Today I am guesting over at The Book Smugglers for their Smugglivus Celebration and there you can see my top 5 YA reads of 2009.
Well, I will go ahead and reveal that my #1 was Lips Touch by Laini Taylor...because I bought a hardcover copy I want to give away to addict someone else to its utter brilliance! Keep reading for contest details. To view #2-5 you'll have to click over to the Book Smugglers. (Yes, I am making you work for it!)
And my favorite non-YA read this year was The Help by Kathryn Stockett, followed by How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson and Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch.
Well, I will go ahead and reveal that my #1 was Lips Touch by Laini Taylor...because I bought a hardcover copy I want to give away to addict someone else to its utter brilliance! Keep reading for contest details. To view #2-5 you'll have to click over to the Book Smugglers. (Yes, I am making you work for it!)
My next ten YA reads of 2009 (#6-15) in no particular order:
Genesis by Bernard Beckett (the only male author on the list!)
And my favorite non-YA read this year was The Help by Kathryn Stockett, followed by How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson and Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch.
So want to win my favorite book of 2009, Lips Touch? Or maybe the library queue is too long for The Help and you'd like me to buy you a copy of that one? Just tell me what YOUR favorite book of 2009 was in the comments. I'll pick one winner for Lips Touch and one for The Help so make sure you also tell me your preference in your comment.
I'll give extra entries for:
+1 Leaving a comment at my guest post at The Book Smugglers
+1 Linking to my contest from your blog (sidebar is fine)
+1 For tweeting (include @lenoreva in your tweet)
I'll keep the contest open until January 11th at 11:59 CST, and I will send internationally! Happy reading in 2010.
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No need to enter me in this one (as I've either read or own those two), but I just wanted to comment on the diversity of your favorite reads. You didn't get nominated for Most Eclectic Taste for nothing, did you? ;P Well, I agree with many of your choices, and there are some I absolutely have to read soon (so excited for Before I Fall!). And I'm bringing The Help with me when I go to Puerto Rico in January. Can't wait!
Lips Touch is probably the one I would prefer but it really doesn't matter to me. My favorite book of 2009 was U.P. by R.A. Riekki.
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I commented on the book smugglers. My fav of 2009 was probably Furnace: Lockdown. im also a follower.
My favorite book of the year would probably be Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols. I absolutely loved that book! I don't really have a preference over the 2.
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:) Erica
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Ooh nice nice. I'd love to be entered for Lips Touch. I want to read it! My fave 2009 book? So hard....
Willow by Julia Hoban or Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert.
-lauren
My favorite book is actually weird... it's a manga, but it originated from a book.
Maximum Ride Manga 2 by James Patterson.
I just LOVE those books:)
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I'd like to enter for Lips Touch!
My favorite book of 2009 would probably be City of Glass by Cassandra Clare!
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I read all three Mortal Instruments books by Cassandra Clare this year, so it's a tough choice. I'll go with City of Glass.
My 2009 favourite book was Catching Fire, from Suzanne Collins. OMG! I really loved it...
Nice Giveaway, both books sound great!
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Ohh, nice picks! No need to enter me either since I'm not entirely sure on The Help, and I bought Lips Touch the day it was released (well, the pictures were GORGEOUS). I'll definitely be checking out your post on The Book Smugglers! :)
My favorite book of 2009 was Blue Moon. I don't think it came out in 2009, but I didn't get it in paperback until then so it was a 2009 read for me. :-)
Of those two, my pick would be Lips Touch.
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I would love a copy of either book!
My favorite book of 09 was "The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz
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My fav book of the year was Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.
I'd love to enter for either books.
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There are so many books that I read in 2009 (probably not as many as a lot of bloggers out there, but a lot for me). The think is, almost (not all, but almost) could be considered favorites so I'll mention
favorite YA - Strange Angels and Betrayals,
favorite adult books - The Spellcrackers.com series by Suzanne McLeod (England)
Magic to the Bone (Devon Monk).
There's a lot more, but those ones pop in my head the quickest
Your contest in linked on my sidebar http://mardel-rabidreader.blogspot.com/
commenting over at the Book Smugglers.
