Favorite Reads of 2011

How could I have forgotten a year as good as 2011?  I suspect it was a good reading year but an exhausting lawyer year which must be why I never posted this list, now recreated:

Suspense

One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King (recommended by my mother and subsequently enjoyed by my book group)

Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson (had started this unsuccessfully previously but was captivated by the audio)

Fiction

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (entertaining, and was another book group read, but Count Them One By One remains my favorite book about Mississippi - and is dedicated to me)

Historical Fiction

An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan

Nonfiction

Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden

YA

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahen

Mostly Good Girls by Leila Sales

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Picture Book

How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills

Best Rereads

Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley (sadly deceased in 2016)

Pauline by Margaret Storey

All-of-a-Kind Family (book review)

Title: All-of-a-Kind Family
Author: Sydney Taylor
Publication: Dell paperback, originally published in 1951. I was inspired to reread this for the 1951 Club.
Genre: Juvenile fiction, series

Plot: The All-of-a-Kind Family lives on New York’s Lower East Side not long before the outbreak of World War I. Papa is a peddler and Mama manages the home and five daughters as frugally as possible, while promoting their Jewish faith. Ella is the oldest, Henny the boldest, Sarah the thoughtful future writer, and Charlotte and Gertie are the youngest and eat penny candy in bed. The girls share adventures and due to loving parents and a spirit of adventure do not dwell on their poverty or the challenges of living in a crowded tenement.