2017 Reading Recap
I did an AWFUL job at keeping up with book reviews. There are still some from 2015 I have not yet written, and about half a year's worth from 2016. I had strong feelings about many of these books, so there's really no excuse except my own laziness. I did manage to keep track of them all in Goodreads. And I completed THREE reading challenges. So the year wasn't a complete failure on the reading front.
Total Number of Books Read: 154 (last year was 105)
Number of Rereads: 5
Reading Challenges Completed:
2017 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge (all 52 prompts)
Pohick Regional Library Summer Reading Bingo (completed maximum of 4 Bingos)
GoodReads Challenge 2017 (more than 100 books read)
Format:
Audio: 56
Digital/Ebook: 3
Paper: 99
Types/Genres:
Autobiography/Biography: 12
Picture Book: 40
Young Adult Fiction: 38
Graphic Novel: 24
Comics: 15
Nonfiction: 15
Juvie Fiction: 14
LGBT: 12
Fiction: 11
Fanfiction: 2
Science Fiction/Fantasy: 5
TV Tie-in: 5
Historical Fiction: 4
Juvie Nonfiction: 3
Play: 3
Poetry: 3
Mystery: 2
Classic: 1
Manga: 1
Romance: 1
(Note: some books count in multiple categories)
Acquired From:
Library: 93
BookCrossing: 15
Permanent collection: 15
Audio downloaded from library: 20
Used book purchase: 5
New book purchase: 4
Audio from library instead of BookCrossing: 2
Online archive: 2
Bookstore: 1
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my library? I'm quite happy with the variety of genres/types this year. There was only one book I abandoned halfway throughand so many I genuinely adored.
List of All Books Read in 2017:
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin
A Day in the Life of Murphy by Alice Provensen
A Fairy Friend by Sue Fliess
A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
A Lot of Otters by Barbara Helen Berger
Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1) by Sarah Andersen
Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 (Angel Catbird, #1) by Margaret Atwood
Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat by Katie Harnett
Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale by Mark Waid
Archie, Vol. 2 by Mark Waid
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Audition by Barbara Walters
Bandit's Surprise by Karen Rostoker-Gruber
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Bernard's Nap by Joan Elizabeth Goodman
Bird & Diz by Gary Golio
Birdsong: A Story in Pictures by James Sturm
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Booth by David M. Robertson
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Retreat (Season 8, #6) by Jane Espenson
Bunny My Honey by Anita Jeram
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Cat on the Bus by Aram Kim
Cats and Their Slaves: An Anthology of Worship by Michelle Lovric
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
Dear Peter: Miniature Letters by Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eclipse by Mijan
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox
Ellie by Mike Wu
End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3) by Stephen King
Fabian Escapes by Peter McCarty
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown by Sally M. Walker
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
George by Alex Gino
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
Go South to Freedom by Frye Gaillard
Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1) by Terry Pratchett
Great by Lauri Holomis
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany (Adaptation), Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling
Haunted Houses of Harpers Ferry by Stephen Dorman Brown
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
Horns by Joe Hill
Hotblood! A Centaur in the Old West by Toril Orlesky
How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Into the Silence (Torchwood, #10) by Sarah Pinborough
Jughead, Vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky
Jughead, Vol. 2 by Chip Zdarsky
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed by Lesléa Newman
Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
Let's Find Momo!: A Hide-And-Seek Board Book by Andrew Knapp
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
March: Book Three (March, #3) by John Lewis
March: Book Two (March, #2) by John Lewis
Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, #1) by Ben Hatke
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 1 by Kyle Higgins
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 2 by Kyle Higgins
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 2: Revelations by Brian Michael Bendis
