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5. Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast 168 pages 1/11/18 pub 2017 4 stars6. John Dies at the End by David Wong 70/ 371 pages 1/17/18 2 stars
7. Pump Six and other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi 239 pages 1/24/18 pub 2008 3 stars
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8. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester 98/ 234 pages 1/25/18 pub 1956 2 stars9. Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis 328 pages 1/16/18 & 1/27/18 pub 1999 4 stars
10. Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop: ‘Tis the Season to Be Deadly edited by Otto Penzler 245 pages 1/28/18 pub 2010 4 stars
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11. Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks 119 pages 1/31/18 pub 1974 & 1982 3 stars
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12. Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film by Patton Oswalt 222 pages 2/4/18 pub 2015 4 stars13. Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi 89 pages 2/4/18 ~pub 2008 4 stars
14. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 259 pages 2/6/18 pub 1962 4 to 5 stars
15. Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Roxane Gay, consultant Ta- Nehisi Coates, artist Alitha E. Martinez pages 2/6/18 pub 2017 3 stars
16. Black Panther: Nation Under Our Feet Book Three by Ta- Nehisi Coates, artist Brian Stelfreeze pages 2/7/18 pub 2017 I so want to like the Black Panther books; it’s disappointing that I don’t. 2 stars
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17. Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 275 pages 2/9/18 pub 2015 4 stars18. Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel 482 pages 2/11/18 pub 2016 4 stars
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19. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle 211 pages ~2/15/18 pub 1962 4 stars20. The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin 422 pages 2/19/18 pub 2018 5 stars
21. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish 276 pages 2/21/18 pub 2017 3 stars
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22. Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 2 by Ta- Nehisi Coates 144 pages 2/28/18 pub 2017 3 stars23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Original Sin by David R. George III 290 pages 3/1/18 pub 2017 2 stars
24. It Occurs to Me that I Am American: New Stories and Art edited by Jonathan Santloffer 374 pages 3/4/18 pub 2018 4 stars
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25. Eternal Life by Dara Horn 236 pages 3/8/18 pub 2018 4 stars26. Stranger than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer 295 pages 3/9/18 pub 2017 4 stars
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27. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara, with an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by Patton Oswalt. 329 pages 3/12/18 pub 2018 5 stars28. Only Child by Rhiannon Navin 288 pages 3/14/18 pub 2018 5 stars
29. Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult 466 pages 3/19/18 pub 2011 2 stars
30. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 308 pages 3/21/18 pub 2018 5 stars
31. Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed 281 pages 3/22/18 pub 2018 4 stars
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32. Struck by Lightning by Chris Colfer 258 pages 3/27/18 pub 2012 1 1/2 stars33. The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey pages 3/27/18 pub 2018 4 stars
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34. Dear Martin by Nic Stone 211 pages 3/28/18 pub 2017 5 stars35. Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie 436 pages 3/31/18 pub 1996 4 stars
36. People Like Us by Dana Mele 375 pages 4/3/18 pub 2018 2 stars
37. Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala 214 pages 4/6/18 pub 2018 4 stars
38. Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn 309 pages 4/9/18 pub 2010 3 stars
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39. White Houses by Amy Bloom 218 pages 4/13/18 pub 2018 3 stars40. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 361 pages 4/14/18 pub 2018 5 stars
41. “The City Born Great” by N.K. Jemisin 23 pages 4/15/18 pub 2016 4 stars
42. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation Volume I The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson 353 pages 4/19/18 pub 2006 4- 5 stars
43. Ms. Marvel Mecca by G. Willow Wilson ill by Marco Faillo pages 4/19/18 pub 2017 4 stars
44. Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds 261 pages 4/21/18 2017 pub 2017 5 stars
45. Ghost by Jason Reynolds 181 pages 4/22/18 pub 2016 4 stars
46. Patina by Jason Reynolds 233 pages 4/24/18 pub 2017 4 stars
47. I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman 258 pages 4/25/18 pub 2018 4 stars
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48. The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden 377 pages 4/28/18 pub 2017 5 stars49. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson 561 pages 5/5/18 pub 2008 4 stars
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50. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon 349 pages 5/8/18 pub 2017 5 stars51. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston 171 pages 5/14/18 pub 2018 5 stars
52. For Every One by Jason Reynolds 101 pages 5/14/18 pub 2018 5 stars
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53. The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels by Jon Meacham 402 pages 5/22/18 pub 2018 5 stars54. Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes 214 pages 5/22/18 pub 2018 4 stars, but mostly because I can't keep giving everything 5 stars.
55. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang 284 pages 5/23/18 pub 2018 4 stars, see book #54.
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56. Falling Towers by Jewell Parker Rhodes 228 pages 5/24/18 pub 2016 57. Refugee by Alan Gratz 340 pages 5/26/18 pub 2017 This one I really loved.
58. he: A Novel by John Connolly 456 pages 6/2/18 pub 2017
59. Yellow Moon by Jewell Parker Rhodes 84/ 293 pages 6/2/18 pub 2008 I gave up on this one, then found out it was #2 in a series. I'll be back.
60. Burn Bright: An Alpha and Omega Novel by Patricia Briggs 308 pages 6/4/18 pub 2018 Fun!
61. Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes 272 pages 6/5/18 pub 2013
62. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot 143 pages 6/6/18 pub 2018 3- 4 stars
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63. “Binti” by Nnedi Okorafor 96 pages 6/8/18 pub 2015 5 stars64. “Binti: Home” by Nnedi Okorafor 176 pages 6/9/18 pub 2017 4 stars
65. “Shakespeare in Hollywood” by Ken Ludwig 117 pages 6/9/18 pub 2005 4 stars
66. “Binti: The Night Masquerade” by Nnedi Okorafor 202 pages 6/11/18 pub 2018 4 stars
67. Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes 217 pages 6/12/18 pub 2010 4 stars
68. “In Love and Warcraft” by Madhuri Shekar 89 pages 6/12/18 pub 2014 4 stars
69. Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon 127 pages 6/13/18 pub 2018 4 stars
70. Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson 248 pages 6/15/18 pub 2018 4 stars
71. Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes 239 pages 6/16/18 pub 2015 5 stars
72. “26 Pebbles” by Eric Ulloa 59 pages 6/16/18 pub 2017 4 stars
73. This is Our Constitution by Khizr Khan 212 pages 6/18/18 pub 2017 4 stars
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74. Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray 613 pages 6/28/18 pub 2015 75. There There by Tommy Orange 290 pages 6/29/18 pub 2018 5 stars
76. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck 115 pages 7/3/18 pub 1945 5 stars
77. Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray 546 pages 7/4/18 pub 2017 5 stars
78. “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett 120 pages 7/7/18 pub 1956 Hopelessly dated. 2 stars
79. “Lend Me a Tenor” by Ken Ludwig 144 7/9/18 pub 1989 4 stars
80. “Moon Over Buffalo” by Ken Ludwig 129 pages 7/10/18 pub 1996 4 stars
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81. The Wild Inside by Jamey Bradbury 290 pages 7/16/18 pub 2018 4- 5 stars82. “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman 70 pages 7/16/18 pub 2009 5 stars
83. Empty Seats by Wanda Adams Fischer 247 pages 7/20/18 pub 2017 5 stars
84. Bonfire by Krysten Ritter 276 pages 7/23/18 pub 2017 4 stars
85. Breakout by Kate Messner 433 pages 7/24/18 pub 2018 5 stars
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86. The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood by Diana McLellan 440 pages 7/26/18 pub 2000 4- 5 stars87. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 57/ 285 pages 7/27/18 pub 2018 2 stars
88. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue 382 pages 7/30/18 pub 2017 5 stars
89. The Regional Office is Under Attack! By Manuel Gonzales 142/ 398 pages 8/1/18 pub 2016 1 star
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90. “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney x pages 8/2/18 5 stars91. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 295 pages 8/3/18 pub 1993 5 + stars
92. Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu 328 pages 8/4/18 pub 2017 4 stars
93. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler 424 pages 8/5/18 pub 1998 5 + stars
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94. The Native Star by M.K. Hobson 387 pages 8/11/18 pub 2010 3 stars95. The Power by Naomi Alexander 382 pages 8/17/18 pub 2017 4 stars
96. Lock In by John Scalzi 336 pages 8/18/18 pub 2014 3 stars
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97. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 390 pages 8/22/18 pub 2013 4 stars98. Isra Isle by Nova Semel trans Jessica Cohen 244 pages 9/5/18 2016 pub 4 stars
99. The Wind in His Heart by Charles de Lint 9/9/18 5 stars
100. After: 19 Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopias ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling 359 pages 9/17/18 pub 2012 4 stars
101. Dream Country by Shannon Gibney 335 pages 9/25/18 pub 2018 5 stars
102. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by P.J. Lynch 159 pages 9/27/18 pub 2006 Dickens 5, illustrations 3.
103. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour 236 pages 9/27/18 pub 2017 3 stars
104. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 338 pages 10/2/18 pub 2017 4 stars
105. Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer 286 pages 10/5/18 pub 2018 5 stars
106. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It by Arthur Herman 169/ 471 pages ~10/10/18 pub 2001 3 stars
107. Arrival or Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 281 pages ~10/15/18 pub 2002, 2016 5 stars
108. Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis x pages ~10/18/18 pub 1993 4 stars
109. Ghost Story by Peter Straub 277/ 483 pages ~10/21/18 pub 1979 2 stars
110. A Room Away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma 319 pages 10/30/18 pub 2018 3 stars
111. Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente 152 pages/ 432 pages 11/3/18 pub 2015 2 stars
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112. Nebula Awards Showcase 2017: The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. by Julie E. Czerneda 336 pages ~11/9/18 pub 2017 4 stars113. Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics ed. by Chris Duffy 144 pages 11/10/18 pub 2014 4 stars
114. Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story by Peter Bagge 71 pages 11/10/18 pub 2013 4 stars
115. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann 339 pages 11/16/18 pub 2017 5 stars
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116. American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures ed. by America Ferrera 309 pages 11/21/18 pub 2018117. “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowall 30 pages 11/21/18 pub 2014
118. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson 175 pages 11/22/18 pub 2016
119. If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home By Now by Sandra Tsing Lo 231 pages 11/23/18 pub 1997
120. The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson 182 pages ~11/25/18 pub 1956 2 stars
121. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman 390 pages 12/3/18 pub 2018 4 stars
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122. The Library Book by Susan Orleans 317 pages 12/5/18 pub 2018 5 stars123. Another Day by David Levithan 327 pages 12/9/18 pub 2015 3 stars
124. Someday by David Levithan 391 pages 12/10/18 pub 2018 4 stars
125. Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor by Steven Moffat pages 12/12/18 pub 2018 5 stars
126. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K.Rowling 310 pages 12/14/18 pub 1998 4 stars
127. The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 312 pages 12/15/18 pub 2018 4- 5 stars
128. Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis 337 pages 12/16/18 pub 2018 2- 3 stars
129. The New World by Andrew Motion 76/ 355 pages 12/18/18 pub 2014 2 stars
130. Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen 12/20/18 5 stars
131. “The Flowers of Vashnoi” by Lois McMaster Bujold 12/21/18 pub 2018 4 stars
132. Eye Level by Jenny Xie 83 pages pub 2018 12/22/18 3 stars
133. The Miracle Jar by Audrey Penn 34 pages 12/24/18 3 stars
134. The Red Queen Dies by Frankie Y. Bailey 294 pages 12/25/18 pub 2013 4- 5 stars
135. Babel- 17 by Samuel R. Delany 219 pages 12/31/18 pub 1966 3 stars
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2. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich 267 pages 1/4/18 pub 2017 At least 4 stars, possibly 5.
3. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 207/ 494 pages 1/6/18 pub 2017 2 stars, not for me, now.
4. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff 321 pages 1/11/18 pub 2018 4 stars