Top 25 Book Bloggers
See the full list of book bloggers who were voted onto our Top 25 list.
http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/SkinnyScoop_Staff/top-25-book-bloggers-of-2012
See the full list of book bloggers who were voted onto our Top 25 list.
Sing to Me, Cowboy (Honky Tonk Hearts)
This is my other pick. This was the sweetest story and I just loved it. Lauri Robinson works magic when she writes. Don't miss this one!
Heather Gibson's past catches up with her one dark Texas night.Locked in a custody battle with an ex-husband who's looking for any excuse to take her children, Heather doesn't need any more trouble. But when a broken-down car and a dead cell phone...
http://www.amazon.com/Sing-Cowboy-Honky-Hearts-ebook/dp/B0085VPIVC
Heather Gibson's past catches up with her one dark Texas night.Locked in a custody battle with an ex-husband who's looking for any excuse to take her children, Heather doesn't need any more trouble. But when a broken-down car and a dead cell phone...
Suggested by Carey Abbott:
This is my other pick. This was the sweetest story and I just loved it. Lauri Robinson works magic when she writes. Don't miss this one!
Can't Help Falling In Love: The Sullivans, Book 3 (Contemporary Romance)
This book swept me away from the first page. I couldn't put it down. Bella Andre is an amazing author. I have read all of her Sullivan books but this one was my favorite. Well that might be because the hero is a firemen. LOL! I recomend this whole series.
Get ready for another Sullivan bad boy to fall in love in the third book of Bella Andre's bestselling contemporary romance series! BOOK DESCRIPTION: Gabe Sullivan risks his life every day as a firefighter in San Francisco. But after learning a brutal...
http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Help-Falling-Love-ebook/dp/B006L73G7A
Get ready for another Sullivan bad boy to fall in love in the third book of Bella Andre's bestselling contemporary romance series! BOOK DESCRIPTION: Gabe Sullivan risks his life every day as a firefighter in San Francisco. But after learning a brutal...
Suggested by Carey Abbott:
This book swept me away from the first page. I couldn't put it down. Bella Andre is an amazing author. I have read all of her Sullivan books but this one was my favorite. Well that might be because the hero is a firemen. LOL! I recomend this whole series.
The Body Finder
Kimberly tells a great story and Jay and Violet are the best!
A gripping tale of a girl with a morbid ability that could lead her to a killer . . . and the boy who would never let anything happen to her. Sixteen-year-old Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her unusual so-called...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Body-Finder-Kimberly-Derting/dp/0061779830
A gripping tale of a girl with a morbid ability that could lead her to a killer . . . and the boy who would never let anything happen to her. Sixteen-year-old Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her unusual so-called...
Suggested by Cari's Book Blog:
Kimberly tells a great story and Jay and Violet are the best!
Catching Jordan
I recommend this book to everyone! Love it!
"Whoever said football and girls don't mix hasn't read Catching Jordan. I couldn't put it down!" — Simone Elkeles, New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry series ONE OF THE BOYS What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by...
http://www.amazon.com/Catching-Jordan-Miranda-Kenneally/dp/1402262272
"Whoever said football and girls don't mix hasn't read Catching Jordan. I couldn't put it down!" — Simone Elkeles, New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry series ONE OF THE BOYS What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by...
Suggested by Cari's Book Blog:
I recommend this book to everyone! Love it!
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
No series out there is as breathtaking and gorgeously imagined as Stephen King's The Dark Tower. Magnificent world-building, incredibly well fleshed-out characters, fantastic settings, eye-popping action, cataclysmic events, philosophical questions, moments of absolute heartbreak and uplifting victories! If you appreciate stories that take your breath away and leave you shattered to pieces, stories that both scare the living soul out of you and inspire you, amaze you, consume you, and become your whole worl
Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea....
http://www.amazon.com/The-Gunslinger-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0452284694
Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea....
