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. Goal this year: read at LEAST forty books.
- The World of Postsecret, ed. Frank Warren (January, *****; hardcover)
- Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with the Bay City Rollers, Caroline Sullivan (January, ****; paperback)
- I Think I Love You, Allison Pearson (January, ****; hardcover)
- The Duchess War, Courtney Milan (February, ***1/2; ebook)
- Court, Cat Patrick (February, ***1/2; ebook)
- The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (March, *****; ebook)
- The Heiress Effect, Courtney Milan (March, ***1/2; ebook)
- The Countess Conspiracy, Courtney Milan (March, ****; ebook)
- The Suffragette Scandal, Courtney Milan (April, ****; ebook)
- None of the Above, I.W. Gregorio (April, ****1/2; ebook)
- The Royal We, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (April, ****1/2; hardcover)
- Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad, Liz Climo (May, *****; hardcover)
- Saint Anything, Sarah Dessen (May, ****; hardcover)
- Written in the Stars, Aisha Saeed (May, ****; hardcover)
- Don't Call Me Baby, Gwendolyn Heasley (June, ****; paperback)
- The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae (June, ***1/2; hardcover)
- P.S. I Still Love You, Jenny Han (June, ****; hardcover)
- The Sound of Us, Ashley Post on (July, ***; ebook)
- Bet Me, Jennifer Cruisie (July, ****; hardcover)
- Talk Sweetly to Me, Courtney Milan (August, ****1/2; ebook)
- Dorothy Must Die, Danielle Paige (August, ***; ebook)
- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (September, ****1/2; ebook)
- Devoted, Jennifer Mathieu (September, ****; hardcover)
- Aimee and the Heartthrob, Ophelia London (September, ***; ebook)
- Ms. Marvel: Generation Why, G. Willow Wilson (September, ****1/2; paperback)
- Ms. Marvel: Crushed, G. Willow Wilson (September, ****1/2; paperback)
- A Thousand Pieces of You, Claudia Gray (October, ***1/2; ebook)
- Perfect Ruin, Lauren DeStefano (November, ***1/2; hardcover)
- Dumplin', Julie Murphy (November, ****1/2; hardcover)
- Side Effects May Vary, Julie Murphy (November, ***; paperback)
- Negroland: A Memoir, Margo Jefferson (December, ****; hardcover)
- We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (December, *****; ebook)
- All-American Boys, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (December, *****; hardcover)
- Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon (December, ****; hardcover)
- A Rouge By Any Other Name, Sarah MacLean (December, ***1/2; ebook)
- Two Lies and a Spy, Kat Carlton (December, **1/2; hardcover)
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli (December, ****; ebook)
- The Book of (Holiday) Awesome, Neil Pashricha (December, ****; hardcover)