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2013: Year in Books
Dec. 30th, 2013 06:05 pmHO-LY COW!
I need to write some things. It's been a long time and I am feeling tres disconnected from LJ-land. Oh, beautiful, smart people I have failed at connectedness this year. Oddly, while trying to be connected. The book marketing thing is hard and I don't have the heart for it. TOTALLY NOT cut out for it. I will tell you about it later. Promise.
In the meantime.
LIST! Cause that's always really easy. List of the things that I read this year:
A whole lot of crap literature, that's what I remember. But when I actually look back, there were a few bright spots although not one of them was a classic. That was supposed to be my goal. 10 classics. Instead, I read 19 fabulously random novels. Some were definitely way better than others. Tessa Dare was a real pleasant surprise since I don't really read a lot of new romances any more. I have a few tried and true old school faves and that's kind of it. But, Tessa Dare is my new favorite in that genre. I also fell prey to the free and discount Kindle reads. Sometimes that buck goes a long way (Heather Heffner) and sometimes you think about how that dollar would have been better spent in the vending machine (some random things on my Kindle that I never even bothered to finish). There were some revelations, like Joe Hill's Heart-Shapped Box. That and Yoon Ha Lee's Conservation of Shadows were the best things I read this year. Reviews are up at Goodreads and Amazon if anyonecares is interested. Hopefully, next year will be a better year filled with better books. (Ha! I wonder how many worse of lists *I* made this year.)
1. Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories (edited by Susie Bright)
2. On Writing - Stephen King
3. Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
4. Farey Tales & Nightmares - Meissa Marr
5. Shadow Woman - Linda Howard
6. On Dublin Street - Samantha Young
7. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah McLean
8. A Week to be Wicked - Tessa Dare
9. A Lady By Midnight - Tessa Dare
10. A Night to Surrender - Tessa Dare
11. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman
12. Year of the Wolf - Heather Heffner
13. Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
14. Girl Least Likely to Marry - Amy Andrews
15. Fractured Legacy - Skye Callahan
16. Any Duchess Will Do - Tessa Dare
17. Wolf's Haven - Ambrielle Kirk
18. Magic Academy - Jillian Kemp
19. Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
20. Conservation of Shadows - Yoon Ha Lee
And what, pray tell, did you lovelies read?
I need to write some things. It's been a long time and I am feeling tres disconnected from LJ-land. Oh, beautiful, smart people I have failed at connectedness this year. Oddly, while trying to be connected. The book marketing thing is hard and I don't have the heart for it. TOTALLY NOT cut out for it. I will tell you about it later. Promise.
In the meantime.
LIST! Cause that's always really easy. List of the things that I read this year:
A whole lot of crap literature, that's what I remember. But when I actually look back, there were a few bright spots although not one of them was a classic. That was supposed to be my goal. 10 classics. Instead, I read 19 fabulously random novels. Some were definitely way better than others. Tessa Dare was a real pleasant surprise since I don't really read a lot of new romances any more. I have a few tried and true old school faves and that's kind of it. But, Tessa Dare is my new favorite in that genre. I also fell prey to the free and discount Kindle reads. Sometimes that buck goes a long way (Heather Heffner) and sometimes you think about how that dollar would have been better spent in the vending machine (some random things on my Kindle that I never even bothered to finish). There were some revelations, like Joe Hill's Heart-Shapped Box. That and Yoon Ha Lee's Conservation of Shadows were the best things I read this year. Reviews are up at Goodreads and Amazon if anyone
1. Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories (edited by Susie Bright)
2. On Writing - Stephen King
3. Revenge - Yoko Ogawa
4. Farey Tales & Nightmares - Meissa Marr
5. Shadow Woman - Linda Howard
6. On Dublin Street - Samantha Young
7. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah McLean
8. A Week to be Wicked - Tessa Dare
9. A Lady By Midnight - Tessa Dare
10. A Night to Surrender - Tessa Dare
11. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman
12. Year of the Wolf - Heather Heffner
13. Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
14. Girl Least Likely to Marry - Amy Andrews
15. Fractured Legacy - Skye Callahan
16. Any Duchess Will Do - Tessa Dare
17. Wolf's Haven - Ambrielle Kirk
18. Magic Academy - Jillian Kemp
19. Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
20. Conservation of Shadows - Yoon Ha Lee
And what, pray tell, did you lovelies read?
