Every year I keep striving to read more and more books. This year I definitely went way passed my original goal that I had set. Being in reading competitions, listening to more audiobooks, and overall trying to spend more time reading has contributed to this accomplishment for me. I have read and listened to a lot of lovely, romantic, scary, and comical stories this past year. I decided to make a top 10 list of the books I overall enjoyed the...

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan MeissnerMeissner does a great job of writing a captivating book set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Although a devastating disaster, the earthquake actually seems a more minor part of the story in comparison to Meissner’s thoroughly engaging characters and a gripping plot that keeps you guessing to the very end. Our protagonist, Sophie, is such a strong and...