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what is your favourite book that you read in 2016 ?
This is the year I discovered the Iron Druid Chronicles.
deadset tie between ::Crooked Kingdom THIS DUOLOGY IS EVERYTHING wylan van sunshine is my actual child and Inej Ghafa is literally all my goals
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We Are the Ants just a stunning book which made me cry alot AN HAS LOTS OF ALIENS AND SPACE STUFF
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The Foxhole Court just so fucking gooD mmhhm 10/10, more like 100000/10. Too good for words, incredible. Thanku jesus mary and joseph for bringing it into my life
"The Weight of Blood" and "Arrowood" by Laura McHugh"The Chilbury Ladies' Choir" by Jennifer Ryan (ARC ... due for release in February, I believe)
"Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk" by Kathleen Rooney (ARC ... coming in January)
"The Silver Star" by Jeannette Walls
The Crown's Game, hands down. I know a lot of other people didn't like it and I can understand why but for me it was exactly the type of book I wanted written. I also really liked reading Ink, The Moon in the Palace, Stars Above, Silver in the Blood, and Salt to the Sea, even though two of those didn't come out this year.
the six of crows duology!!! blew me away. i also loved the all for the game series
The infernal devices seriesThe mortal instrument series
Off-Campus series
A court of roses and thornes
The lunar chronicles series
oh add fantastic beasts and where to find them to my ever growing list of books i read this year and loved (all for the game, six of crows duology, magnus chase and the hammer of thor, the hidden oracle, a little life, etc etc)
Six Of Crows and Crooked Kingdom definitely
I also only read the HP books this year so I am obsessed with the wizarding world again. Oh and A Monster Calls was amazing.
My best reads in 2016:Black Swan Affair by K.L. Kreig
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Unsuitable by Samantha Towle
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Veiled Innocence by Ella Frank
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My Time in the Affair by Stylo Fantome
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A love so Tragic by Stevie J. Cole
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Okay, if I had to choose one book/series, I'd pick 'The Firebird Trilogy', by Claudia Gray. Although I haven't finished the 3rd book yet, I absolutely love the first two books!!But these are so close for the first place:
Illuminae
The Maze Runner
Doctor Sleep
4 of my favourites:We Were Liars - E. Lockhart (this book broke me)
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes (naturally)
The Kill Order - James Dashner (it was nice revisiting one of my favourite series, even if it was a prequel)
Execution - Alexander Gordon Smith (glad to be done with this series but really enjoyed how it ended)
I loved the Timmy Failure series - I discovered it this year. I don't really read YA but I LOVE children's literature. This is the pinnacle of modern kids seriesMacbeth - it's my favourite Shakespeare thus far
Voices from Chernobyl - this book made me cry, no, bawl - when I finished it my boyfriend held me. If you love history and you love humanism-type books, read it. You won't be disappointed.
A Nightmare at 20 000 feet - by Richard Matheson. This book is fantastic and suitably scary.
My Grandmother sends Her Regards and Apologises - This is probably the big that hit me the hardest this year, since my grandmother died last year and was not unlike the granny in the book. the Prose is beautiful.
The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K leGuin - she is my favourite female author, other than Mary Shelley. This book is a wonderful dystopian/utopian outlook on dreams, love, the future and the past.
A Scanner Darkly - I love this book. This book is trippy with the best book ending since the Wizard of Earthsea, which I also read this year.
There are too many....Scythe
An Ember in the Ashes
Falling Kingdoms
Those are my top 3
I am a bit late on the train, but the best book I read this year is Legend by Marie Lu.
Anita wrote: "This is the year I discovered the Iron Druid Chronicles.
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great series, discovered it myself.
"great series, discovered it myself.
My favorite book of 2016 was The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. Its a must read.
Erin wrote: "My favorite book of 2016 was The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. Its a must read."Just picked this one up three days ago to start 2017's challenge. I can't wait to read the book.
Latanya wrote: "Erin wrote: "My favorite book of 2016 was The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. Its a must read."Just picked this one up three days ago to start 2017's challenge. I can't wait to read the ..."
Its such a quick read. You could probably finish it in one sitting.
Erin wrote: "Latanya wrote: "Erin wrote: "My favorite book of 2016 was The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. Its a must read."Just picked this one up three days ago to start 2017's challenge. I can't w..."
Awesome! Thanks!
I reread The Haunting of Hill House and realised how blooming EXCELLENT it was (if you like creeping, steadily sinister psychological books!). I also greatly enjoyed The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge.
Lucy wrote: "I reread The Haunting of Hill House and realised how blooming EXCELLENT it was (if you like creeping, steadily sinister psychological books!). I also greatly enjoyed The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge."I've been meaning to read The Haunting of Hill House.
Holy Crap I didnt read the ones I REALLY wanted to this year
city of bones, cinder and all the harry potter books :-)
CinderThe first 3 Harry Potter books ( haven't finished the series yet)
Red Queen
Glass Sword
Rule of Thoughts
Game of Lives
I'm a little tardy to the party but oh well. lol. I really enjoyed The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Merciless 1 & 2; The 5th Wave; The Prodigal Son; The Caster Chronicles; and the Empress Sisi books. There are a ton more but those are the ones that really stood out for me. They are all on my favorites shelves if any of you wanna check them out! :D
Definitely RecklessCreed by Alex Kava !Possibly because I waited a year for it to come out.
Definitely Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. And the Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta.
A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J.MaasThat book really killed me
I am really late with this book but Clockwork Angel
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat. It made me laugh out loud several times.
The Abyss surrounds us by Emily Skrutskie
The Lunar Chronicles, that counts right?
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas!! I loved the plot and how everything turned out. Can't wait for the next one
Probably "The Archived" by Victoria Schwab. The two main characters were EVERYTHING ♥
Cinder by Marissa Meyer! I thought I wouldn't like it but it ended up being one of my favourites. Maybe I was also overtired but there were several points I got really emotional in... and the audiobook was wonderfully done! I loved Aiko!
My favourite reads of 2016 is We were liars, all the throne of glass series.
Jessica wrote: "Cinder by Marissa Meyer! I thought I wouldn't like it but it ended up being one of my favourites. Maybe I was also overtired but there were several points I got really emotional in... and the audio..."I hope you read the rest of the series. It's really good!
Big Little Lies-Liane Moriarty, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by David Lagenkrantz and Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
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- A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara (I love this book so much)
-A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas
- Lady Midnight - Cassandra Clare"
yes to a little life and yes to a court of mist and fury and yes to lady midnight omg