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| Kiki reviewed books |
10 - Loved it!! Couldn't put it down!!
9 - Excellent!
8 - Very Good
7 - Good
6 - Above Average
5 - Average
Anything lower - Nah
* DNF - Did Not Finish
JANUARY
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| January favorite (#10) |
1. The Peach Keeper ~ by Sarah Addison Allen, 2011, fiction (North Carolina), 9/10
2. The Age of Miracles ~ by Karen Thompson Walker, 2012, fiction (California), 8/10
3. London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets ~ by Peter Ackroyd, 2011, history (England), 8/10
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist ~ by Mohsin Hamid, 2007, fiction (Pakistan), 7/10
5. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness ~ by Susannah Cahalan, 2012, memoir, 9/10
6. What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-Ups from Children's Books ~ collected by Amy Gash, 1999, sayings, 9/10
7. Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate ~ by Justin Lee, 2012, memoir, 9/10
8. The Mirrored World ~ by Debra Dean, 2012, fiction (Russia), 7/10
9. The Testament of Mary ~ by Colm Toibin, 2012, fiction (Ephesus, in present-day Turkey), 8/10
10. The Missing Family of Jesus: An Inconvenient Truth — How the Church Erased Jesus's Brothers and Sisters from History ~ by Tobias Churton, 2010, religion, 9.5/10
11. TimeWarp, Inc. ~ by Cotton E. Davis, 2012, fiction, 9.5/10
FEBRUARY
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| February favorite (#14) |
12. Liberty Porter: First Daughter ~ by Julia DeVillers, 2009, children's (Washington, DC), 9/10
13. Witness ~ by Karen Hesse, 2001, YA fiction (Vermont), 7/10
14. Replay ~ by Ken Grimwood, 1986, fiction (Atlanta, Georgia), 10/10
15. Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them ~ by Liz Curtis Higgs, 1999, religion, 8/10
16. Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind ~ by Valerie Hobbs, 2012, middle grade (MG) fiction (California), 10/10
17. A Fragile Bark ~ by Joseph P. Benante, 1971, fiction (New Jersey), 8/10
18. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore ~ by William Joyce, 2012, children's, 9/10
MARCH
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| March favorite (#29) |
19. This Is Not My Hat ~ by Jon Klassen, 2012, children's, 9/10
20. Creepy Carrots ~ by Aaron Reynolds, 2012, children's, 8/10
21. Big Momma Makes the World ~ by Phyllis Root, 2002, children's, 8/10
22. Maurice Sendak's Really Rose ~ by Maurice Sendak, 1975, children's, 8/10
23. Little Rat Sets Sail ~ by Monika Bang-Campbell, 2002, 9/10
24. Sam and the Tigers ~ by Julius Lester, 1996, children's, 9/10
25. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and The Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book ~ by Wendy Welch, 2012, memoir, 9/10
26. Viking Town ~ by Jacqueline Morley, 1999, children's history, 7/10
27. The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square ~ by Rosina Lippi, 2008, fiction (South Carolina), 8/10
28. The One and Only Ivan ~ by Katherine Applegate, 2012, middle grade, 9/10
29. The Promise of Stardust ~ by Priscille Sibley, 2013, fiction (Maine), 10/10
30. Ming: A Novel of Seventeenth-Century China ~ by Robert B. Oxnam, 1994, fiction (China), 8/10
31. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ~ by Benjamin Alire Saenz, 2012, YA fiction (Texas), 9.5/10
APRIL
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| April favorite (#35) |
32. Purple Hibiscus ~ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2004, fiction (Nigeria), 8/10
33. The Midwife of Hope River ~ by Patricia Harman, 2012, fiction (West Virginia), 9.5/10
34. Isabella: Star of the Story ~ by Jennifer Fosberry, 2013, children's, 8/10
35. The Storyteller ~ by Jodi Picoult, 2013, fiction (New Hampshire and Poland), 8/10
36. Mom and Me and Mom ~ by Maya Angelou, 2013, memoir, 8/10
37. Confessions of a Medical Heretic ~ by Robert S. Mendelsohn, 1979, medicine, 8/10
38. Mary Wrightly, So Politely~ by Shirin Yim Bridges, 2013, children's, 8/10
39. The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place ~ by E. L. Konigsburg, 2004, YA fiction, 8/10
