Top 9 of ’09: DogEared Reviews

We had so much fun reading with you this year! Bet if you went back and count all the books we read combined… well, holy moly, it would be a LOT- hundreds, thousands, bajillions (um, roughly… math isn’t our strongest subject). Anyway, thanks for sharing all your opinions on books you loved, ones you didn’t and sharing must-read book suggestions with other DogEared readers.

We picked one review from each of this year’s DogEared bloggers for our Top 9 of ’09 List. These are books that got you guys all fired up to post about or excited to read. And most importantly? They were books each of the reviewers loved best.

Here is the DogEared Top 9 of ’09 (in no particular order of favorites!).

 

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BRADEN

Mummies by Elizabeth Carney – ’cause we learned how to make a mummy in REAL life… not that we’re going to, but wow!

 

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ELEANOR

Shug by Jenny Han – just for all the funny postings about first kisses. Hee hee. 

 

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HANNAH

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke – a.k.a. Hannah’s “favorite book of ALL time” also turned us on to other books by this author, Inkspell and Inkheart.

 

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ISABEL

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - like getting to peek at someone’s private journal, this hilarious book had a waiting list at most of your school libraries.

 

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JORDAN

Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling – is there any ”Best of” list that J.K. Rowling wouldn’t make? That’s what we thought. You are big, big fans.

 

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 LILY

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart – ’cause there were so many surprise twists & turns in this plot that you guys kept trying to post book spoilers in the comments of Lily’s review that we had to delete.

 

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PARKER

The Guinness World Records 2010: Book of the Decade - for its freaky pictures, crazy stunts and odd records set across the Globe, this book ranks as one of the all-time faves for leaving an impression on readers. 

 

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REED

The Fire Within by Chris D’Lacey –  hard to choose a favorite review from Reed, who sets our own NG Kids record for posting the MOST reviews this past year (can you say Employee of the Year?), but this mythology series was a pretty good one.

 

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WILL

African Critters by Robert B. Haas – ’cause we are suckers for anything about animals in the wild… we’re National Geographic, after all.

 

That’s it.

Now, check out these reviews, be sure to vote in our ’So You Wanna Be a DogEared Blogger’ contest for your favorite NEW bloggers and KEEP READING!

Happy New Year!!

- DogEared  

Comments

  1. Anonymous
    December 18, 2009, 9:58 pm

    this is a great blog! I like your advice on what books to read. you should consider the twilight books though

  2. hermione10
    December 20, 2009, 11:36 am

    U are right um… anonymous person! go twilight!

  3. crazygirl101
    December 31, 2009, 5:37 pm

    I want to read twilight (my friends have read it and say it is really good!) but my mom says it’s to “scary” for me to read, but she doesn’t think that Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings is scary.

  4. treefrog12
    January 8, 2010, 3:01 pm

    Has anyone read the Percy Jackson Series? They are all about Greek gods in a modern world.

  5. AthenaKhill
    January 8, 2010, 5:20 pm

    This is sooooooo wrong? Where’s Percy Jackson?????????!!!!!!!

  6. AthenaKhill
    January 8, 2010, 5:22 pm

    Love percy jackson. i cant read twilight yet eather so thats probably why they dont put up twilight, not many people are aloud to read them.

  7. purple_hippos:-)
    January 12, 2010, 12:01 pm

    I have read twilight and it’s not scary at all. Its more like a romance novel for teens- with a twist. I LOVE the Percy Jackson books and LOTR. I’m not allowed to read Harry Potter though.

  8. arianamus
    January 12, 2010, 6:16 pm

    I’ve read at least two of the books on that list. Thank goodness the Percy Jackson books weren’t on there! I hate those!

  9. Livi Loo
    January 21, 2010, 9:26 pm

    Congrats you guys! Hope ya had fun doing that! I’ve read some of those books. Anyway GO WILL! GO JORDIN! GO REED! GO PARKER! GO LILY! GO ISABEL! GO HANNAH! GO ELEANOR! and GO BRADEN! Hahaha good job you guys. :)

  10. cora0
    January 23, 2010, 2:29 pm

    I would like to be a blogger! How do you do it?

  11. musemagfan13
    March 11, 2010, 6:14 pm

    Because he… REEDS a lot! Get it?

    (Wah wah wah… bad joke…)

    I love the name Eleanor, and she writes really good reviews and picks great books!

  12. Hadesgirl11
    March 25, 2010, 4:45 pm

    percy jackson is awesome!! hades is my favorite god of all time:)

  13. lolgirly16
    March 27, 2010, 9:14 am

    Ok someone HAS to review Umbrella Summer and right now I don’t think these books are even close to Umbrella Summer!

  14. vgirlzvictoria
    September 27, 2011, 7:45 pm

    well i have never heard of Umbrella Summer so could you tell me a little about it and maybe i could read it and review it for you

  15. peanutbutter
    August 23, 2012, 9:19 am

    I like this blog and the advise that it gives but i am not sure if it is what advice i am looking for to read a book or find the book for you.

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