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.

Also, this year I'll be noting the format the books were read in.

  • Just One Year, Gayle Foreman (January, ****; hardcover)
  • Being Plumville, Savannah J. Frierson (January, ****; ebook)
  • My Life Next Door, Huntley Fitzpatrick (January, ****; hardcover)
  • Reality Boy, A.S. King (February, ****; hardcover)
  • Roomies, Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando (February, ***; hardcover)
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (March, ****; ebook)
  • Rose Under Fire, Elizabeth Wein (March, ****1/2; hardcover)
  • Panic, Lauren Oliver (March, ****; ebook)
  • The Impossible Knife of Memory, Laurie Halse Anderson (April, ****; hardcover)
  • Absolutely Normal Chaos, Sharon Creech (April, ***1/2; paperback) {reread}
  • Ms. Marvel: 1, G. Willow Wilson (April, *****; trade)
  • Ms. Marvel: 2, G. Willow Wilson (April, *****; trade)
  • Ms. Marvel: 3, G. Willow Wilson (April, *****; trade)
  • X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story, Eve and Leonora Epstein (May, ****; ebook)
  • Pushing the Limits, Katie McGarry (May, ***; ebook)
  • Faking It, Elisa Lorello (June, ****; ebook)
  • To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han (June, ****; ebook)
  • The Elite, Keira Cass (June, ***1/2; hardcover)
  • The One, Keira Cass (June, ***1/2; hardcover)
  • Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them, Betsy Prioleau (June, ***1/2; hardcover)
  • Across a Star-Swept Sea, Diana Peterfreund (July, ***1/2; hardcover)
  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, Meg Medina (August, ****; hardcover)
  • Kill Me Softly, Sarah Cross (August, ***1/2; hardcover)
  • Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh (August, *****; paperback)
  • The Messiah of Morris Avenue, Tony Hendra (August, ****; paperback)
  • The Life of Corgnelius and Stumphrey, The Cutest Corgis in the World, Susie Brooks (August, *****; hardcover)
  • In the Pleasure Groove, John Taylor (August, ****; hardcover)
  • A Mad Wicked Folly, Sharon Biggs Waller (September, ****; hardcover)
  • Ms. Marvel: 4, G. Willow Wilson (September, *****; trade)
  • Ms. Marvel: 5, G. Willow Wilson (September, *****; trade)
  • Ms. Marvel: 6, G. Willow Wilson (September, *****; trade)
  • The Little World of Liz Climo, Liz Climo (October, *****; hardcover)
  • Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema, Anne Helen Peterson (October, ****; paperback)
  • Talk Sweetly to Me, Courtney Milan (October, ****1/2; ebook)
  • Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley (October, *****; ebook)
  • Paw Enforcement, Diane Kelly (October, ***1/2; paperback)
  • The Governess Affair, Courtney Milan (November, ****; ebook)
  • Pointe, Brandy Colbert (December, ****; hardcover)
  • We Were Liars, E. Lockhart (December, ****; hardcover)
  • Sex and Violence, Carrie Mesrobian (December, ***1/2; hardcover)
  • Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell (December, ****; hardcover)
jan 6 2014 ∞
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