40. Too Bad, Ahab: Naboth's Vineyard ~ by Marilyn Lashbrook, 1990, children's, 10/10
41. Krik? Krak! ~ by Edwidge Danticat, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 (short stories), fiction (Haiti), 9/10
MAY
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| May favorite (#44) |
42. Bookends ~ by Liz Curtis Higgs, 2000, fiction, 5/10
43. The Cat ~ by Edeet Ravel, 2013, fiction, 7/10
44. The Last Runaway ~ by Tracy Chevalier, 2013, fiction (Ohio), 10/10
45. The Ten-Year Nap ~ by Meg Wolitzer, 2008, fiction (New York), 6/10
JUNE
46. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death ~ by Jean-Dominique Bauby, 1997, memoir (France), 9/10
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| June favorite (#47) |
48. The Cove ~ by Ron Rash, 2012, fiction (North Carolina), 9/10
49. Finding Your Way Through the Bible: A Self-Instruction Book for Middle and Older Elementary Students ~ by Paul B. and Mary Carolyn Maves, 1992, children's, 8/10
50. What Is God? ~ by Etan Boritzer, 1990, children's,9/10
JULY
51. The Boy Who Wouldn't Obey: A Mayan Legend ~ by Anne Rockwell, 2000, children's, 8/10
52. Hello! Hello! ~ by Matthew Cordell, 2012, children's, 9/10
53. Under Fishbone Clouds ~ by Sam Meekings, 2009, fiction (China), 7/10
AUGUST
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| August favorite (#55) |
54. Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women ~ by Jean Shinoda Bolen, 2003, psychology, 8/10
55. Island Girls ~ by Nancy Thayer, 2013, fiction (Massachusetts), 8/10
56. The Eternal Ones: What If Love Refused to Die? ~ by Kirsten Miller, 2010, fiction (New York), 7/10
57. Mother, Daughter, Me ~ by Katie Hafner, 2013, memoir (California), 9/10
58. Part-Time Princess ~ by Deborah Underwood, 2013, children's, 8/10
SEPTEMBER
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| September favorite (#62) |
59. After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story ~ by Michael Hainey, 2013, memoir (Illinois), 8/10
60. Don't Kiss the Frog! : Princess Stories with Attitude ~ chosen by Fiona Waters, 2008, children's, 8/10
61. Cats Are Like That ~ by Martha Weston, 1999, children's, 8/10
62. Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future ~ by Margaret J. Wheatley, 2009, personal development, 9/10
OCTOBER
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| October favorite (#66) |
63. The Day the Crayons Quit ~ by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, 2013, children's, 7/10
64. Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith ~ by Barbara Brown Taylor, 2006, memoir, 9/10
65. The Returned ~ by Jason Mott, 2013, fiction (North Carolina), 8/10
66. Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions ~ by John Templeton, 1999, religion, 10/10
67. Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning ~ by Laurence Anholt, illustrated by Sheila Moxley, 1998, children's (England), 7/10
NOVEMBER
68. Moses, Man of the Mountain ~ by Zora Neale Hurston, 1939, fiction (Egypt)
69. Guess How Much I Love You ~ by Sam McBratney, 1994, board book, 9/10
70. Tickle Time! ~ by Sandra Boynton, 1996, 2004, 2012, board book, 8/10
DECEMBER
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| December favorite (#77) |
71. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion ~ by Fannie Flagg, 2013, fiction, 9/10
72. One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale ~ by Demi, 1997, children's, 7/10
73. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls ~ by Anton Disclafani, 2013, fiction (North Carolina), 6/10
74. Tao Teh Ching ~ by Lao Tzu, translated by John C. H. Wu, 1961, religion, 8/10
75. Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions ~ by Rachel Held Evans, 2010, memoir, 9/10
76. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures ~ by Kate DiCamillo, 2013, children's chapter book, 7/10
77. The First Phone Call from Heaven ~ by Mitch Albom, 2013, fiction (Michigan), 9/10
78. Motherbridge of Love ~ Anonymous (credited to Xinran Xue), illustrated by Josee Masse, 2007, children's, 7/10
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