What Deanna Read #12: December 2016

Well, December was a much better reading month. Not one of my best months but certainly much better than October and November - combined!!

And happily, I had some excellent reads for the month - some old favorites and a few new to me authors.

Here's to an even better January of reading!

Rough and Tumble

Claimed By The Cyborg (Paperback)

Vampire's Kiss

Stolen Dreams

2016 Recap: Helen's top 10 reads

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Welcome to another instalment of our Top Reads for 2016. Here's Helen with her top 10 ... ahem 12 actually ... :-) she couldn't choose between the last three. :-) I know the feeling. So many good books!

When asked a question such as this “what were your favourite 10 reads of 2016?” It is like asking me who my favourite child is. :-)

2016 was a great year for reading for me. There were so many wonderful stories that kept me smiling, feeling emotions and traveling the world from my armchair. So I will try to do my best.

2016 Recap: Deanna's top 10 reads

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Hello and Happy New Year!!

I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve celebration. We had a quiet one which is normal for us. Steve likes to take the time to contemplate the year before and consider what he would like to accomplish for the year ahead. I treat it like any other night and often even forget to put the fireworks on on TV. It's a quiet night in for us, just the way we like it.

How did you celebrate?

And now, with the New Year, let's do a little 2016 recap shall we? In the coming weeks, I will be bringing you top reads by the Deanna's World bloggity reviewers and I've also asked a few authors to contribute and tell me what their top reads for the previous year were. After all, authors are readers too!!

To start it off, here's my list of top 10 reads for 2016. You will notice a bit of a pattern here. A lot of favorites and repeat authors. I may have indulged in some favorites this year on top of reading a lot of new stuff. These were all 5 star reads for me.

Not in any particular order ....

Manview observations #5: The Fuss about Fantasy in Romance

It's almost the end of the year and this will be the last Manview observation for the year. Steve reflects on how reading romance has changed his views.

And since it's so close to the end of the year, we wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2017.

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Review: Greek Tycoon's Mistletoe Proposal by Kandy Shepherd

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Can you believe it's almost to the end of the year? This will be my final review of the year and I leave you with a lovely, sweet Christmas story. Kandy Shepherd is one of my favorites. There's also a MANVIEW for this story which you can read here. I've been told it's very insightful. :-)

Greek Tycoon's Mistletoe Proposal (Maids Under The Mistletoe #2) by Kandy Shepherd
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Review: Ignite (Firefighters of Montana #3) by Nicole Helm #HelenReviews

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Merry Christmas!!!

Can you believe it? It's Christmas already!! Well, Boxing Day, to be exact, when this post goes up.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday with your family and friends for those of you who celebate it, and if you don't, I hope you had a great holiday season with fun and frivolity.

We've had a quite one this year. Some family members couldn't make it, so it's was a small affair but still fantastic. The highlight of Christmas for us this year is my baby nephew, Wesley. He's 8 months old and utterly adorable. This is his first Christmas and it was so much fun to be able to spoil him with gifts. :-)

Whatever your celebrations, I hope Santa or someone else brought you some lovely gifts.

And now, something sizzling for your Christmas review from Helen.

Ignite (Firefigthers of Montana #3) by Nicole Helm
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Review: Blood Vow (Kyn #1) by Mina Carter

 

Blood Vow (Kyn #1) by Mina Carter
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