On the second night of Hanukkah, Smart Bitches gave to me: a WiFi Paperwhite so when I read in the dark I can see!
I'm giving away one supah-sexay Wi-Fi Kindle Paperwhite with Special Offers at random to someone in the comments.
Just tell us what book you enjoyed most this past year!
Standard disclaimers apply: I'm not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age and open to the possibility of Pajama Jeans to win. Open to international residents.
You have 24 hours to leave your comment, and we'll have a new piece of mayhem each day of Hanukkah. Now, I'm going to figure out how to make a menorah out of nine Paperwhites. Someone pass me the tape.
This is a tough one! I think the book I enjoyed the most would have to be ‘the chocolate thief’ by Laura Florand. Chocolate + romance = win
The book I enjoyed the most was JR Ward’s ‘Rapture’. Or maybe the re-read of Katie MacAlister’s ‘Hard Day’s Knight’.
I enjoyed Her Best Friend by Sarah Mayberry the most.
Probably Jill Shalvis’s Lucky Harbor series, which I JUST discovered this year for some insane reason!! Also really liked Gone Girl… Gillian Flynn’s mind is a scary place!
Courtney Milan’s Unraveled. I’ve re-read the entire trilogy at least 3 times. Or possibly Jenny Lawson (the Blogess) Let’s Pretend this Never Happened. So funny!
I loved Chase in Shadow a M/M book by Amy Lane!
I have several, but I am going to go with the most recent one Beyond Shame, Rit Rocha. That book was full of awesome!
Hmmmm….tough question. I would say The Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
I enjoyed Shelly Laurenston’s “Bear Meets Girl” – so much I bought her entire backlist and her other alias – G.A. Aiken Dragon Series. They were laugh out loud funny and sexy.
This was the year that I finally got around to reading Georgette Heyer. Weird, right? How could I have overlooked her for so long? The lady certainly has her reputation for a reason. I’d say my favorite reading experience of the year was reading one Heyer novel after another, after another, after another. If I had to narrow it down to one book, I’d say The Unknown Ajax, closely followed by The Talisman Ring.
This one is too hard!!! My brain is about to explode.
Okay, I really like Coreene Callahan’s Dragonfury series. But, I just read Donna Fletcher’s Warriorn King series and I loved it. Then, there was her Silent series (loved that the heroine is mute and yet still able to communicate). Plus, I found a ton of new authors this year. ACK!!
Oh boy, you’re making me choose?! On Dublin Street by Samantha Young, just by a hair over Easy by Tammara Webber.
I hope you are enjoying the festival of lights. Remember all latkes and doughnuts are guilt free(carb free, fat free) for 8 nights! It’s the miracle of Hannukah!!!
Hrm, I think I’d have to go with Caitlin Moran’s “How To Be A Woman” the best. I think I might have hurt something I laughed so hard reading that book.
Fiction: Jill Mansell’s To the Moon and Back.
Non-Fiction: Sheepish by Catherine Friend
I discovered JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood this year, but it’s hard to pick a favorite. In non-romance, SJ Bolton’s Dead Scared.
I ended up really enjoying “Lord Perfect” by Loretta Chase!
Over a whole year? Usually, my favorite book is whatever I’m reading right now, so that would be The Masked Heart by Karla Darcy. I’m not into Regencies, but she grabbed me with her first sentence.
This is way too hard, because I’ve loved most everything I’ve read this year! To narrow it down to three: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (everything I’d hoped it would be), Overseas by Beatriz Williams (it made me have ALL the feelings, and she’s a ridiculously incredible writer), and Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (I know, I’m kicking myself for waiting so long).
My favorite book of the year has probably been “The Angel” by Tiffany Reisz. I love “The Siren” too, but Angel was too delicious for words.
I really really enjoyed all three books in the Fitzhugh Trilogy by Sherry Thomas.
Since you’re going to do the drawing randomly anyway, I’m going to randomly pick one among the many that I liked “best” 😀 :closeseyesandrunsfingeralongreadlist: “Overseas” by Beatriz Williams.
I’d have to say the books that opened my eyes up quite a bit and have hung on… The Original Sinners – The Siren, The Angel and The Prince – by Tiffany Reisz…. the mind games and boundaries that are pushed and thrown out of the way were very compelling and left me wanting more. There were quite a few others this year that spoke to me but that series just… WOW.
That’s a tough one, I read a lot of great reads this year but I think my favorite was God Save the Queen by Kate Locke. I’ve already re-read it a couple of times.
The Language of Flowers. Fantastic.
For me it was THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson – I loved it so much I read it twice in two days. (I’m a little behind though, since it was definitely not a new release – my favorite of those was THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green, but then again, I’m still in the middle of GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn, so we’ll see if that answer ends up changing!)
I really enjoyed the new LOD book, Rogue Rider by Larissa Ione. I can hardly wait for Reaver’s book 🙂
My favorite was The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and I’d dare anyone not to fall in love with this story about the relationship of cancer survivors Hazel Grace and Gus!
That’s a cruel question to ask! I’ll answer Barbara Hambly’s STRANGER AT THE WEDDING, as it was by a new-to-me author. All my other best-reads-of-2012 were by authors I’d read before.
This is the year I discovered Sarah Mayberry (better late than never, right?) so I’m going to go with her as my author I most enjoyed in 2012 – More Than One Night was my fav!
Ohmygosh. I enjoyed so many books this year. But the one that really stuck with me, the one I wish I could experience again for the first time, was Code Name Verity. That’s the one that always springs to mind when someone asks about favorites. So good.
I’d have a hard time coming up with my top ten and you want just one? Yikes! Okay, if you insist, I think I’d have to go with A WEEK TO BE WICKED by Tessa Dare.
Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff. The romance made sense, it didn’t derail the existing relationships, and the characters are poly. I’ve reread it twice and keep getting more out of it.
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews. Love them!
Into the Hollow by Karina Halle or On Dublin Street by Samantha Young – both fantastic books!
Chocolate Thief, The Governess Affair, everything Sarah Mayberry laid ink to, About Last Night, Katie Porter’s Vegas trilogy, Deep Desires, the Curio series.
I don’t know how to choose one I liked best! I guess I’ll go with Jill Mansell’s A Walk In The Park.
I especially enjoyed Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl.
I’ve heard so many good things about that book. Really need to make time to read it.
Such a hard question. I have to say I was so excited to finally get Dare and Liza’s story from Carly Phillips, I’m going with Karma.
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton…a nice change of pace from all of the paranormal reads
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