Another year down, and less than a year until Nobody’s Goddess releases! We announced the deal this past January, but I actually knew as far back as September 2013 that Month9Books was interested and I had to sit on the news. I’ve been so excited about the release that it seemed like it would take forever, but the year has flown by. This year it’s gotten a new title and a cover (although I haven’t been able to share that with you yet) and has gone through a few more revisions. I also managed to write both sequels to it (one’s been turned in to my publisher and has begun revisions, one’s still a draft), which are due out in 2016 and 2017.
The past couple of years, I’ve posted a list of all the books I read (not including graphic novels and manga, of which I’ve read many) on this blog to celebrate New Year’s. Why continue to do that now that I have a Goodreads account? Well, I don’t always post what I’m reading there—unless I feel especially passionate about sharing it with you all. As a soon-to-be published author myself, I feel weird about assigning grades and criticizing other people’s novels, especially since if I don’t love something, it might just be my own tastes, you know? This is a way for me to celebrate how much I’ve read each year.
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (I was reading it at the end of 2013 and finished it in early 2014)
- When Did You See Her Last? by Lemony Snicket
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
- The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
- Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Monk Helps Himself by Hy Conrad
- Monk Gets on Board by Hy Conrad (my bf and I discovered there were more Monk books by a new author, yay!)
- Daughter of Chaos by Jen McConnel
- A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
- Fire of Stars and Dragons by Melissa Petreshock
- The FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper
- Life, A.D. by Michelle E. Reed
- The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper
- Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
- The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones (her last book! ;-;)
- 18 and 19. The Shadow Stealer by Melissa Giorgio (twice, a few months apart—not out until early 2015, but I beta read 🙂
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- A Promise of Magic by Melissa Giorgio (a novella, but easily as long as a novel!)
- Monk Is Open for Business by Hy Conrad
- File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents by Lemony Snicket
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (which I read after loving the TV series *hearts*)
- The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Kate Rorick
- The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith/J.K. Rowling
- Branded by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki
- Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Greta and the Goblin King by Chloe Jacobs
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- In a Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
- Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga
- Shouldn’t You Be in School? by Lemony Snicket
- My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins et al.
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Split Second by Kasie West (still in progress)
Not as many as last year, but I’m still happy with my progress!
Amy McNulty 