Friday, December 29, 2023

Friday Book Club

It's our final Friday Book Club for 2023! What have been some of your most memorable reads this year?

4 comments:

library addict said...

alphabetically by author, then by release date:
Small Town, Big Magic by Hazel Beck Sept 2022 (Witchlore #1)
Knight Protector by Lindsay Buroker July 2019 (Tales from the Star Kingdom #1)
Planet Killer by Lindsay Buroker Nov 2019 (Star Kingdom #6)
Home Front by Lindsay Buroker Apr 2020 (Star Kingdom #7)
Layers of Force by Lindsay Buroker Sept 2020 (Star Kingdom #8)
Tested by Lindsay Buroker Jan 2023 (Legacy of Magic #4)
Wrenched by Lindsay Buroker Feb 2023 (Legacy of Magic #5)
Fused by Lindsay Buroker Apr 2023 (Legacy of Magic #6)
Wanted by Lindsay Buroker June 2023 (Legacy of Magic #7)
Cursed by Lindsay Buroker July 2023 (Legacy of Magic #8)
Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker Dec 2023 (Tracking Trouble #3)

The House on Mulberry Street by Jeannie Chin Mar 2023 (Blue Cedar Falls #3)
Clandestine Baby by Nicole Helm Sept 2023 (Covert Cowboy Soldiers #6)
The Girl in the Hard Hat by Loretta Hill Jan 2013 (Pilbara/Barnes Inc #2)
Practically Wicked by Alissa Johnson Oct 2012 (Haverston Family #3)
A Talent for Trickery by Alissa Johnson Nov 2015 (Thief Takers #1)
A Gift for Guile by Alissa Johnson July 2016 (Thief Takers #2)
Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz Jan 2023 (The Lost Night Files #1)
Sagitta by Ruby Lionsdrake July 2017 (Star Guardians #3)
Ariston by Ruby Lionsdrake Oct 2017 (Star Guardians #6)

Beastly Kingdom by Leslye Penelope (as L Penelope) Apr 2023 (The Bliss Wars #2)
The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick May 2023 (Burning Cove #7)
A Cattle Dog for Christmas * by Stella Quinn Oct 2023
Mysteries of Thorn Manor * by Margaret Rogerson Jan 2023 (Thorn Manor #1.5)
Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle Apr 2016 (Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue #1)
Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle Aug 2016 (Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue #3)
After the End * by Katie Ruggle Apr 2017 (Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue #4.5)
Falling for His Fake Girlfriend by Shannon Stacey Jan 2023 (Sutton's Place #4)
Her Younger Man by Shannon Stacey Aug 2023 (Sutton's Place #5)

and of course Resonance Surge

* = novella

Anonymous said...

2023 was mostly a year of rereads (Nalini's books (a yearly ritual tbh), Ilona Andrews and Kresley Cole), but I've also managed to read Patricia Briggs (I was familiar with some of her books, but not all of them). CL Wilson's The Winter King was outstanding, and I really enjoyed Ruby Dixon's Aspect and Anchor series.

Happy New Year, everyone! May 2024 brings joy and laughter and many amazing books.

Alecia said...

I read books from established series I've been following for years, mostly. Ilona Andrews, Nalini (of course), Michelle Sagara, Patricia Briggs, but I've been hunting for new authors to follow limited by my budget, some clicked, some didn't; but I practically inhaled Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros in the last 2 days, and am currently immersed in Daindreth's Assassin by Elizabeth Whatley. There were several compilation books I bought, Songs of Valor, Keen Edge of Valor, and Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology. I also read the Britney Spears autobiography.

I tried again to get into A Song of Ice and Fire, idk why I keep bouncing off that even though I find the worldbuilding as represented outside the series fascinating. I also tried to read American God's again and still couldn't get into it, again I find the premise so interesting, but...

Last I tried to get into both the A Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass, but I bounced off the sample of the first and My interest faded on the second about the 1/4 mark.

Anonymous said...

@Alecia, have you read A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (a compilation of three short stories)? It's set 90 years before ASOIAF, and I find it much more enjoyable than the main series. Dunk and Egg are just adorable.

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