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Top Picks: First half of 2013

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Top Picks: First half of 2013

So far it has been an amazing year for reading! I have SO MANY books on my TBR list that I have a feeling will end up on my next lists, but for now, I will list my Top Picks for the first half of this year. This list actually surprised me. If I thought about it in my mind without looking up my reviews, this list was a little different. Then after re-reading some reviews, and seeing that I had 4.5 stars on many of my favorites, I decided to go by stars. All of the books on this list are full length, and have 4.75 stars or more.

1.
Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder
(See My Review)

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2.
Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley
(See My Review) See the Rock Chick Reading Order Here

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3.
This Girl by Colleen Hoover
(See My Review) See the Slammed Series Order (with purchase and review links)

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4.
Watch Over Me by Tara Sivec
See My Review

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5.
Vain by Fisher Amelie
See My Review

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6.
Bad Things by RK Lilley (Tristan and Danika 1, Up in the Air Series spin-off)
See my interview and review here

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7.
Own The Wind (Chaos 1) by Kristen Ashley
See My Review and Interview
See the Dream Man Series Order here (Chaos is a spin-off but you must read Motorcycle Man first!)

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8.
Unbeautifully by Madeline Sheehan
See My Review
See the Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan Series Order

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9.
Playing Patience by Tabatha Vargo
See My Review

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10.
Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley
See My Review
See the whole Rock Chick Series Reading Order Here

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11.
Grounded (Up in the Air 3) by RK Lilley
See My Review

  See the Up In The Air series order here

 

12.
Wounded by Jasinda Wilder
See My Review

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13.
Nets and Lies by Katie Ashley
See My Review

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14.
Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning
See My Review
The Sinners on Tour Reading Order

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15.
Tangled by Emma Chase
See My Review

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  2. My favorite so far is Vain. It opened my eyes to what else happens around us. The love story was great as wel!!

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  3. Tangled was really good. As was Connected, Pieces of You, Unbeautifully, and tons of others. Lol

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  8. Hmmm…so many to choose from. It’s a toss up between Tangled by Emma Chase and Epilogue (The Dark Duet book 3) by CJ Roberts and This Man Confessed (This Man series) by Jodi Ellen Malpas. But then again, Hot Ticket (Sinners on Tour) by Olivia Cunning is my favorite book of that series. And Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder was quite an emotional read for me. Grounded (The Up In the Air series) by RK Lilley finished that series beautifully, as did Eye’s Wide Open (Blackstone Affair) by Raine Miller. Gosh I think I could go on and on……

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  15. Super tough call…There have been so many! So I will list my faves by genre:
    BDSM: To Command and Collar
    Rock Star Romance: Hot Ticket
    New Adult: Wait For You
    Paranormal Romance: Come Alive
    Romantic Comedy: Wallbanger
    Biker Love: Own the Wind
    Erotica: Ours to Love
    Young Adult: Bully
    Ugly Cry Romance: Tied between Falling Into You and Watch Over Me

    Did I miss any?!? Sooooo many good books!!!

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  16. So far this year my favorite is Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder. It made me laugh, it made me “ugly cry”, it had music, hot alpha guy with tattoos, steamy sex, awesome support characters. It is just AWESOME!

    Thanks for the giveaway opportunity, fingers crossed!

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  19. I’ve actually only read a couple of the ones listed, but I would say my fav is falling into you

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  22. Its hard to choose but I think Falling Into You, Lost and Found, Girl With Guitar, Tangled, and This Girl are some of my favorites

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  23. I’ve read so many great books this year! Real, Collide, and Grounded are definitely some of my favorites! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  25. So hard to choose…..Real, beautiful bastard, down London Road, or ambrosia loved them all!

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  28. I love your page, I always find such great things to read here that my TBR list will NEVER be empty. Thanks.

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  39. My top stand alone book for the year is A Different Blue by Amy Harmon. My top series is Consequences/Truth by Aletha Romig. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  40. I’m choosing Falling Into You because I haven’t read it yet. Been wanting to do it too, since I’ve read so many good reviews about it. 🙂

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  42. Madeline Sheehan’s UnBeautifully is by far my favorite. Any book by Kristen Ashley will take a close second place.

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  46. Your list is great…I’d add The Forever of Ella and Micha, Reckless, Sins and Needle…

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  48. SO many faves….a couple of them include NOBODY’S PERFECT by Kallypso Masters and THIS IS WHO I AM by Cherise Sinclair

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  50. I’m partial to anything Kristen Ashley, love her books. Although several others are on my TBR list.

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  51. I’m partial to anything KA….loved her Rock Chick series and Chaos series. Have several others on my TBR list.

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  54. I really can’t pick one, but Entwined With You, Flat Out Love, The Prince and finally the Cut & Run series.

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  57. I’ve read so many good books this year! I can name a few. A Matter of Heart, A Different Blue, Real, and Temptation by Nicole Edwards.

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  58. I keep re-reading Beautiful Bastard and Walking Disaster – so that’s gotta be my answer.

