Awards

Awards: 15
Books: 119
Given: 244

Superlatives for the books I've read, yearbook style: from the ones that made me cry to the ones that should have been a blog post. Rating says how good a book was. Awards say what it did.

Felt it

What the book did to me while reading.

No. 01 7 books
Made Me Cry
It got actual tears out of me.
No. 02 7 books
Laughed Out Loud
I laughed out loud reading it, more than once.
No. 03 22 books
Couldn't Put It Down
I kept reading when I meant to stop.
No. 04 13 books
Book Hangover
It stayed with me for days, and I couldn't start another book.

Thought it

What it changed in my head.

No. 05 20 books
Mind Quake
It shook how I see something big, while I was still reading.
No. 06 51 books
Changed My Mind
I finished it believing something I didn't when I started.

Kept it

What happened after the last page.

No. 07 13 books
Re-Read Worthy
It gives more the second time through.
No. 08 15 books
Lindy Book
Written over 20 years ago and still holds up. Time already tested it.
No. 09 13 books
Pressed Into Hands
The book I hand to friends most often.
No. 10 8 books
Called It
It saw a pattern in the world, or in people, before it fully played out.
No. 11 9 books
Impulse Buy
I bought it on a whim, and it paid off.
No. 12 12 books
Worth the Climb
It looked intimidating, and I'm glad I finished it.

Honestly

Aimed at the book's shape, never the author.

No. 13 6 books
Title Better Than Book
Great title. The book never caught up to it.
No. 14 16 books
Should Have Been a Blog Post
One good idea, stretched to fill a book.

The year

Scarce: a handful per year.

No. 15 32 books
Best of the Year
One of my favorite reads of the year.