Sweet Tea in TN: My Favorite Reads of the Year

Each year I like to create a list of the books I enjoyed reading the most and this year is no exception - I'm just a little later than normal getting the list together.

It is always interesting to see how many books I read each year and thanks to my local library I broke a record this year! I'm not going to mention the total number because my mother will think I don't do anything other than sit around on my butt and read! (Hi Mom!). I will admit that the number is WELL over 100 books. Yeah, she still going to think that I don't do anything but sit around on my butt and read but I refuse to give her any additional proof that she is right. :-)

As always, these are books that I READ during the year. This means they were not necessarily published in 2012. Some were, but most were not.

Although I have a strong love of southern fiction, you will see a variety in this list because I am always game to try out a new genre.

Here is my 2012 Best Reads List:

The Language of Flowers: A Novelby Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn

My Brother Michael by Janis Owens

Big Cherry Holler: A Novel (Big Stone Gap Novels)by Adriana Trigiani

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Stieg Larsson

The Sisters Montclair: A Novel by Cathy Holton

Eat, Drink, and Be From Mississippi: A Novel by Nanci Kincaid

Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall

The Orange Blossom Special by Betsy Carter