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1. Another Day by David Levithan 327 pages 1/3/16 pub 2015 4 stars
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2. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie 100/ 409 pages 1/7/15 pub 2013 2 stars3. Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes 264 pages 1/8/16 pub 2015 4 stars
4. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto translated by Megan Backus 152 pages 1/11/16 pub 1993 3 stars
5. The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March Drawings by Art Spiegelman 112 pages 1/12/16 4 stars
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6. Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint 544 pages 1/17/16 pub 1998 5 stars
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7. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts 388 pages 1/18/16 pub 1982 5 stars
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8. The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Will Eisner 148 pages 1/21/16 pub 2005 3 stars
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9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance-- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame- Smith 319 pages 1/23/16 pub 2009 3 stars
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10. Sirens by Janet Fox 369 pages 1/26/16 pub 2012 3 stars
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11. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman 1 hour, 1 compact disc 1/27/16 audio read by Neil Gaiman 2013 4 stars
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12. The Frangipani Motel by Violet Kupersmith 240 pages 1/30/16 pub 2014 4 stars13. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me A graphic memoir by Ellen Forney 248 pages 1/31/16 pub 2012 5 stars
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14. Threatened by Eliot Schrefer 279 pages 2/3/16 pub 2014, 2015 in paperback 4 stars15. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short 321 pages 2/3/16 pub 2014 4 stars
16. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson 372 pages 2/4/16 pub 2011 3 stars
17. A Good Man is Hard to Find and other stories by Flannery O’Connor 251 pages 2/5/16 1 star
18. Accidents of Marriage by Randy Sue Meyers 354 pages 2/7/16 pub 2014 4 stars
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19. Saturn Apartments Volume 1 by Hisae Iwaoka 189 pages ~2/9/16 pub 2006 3 stars20. The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg 307 pages 2/15/16 pub 2014 4-5 stars
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21. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 96 pages 2/16/16 pub 2015 4-5 stars22. Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cummings 6 cds 2/17/17 pub 2014 4-5 stars
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23. The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte by Laura Joh Rowland 378 pages 2/21/16 pub 2008 2 stars
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28. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson 262 pages 3/3/16 pub 2015 5 stars27. George by Alex Gino 195 pages 3/1/16 pub 2015 3 stars
26. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by Lady Fiona Carnavon, the Eighth Countess of Carnavon 7 cds 2/27/16 pub 2012 Read by Wanda McCaddon 3 stars
25. The Walking Dead Compendium Three by Robert Kirkman 1088 pages 2/26/16 pub 2015 5 stars
24. Zone One by Colson Whitehead 259 pages 2/24/16 pub 2011 4 stars
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29. I am J by Cris Beam 326 pages 3/4/16 pub 2011 2 stars30. Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang 276 pages 3/5/16 pub 2013 3 stars
31. Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson 113/ 275 pages, plus the 'fifth act' 3/8/16 pub 2016 2 stars
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32. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened by Allie Brosh 369 pages 3/9/16 pub 2013 5 stars33. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin 427 pages 3/21/16 pub 2010 3 stars
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34. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik 227 pages 3/23/16 pub 2015 4- 5 stars35. The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor 232 pages 3/31/16 pub 2015 5 stars
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36. See No Color by Shannon Gibney 182 pages 4/2/16 pub 2015 5 stars37. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 264 pages + 20 page essay and reader’s guide. I finished rereading this 4/5/16. Published originally in 1979, this is 25th anniversary edition of this novel. 5 stars
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38.Temple Grandin: How the Girl who loved cows embraced Autism by Sy Montgomery forward by Temple Grandin 148 pages 4/9/16 pub 2012 4 stars39. The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick 192 pages 4/9/16 pub 2004 3 stars
40. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick 61/ 344 pages 4/10/16 pub 2015 4 stars
41. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson 194 pages 4/10/16 pub 2009 3 stars
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42. Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older 297 pages 4/16/16 pub 2015 5 stars43.The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 237 pages 4/16/16 pub 2014 5 stars
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44. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs 342 pages 4/20/16 pub 2016 4 stars
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45. We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge 326 pages 4/23/16 pub 2016 4 stars
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46. Booked by Kwame Alexander 314 pages 4/23/16 pub 2016 5 stars
47. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold 344 page 4/25/16 pub 2015 4- 5 stars, I loved it, but I can't give every book 5 stars, or can I?
48. Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit 232 pages 4/27/16 pub 2016 4 stars
49. Virgins: An Outlander Novella by Diana Gabaldon 4/28/16 pub 2016 3 stars
50. The Haters by Jesse Andrews 325 pages 4/30/16 pub 2016 3 stars 
51. Rumble by Ellen Hopkins 546 pages ~5/3/16 pub in ppbk 2016 3 stars52. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 457 pages 5/9/16 pub 1995 and 2004 5 + stars
53. Avengers: The Children’s Crusade written by Allen Heinberg, penciller Jim Cheung 5/10/16 pub 2012 2 stars
54. Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia written by Greg Rucka, penciller J.G. Jones 91 pages 5/10/16 pub 2002 3 stars
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55. She Came from Beyond! by Nadine Darling 260 pages 5/17/16 pub 2015 3 stars
56. P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams- Garcia 274 pages 5/20/16 pub 2013 4 stars57. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 11 cds I heard 1 ½ 5/21/16 pub 2015 2 stars
58. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 472 pages 6/10/16 pub 1999 3 stars, maybe 2.5
59. Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Yuyi Morales 32 pages 5/24/16 pub 2016 4 stars
60. Tommy Can’t Stop by Tim Federle, pictures by Mark Fearing 32 pages 5/24/16 pub 2015 4 stars
61. Civil War: Captain America by Ed Brubaker, illustrated by Mike Perkins 5/25/16 pub 2007 3 stars
62. Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle, illustrated by Lauren Mortimer 4 stars
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63. Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle 275 pages 5/26/16 pub 2013 4 stars64. Five, Six, Seven, Nate by Tim Federle 293 pages 5/26/16 pub 2014 4 stars
65. The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle 278 pages 5/27/16 pub 2016 5 stars
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66. LaRose by Louise Erdrich 372 pages 5/30/16 pub 2016 5 stars67. These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine 1881- 1901 by Nancy E. Turner 384 pages 6/1/16 pub 1998 4 stars
68. Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin 223 pages 6/2/16 pub 2016 5 stars
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69. Uprooted by Naomi Novik Read this ARC on Kindle/ I Pad 6/16/16 4 stars
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70. Austenland by Shannon Hale 196 pages 6/21/16 pub 2007 & 2013 3 stars71. Marvel Universe Captain America: Civil War various authors 6/22/16 pub 2016 1 star
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72. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman 522 pages 6/28/16 pub 2016 “Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you’ve never been. Once you’ve visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be content with the world you grew up in.” (8) 4 stars73. Redeployment by Phil Klay 291 pages 6/29/16 pub 2014 5 stars
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74. War Brides by Helen Bryan Kindle, but 497 pages as a paperback, pub 2007, on Kindle 2012 7/1/16 I would have given this 1 star, but my husband really liked this, so I gave it an 'average' of 3 stars.
