Best Books of 2015 #Giveaway Hop

Welcome to my stop on the Best of 2015 Giveaway Hop hosted by the fantastic bloggers, Mary @ Book Hounds and Kathy @ I Am A Reader, Not A Writer! I was a lot stingier with my five star reviews than I thought this year, so today I'll be featuring those twelve books.

What You Can Win

Funny enough, most of these books were audiobooks, so I think audiobooks win for me this year. If you click on the titles below the picture thingy, you can read my reviews of the books.


Golden Son by Pierce Brown
The Martian by Andy Weir
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
Exquisite Corpse by Pénélope Bagieu
Charming by Elliott James
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Nova by Margaret Fortune
Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Cathrynne M. Valente
Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach

Giveaway

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Which Feature Characters Who Are Talking Animals

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Books Which Feature Characters Who Are Talking Animals


1. Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne - Oberon
Oberon is the main character, Atticus', Irish wolfhound. They have a psychic bond, so they're able to speak to one another through their minds. Their banter is hilarious, but Oberon is probably the very best thing about the entire series. Sausage anyone?





2. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman - Pantalaiman
I mean, who doesn't want a daemon after reading these books? Pantalaiman was a saucy little critter, and I think I may need to reread these books now.

Audiobook Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

Title: Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas #1)
Author: Charlaine Harris
Narrator: Susan Bennett
Publisher: Ace (Penguin)
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Acquired Via: Personal Collection
From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker locale—populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it...

Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.

There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).

Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth...

My Review

I'm a bit of a book snob, in case you're new to the blog or haven't picked up on that yet. Though I loved both the Aurora Teagarden and Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris, the Southern Vampire Mysteries aka the "Sookie Stackhouse" books, left a bad taste in my mouth. It made me hesitant to pick up Midnight Crossroad though I've had a shiny, new hardcover sitting on my nightstand pile since its release day last year. And now that I've read it, I completely understand Tom Cruise's couch-jumping, and I'm hungry for more!