My Favorite Reads of 2014!

This has been a wonderful year for reading.  There are so many amazingly talented authors out there who keep blessing us with the gifts of their talents.  I have been lucky and blessed to have read many outstanding books.  In trying to figure out the criteria for my BEST of the YEAR list, I decided that ratings didn’t matter.  If the book made me feel and think – my criteria for a great book – but for whatever reason was less than a 5*, it could still make the list.  And, the book didn’t have to be published in 2014, just read during this year.  I tried to narrow it down to my top 10, but I couldn’t, so, for the year, here are the books that had the most profound effect on me (the  books are not ranked in order):

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TOP SERIES:

• Forever Series  and Made a Sempre Novel by JM Darhower
• The Pagano Family series by Susan Fanetti
• Flat-Out Love and Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park
• Addicted Series by Krista and Becca Ritchie
• Undeniable Series by Madeline Sheehan
• Becoming Calder and Finding Eden by Mia Sheridan

TOP STANDALONES:

• In the Fields by Willow Aster
• Tethered by LD Davis
• Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher
• Nine Minutes by Beth Flynn
• The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
• A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
• Infinity + One by Amy Harmon
• The Story of  Us: Carnage #1 by Lesley Jones
• Beauty and The Mustache by Penny Reid
• Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan