Favorites for 2018
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsey Faye
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
The Exes Revenge by Jo Jakeman
Snap by Belinda Bauer
A Sharp Solitude by Christine Carbo
Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland
Lullaby Road by James Anderson
Censored: A Literary History of Subversion & Control by Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis
And the Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic
Honorable Mention:
Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin
Look for Me by Lisa Gardner
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (read in 2017, but review posted in 2018)
The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock #3) by Sherry Thomas
Salt Lane by William Shaw
The Last of the Stansfields by Marc Levy
Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
and several books by Kerry Wilkinson, Joy Ellis, Anne Bishop, Kelly Armstrong; authors who always fall in my favorite lists
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For all readers of novels this tweet should prove interesting. I mean, who hasn't read a book with a cemetery setting and a mysterious figure in black, standing at a distance?
Even funnier--all the responses and suggestions. I cracked up when Neil Gaiman got in on this, wondering if he should put it in his will or pay in advance. :)
That is absolutely hilarious!!!
ReplyDelete:) It is, isn't it!
DeleteOf your list I have only read Circe! So many books...I would really like to try Belinda Bauer. If not Snap then another of her titles.
ReplyDeleteIt is an eclectic mix, but the first three were my very favorites!
DeleteOh my gosh, that tweet is hilarious! Now to the list... I need to pick up Snap again. For some reason it was one of those right book, wrong time sort of thing so I only get about 10 pages in and put it away. I'm so excited I finally discovered Joy Ellis and look forward to continuing the series.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a while to get into Snap--the side of the road episode didn't grab me, but once I was in, I loved it. I look forward to anything by Joy Ellis. :)
DeleteI ordered a copy of Circe at B&N, but haven't been able to pick it up yet. I hope they still have it when I can make it in. I hope to read Paragon Hotel soon. I would definitely take Neil Gaiman up on his offer. :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you like Circe and The Paragon Hotel as much as I did! That tweet appealed to so many people and the responses are too funny. :)
DeleteI'm glad to see a few books on my favourite list are on yours, too. :) I'm hoping to read Paper Ghosts this year since I never got around to it last year.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that when I saw your list! Paper Ghosts is a bit strange, but so intriguing.
DeleteI've got a bunch of your favorites on my list (not surprising as I get a LOT of suggestions from you), but I've only read two of your 'honorables'. The Broken Girls and The Hollow of Fear - really liked both.
ReplyDeleteThat tweet - what an opportunity to make some money. Ha! Love it. Maybe we should all do it. ;-)
:) We do share a lot of the same favorites in books. Don't you have a scene in mind with the lonely, mysterious woman with the umbrella? How curious the other mourners would be!
DeleteNice list! I've read Snap and The Fire Came Down from your top list, and Look For Me and have Paper Ghosts still from NG and Stranger Diaries.
ReplyDeleteI love that tweet you shared-- so funny!
It is fun seeing everyone's lists! If we see some of our favorites on the list, we are more interested in the other titles. :)
DeleteI've added so many of these books and authors to my 2019 To Read list because of you. Thanks! :D
ReplyDelete:) We share an interest in each other's lists, and I get many titles from your blog!
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