Top Ten Books I've Read So Far This Year

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This week's topic:  Top Ten Books I've Read So Far This Year

Here's my top ten in no particular order (click image for Amazon profile):


Click title to read my review (rated each 5 stars):
1.   Does This Insecurity Make Me Look Fat? -- brought me to tears
2.   Savor -- this author can write!
3.   The Faerie War -- excellent ending to this trilogy
4.   Death's Academy -- a surprise winner!
5.   Luminescense -- great end to this middle school book series
6.   The Sacrament --wonderful picture book
7.   7-day Christian -- inspiring
8.   Memories of Me -- fantastic comprehensive resource book
9.   Diaries of Two Mad Black Mormons --incredibly hilarious and spiritual to boot; my #1 recommendation of the year
10. The Quantum Breach -- clean and informative thriller

Top Ten Authors That I'd Put On My Auto-Buy List

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Oh, I love authors so much I thought I'd double my Top Ten plus two more for good measure (this of course if I actually wasn't frugal). So here they are in alphabetical order (I probably could come up with 22 more!).


1. Mitch Albom

2. Orson Scott Card

3. Cassandra Clare

4. Paulo Coelho

5. Suzanne Collins

6. Kate Evangelista

7. Richard Paul Evans

8. Gordon B. Hinckley

9. Kittie Howard

10. Cameron Jace

11. David Levithan

12. C. Lee McKenzie

13. L.M. Montgomery

14. Rachel Morgan

15. Haruki Murakami

16. Stephenie Myer

17. Janette Rallison

18. J.K. Rowling

19. Nicholas Sparks

20. Katherine Stockett

21. Dieter F. Uchtdorf

22. Jason F. Wright

Top Ten Books I Read in 2012

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This week's topic:  Top Ten Books I Read In 2012

In alphabetical order:

1.

title Charlotte's Web

author White, E.B.

2.

title Christmas Jars Reunion

author Wright, Jason F.

3.

title Forget Me Not

author Uchtdorf, Dieter F.

4.

title The Lost Saints of Tennessee: A Novel

author Franklin-Willis, Amy

5.

title Man of La Mancha

author Wasserman, Dale

6.

title Sherlock Holmes Investigates: Stories

author Doyle, Arthur Conan

7.

title Snow White Blood Red (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #1) I actually like the entire 6 prequels

author Jace, Cameron

8.

title Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

author Patterson, James

9.

title Taste

author Evangelista, Kate

10.

title To Kill a Mockingbird

author Lee, Harper

How about you? What are some of your favorites?

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors

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This week's topic:  Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012.  Looks like I have a lot of Indie authors!

Here's my list in alphabetical order. 

title The Secret Life of Copernicus H. Stringfellow: Surreptitious Superhero

author Barber, Lorin K.

title Always the Baker Never the Bride

author Bricker, Sandra D.

title Love Your Frenemies

author Esguerra, Mina V.

title Taste

author Evangelista, Kate

title The Lost Saints of Tennessee: A Novel

author Franklin-Willis, Amy

title Daughters for a Time

author Handford, Jennifer

title Remy Broussard's Christmas

author Howard, Kittie

title Snow White Blood Red (The Grimm Diaries Prequels, #1)

author Jace, Cameron

title The Faerie Guardian, Part I: Guardian

author Morgan, Rachel

title True Grit

author Portis, Charles

Top Ten Tuesday: Dear Santa, I Want ...

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This week's topic: Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me.  ~I really, really want the first two!! ;)

1.

title The Wedding Letters

author Wright, Jason F.

2. 

title The Time Keeper

author Albom, Mitch

3.

title Before Ever After

author Sotto, Samantha

4.

title The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)

author Ness, Patrick

5.

title Son (The Giver, #4)

author Lowry, Lois

6.

title Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)

author Hartman, Rachel

7.

title Perception (Clarity, #2)

author Harrington, Kim

8.

title Perla

author Robertis, Carolina De

9.

title Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)

author LaFevers, R.L.

10.

title The Casual Vacancy

author Rowling, J.K.

How about you?  What books would you like from Santa?  Maybe I have it and we can swap.  :D