Your 2016 Year in Books! +Favorites

[Lindsey]

Hey all!

I loved looking at everyone's year in review last year. I also wanted to share my favorite books of the year, and what a perfect chance to align with the book of the month for January!

What were your favorites?

Please share your link of books for the year!
If you have trouble, I found that clicking the share button for twitter gave me a link I copied here. =)

[Lindsey]

https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...

My favorites I read this year! No particular order.

Series - Only series new to me this year, did not include any of the rest of the series even if i freaking loved it.


Stand Alone Books

[Lindsey]

Desiree wrote: "

I didn't read a whole lot of books it seems, but these were my favorites for 2016:"


I think you did great! I added some of yours to my to-read list! All the Light We Cannot See is definitely on my list! I think I'll be getting to it in March hopefully. I don't expect I'll be reading so much next year since I'll be in school unlike earlier this year when I got most of my reading done.

[Lindsey]

Great list Ari! Several I had added to my list that i didn't catch earlier this year =)

[Christa]

Here's my crazy list! https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...

Some favorites:
Crooked Kingdom
The Raven King
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
A Darker Shade of Magic
The Lost Girl

[Lindsey]

Christa, seriously 700?! I thought you were at 2 day, WAY to go! You're ability is a mega reading goal. Congrats! I love your variety for the year, I will dig through it some more tomorrow, sooo many.

[Vonze]

It was kinda a meh reading year for me, as I forced myself to read some things just to get them off my bookshelf before I move X-D

https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/3744482

But, silvering lining, some of my favs:

[Christa]

Lindsey wrote: "Christa, seriously 700?! I thought you were at 2 day, WAY to go! You're ability is a mega reading goal. Congrats! I love your variety for the year, I will dig through it some more tomorrow, sooo many."

Thanks Lindsey! I definitely had to push myself a few times throughout the year when I hit a slump, but signing up for different reading challenges helped. It was fun!

[Lindsey]

Vonze (Yvonne) wrote: "It was kinda a meh reading year for me, as I forced myself to read some things just to get them off my bookshelf before I move X-D

For such a meh year I liked your list! This looks awesome!!! I also think I'll follow in your footsteps this year. Too many books on my shelves I haven't gotten to yet, so I think cleaning them off will be my goal! Thank you!

[Lindsey]

Christa, I have told myself at least one different reading challenge this year. I think this is the only way I'll explore more outside of my favorite genres. Thanks for the example of how it helped you!

I am just poking fun but was your slump a half a book a day? Or did you manage a few crazy days of 3-4+? I think my average best time for a book would be in print and maybe around 8-9 hours. No way I could read daily though, book hangovers are the worst.

[Christa]

Lindsey wrote: "Christa, I have told myself at least one different reading challenge this year. I think this is the only way I'll explore more outside of my favorite genres. Thanks for the example of how it helped..."

I definitely had a few 3-4+ days, and a few times where it took me 3-4 days to finish a particular book. It evened out over time, but the delayed times were stressful. I'm gonna try not to push myself so much this year. :)

[Jennifer]

Omg I read so many books & comics this year! Saddly I feel like I read more books I didn't like than ones I did like. But that's because I tried different sorts of books I wouldn't normally, and I'm really proud of myself for that.

Anyways,

My top five for 2016 were:

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Dragon Age: Magekiller (comic) by Greg Rucka
I Hate Fairyland (comic) by Skottie Young

[Lindsey]

Jennifer wrote: "Omg I read so many books & comics this year! Saddly I feel like I read more books I didn't like than ones I did like. But that's because I tried different sorts of books I wouldn't normally, and I'..."

Always times like that it seems you just can't get a good story. But yes, Way to Go! I think getting out of your comfort zone is great!

Big question though! I saw you had rated This Savage Song only 3 stars, was it just that good to be on your top list? Sounds like i need to pick it up soon!

[Lindsey]

Christa wrote: " I'm gonna try not to push myself so much this year. :) "

Lol. I look forward to seeing your 2017 list! I have my doubts it will be under 400.