the tally is lower than I thought it would be (at 37 actual books read, not counting the dozen or so (at least) that I started and didnât finish either because: library holds always come in at the same time, disinterest, or personal moral failure), but this was the year I also read a lot of news, just many, many, many articles across a lot of publications because, you know, 2017
Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli (I LOVED IT)
Leaf Reader, Emily Arsenault (I DONâT REMEMBER)
Nothing, Annie Barrows (I WAS SURPRISED)
Emmy & Oliver, Robin Benway (LOVE IS REAL)
Lion, Saroo Brierley (ITâS HIS NAME)
Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow (I FINISHED IT)
The Late Show, Michael Connelly (IDK IDK IDK)
When a Scot Ties the Knot, Tessa Dare (OCH AYE WOO)
The Guineveres, Sarah Dorrett (LADY PATRON SAINTS)
Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life, Natalie Dykstra (FASCINATING, SAD, BEAUTIFUL)
Little Deaths, Emma Flint (DEPRESSING AND DISTRESSING)
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, Sheri Fink (ALL MY NIGHTMARES)
Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman (MYTHS ARE WEIRD)
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann (ATROCITIES IN BUREAUCRACY)
Turtles All the Way Down, John Green (HARD, WORTH IT)
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah (WWII AMIRITEÂ ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson (YES WE HAVE)
11/22/63, Stephen King (READ FOR SPITE)
Rosemary: the Hidden Kennedy, Kate Clifford Larsen (SHE DESERVED BETTER)
Northanger Abbey, Val McDermid (READ AUSTEN INSTEAD)
Release, Patrick Ness (TRIPPY, INTERESTING, SADDISH)
Born a Crime, Trevor Noah (SOLID READ OBVI)
The Captive Prince trilogy, C.S. Â Pacat (OPPOSITES ATTRACT, BATTLE)
For Darkness Shows the Stars, Diana Peterfreund (MOSTLY ENJOYED IT)
Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (HALLUCINATORY MAGICAL REALISM)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire SĂĄenz (LOVE IS HARD)
Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple (FAMILIAR, NOT BERNADETTE)
Pretty Girls, Karin Slaughter (SUPER FUCKED UP)
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (GOD SAVE US)
The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas (READ THIS BOOK)
Unbelievable: My Front Row Seat to the Craziest Election in American History, Katy Tur (IT HAPPENED ANYWAY)
Blood of Emmett Till, Timothy B.Tyson (THEY MURDERED HIM)
Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson (GORGEOUS AND FARAWAY)
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography, Lucy Worsley (STOP WINKING LUCY)
recent âI started expecting to be done by 2018 but Iâm only one personâ titles include 17 Carnations and Princes at War, both about the Duke of Windsor, all-time narcissist, Pioneer Girl, Two Kinds of Truth.