The Best of 2016: LinnieGayl’s List
When 2016 started I was in the midst of a nearly three-year long reading slump, and close to quitting as a reviewer here. For the first time this lifelong reader struggled to start any books, let…
When 2016 started I was in the midst of a nearly three-year long reading slump, and close to quitting as a reviewer here. For the first time this lifelong reader struggled to start any books, let…
2016 was a weird reading year for me. I read an absolute deluge of books (479 at this morning’s count), as I spent a lot of it on work projects which required a lot of reading….
I love romance novels. I’m an unapologetic fan of the genre and I’m happy and willing to share my sentiments with, well anyone, who expresses even the slightest bit of interest in books or my opinions…
Another year, another Top Ten, and I’ve been lucky – again – to have had a pretty good year of reading. I gave out six straight A grades (four to print books, two to audiobooks), more…
My reading year in 2016 was more of a blast to the past than most years, but that wasn’t for a lack of trying. Still, I read some 2016 books. I finally started reading Tamora Pierce’s…
I tend to read a lot of historical romance and women’s fiction, and my list reflects that. I discovered a new author in Kara Isaac, who wrote two books this year. Her début novel,…
In 2016 I discovered several new authors as well as an appreciation for a few I’d almost dismissed. I looked for humor as well as great character moments in my top ten choices; however there were…
2016 was a big year for me, because I started writing reviews for AAR, which has been both crazy fun and a big learning experience. I started reading more Contemporary Romances, which I rarely read before….
It’s time to start looking back over 2016 at what we’ve read – what we’ve enjoyed, what we’ve hated and everything in between. Over the coming weeks, the AAR team will be blogging about their favourite…