My favorite read this year...is so hard to choose! I'm going to say Peter & Max. But maybe only because I've read it so recently? Not sure...
At any rate, I'd love to win Lips Touch. It's sounds lovely and magical.
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Favorite book read in 2009, I'm torn between Prophecy of the Sisters- Michelle Zink and Tomorrow, When the War Began- John Marsden.
I'd like to be entered to win Lips Touch. :)
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Lips Touch sounds amazing; I'd love to win that! I can't pick a top favorite for 09, but some of them have been Beautiful Creatures, Eyes Like Stars, Shiver, Prophecy of the Sisters, Blood Promise, and Catching Fire.
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Chloe
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I'm currently reading the Help and it's so great! It's so hard to pick your favorite book of any year, but I think my favorite book of 2009 was Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork.
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I really want to read Lips Touch!
I'm so honored that my novel, How To Buy a Love of Reading, is among your favorite non-YA reads.
Thank you so much for reading and reviewing it!
My fav. book this year was probably 'The Awakening' by Kelley Armstrong. This year I got away from my usual fare of vampire-romance & delved deeper into paranormal-romance instead.
(I'd like to enter for 'Lips Touch'.)
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My Favourite read of 2009 was The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
He is a fantastic author.
I would love The Help.
Carol
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I'd love to win Lips Touch! My favorite 2009 read was probably Perfect chemistry. Best series - Vampire Academy
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Great Contest!!
I'd have a very hard time choosing, but I think my favorite read of 2009 was probably The Knife of Never Letting Go. Tricky though! I'd love to be entered for The Help - thanks for doing this giveaway! bastet57 (at) gmail (dot) com
My favorite 2009 book was *gasp* nonfiction, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. I'm longing to get my hands on The Help.
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My favorite 2009 book is Catching Fire.
I would like to read Lips Touch.
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It's a hard to pick a favorite but I guess I'll go with Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey. :)
I'd love to win either of the two books. :)
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I can't choose between City of Glass and Blood Promise, they are both my favorites from 2009, so is Catching Fire I think. Oh man there is no way to pick just one. If I win I would like to read Lips Touch.
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Sherry
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My favourite book of 2009 probably was Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh.
I would prefer The Help.
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It is really hard to say one specific book since I read a lot of great books this year. But definitely one that made me think and laugh and cry was 'Crossroads Cafe' by Deborah Smith. That book was a total suprise for me since the synopsis in the cover did not seem that good.
I would love to win The Help.
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My favorite of 2009 was Catching Fire, but Lips Touch is up there-it's amazing!
I need to read The Help, so please enter me for that one!
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My fav for 2009 was probably Fire by Kristin Cashore - so dang good. I'd love to be entered for The Help. I've been hearing lots of good things about that one.
Thanks!
mmillet at gmail dot com
I think I'd have to go with The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman as my favorite 2009 read. Tempted by P.C. and Kristin Cast was the best published in 2009. I want Lips Touch.
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No need to enter me. Just wanted to say you've given me some good suggestions for books to read next year. I've had my eye on The Help for awhile now.
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
My Favorite book of 2009 has to be If I Stay by Gayle Forman. I just gave my copy to my mom and told her I would buy me another one. You have some great picks - many that are on my list of favs too.
Hey Lenore =)
I'd like a chance to win Lips Touch. I've heard its pretty amazing!
My favorite read this year was The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it!!
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I'm reading the Stolen One now so I'm glad to hear it made your list. My favorite read was probably Fire by Kristen Cashore. If I won I would like The Help.
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Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn - very gothic and Wuthering Heights-ish! I've been wanting to read The Help forever!
Hi, Just stopping by to say thank you for including The Stolen One on your list! And I just finished The Help - what a wonderful book.
I'm not at all surprised to hear your choices!
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon was the best book I read in 2009, though it was published quite a few years ago. :) My favourite book with a 2009 copyright was CORAMBIS by Sarah Monette.
I'd love a chance to win LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES. I've wanted to raed it ever since you tweeted about it!
