The Book List
*- Disliked it
**- It was okay
***- Liked it
****- Really liked it
*****- Loved it
2012
1. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? And Other Concerns- Mindy Kaling ***
2. Happy All The Time- Laurie Colwin ****
3. Rules of Civility- Amor Towles ***1/2
4. The Fates Will Find Their Way- Hannah Pittard **
5. Columbine- Dave Cullen *****
6. Anagrams- Lorrie Moore ***1/2
7. Delicate Edible Birds- Lauren Goff **
8. Wild- Cheryl Strayed *****
9. The Defining Decade- Dr. Meg Jay ***1/2 (Some parts more relevant than others)
10. Lizz Free Or Die- Lizz Winstead **
11. The Group- Mary McCarthy ****
12. Girl Walks Into a Bar- Rachel Dratch **
13. The Secret History- Donna Tartt *****
14. I Never Liked You- Chester Brown (graphic novel) ***
15. Burnout- Rebecca Donner/Inaki Miranda (graphic novel) **
16. Scribble Scribble/Crazy Salad- Nora Ephron **1/2
17. Then Again- Diane Keaton **1/2
18. Hark! A Vagrant!- Kate Beaton (graphic novel) ***
19. Baby's In Black- Arne Bellstorf (graphic novel) ***
20. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley ****
21. How To Be a Woman- Caitlin Moran ****
22. Last Call In the City of Bridges- Salvatore Pane *****
2011
1. Freedom- Jonathan Frazen *** 1/2 (I have conflicting feelings)
2. Disgrace- J.M. Coetzee **
3. Mercury- Hope Larson ** (graphic novel)
4. Wicked Plants- Amy Stewart **
5. Self Help- Lorrie Moore *****
6. Room- Emma Donoghue ****
7. It's Always Something- Gilda Radner ***
8. Bossypants- Tina Fey ***
9. Birds of America- Lorrie Moore ****
10. The Girls Who Went Away- Ann Fessler ****
11. Make Me A Woman- Vanessa Davis *** (graphic novel)
12. Kiss & Tell- MariNaomi *** (graphic novel)
13. Other People We Married- Emma Straub *****
14. The Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan ***
15. Scenes From An Impending Marriage- Adrian Tomine *** (graphic novel)
16. Spaniel Rage- Vanessa Davis *** (graphic novel)
17. The Shinest Jewel- Marian Henley **** (graphic novel)
18. The World of Apples- John Cheever ** 1/2 (Liked some of the stories more than others)
19. One! Hundred! Demons!- Lynda Barry **** (graphic novel)
20. Super Sad True Love Story- Gary Shteyngart **1/2
21. A Visit From The Goon Squad- Jennifer Egan *****
22. Model Home- Eric Punchner ***
23. Too Cool To Be Forgotten (graphic novel)- Alex Robinson ****
24. Empire State (graphic novel)- Jason Shiga ***
25. The Marriage Plot- Jeffrey Eugenides ** 1/2
26. The Metropolis Case- Matthew Galloway ****
