The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

What were your favorite books of the Winter 2013 Challenge?

My 5 * books:

A few of my top 4 * books:

The Night Dance
Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball
The Paper Bag ChristmasThe Art of Racing in the Rain
The Christmas Clock
Catacombs: A Tale of the Barque Cats

5*

4*

Non-romance (aka misc. [Hahaha!]): I'm almost done with Raising Steam and while I didn't love it as much as the City Watch series, I definitely loved reconnecting with Moist and the rest of the citizens on Discworld. :D

Romance: Between Sinners and Saints impressed me by its thoughtful handling of the conflicts that arise from being gay in a doctrinal religious family and issues from childhood trauma. I loved how the romance wasn't overshadowed by these normally dark themes, but at the same time, it wasn't treated superficially. It was a lovely story.

On the non-fiction end, I really enjoyed Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. His voice comes through in the autobiography and from it's charming, rather messy structure, you can tell there's no ghost writer here to polish up his words. If you're a fan of Bourdain, you'll absolutely love this book. If you aren't, you might find the book a little too brash for your tastes. I'm not a real fan of his shows, but I appreciate his unapologetic outlook on life.

5*


4*

So many good books in this challenge. My three faves:



Honorable mention:

Favorite Winter 2013:

The Book of Lost Things
Rules of Civility
Lost Lake
Bleak House
King Solomon's Mines
A Redbird Christmas
Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories

My 5* books were:

Fly Away
Morning Glory
What She Left Behind
The Lost Wife



Some of my 4* books were:


Trunk Music
The Last Camellia
The Lost Hours
The Apple Orchard
The Firebird