Yesterday and tomorrow, I’m posting my personal “best of 2011″ list, but variety is the spice of life, so here’s a look at some of the other “Best of 2011″ lists from various media outlets and book-related websites and publications. For reasons that still stump me, year after year, many of the lists omit books [...]
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The Best of 2011, According to Me (Part 1)
Yes, bookworms, it is time once again for The Librarian Next Door’s Requisite End-of-the-Year Best Books I Read in 2011 list. This year, I read more than 100 books and narrowing down the best to a top ten list proved impossible. So I have my top 15 books, along with a few honorable mentions. I’ll [...]
Book News, Dec. 10th
Now that we’re officially into December, I’ve been baking up a storm. Four different kinds of cookies and three different kinds of edible gifts. I’ve also been trying to avoid the temptation of holiday television movies (especially since I’m still a few books away from my goal of 100 for the year), but it’s the [...]