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  61. I’ve been keeping track of the books I’ve read this year because I’m trying to reach a goal. I have been rating them on a scale of 1 to 5. This is my list of 5 star books I’ve read this year. They are listed by the order I read them:

    1. My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair
    2. Billionaire’s Final Stand by Melody Anne
    3. Whole New Species Series (I reread them) by Laurann Dohner
    4. Beautifully Damaged by LA Fiore
    5. Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde
    6. Rock Chick Renegade (read all the Rock Chick books this but this is my favorite) by Kristen Ashley
    7. Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley
    8. Knight by Kristen Ashley
    9. Breathe by Kristen Ashley (lol, I’m starting to see a theme with all the KA books.)
    10. Break Me Slowly by Joya Ryan
    11. Consequences by Aleatha Romig (I read this in May and still haven’t recovered enough to read the next one)
    12. Behind the Lies by Robin Perini
    13. Russian Protectors series (all 4 books) by Roxie Rivera
    14. Forged in Steele by Maya Banks
    15. Chasing Shadows by CJ Lyons

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  62. I really enjoyed Tangled. And I have Collide on the go, and the first Rock Chick book next up. But I can`t remember every book I read this year. Maybe I should keep track, but usually nobody asks me or cares.

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  69. Oh my, I have read so many good books this year, Real, Vain, Killing Sarai, Hot Ticket & I know there are more that I just loved!!!

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  71. My fav so far is falling Into You but there are so many goods books released already and about to come out!

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  72. My favorite so far this year was A Summoners Tale by Victoria Danann but Ivr ARC’d a few that will be out later this year that are great as well.

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  73. My favorite so far this year….Well I just finished Losing Hope and that was amazing, so I will say that. Colleen Hoover never disappoints me 🙂

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  74. so hard to decide. I’m going with Conquer Your Love because the other 2 sequals that I was dying dying dying in anticipation for while waiting for their release days kind of let me down when I finally got to read them. But, I’ve read a lot of hot new to me authors this year and it’s hard to pick through them.

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  76. So far my favorites have been:
    Epilogue Dark Duet #3 by CJ Roberts
    The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
    Unbreak Me by Lexi Ryan

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  82. There are a few I really loved but I have to say Eyes Wide Open is my favorite so far for this year.

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  83. Crap…I loved This Man Confessed, Epilogue, Devotion, Reckless, Falling Into You, Axel, Eyes Wide Open, Real, Unbeautifully, Pulse….ok….you get the point…I’ve read a lot of good book! <3

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  84. There are a few I loved but I have to say Eyes Wide Open is my favorite so far for this year.

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  85. For 2013 books,
    1. “Real”’, Katy Evans
    2. Reckless
    3.Falling into You
    4. The Edge of Never
    5. Connected
    6. The Mighty Storm
    7. Walking Disaster

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  89. My top picks this year is Falling into you by Jasinda Wilder and Pieces of You by Cassia Leo!

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  95. I have many but my top picks would be Hopeless, With Everything I Am – Kristen Ashley, and all of Kristen Proby’s books!

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  98. From your list.. Unbeautifully! Persona pick… I can’t choose, it’s easy when you narrowed it down..LOL

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  106. From the list (to make it easier on myself) I would have to go with Falling Into You and Tangled.
    Thanks for the giveaway! <3

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  107. So far this year my favorite is your number one pick!! I loved Falling into Us!! What a great read! Thanks for an awesome blog!! You guys ROCK,!! The giveaways are fun too!

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  109. That would hands down be a tie between Jess – This Man Confessed and Kellan – Reckess!!

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  110. Unbeautifully, Friend-Zoned, Sometimes Never Series, Real, The Final Piece & Emancipating Andie.

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  111. Sooo hard to pick just one. I’m going with the Undeniable series by Madeline Sheehan…love Deuce

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  112. I can vouch for Tangled, Own the Wind, Rock Chick books, Vain and Unbeautifully, all fantastic reads!
    Looks like I’ve got a bit of reading to do to catch up on :). Thanks!

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  116. My favorite book so far has been Real by Katy Evans. Loved it! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  117. I was so, so anticipating Bad Things by RK Lilley and then I read it and it was….Awesome!!

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  118. Thats a hard question having read quite a few really good ones so far I really liked Driven by K. Bromberg I cant wait for the sequel I liked Lick to

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  124. I’ve only read “Tangled” from your list and I thought it was AWESOME! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!

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  127. My top pick so far is This Girl by Colleen Hoover and maybe Iniquity by Amy A Bartol if it’ll be release this year 😛

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  130. I have not had the opportunity to read any of the ones you listed, but I am dying to read Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder and Tangled by Emma Chase. Right now my top is Lisa Renee Jones’ new series starting with If I Were You.

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  132. I loved “This Man” Series and Reapers Property, and many others too! I’m looking forward to reading Tangled, Bad Things, and Own the Wind…….. so it’d be great to win! Thanks for the giveaway! =)

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  133. Falling Into You, Madeline Sheehan’s series, Bully, Olivia Cunning’s Sinners and Sole Regret, and Captive in the Dark trilogy. All amazing reads and there were so many others!!

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  136. Hard to pick, but so far this year I’d have to say Painted LInes by Brei Betzold and Lick (Stage Dive, #1) by Kylie Scott.

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  139. I liked Walking Disaster and Release Me. They are my favorite romances of this year..so far.

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  141. It’s hard to decide since I have read so many good books this year. I love anything by Kristen Ashley, plus Collide & Pulse.

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  144. I have so many favorites, many from last year though. This year so far, I would have to say that the most satisfactory read has been collide and pulse! The most emotional and “ugly cry” has been Left Drowning! Most disappointing reads…….OOB, EWY

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  148. I just discovered the Cut & Run series by abigail roux….read the entire series in a week and have a book hangover…also going through withdrawal!

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  153. Too many to name, but I’ll go with the With me Series by Kristen Proby! I love this series! I would normally list a KA book but I read just about everything she had last year. I have a feeling though Rock Chick Revolution will be my 2nd half top pick!

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