I am a firm believer that to be an author, one must read as well.  I read voraciously, whether history books for my degree or just fiction for fun.  Here is what I have read in 2014:

The Hunger Games Triology by Suzanne Collins (for the 3rd or 4th time)

Festive in Death by J.D. Robb

Blood Magick (#3 in the Cousin’s O’Dwyer Triology) by Nora Roberts

California Schemin’ (Bree MacGowan Series) by Kate George

Under Wraps (Underworld Detection Agency Chronicles) by Hannah Jayne

The Source (The Mountain State Vampire Series) by J.B. Stilwell

Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell Series) by Jenn Bennett

Dark Waters (Celtic Legacy Book 1) by Shannon Mayer

Diva Las Vegas (Raven McShane Series) by Caroline Dries, Steve Seca

The Shoppe of Spells (Gatekeeper Series) by Shanon Grey

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest

The Savannah Coven Series by Suza Kates

The Line (Witching Savannah) by J.D. Horn

Lost Girl (Hidden Book One) by Colleen Vanderlinden

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Justice Calling (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress Book 1) by Annie Bellet

Keeper vs. Reaper (Graveyard Guardians Book 1) by Jennifer Malone Wright

The Christie Curse (A Book Collector Mystery) by Victoria Abbott