Need A Rec!/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2013, best of list
I want to echo what Jane said in her Best of 2013 post: “Reading is such a subjective thing so no doubt these lists have a number of books readers won’t agree with. The lists are not only flawed by… more
A Review Category/ A- Reviews/ B+ Reviews/ Need A Rec!/ Reading Lists/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2013, best of list
The last few years I’ve done these year end lists, I’ve come up short of 10. I’ve realized either I’m not reading the right books for me, I’m too picky a reader or I’m totally out of touch with what’s… more
Need A Rec!/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2013, Reading lists
As you can see, there are a lot of m/m books on my list, and I just included short versions of my amazon reviews for the books which were not reviewed here. I also did not put the list in… more
Reading Lists/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2013, best of list
Sadly, the fantasy novel drought continues. I still read fantasy novels, of course, but they’re usually by my tried and true favorites. It’s been a long time since I last got excited about a debut author or a new series…. more
My best of list surprises me, because I’m not generally a huge fan of contemporaries. But I’m all about angst, and we had some intense contemporary drama in 2013. Also, I haven’t enjoyed the direction my first love, historicals, has… more
Recommended Reads/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2013, best of list
I had a relatively good reading year. All together, I read about 257 books, and gave plenty of “B/B+” grades, which is great. My reading exists almost exclusively of contemporary and erotic romance at this point, as my list will… more
Publishing Lists/ Reading Lists/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2013, best of list
Every year we post our Best of the Year book lists. Reading is such a subjective thing so no doubt these lists have a number of books readers won’t agree with. The lists are not only flawed by the bias… more
Recommended Reads/ Top Ten Lists
Recommended Reads, top 10 lists
There are books that I felt were exceptional this year and books that I thought were good. A best of list, though, should be about exceptional books. Some of my picks are controversial and I expect to hear about it… more
Book Reviews/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2012
In thinking about it, I didn’t think that 2012 was a particularly bad reading year for me. But when I looked back at my reviews, I realized that I wrote only two A-grade reviews. And once I started compiling my… more
Book Reviews/ Recommended Reads/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2012, best of list, chick-lit, Dragon, Fantasy, Harlequin Romance, Historical, SF, Top ten, World War II
When Jane asked for our Best of 2012 lists, I knew mine would probably be short but I had no idea how short. I started with 3 books. Three. Books. Total. “WTF?,” I thought. Had I turned into that much… more
Book Reviews/ Recommended Reads/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2012, Contemporary romance, Fantasy, historical romance, Recommended Reads, Urban-Fantasy, Young-Adult
My top ten favorite books published in 2012, ranked (that part was haaaard) and described: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Review by me. This intricately plotted YA fantasy about a young queen’s heroic determination to uncover buried truths about her father… more
Book Reviews/ Recommended Reads/ Top Ten Lists
Best of 2012, Contemporary romance, erotica, historical romance, mystery, novella
When Jane asked for lists of our “Best of 2012,” I got stuck on what best meant. Did it mean the best in terms of quality? The best in terms of most enjoyable? The best in terms of standouts? Did… more
A Reviews/ B Reviews/ C Reviews/ Recommended Reads/ Top Ten Lists
Anthology, Carina Press, Christmas Stories
I came to this holiday anthology in a non-traditional, non-festive way. During a Twitter conversation with another reviewer, I mentioned ménage scenes rarely raise my pulse. She suggested I read Anne Calhoun, an author I’d never heard of. I searched on… more
Top Ten Lists
Best of 2011, best of list, Recommended Reads, Top ten
My best of 2011 List. I even numbered them. I am happy with how the list turned out. There is a little of everything. One book I left off but I probably shouldn’t have was Snapped by Laura Griffin. It… more
Top Ten Lists
Best of 2011, best of list, Heidi Cullinan, J.L. Merrow, Jane Davitt, K.A. Mitchell, L.A. Witt, Recommended Reads, S.A. Reid, top 10 lists, Top ten
The order here is me going through my reviews in reverse chronological order and listing my A- and B+ reviews (no A reviews — very sad). It was a pleasant surprise, really: I didn’t think I’d read that many good… more
