End of the Year Holiday Extravaganza and Giveaway! Join Us!

[Leslie]

We've had lots of great giveaways and contests during the year here at KindleBoards and we wanted to end 2009 with just one more....here's your chance to share your opinion and maybe win a prize in the process us! Join us...KindleBoards contests are always fun...

The gimmick: A Top Ten List of what you have read in 2009

Movie critics do it, book reviewers do it, I expect that KindleBoards readers can do it in spades....come up with your Top Ten List of Books for the Year.

Objective: To have our members come up with their Top Ten lists for the year. Data may be culled to come up with most frequently occurring, most unusual, etc.

Guidelines:

1. List your top ten books that you have read for the year. Ten -- not nine, not eleven. TEN.
2. Books must be listed in rank order. Number one is the best then move on down the list.
3. While the book can have been written and published in any year, you must have read it in 2009.
4. You must have read the book on your Kindle. All those fabulous paper books you read? They have to go on a different list.
       NB: We realize we can't verify numbers 3 and 4, but we are assuming our KindleBoards members operate on the honor system and will abide by these rules, as they have done in the past.
5. Entries must be listed: Title by author (ie, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote). You do not need to include links to the book.
5. Entries must be posted from December 1, 2009 until midnight December 21, 2009 (EST).
6. You may modify your entry after it is posted (if you remember a book you enjoyed but forgot, eg). No more modifying after December 21.

ADDENDUM: This has come up a few times so I've made a slight modification....

For new (or newish) Kindle owners, who might not have read 10 books on their Kindles yet....yes, you can enter and you can list books you read in paper prior to receiving your Kindle. BUT....the book must exist in a Kindle edition. My rationale is that if you owned the Kindle earlier, you would have read the book in a Kindle version.

I hope that is clear and makes our newer Kindle owners feel like they can dive in an join the fun. Let me know if you have questions!

Winners will be randomly selected from all who post and announced in the thread. Prizes:

December 22: $25 Amazon gift certificate
December 23: $50 Amazon gift certificate
December 24: $75 Amazon gift certificate

Winners will be announced in the thread.

This contest is open to all registered KindleBoards members and all the usual disclaimers apply.

Any questions? Please PM me (Leslie) and I'll try to sort them out. I will post my list (I can't enter the contest) to give an example of what I want the entries to look like.

Have fun, everyone! I am looking forward to everyones' reading lists....

Leslie
Global Mod and Maven for the End of Year Holiday Giveaway

[Leslie]

My top ten list:

1. Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
2. False Colors by Alex Beecroft
3. Blessed Isle by Alex Beecroft (included in the Hidden Conflict anthology)
4. Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg
5. Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
6. The Rest of Our Lives by Dan Stone
7. Paper Moon by Marion Husband
8. The Boy I Love by Marion Husband
9. Transgressions by Erastes
10. The Lonely War by Alan Chin

[NogDog]

It's now Dec. 1 on the east coast, so...

1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
2. Dune by Frank Herbert
3. American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson
4. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
5. Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
6. Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
7. Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
8. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
9. With the Lightnings by David Drake
10. Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt

[kay_dee]

1. Crazy Love by Francis Chan
2. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
3. ESV Study Bible by Crossway Books
4. Forgotten God by Francis Chan
5. Killing Cockroaches by Tony Morgan
6. Gifted to Lead by Nancy Beach
7. Mad Church Disease by Anne Jackson
8. Simple Church by Thom Rainer
9. Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands by Nancy Ortberg
10. Angry Conversations with God by Susan Isaacs

[nicuknitter]

1. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
2. In Her Name (Omnibus Edition) by Michael R. Hicks
3. Sea Swept By Nora Roberts
4. The Endearment by LaVyrle Spencer
5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
6. The Secret Garder by Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
8. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritson
9. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
10. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

[legalbs2]

Our top ten list:

