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Favorite Reads of 2017

Asking a bookworm to choose her favorite book is like asking a cat lady to pick her favorite feline, or asking a hoarder to pick his favorite box of antique bobble heads. It's just nearly impossible. But I can try and narrow it down for you so that you can at least pick from a variety. This year was probably my favorite year of reading. There were so many moving, well-written, thought-provoking and thrilling stories. I read 65 books, including print, e-books and audiobooks. My goal was 60 so I was so happy about surpassing my goal! Check out the complete list of reads on my Goodreads Account)

There is just no way to choose favorites so I am just going to highlight the books that stood out to me the most and link to them so you can read more about them on either my past reviews or Goodreads. I am not saying these books were the only good ones I read. There are literally tons of amazing books but I just wanted to give you a quick round up.

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall 
Gather The Daughters by Jennie Melamed 
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks 
Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart 
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker 
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green 
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo 
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 
The Salt House by Lisa Duffy 



 Another thing I wanted to share about 2017 was the pure joy that my bookstagram family brings me. Here is a collection of the top posts that helped me reach thousands of other bookworms who I have so many things in common with. I absolutely love taking photos of books and sharing them with you. It gives me such a great creative outlet but it also connects with me with others who are reading and reviewing as well. The fact that publishers and authors trust me with their books and send me copies in the mail is a dream come true and an honor! Here are the Instagram photos that were my tops posts this year: 



For more great books of 2017, check out these articles: 

NPR's awesome round up on their Book Concierge post! 

Bookish's Best Book of 2017 

One of my favorite book 'grammers, Crime By The Book's Best Thrillers of 2017

Happy Reading in 2018, bookworms! 


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