DECEMBER book list

1. Defiance (Courier's Daughter) by Redwine, C. J. / YA / ****
2. The Four Corners of the Sky: A Novel by Malone, Michael./ A / **
3. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore / YA / ****

NOVEMBER BOOK LIST

1. I'll Walk Alone: A Novel by Clark, Mary Higgins / A / * 
2. The Cay by Taylor, Theodore / JF / **1/2 
3. Sycamore Row by Grisham, John / A / ****
4. Everneath by Ashton, Brodi / YA / ***
5. Humbug Mountain by Fleischman, Sid / JF / ** 
6. The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin by Harper, Bob  / A / **
7. Dark Places: A Novel by Flynn, Gillian / A / **1/2 
8. Can You Keep a Secret? by Kinsella, Sophie / A / ***1/2
9. Everbound: An Everneath Novel by Ashton, Brodi / YA / ***
10. The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, Book 4) by Riordan, Rick / YA / ***
11. Enchantment by Card, Orson Scott / A / ***
12. Midnight in Austenland by Hale, Shannon / A / **
13.  The Elite (Selection) by Kiera Cass  / YA / *1/2

OCTOBER BOOK LIST

1. The Lord of Opium by Farmer, Nancy / YA / **.

2. The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox / YA / ****

   
   
3. The Beginner's Goodbye: A Novel by Tyler, Anne / A / ***.

   
   
4. The Selection by Cass, Kiera / YA / ***

   
   
5. Every Day by Levithan, David / YA / ****
6. World of Shell and Bone (Glimpsing Stars, Book One) by S.K. Falls / A / **. 
7. Safe Haven by Sparks, Nicholas / A / ***
8. Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel by McCreight, Kimberly / A / ***1/2

   
   
9. Eleanor & Park by Rowell, Rainbow / YA / ****
10. The Next Thing on My List: A Novel by Smolinski, Jill / A / ****
11. Allegiant (Divergent) by Roth, Veronica / YA / **1/2

SEPTEMBER BOOK LIST

1. And the Mountains Echoed by Hosseini, Khaled / A / ****. 

   
   
2. Rot & Ruin by Maberry, Jonathan  / YA / **1/2.  

   
   
3. Sharp Objects: A Novel by Flynn, Gillian / A / **1/2.

   
   
4. Blackmoore (Proper Romances) by Donaldson, Julianne / YA / **** /
5. The Rent Collector by Wright, Camron / A / ***1/2
6. Whistling Past the Graveyard by Crandall, Susan / A / ****

AUGUST BOOK LIST

1. The 5th Wave by Yancey, Rick / YA / ***1/2. Aliens
2. Battle Dress by Efaw, Amy (Dec 2, 2010) / YA / **
3. The Eleventh Plague by Hirsch, Jef / YA / ***
4. I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by McCahan, Eri / YA / ***
5. The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier / A / ****
6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Gaiman, Neil / YA / ***1/2. 
7. Send by Blount, Patty / A / **. 
8. Victoria and the Rogue by Cabot, Meg / YA / ***
9. The Descendants: A Novel ) by Hemmings, Kaui Har / A / ***1/2. 
10. Prom Nights from Hell by Meyer, Stephenie, Harrison, Kim, Cabot, Meg and Myracle, Lauren / YA / *
11. A Reliable Wife by Goolrick, Robert / A / **
12. Dust (Silo Saga) (Volume 3) by Howey, Hugh / A / ***

1.The Girl Who Came Home: A Titanic Novel by Hazel Gaynor (Mar 11, 2012) / A / **
2.The Giver  by Lois Lowry / YA / ****

3.Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (2002)  / YA / ***1/2

4.Messenger by Lois Lowry / YA / ***1/2

5.Princess of the Midnight Ball (Twelve Dancing Princesses) by Jessica Day George / JF or YA / **

6.The Painted Girls: A Novel by Cathy Marie Buchanan / A / ***1/2
7.The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott / A / ** 1/2

8. Mariana by Kearsley, Susanna / A / ****

9.The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary D Chapman / A / ***1/2 
10. Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson / A / ****

11. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho / A / **1/2

12.  Legend by Marie Lu / YA / **1/2

13.  The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain / A / ****

14.  A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5) by George R.R. Martin / A / ****

1. Girlchild: A Novel by Tupelo Hassman / A / ***
2.The Tiger's Wife: A Novel by Téa Obreht / A / ***
3.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald / A / *** 
4.The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan / JF / ***
5.The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, Book 2) by Rick Riordan / JF / ***

6.The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3) by Rick Riordan / JF / ***

7. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert / ***1/2 
8.Girl Under Glass by Monica Enderle Pierce / A / ** 1/2

9.The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories by Simon Rich / A / *** 1/2

10.Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Silo Saga) by Hugh Howey (Jan 27, 2013)  / A / ***

SONJA - MAY 2013

1.  A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three by George R.R. Martin / A / ***
2.  A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) by George R.R. Martin / A / ***

3.  Defending Jacob: A Novel by William Landay / A / ***
4. The Racketeer by John Grisham / A / ****
5. Sacred Scars (A Resurrection of Magic, Book 2) by Kathleen Duey / YA / ***

SONJA - APRIL 2013

1.  The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate / JF / ** 1/2
2.  Wonder by R. J. Palacio / JF / ***

3.  River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kaye / A / ****

4.   Requiem (Delirium) by Lauren Oliver / YA / ***

5.  Calico Joe by John Grisham/ A / ***1/2
6.  The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai  /A / **1/2
7.   Lies: A Gone Novel by Michael Grant / YA / **

8.   Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic) by Kathleen Duey / YA / *** 
9.   Running Wide Open by Lisa Nowak/ YA / **1/2

SONJA - MARCH 2013

1.   Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn / A / ****1/2 

2.   Keeping The Castle by Patrice Kindl / A / ***

3.   Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings / A / ****

4.   The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi  / YA / ***

5.   Touch (A Denazen Novel) by Jus Accardo/ YA / ** 1/2

6.   The Fallen Star: Fallen Star Series by Jessica Sorensen  / YA / **

7.   The Soulkeepers by G. P. Ching / YA / **

8.  Deathwatch [Paperback] by Robb White (1973) / YA / ***
9.  Delirium by Lauren Oliver  / YA / ***
10.  Pandemonium (Delirium) by Lauren Oliver / YA / ***
11.  Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices) by Cassandra Clare  / YA / ****
12.  Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices) by Cassandra Clare  / YA / ****
13.  The Runaway King: Book 2 of the Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielson

 

 

 

SONJA - February 2013

1) War Brides by Helen Bryan (Jun 12, 2012) / A / *1/2
2) The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan / A / ***

3) Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro  / A / *1/2

4)  Wool - Part Oneby Hugh Howey / A / ****

5) Death Watch (Undertaken Trilogy) by Ari Berk / YA / **

6)  Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff / YA /*****

7)  Princess Academy by Shannon Hale / YA / ****
8)  Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale / YA / ***
9) Wool 2 by Hugh Howey / A / ****1/2

10) Wool 3 by Hugh Howey / A / ****1/2

11) Wool 4: The Unraveling by Hugh Howey / A / ****1/2

12) Wool 5 - The Stranded by Hugh Howey / A / ****

13) The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen / YA / ***

14)  The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain Book 1) by Lloyd Alexander / YA / ***
15) Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan / YA / ****1/2

16)  No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer / A / ***

17) The Rockstar's Daughter: (Treadwell Academy Series #1) by Caitlyn Duffy / YA / **1/2

18) Ryannby Paul Dorset / YA / *

 

  

SONJA - January 2013

 

1. Crossed by Ally Condie / YA / ****
2. Reached (Matched Trilogy Book 3) by Ally Condie / YA / ***
3. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster / YA / ****
4. Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard / YA / ***
5. Angel Sister: A Novel by Ann H. Gabhart / A / **
6. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake / A / ****
7. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. R. Martin / A / ****
8. My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson and Melanie Kroupa  / JF / ***
9. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen / YA / ****
10. Swamplandia! (Vintage Contemporaries) by Karen Russell / YA / *
11. Lincoln: A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies) by Russell Freedman / YA / ****
12.  Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two by George R.R. Martin / A / ****