As always, thank you to The Broke and the Bookish for hosting. I can’t believe half of the year has gone by! I like this week’s topic because it lets me catch up on my past reads and see which are the ones that I’ve included in my best of 2015. I don’t have enough favorites (so far) to make it to ten but these are the titles that I’ve loved this year:
Adult Contemporary:
Girl Before a Mirror by Liza Palmer
Once Upon a Rose by Laura Florand
Young Adult / New Adult Contemporary:
I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
The Deal by Elle Kennedy
Fantasy:
Pure Magic by Rachel Neumeier
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
I haven’t written reviews for all of these but I hope I’ll be able to find some time to do so! Also, I want to read more fantasy novels in the latter half of the year. It’s going to be fun to go through other people’s lists to see what have been their favorites in 2015 so far. I have a feeling I’ll be adding some titles to my wishlist. Care to share what you’ve loved reading this year?
July 1, 2015 at 12:48 am
Girl Before a Mirror, The Deal, and I’ll Meet you There are high on my TBR, and Once Upon a Rose looks like my kind of read. Everyone is loving Uprooted and I will keep that in mind for when I’m in a fantasy mood. Looks like you’ve read some great books this year, and I hope your luck continues with the back half of the year.
July 1, 2015 at 12:53 am
Yay! Glad to hear you’re interested in most of the books in my list. 🙂 Yes, I feel like I’ve had a pretty good reading year so far, even if I wasn’t able to make a full list of ten favorites for this post. I hope you enjoy reading all of these titles as much as I did.
July 1, 2015 at 1:20 am
I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Uprooted. I’m really curious about it.
July 1, 2015 at 11:24 am
It’s a really good fantasy novel! Try it if you’re in the mood for epic fantasy.
July 1, 2015 at 3:26 am
Ah! I loved Girl Before a Mirror (as you know). And I can’t wait to read Uprooted! I’ve been hearing nothing but fabulous things about it 🙂
July 1, 2015 at 11:38 am
I have we both have Girl in the Mirror as a favorite this year! I have a feeling you’ll enjoy reading Uprooted. It keeps popping up in people’s best of 2015 lists.
July 1, 2015 at 9:26 am
And…..I still need to read Liza Palmer.
July 1, 2015 at 11:39 am
You really should! You can start with Nowhere But Home or Girl Before a Mirror.
July 1, 2015 at 9:46 am
The Deal is awesome! Garrett and Hannah together ❤ I'm so excited to read Uprooted.
Haraiah @ Random Things In Action
July 1, 2015 at 11:41 am
Yep, Elle Kennedy wrote a good one with The Deal! I also enjoyed reading The Mistake but I thought The Deal was better.
July 1, 2015 at 10:10 am
I just finished I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios a couple of days ago and enjoyed it very much. I may well have heard of it first here, so thank you. I also enjoyed reading Uprooted.
I’ve quite enjoyed the Sarina Bowen books that I’ve read this year; some of those would likely make my top ten list.
July 1, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Oh yay, that’s great news that you heard about I’ll Meet You There through my blog. Always happy to spread the word about good books. Since you liked that, you might also enjoy Something Like Normal by Trish Doller and Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols.
Sarina Bowen’s books were in my favorites list last year. 🙂 I also enjoyed The Shameless Hour but I loved the earlier books in the series more.
July 1, 2015 at 6:07 pm
I really want to read Uprooted! It sounds very interesting.
I read Hether Demetrios’ other book, Something Real and I think I’ll check out her other book soon! So far I’ve hear great things about it 🙂
July 1, 2015 at 6:08 pm
If you like epic fantasy then I think you’d enjoy Uprooted! I haven’t read Something Real but I’ve heard good things about it so I’m curious.
July 1, 2015 at 6:16 pm
I liked it! I got annoyed at some of the characters sometimes but they were meant to be that way, so that was okay 🙂
July 2, 2015 at 4:19 pm
I think that sounds good then!
July 6, 2015 at 12:02 pm
I really loved Uprooted as well. I keep seeing it on people’s top ten lists. I’ve been rereading it slowly and re-living Agnieszka and the Dragon’s interactions. 🙂
July 7, 2015 at 4:38 pm
I have a feeling I’ll be tempted to reread it soon too!
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