This will be the last list of Top Reads, since the others are not only very recent but also available on my Pinterest boards.  So here are the top reads from my reviews posted in 2011:

  

Across the Universe by Beth Revis (reviewed January 25, 2011)

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (reviewed May 6, 2011)

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy (reviewed October 17, 2011)

 

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (reviewed April 21, 2011)

Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman (reviewed October 6, 2011)

The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman (reviewed January 4, 2011)

  

Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon (reviewed February 7, 2011)

Chime by Franny Billingsley (reviewed February 28, 2011) 

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (reviewed July 28, 2011)

  

Divergent by Veronica Roth (reviewed May 9, 2011)

Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (reviewed August 22, 2011)

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (reviewed December 29, 2011)

   

Grandpa Green by Lane Smith (reviewed July 25, 2011)

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (reviewed August 31, 2011)

Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma (reviewed June 3, 2011)

   

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (reviewed May 31, 2011)

Island’s End by Padma Venkatraman (reviewed August 15, 2011)

Kat Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (reviewed May 27, 2011)

   

Legend by Marie Lu (reviewed November 9, 2011)

Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Nancy Doniger (reviewed March 7, 2011)

Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes (reviewed February 9, 2011)

    

Lost & Found by Shaun Tan (reviewed April 4, 2011)

Me… Jane by Patrick McDonnell (reviewed May 2, 2011)

No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis (reviewed December 5, 2011)

 

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt (reviewed March 22, 2011)

Peaceful Pieces by Anna Grossnickle Hines (reviewed May 26, 2011)

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall (reviewed May 25, 2011)

  

Press Here by Herve Tullet (reviewed April 5, 2011)

Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg (reviewed April 27, 2011)

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry (reviewed January 21, 2011)

  

Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan (reviewed April 25, 2011)

Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by Il Sung Na (reviewed March 10, 2011)

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers (reviewed November 29, 2011)

  

Swirl by Swirl by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes

Underground by Shane W. Evans (reviewed May 25, 2011)

The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce (reviewed October 19, 2011)

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, illustrated by Maira Kalman (reviewed December 20, 2011)

Wither by Lauren DeStefano (reviewed March 28, 2011)

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (reviewed July 22, 2011)

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (reviewed February 2, 2011)

Here are my top picks for books I reviewed in 2010.  And yes, there are FORTY of them, and yes it was necessary.  Seriously, look at the great reads!

  

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke (reviewed September 9, 2010)

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins (reviewed July 30, 2010)

Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo an Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile (reviewed October 15, 2010)

  

Boom! by Mark Haddon (reviewed May 27, 2010)

The Cardturner by Louis Sachar (reviewed May 19, 2010)

Chalk by Bill Thomson (reviewed July 15, 2010)

  

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce (reviewed February 1, 2010)

Crazy by Han Nolan (reviewed October 25, 2010)

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis (reviewed March 5, 2010)

  

Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve (reviewed March 22, 2010)

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel (reviewed September 20, 2010)

Henry in Love by Peter McCarty (reviewed January 29, 2010)

  

Hush by Eishes Chayil (reviewed September 3, 2010)

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (reviewed August 17, 2010)

It’s a Book by Lane Smith (reviewed September 17, 2010)

  

The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter (reviewed August 16, 2010)

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork (reviewed February 19, 2010)

A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner (reviewed June 14, 2010)

  

The Maze Runner by James Dashner (reviewed January 4, 2010)

Meanwhile by Jason Shiga (reviewed March 25, 2010)

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Josee Masse (reviewed March 12, 2010)

  

Nothing by Janne Teller (reviewed February 26, 2010)

Once by Morris Gleitzman (reviewed April 22, 2010)

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (reviewed March 26, 2010)

  

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (reviewed March 16, 2010)

Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin (reviewed June 1, 2010)

The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Renata Liwska (reviewed March 19, 2010)

  

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (reviewed July 6, 2010)

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead (reviewed May 7, 2010)

Smile by Raina Telgemeier (reviewed February 17, 2010)

  

Star Crossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce (reviewed October 1, 2010)

Stolen by Lucy Christopher (reviewed April 19, 2010)

A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (reviewed December 6, 2010)

  

Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards (reviewed June 7, 2010)

Trickster edited by Matt Dembicki (reviewed July 6, 2010)

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (reviewed June 21, 2010)

 

The Water Seeker by Kimberly Willis Holt (reviewed June 22, 2010)

White Cat by Holly Black (reviewed September 21, 2010)

 

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (reviewed February 22, 2010)

Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (reviewed November 17, 2010)

Some incredible reads in 2009 too!  I think this gets more difficult as the years pass, probably because my memory is better. 

  

Big Wolf & Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illustrated by Olivier Tallec (reviewed May 20, 2009)

A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na (reviewed October 29, 2009)

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld (reviewed March 16, 2009)

  

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman (reviewed January 27, 2009)

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (reviewed February 23, 2009)

Faith, Hope and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (reviewed June 8, 2009)

  

Fire by Kristin Cashore (reviewed June 15, 2009)

Going Bovine by Libba Bray (reviewed August 10, 2009)

Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry (reviewed May 21, 2009)

  

How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford (reviewed October 1, 2009)

If I Stay by Gayle Forman (reviewed March 12, 2009)

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (reviewed December 15, 2009)

  

The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau (reviewed September 17, 2009)

Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia (reviewed April 3, 2009)

King of the Screwups by KL Going (reviewed May 4, 2009)

  

Lament by Maggie Stiefvater (reviewed March 18, 2009)

Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz (reviewed December 21, 2009)

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (reviewed October 8, 2009)

  

Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm (reviewed January 19, 2009)

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (reviewed February 16, 2009)

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley (reviewed March 24, 2009)

  

Nothing but Ghosts by Beth Kephart (reviewed July 6, 2009)

Red Sings from the Treetops by by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski (reviewed March 31, 2009)

Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian (reviewed January 21, 2009)

  

Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd (reviewed November 16, 2009)

Tsunami by Kimiko Kajikawa, illustrated by Ed Young (reviewed January 29, 2009)

The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd (reviewed April 28, 2009)

  

When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton (reviewed August 31, 2009)

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (reviewed July 27, 2009)

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (reviewed January 19, 2009)