Book Love
I’m in love with hundreds of characters, both heroes and villains, smitten by strong heroines and loyal and clever side kicks. They are as much a part of my heart as anything else, and they deserve a page of honor. So here is my 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and current 2012 listing. What are you reading?
Books Finishes 2012:
Books Finished 2011:
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkin) December
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Legend (Marie Lu) December
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Chime (Franny Billingsley) December
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Rae Carson) November
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The Night Circus (Erin Morganstern) November
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Witchlanders (Lena Coakley) November
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Dry Souls (Denise Getson) November
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Forgotten (Cat Patrick) November
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Savannah Grey (Cliff McNish) November
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The Fox Inheritance (Mary Pearson) November
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Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi) November
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Laini Taylor) October
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Imaginary Girls (Nova Ren Suma) October
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Ashes, Ashes (Jo Treggiari) October
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Blessed (Cynthia Leitich Smith) October
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Juliet Immortal (Stacey Jay) October
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Pegasus (Robin McKinley) October
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The False Princess (Eilis O’Neal) October
- Fateful (Claudia Grey) October
- How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend (Gary Ghislain) October
- Possession (Elana Johnson) October
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs) October
- Ashes (Ilsa Bick) October
- White Crow (Marcus Sedgwick) October
- A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness) October
- The Girl in the Steel Corset (Kady Cross) October
- The Dark and Hollow Places (Carrie Ryan) October
- Drought (Pam Bachorz) October
- The Dead Tossed Waves (Carrie Ryan) October
- Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake) October
- Goliath (Scott Westerfeld) September
- Living Dead Girl (Elizabeth Scott) September
- Don’t Stop Now (Julie Halpern) September
- Ruby Red (Kirsten Gier) September
- Hourglass (Myra McEntire) September
- Sweetly (Jackson Pearce) August
- Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) August
- Supernaturally (Kiersten White) August
- The Iron Thorn (Caitlin Kittredge) July
- Little Wars (H.G. Wells) May
- Across the Universe (Beth Revis) May
- 9 Rules to Break when Romancing a Rake (Sarah Maclean) May
- Divergent (Veronica Roth) May
- The Sweetest Thing (Christina Mandelski) May
- Liar Society (Lisa Roecker and Laura Roecker) April
- Red Glove (Holly Black) April
- Being Jamie Baker (Kelly Oram) April
- Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card) April
- The Piper’s Son (Melina Marchetta) April
- Wither (Lauren Destefano) March
- The Marbury Lens (Andrew Smith) March
- Delirium (Lauren Oliver) March
- Lord of Scoundrels (Loretta Chase) February
- XVI (Julie Karr) February
- Slice of Cherry (Dia Reeves) February
- Ship Breaker (Paolo Bacigalupi) February
- Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) January
- The Water Wars (Cameron Stracher) January
- Full Dark, No Stars (Stephen King) January
Books Finished 2010:
- Fall for Anything (Courtney Summers) December
- Matched (Ally Condie) December
- Fixing Delilah (Sarah Ockler) November
- The Unidentified (Rae Mariz) November
- The Year of Secret Assignments (Jaclyn Moriarty) November
- Crescendo (Becca Fitzpatrick) October
- Behemoth (Scott Westerfeld) October
- Songs for a Teenage Nomad (Kim Clubertson) September
- Nothing Like You (Laura Strasnick) September
- Twisted (Laurie Halse Anderson) September
- Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters (Natalie Standiford) September
- Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson) September
- The Demon’s Covenant (Sarah Rees Brennan) September
- Paranormalcy (Kiersten White) September
- The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier) September
- Return to Paradise (Simone Elkeles) September
- If I Stay (Gayle Forman) September
- White Cat (Holly Black) August
- Indigo Blues (Danielle Joseph) August
- The Girl in the Arena (Lise Haines) August
- The DUFF (Kody Keplinger) August
- As You Wish (Jackson Pearce) August
- Z for Zachariah (Robert C. O’Brien) August
- One night that changes everything (Lauren Barnholdt) August
- Suite Scarlett (Maureen Johnson) August
- The Walking Dead Book 6, August
- The Walking Dead Book 5, August
- The Walking Dead Book 4, August
- The Thief (Megan Whalen Turner) July
- Feed (Mira Grant) July
- The Body Finder (Kimberly Derting) July
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson (John Green & David Levithan) June
- The Sky is Everywhere (Jandy Nelson) June
- Sisters Red (Jackson Pearce) June
- Restoring Harmony (Joelle Anthony) June
- She’s So Dead To Us (Kieran Scott) June
- The Rise of Renegade X (Chelsea M. Campbell) June
- Twenty Boy Summer (Sarah Ockler) June
- Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour (Morgan Matson) June
- Mistwood (Leah Cypress) May
