Now it’s time for Weekly Geeks #19 and this week it’s all about our top picks for 2008. Actually, Dewey has a lot planned for this theme and it’s going to expand over the next couple of weeks/months. You always see these “Top Whatever” lists that the newspapers/publishers put out and now Dewey wants to do one of strictly book bloggers. That’s right, she’s putting together one for us. So this week, Dewey is asking everyone to come up with their top 10 lists. If you see a Top 10 list somewhere else, add it to the Mr. Linky, even if they aren’t part of Weekly Geeks. She’s trying to gather as many lists as she can, so she can come up with a nice comprehensive list. Then at a later date, once all the lists are made, she’s going to put it up for a vote. Hopefully, she’ll get a good turnout and we’ll have an awesome list going.
Now, the idea is to only choose books that were published in 2008, regardless of what country you live in. So, here are the books that I am/was eagerly waiting for that have come out this year…
Top 10: in no particular order
- At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost (Dec. 30, 2008)
- Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton (May 27, 2008)
- Swallowing Darkness by LK Hamilton (Nov. 4, 2008)
- Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews (Apr. 1, 2008)
- One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Apr. 29, 2008)
- The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur (Apr. 29, 2008)
- From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (May 6, 2008)
- The Devil You Know by Jenna Black (Jul. 16, 2008)
- Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Aug. 5, 2008)
- Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (Jul. 16, 2008)
Honorable Mentions: in no particular order
- Embrace the Night by Karen Chance (Apr. 1, 2008)
- Rogue by Rachel Vincent (Apr. 1, 2008)
- Lover Enshrined by JR Ward (Jun. 3, 2008)
- Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre (Aug. 26, 2008)
- Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh (Sept. 2, 2008)
- Noah by Jacquelyn Frank (Sept. 2, 2008)
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs (Jan 2008)
- Midnight’s Daughter by Karen Chance (Oct. 7, 2008)
- One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Nov. 4, 2008)
- The Devil’s Due by Jenna Black (Nov. 25, 2008)
I put in some honorable mentions because I was eagerly awaiting them, but I hadn’t gone nuts waiting for them. Or they weren’t as good as all the hype made them to be. There were just so many good books that came out this year. Now that you know what mine are, what are yours? If you need a refresher on what’s been published this year, check out my newsletters. Each month I post a newsletter with that month’s releases plus all other sorts of news – look for the newest one on Oct. 1st!.
