Same as before: no stars = BURN IT, SALT THE EARTH, MAKE SURE NOTHING EVER GROWS THERE AGAIN; five stars = BARFING RAINBOWS, IT'S SO GOOD. My opinion is, of course, subjective.

  • Saving Francesca, Melina Marchetta (January, ****)
  • Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire, Julius Lester (January, ****)
  • Y: The Last Man--Unmarked, Brian K. Vaughan (January, *****)
  • Donut Days, Lara Lielin (January, ****)
  • Three Black Swans, Caroline B. Cooney (January, ****1/2)
  • Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (January, ****)
  • Misguided Angel, Melissa De La Cruz (January, ***1/2)
  • Swoon, Nina Malkin (January, ****; reread)
  • The Help, Kathryn Stockett (January, ***)
  • The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Jaunary, ****; reread)
  • Being Nikki, Meg Cabot (Janaury, ****)
  • 32 Candles, Ernessa T. Carter (February, ****)
  • The Pillow Book of Lotus Lowenstein, Libby Schmais (February, ****; reread)
  • Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (February, ****1/2)
  • North of Beautiful, Justina Chen Headley (February, ****)
  • Paper Towns, John Green (March, ****1/2; reread)
  • Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (March, *****; reread)
  • Don't Bring Home a White Boy: And Other Notions that Keep Black Women From Dating Out, Karyn Langhorne Folan (April, ***1/2)
  • Hot Girl, Dream Jordan (April, ****)
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz (April, *****)
  • Linger, Maggie Stiefvater (April, ****)
  • Some Girls Are, Courtney Summers (April, ****1/2)
  • The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women, Jessica Valenti (April, ****)
  • The Secret Life of Prince Charming, Deb Caletti (April, ****1/2)
  • Mare's War, Tanita S. Davis (April, ****1/2)
  • Why Sinatra Matters, Pete Hamill (May, ****)
  • Infinite Days, Rebecca Maziel (May, ****)
  • Fade, Robert Cormier (May, ****)
  • Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (May, ***1/2)
  • This World We Live In, Susan Beth Pfeffer (May, ***)
  • The Vinyl Princess, Yvonne Printz (May, ***)
  • Anna and the French Kiss, Stephanie Perkins (May, ****)
  • Bleeding Violet, Dia Reeves (May, ****)
  • The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier (May, *****)
  • Beauty Queens, Libba Bray (May, ****1/2)
  • Bumped, Megan McCafferty (May, ****)
  • Stay, Deb Caletti (June, ****)
  • Bloody Valentine, Melissa de la Cruz (June, ***)
  • Runaway, Meg Cabot (June, ****)
  • Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance and Cookery, Susan Juby (June, ****1/2)
  • Kitty Kitty, Michele Jaffe (June, ****)
  • Beautiful Darkness, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (June, ***1/2)
  • This Gorgeous Game, Donna Freitas (June, ****1/2)
  • Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher (June, ****)
  • Delirium, Lauren Oliver (June, ****)
  • On Writing, Steven King (July, *****)
  • Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, ed. Jennifer O'Connell (July, *****)
  • XVI, Julia Karr (July, ***1/2)
  • The Six Rules of Maybe, Deb Caletti (July, ****)
  • Like Mandarin, Kirsten Hubbard (July, ***1/2)
  • I Am the Cheese, Robert Cormier (July, ****)
  • The Eternal Ones, Kirsten Miller (July, ***1/2)
  • The Ghosts of Ashbury High, Jaclyn Moriarty (August, ****)
  • Monster, Walter Dean Meyers (August, ****)
  • Ordinary Beauty, Laura Wiess (August, ****)
  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon (September, ***1/2)
  • The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (September, ***1/2)
  • Sloppy Firsts, Megan McCafferty (October, ****1/2; reread)
  • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Mindy Kaling (November, ****)
  • Swear, Nina Malkin (December, ****1/2)
  • Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters, Natalie Standiford (December, ****)
  • Story of a Girl, Sara Zarr (December, ****)
  • Small Town Sinners, Melissa Walker (December, ****)
jan 4 2011 ∞
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