Well I made it through a year of blogging under the banner of NextRead and I’m quite proud of myself for that. I’ve just done a quick count and I’ve reviewed 29 books this year (with two reviews still to be written), which ain’t bad either.
And seeing as I’ve just found all the books I’ve reviewed I thought I’d present The Reads 2008 (all books read but not necessarily first published in 2008):
Best Series: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (Orbit)
Best start to a series: The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett (HarperVoyager)
Best penultimate book in a series: The Burning Man by Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz)
Most surprising read: The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason (Vintage)
Best Debut: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (Gollancz)
Runner-Up: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (Tor)
Book of the Year: Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan (Orbit)
It’s really hard to choose “Best of” lists but these are the ones that stick out right now.
I wonder what 2009 will bring…
Different compared to a lot of other lists. Unfortunately I didn’t read most of the mentioned books so far. So a lot of challenges for 2009.
Wish you ALL THE BEST for 2009.
Thanks – best wishes to you too!
I missed reading a lot of the big books this year so this list might have been different but I wouldn’t have swapped my time. There’s some good books up there
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