More Caps for Sale: Another Tale of Mischievous Monkeys by Esphyr Slobodkina
Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He's the Favorite by Stacy McAnulty
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop by Ronald Rice
Nerds In Love (Husband & Husband, #1) by Aaron Ferrara
Nikolai, the Only Bear by Barbara Joosse
Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke
Norway Home Of The Trolls by Eli Ketilsson
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
Nothing but Shadows (Tales from Shadowhunter Academy, #4) by Cassandra Clare
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Pack Animals (Torchwood, #7) by Peter Anghelides
Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Red by Sanae Rokuya
Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #2) by Melissa de la Cruz
Rookie Move (Brooklyn Bruisers, #1) by Sarina Bowen
Saban's Power Rangers: Aftershock by Ryan Parrott
Sail Away Dragon by Barbara Joosse
Shoebox Project by Jaida Jones
Simon's Cat vs. the World (Simon's Cat, #4) by Simon Tofield
Skypoint (Torchwood, #8) by Phil Ford
Solo by Kwame Alexander
Something in the Water (Torchwood, #4) by Trevor Baxendale
Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Vol. 2 by Brian Michael Bendis
Step Aside, Pops (Hark! A Vagrant, #3) by Kate Beaton
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steven Universe: Too Cool for School by Jeremy Sorese
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) by Bette Greene
The Best Bear in All the World by A.A. Milne
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
The Circle by Dave Eggers
The Colorful Adventures of Pauline and Tiff by Megan Cooper
The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith
The Dark Unwinding (The Dark Unwinding, #1) by Sharon Cameron
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #0.5) by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs
The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2) by Rick Riordan
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yan Martel
The Hockey Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #80) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The House That Jack Built (Torchwood, #12) by Guy Adams
The Inner Circle (Culper Ring, #1) by Brad Meltzer
The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time by Bob Harris
The Joyful Bear: A Furry Philosophy for Overcoming Adversity and Finding Happiness by Margaret Meps Schulte
The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #2) by Cassandra Clare
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1) by Rick Riordan
The Tale of Kitty-In-Boots by Beatrix Potter, Quentin Blake
The Wave by Morton Rhue
The Whitechapel Fiend (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #3) by Cassandra Clare
The World Of Peter Rabbit And Beatrix Potter 110th Anniversary Edition by Beatrix Potter
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Too Many Cats by Lori Haskins Houran
Triangle by Mac Barnett
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Underdogs (Wolfe Brothers, #1-3) by Markus Zusak
Warm & Fuzzy: The Most Adorable Animal Pictures Ever by Ariana Klepac
Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope by Artisan Press
Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor #1) by G.M. Malliet
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
Zorro Gets an Outfit by Carter Goodrich
Total Number of Books Read: 154 (last year was 105)
Number of Rereads: 5
Reading Challenges Completed:
2017 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge (all 52 prompts)
Pohick Regional Library Summer Reading Bingo (completed maximum of 4 Bingos)
GoodReads Challenge 2017 (more than 100 books read)
Format:
Audio: 56
Digital/Ebook: 3
Paper: 99
Types/Genres:
Autobiography/Biography: 12
Picture Book: 40
Young Adult Fiction: 38
Graphic Novel: 24
Comics: 15
Nonfiction: 15
Juvie Fiction: 14
LGBT: 12
Fiction: 11
Fanfiction: 2
Science Fiction/Fantasy: 5
TV Tie-in: 5
Historical Fiction: 4
Juvie Nonfiction: 3
Play: 3
Poetry: 3
Mystery: 2
Classic: 1
Manga: 1
Romance: 1
(Note: some books count in multiple categories)
Acquired From:
Library: 93
BookCrossing: 15
Permanent collection: 15
Audio downloaded from library: 20
Used book purchase: 5
New book purchase: 4
Audio from library instead of BookCrossing: 2
Online archive: 2
Bookstore: 1
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my library? I'm quite happy with the variety of genres/types this year. There was only one book I abandoned halfway throughand so many I genuinely adored.
