My Top 10 for 2009

It's the end of the year, or nearly so, and people have started to reflect on what they have accomplished. They write those letters to their friends and relatives to stick inside Christmas cards ~ explaining all that has happened over the past year... They wonder what the new year will bring. This has been a tough time for many, so hopes and dreams may center on jobs and making it financially. I know many who struggle with health issues.

Those of us who read and write for the bulk of our time often reflect upon the books in our lives. Which ones touched us the most? Which were utter disappointments? What are we really looking forward to be released in the coming year? I've already seen some people post their list of favorites. Who am I to break with tradition? In alphabetical order, here are the books I most enjoyed reading this past year (notice that some were published in previous years, I just read them this year):

1. Tamera Alexander's Fountain Creek Chronicles Series
2. Christina Berry's A Familiar Stranger
3. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander
4. Shannon Hale's Austenland
5. Julie Lessman's Daughters of Boston series
6. Jane Orcutt's All the Tea in China
7. Catherine Palmer's The Bachelor's Bargain
8. Golden Keyes Parson's Darkness to Light Series
9. Tracie Peterson's Brides of Gallatin County Series
10. Laurie Viera Rigler's Confession of a Jane Austen Addict

You can find reviews for most of these books on my blog. I just want to thank the authors for making it so difficult to pick only ten that I cheated (just a little) and picked quite a few series instead of just single books. I also want to thank you for coming by here, reading and taking a moment to comment. I know how busy everyone is.

How about you? Do you have a top ten list for 2009 yet? Or do you just have a few favorite books you'd like to share? I'm always up for suggestions on another good book. :o)