Friday, January 1, 2016

Books 2015




This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Vicious by Sara Shepard (16th and final PLL book)
The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst (recommend)
The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard
The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain (Recommend, although I quickly forgot the details)
Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst
The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank (fun chic lit)
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (good but sad)
Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly (it's mermaids :) )
Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado (Recommend)
Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (Okay these are fun)
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver (Not her best, but I still liked)
A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott (I learned a lot about Gone With the Wind)
The First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen (just ok)
The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (still fun, but clearly a middle of a series book)
Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Intense, but recommend)
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica (It's ok, but I liked reading from different perspectives)
The Fringe Hours by Jessica N. Turner (good although it took me a long time to finish) 
The Gold Finch by Donna Tartt (don't recommend)
Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (Quirky, recommend)
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (Twisted, enjoyed but not sure I would recommend?)
Paper Towns by John Green
The Vacationers by Emma Straub (It was easy enough to read, I just didn't get much out of it)
You by Caroline Kepnes (Creepy and crude, but couldn't put it down)
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty (Kinda weird and more middle school, but read aloud to Joey :) )
Austenland by Shannon Hale (guilty pleasure type of read)
A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan (recommend)
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm (pass)
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins (superhero Hart of Dixie)
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriatry (recommend)
The Silk Worm by Robert Galbraith (Grown up and crime drama JK Rowling)
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (see above)
For the Love by Jen Hatmaker (recommend)
Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins (2nd book of superhero Hart of Dixie)
Matchless by Gregory Maguire (slightly less sad than the Match Girl)
The Clasp by Sloane Crosley (pass)
Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer (reverse roles of Twilight)
Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly (mermaids)
Summer on East End: Triple Moon by Melissa de la Cruz (very easy read)
Atlantia by Ally Condie (slow start, otherwise pretty good)
After Alice by Gregory Maguire (very true to the original style)
Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton (first of a trilogy)

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