The Relentless Weekly Wrap-Up 12/30/13

Reviews:

Nope! I won’t be reviewing again until next year. (Ha ha ha)

Read:
(Since my last wrap-up post)

Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge

Why Are You So Sad? by Jason Porter

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash

After I’m Gone by Laura Lippmann

Currently Reading:

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Upcoming:

I’m hoping to finish at least one of the above books and bring my 2013 total to 207 books. After that? Beats me. I have some ideas for the ways my reading will change in 2014. Stay tuned!

Other Business:

I’ve shared some fun, end-of-the-year lists:

Favorite book covers

Favorite nonfiction books

Favorite fiction books

I’m off to cuddle up in a pile of blankets and read. It was 26 below zero when I woke up this morning. There’s no way I’m leaving my house today.

Stay warm! Happy reading!

The Relentless Reader’s Favorite Fiction of 2013

I’m with Mr. Green. I don’t have a favorite book. I have favorites. Plural. That’s probably the case for most readers.

Could you pick a single favorite book from the past year? I was going to try to do that. Ha ha! Oh Jen, you silly thing. There’s NO way I could pick just one!

Without further ado, here are my tippy top picks for fiction in 2013:

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Lookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Wasn’t this an amazing year for fiction? I can’t wait to see what 2014 has in store.
What were some of your favorites this year? Let me know in the comments!