Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Best of 2012


Here it is, my best of 2012 and I had a hard time picking books so I put them all in genres.


Best Magical Realism Fiction
The Girl who chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
The Man who Rained by Ali Shaw



Best Fiction
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman



Best Fantasy
Feast of Souls by Celia Friedman
Heir of Novron by Micheal J Sullivan
The eye of the world by Robert Jordan = also best book of the year



Best Apocalyptic/Dystopia
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker


Best Historical Fiction
The Emperor’s conspiracy by Michelle Diener
The Second Empress by Michelle Moran
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran



 Best War Fiction
Becoming Clementine by Jennifer Niven
The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons
The Golden Hour by Margaret Wurtele


Best Historical romance
My Fair Concubine by Jeannie Lin
Her ladyship’s companion by Evangeline Collins
The lady most likely by Julia Quinn



Best YA
False Covenant by Ari Marmell
Thief’s covenant by Ari Marmell



Best New Series discovered
Secret McQueen by Sierra Dean
October Daye by Seanan McGuire  (technically not, but as I did read 5 books by her in 2012 it goes here)



Best urban fantasy 
(this one was tought as I tried to keep it to 3 and I wanted to put more here)
Shadows before the Sun by Kelly Gay
Stalking the others by Jess Haines
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews



Best Paranormal (historical or contemporary)
Enchanting the Lady by Kathryne Kennedy
Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
Stormwalker by Allyson James



Best Sci-fi
Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch



Crush of the Year:
Tybalt from the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire

(that's Midas as I do not have a Tybalt pic ;)

 Some Awesome Covers from books I have read in 2012

(If someone know any free software where you can make pretty collages please tell me cos stupid gimp drives me insane and leaves me with this)

Books read in 2012: Stats
230 books

1 audio
2 graphic novels
14 novellas
213 books


 2; 5 stars, both The Wheel of Time, as I do not give 5 these days
64; 4 star books
146; 3 star books
16, 2 star books
2, 1 star books

Longest book was Lord of Chaos with 1011 pages
My top shelves for the year were fantasy and urban fantasy

Here is to another great year! Cheers :D

Posted by Blodeuedd at 13:53
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57 comments:

  1. Great list! I agree about the SAA books and CeeCee Honeycutt - loved them all :) I have The Heretic Queen so must make time to read it this year.

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    1. I hope that you will enjoy The Heretic queen :D Moran is so good with historical fiction

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  2. I've gotten so tired of Robert Jordan. Maybe because I am not a very patient reader. But I need to try out Michael Sullivan :)

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    1. I guess I am patient, but it sure has take long, long long long

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  3. Great list! I loved Saving CeeCee Honey cutt too.

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    1. I sure look forward to her next book

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  4. I'm hoping to read The Girl who Chased the Moon and Saving CeeCee Honeycutt this year. Awesome list! Happy 2013!!

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    1. Yay, I am sure you will love them too!

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  5. The only one of those books I've read is Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and it made my best of list the year I read it. Beth Hoffman has a new book coming out this year!!! Happy New Year!

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    1. YAY, I can't wait to read it. She has such a way with words and CeeCee was a lovely story

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  6. Oh my goodness!!! I haven't read any on your list besides Tempest Rising (which I really enjoyed as well). I'm adding a bunch of these to my own TBR list :) I hope you have a great reading year in 2013!!

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    1. All good books :D And totally worth reading. I had a great year, especially with UF

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  7. Great list! You have surely added to my wishlist this past year. I need to read Sarah Addison Allen's books and I want to read Saving CeeCee Honeycutt too. Happy New Year!

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    1. You must read them, I know you will adore them too. All warm and wonderful. Perfect books for any occasion

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  8. I'm so glad to see Saving CeeCee Honeycutt made your best of list. I loved that book! I hope to read The House at Tyneford and The Second Empress this year, so glad to see those on the list, too. Happy New Year!

