Extreme Mini Reviews: 2005 Top Ten

Another installment of extreme mini reviews! This one from my Top Ten of 2005:




The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale: She came to the library that summer. I'd never heard of her, so I got her book and read it without knowing anything. It blew me away! It had everything! I loved it!

Beauty by Robin McKinley: An awesome retelling of Beauty and the Beast... one, if not the best one, of my favorites.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling: What's there to say about this one? I was part of the craze and read it the day it came out!

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: I loved this "intellectual" look at the whole vampire/Dracula legend. This book felt real to me and creeped me out in the most perfect way. Loved it.


Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: It must have been a re-read that year, and it appears it made it to my top ten... again. It's probably about time of another re-read, what do you think?

A Fine Balance by Rohintin Mistry: This book about life in India still sticks with me. Really really moving and eye opening.

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke: I really enjoyed this second book of the trilogy (though not as much as the first) and it ended in a major cliff hanging that made me crazy!

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte: I remember this one having a slow start, but by the end, I was loving it. 

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman: A fun essay type book about the love of reading. I really enjoyed it.

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis: A book we read for book club way back when about time traveling back to the plague years. I don't remember whole lot more about it except that it was pretty intense and really good.

Top Ten Books for 2005

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Fine Balance by Rohintin Mistry
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis