Notes from Mt. Bookpile

The final round-up of 2010... Reviews are over on Killin' Time Reading...

Biography/Memoir

• Six men; Alistair Cooke 
• 365 Thank Yous; John Kralik

Children's/Young Adult

• Halo; Alexandra Adornetto 
• The Book of Tomorrow; Cecelia Ahern 
• Forge; Laurie Halse Anderson 
• Close to Famous; Joan Bauer 
• You; Charles Benoit 
• A Curse as Dark as Gold; Elizabeth C. Bunce 
• No Passengers Beyond This Point; Gennifer Choldenko 
• We The Children; Andrew Clements 
• Payback Time; Carl Deuker 
• Wither; Lauren deStefano 
• The House of Dead Maids; Clare B. Dunkle 
• Alexander Hamilton; Jean Fritz 
• Reckless; Cornelia Funke 
• The 10 PM Question; Kate De Goldi 
• The Radleys; Matt Haig 
• Girl Stolen; April Henry 
• Hold Still; Nina LaCour 
• Tender Morsels; Margo Lanagan 
• We Are Not Eaten by Yaks; Charles Alexander London 
• I Am Number Four; Pittacus Lore 
• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; Lish McBride 
• Fixing Delilah Hannaford; Sarah Ockler 
• A Long Walk to Water; Linda Sue Park 
• The Last Olympian; Rick Riordan 
• The Girl Who Became The Beatles; Greg Taylor 
• Toads and Diamonds; Heather Tomlinson 
• The Mockingbirds; Daisy Whitney

Fiction/Literature

• The Business and The Wasp Factory; Iain Banks 
• This Is How It Happened (not a love story); Jo Barrett 
• Room; Emma Donoghue 
• Mudbound; Hilary Jordan 
• The Small Rain and A Severed Wasp; Madeleine L'Engle 
• The Winter Ghosts; Kate Mosse 
• The Young Italians; Amanda Prantera 
• Voltaire's Calligrapher; Pablo de Santis 
• The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise; Julia Stuart 
• Soul Catcher; Michael White

Horror

• Dracula in Love; Karen Essex

Humor

• Dick and Jane and Vampires; Laura Marchesani 
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book); Jon Stewart

Mystery

• Started Early, Took My Dog and When Will There Be Good News?; Kate Atkinson 
• Sacrifice; S.J. Bolton 
• Await Your Reply; Dan Chaon 
• The Shadows in the Street; Susan Hill 
• Moonlight Mile; Dennis Lehane 
• The Distant Hours; Kate Morton 
• Doors Open; Ian Rankin 
• The Anatomy of Ghosts; Andrew Taylor

Non-Fiction

• The Mother Tongue; Bill Bryson 
• America's Hidden History; Kenneth C. Davis 
• Under the Banner of Heaven; Jon Krakauer

Professional

• Integrated Advisory Service; Jessica E. Moyer