It is always hard to choose favorites at the end of the year. This year I decided pick some favorites in different categories. Here are my favorite picks of 2012:
The Invisible Ones by Stef Penny (Dan Stevens)
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (Holter Graham)
Defending Jacob by William Landay (Grover Gardner)
A Heart Revealed by Julie Lessman
Ellie's Haven by Sharlene MacLaren
Submerged by Dani Pettrey
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Winfield
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Sacrilege by S.J. Parrish
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigani
A Grown Up Kind of Pretty by Josliyn Jackson
The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Witness by Nora Roberts
J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood)
Susanna Kearsley (Mariana, The Rose Garden, The Winter Sea, The Shadowy Horses)
Sarah Jio (Violets of March, The Bungalow, Blackberry Winter)
White Horse by Alex Adams
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
The Queen by Steven James
One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
Zero Hour by David Baldacci
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Legend by Marie Lu
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
15 comments:
What a great group of books, Nise! There's something for everyone here. Many of them are on my list of books to read. I think I've only actually read DEFENDING JACOB, but it made my top read list this year.
Hope you and your family have a wonderful 2013 with lots of reading and fun!
I thought of doing my list by genre this year, but just broke it out by fiction and non-fiction. We have read 7 of your favorites and The Scorpio Races is on my TBR list.
Hurray for The Homecoming of Samuel Lake and thanks for the reminder that Dan Stevens narrates The Invisible Ones. It's a must listen for me. I really like the way you broke down your list.
Great list...I will be wrapping up 2012 probably tomorrow.
What a great way to display your favorites of 2012. I really enjoy Defending Jacob (it made my top audio picks). Hope 2013 is just as fun for you. Happy new Year
Wow, we had quite a few in common! You also have several books on your list that I'm anxious to read.
Love the way you grouped them. And I learned something new, that JR Ward is a female author.
I want to read Defending Jacob, Heather G's and the Invisible Ones, love that they are on your list.
Here's to a great 2013
Great lists! A few of these are on my TBR for 2013.
I love the way you've listed your favorites. I wish I could say that I've read at least one of your favorites, but I can't. That is a sign of my low book read count this year - under 40, blah! I am going to reference your list for some books to read at various points during 2013.
Happy New Year,Nise! I wish you great year, and loads of fun with the upcoming weddings....especially your daughter's.
I like how you organized this. I have read three of the books in your groupings and have several on my TBR list. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Wishing you a Happy New Year!
I loved this post!! We share a lot of the same tastes in reads so many of them I have read and loved. I think I have all of those audios just wating for me next year!!
Happy New Year!
Love the way you did your post, we have similar taste in books so we have quite a few in common. Language of Flowers was a favourite of mine in 2011. I must remember to bump Legend and The Snow Child up my 2013 reading list.
I like the layout, hm, maybe I should do it like this in my best of post. But how do you get the pics next to each other?
I love how you broke these down! I read The GReat Escape and Conder and liked them both. I see The Homecoming of Samuel Lake on lots of lists.
I really enjoyed Defending Jacob and The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, too! I'm looking forward to The Invisible Ones, A Land More Kind Than Home, The Snow Child and the first in the James series. I'm so happy to see them on your list. :)
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