Wrap Up Season 2011: Surprisingly Good Books, Part One

When I compelled my list of surprisingly good books, I was so overwhelmed that I decided to pare it down to only 10-15 that I really had something to say about, and also to not discuss any books that I had previously blogged about. Thus, these books are not necessarily the best ones I read this year, they're just the ones I felt like I could write 100-3…