A Look at 2012

Hi everyone! Happy new Year's Eve! I have *finally* put together my end-of-the-year post for 2012 - and it is sooo long, so I apologize for that. I have broken down my favorites of 2012 by category, and within each category, the books are in no particular order. There is a lot of overlap. I hope I got the categories right. Not all of the books are 2012 releases. Enjoy!

Overall Favorites:

- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

- The Dark Light by Sara Walsh

- Easy by Tammara Webber

- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

- Degrees of Wrong by Anna Scarlett

- Speechless by Hannah Harrington

- Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Slumber by Samantha Young
- Nekhet by David Mayer
- Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper

- Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

- Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
- Fire Dance by Delle Jacobs

Best Fantasy:

- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

- Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- The Dark Light by Sara Walsh

- Slumber by Samantha Young
- My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris
- Fire Dance by Delle Jacobs

Best Contemporary:

- Easy by Tammara Webber

- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

- When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle

- Speechless by Hannah Harrington

- Degrees of Wrong by Anna Scarlett

- If I Lie by Corrine Jackson

- Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

- Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

- The Accidental Movie Star by Emily Evans

Best Paranormal:

- Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

- Until I Die by Amy Plum

- Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

- Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Auracle by Gina Rosati

- Storm by Brigid Kemmerer

- Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

- The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell

- Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper

- Grasping at Eternity by Karen Amanda Hooper
- Taste by Kate Evangelista

- Silence by Michelle Sagara

Best Dystopia:

- Insurgent by Veronica Roth

- Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

- A Million Suns by Beth Revis

- Article 5 by Kristen Simmons 

- The Pledge by Kimberly Derting
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

- Partials by Dan Wells

Best Indie:

- Program 13 by Nicole Sobon

- Nekhet by David Mayer

- Frey by Melissa Wright

- Falling by Jolene Perry

- The Phantom King by Heather Killough-Walden

- The Wild Ones by M. Leighton

- Dark Inheritance: Fallen Empire by K. Reed

- Unlikely Allies by Tiffany King

- Lengths by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt

- Piercing the Fold by Venessa Kimball
- What a Boy Wants by Nyrae Dawn

Best Debut:

- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

- Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

- The Dark Light by Sara Walsh

- Storm by Brigid Kemmerer

- Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

- Auracle by Gina Rosati

- Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

- Speechless by Hannah Harrington

- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Best Sequel:

- A Million Suns by Beth Revis

- Insurgent by Veronica Roth

- Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Nekhet by David Mayer

- Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

- Until I Die by Amy Plum

- The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell

- Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready

Books I Will Read, but Did Not Have the Time:

- Defiance by C.J. Redwine

- The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

- Slammed by Colleen Hoover

- Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover

- So Close to You by Rachel Carter

- Touched by Corrine Jackson

- Venom by Fiona Paul

- Velveteen by Daniel Marks

- Hereafter by Tara Hudson

- Arise by Tara Hudson

- Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini 

- Beta by Rachel Cohn

- The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen

(there are sooo many more for this category)

Books That I Did Not Particularly Like:

- Everneath by Brodi Ashton

- Rampant by Diana Peterfreund

- Insatiable by Meg Cabot

- Underworld by Meg Cabot

- Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien

- Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey

- Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

- Cold Fury by T.M. Goeglein

- Born Wicked by Jessica Spotwood

- Gilt by Katherine Longshore

- Changeling by Philippa Gregory

Stats and Facts for 2012:

- I have used Webs for six years (the website part)

- I used the blog part of Webs for exactly ten days (Dec. 18th to Dec. 28th)

- I created this blog on December 29, 2012

- I have been around the book blogging community for a little more than a year (early December 2011 was when I first discovered this part of the blogosphere!)

- I currently have 4 GFC followers, 3 email followers, and 9 Linky followers

- The first book that I read in 2012 was Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

- The last book I will read in 2012 was Fire Dance by Delle Jacobs

- I have read a total of 117 books for the year of 2012

- My goal was 100 books, which I completed and surpassed (I wanted to reach 120, but I am just going to finish with 117 and call it a year)
- My goal for 2013 is most likely going to be 150 books :)

I know, I know. I am AMAZING at narrowing things down. But that's the beauty of having a hobby that is reading: you do not have to choose just one, or two, or ten.


So, how was your 2012 in reading?