Everybody’s doing a “Year’s Best” — here’s mine, in completely random order:
- best romance novel to re-read: The Windflower by Laura London (aka Tom and Sharon Curtis)
- second-best re-read: Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer
- best best-of list to feature a book by my favorite author (aka, me)
- funniest YA novel: Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors (there is some big upcoming news on this book and I can’t wait for Suz to spill the beans!)
- coolest Nora Roberts book: The Hollow
- novel most likely to send you into therapy: Cost by Roxana Robinson
- best sobfest: Last Kiss by Luanne Rice
- funniest: Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
- most inspiring fiction: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
- best love-your-body women’s fiction: Bikini Season by Sheila Roberts
- best category romance novel: a tie–The Princess and the Cowboy by Lois Faye Dyer, It’s That Time of Year by Christine Wenger
- best reissued novel for kids: Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee
- most overused device in literary fiction: a dead or missing child 🙁
- best serial thriller: Tailspin by Catherine Coulter
- best book you probably haven’t read but should: People of the Book
- stranger-than-fiction nonfiction: Identical Strangers by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein
- best photographs: Life: The Classic Collection
- biggest slog but worth the effort: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- cutest photographs with coolest story: The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton
- best ending: Run by Ann Patchett
- best holiday themed novel: The Letters by Luanne Rice, tied with A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr
- best escape: Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard
- beach read most likely to make you forget you’re at the beach: The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
- book that’s making all the “best-of” lists that people only pretend to have read: A Mercy by Toni Morrison
- favorite best-of list
- best-of list of books you probably won’t read
- best first novel: Oxygen by Carol Cassella
- best not-yet-published novel: Dog Days by Elsa Watson
- best book about books: Book Lust and More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
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Wow, I have a lot of reading to do! I have read Hummingbird (as well as almost all – if not all – of LaVyrle Spencer’s books). I also have the Sheila Roberts book on my shelf, but I haven’t gotten there yet. The summer flew too quickly!
Right now, I’m reading The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon for my book club. So far, I like it, but I’m always a little distracted with present tense in books. I’ll have to check out some on your best of list.
Wow, I have a lot of reading to do! I have read Hummingbird (as well as almost all – if not all – of LaVyrle Spencer’s books). I also have the Sheila Roberts book on my shelf, but I haven’t gotten there yet. The summer flew too quickly!
Right now, I’m reading The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon for my book club. So far, I like it, but I’m always a little distracted with present tense in books. I’ll have to check out some on your best of list.
i love your blog! there i said it. i first picked up your work at the gorcery store because i was attracted to the cover art. beach chairs, beach grass, a dock, get me everytime. i’m thinking an author would like to know these things. keep writing, keep appreciating your world, and keep the beach settings coming! happy new year!
i love your blog! there i said it. i first picked up your work at the gorcery store because i was attracted to the cover art. beach chairs, beach grass, a dock, get me everytime. i’m thinking an author would like to know these things. keep writing, keep appreciating your world, and keep the beach settings coming! happy new year!