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Post by janetandjohn on Dec 30, 2016 14:46:12 GMT
And mine: A God in Ruins - Kate AtkinsonShip of Brides - Jojo MoyesI am Pilgrim - Terry HayesThe Paying Guests - Sarah WatersMy Name is Leon - Kit de WaalCloud Atlas - David MitchellThe Goldfinch - Donna TarttLast Rituals - Yrsa SigurdoardottirUntying the Knot - Linda GillardHearts and Minds - Amanda CraigNo real stinkers, certainly nothing I'd discourage others from trying, as we all like different things There's two that I loved, also, Sarah. I thank you for passing on to me A God in Ruins, which I have now passed on myself, and My Name is Leon didn't make my list, only because I read too many "special books" last year, and I had to cross it off when I got the list down to 14 (i.e four too many). Save |
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Post by elliej84 on Dec 30, 2016 15:14:46 GMT
So I think these are my best books of this year, there were 20 5 star reads but here are the ones I think are the best:
The Last Act Of Love - Cathy Rentzenbrink
How Not to Disappear - Clare Furniss
How to be a Good Wife - Emma Chapman
My Husbands Wife - Jane Corry
What Milo Saw - Virginia MacGregor
The One Plus One - JoJo Moyes
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
My Everything - Katie Marsh
Who's That Girl - Mhairi McFarlane
Me Before You - JoJo Moyes
Honourable mentions to:
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Every Last One - Anna Quindlen
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Post by windysisters on Dec 31, 2016 16:30:39 GMT
I only gave 5 books 10 out of 10, so the second five listed here are probably 9.5 out of 10. Surprisingly, Jojo Moyes makes it into both my best and worst reads.......
Top Ten Favourite Reads
The Professor of Truth by James Robertson
The Last Letter from your Lover by Jojo Moyes
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (book 1 of trilogy)
After You by Jojo Moyes
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (book 1 of trilogy)
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson (first of series)
Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
Five Worst Reads
Who Killed Netta Maul by Frank Arthur
The Morville Hours by Katherine Swift
Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
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Post by natsplatt on Jan 1, 2017 10:47:21 GMT
In no particular order my top 10 of 2016 were:
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar children by Ransom Riggs
Harry Potter and the Cursed child by JK Rowling
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
The truth according to us by Annie Barrows
The Trysting Tree by Linda Gillard
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Room by Emma Donoghue
Before I go to sleep by SJ Watson
The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins
No 1 was definitely The Trysting Tree, which made me cry more than once, and still has me thinking about it several months later!
My least faves weren't so much stinkers more disappointments
The Secret Brother by Virginia Andrews, a poor follow up to Flowers in the Attic
The grim grotto by lemony snicket, series is getting dull and repetitive but I nred to know the ending
Royal wedding by meg cabot, a poor revival of what was a fun series
Nat
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Post by sarita on Jan 1, 2017 11:08:15 GMT
I've only got 8 five stars books in 2016, here goes:
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter Miller
The Passage Justin Cronin
Our Endless Numbered Days Claire Fuller
Etta and Otto and Russell and James Emma Hooper
Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither Sarah Baume
Melissa Jonathan Taylor
Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf
Benediction Kent Haruf
I gave up on 4 books:
The Seven Sisters Lucinda Riley
Believing the Lie Elizabeth George
Heartbreak Hotel Deborah Moggach
The Girl at the Lion d'Or Sebastian Faulks
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Post by jessieloo22 on Jan 2, 2017 16:36:29 GMT
I really enjoyed:
The Gorl on the Train
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
All the light we cannot see
I didn't finish it in 2016 but I started my current book in 2016 and love it - it's The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. My cousin bought it for me as well as the sequal for my birthday and I'm really excited to read it!
My all time favourite book this year was Ready Player One. I actually listened to the audiobook read by Will Wheaton and I wasn't expecting much but wow, it blew me away! I love video games though so that probably helped!
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Post by littlereader on Jan 3, 2017 19:05:59 GMT
I really enjoyed: The Gorl on the Train Harry Potter and the Cursed Child All the light we cannot see I didn't finish it in 2016 but I started my current book in 2016 and love it - it's The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. My cousin bought it for me as well as the sequal for my birthday and I'm really excited to read it! My all time favourite book this year was Ready Player One. I actually listened to the audiobook read by Will Wheaton and I wasn't expecting much but wow, it blew me away! I love video games though so that probably helped! Ready Player One made my top ten too, and All the Light we Cannot See made my top ten the year before. Glad you enjoyed them both too. |
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Post by Lellie on Jan 20, 2017 17:10:03 GMT
My top 10 The Last Runaway by Tracey Chevalier Dark Matter by Michelle Paver A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gayle Different Class Joanne Harris The Casual Vacancy by J.K.Rowling In the Rosary Garden by Nicola White Saturday Requiem by Nicci French An Empty Death by Laura Wilson The Night Ferry by Michael Robotham The Crossing Places Absolute stinkers Demon's Moon by Peter Gutteridge Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh ( Booker shortlist....really  ?) Eeny Meeny by M R Arlidge The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah Nowhere Child by Rachel Abbott |
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