively a book that I think everyone should read.