Favorite Books of 2013

I read so many great books this year it was very hard to narrow down the lists so here they are.

Happy reading. (links will take you to the review when available)

5 Star Reads: (In no particular order)

Calling Me Home by, Jule Kibler narrated by, Bahni Turpin & Lorna Raver

Fever by, Mary Beth Keane

Whistling Past the Graveyard by, Susan Crandall narrated by, Amy Rubinate

Looking for Me by, Beth Hoffman

Songs of Willow Frost: A Novel by, Jamie Ford

Code Name Verity by, Elizabeth Wein narrated by, Morven Christie,& Lucy Gaskell

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion: A Novel by, Fannie Flagg narrated by, Author

The Wedding Gift by, Marlen Suyapa Bodden narrated by, Jenna Lamia, & January LaVoy

The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by, Neil Gaiman narrated by, author

Frost Burned by, Patricia Briggs

2 Books that will be released in 2014:

Evergreen by, Rebecca Rasmussen

Lost Lake by, Sarah Addison Allen

5 Star Re-reads: (Books I’ve read in the past that I re-read on audio)

Daughter of the Forest (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 1) by, Juliet Marillier narrated by, Terry Donnelly

Dragon Flight by, Anne McCaffrey narrated by, Dick Hill

4 ½ Star books:

Out of the Easy by, Ruta Sepetys

Orphan Train by, Christina Baker Kline

Touch & Go by, Lisa Gardner

My One Square Inch of Alaska: A Novel by Sharon Short

Six Years by, Harlan Coben narrated by, Scott Brick

Half-Forgotten Song by, Katherine Webb

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book II: The Hidden Gallery        

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book III: The Unseen Guest #3 by, Maryrose Wood narrated by, Katherine Kellgren

The Asylum by, John Harwood narrated by, Rosalyn Landor

Is This Tomorrow: A Novel by, Caroline Leavitt narrated by, Xe Sands

The Firebird by, Susanna Kearsley narrated by, Katherine Kellgren

Back to Christmas by, Dan Canfield

Some 4 Star books that deserve honorable mentions:

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini narrated by,Shohreh Aghdashloo & Navid Negahban

The Storycatcher by, Ann Hite narrated by, Allyson Johnson

A Bitter Veil by, Libby Fischer Hellmann narrated by, Diane Piron Gelman

Frozen by, Mary Casanova

Safe House by Chris Ewan narrated by, Simon Vance

Life After Life by, Kate Atkinson

Little Bee by, Chris Cleave narrated by, Anne Flosnik