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Favourite Books for 2017

January 9, 2018 auniversaltruth94

I read around a total of 235 books this year! This is a lot less than last year but still a lot by most standards. The books are in lose order but as I found it too difficult to rate them all. My favourite and biggest series I read this year was Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. All eight books should be shown but by showing the first book, I really mean the whole series.

Most of the books I read now are by my favourite and well established authors or authors I know well. However there have been some debut authors this year that have made my list. These authors are Davney Perry and Noel Branham. Both are amazing authors and have been a go to. Especially Perry as her Jamison Valley series has quickly become a favourite of the year.

Many of favourites have been continuations of my favourite series. This includes Ella Franks Temptation series, I’m sad to say goodbye to Tate and Logan but it has been an amazing journey. I also liked the Devil’s Wolves series by Carian Cole and the newest book by Beth Flynn was much anticipated. Aly Martinez always writes amazing and very emotional duets and Katy Regnery is great at retelling fairytales (so is Linda Kage). Emma Scott made me cry with all her books and so did Mia Sheridan.

I am working on reading all the books published by my favourite authors and this goal will continue into 2018. I read all of Brittainy C. Cherry’s books this year and of course they were all amazing.

Because choosing just 50 books was really hard, I also have 10 runners up that were also amazing reads. Overall 2017 has been an amazing year for books and I’m sure 2018 will be no different.

Book Reviews, Favourites

Outlander Series Overview

January 6, 2018 auniversaltruth94

One of my reading goals for this year was to read the entire Outlander series (which I did). I wanted to read the books after watching the first two series of the TV show. I have loved all the books and Jamie and Claire have become one of my ultimate OTPs.

Reading this series took commitment and is definitely the longest book series I’ve read. Most of the main series books are over a 1000 pages and on average took me a week to a week and a half to read. Plus there were all the novellas and the Lord John Grey series. I know that when I read this series I wanted to read it properly, so I read everything.

However is you are interested in the story but your not sure if you want to read the entire series (I get it, it is pretty hefty). I think reading just the first book is great as it ends on a happily for now scenario and not really in a cliffhanger (of course I recommend reading the whole series).

I have compiled all my reviews in the one place to make it all easy to find.

Continue reading “Outlander Series Overview” →

Favourites

Favourite Book Read in October

November 28, 2017 auniversaltruth94

There has been many good books this month, including finishing the Outlander series.

Written In My Own Heart’s Blood

The eighth book in the Outlander series and still as action packed. Claire and Jamie have reunited only to be drawn up in the goings on of the Revolution. There are many new romances also in this book which was lovely to see. Plus some interesting revelations for Roger and Brianna.

Forever Right Now

Darlene is starting over with her life and moves to San Francisco to hopefully peruse her dream of dancing. She meets Sawyer who lives in the same apartment building. Sawyer is finishing law school and studying for the bar all while raising his young daughter after her mother abandoned her.

Sure Thing

Violet is acting as a tour guide to cover for her identical twin sister when the guy she spent one night with joins her on a tour.

The Clover Chapel

Emmy and Nick were married one crazy night in Vegas, however Nick leaves and they don’t see each for nine years. That is until Emmy gets a teaching position in the same small town that Nick lives.

The Storm

Kieran has known right from the start that Marie is the girl for him, he only needs to convince her of that fact.

Singe

Jude used to be a cop and in a single night his entire life changed, after he was the first responder to a house fire. Rhion’s life also changed in a single night but she shares a special connection to Jude.

Deklan

Kera has known since she was fifteen that she will marry the son of the mafia, but everything changes when she ends up marrying the henchman Deklan instead.