7th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival: Best of 2007

Welcome to the 7th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival. I'm so happy you've dropped by. The theme of the carnival is Best Books of 2007. Here you'll find links to individual books and links to best-of lists. It appears that 2007 kept a lot of people busy reading! I hope you enjoy. Be sure to read the end of the post where I mention the details about the 8th Edition of the Carnival!

Jen Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page presents her Favorite Reads From 2007.

Little Willow offers her "Best Books of 2007." See also her project on rounding up authors' favorite books of the year.

Betsy Bird (aka Fuse #8) shares two entries: "My Favorite Children's Books" and "The Golden Fuse Awards"

Chris from book-a-rama offers up her own awards of the 2007 season. Categories include "Best Atmosphere", "Best Love Story" and here's one you don't see everyday..."Best Scared the Be-Jebus Out of Me."

Dewey of The Hidden Side of A Leaf shares her "Best of 2007."

Megan of Leafing Through Life brings us "The Best of 2007" in her 2007 Leafy Awards.

A.J. of the Used Books Blogs presents his "Best Books of 2007" list. He picks Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell to be the best book he's read in 2007.

Alisonwonderland of So Many Books, So Little Time presents her "Highlights of the Year."

Susan of West of Mars takes us on a tour of her 2007 reading year pointing out the highlights to what appears to be a great year for books.

Kailana of Kailana's Written World shares her "Best of 2007."

Sarah gives us her "Notable Books of 2007, Part Three: Best & Worst Fiction" in which she lists her bottom and top picks of the year. You might also be interested in reading Part One and Two of her year in review.

Paige of Reading and Breathing shares, "Looking Back, My Favorite Reads of 2007"

Chris of Stuff As Dreams Are Made On brings us his 2007 in Review. What's #1 on his list? The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings shares his "The Comprehensive 2007 Year in Review." Carl also links to other bloggers' best-of lists. Many of which are not linked here. So if you're really wanting to browse, be sure to check out his additional links.

Melissa of Book Nut brings us her best with her post, "The Best of My 2007." She has some interesting categories such as "New Books That I Didn't Agree With "Everyone" On" and "Book I'm Most Embarrassed to Admit I read, But That Hubby's Glad I Did" as well as more traditional offerings such as "Best Fantasy."

Becky of Becky's Book Reviews offers "2007: Rewinding to Find the Best."

Nymeth of Things Mean A Lot shares her review of "The Watermelon King" by Daniel Wallace.

Renay of The Book Ninja offers "Let's Get Reflective! 2007 Book Roundup"

Semicolin presents her "Twelve Best Books I Read in 2007."

Val from Valentina's Room brings us "Some Thoughts About 2007: My Year In Books."

Marg from ReadingAdventures shares "My Reading Year--2007--The Highlights." What tops her list? The Arrival by Shaun Tan.

BookGal from Books, Memes, and Musings presents her favorites of the year in her post, "Favorite Reads of the Year."

Stephanie of Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic offers "The Best of 2007."

Eva of A Striped Armchair gives us "The Lists of 2007."

Alisia from Book Haven shares her "Best of 2007." Topping her list is Half of A Yellow Sun.

Cloudscome of A Wrung Sponge offers "2007 in Review."

Tiny Little Librarian shares, "And the Winners Are..."

Nancy of Bees Knees Reads brings us "Best of...Too" her look at two titles great for young children.

A Life in Books offers "A Final Trio and Year In Review"

Armenian Odar presents her choice for best nonfiction, The Nortion Book of Women's Lives, and her two choices for best fiction of the year: In Search of Adam by Caroline Smailes and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Suzanne of Adventures in Daily Living presents Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

David brings A Year of Development Narratives in which he discusses his thoughts on the books he's read this past year.

Fern Chasida of My Heart Is In the East presents her "2007 Reading Wrap-Up." She lists the 83 books she completed in 2007, and then goes on to list her favorites and least favorites.

Educating Petunia shares her links to the "Best Books of 2007" in addition to sharing her own personal Top Ten list for the year.

Quixotical shares "Looking Back at 2007."

Florinda of The Three R's shares one of her favorites of the year, "Eat, Pray, Love."

Sarah offers a review of "Like You'd Understand Anyway" by Jim Shepard.

James Bashkin from Nearly Nothing But Novels presents "The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell"

Akemi Gaines shares "Five Wishes."

Louise Manning presents The five books I have enjoyed the most in 2007 posted at The Human Imprint.

Marilyn Terrell for Janelle Nanos presents Trip Lit: The Deportees posted at Intelligent Travel.

Production Blog gives us "The Best Books Made Into Film In 2007"

The 8th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival will be hosted at The Book Ninja. The theme is "The Geography of Make-Believe." Full details are available at her site. You'll need to read them. Trust me. (But I have every intention of submitting to this carnival!!!) Send an e-mail to thebookninja at gmail dot com with an appropriate subject line like “Bookworms Carnival” or “CARNIVAL OF AWESOMENESS!!!!” or “CARNIVAL EIGHT FOR THE WIN!” (Be creative, but use the words “bookworms” or “carnival” somewhere). The deadline for submission is February 8th.