Top Ten Tuesday - Favorite Books I Read in 2011!

Over at The Broke and the Bookish, they host this fun list meme called Top Ten Tuesday! Each week, they post a Top Ten subject for us, and we make our lists!

This weeks Top Ten list is:
Favorite Book I Read in 2011

It was so hard to pare this list down!! I think I started with a list of about 20, and then reluctantly crossed off titles one by one. Here's what I was left with, the books I absolutely loved the most:

(each title link to my review, if you want to see why I loved it so much!)




Brightest Kind of Darkness
by P.T. Michelle

Unearthly
by Cynthia Hand

Anna & The French Kiss
by Stephanie Perkins

On The Fringe
by Courtney King Walker

Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
(review of this coming soon!)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs

Anna Dressed in Blood
by Kendare Blake

Half-Blood
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Entangled
by Cat Clarke

Demonglass
by Rachel Hawkins

Taking the Challenge!! 2011 Debuts!

2011 is going to be a good year. Strike that---it's going to be an amazingly fantastic year for YA debuts!!
So once again, I am taking the Debut Author Challenge hosted by The Story Siren!! The idea is to commit to reading and reviewing at least twelve YA or MG titles by debut authors---the books must be read between January 1st 2011 and December 31, 2011. For full guidelines, details and faqs, go HERE.

Ok, so...on to my list!! I am listing more than 12 here, I can't pare it down because there are so many awesome debuts coming out! I'll be adding to and changing this list as I discover more debuts!

• Wildefire by Karsten Knight (done)
• Hourglass by Myra McIntire (done)
• Wither by Lauren DeStephano (done)
  
• Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
• Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
• Die for Me by Amy Plum (done)
• Clarity by Kim Harrington (done)
  
• Legend by Marie Lu
• A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
• The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter (done)
  
• Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (done)
  
• Entwined by Heather Dixon (done)
  
• Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis (done)
  
• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (done)
  
• Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (done)
• Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey (done)
• Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon (done)

Good luck in the challenge to all who are participating!! :)