Dear Bookish Friends,

I’m going to take a little blog break to enjoy the Christmas season with family and friends. I hope your holiday is filled with good times (and good books too!). I wish you health, happiness and love in 2008!

I’ll try to pop in here and there around the blogosphere and I’ll be back posting soon after the New Year.

Con cariño,
iliana

Don’t you love those Best of the Year lists? I love reading them and adding to my TBR list. I know there are still some days left and that all time favorite could be waiting for me next, but I’ll go ahead and share some of my favorites reads of the year.

Fiction
The Girls by Lori Lansens
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Wilson
Evening by Susan Minot

YA
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Mystery
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings
Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
Sacred Cows by Karen E. Olson
Deadly Advice by Roberta Isleib

Non-Fiction
Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Love is a Mixed Tape by Rob Sheffield

I’ve had a great reading year and enjoyed so many books. I feel bad about leaving some out and I know as soon as I post this I’ll regret not adding some others, but I’ll stick with this list.