***** Stop what you're doing right now and read this book immediately.
**** Amazing read, but not quite perfect.
*** Worth a gander.
** Eh. Something to pass the time.
* I wouldn't recommend it.
These are all based on my opinions and remember that everyone has drastically different tastes. There are some 1 stars on here that were recommended to me by people who raved about them. There are some books I've given a standing ovation to, that friends report back are 'just okay'.
In queue: Life, Love, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
March 2013:
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Dissapeared By Jonas Jonasson****
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn****
February 2013:
The Great Gatsby by: F Scott Fitzgerald ***
Under the Dome by: Stephen King (bleh.)*
January:
The Fault in Our Stars by: John Green****
The Light Between Oceans by: M.L. Stedman ****
A Clash of Kings (Game of Thrones #2) by George RR Martin (1000+ pages)***
December:
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (1000+ pages) ***
Me Before You By Jojo Moyes**
November:
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Ana Gavalda ***
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Sunskind*****
October:
A Dog's Purpose by: W Bruce Cameron***
These is My Words by Nancy E. Tuner*****
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen*
September:
Unbroken by Laura Hildebrand***
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak *****
A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True By Brigid Pasulka***
Night by Elie Weisel*****
August:
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blumm**
Bossypants by Tina Fey****
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley*****
July:
A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias****
The Paris Wife by: Paula McLain***** (re-read)
June:
Beach Music by Pat Conroy*
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho*
On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe**
May:
Dark Star Safari by Paul Thereaux**
The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell*
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley*****
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein**
April:
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese*****
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'brien*****
The White Lioness by Henning Mankell***
March:
South of Broad by Pat Conroy*
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell*
February:
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain*****
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs*****
The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow**
January:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins*****
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins*****
The Giver by Lois Lowry*****
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell***
December:
Hawaii by James Michener (1000+ pages)***
November:
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins*****
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostava**
October:
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro*****
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (1000+ pages)**
September:
Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay**
Room by Emma Donoghue*****
Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin**
August:
Moloka'i by Alan Brennart***
The Secret Daughter by Ahipu Somoya Gowda**
