Weekly Geeks: 2009 - 43

I haven’t done a Weekly Geeks task in ages – but as this week’s task is about putting together a best of list I couldn’t resist. I’m pretty annoyed about the Times recent weak books of the decade list, which they then topped with their supreme loser list of best albums of the decade (Lily Allen beats out Muse?! Twilight is only three places behind the fantastic Carhullan Amy?! And have you seen what these people have to say about the Red Hot Chili Peppers – ridiculous!) so I thought I’d help contribute to the book blogger best of 2009 list. The problem is that I really haven’t read that many books that were originally published in 2009 (hardbacks are expensive, I need to get to the library more) so I can’t make a top ten list, but I have read four fabulous novels, published in 2009 that deserve to make the list:

'Wolf Hall' – Hilary Mantle (historical fiction, adult)
'Flygirl' – Sherri L Smith (historical fiction, young adult)
'Because I am Furniture' – Chalia Thaltas (novel in verse, young adult)
'Aphrodite’s Workshop for Reluctant Lovers' – Marika Cobbold (chick-lit, adult)

If you make up your own list and add the link to Mr Linky you could find your own favourite books, published in 2009, making the list.