Last year I was very disappointed in my list of reads from the year. This year has not proven to be much of an improvement in either volume or quality. Very few 5 stars on this list (bolded) or recommended reads (*). I need something extraordinary to read!
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman)
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis (Bethany McLean)
Matched (Ally Condie)
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin, a reread)
Moon Over Manifest (Clare Vanderpool)
One Crazy Summer (Rita Williams-Garcia)
* The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Malcolm Gladwell)
What the Best College Teachers Do (Ken Bain)
* The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
Godless (Pete Hautman)
Ghostopolis (Doug TenNapel)
Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin, probably one of the worst books I've ever read)
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
Plum Loving (Janet Evanovich)
Visions of Sugar Plums (Janet Evanovich)
Plum Lucky (Janet Evanovich)
* Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Pope Joan (Donna Woolfolk Cross, a reread)
* The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Jeanne Birdsall)
Open (Andre Agassi)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
Courageous Conversations About Race (Glenn E Singleton)
Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)
Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears (Pema Chodron)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
* Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Fly Away Home (Jennifer Weiner)
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Christopher McDougall)
Mockingbird (Kathryn Erskine)
Sugar in my Bowl: Real Women Write about Real Sex (Erica Jong)
To Be a Runner (Martin Dugard)
* A Visit from the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
Damned (Chuck Palahniuk)
Living Dead Girl (Elizabeth Scott)
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Daniyal Mueenuddin)
* Heart of a Samurai (Margi Preus)
* Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Jamie Ford)
* Looking for Alaska (John Green)
* Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie (Jordan Sonnenblick)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding, a reread)
* Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse, a reread)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck, a reread)
I suppose there's time for me to read more, but we'll leave it at this. Hoping to get lost in something compelling soon. Here's to a new year in books!
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