2014 in Review – the Books!
I promised a book review post weeks ago, and here it is! Basically, for my series recommendations, just go read this, minus Kresley Cole + CE Murphy’s final (sob!) Walker Papers book.
Oooh – also add Ilona Andrew’s new series debut Burn for Me. I liked it. A lot.
I read 140 books in 2014 that I’d never logged as read in Goodreads before. I gave out 14 five star reviews. Those books, aka my favorite 10% NEW reads for the years are, in no particular order (the covers are links and I’ve noted which are series books):
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Why yes, it was the first time I’d read this all the way through. My first attempt, in high school, did not end well.
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My review: beautiful, heart-wrenching, occasionally very funny (in between the horrors of war bits), hopeful, depressing, and gorgeously crafted.
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I don’t know how I never logged this before. It was not my first time through, but it’s showing up as a new read, so I’m counting it! Ha!
And last, but most certainly not least:
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Also 7th in a series, and also my favorite in the series so far. I not only love Atticus (and Oberon! LOVE Oberon!), I love Kevin Hearne, and Luke Daniels who narrates the Audiobooks. This is a series I own in three formats because it is THAT GOOD.
So there you have it – my best books of 2014. Only 20% (roughly) of my new books read were not fantasy, paranormal, or romance. I can definitely do better in 2015. Overall, though, not a bad year.
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