"I'm hopeless at rating things.
I adored both Keri Arthur Riley Jensen series books (sigh - Quinn), JR Ward's The Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. And C.E Murphy's Coyote Dreams was a fantastic installment to The Walker Papers. Can't wait to read the next books in all these series.
Jim Butcher's Storm Front was a great first book in a series, so want to continue with those.
I was drawn into Twilight and The Host.
And I always love books by Barbara Hannay and Marion Lennox.
I laugh with Janet Evanovich, and cringed (as it was crime) with Lisa Gardner and Kathy Reichs. I admire the artwork of Frank Miller. And if you want a very very hot read with poetic language, it's Denise Rossetti.
Then there's the children's books - Neil Gaiman is a great author. Caroline is creepy and I know I would have loved that as a kid.
See I'm hopeless. I can't make up my mind. :)
If I had to choose I will go for JR Ward - it has adventure, action, romance, and gorgeous vampires with emotional depth and because it's the series I read the most this year."
How about you - what was your favourite read of 2008?
My reads...
Wow! 2008 was a year I’m glad to put behind me…I learned much but at a hefty price-financially, healthfully, and spiritually. Thankfully, helping me get through the year were the many varied books I read.
Of course, Stephanie Meyer’s works were on the top of my TBR pile…but no-they didn’t stay there long… Her unusual vampire hero re-spirited romance for me. I believe a hero can be strong and sensitive yet have a twisted (somewhat demented) personal trait…and her Edward surely exemplifies this.
Another author who isn’t as well known, but should be is Juliet Marillier. Her young adult romances, Wildwood Dancing and Cybele’s Gift, made me believe in innocence and beauty. If you haven’t yet read them-do!
Oh, and who could forget The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Neffenegger! I’ve never cried so much in my life! For a brief time (brief because I was so enthralled in this book that I couldn’t put it down and thus I read it in a couple of sittings!), this extraordinary love story blotted out the turmoil in my own life…I was actually bereft when this book ended because I wanted to stay with the characters!
Also, there are the manuscripts that I’ve been blessed with reading that aren’t yet published, but will be soon…my eternal thanks to Cassie Pennington and Nikki Logan for gifting me with the privilege! Anyway, that’s a brief wrap on 2008 for me. What books inspired you?
~Dana
