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message 3: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments
★★★★★ December Reads
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1) by Sarah MacLeanPleasure of a Dark Prince (Immortals After Dark, #9) by Kresley Cole

★★★★½ December Reads
Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lover's Mystery, #1) by Jenn McKinlay Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) by Ilona Andrews Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #2) by Jenn McKinlay Holiday in Death (In Death, #7) by J.D. Robb Loving Rose The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair (Casebook of Barnaby Adair, #3) by Stephanie Laurens Merry Christmas, Baby (Lucky Harbor, #12.5) by Jill Shalvis One in a Million (Lucky Harbor, #12) by Jill Shalvis One Starry Christmas by Carolyn Davidson Sprinkle with Murder (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #1) by Jenn McKinlay Wait for Me (Against All Odds, #1) by Elisabeth Naughton

★★★★☆ December Reads
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes A Maiden Lane Christmas Special (Maiden Lane, #6.5) by Elizabeth Hoyt By Winter's Light (Cynster, #21) by Stephanie Laurens Hot in Here by Sophie Renwick On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1) by Cleo Coyle One Bad Apple (Orchard, #1) by Sheila Connolly One Touch of Scandal (Fraternitas Aureae Crucis, #1) by Liz Carlyle Stealing the Preacher (Archer Brothers, #2) by Karen Witemeyer Texas Princess (Whispering Mountain, #2) by Jodi Thomas The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation, #8) by Lauren Willig When You Give a Duke a Diamond (Jewels of the Ton, #1) by Shana Galen



message 4: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (last edited Jan 01, 2015 10:58PM) (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments
★★★★★ Audiobooks of 2015
Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) by Jim Butcher Darling Beast (Maiden Lane, #7) by Elizabeth Hoyt Duke of Midnight (Maiden Lane, #6) by Elizabeth Hoyt Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood Kiss of a Demon King (Immortals After Dark, #7) by Kresley Cole Kiss of Snow (Psy-Changeling, #10) by Nalini Singh Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) by Agatha Christie Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Immortals After Dark, #9) by Kresley Cole Purity in Death (In Death, #15) by J.D. Robb Reunion in Death (In Death, #14) by J.D. Robb Seduction in Death (In Death, #13) by J.D. Robb The Comforts of Home by Jodi Thomas The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) by Karen White The Raven Prince (Princes Trilogy #1) by Elizabeth Hoyt The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion The Witness by Nora Roberts To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) by Connie Willis

★★★★★ Reads of 2015
A Lady Never Lies (Affairs by Moonlight, #1) by Juliana Gray All Is Well Heal Your Body with Medicine, Affirmations, and Intuition by Louise L. Hay Bellfield Hall (A Dido Kent Mystery, #1) by Anna Dean Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) by Jim Butcher Make It Ahead A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1) by Sarah MacLean Open Season by Linda Howard Tangled Extra Scenes (Tangled, #1.1) by Emma Chase The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11) by Jim Butcher Where the Sidewalk Ends The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein Without Words by Ellen O'Connell Written in Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop



message 5: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments
Favorite New Author: by Anne Bishop

Worst Book: Desire the Night by Amanda Ashley

Favorite Cover: Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs



message 6: by Nichole (new)

Nichole | 512 comments December
★★★★★
The Saint (The Original Sinners White Years, #1) by Tiffany Reisz Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7) by Ilona Andrews
★★★★☆
Before Jamaica Lane (On Dublin Street, #3) by Samantha Young The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral, #1) by C.L. Wilson A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2) by Tessa Dare Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Cut & Run (Cut & Run, #1) by Abigail Roux


message 7: by Nichole (last edited Jan 02, 2015 03:11PM) (new)

Nichole | 512 comments I like your format Lisa Kay, so I copied it :)

2014 Yearly Review
Favorite Audiobooks of 2014:
World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee The Lion's Lady (Crown's Spies, #1) by Julie Garwood Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2) by Juliet Marillier Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7) by Ilona Andrews Saving Grace by Julie Garwood Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, #3) by Patricia Briggs Feral Sins (The Phoenix Pack, #1) by Suzanne Wright Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #6) by Kresley Cole The Saint (The Original Sinners White Years, #1) by Tiffany Reisz Written in Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #5) by Kresley Cole Honey Moon by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Venom (Elemental Assassin, #3) by Jennifer Estep Tangled Threads (Elemental Assassin, #4) by Jennifer Estep Spider’s Revenge (Elemental Assassin, #5) by Jennifer Estep Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) by Juliet Marillier Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3) by Loretta Chase The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion

Favorite Reads of 2014:
Making Faces by Amy Harmon The Scribe (Irin Chronicles, #1) by Elizabeth Hunter The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) by Paullina Simons Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman #2) by Paullina Simons Comanche Moon (Comanche, #1) by Catherine Anderson Into the Hollow (Experiment in Terror, #6) by Karina Halle The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred Texas Destiny (Texas Trilogy, #1) by Lorraine Heath Reaper's Legacy (Reapers MC, #2) by Joanna Wylde Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1) by Judith McNaught

Favorite New Authors:
Anne Bishop
Juliet Marillier

Favorite New Narrators:
Lauren Fortgang- Elemental Assassin series
Robert Petkoff- Immortals After Dark series

Worst Book:
Fires of Winter (Haardrad Viking Family, #1) by Johanna Lindsey

Favorite Cover:
Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter, #5) by Nalini Singh


message 8: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments Nichole wrote: "I like your format Lisa Kay, so I copied it :)..."