1.   Claws by Stacey Cochran
2.   Hide by Lisa Gardner
3.   The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
4.   The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
5.   The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
6.   The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
7.   Spinning Forward by Terri Dulong
8.   Origin by J.A. Konrath
9.   The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
10. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

[Chris W]

My 2009 top ten Kindle reading list:
1.  Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
2.  Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.  Free by Chris Anderson
4.  Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod
5.  Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
6.  Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
7.  SuperFreakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
8.  The Apostle by Brad Thor
9.  Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn
10. Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI

[911jason]

1.  The Silent Man by Alex Berenson
2.  Black Cross by Greg Iles
3.  Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn
4.  The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor
5.  Fault Line by Barry Eisler
6.  L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
7.  Havana by Stephen Hunter
8.  Paranoia by Joseph Finder
9.  Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
10. The Traffickers by W.E.B. Griffin

[mlewis78]

1.   Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
2    My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
3.   The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
4.   The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society bt Annie Barrows
5.   Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
6.   Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
7.   Mary by Janis Cooke Newman
8.   The Family by Jeff Sharlet
9.   Surviving an American Gulag by Edward C. Patterson
10. The Rules: A Guide For People Owned By Cats by Max Thompson

[Jaasy]

1.  Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
2.  Murder, Mayhem, & a Fine Man by Claudia Mair Burney
3.  Death, Deceit & Some Smooth Jazz by Claudia Mair Burney
4.  Deadly Charm by Claudia Mair Burney
5.  Kindred in Death by J. D. Robb
6.  Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
7.  Going Down South by Bonnie Glover
8.  God Ain't Blind by Mary Monroe
9.  Wicked Prey by John Sandford
10. Face of Deception by Iris Johansen

[egh34]

My 10 best of the year:

1.    Last Child by John Hart
2.   The Help by Kathyrn Stockett
3.   The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
4.   Die For You by Lisa Unger
5.   Pajama Girls of Lambert Square by Rosini Lippi
6.   Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Smith
7.   Black Hills by Nora Roberts
8.   South of Broad by Pat Conroy
9.   Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb
10.   Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb

[jgbex]

1. Mortal Danger by Ann Rule
2. Dewey by Vicki Myron
3. Bashed By Rick R. Reed
4. Firefly Lane By Kristin Hannah
5. The Adamas Blueprint by Boyd Morrison
6. Afraid by Jack Kilborn
7. The Grove by John Rector
8. Footfalls by Eddie Gresham
9. The Walk by Lee Goldberg
10. Stalker by Dave Dykema

[geko29]

1.  The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
2.  The Stand by Stephen King
3.  In Her Name (Omnibus Edition) by Michael R. Hicks
4.  The Palmyra Impact by Boyd Morrison
5.  The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
6.  The Ark by Boyd Morrison
7.  Afraid by Jack Kilborn
8.  The Descent by Jeff Long
9.  The Treasure of La Malinche by Jeff Hepple
10. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

[Cindy416]

1.   'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
2.   Claws by Stacey Cochran
3.   The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
4.   Distant Cousin  by Al Past
5.   Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
6.   Plum Island by Nelson DeMille
7.   Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
8.   Dracula by Bram Stoker
9.   My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
10.  Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone  by Martin Dugard

[Geoffrey]

Newly resorted to be in order and rules compliant.   Guess that shows how far I read through rules ....

1.  The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates
2.  Band Fags! by Frank Anthony Polito
3.  The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4.  Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
5.  Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
6.  Accelerando by Charles Stross
7.  Regularly Scheduled Life by K A Mitchell
8.  Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove
9.  Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
10. Island in the Sea of Time by S. M. Stirling

[Anju No. 469]