-- Memory
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My favorite book that was released in 2009 is probably Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt. However, my favorite book that I read in 2009 is The Book Thief, which I actually finished yesterday.
+1 Leaving a comment at my guest post at The Book Smugglers
+1 Linking to my contest from your blog (sidebar is fine) (http://towerofbooks.wordpress.com)
Oh, and I wanted to be put in the drawing for Lips Touch!
I loved The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
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I would like to read either book.
My favorite book of 2009 was My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Please enter me for Lips Touch! My favorite book of the year would probably be Catching Fire.
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Would like to be entered for The Help.
Thanks.
mystica123athotmaildotcom
My favorite book of 2009 was Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins! I even bought myself a mockingjay pin :) I'd prefer Lips Touch if I win.
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Ooh, I've yet to read these all! Quit exciting :)
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my favorite read in 2009 is the hunger games. i actually just finished the book two days ago but it blew everything else i've read this year out of the water!
i'd love to read lips touch (how awesome is that cover!).
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+1 i tweeted about it (http://twitter.com/chelleyreads/status/7154538001)
+1 i left a comment on your book smugglers post
happy new year all!!
My favorite book of 2009 was Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater! I loved everything about it!
I've read about Lips Touch and I think it's a good read! I would prefer that.
I'm a follower!
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Thanks!
What a fabulous contest. No need to enter me (I've got The Help right here) but (though I am someone who can never choose favorites, which is perhaps why I have just one child) I'd have to say that Lit and Nothing to be Frightened of and Asylum and three books that top my last three months, at least....
My favorite book of 2009 was Coyote's Mate by Lora Leigh. Just awesomeness.
I would love to read Lips Touch!
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My favorite book of 2009 was Cassandra Clare's City of Glass. I absolutely love the Mortal Instruments series!
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I am particularly interested in reading Lips Touch. Thank you for hosting this giveaway. Happy reading in 2010!
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Of those two, my pick would be Lips Touch. And favorite book of '09? Seriously, that is so hard! Though, if I had to pick, I would choose Fire by Kristin Cashore.
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Gee, I have to pick one! I would love to read either, so I guess I am still noncommittal...but if I must choose, I will pick Lips Touch, since you raved about it so much.
I read and commented on your post at Book Smugglers even before I knew you had a giveaway. Cool!
I'll post this in my sidebar.
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On second thought, I'd love the be entered to win The Help. My favorite read this year was Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran. I've linked to the giveaway in my sidebar.
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
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My favourite novel of 2009 would have to be Eon by Alison Goodman! :D
I'm honored to be included on your list. Thank you. I adored Lips Touch too. I don't often reread books, but this one is definitely one I plan to enjoy again very soon.
My favorite of 2009 was Francisco X. Stork's Marcelo in the Real World.
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I'd prefer Lips Touch
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Lips Touch is the one I'd prefer.
My fave book of 2009 was Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. She's so wonderful about expressing what teen girls are feeling, and even though I've never had anorexia, I felt like I really knew what Lia was going through.
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City of Glass would have to be my favorite of the 2009 releases. I would love to win a copy of The Help, haven't been able to read that one yet.
Thanx for the giveaway.
READ in 2009 or came OUT in 2009?
Read: Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz.
Came out: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Both I read in a single sitting (though the same happened for Poison Study, but that didn't come out in 2009 either).
I've heard so much Lips Touch, I would love to get my hands on it. and +1 for the Book Smugglers comment. :)
I would love to win a copy of Lips Touch - I really love Laini Taylors Dreamdark series. My absolute favourite book of the year has to be The Demons Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Thanks for making it international too
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I'd love to win The Help! I've heard so many good things about it.
My top book of 2009, which got the only 10/10 rating I gave out, is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
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I read Lips Touch Three Times and enjoyed it. Goblin Market was my favorite story. I would love to read more stories with Kizzy (if she survived). I would love a copy of The Help. My favorite book this year is Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl. It's a biography about the author's mother.
My favorite read in '09 was probably The Moonstone.
I'd love to be entered for either, since I want to read them both.
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Several of the books that made your best of list will be on mine. I am glad to see that! :) I really need to write my post up.
