Best "New" Reads 2012
Once again we come around to the time of year for "best lists." So here is my list of best "new" (to me - as I do not include rereads on my best list) books read in 2012.
I did a fairly lousy job keeping track this year. Somewhere along the way, I even stopped merely throwing titles into my calendar. So, I certainly didn't manage reviews on more than a few books. With that caveat, my reading list for the year stands at 22 books (unless or until I happen to recall one that I forgot to record). I don't include the millions of picture book readings to the toddler, but we did go through a fair number of full folk and fairytale collections together back when I would spend 20-30 minutes reading from books with few pictures as she listened and drifted to sleep. (That was fun - I miss that stage.)
Full list of 22 titles can be found on Goodreads. My overall best of the year is probably The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. But I might have to throw the "Color Trilogy" Kim Dong Hwa up as a contender for that title as well. What follows is my full best list, which can also be found here on Goodreads.
Best "New" Reads of 2012
Fiction - Adult
The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Comics
"Color Trilogy" Color of Earth, Color of Water, Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa
Castle Waiting Vol. 2 by Linda Medley
Fiction - YA
Entwined by Heather Dixon
I did a fairly lousy job keeping track this year. Somewhere along the way, I even stopped merely throwing titles into my calendar. So, I certainly didn't manage reviews on more than a few books. With that caveat, my reading list for the year stands at 22 books (unless or until I happen to recall one that I forgot to record). I don't include the millions of picture book readings to the toddler, but we did go through a fair number of full folk and fairytale collections together back when I would spend 20-30 minutes reading from books with few pictures as she listened and drifted to sleep. (That was fun - I miss that stage.)
Full list of 22 titles can be found on Goodreads. My overall best of the year is probably The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. But I might have to throw the "Color Trilogy" Kim Dong Hwa up as a contender for that title as well. What follows is my full best list, which can also be found here on Goodreads.
Best "New" Reads of 2012
Fiction - Adult
The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Comics
"Color Trilogy" Color of Earth, Color of Water, Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa
Castle Waiting Vol. 2 by Linda Medley
Fiction - YA
Entwined by Heather Dixon