As always I like to wait until the very end of the year to profess my favourite books of 2012, just in case I read something amazing over the holidays (which I did last year). My list is compiled from books I have read during 2012 irrespective of publication date. This does mean there’s a couple of 2013 releases on here but by my own criteria, they would be missed off future lists and that’s unfair.
#11 The Dog Stars
#10 Throne of Glass
#9 Pantomime
#8 The Violinist’s Thumb
#7 Heart-Shaped Bruise
#6 Pushing the Limits
#5 The Mad Scientist’s Daughter
#4 Diving Belles
#3 The Song of Achilles
#2 Me Before You
#1 The Testimony
Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list of all the fabulous books I read in 2012. There are just so many and that is a good thing. You can always check out the links at the top of my blog for my highlights and 5 star reads.
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Great list; I have a couple of those on my TBR so it's good to know you loved them so much. Happy New Year, Ellie – hope you have a great one 🙂
Enjoyed reading your list Ellie. I liked Heart-Shaped Bruise a lot too. I found my list really hard to compile and thought of others afterwards. I've saved my 2013 books for next years list but I like either way of doing it and as you say, don't want them to get missed.
Happy New Year! x
Yay, Song of Achilles 🙂
Lots of the books are new to me, I like the sound of Throne of Glass.
I still have to read Song of Achilles..must remedy that soon! The Mad Scientist's Daughter and Pantomime are going straight onto the wishlist. Happy New Year, Ellie. Tx
I love that this list is full of a wide variety of genres, Ellie. I'm really excited for Song of Achilles and Pantomime. Happy New Year!
I read a lot of different book blogs, but I have to say – your book blog adds the most books to my TBR list and pile. I love reading similar books to what you read, so the new ideas are endless. Keep it coming in 2013 🙂
I need to read a whooole bunch of these! Think Throne of Glass is on every list this year.
I definitely need to read Heart-Shaped Bruise, it sounds so good. Out of these I also loved Throne of Glass and Pushing the Limits (agree with you about the cover- the US version is so much better). I'm halfway through Pantomime at the moment and loving it.
Happy New Year!
I have to admit I haven't read most of them on this list. Pushing The Limits was also on my list but I am really intrigued by The Testimony, I haven't heard of it before and just brought it, thanks =)