The Best of 2012!

9 Jan

2012 was an absolutely AWESOME year of books for me! I had such good look with many of the books I read. This past year I really branched out of my comfort zone as far as my reading taste goes. I slowly started to get more into the mature YA and NA books that were popping up like crazy. After having awesome luck with a few, I read as many as I could fit in. I also began seeing some of my blogging friends dipping their toes into the world of adult books and since I trust their opinions with my bookish life, I decided to give it a try. Some positive reviews led me to purchase a few and falling in love with those few led me to purchasing a whole lot more and boy am I glad that I did! Out of the 85 books I was able to squeeze into 2012, I gave 5 stars to nearly 40 of those books, crazy I know!!!! Below are all the books that I loved & adored with all of my heart in 2012. Clicking the picture will lead you to the Goodreads page of that particular book unless I had the chance to review it on the blog, if so, the picture will lead you to the review!

In no certain order, the best books of 2012:

The Hunger Games  Queen of the Dead  Die For Me  Throne Of Glass

Something Like Normal  Second Chance Summer  Shade  Born Wicked

Body & Soul  The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight  My Life Next Door  The Knife and the butterfly

Dark Days  Anew  Any Other Night  Pushing The Limits

Simply Irresistible  Awkward  The Fault In Our Stars  The Vincent Boys

On Little Wings  Smart Girls Get What They Want  Slammed  Shift

Easy  Crash  Just Remember To Breathe  Charade

Dizzy  Yours To Keep  Losing It  Try Me

Wallbanger  Hopeless

Did you get a chance to read any of these titles in 2012? Did you love them as much as I did? Are there any books you would recommend to me for 2013?

15 Responses to “The Best of 2012!”

  1. Jenna January 9, 2013 at 3:01 AM #

    Lots of good books! Thanks for the recomm! :)

    • talesofbooksandbands January 9, 2013 at 11:45 PM #

      Of course! They were all awesome in lots of different ways but I love them anyways :)

  2. mandiebaxter January 9, 2013 at 7:09 AM #

    So many awesome books on this list! And glad to see a few I own and haven’t read!!

  3. barmybex January 9, 2013 at 9:45 AM #

    Out of those I read Hunger Games, Statistical Probability and Pushing the Limits. Loved them all. :D
    Great selection though, there are some there I have on my list to try.
    I recommend The Selection by Kiera Cass & Slated by Teri Terry.

    • talesofbooksandbands January 9, 2013 at 11:48 PM #

      Glad you found a few you want to read :) And thank you so much for the recommendations, I’ll look those up!

      • barmybex January 10, 2013 at 4:27 PM #

        No prob, hope you find something you like too. :D

  4. Emma January 9, 2013 at 12:12 PM #

    I enjoyed The Hunger Games. I saw Pushing the Limits everywhere. Think it’s on my Goodreads TBR list.

  5. Michelle Erin (@michelleerin) January 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM #

    That’s a lot of books! The Fault in my Stars made my list, too. And many of these are on my TBR.

    • talesofbooksandbands January 9, 2013 at 11:49 PM #

      The Fault In Our Stars is a book that will likely be on my all-time favorite books list for forever. It was so good!

  6. Alexa Loves Books (@alexalovesbooks) January 9, 2013 at 2:33 PM #

    We have quite a few books in common! I think I actually rated about 60+ books as 5 star reads, so 2012 was DEFINITELY a good year :)

    • talesofbooksandbands January 9, 2013 at 11:50 PM #

      Holy smokes Alexa, 2012 was more than good to you, it was freaking awesome! That is a lot of books!

  7. Lisa [is busy nerding] January 10, 2013 at 10:36 PM #

    Look at all these great books! WEEEE!

  8. Elizabeth D January 13, 2013 at 1:40 PM #

    My favorite book of 2012 (and maybe ever) is The Fault in our Stars by John Green. So beautifully written.
    I have read…. The statistical probability of love at first sight, the vincent boys, crash, pushing the limits and simply irresistible. I loved them all.
    I am currently reading Easy by Tammara Webber, just started so too soon to say how I feel about it.
    This year I plan on reading… Charade, Losing it, Hopeless, Wallbanger, My life next door, Slammed, and Just remember to breathe. looking forward to reading them all.

    I recommend Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins & The unbecoming of Mara Dyer.

    Happy Reading!

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