The Best Books I Read this Year:
In Camelot’s Shadow by Sarah Zettel
A Sorcerer’s Treason by Sarah Zettel
Sorcery & Cecelia -OR- The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
Rising Stars by J. Michael Straczynski
The Swan’s War by Sean Russell
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

These are the books that have stuck in my mind througout the year, that I have given or recommended to others, or that I can’t wait to read again. This list does not include books that I reread, otherwise Swordspoint would have been here.

Favorite Movies/TV Shows I Saw this Year:
Batman Begins
The Corpse Bride
Firefly
Iron Monkey

Favorite Places I Visited:
Newport Aquarium, Newport, KY
National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD

Cookbooks I Use Most Frequently:
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion: The Essential Cookie Cookbook by King Arthur Flour
Luscious Lemon Desserts by Lori Longbotham
Cookwise by Shirley O. Corriher
The All New, All Purpose Joy of Cooking by Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, and Irma S. Rombauer
1000 Vegetarian Recipes by Carol Gelles
Alice Medrich’s Cookies and Brownies by Alice Medrich

ADDENDUM the First:
Excluding any books I read today, I read 150 books this year. The power of Excel tells me that this averages out to 12.5 books a month. This also counts The Great Book of Amber as a single book and not ten separate books.