Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a wonderful year!  This post is going to be a bit short because I have a few things to attend to (I'm going to NYC in a few days!).  A giveaway is coming up for you soon and starting in March is The Bucket List's annual discussion.

5 Things I Loved In 2012:

Every year, the last full week of December is filled with posts for the Best of that present year and this year is no different.  Every day, this week, will be a day to celebrate 2012 so we will be able to say goodbye to  it on New Year's when we welcome 2013.  Today, The Bucket List is showcasing the best books of the year:

Insurgent by Veronica Roth:Divergent was something new, exciting, and breathtaking.  Veronica Roth took her second novel, Insurgent, to a whole new level.  I connected with the characters so well.  The plot is a crazy whirlwind of greatness that leaves you wondering why the third book in the series is not out yet. -read my review

Unraveling by Elizabeth NorrisIn all truth, I have not read this novel.  My brother caught me while I was making the list and told me to put this one in.  Unraveling is a thrilling novel in which you will be whisked away on an imaginative world that leaves you wanting more.

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Fault in our Stars is a beautifully-written piece of magic that belongs on everyone’s bookshelf.  If you haven’t read it yet, please go grab a copy because John Green will just blow you away with a touching story. -read my review

I Hunt Killers by Barry LygaLyga is one of my favorite authors of all time.  This new series is a new favorite of mine and I will definitely be purchasing the second novel releasing in 2013.  The concept itself of the novel floored me: a serial killer's son helps the police find a killer.  

Easy by Tammara WebberThis book is categorized as the new genre called new adult.  Because of this novel, I am in love with this new genre.  It was fantastic and truly relatable to a college girl such as myself.

Every year, the last full week of December is filled with posts for the Best of that present year and this year is no different.  Every day, this week, will be a day to celebrate 2012 so we will be able to say goodbye to  it on New Year's when we welcome 2013.  Today, The Bucket List is showcasing the best YA Debut Authors this year:

Every year, the last full week of December is filled with posts for the Best of that present year and this year is no different.  Every day, this week, will be a day to celebrate 2012 so we will be able to say goodbye to  it on New Year's when we welcome 2013.  Today, The Bucket List is showcasing the best YA couples from books I read this year:

Theia and Haden (Dreaming Awake by Gwen Hayes)

"It wasn't his fault, I wanted to tell him, but first I needed to be closer to him.  I pulled back just enough that I could look into his eyes, into the heat I always found there."

-p. 93, Theia Alderson about Haden Black

Hazel and Augustus (The Fault in our Stars by John Green)

"So of course I tensed up when he touched me.  To be with him was to hurt him-- inevitably.  And that's what I'd felt as he reached for me: I'd felt as though I were committing an act of violence against him, because I was."

-p. 101, Hazel Grace about Augustus Waters

Tris and Four (Insurgent by Veronica Roth)

"'Nothing else is all right.'  His whisper tickles my cheek.  'But we are.'"

-p. 48, Tobias/Four to Tris

Mara and Noah (The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin)

"'I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue than live and never touch you again.  I'm in love with you, Mara.'"

-Noah Shaw to Mara Dyer

Juliette and Adam (Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi)

"This time I'm in his arms and against the wall and I'm trembling everywhere and he's so gentle, so careful, touching me like I'm made of porcelain and I want to shatter."

-p. 147, Juliette about Adam

Every year, the last full week of December is filled with posts for the Best of that present year and this year is no different.  Every day, excluding tomorrow, will be a day to celebrate 2012 so we will be able to say goodbye to  it on New Year's when we welcome 2013.  Today, The Bucket List is showcasing the best movies (which were adapted from books) of 2012 that I enjoyed:

The Hunger Games (March 23, 2012)
Why: It is a fantastic adaptation of the book and it's powerful and emotional.  I can't help but love Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss.  Read my review HERE.  Plus, it was a movie of an awesome beard.  Watch my favorite scene: