Hello! Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! It's that lovely time of year where I feature our favorites of this past year. I'm finally climbing out of the influenza A cave! YAY! I'm a bit behind on all the posts I had planned for this week's Mundie Moms Best of 2012 feature due to that. Today I've condensed our series lists into one post.
Today's Mundie Moms Best of 2012 feature is: Series There's been a lot of fabulous series that were started this year, ones that continued one, and ones that ended. Here are our favorites:
There were some incredibly awesome first books in a series released this year, and it was impossible to do a top ten list for them, so here's our top 12 favorite first books in a new series (in no order):
- Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Rift by Andrea Cremer
- Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
- Carnival of Souls by Melissa Mar
- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
- Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas
- Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
- Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
- The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
- Defiance by C.J. Redwine
- Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
- Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
- Touched by Corinne Jackson
- Greta & The Goblin King by Chloe Jacobs
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black
- Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson
- Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London
- Breathe by Sarah Crossan
- Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
- Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
- The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
- Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
- The Farm by Emily McKay
- City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
- Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
- Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
- Deity by Jennifer L Armentrout
- Pure by Jennifer L Armentrout
- Until I Die by Amy Plum
- Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
- The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell
- Timepiece by Myra McEntire
- Once by Anna Carey
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
- Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
- A Million Suns by Beth Revis
- Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton
- Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
- The Torn Wing by Kiki Hamilton
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen
- Endlessly by Kiersten White
- Firelight by Sophie Jordan
- Black Heart by Holly Black
- Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer
- The Savage Grace by Bree Despain
- BitterBlue by Kirsten Cashore
- Bourne by Lisa. T Bergren
- Reached by Ally Condie
- Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
- Destined by Aprilynne Pike
- Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
- Last Rite by Lisa Desrochers
- Promised by Caragh O'Brien
- Romeo Redeemed by Stacey Jay
- Anastasia Forever by Joy Preble
- Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
What were some of your favorite new series that started this year? What series were sad to see end? *please forgive my flu brain if I've left any obvious series off this list*