Happy Anniversary BWN!

Today is Bookworm Nation’s one year anniversary! I can’t believe it has been a year since our first post (Summer’s at Castle Auburn). BWN has changed a lot over the year as Jessica and I settle into the blogging world. I still remember talking to Jessica about starting our own book review blog. We both have a deep love of reading and have often given each other book recommendations. Since we have very similar tastes in books we decided to give the blog world a shot and create our own review blog. For me it has been a great new hobby and if possible has made me love books even more. While reading I will often think about what I want to say in my post and it has made me pay a little more attention to how books are written and what exactly I like about them.

In honor of our anniversary I have put together a list of my favorite books from the past year. We’ve reviewed over 100 books and narrowing it down turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. This list consists of new books, or at least new-to-me, that I have read over the past year. There were MANY more that I totally loved but these ones just stood out for one reason or another.

Fiction
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
These Is My Words by Nancy Turner
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart

Retellings
Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Sun & Moon, Ice & Snow by Jessica Day George

Fantasy
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Hollow Kingdom by Clare Dunkle
Court/Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

Young Adult
Taken by Storm by Angela Morrison
Losers Guide to Life and Love A.E. Cannon
Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman

Series
Attolia by Megan Turner Whalen
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
Twelve Houses by Sharon Shinn

New Series
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Awakening by Kelly Armstrong
Blackbringer by Laini Taylor

Jessica and I have great plans for BWN. If you follow our blog you know that I change our background a lot (probably too much), so we’re working on getting a set background. We want to start doing author interviews, giveaways, guest bloggers, and a few other things. So this upcoming year will be full of fun changes.

I just want to add that I really appreciate all the comments and followers of our blog. I’m not the best writer and I’m sure I make a lot of mistakes. I love reading and I love sharing my thoughts with everyone. I’ve enjoyed the friendships I’ve made through BWN and hope that we’ll have many more years of reviews ahead of us.

Thanks,
Kathy