Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish

This week’s theme? Top ten books that I've read in 2013 so far

Ready Player One: A Novel Ready Player One is, by far, my favorite novel of 2013. Despite all of the red flags and warning signs regarding the OASIS, I would jump at the chance to spend my time running around it!

The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) This book was one of the best contemporary YA books that I’ve read all year – and one of the most relatable too. I loved Bianca’s voice and am looking for other Keplinger books to read!

Beautiful Disaster Beautiful Disaster was my first real introduction to the New Adult genre (let’s be real, Fifty Shades and Crossfire are actually adult erotica) and I loved it! I loved how deliciously dramatic Travis and Abby’s relationship was and Beautiful Disaster kicked started an obsession with the NA genre.

Easy I’m not entirely sure why the cover for Easy isn’t showing up but here is a link to its Good Reads here. If I thought that Beautiful Disaster was the pinnacle of New Adult goodness, Easy blew it clear out of the water. The foundation on which Jacqueline and Lucas built their relationship felt real and they had to work through some serious struggles before they could stand on level ground. I loved this book – it is probably my favorite NA to date.

On the Island: A Novel I don’t know what I was expecting from this book but I really enjoyed it. Take something resembling the TV show LOST and mix it with intense romance (of the forbidden kind) and you have On the Island.

Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices, The) This was the eagerly anticipated conclusion to Cassandra Clare’s popular Infernal Devices series. Not only was the ID series so much better than The Mortal Instruments, but it was seriously the most satisfactory wrap up to a series that I’ve read yet. And Clare left some of the character’s stories open to continue on in another series…

Hex Hall Book One I picked up Hex Hall not expecting much at all… okay, maybe a lame imitation of Harry Potter – but I was wrong. So very, very wrong. Hex Hall was fast paced and super fun. I read it in about a day!

On Dublin Street Are we seeing a trend here? On Dublin Street is the “in between” of New Adult into adult erotica/romance and it was so good. So, so good.

Sisters Red Sisters Red was my first introduction to Jackson Pearce’s writing and it came with incredibly high recommendations – and I have a serious knee jerk reaction to ultra hyped books and authors. But I stand corrected. Pearce is a fantastic writer and I adored her characters.

My Life Next Door This is the perfect summer read! It was light and bubbly, with a seriously hot lead guy.