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January 29, 2018

Sirius’ Best of 2017

SiriusA Review Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list5 Comments

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I usually put my most memorable reads (from those I reviewed at DA) on my Best of Lists and this year is no exception. As you can see the list is not very long, but those were truly the books that stuck with me and hopefully will continue to be ... more >

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January 24, 2018

Janine’s Best of 2017

JanineReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list / Boxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQIAP+ / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments

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I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >

January 17, 2018

Kaetrin’s Best of 2017

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list / Contemporary / Fantasy / Historical / New Adult / novella / Urban-Fantasy / western / YA9 Comments

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I read 144 books in 2017 (including audiobooks) and I rated 25 of them (released in 2017) 5 stars on Goodreads. There were 12 audiobooks and 13 print/ebooks in that list. As I don’t review audiobooks here, I’ve confined my DA best of to the print/digital books. Despite lacking reading ... more >

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January 11, 2018

Jayne’s Best of 2017

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists19th century / actor/actress / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American Navy / Art / Best of 2017 / best of list / Biography / cats / Civil-War / class differences / Contemporary / England / epistolary / Fly Me to the Moon series / Historical / inspirational romance / Marriage-in-Trouble / murder-investigation / non-fiction / nurse / Regency / turn of the 20th century / Ugly Duckling / Western Romance27 Comments

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Yeah, I have 11 books in my top ten list. Math has never been my forte. 2017 was more of a mixed reading year for me with some non-romance, non-fiction books layered in. I was also pleasantly surprised at how many A and B range reads I had. The Second ... more >

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