It’s always nice to discover a new book that ends up being a favorite. Last year, I more hesitant to step out of my comfort zone, and while I did find new authors, it wasn’t that many. But this year, I’ve tried to do better and give more books a try. On the other hand, it was also nice to keep up with series/trilogies by author’s I was already familiar with.
New favorites…
- A.G. Howard: I enjoyed Howard’s take on Wonderland, and though I had a few issues with Splintered, I really enjoyed it.
- Megan Shephard: I had the Madman’s Daughter on my shelf for a long time, and it was only during 2015 that I finally got around to reading it. The book was fantastic and Shephard’s writing style paired nicely with the story.
- Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff: One word: Illuminae. That book was epic, awesome in so many ways, and I look forward to the next book.
- Mari Mancusi: Scorched is by far one of my favorite books featuring dragons.
- Angelica Banks: Finding Serendipity was a ridiculously cute story and I’m really looking forward to the sequel coming out next year.
- Kim Karalious: Basically the story was cute for the most part and proposed the idea of love going seriously awry with some terrible consequences.
- Ray Bradbury: His style of writing is absolutely fantastic. The Halloween Tree was a really great story.
- Brian Selznick: The Invention of Hugo Cabret was just a really lovely book. The illustrations were also fantastic so obviously I will be reading more novels by Selznick.
- Alexandra Bracken: The Darkest Mind’s trilogy was fantastic and it was kind of nice that I didn’t have to wait for the books to come out (the plus side to waiting so long to start the trilogy).
- Jennifer Latham: I read Scarlett Undercover earlier in the year and I really liked it.
- Ryan Graudin: Graudin’s style of writing is easy to get into, and I look forward to reading more of her novels.
- Sherry Thomas: The Elemental Trilogy is just one of my favorites. I'm glad that I finally got around to reading it.
- Splintered
- The Madman's Daughter
- Illuminae
- Scorched
- Finding Serendipity
- The Halloween Tree
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, & In the Afterlight
- Scarlett Undercover
- Wolf by Wolf
- The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, & The Game of Lives
- The Burning Sky, The Perilous Sea, & The Immortal Height
- Victoria Schwab: I read the second book to The Archived series, and I liked it.
- Madeleine L’Engle: For obvious reasons I finished reading A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet this year. I had the omnibus edition with the first three books, and I liked A Wrinkle in Time. So I was curious to see the next part of the characters story.
- Stephanie Thomas: I read the second book of her series, Lucidity, and I liked it better than the first.
- Melissa West: Hover was a good book and I need to eventually read the last novel of the trilogy.
- Amanda Sun: Rise was just a really good short story and If you have read the series then I recommend checking it out.
Other Books I liked Review List...
- Oleah Chronicles: Truth
- Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse
- The Body in the Woods
- Doctor Who: Royal Blood
- Howl's Moving Castle
- John Shaw's Guide to Digital Nature Photography
- Headstrong: 52 Women who Changed Science and the World
- Cookie Love by Mindy Segal with Kate Leahy
- Space Exploration for Dummies by Cynthia Phillips & Shana Priwer
- The Tapper Twins go to War (With Each Other) by Geoff Rodkey
- The Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes
- Until Midnight by Melissa Landers
- Doctor Who: Silhouette by Justin Richards
- Video Game Storytelling by Evan Skolnick
- The Keep by Veronica Wolff
