Top Ten Tuesday (119) | Favorite Reads of 2014…So Far

Top Ten Favorite Reads of 2014…So Far

I’ve read some pretty great books so far this year, friends. Some of these books aren’t just favorite reads of the year, but books that I’m going to love for always. I’m also really excited that a few of my favorite reads so far are books that I’ve had lingering on my TBR for a while. To say that I’m glad that I finally read them is an understatement. A big one.

I used to read a TON of historical fiction, you guys, and I’ve always loved revolutionary history. The French Revolution is fascinating to me, and the way Jennifer Donnelly mixes a contemporary story with a historical one taking place during the French Revolution was excellently done. This was much darker than I thought it would be going in, but it’s one of the oldies but goodies that I’m so incredibly glad I got to.

DUH because I love this series, and CRESS was all the things I love about this world and these characters. I’m so completely invested. I’m just DYING to see what happens in WINTER. No contest, one of my favorite reads so far this year.

This is another book that I’ve had hanging around for a while and finally managed to read. I can’t say that this book will be for everyone because it’s very mellow with the action and the tone is dark. But I thought the writing was lovely, and the relationships between the characters were understated but strong.

Even though I read this one some time ago, I haven’t had  chance to review it yet. (Don’t worry. I will.) But trust me: This book was incredibly fun and the mystery was not quite what I thought it would be. Renaissance Venice is such a great setting for books because it’s so opulent and seedy at the sametime. I’ll be reading the rest of this series for sure.

I have a sometimes weird relationship with faerie stories. But this one had lots of other things going on, namely Scotland. I REALLY enjoyed this book, and I’m REALLY looking forward to more.

Just finished this one and it totally reminded me of Tamora Pierce’s books. Such a great thing. There’s magic and thieves and spies and a little bit of romance. Very much interested in where this one will lead.

GIVE ME MORE TATTOOED GUYS, PLEASE. God, I love these books. Just for the sheer entertainment value. I plowed through the first three in barely two days, I’m not even kidding. Incredible steamy times, but also really intense relationships. New favorite series around.

I can’t believe this series is over. I’m in major denial, I think. Karou and Akiva are amazingly tortured, as always, but the other characters and the worlds colliding really shine here too. It wasn’t the most perfect book, but I loved it all the same for the place it holds in this series I love so fiercely.

I’ve been reading lots of fantasies so far this year, guys! YAY! But THIS ONE. If there was ever a book that lived up to all the extraordinarily positive hype I’ve heard, it would be this one. It’s FANTASTIC. Not just one of my favorite reads so far this year, but one of my favorite reads EVER.

It’s not very often that I read and really enjoy an epistolary novel, guys. There’s always something about the inherent gaps in the storytelling that bugs me. The story here was so touching and sad and the writing really was gorgeous. A very promising debut, guys.

I’m cooking up my review for this one now, but I’m trying to control the GUSHFEST. I’ll probably fail. I have not read a book of Morgan Matson’s that I didn’t love. LOVE. This one was no exception. Such a great story about friendship, and the romance was top notch as well.