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 the bias of the people creating the lists, but also ... more >
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 popular right now. So when my list kept growing all ... more >
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 order of preference – I pretty much enjoyed all these ... more >
2014 Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks – It’s time for the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge. I’ll be lucky to read a book a month at the rate I’m going, but this is certainly a reasonable expectation for book lovers. This year there are several mini challenges, including ... more >
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. (N.K. Jemisin and Kate Elliott’s Spiritwalker books, in case you’re ... 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 been going of late, although I did find four titles ... more >