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2014: The Year In Review
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You might want to edit your post to say 2014 in the headings instead of 2013 though. :-D
Top 5 2014 NABCC Reads 1) Words of Radiance
2) Cibola Burn
3) Prince of Fools
4) Promise of Blood
5) The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1) Words of Radiance
2) Wheel of Time - read the whole series this year
3) The Martian
4) Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics
5) Foundation's Edge
Top 5 Books Published in 2014
1) Words of Radiance
2) Cibola Burn
3) The Widow's House
4) Mr. Mercedes
5) The Mirror Empire
I read 41 books this year (working on 42 but I don't think I'll finish it for 2014).Top 5-ish NABCC Reads
1) Harry Potter re-read.
2) Words of Radiance
3) Half a King
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1) The Martian
2) The Golem and the Jinni
3) Reaper's Gale (Shut up, Rob!)
4) The Bonehunters
5) Altered Carbon
Top 5 Book Published in 2014
1) The Martian
I read a few other books published in 2014 but nothing I really loved and enjoyed. This year, The Martian wins it all.
Rob wrote: "Haha. I was going to make one of these at some point.You might want to edit your post to say 2014 in the headings instead of 2013 though. :-D"
Thanks. Knew I would miss something.
Geoff wrote: "Top 5 2014 NABCC Reads 1) Words of Radiance
2) Cibola Burn
3) Prince of Fools
4) Promise of Blood
5) [book:The Slow Regard of Silent..."
Very impressed that you read the whole Wheel of Time series this year. I had thoughts of doing that but only made it through book two. Thinking of maybe doing one a month next year.
Bill wrote: "Very impressed that you read the whole Wheel of Time series this year."Yeah. Its quite the undertaking. One per month is definitely achievable. Also, I found the end to be much faster reads, particularly the Sanderson books.
Still not read all the books the club has read.Top 5 2014 NABCC Reads
1) The Shadow Throne
2) The Crimson Campaign
3) Words of Radiance
4) The Slow Regard of Silent Things
5) Harry Potter Reread
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1) Leviathan Wakes
2) The Shadow Throne
3) The Incorruptibles
4) The Martian
5) The Mote in God's Eye
Top 5 Books Published in 2014
1) The Shadow Throne
2) The Crimson Campaign
3) The Incorruptibles
4) The Emperor's Blades
5) Barricade
If I had to pick 1 book as the best I have read this year: Leviathan Wakes (very close second will be The Shadow Throne).
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...these are my best reads of the year for me.
cant pick the best one, too many.
Top 5 2014 NABCC Reads 1) Blood Song
2) Harry Potter Reread
3) The Crimson Campaign
3) Ancillary Sword
I liked MOST of the other club books too (*cough Mirror Empire *cough*) but those were my favorites.
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1) Blood Song
2) The Martian
3) The Sparrow
4) The Way of Kings
5) Memory
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1. Words of Radiance
2. Blood Song
3. Tower Lord
4. Skin Game
5. Harry Potter reread
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1. Words of Radiance
2. Blood Song
3. Tower Lord
4. Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
5. Skin Game
Top 5 Books Published in 2014
1) Words of Radiance
2) Tower Lord
3) Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
4) Skin Game
5) Locke & Key, Volume 6: Alpha & Omega
My lists are all pretty similar. I guess that shows that I read a lot of great books published this year with the group.
These were all 5 star reads for me, but there were some really great 4+ star reads for me too that I could list.
Alex - I'm glad I read Mirror Empire, even though I disliked it. My favorite 2014 books were found via recommendations too. And the Mirror Empire (view spoiler) discussion was great!
These aren't always in strict 1-5 order, but i try my bestTop 5 2014 NABCC Reads
1. Words of Radiance
2. Blood Song
3. Tower Lord
4. The Crimson Campaign
5. City of Stairs
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1. Stormlight Archive #1,#2
2. Broken Empire Trilogy/Prince of Fools
3. Blood Song/Tower Lord
4. 1st Law Trilogy
5. Gentleman Bastards
OK. these were mostly series, not individual books
Top 5 Books Published in 2014
1) Words of Radiance
2) Prince of Fools
3) Tower Lord
4) The Magician's Land
5) The Crimson Campaign
Top NABCC Reads:Only participated in two this year so they both make it:
1. Harry Potter reread was tons of fun!
2. The Slow Regard of Silent Things was a beautiful read
Top 5 Books Read in 2014:
1. Way of Kings/Words of Radiance
2. Dresden Files (think I read 3 through the most recent this year; each one better than the next)
3. The Martian
4. Riyria Revelations
5. Tie between Ready Player One and Fuzzy Nation
Top 5 Books Published in 2014:
1. Words of Radiance
2. Skin Game
3. The Martian
4. City of Stairs
5. Tower Lord
Had a really great year in reading. This was my first full year as a full-time fantasy fan, and I came across a lot of awesome that I might never had experienced without the joys of Goodreads.
Hoping I can keep up my rate of reading badassery this year!
Awesome Scott, I feel the same way (first year as full time fan, the joy of goodreads :))
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Top 5 2014 NABCC Reads
1) City of Stairs
2) Words of Radiance
3) Skin Game
4) The Crimson Campaign
5) Prince of Fools
Top 5 Books Read in 2014
1) The Dresden Files - Read book 3-15 this year and it was amazing.
2) The Slow Regard of Silent Things
3) City of Stairs
4) Words of Radiance
5) Cursor's Fury
Top 5 Books Published in 2014
1) The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2) City of Stairs
3) Words of Radiance
4) Skin Game
5) Assail
Currently at 97 books for the year including re-reads. Pretty happy with my reading year overall although I would have liked to finish a few more series.