I had a look through Goodreads to see what books I gave five stars to this year. It is always a fairly short list. There were 16 out of 230.

Most Emotionally Devastating

I actually hadn’t given this 5 stars but I retroactively changed this while making this post because I got slightly emotional just while looking at the cover. This book is hard to explain because it is very deep into a series but basically it takes all the characters in a long, long series and puts them all together and then stomps on them until there is utter carnage. This isn’t the sort of series where you really expect that kind of thing either. I approve. I can’t wait to read the next one to see the fall out.

Most Surprising

I grabbed this from Netgalley because I grab most of the foodie books from Netgalley. This book was so much better than I expected it to be.

Best Purchase

I’m fairly steadily baking my way through this book. It would be going faster if the husband would stop yelling at me to quit making so many carbs.

Coziest

There are merhorses and winged cats in this delightful book about a displaced magical librarian and her sentient spider plant. Trust me – just read it.

The One I Immediately Handed to The Husband

Middle aged men decide to try to increase their hobby maple sugar making to a professional level. They are not prepared. You will learn a lot about maple sugar. You will also laugh really hard.