Favorite Reads of the Month for December and the year!

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

What were your favorite reads for December? What were your favorite reads of the year? Any disappointents? Authors or genres you glommed or gave up on? Let us know!

[Poongothai]

My favorite reads of December were

[Gisela, Moderator]

I only read about 4 books this month. Of those, the only 5 star book was .

My favorite books this year were (in no particular order):



The most disappointing books were:

[Robin]

My favorites for December were:


Including the two books in December, my favorites for 2016:

[ShoSho , Moderator]

I only read 15 books

My absolute favorite new read was I listened to it and I'm looking forward to listening to it again in the near future.
I reread by audio this time and the narrator made it a 5 stars books instead of my initial 4 stars .

I also loved , , and .

I gave 1 star to , it was ridiculous!

[ShoSho , Moderator]

I gave 5 stars or 4.5 stars to 39 books in 2015 .My top favorites of the year were:



All the books in these series :

[Jonetta]

ShoSho wrote: "I gave 5 stars or 4.5 stars to 39 books in 2015 .My top favorites of the year were:

..."

Loved One Plus One, Do or Die and The Martian. I'm still thinking about O'Keefe's new series (loved it).

[Jonetta]

I had a fantastic reading experience in 2015 with 17% of the 216 books I read being 5-star reads. It's easier for me to point to series versus individual books so I'll show both:

Series
a. Grant County by Karin Slaughter
b. Kate Burkholder by Linda Castillo
c. Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J. K. Rowling)
d. Will Trent by Karin Slaughter
e. Lucy Kendall by Stacy Green
f. Everything I Left Unsaid by M. O'Keefe
g. Barefoot Brides Trilogy by Roxanne St. Claire
h. Southern Comfort by Lisa Clark O'Neill
i. Fatal by Marie Force
j. Last Chance Rescue by Christy Reece
k. Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt

Individual Titles
a. Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs
b. Broken Honor by Tonya Burrows
c. Contract to Wed by Holly Bush
d. Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
e. If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
f. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
g. Three Fates by Nora Roberts
h. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
i. A Winter Wedding by Brenda Novak
j. A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Jonetta wrote: "It's easier for me to point to series versus individual books so I'll show both..."

Neat idea, Jonetta. !!

[Jonetta]

Alfie (Online Elf) wrote: "Neat idea, Jonetta. !! "

Thanks!