Looking Back at 2016: My Top 10 Reads

I read so many good books this year. Here is my list of my favorite books this year.

It really surprised me. I loved this book.

 

 

 

 

I wasn’t sure if I would like this book, but it was so scary and tension filled. Read it!

 

 

 

 

Another really good apocalyptic story. Read it!

 

 

 

 

I read this for my book club. And it is so good. If you love Southern Lit, read it!

 

 

 

 

It’s more an essay than a book, but it’s a fabulous argument for why we all should be feminists.

 

 

 

Really a fascinating read about how a talented child will take over a family.

 

 

 

I listened to this one. It’s the first audio book I’ve listened to in a while. And I really enjoyed it. The narrator did a great job, plus I learned how to pronounce so many Brit words and places.

 

This is one of my favorite books of this year. I’ve hopped on the Elena Ferrante bandwagon and am planning to read the second one soon.

 

 

 

This is another one that I wasn’t really sure what it was about when I picked it up to read. But it is really good.

 

 

 

I love this series of books by Tana French so much. The latest in the series is so good, and it slyly comments on the genre of books with “Girl” in the title who are a bit angry. Read it!

 

 

So what do you think of my list? Have you read any of the books? What were your favorite books of 2016? Don’t forget to leave your link below so I can visit your blog. Happy Reading!

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors

It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Do visit this fun blog and read all the other lists. It’s a lot of fun and you’ll be sure to add books to your TBR pile. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read For The First Time In 2016. I’ve listed the author and the books that introduced me to them. Also, if you click on their name I’ve linked to either their Goodreads page or their website.

So, in no particular order, here is my list of favorite new-to-me authors who I read for the first time ever this year.

Megan Abbott :          

Josh Malerman:                     

Elena Ferrante:                      

Ron Rash:                                  

Ruth Ware:                                 

Emily St John Mandel:             

Téa Obreht:                                   

V.E. Schwab:                                 

Madeline Hunter:                         

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:    

 

Who are your top ten new-to-you authors? What do you think of my list?  Let me know what you think  in the comments below. Be sure to leave a link to your Top Ten Tuesday list so I can visit your blog.

 

The Friday 56, #7

It’s time for  Friday 56!  It’s a book meme hosted by Freda at Freda’s Voice. Be sure to visit her blog if you would like to participate!

From Freda’s Voice The Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
(If you have to improvise, that’s ok.)
*Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it)
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post in the Linky on Friday 56. Add the post url, not your blog url.
*It’s that simple!

Here’s my contribution:

But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don’t need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life.

—One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash

Synopsis of One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash from Goodreads:

Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff’s deputy, One Foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrival of one the most mature and distinctive voices in southern literature.

I bought this to read for my Skype Book Club. We meet over Skype in the summer and drink wine while chatting about the books and anything else that strikes our fancy. It’s such a good way to see and visit with my faraway friends. Brigitte, Daniela, and Dayle, we need a name for this book club. Have we decided on one yet?

What do you think about Skype book clubs? Would you join one? Have any of you read Ron Rash? Would you read this book based on the excerpt I shared? Let me know what you think in the comments below.