My favorite read this year was Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens. It's not a new book, but it really impressed me and made me revisit my opinions on Dickens. I am planning on reading more of his works this year.
I would love the chance to win Lips Touch. I have been interested in it since reading your great review. It looks like an awesome read.
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I am also a follower of your blog
My favorite YA of this year was The Everafter by Amy Huntley...loved it!!!
I would prefer Lips Touch..it looks good!!
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My favorite book of 2009 was Impossible by Nancy Werlin.
I would love to win Lips Touch.
Thanks so much
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Lips Touch would be my favorite read in 2009 I just finished it a couple of days ago.
The Help is what I'd like to win. I'm a follower.
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I enjoyed "Eve: the novel of the first woman" by elissa elliott
karenk
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i commented on the book smuggler's site :)
karenk
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Please count me in. I would love to win either. Happy New Year!
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I would love to read Lips Touch. My favourite read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and I love too The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare!
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I'd love to win a copy of The Help. My daughter bought it, and has loaned it out a couple of times so I haven't had a chance to read it!
I really enjoyed Allison Bartlett's The Man Who Loved Books Too Much.
Thanks. I'm enjoying your blog.
my favorite read was the hunger games and unwind
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I loved both The Hunger Games and The Knife of Never Letting Go! They are both amazing and I'm sure Lips Touch is going to be amazing too! I've been hearing wonderful things about it:)
Thanks for this contest!
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I loved The Hunger Games. I would love to win The Help.
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Thanks for the contest! I'd love to win "Lips Touch".
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My favorite '09 book would either be "Hush, Hush" or The Hunger Games series!
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My favourite book was Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman.
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I really enjoyed Creation in Death.
I have no preference in book choice.
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I concur on many of your choices! I think my favorite, in both how good it was and the anticipation of waiting for it, was Catching Fire!
Would love to win Lips Touch.
Thanks.
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My favorite book of 2009 was Ruined by Paula Morris. That book is fantastic! I want to win Lips Touch. Thanks for the giveaway!
Lasha
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So, so hard to pick a fav. I think I'll say A DUTY TO THE DEAD by Charles Todd. It had a great historical British setting, a strong female lead, and was a good mystery, too. Thankfully, it's the beginning of a new series.
I would absolutely love to read THE HELP. Thanks so much for the chance to win a copy! How generous you are!
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I read your guest post at the Book Smugglers and left a comment. Now I'm looking forward to your husband's book. It sounds like a hoot!
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I've posted the giveaway on my sidebar at http://aseaofbooks.blogspot.com/
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I'd like The Help. My favorite book in 2009 was The Gurensey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
My favorite book of 2009 was Exodo by Anissa B.Damom
I'd like to enter for Lips Touch
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My favorite book of 2009 was FIRE by Kristin Cashore.
I would prefer "Lips Touch".
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Thanks for the international contest!
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My favorite book of 2009 was 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly.
My preference would be The Help.
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Oh, I would love to win Lips Touch Three Times, I've been waiting to read it :D
Thanks for the contest
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Oh, I hope I was able to beat the deadline. Hehe
Lips Touch sounds very intriguing, plus, I would like to try an author I haven't read yet, and Laini Taylor sounds very promising.
My fave book last year was The Hunger Games. It was my first time to read Ms. Collins and the book made an impact on me.
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Thanks so much for giving us your international readers a chance to win such cool loot. :)
Oh, I'm sorry I forgot to mention that I was able to wound up of your contest through:
http://meghansbookblog.blogspot.com
If she entered, please give her additional credit or something. Thanks :)
Please enter me in the giveaway. Either book, both sound great.
I follow on google. Thanks
I need to win The Help because it is my book clubs selection. My favorite book of 2009 was Of Bees and Mist bu Erick Setiawan
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Please enter me in this giveaway! My favorite book of 2009 was Gertruda's Oath by Ram Oren.
I would love to win The Help.
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Sarah Emmerson
Please enter me for Lips Touch!
My favorite book of 2009 was Shiver!
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The Help looks liek a great book to read.
Please enter me
RJB
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Both books sound great!! I would be thrilled to win either of these books!!
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