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75. "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder 112 pages 7/4/16 pub originally in 1938, this version is from 2003 5 stars76. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 333 pages 7/8/16 pub 2014 5 stars
77. Valley Studio: More than a Place compiled by E. Reid Gilbert & Jef Lambdin 211 pages 7/13/16 pub 2016 5 stars
78. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 592 pages 7/15/16 pub 2001 3 stars for this re-read
79. City of Secrets by Stewart O’ Nan 194 pages 7/16/16 pub 2016 3 stars
80. Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper, illustrated by Raul the Third 112 pages 7/17/16 pub 2014 4 stars
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81. Rocket Girl vol 1 Times Squared by Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder pub 2014 7/18/16 2 stars82. Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks edited by Julian Richards 218 pages 7/21/16 pub 2014 5 stars
83. Jungle Land by Eric Walters 153 pages 7/26/16 pub 2016 3- 4 stars
84. Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein 7/26/16 pub 2015 4 stars
85. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements ed. by Adrienne Maree Brown & Walidah Imarisha 298 pages 7/26/16 pub 2015 4 stars
86. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach 334 pages 8/3/16 pub 2010 5 stars
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87. Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt 322 pages 8/6/16 pub 2016 3 stars88. The 100- Year- Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 385 pages 8/10/16 pub 2009, in English 2012 3 stars
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89. Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs 450 pages 8/13/16 pub 2014 4 stars
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90. In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan & Caren Zucker 670 pages 8/20/16 pub 2016 5 stars91. The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon 118 pages 8/20/16 pub 2014 4 stars
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92. “The African Company Presents Richard III” by Carlyle Brown 60 pages 8/22/16 pub 1994 4 stars
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93. Central Station by Lavie Tidhar 267 pages 8/27/16 pub 2016 3 stars
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94. The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult by Jerald Walker 196 pages 8/29/16 pub 2016 4 stars
95. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 390 pages 9/3/16 pub 2015 4 stars96. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 306 pages 9/5/16 pub 2016 5 stars
97. When We Collided by Emery Lord 344 pages 9/6/16 pub 2016 4 stars
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98. Nightbird by Alice Hoffman 199 pages 9/7/16 pub 2016 4 stars99. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 408 pages 9/10/16 pub 2015 4 stars
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100. I Am Malala: The Girl who stood up for Education and was shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb 330 pages 9/20/16 pub 2013 2 stars, which isn't about the amazing young woman, her struggle, or her successes. The book needed an editor.101. Arrivals: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #1 by Ellen Kushner 9/20/16 on Kindle 4 stars
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102. The North Side of the Sun: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #2 by Alaya Dawn Johnson 9/22/2016 45 pages pub 2015 4 stars103. Heavenly Bodies: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #3 by Joel Derfner 51 pages 9/23/16 pub 2015 4 stars
104. A Wake in Riverside: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #4 by Malinda Lo 46 pages 9/24/16 pub 2015 4 stars
105. The Dagger and the Sword: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #5 by Alaya Dawn Johnson 46 pages 9/24/16 pub 2015 4 stars
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106. A Fair Hand: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #6 by Patty Bryant & Racheline Maltese 47 pages 9/25/16 pub 2015 5 stars107. The Swan Ball: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #7 by Joel Derfner 45 pages 9/26/16 pub 2015 4 stars
108. A City Without Chocolate: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #8 by Malinda Lo 47 pages 9/27/16 pub 2015 5 stars
109. Lies in Our Stars: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #9 by Paul Witcover 42 pages 9/28/16 pub 2015 4 stars
110. Shadowroot: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #10 by Joel Derfner 43 pages 9/28/16 pub 2015 4 stars
111. Go and Tell the Morning Star: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #11 by Alaya Dawn Johnson 63 pages 9/28/16 pub 2015 5 stars
112. A Tale of Two Ladies: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #12 by Malinda Lo – pages 9/28/16 pub 2015 5 stars
113. Departures: Tremontaine Season 1 episode #13 by Ellen Kushner 64 pages 9/29/16 pub 2015 5 stars
114. Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 51+/ 272 pages 9/29/16 pub 2015 1 star
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115. Except the Queen by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder 371 pages 10/3/16 pub 2010 5 stars116. Leave Me by Gayle Forman 343 pages 10/4/16 pub 2016 4 stars
117. Speed of Light by Sybil Rosen 169 pages 10/5/16 pub 2001 3 stars
118. Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle 415 pages 10/6/16 pub 2004 5 stars
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