Books Read in January 2011

I'm not too sad to say good-bye to January.  Between non-stop storms and snow days and terrible computer problems, it was a rough month for me.  The best part of January?  I read some really great books this month!

All in all, I read 7 books in January, which seems to be fairly average for me.  Three of those were middle-grade or teen/YA books and the other four were grown-up books, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction:

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
• Gone by Lisa McMann (teen/YA)
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sachs
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (teen/YA)
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary by Jerdine Nolen (middle-grade)

It's tough to choose a favorite.  I absolutely loved Room by Emma Donoghue, but The Lovely Bones was excellent, too.  As for kids/teen books, Shiver was my favorite this month.

You can read my computer woes in the lack of links to reviews above.  That week without a computer really put me behind in writing reviews, though I'm trying to catch up.

At least my reading month was a good start to the year!  What were your favorites read in January?