Chat Between Chapters: Favorite/Least Favorite Books of 2016

Let’s chat about our 2016 best or worst lists.

What books were your favorite? Which were… not so much?

 Julie:

Thanks to Audible, I have read over 60 books this year! These are the books that are on my top reads list for 2016.

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I love the whole Charley Davidson series, and the audio narrator is fantastic!

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I enjoyed White Raven and that it was a slightly different take on the paranormal genre. I enjoy books with unque “creatures”.

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I’m actually quite addicted to the whole series. I’ve already read 3 of the books, now to get the rest. I love the audio, the fact that the love interest/sidekick? is a hot Scot, and that our heroine isn’t perfect, but still tries so hard to be honorable.

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Lovely retelling. Fairy tale retellings are super popular right now, but few have really worked for me. This one has. Give it a go.

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I loved this YA story about mental illness and finding oneself.

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Winter is an amazing and heart-racing finale to an excellent series. Such a unique spin on all these fairy tales!

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If you’ve been following my book blog Chapter Break, you’ll know we’re huge fans of Colleen Hoover. This is another one of her excellent works.

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I loved the Norse mythology and curious feel of this book. I enjoyed the second one the series as well, and plan to keep reading.

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Beautifully written and well-narrated. This book was a breath of fresh air for me in the paranormal genre.

As for the books that didn’t quite work for me? These were all rated 1 or 2 stars.

• Souls of the Never (Tales of the Neverwar, #1)
• Raphael (Vampires in America, #1)
• The Accidental Demon Slayer(Demon Slayer, #1)
• The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, #1)
• The Midnight Queen (Noctis Magicae, #1)
• Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1)
• Storm (Elemental, #1)
• The New Agenda (The New Agenda, #2)

 

Lynn:

I read 72 books last year. That’s pretty amazing if you ask me. Now if I could only work on reading books I own for Shelf Love!

Here are some books I loved:

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By Far my favorite book of the year. Everything about it was amazing.

Well, next to these next books

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All the feels. Heartache to happiness. And then back to heartache.

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Great conclusion to an amazing series.

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I went so far as to have a friend who was in Spain order this for me. Not available in the US? I’ll get it anyway!

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Julie introduce me to these books. And it’s been the best recommendation! I’m not finished with the Bloodlines series yet. So no spoilers!

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The subtle, and not so subtle, flirting between Gage and Kiera make this series so worth reading!

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I found a great new action\adventure series here!

Rereads count, right?

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I need Stephanie Perkins to put out some new books, stat!

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This really is one of my fav from Shakespeare.

 

Books I didn’t like so much

[easyazon_link identifier=”0425272451″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Midnight Queen[/easyazon_link]

[easyazon_link identifier=”B00BAXFZQ0″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]The Trouble with Christmas[/easyazon_link]

[easyazon_link identifier=”1939661129″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Accidental Demon Slayer[/easyazon_link]

[easyazon_link identifier=”0312551517″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Ruby Red[/easyazon_link]

[easyazon_link identifier=”133803247X” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Shadowshaper[/easyazon_link]

 

What about everyone else? What were some of your favorite \ least favorite books of 2016?