Since July is creeping up on us, I’d thought I’d do a post about the books I’ve read so far this year (which is halfway gone again!).

Number of books I’ve read this year: 29. Not too bad, considering I’ve also written (and rewritten) two books in the same time frame. And yes, Virginia, I have a day job too. I’m hoping to hit 60 books read by the end of the year.

New authors I’ve read: 13, including Stephanie Meyer, HelenKay Dimon, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Lilith Saintcrow and more. (Also, this isn’t counting a bunch of new people I read through various anthologies). I’ll try anybody at least once.

Best read so far this year: Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn. I really enjoyed this fantasy romance.

Runner-up: The short story Dead Man’s Chest by Rachel Caine in the My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding anthology. It’s about pirates, yargh! And it probably would have taken the top spot, if it had been a whole book.

Strangest read so far: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. Not what I was expecting from a Batman story. Weird, just weird.

Books/authors in my TBR pile: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward; Ill Wind by Rachel Caine; Bitten by Kelley Armstrong; a bunch of books in Marjorie M. Liu’s Dirk & Steele series; and Tripwire by Lee Child, among others.

Books I plan to buy at some point: Fire & Ice by Anne Stuart; Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks; and some titles by P.N. Elrod, along with too many others to list here. 

What about you? What’s your favorite read so far this year? Have you discovered any new authors you absolutely adore? Share in the comments.