I'm participating in today's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's prompt is:
Top Ten-ish Books I Read In 2014 by Genre
Some books don't fit neatly into one genre, so I may have invented a few mash-up-genres... I couldn't help it, I had to shout out my favorite books of the year!!
Favorite Adult Contemporary: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rarely do I disagree with a book so strongly and yet love it with all my heart.
Favorite YA Contemporary: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
This book touched me in a very real way. Once I heard the news that Rowell is actually writing a Simon Snow fantasy novel coming in 2015, I BASICALLY DIED.
Favorite Action/Adventure: The Assassin's Curse and The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke
The spunk factor was just so wonderfully endearing. I certainly felt like I was on an adventure.
Favorite Fantasy: It's a tie between The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson and Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
THESE BOOKS. OH, THESE BOOKS. *hyperventilates* I feel like 2014 has been The Year of the Fantasy Novel, with books of this caliber all over the genre within the past 12 months.
Favorite Science Fiction: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
This book blew me away. I'm still recovering.
Favorite Nonfiction: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Lessons From the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
This book spurred some great discussion among friends and family, and I'm really glad I read it.
After reading this book, I was so overcome with feels that could barely form coherent sentences. My review is basically me repeating over and over that you should probably read this book.
Favorite Historical(ish) Fiction: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
I was talking to EVERYONE and their cat about this book after I read it. Besides being a great discussion book, it also changed the way I look at history. Which is kind of a big deal, to me anyway.
Favorite Mystery: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
This book gave me a serious book hangover. I couldn't read anything for days afterwards.
Favorite Dystopia: Into The Still Blue by Veronica Rossi
I loved this series SO HARD. It was a fabulous and bittersweet ending.
Favorite Fairy Tale: The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
I don't actually like the original Snow White story all that much, but, I have to admit, it has the greatest adaptations. Like this one.
Favorite Romance: Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
This was just the cutest, sweetest love story.
What are the best books you've read this year?
Man it would be so hard for me to come up with a best of the year list. Sea of Tranquility would make the list. I also just finished An Untamed State and it was AMAZING!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read either of those! I'll have to check it out. I always love reading other people's "best books." :)
DeleteThe only one I have read is Fangirl and I loved it. It was a great book and pretty spot on about how hard college is at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteYes! Something about how Cath basically hid in her dorm room her freshman year really hit home.
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