January
- Everything Changes, by Jonathan Tropper (B+ – entertaining)
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender (D+ – just plain weird)
- The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, by Brady Udall (C- – good writer, but depressing story with no redemption)
- Maine, by J. Courtney Sullivan (C+ – just OK for me)
- Before I Go To Sleep, by S.J. Watson (C – had much more potential than it delivered on)
- The Housekeeper and The Professor, by Yoko Ogawa (A – Beautiful.)
February
- Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson (B – complex and well-written, but I like more pay-off)
- How to Talk to a Widower, by Jonathan Tropper (B+)
- Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones (B+)
- Think of a Numb3r, by John Verdon (C+ – fun, page-turner)
- These Things Hidden, by Heather Gudenkauf (B – fun, page-turner of a beach read)
March
- Townie, by Andre Dubus III (B – lots of fighting but interesting)
- Ape House, by Sara Gruen (C – meh – boringish)
- Defending Jacob, by William Landay (B+ – entertaining courtroom drama)
- While I Was Gone, by Sue Miller (B+ – moves slowly, but complex character revelations)
- Lone Wolf, by Jodi Piccoult (C- – one of Piccoult’s worst)
April
- Heft, by Liz Moore (B – interesting story)
May
- The Informationist, by Taylor Stevens (B+ – fun beach read)
- Reamde, by Neal Stephenson (A – 1,000 pages of fun)
- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson (B – I like her blog better than her book, but she’s funny)
June
- The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, by Helen Grant (C – Meh! I wanted to like this more than I did)
- A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (B – entertaining but a smidge too much romance in it)
- The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey (B – Good sense of place, but if fables aren’t your thing, you’ll hate it)
July
- The Good Father, by Noah Hawley (B+ – It’s page-turner told from the perspective of a would-be assassin’s dad)
- The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta (C+ – interesting premise, but I didn’t really care about the characters)
- The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty (A- – This has “book club” written all over it)
- The Four Ms. Bradwells, by Meg Waite Clayton (B+ – This also has “book club” possibilities)
- By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham (D – what a waste of time – I’d like a refund, please)
- A Thousand Lives, by Julia Scheeres (B+ – non-fiction account of Jonestown, using recently released files)
August
- A Spot of Bother, by Mark Haddon (A- – this thing was laugh-out-loud funny)
- Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (C – fun page turner, but ridiculously far-fetched)
- The Rook, by Daniel O’Mallery (C – aspects were fun, but I’m not into sci-fi with monsters)
September
- Tigers in Red Weather, by Liza Klaussmann (D+ – weird, pointless, not sure why it’s so popular)
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail, by Cheryl Strayed (B+ – hard to sympathize, but interesting)
October
- The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green (A+ – beautiful, but you’ll definitely need some tissue)
- House Rules, by Jodi Piccoult (C+ – meh – obvious plot, wee bit lame)
- 11/22/63, by Stephen King (A- – totally fun for October – it’s long but not slow)
November
- The Irresistible Henry House, by Lisa Grunwald (B – thought provoking but slow moving at times)
- Chiefs, by Stuart Woods (B+ – interesting look at racism in the south over the years – through fiction)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky (B+ – teen book, deals with pretty serious issues pretty well)
December
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor (B+ – fun sci-fi book for teens)
- War Brides, by Helen Bryan (B+ – interesting look at life during WWII)
- Quiet, by Susan Cain (B+ – non-fiction: the power of introversion)
- Unsaid, by Neil Abramson (B- – interesting premise but a bit hokey.)
- How to Be a Woman, by Caitlan Moran (A- – made me LOL while getting real about sexism)
- The Templeton Twins Have an Idea, by Ellis Weiner ((B+ – kids book I checked out for my nephew)
- Sleepwalking with Einstein, by Jonathan Safran Foer (B+ – non-fiction memory championship)
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