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    1. The House was great, there was just something about it. And I always like Moran so no wonder she made it on my list ;)

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  9. Awesome reading year for you! Happy New Year.

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  10. Oh my goodness, what a way to start the New Year! Thank you so much for reading my novel and choosing it as "Best Fiction" ... I'm thrilled! CeeCee and Oletta are waving hello to you from the kitchen.

    Happy New Year to you and yours.

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    1. It was the first, or second book I read last year and I knew right then it would make my best of list :)

      I truly look forward to your next book

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  11. You are the most admirable reader! I hope 2013 = more awesome books for you!

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  12. You did great in 2012! I've had Saving CeeCee Honeycutt on my Nook for awhile - it sounds like I should finally get around to reading it.

    Happy New Year!

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    1. Thanks :)
      I do hope you read CeeCee this year :D

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  13. Such great books on the list. Also love the stand-in for Tybalt. :) You have added so many to my wishlist, it overflows!

    Goodreads has a way to do a list of covers but it may not be what you want... but it's free and easy. :D

    Happy New Year!

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    1. Hihi, he is a cutie and he fits well for Tybalt then.

      Really? Huh, must check it out :D

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  14. I've read like 3 books from the list... Not counting all the Wheel of Time books.
    Hope you get great reads for 2013 :)

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    1. I hope so too :)
      And they are all good books

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  15. well... ok, I'm ashamed, you have some in my TBR pile, and I only read one, but Jess Haines rocks!!!

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    1. Jess Haines sure does :D
      Only one, bad you ;) You better read them soon

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  16. These are some good pics!! I'm going to have to add some of these to my own list.

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    1. Yes do :D They are all such good books, and I even had to leave good ones out

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  17. I LOVE how many different types of books you read. Awesome list

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    1. I try my best :D Lol, it's mostly cos I need to read different kinds of books. I grow bored easily

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  18. Is that you?! Look at how mysterious you are! :D I'm curious about the total page count you read last year - had to be impressive, with all those long books.

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    1. Hihi, yes that is me :D I am all about mystery and look how witchy my fingers look.

      According to GR 86274 pages

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  19. Whoa, that's a lot of pages!

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    1. All thanks to 12 long fantasy books

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  20. Ah i read the Lady Most Willing..so I need to go back and read The Lady Most Likely..lovely picks and so many wonderful genres!

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    1. I hope that Lady most willing will arrive soon. Hurry up mailman

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  21. I've only read one of the books on your list, B, and that is CeeCee Honeycutt. I'm sorry to say that I found it naive and not a credible story at all. In such a setting it was just an unrealistic fairytale and I was so very disappointed. I liked the beginning of the story very much but after CeeCee moved away it was all a downward spiral for me.

    Other than that there are several books on your best list that I really want to read :D

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    1. I have to add that I liked Beth Hoffman's beautiful writing, but I guess I wanted the story itself to have a more realistic ring to it. The story had some pretty memorable characters which I loved :) I was a little harsh in my last comment and it sounded like I might have hated the book and that I did not so I felt like rectifying that.

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    2. The reasons you state for disliking it were the ones why I adored it. I love a bit of magical realism, bit or just a hint of things. When the author manages to make it feel right. Not like with pnr which never feels real.

      But we are all different :) There has to be people that does not care for a book too. Cos I do not trust books loved by all. I feel that only the author's friends must have read it ;)

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  22. Looks like you had a great reading year.

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  23. Midas is pretty cute!! I love your list and am pinning it to my Pinterest board to be able to reference!!!

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    1. Please do :D
      Midas sure is a cutie

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  24. Awesome list Blodeuedd! You sure read a lot!

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  25. great list!! I need to get my butt back onto blogging. hahaha

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  26. Eee, I just saw this! Thank you so much, I'm so happy Stalking the Others made your list! :D

    <3,
    -J

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    1. It had to be there :D Evil author you :D

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  27. I love that you broke this into categories. So helpful!

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    1. I wanted to talk about so many books so it was easier :D

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  28. i really want to read those historical romances!

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