Not in any order - just the 10 I chose - so many more belong here -

1. In Her Name, Omnibus edition by Michael Hicks
2. The Treasure of La Malinche Vol. 1 by Jeff Hepple - wish I could put Vol. 2 here as well
3. Distant Cousin, Book 1, by Al Past - all four books belong here
4. Adriana's Pride by Margaret Lake
5. The Ark by Boyd Morrison
6. Beautiful Joe by Marshall
7.  Red Cross of Gold 1 by Brenden Carroll - series as well
8.  The Time Traders by Andre Norton
9.  Charybdis by K. A. Thompson - series belongs here
10.  Birth of the Peacekeepers Book 1 by Ricky Sides, series belongs here

[Wisteria Clematis]

1. Traveling with Pomegranates by Ann Kidd Taylor
2. The Mist-Filled Path by M.A. Frank MacEowen
3. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
4. Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason by Caroline Myss
5. Ladies Courting Trouble by Dolores S. Riccio
6. The Intention Experiment by Lynn McTaggart
7. The Color of Light by Karen White
8. Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts
9. Reiki Shamanism by Jim Pathfinder Ewin
10. Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell

[dnagirl]

1.  East of Eden by John Steinbeck
2.  Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
3.  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4.  As the World Dies:  Fighting to Survive by Rihannon Frater
5.  World War Z:  An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
6.  Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling
7.  As the World Dies:  The First Days by Rihannon Frater
8.  As the World Dies:  Siege by Rihannon Frater
9.  The Jade Owl by Edward Patterson
10.  Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

[Varin]

1) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
2) Santa Olivia, Jacqueline Carey
3) Silent in the Grave, Deanna Raybourn
4) The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
5) The Queen's Bastard (The Inheritor's Cycle, Book 1), C.E Murphy
6) Fledgling, Octavia Butler
7) Empress, Karen Miller
8. Daughter of Dragons, Kathleen H. Nelson.
9) Banewreaker: Volume 1 of The Sundering by Jacqueline Carey
10) American Gods, Neil Gaiman

[crebel]

1.  Spinning Forward by Terri Dulong
2.  The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver
3.  The Ark by Boyd Morrison
4.  Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
5.  What Time Devours by A. J. Hartley
6.  Taming Groomzilla by E. N. Holland
7.  Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourne
8.  Storm Track by Margaret Maron
9.  Capture by Robert Tanenbaum
10.  Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox

[katbird1]

1.  The Help  by Kathryn Stockett
2.  Watchers  by Dean Koontz
3.  Wesley the Owl  by Stacey O'Brien
4.  Dog on It:  A Chet and Bernie Mystery  by Spencer Quinn
5.  Twilight  by Stephanie Myer
6.  Outlander  by Diana Gabaldon
7.  Virgin River  by Robyn Carr
8.  Duma Key  by Stephen King
9.  Hannah's Dream  by Diane Hammond
10. The Palmyra Impact  by Boyd Morrison

[Jesslyn]

Thanks for the memories!  There was some good Fantasy in 2009

1.   The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff
2.  The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
3.   The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
4.   Rosemary & Rue by Seanan McGuire
5.  Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
6.   Savvy by Ingrid Law
7.   Mortal Coils by Eric Nyland
8.   The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
9.   Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
10. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

[libros_lego]

1. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
2. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
3. White Night by Jim Butcher
4. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
5. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
6. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
7. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
8. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
9. Virgin River by Robyn Carr
10. Learn Me Good by John Pearson

[Tigress780]

1. Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent
2. Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
5. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
6. Spinning Forward by Terri Dulong
7. Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
8. Morality of Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
9. Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry
10. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

[davem2bits]

My Kindle Favs of 2009

 1.  The Road  by Cormac McCarthy
 2.  The Girl Who Played With Fire  by Stieg Larsson
 3.  Cutting for Stone  by Abraham Verghese
 4.  The Pillars of the Earth  by Ken Follett
 5.  The Help  by Kathryn Stockett
 6.  Out Stealing Horses  by Per Petersen
 7.  Joker One  by Donovan Campbell
 8.  U is for Undertow  by Sue Grafton
 9.  Among the Mad  by Jacqueline Winspear
10.  The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly