2009 unleashed the bookworm in me, and as part of my year-end series of posts, here are my Top 5 Favourite Books that I have read this 2009:

5. Chump Change, by David Eddie

    David Henry, the main character, goes back to his hometown in Canada after getting chewed up and spitted out in New York City with only a chump change in his pocket. He goes home as a failure and asks himself, "was it really necessary to hit bottom before you could finally succeed? And if so, how do I explain that to my father?" It's not just some typical story of success. It is full of wit and is delightfully comic that anybody will just laugh their asses off while following David Henry's way to leave bottom. One of the most hilarious books I have ever read.

4. Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown

   Epic book. Very very very much enjoying. Dan Brown knows how to mix controversy, suspense and fiction all together in one great book. He's genius!

3. The Naked Face, by Sidney Sheldon

   I bought this book because it was one of the cheap-so-why-not-try-it books. I immediately fell in love with the way Sidney Sheldon writes mystery and suspense so following The Naked Face I have read a total of eight other Sidney Sheldon novels in 2009. If not for this novel, I wouldn't become a fan, and Andrew and Jowie wouldn't have given me Rage of Angels and If Tomorrow Comes -- the finest novels of Sidney Sheldon.

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling

    The best ending Harry and company could ever have. There's closure, and it's not pilit like the way Twilight Series ended. You will think that Rowling have planned everything to end that way since book one. She stayed right on track with the main plot and ended it the way it should be. And blimey, I almost cried in admiration to Neville's valor.

1. The Shack, by William P. Young

    This is one of the books that have moved me -- and still moves me every time I read some of its parts again and again. The very plot of the book tugs at the heartstrings. I guess this is the kind of book that I will pass on to my sister, my children and my grandchildren simply because you can learn life from it.

Cheers to all these brilliant novels! Kudos to all the genius authors. May you continue to write great novels for all the book lovers out there, like me. xoxo.