I'm flattered, Nichole. Great picks, BTW.


message 9: by Gisela, Moderator (new)

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Nichole, Robert Petkoff is amazing. He can read the phonebook and I'd gladly listen. :)


message 10: by Gisela, Moderator (new)

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments For December

5 stars
A Marriage of Inconvenience (The Arringtons and Wright-Gordons, #1) by Susanna Fraser

4.5 stars
River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6) by Patricia Briggs Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7) by Patricia Briggs

4 stars
Wait for Me (Against All Odds, #1) by Elisabeth Naughton Maybe This Christmas (O'Neil Brothers, #3) by Sarah Morgan


message 11: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments Gisela wrote: "Nichole, Robert Petkoff is amazing. He can read the phonebook and I'd gladly listen. :)"

LMBO! Ditto!


message 12: by Nichole (new)

Nichole | 512 comments Gisela wrote: "Nichole, Robert Petkoff is amazing. He can read the phonebook and I'd gladly listen. :)"

So true!


message 13: by ShoSho , Moderator (new)

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments I had great reading month in December .I read 35 books (short stories and novellas included ) and I gave 9 of them 5 stars and 14 of them 4 stars !

My favorites for December :
Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7) by Ilona Andrews Azagoth (1001 Dark Nights, #6; Lords of Deliverance, #5.5; Demonica, #10.5) by Larissa Ione The Abandoned (Graveyard Queen #0.5) by Amanda Stevens Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) by Ilona Andrews Wait for Me (Against All Odds, #1) by Elisabeth Naughton The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein All I Want for Christmas by Nora Roberts Merry Christmas, Baby (Lucky Harbor, #12.5) by Jill Shalvis The Kiss Before Midnight by Sophie Pembroke


message 14: by ShoSho , Moderator (new)

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Top five books of 2014 : There is no way I can come up with 5 books !!
Top five favorite series :
I read more than one book from theses series , all 5 stars :

Graveyard Queen series
Boys of Bishop series
The Dresden Files series
Vorkosigan Saga

Favorite books :
Written in Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop Wait for Me (Against All Odds, #1) by Elisabeth Naughton A Woman Entangled (Blackshear Family, #3) by Cecilia Grant Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion Concealed in Death (In Death, #38) by J.D. Robb Open Season by Linda Howard Reaver (Lords of Deliverance, #5; Demonica, #10) by Larissa Ione Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Worth the Fall (The McKinney Brothers, #1) by Claudia Connor Azagoth (1001 Dark Nights, #6; Lords of Deliverance, #5.5; Demonica, #10.5) by Larissa Ione Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Worst book :
The Siren (The Original Sinners, #1) by Tiffany Reisz The Sorcerer's Spell by Dani Kristoff


message 15: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments ShoSho wrote: "I had great reading month in December .I read 35 books ..."

LOL! Yes, we went out with a bang. ☺


message 16: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments If I has to pick only one, I would have to say that Written in Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop was the standout book for me in 2014. It was so well written and totally took me into the writer's world. Such a surprise, too.


message 17: by ShoSho , Moderator (new)

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Lisa Kay wrote: "If I has to pick only one, I would have to say that Written in Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop was the standout book for me in 2014. It was so well written and totally took me into the writer's world. S..."

For me too ! It's" the most recommended book by me" in 2014 !


message 18: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments Yes, I recommended it a lot, too.


message 19: by ShoSho , Moderator (new)

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments We did buddy read in another group , right ?


message 20: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments Yup. Who's Your Author.


message 21: by Gea (last edited Jan 29, 2015 12:29AM) (new)

Gea (gea89) | 412 comments I have read 316 books in 2014 here's a bit of my statistics:

Best books (except of #1 in no particular order):
Shade's Fall (The Last Riders, #4) by Jamie Begley Bender (The Core Four, #1) by Stacy Borel Edge of the Enforcer (Mountain Masters & Dark Haven, #4) by Cherise Sinclair Black Out (Hawks Motorcycle Club # 3) by Lila Rose The Education of Mrs. Brimley (Chambers Trilogy, #1) by Donna MacMeans Bear Naked (Halle Shifters, #3) by Dana Marie Bell A Game of Chance (Mackenzie Family, #5) by Linda Howard The Hawk (Highland Guard, #2) by Monica McCarty Oracle's Moon (Elder Races, #4) by Thea Harrison Craving Resurrection (The Aces, #4) by Nicole Jacquelyn It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons #7) by Julia Quinn Siren Enslaved (Texas Sirens, #3) by Sophie Oak Anguish (Jokers' Wrath MC, #3) by Bella Jewel Deacon (Unfinished Hero, #4) by Kristen Ashley Play (Stage Dive, #2) by Kylie Scott Beauty and the Billionaire (Billionaire Boys Club, #2) by Jessica Clare Kiss of Snow (Psy-Changeling, #10) by Nalini Singh Reaper's Legacy (Reapers MC, #2) by Joanna Wylde Forged in Steele (KGI, #7) by Maya Banks Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling, #13) by Nalini Singh Shades of Twilight by Linda Howard Texas Glory (Texas Trilogy, #2) by Lorraine Heath Dungeon Royale (Masters and Mercenaries, #6) by Lexi Blake Highlander Most Wanted (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs, #2) by Maya Banks

Worst book:
The Mighty Storm (The Storm, #1) by Samantha Towle

Favorite new author:
Jessica Clare


message 22: by Lisa Kay, Moderator (new)

Lisa Kay (lisakayalicemaria) | 20787 comments Yes, Gea, The Education of Mrs. Brimley (Chambers Trilogy, #1) by Donna MacMeans is one of my favorite books - often overlooked.

I'll have to check out Jessica Clare.


message 23: by Gisela, Moderator (new)

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Added to my TBR!


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