2013

Kiki reviewed books
My rating system
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
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
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
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
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
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
June favorite (#47)
47.  Clutter Busting: Letting Go of What's Holding You Back ~ by Brooks Palmer, 2009, self-help, 9/10
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
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
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
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
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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