Reading Recap

I read a total of 124 books in 2013 (so far), and of those, I gave eighteen of them five stars on Goodreads. Most of the books I read I rate four or five stars; there is the occasional three star book, usually an entry that I didn't care for much in a series that I generally like. If I start out reading a book and don't like it, I don't finish it, so consequently I never rate anything one or two stars.

Most of them are the most recent books in a series, which I love. I love long-term series' and I love discovering new ones.

So, in descending order of date read, the best books I read in 2013:

1. Night of Cake and Puppets - Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone 2.5)
   
2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1)
   
3. The Brahms Deception - Louise Marley
   
4. The Glass Butterfly - Louise Marley
   
5. Love Story With Murders - Harry Bingham (Fiona Griffiths #2)
   
6. Just One Evil Act - Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley #18)
   
7. The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith/J. K. Rowling (Cormoran Strike #1)
   
8. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
   
9. Chimes at Midnight - Seanan McGuire (October Daye #7)
   
10. Fair Game - Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega #3)
    
11. Countdown City - Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman #2)
    
12. The Eldritch Conspiracy - Cat Adams (Blood Singer #5)
    
13. The Cat Sitter's Cradle - Blaize Clement (Dixie Hemingway #8)
    
14. Trail of Dead - Melissa F. Olson (Scarlett Bernard #2)
    
15. Wicked as She Wants - Delilah S. Dawson (Blud #2)
    
16. Graveyard Child - M. L. N. Hanover (The Black Sun's Daughter #5)
    
17. Wicked as They Come - Delilah S. Dawson (Blud #1)
    
18. Dead Ever After - Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #13)
    

I keep my Amazon wish list as a record of upcoming books that I want to get, and I also keep a list in Evernote, by date, so I don't miss anything. These are the books (coincidentally, eighteen of them) that I'm looking forward to in 2014, with their current release date:

1. Wicked After Midnight - Delillah Dawson - 1/28/14 (Blud #3)
   
2. The Drowning Spool - Monica Ferris - 2/4/14 (Needlecraft Mystery)
   
3. Teen Spirit - Francesca Lia Block - 2/4/14
   
4. Broken Homes - Ben Aaronovitch - 2/4/14 (Peter Grant #4)
   
5. The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison - 2/25/14(The Hollows #12)
   
6. Blackberry Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke - 2/25/14 (Hannah Swenson Mystery)
   
7. Night Broken - Patricia Briggs - 3/4/14 (Mercy Thompson #8)
   
8. Half Off Ragnarok - Seanan McGuire - 3/4/14 (InCryptid #3)
   
9. Edge of the Water - Elizabeth George - 3/11/14 (Saratoga Woods #2)
   
10. Watching You - Michael Robotham - 3/11/14 (Joseph O'Loughlin #7)
    
11. Missing You - Harlan Coben - 3/18/14
    
12. Destroyer Angel - Nevada Barr - 4/1/14 (Anna Pigeon #17)
    
13. Dreams of Gods and Monsters - Laini Taylor - 4/8/14 (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3)
    
14. Catnapped - Elaine Viets - 5/6/14 (Dead-End Job Mystery)
    
15. Field of Prey - John Sandford - 5/6/14 (Lucas Davenport #24)
    
16. Sixth Grave on the Edge - Darynda Jones - 5/20/14 (Charlie Davidson #6)
    
17. Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King - 6/3/14
    
18. No Safe House - Linwood Barclay - 8/5/14