List of All Books Read in 2017:
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin
A Day in the Life of Murphy by Alice Provensen
A Fairy Friend by Sue Fliess
A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
A Lot of Otters by Barbara Helen Berger
Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1) by Sarah Andersen
Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 (Angel Catbird, #1) by Margaret Atwood
Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat by Katie Harnett
Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale by Mark Waid
Archie, Vol. 2 by Mark Waid
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Audition by Barbara Walters
Bandit's Surprise by Karen Rostoker-Gruber
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Bernard's Nap by Joan Elizabeth Goodman
Bird & Diz by Gary Golio
Birdsong: A Story in Pictures by James Sturm
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Booth by David M. Robertson
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Retreat (Season 8, #6) by Jane Espenson
Bunny My Honey by Anita Jeram
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Cat on the Bus by Aram Kim
Cats and Their Slaves: An Anthology of Worship by Michelle Lovric
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
Dear Peter: Miniature Letters by Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eclipse by Mijan
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox
Ellie by Mike Wu
End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3) by Stephen King
Fabian Escapes by Peter McCarty
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown by Sally M. Walker
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
George by Alex Gino
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
Go South to Freedom by Frye Gaillard
Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1) by Terry Pratchett
Great by Lauri Holomis
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany (Adaptation), Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling
Haunted Houses of Harpers Ferry by Stephen Dorman Brown
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
Horns by Joe Hill
Hotblood! A Centaur in the Old West by Toril Orlesky
How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Into the Silence (Torchwood, #10) by Sarah Pinborough
Jughead, Vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky
Jughead, Vol. 2 by Chip Zdarsky
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed by Lesléa Newman
Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
Let's Find Momo!: A Hide-And-Seek Board Book by Andrew Knapp
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
March: Book Three (March, #3) by John Lewis
March: Book Two (March, #2) by John Lewis
Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, #1) by Ben Hatke
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 1 by Kyle Higgins
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 2 by Kyle Higgins
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 2: Revelations by Brian Michael Bendis
More Caps for Sale: Another Tale of Mischievous Monkeys by Esphyr Slobodkina
Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He's the Favorite by Stacy McAnulty
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop by Ronald Rice
Nerds In Love (Husband & Husband, #1) by Aaron Ferrara
Nikolai, the Only Bear by Barbara Joosse
Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke
Norway Home Of The Trolls by Eli Ketilsson
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
Nothing but Shadows (Tales from Shadowhunter Academy, #4) by Cassandra Clare
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Pack Animals (Torchwood, #7) by Peter Anghelides
Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Red by Sanae Rokuya
Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #2) by Melissa de la Cruz
Rookie Move (Brooklyn Bruisers, #1) by Sarina Bowen
Saban's Power Rangers: Aftershock by Ryan Parrott
Sail Away Dragon by Barbara Joosse
Shoebox Project by Jaida Jones
Simon's Cat vs. the World (Simon's Cat, #4) by Simon Tofield
Skypoint (Torchwood, #8) by Phil Ford
Solo by Kwame Alexander
Something in the Water (Torchwood, #4) by Trevor Baxendale
Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Vol. 2 by Brian Michael Bendis
Step Aside, Pops (Hark! A Vagrant, #3) by Kate Beaton
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steven Universe: Too Cool for School by Jeremy Sorese
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) by Bette Greene
The Best Bear in All the World by A.A. Milne
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
The Circle by Dave Eggers
The Colorful Adventures of Pauline and Tiff by Megan Cooper
The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith
The Dark Unwinding (The Dark Unwinding, #1) by Sharon Cameron
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #0.5) by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs
The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2) by Rick Riordan
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yan Martel
The Hockey Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #80) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The House That Jack Built (Torchwood, #12) by Guy Adams
The Inner Circle (Culper Ring, #1) by Brad Meltzer
The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time by Bob Harris
The Joyful Bear: A Furry Philosophy for Overcoming Adversity and Finding Happiness by Margaret Meps Schulte
The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #2) by Cassandra Clare
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1) by Rick Riordan
The Tale of Kitty-In-Boots by Beatrix Potter, Quentin Blake
The Wave by Morton Rhue
The Whitechapel Fiend (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #3) by Cassandra Clare
The World Of Peter Rabbit And Beatrix Potter 110th Anniversary Edition by Beatrix Potter
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Too Many Cats by Lori Haskins Houran
Triangle by Mac Barnett
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Underdogs (Wolfe Brothers, #1-3) by Markus Zusak
Warm & Fuzzy: The Most Adorable Animal Pictures Ever by Ariana Klepac
Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope by Artisan Press
Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor #1) by G.M. Malliet
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
Zorro Gets an Outfit by Carter Goodrich