I remember this time last year lots of people were posting about whether or not they'd read 50 books in a year, or something like that. I had never really kept track of what I read, so I decided that I would try to for 2009. I still didn't bother to track non-fiction, poetry, or books that I reread, but the grand total was 78.

Since I'm incapable of mentioning books without recommending them I decided to list them under headings, similar to my last big book post, of:

Fantastic = the best of the best. The ones that I felt the urge to tell everyone bout, multiple times, including strangers on the bus. The ones that I bought other people because I had to share. The ones that I really, really enjoyed.
Great = the best of the rest. Books that I would reread, or lodged themselves in my head so thoroughly that rereading might be redundant.
Good = books that I enjoyed, but since book-lovers can't afford everything these ones you could save your money on and find them in the library.
Okay = I don't regret reading them, but I can't help feeling they could have been better.
(Forgettable = I find myself wondering why these books were published, at least without a solid editorial session.)

I've mentioned where a book is actually a graphic novel, just so you know whereabouts you'd be looking for them in a bookshop or library, but I've not used labels for YA, adult, genre etc. Considering that one book that made me cry was found in the age 8-10 section of a shop and the book that gave me nightmares was for teens, I thought I'd best not. I'll happily give an idea of these things though if asked.

Let the chatting about books commence!

( I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination ~ pp.116, Daddy-Long-Legs, by Jean Webster )