Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Book Club's Best of 2013 Picks

Every year our book club compiles lists and categories of the best books we read together and on our own over the last year. I compile all our lists into one comprehensive list for your viewing pleasure.
Here they are...
Book Club's Best Of
2013
picks
 
 


 
 
Best Books We Read Together This Year
 
Just Her Luck By Kelli Evans, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, and The Sleepwalkers by J. Gabriel Gates
 
 
Best Books We Read On Our Own This Year
 
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans, Sweet Talk by Julie Garwood, Sisters of the Quilt by Cindy Woodsmall, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, and Slave by Sherri Hayes
 
 
The Books That Gave Us A New Perspective
 
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey & A Class Divided: Then and Now by William Peters
 
Honorable Mentions: When She Flew by Jennie Shortridge
 
The Book With The Ending You Didn't See Coming
 
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
 
Honorable Mentions: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn & Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
 
The Most Suspenseful Book
 
The Sleepwalkers by J. Gabriel Gates
 
Honorable Mentions: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, and Five Mile House by Karen Novak
 
The Steamiest Book
 
Just Her Luck by Kelli Evans
 
Honorable Mention: The Devil's Pawn by Elizabeth Finn
 
The Book That Made Us Laugh Out Loud
 
Just Her Luck by Kelli Evans
 
Honorable Mention: Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie
 
The Book That Brought Us To Tears
 
The Christmas Clock by Kat Martin
 
Honorable Mentions: Chasing Dreams by Kelli Evans, and Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
 
The Book We Couldn't Put Down
 
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
 
Honorable Mentions: The Sleepwalkers by J. Gabriel Gates, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, and The Oxford Project by Peter Feldstein
 
The Genre/Book That We Liked But Didn't Think We Would
 
YA Horror - The Sleepwalkers by J. Gabriel Gates, and Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
 
Our Favorite Author This Year
 
Kelli Evans (I promise I don't pay them to say this.)
 
Honorable Mentions: Kelly Armstrong, Mary Higgins Clark, Robin Cook, Julie Garwood, Irene Hannon, and Crystal Jordan
 
An Author We Discovered We Liked This Year
 
Nicholas Sparks
 
Honorable Mention: Loribelle Hunt
 
And The Books We're Most Excited About This Year:
 
The Bible, Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, Unforgiven by Elizabeth Finn, It Had To Be You by Jill Shalvis, Hot Shot by Julie Garwood, and Playing With Fire by Kelli Evans