Favorite Books in the Last Year

I'm posting an early list of favorite books for 2016 because things get busy over here as the year comes to a close and my memory gets holier than the Pope!


I read a lot. If I'm not writing, I'm reading or I'm thinking about reading. As I say in an old bio, I live inside my head a good deal of my waking hours. Especially in the rainy months in Seattle, which is about 9 months out of the year. In the last year I finished almost 70 books. I started about as many and couldn't continue for various reasons.
If you are a writer about to ask me to read and review, I don't do horror, graphic torture, blood, animal cruelty, YA, Inspirational, Non-Fiction, or most Contemporary Romance. My interest is in Suspense, Thriller, Mysteries, Historicals, and Supernatural.
I don't agree to read most of what is sent to me, FYI because so much is sent.

Here's what I read this year and loved/liked/enjoyed:

I am Having so much Fun Here Without You - Courtney Maum
The Couple Next Door - Sheri Lapena
The Woman Next Door - Cass Green
We're All Damaged - Matthew Norman
Halfway Home - Hugh Howey
Guns - Steven King
Follow You Home - Mark Edwards
Write Your Way out of Depression - Rayne Hall
The Good Neighbor - A.J. Banner
Timber Rose - Janet Oakley
The Girl Who Lied - Sue Fortin
The Game You Played - Anni Taylor
All Fired Up - Carmine Valentine
Ghost Camera - Darcy Coates
Devil's Promenade - Alicia Dean
The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza
Invasion - Johnny B. Truant
Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons - Denise Grover Swank
The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
The Illegal Gardener - Sara Alexi
Inheritance - Thomas Wymark
Dead Lake - Darcy Coates
The Grownup - Gillian Flynn
The Jossing Affair - Janet Oakley
The Crowbox - Nikki Rae
Lie Catchers - Rolynn Anderson
Silent Witness - Rebecca Forster                                             GRACE - Samantha Kaye
By Royal Command - Laura Navarre
Ever Faithful to his Lead - Kathleen Pooler
Keep Quiet - Lisa Scottoline
Double Duplicity - Patty Jager
The Valley of Amazement - Amy Tan
The Day I Washed my Face in the Toilet - Brenda Kearns
Synergy - Jodi Ashland
There's Something About Marty - Wendy Delaney
Silent Witness - Rebecca Forster
The Good Girl- Mary Kubica
The Girl With No Past - Kathryn Croft
The Forgotten Girls - Alexa Steele
Tea and Travels - Kate R Mathieson
Torn Roots - Scott Bury
The Benson - Karina Halle
Pretty Baby - Mary Kubica
Virtually Love - Lawrence Ambrose
My Favorite Life - Lawrence Ambrose
Viking Warrior Rising - Asa Maria Bradley
Rushed - Brian Harmon
Blackwater Lake - Maggie James
dOG Backwards - Guy A Johnson
Seventh Heaven - Alice Hoffman
Hostile Witness - Rebecca Forster
Courage - Samantha Kaye
Memory House - Betty Lee Crosby
Coconut Island - J.L. Oakley
Hoaka Moonshine - Laurie Hanan
Ash - Jason Brandt
Madness - Jason Brandt
The Visitant - Megan Chance
Jackrabbit Junction Jitters - Ann Charles
The Russian Obsession - Nikki Navarre
Chasing Justice - H. Terrel Griffin
A Wild Fright in Deadwood - Ann Charles
All of us Were Sophie - Resa Nelson
The Yoga of Max's Discontent - Karan Bajaj
My Journey Through War and Peace - Melissa Burch
Summer Blowout - Claire Cook
The Perfect Match - Pat White
Bone Hook - Toby Neal
Marriage Under Fire - Jacki Delecki
Somewhere in St. Thomas - Toby Neal
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk - Kelli Estes
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
The Day of the Wave- Becky Wicks
The Third Angel - Alice Hoffman
The Ghosts of Tsavo - Vered Ehsani

Find my reviews for these on Amazon over here!

Kim Hornsby is the Author of Award-Winning The Dream Jumper's Promise available on Amazon Books. She is a Bestselling Supernatural Suspense Author who lives in the Seattle area where she writes during the rainy months.

New Cover for The Dream Jumper!!!

I have a new COVER to show off for my novel, The Dream Jumper's Promise! And I love it!
This magnificent artistry was designed by cover artist extraordinaire, Jen Vinci/Jeanine Henning who has done some amazing bestseller covers lately. I can't remember how I found her but when I did and she started working on finding the exact combination of photos and font to reflect the contents of my book, I knew I was going to be very, very pleased.
My last cover was lovely. I still think it is a great cover. I worked really really hard on it, 5 months of searching for different photos, pouring over sites, worrying about looking too weird, too romancy, too pale, too creepy. BUT, comments from readers have led me to think that the cover did not truly represent the story. I felt badly to change the cover because my dear friend Lori Coulson, who has a fantastic eye, helped me with the cover, according to my specifications. I know she'll understand it served me well and it was time to move on.
And so, I launch this new cover with a light heart and the knowledge that I finally let the expert take over some aspect of this process and help me.
As The Dream Jumper's Promise gets more successful, I'm excited about the prospects. This new cover puts it in a whole new section of Amazon Books - the bestseller section!
http://amzn.com/B00AA4FAJC


Thanks for your support in my struggle to be a successful novelist!
Kim

Inception Meets Maui Meets Award Season

My first published novel, The Dream Jumper's Promise, (look to your right) is nominated for Best Indie First Book by the readers associated with Indie Romance Convention. I'm touched that somebody or somebodies nominated my lil ole book. Of course I think it's an awesome read full of twists and surprises and has one of the best love stories ever, but then I wrote it. 60 Reviews with 4.5 stars out of 5 is really good, I think, and I'm thrilled to be able to say it's nominated for something. But then, if you know me, you also know that I am no stranger to self promotion. As an actress and singer for almost 30 years, I don't have any problem telling people I'm amazingly fantastic because if I don't believe it, no one else will.

Back to me and my award:

http://indieromanceconvention.blogspot.com/2013/03/

This is the link to vote but unfortunately I am not tech savvy enough to know how to insert a real link into my blog to instantly transport you to this page. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I need to get successful enough to warrant a secretary/computer genius person. Maybe if I win this award on Monday...

I'm proud of my book and how hard it's working to reach its readers who I believe are middle aged women who love Hawaii and eat pasta on Thursday with a fork and spoon. However, I've found that men like the story too and so now I'm not sure who wants to read it the most. The novel has a mystery that satisfies the curious mind, a tropical setting that will have you smelling the plumeria and feeling the warm trade wind on your face, and a romance that will have you puckering up without realizing it as you read about Jamey and Tina (and Noble).

If you like reading, and don't mind paying 99 cents for several days worth of quality entertainment, click on the book cover to the right, buy my book, read it and vote for me on Monday. And while you're at it, go ahead and write me a nice review (see my blog on how to write a review) on Amazon and then go ahead and buy my other book Necessary Detour. If you like that one, I'll redirect you to my novella that is a lot like being on The Bachelor. According to my reviews it's really 'cute'.

Both The Dream Jumper's Promise and Necessary Detour will be available in print next week for those of you who appreciate holding the printed version in your hands. I know I do.

Anyone who likes my books will be happy to know that the second Dream Jumper novel is plotted and will be out this summer. It's set in Nicaragua.

Happy Reading!

Kim