Suggested by Evie Seo:
No series out there is as breathtaking and gorgeously imagined as Stephen King's The Dark Tower. Magnificent world-building, incredibly well fleshed-out characters, fantastic settings, eye-popping action, cataclysmic events, philosophical questions, moments of absolute heartbreak and uplifting victories! If you appreciate stories that take your breath away and leave you shattered to pieces, stories that both scare the living soul out of you and inspire you, amaze you, consume you, and become your whole worl
SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
It is historical, has terrific characters, and a great storyline!!
This is my all-time favorite book. I loved this book so much that I had to go to Barcelona to find all the places mentioned in the book. :)
SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
This is my all-time favorite book. I loved this book so much that I had to go to Barcelona to find all the places mentioned in the book. :)
Suggested by Silver's Reviews:
It is historical, has terrific characters, and a great storyline!!
Everneath
Everneath is a heartbreaking tale of addiction in a fictional retelling of the great Greek myth of Hades and Persephone.
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned—to her old life, her family, her boyfriend—before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. She has six months...
http://www.amazon.com/Everneath-Brodi-Ashton/dp/0062071130
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned—to her old life, her family, her boyfriend—before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. She has six months...
Suggested by Rie:
Everneath is a heartbreaking tale of addiction in a fictional retelling of the great Greek myth of Hades and Persephone.
Les Misérables (Signet Classics)
Victor Hugo's towering novel of Jean Valjean, his unjust imprisonment, and his lifelong flight from a relentless police officer.
http://www.amazon.com/Mis%C3%A9rables-Signet-Classics-Victor-Hugo/dp/0451525264
Victor Hugo's towering novel of Jean Valjean, his unjust imprisonment, and his lifelong flight from a relentless police officer.
The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck
I still get chills when I read this book. Darkness and light, life and death, heartbreak and quiet revelation all live in these poems.
The Wild Iris, poems by Louise Gluck.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76546.The_Wild_Iris
The Wild Iris, poems by Louise Gluck.
Suggested by Marissa Bell Toffoli:
I still get chills when I read this book. Darkness and light, life and death, heartbreak and quiet revelation all live in these poems.
Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque
I fell in love with this book in college, and it's been a favorite ever since.
Three Comrades, a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91203.Three_Comrades
Three Comrades, a novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
Suggested by Marissa Bell Toffoli:
I fell in love with this book in college, and it's been a favorite ever since.
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Harding's poetic prose tells a dying man's story as time collapses into memory. It made me rethink my all-time top reads.
Tinkers, a novel by Paul Harding.
http://wordswithwriters.com/2010/08/16/paul-harding-pulitzer/
Tinkers, a novel by Paul Harding.
Suggested by Marissa Bell Toffoli:
Harding's poetic prose tells a dying man's story as time collapses into memory. It made me rethink my all-time top reads.
City of Glass (Mortal Instruments)
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she...
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Mortal-Instruments-Cassandra-Clare/dp/1416972250
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she...
City of Glass (Mortal Instruments)
This is a book I could read over and over agian.
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she...
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Mortal-Instruments-Cassandra-Clare/dp/1416972250
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she...
Suggested by Andrea @Bookish Babe:
This is a book I could read over and over agian.
The Night Circus
This was my favorite book from 2011! It is full of magic and mystery and love.
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Circus-Erin-Morgenstern/dp/0307744434
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque...
Suggested by Shannon Pearcy:
This was my favorite book from 2011! It is full of magic and mystery and love.
Shatter Me
Read my review, here: http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2012/02/shatter-me.html
I have a curse. I have a gift. I'm a monster. I'm more than human. My touch is lethal. My touch is power. I am their weapon. I will fight back. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to...
http://www.amazon.com/Shatter-Me-Quality/dp/0062085506
I have a curse. I have a gift. I'm a monster. I'm more than human. My touch is lethal. My touch is power. I am their weapon. I will fight back. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to...
Suggested by Chicklitgirl:
Read my review, here: http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2012/02/shatter-me.html