- Guardian of the Dead (Karen Healey) May
- Tomorrow When the War Began (John Marsden) May
- Saving Francesca (Melina Marchetta) May
- Stealing Heaven (Elizabeth Scott) May
- How to Say Goodbye in Robot (Natalie Standiford) May
- The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin) May
- Wanted (Mark Miller) April
- The Zombie Survival Guide Recorded Attacks (Max Brooks) April
- The Road of the Dead (Kevin Brooks) April
- Bel Canto (Ann Patchett) April
- Blood Rights (Jim Butcher) April
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakesepeare) April
- When you reach me (Rebecca Stead) April
- Liar (Justine Larabelestier) April
- The Road (Cormac McCarthy) April
- The Unwritten Rule (Elizabeth Scott) March
- Jellicoe Road (Melina Marchetta) March
- Pretty Little Liars (Sara Shepard) March
- The Dead-Tossed Waves (Carrie Ryan) March
- Bloom (Elizabeth Scott) March
- Candor (Pam Bachorz) March
- Zoey Fools Around (Katherine Applegate) March
- Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) February
- Death Masks (Jim Butcher) February
- Holes (Louis Sanchar) February
- Perfect Chemistry (Simone Elkeles) February
- Gone (Lisa McMann) February
- Cracked Up to Be (Courtney Summers) February
- Some Girls Are (Courtney Summers) February
- The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan) February
- Something, Maybe (Elizabeth Scott) January
- Fire (Kristin Cashore) January
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) January
Books Finished 2009:
- You are here (Jennifer E. Smith) (December)
- Graceling (Kristin Cashore) (December)
- Ruined (Paula Morris) (December)
- Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins) (December)
- The Everafter (Amy Huntley) (November)
- Silver Phoenix (Cindy Pon) (November)
- Dreamland (Sarah Dessen) (November)
- hush,hush (Becca Fitzpatrick) (November)
- Fade (Lisa McMann) (November)
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Mary E. Pearson) (November)
- The Maze Runner (James Dashner) (November)
- The Demon Lexicon (Sarah Rees Brennan) (November)
- Leviathan (Scott Westerfeld) (October)
- The Walking Dead Book 4 (October)
- The Walking Dead Book 3 (October)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) (October)
- Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) (September)
- City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) (September)
- Bad Girls Don’t Die (Katie Alender) (August)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) (August)
- Last Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko) (July)
- Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher) (July)
- The Monsters of Templeton (Lauren Groff) (July)
- Paper Towns (John Green) (July)
- Tent (Margaret Atwood) (June)
- Looking Glass Wars Book 1 (Frank Beddor) (June)
- Fool Moon (Jim Butcher) (June)
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Carrie Ryan) (May)
- Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) (April)
- City of Glass (Cassandra Clare) (April)
- City of Ashes (Cassandra Clare) (April)
- City of Bones (Cassandra Clare) (April)
- The Walking Dead Book 2 (March)
- The Walking Dead Book 1 (March)
- Looking for Alaska (John Green) (March)
- Rebel Angels (Libba Bray) (March)
- Specials (Scott Westerfeld) (February)
- A Great and Terrible Beauty (Libbay Bray) (February)
- Pretties (Scott WEsterfeld) (February)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl) (January)
- Let it Snow! (Maureen Johnson, John Green, etc) (January)
- Less than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis) (January)
- The Rules of Attraction (Bret Easton Ellis) (January)
Books Finished 2008:
- The Mistress’s Daughter (A.M. Homes) (January)
- Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood) (January)
- The English Teacher (Lily King) (February)
- World War Z (Max Brooks) (February)
- Soon I Will Be Invincible (Austin Grossman) (March)
- Naked (David Sedaris) (April)
- The Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood) (April)
- The Magician’s Nephew (C.S.Lewis) (May)
- The Yellow Wallpaper(Charolette Perkins Gilman) (May)
- Storm Front (Jim Butcher) (June)
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis) (June)
- When you are Englufed in Flames (David Sedaris) (July)
- Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) (July)
- Twilight (Stephanie Meyer) (August)
- New Moon (Stephanie Meyer) (August)
- Eclipse (Stephanie Meyer) (August)
- Breaking Dawn (Stephanie Meyer) (August)
- The Unbearable Lightness of being (Milan Kundera) (August)
- Nightwatch (Sergei Lukyanenko) (August)
- Day Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko) (September)
- Fables: Legends in Exile 1 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Fables: Animal Farm 2 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Fables: Storybook Love 3 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers 4 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Fables: The Mean Seasons 5 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Fables: Homelands 6 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Fables: Arabian Nights And Days 7 (Bill Willingham) (September)
- Blue Bloods (Melissa De La Cruz) (September)
- The Book of Lost Things (John Connolly) (October)
- The Princess Bride (William Goldman) (October)
- Tithe (Holly Black) (November)
- Valiant (Holly Black) (November)
- Ironside (Holly Black) (November)
- Uglies (Scott Westerfeld) (December)
- Twilight Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko) (December)
Sommer
My name is Sommer and I'm a writer from the Midwest. I am currently working on a YA novel about superheroes, reading as much as I can, blogging, and saving the world.