At our last Book Club meeting members compiled lists of their favorite books read in 2012 and from their lists I've tallied it all up and have created one comprehensive list. So here are our picks!
Book Club's
Best of 2012 Picks
Best Book Club Pick This Year:
Lucky Enough by Kelli Evans
(I think they think they have to say this... ;) )
Honorable Mentions In This Category: The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood & Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
The Best Book We Read On Our Own:
The Lucky Harbor Series by Jill Shalvis
Honorable Mentions In This Category: Living With The Dead by Kelly Armstrong, One Lucky Deal by Kelli Evans, The Quantico Series by Irene Hannon
The Books That Gave Us New Perspective:
Brightside by Mark Tullius, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Kingdome of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman & One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
The Book With The Most Adventure:
Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
The Books That Gave Us New Perspective:
Brightside by Mark Tullius, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Kingdome of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman & One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
The Book With The Most Adventure:
Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
Honorable Mentions In This Category: The Hunting Tree by Ike Hammill, Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis & One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
The Scariest Book We Read This Year: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (I think they were being funny...)
The Scariest Book We Read This Year: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (I think they were being funny...)
Honorable Mentions In This Category: Daddy's Home by A.K. Alexander, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote & One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
The Hottest Book We've Read This Year:
Bared To You by Sylvia Day & Lucky Enough by Kelli Evans
The Hottest Book We've Read This Year:
Bared To You by Sylvia Day & Lucky Enough by Kelli Evans
Honorable Mentions In This Category: Fifty Shades Of Grey by E.L. James, The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood & One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake
The Books That Made Us Laugh-out-Loud:
Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis, The Know-It-All by AJ Jacobs & Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
The Book That Made Us Cry: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer
Honorable Mention In This Category: Sisters of The Quilt by Cindy Woodsmall
The Book We Couldn't Put Down:
Lucky Enough By Kelli Evans
Honorable Mentions In This Category: 77 Days in September by Ray Gorham, The Half Stitched by Wanda E. Brunstetter, Just Her Luck by Kelli Evans & One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake
A Book/Genre We Liked But Didn't Think We Would:
the genre Romance
Honorable Mentions In This Category: the book Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, the genre Thriller/Mystery
Our Favorite Author:
Kelli Evans
Our Favorite Author:
Kelli Evans
Honorable Mentions In This Category: Jill Shalvis, Kelly Armstrong, Mary Higgins Clark, Robin Cook, Julie Garwood, Irene Hannon, Beverly Lewis & Jodi Picoult
Our Guilty Pleasure Author:
Our Guilty Pleasure Author:
Connie Mason
Honorable Mentions In This Category: Kelly Armstrong, Mary Higgins Clark, Robin Cook, Irene Hannon, Beverly Lewis, Jodi Picoult, Jill Shalivs & Nicholas Sparks
The Books We're Most Excited About Reading In The Upcoming Year:
The Books We're Most Excited About Reading In The Upcoming Year:
Just Her Luck & One Lucky Deal by Kelli Evans
Honorable Mentions In This Category: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Entwined With You by Sylvia Day & More of The Lucky Harbor Series
Our Honorable Mentions Of The Year:
The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf & One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake
Our Honorable Mentions Of The Year:
The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf & One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake
