I finished strong this year with 114 books and even though it wasn't my highest book count year it is still a good amount considering I started working 8 hour days in September.
Even though I think I read more clunkers than keepers this year there were still a good amount of books I loved and want to reread sometime down the road.
Joe Hill was my breakout star author of the year and I loved both of the books by him that I read. NOS4A2 and The Fireman blew me away and I recommend them to everyone. I enjoyed The Fireman slightly more than NOS4A2 but only because I liked that it wasn't as horror-like as I would have expected from Stephen King's son.
Speaking of Stephen King, if you haven't read 11/22/63 then you are doing yourself a disservice. King is so hit or miss with me. I either love him or am so over him, but this book was fantastic. Again, I think maybe because it wasn't a standard King horror novel. I read 90% of my books through the library and I loved this one so much I went out and bought it.
I made my way through almost all of the Little House on the Prairie books this year and even though a few were boring, overall I think it's such a sweet, wholesome series. Yeah, Ma is a racist and Pa is a loser, but if you try to overlook the strides we have taken and just read it as a testament of its time then it's a great series for young children to enjoy. I love Almanzo the most and always enjoyed his scenes in the books.
And if you are looking for another wholesome set of books to read to your kids then please go out and buy all of Beverly Cleary's books. Bug and I read them like crazy this year and we only have a few left, a fact she is so sad about. She has loved every single one of them and always begged for "one more chapter" each night.
I can't wait to see what 2017 has in store for me book-wise!
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