Favorite books this year?

Kayne · Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 795

What are your favorite books so far this year?

Mine so far include" I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella a contemporary with humor and romance, Breathe by Kristen Ashley (I went on a huge K.A. glom and it was hard to pick my favorite between Mystery Man, Motorcycle Man and Breathe), The Governess Affair, a historical by Courtney Milan, and Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry.

LeeB. · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1226 Location: Seattle, WA

I liked Sophie Kinsella's book too as well as "Edenbrooke" by Julianne Donaldson, "Overseas" by Beatriz Williams, "The Hypnotist's Love Story" by Liane Moriarty, "Practically Wicked" by Alissa Johnson.
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AndyR · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 103 Location: Central PA

Beautiful Bad Man by Ellen O'Connell, Defiant by Pamela Clare and Dragon Ship by Lee and Miller. This surprised me when I looked at my DIK list because I've been on such a mystery glom the past couple of months. My favorite mystery was Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson (a Longmire book)--copyright 2007. I am about 1/3 through The Anatomist's Wife, which is so far a DIK.

Tee · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 4062 Location: Detroit Metro

Yulie · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1053 Location: Elsewhere

A- romances for me in 2012

Flawless/Carrie Lofty
At Your Pleasure /Meredith Duran
The Governess Affair/Courtney Milan
Fallen From Grace/Laura Leone
Easy/Tammara Webber
The Shadow and the Star/Laura Kinsale

I'm stingy with my grades and haven't read an A/A+ romance in a long time.

Lynda X · Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 1264

I, too, am a hard grader. I read only one A book last year:

MILAN, COURTNEY The Governess Affair: A excellent, about governess who sits in protest on bench outside duke's house

One A-: KNOX, RUTH About Last Night great hero!

The rest are B+’s:

HARRISON, THEA Lord's Fall B+ continuation of romance between Pia and Dragos

HARRISON, THEA Oracle's Moon B+ interesting

CAMDEN, ELIZABETH The Rose of Winslow Street B+ good writing style, interesting

LONG, JULIE ANNE Notorious Contess Confesses B+ starts a little slow, funny in center, romantic ending. hero: vicar heroine: courtesan

ASHLEY, KRISTEN Knight B+ v. erotic

LEE, JADE Wicked Surrender B+ two men want actress whose rep is gone

BRIGGS, PATRICIA Fair Game B+ Alpha and Omega, less romance and more adventure

LEE, JADE Wedded in Scandal B+ good love story, great hero, heroine a dress maker, daughter of scoundrel

OSBORNE, MAGGIE I do, I Do, I Do B+ Alaskan gold rush, 3 women marry same man

OSBORNE, MAGGIE Promise of Jenny Jones B+ mother changes places with woman being executed for daughter's sake, fun

LONG, JULIE ANNE HOW THE MARQUESS WAS WON B+ excellent h&h, he's nearly engaged to another woman

karat · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 202

My favorite books this year were:

Rosie · Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 279

My absolute favorite reads of the year were Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas and A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare.

Other A-reads:
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Edenbrooke - Julianne Donaldson
Her Best Worst Mistake - Sarah Mayberry
Castaway Dreams - Darlene Marshall
Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright (novella) - Tessa Dare
Ravishing the Heiress - Sherry Thomas

Quite a few B+ reads:
Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
Something Shady by Pamela Morsi
Heartbreak Creek by Kaki Warner
Trouble at the Wedding by Laura Lee Guhrke
Night Maneuvers by Jillian Burns
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Here Comes the Bride by Pamela Morsi
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Within Reach by Sarah Mayberry
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
On the Island by Tracy Garvis-Graves
All They Need by Sarah Mayberry
The Wind and the Sea by Marsha Canham
Suddenly You by Sarah Mayberry

NoirFemme · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1406 Location: America

Since Gone Girl is the only title that immediately springs to mind when someone asks this type of question, that is my favorite read of 2012.

Sandlynn · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1613 Location: Washington, D.C.

Thanks for the recommendation. Really enjoying Sophie Kinsella's "I've Got Your Number." Lighthearted fun, done well. Any similar recommendations, contemporary or historical?

mirole · Joined: 06 Aug 2010 Posts: 257 Location: Toronto, Ontario

Sandlynn: I also loved I've Got Your Number.

I would recommend The Summer of Living Dangerously by Julie Cohen although it's not as light-hearted and the title is somewhat unsuitable IMO.
It was one of my favourite reads this year.

My favourite 2012 released favourite reads:

Fifty Shades Freed by L James
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
The Summer of Living Dangerously by Julie Cohen
Beguiling the Beauty by Sherry Thomas

My favourite books I read in 2012 other than those released this year:

Lady Elizabeth's Comet by Sheila Simonson [I highly recommend this top-notch trad Regency]
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie Maguire [first 3/4 of the book was A-, the last quarter a C]
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Broken by Megan Hart
Cecily by Clare Darcy
The Marriage of Inconvenience by Diana Campbell [the last two - trad Regencies]
Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
Arabella by Georgette Heyer
Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh

mirole · Joined: 06 Aug 2010 Posts: 257 Location: Toronto, Ontario

I forgot to add that all the books in my post are listed in the order I read them.

Linda in sw va · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 4708

Fifty Shades of Grey - E. L. James
If I Were You - Lisa Renee Jones
Easy - Tammara Webber
Motorcycle Man - Kristen Ashley

What's going on with Fallen From Grace suddenly getting attention? One of my favorites but it's been out for years.

Linda
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pwm in mi · Joined: 19 Oct 2011 Posts: 193

Here are my top rated reads for 2012):

Easy by Tamara Webber- Y/A- New Adult

On Dublin Street by Samantha Young- contemporary

Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry- contemporary

About Last Night by Ruthie Knox- contemporary

Sweet as Sin by Inez Kelly- contemporary

Gateway to Heaven by Beth Kery-contemporary

The Edge of Night by Jill Sorenson- romantic suspense

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon- time travel

The Rose Garden by Susana Kearsley- time travel

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - psychological thriller

Lothaire by Kresley Cole- paranormal

Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill- urban fantasy

His Very Own Girl by Carrie Lofty Historical WWII

a late addition

Wallbanger by Alice Clayton[b] contemporary

Kayne · Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 795

I saw a few mentions of Edenbrooke and so I decided to check it out and so glad I did. It was so romantic, love letters, poems, twirling. I was discouraged by the price, $9.59 for kindle, for a debut author. IMO the price was worth it. I see she has a new book coming out, hopefully in Spring 2013 called Blackmoore and I don't think its related to Edenbrooke. I look forward to her next book but hope it isn't as expensive!