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Jayne’s Best of 2012 List

Jayne’s Best of 2012 List

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 of a h8ter? Well, it turns out that I had plenty of B grade reads(…)

Jia’s Best of 2012 List

Jia’s Best of 2012 List

In alphabetical order, by author’s last name: The Diviners by Libba Bray A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger (review) Adaptation by Malinda Lo Fracture by Megan Miranda (review) Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris (review) Strobe Edge by Io Sakisaka (review) Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (review) Skirmish by Michelle West (review) It’s been(…)

Jane’s Best of 2011 List

Jane’s Best of 2011 List

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 was good enough that I went back and read the entire series.  Ditto with Cindy(…)

Sarah’s Best of 2011 List

Sarah’s Best of 2011 List

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 books in 2011. Shows you how memory can be a fickle thing. To keep it(…)

Sunita’s Best of 2011 List

Sunita’s Best of 2011 List

In alphabetical order by author’s last name: If It Ain’t Love by Tamara Allen (my review here) The Only Gold by Tamara Allen Vienna Waltz by Teresa Grant The Rifter by Ginn Hale (Janine’s and my joint review of 1-5 here; my review of 6 & 7 here) The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley (my(…)

Jayne’s Best of 2011 List

Jayne’s Best of 2011 List

Even though I’m using the Top Ten Lists tag, this year in checking over my notes, I see I have a lot of B grade books but not as many B+ or A range books of those I read that were published in 2011. Since I want the books on my list to be ones(…)

John’s Best of 2011 List

John’s Best of 2011 List

This list encompasses the best books that I read this year.  All books were published in 2011.  This list is by no means complete (as there are many books published in this year that I have not read) or calculated – these are simply just books that, on reflection, are the most memorable and well(…)

Jia’s Best of 2011 List

Jia’s Best of 2011 List

In alphabetical order, by author’s last name: Red Glove by Holly Black (my review) Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake India Black by Carol K. Carr (Jennie’s and my review) Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter The Shattering by Karen Healey (my review) Huntress by Malinda Lo (my review) Daughter of Smoke and Bone by(…)

Jennie’s Best of 2011 List

Jennie’s Best of 2011 List

2011 does not stand out as one of my more memorable reading years; many books fell in the okay/mediocre range, with a whole lot of B range books and a handful of C range books. Only one D, and no Fs! – which I guess is a good thing, though I feel oddly nostalgic about(…)

Janine’s Best of 2011 List

Janine’s Best of 2011 List

For the purposes of this list, I have excluded reissues, books published before 2011, and books which may present a conflict of interest, either because the author had a story in the Agony/Ecstasy anthology or because she assisted me with my novel-in-progress. Here then are several of my favorite 2011 releases, listed in alphabetical order(…)

Top Ten List from Author Rose Lerner

Rose Lerner is the author of In for a Penny, a debut that has garnered a lot of positive buzz. Rose Lerner discovered Georgette Heyer when she was thirteen, and wrote her first historical romance a few years later. Her writing has improved since then, but her fascination with all things Regency hasn’t changed. When(…)

Top Ten list from Heather Massey

Heather Massey runs the very popular, The Galaxy Express.   She put together a top ten list which is a cross section of the type of stories that readers can discover in science fiction romance. Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1) by Ann Aguirre Alpha (Sunrise Alley) by Catherine Asaro Unmasked (Futuristic Romance) by C.J. Barry Beyond(…)