Read by Theme discussion

I asked this last year, so why not do it again this year? ;)

Since we're approaching the end of 2013, most of us have read at least a few different books this year--and hopefully we've all read at least one good book! So, what was/were the best book/s you read in 2013?

As for me, my favorites of the year were:

Not a single book but I loved the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan : it was good escapism YA fantasy. But there was no book that wow-ed me this year :(

La_mariane wrote: "Not a single book but I loved the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan : it was good escapism YA fantasy. But there was no book that wow-ed me this year :("

I felt the same way about the Percy Jackson series; it was definitely entertaining, but it was far from mind-blowing. (Though I still do intend to get around to reading the sequel & spin-off series.)

Below are my 2013 favorites:

I read a lot this year so there were several really good ones.

"The Son" by Philipp Meyer. , "Where You Can Find Me" by Sheri Joseph , and "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt

I've read a lot of great books this year:
and one great audio book,

I didn't get as much reading done this year, as I had my son in February (little guy keeps me on my toes, lol). Although I haven't finished it yet, so far my favorite of the year has been "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" by Neil Gaiman. Very imaginative.

My top five books this year include: and , , and The Song of the Quarkbeast; these 3 simply because they lived up to my expectations at their release. My favorite book that I read this year would have to be because it is THE book for nerds like me.

Great picks guys! Mine are:


(Yes, I went on a Gillian Flynn bender.)

Mine were and

I finally relented and started to read the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. I love the Eric-centric books. I really do enjoy them, but I like the angle the show took more. My favorite book of the year has to be Neil Gaiman's