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Books Read in 2013

This is a list of the books that I read in 2013, broken up into Early Reader & Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, and Adult Books. I have not listed picture books, because I read so many of them (though I do review the ones that particularly strike me).

Early Reader to Middle Grade Books

  1. Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm: Babymouse #17: Extreme Babymouse. Middle Grade. Random House. Completed January 9, 2013. My review.
  2. Patricia Reilly Giff: Gingersnap. Middle Grade. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed January 9, 2013. My review.
  3. Ransom Riggs: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Middle Grade. Quirk. Completed January 9, 2013. My review.
  4. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Picture Book Peril (Lunch Lady #8). Early Middle Grade. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed January 23, 2013.
  5. Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm: Squish #4: Captain Disaster. Early Middle Grade. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed January 23, 2013.
  6. Maryrose Wood (ill. Jon Klassen): The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 3: The Unseen Guest. Middle Grade. Balzer + Bray. Completed January 24, 2013, on MP3 from Audible.
  7. Adina Rishe Gewirtz: Zebra Forest. Middle Grade. Candlewick. Completed January 24, 2013. My review.
  8. Jeff Kinney: The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7). Early Middle Grade. Amulet Books. Completed January 25, 2013. My review.
  9. Rosanne Parry: Written in Stone. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed February 12, 2013, digital ARC from NetGalley.
  10. Chris Grabenstein: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. Middle Grade. Random House. Completed March 2, 2013. My review.
  11. John Bellairs: The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn. Amazon Digital Services. Completed March 4, 2013, on Kindle.
  12. J. E. Thompson: The Girl from Felony Bay. Middle Grade. Walden Pond Press. Completed March 6, 2013. My review.
  13. Kate Messner: Hide and Seek. Middle Grade. Scholastic Press. Completed March 15, 2013. My review.
  14. Delphine Perret: The Big Bad Wolf Goes on Vacation. Early Chapter Book. Sterling Books. Completed March 20, 2013. My review.
  15. Prudence Breitrose: Mousenet. Middle Grade. Hyperion. Completed March 25, 2013. My review.
  16. Jennifer Nielsen: The Runaway King (Ascendance Trilogy). Middle Grade. Scholastic. Completed March 27, 2013. My review.
  17. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: The Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked. Middle Grade. Walden Pond Press. Completed March 29, 2013. My review.
  18. Kristen Kittscher: The Wig in the Window. HarperCollins. Completed April 6, 2013. My review.
  19. Ellen Potter: Otis Dooda, Strange But True. Feiwel and Friends. Early Middle Grade. Completed April 13, 2013. My review.
  20. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Early Middle Grade. Completed April 17, 2013. My review.
  21. Joe Schreiber (ill. Matt Smith): Lenny Cyrus, School Virus. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed April 18, 2013. My review.
  22. Beth Ain: Starring Jules (As Herself). Scholastic. Early Chapter Book. Completed April 21, 2013. My review.
  23. Kate Saunders: The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed April 21, 2013. My review.
  24. Rob Buyea: Because of Mr. Terupt. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed April 21, 2013. My review.
  25. Rob Buyea: Mr. Terupt Falls Again. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed April 24, 2013. My review.
  26. Dana Reinhardt: Odessa Again. Wendy Lamb Books. Middle Grade. Completed May 24, 2013. My review.
  27. Liz Kessler: North of Nowhere. Candlewick Press. Middle Grade. Completed May 26, 2013. My review.
  28. Claire Legrand: The Year of Shadows. Simon & Schuster. Middle Grade. Completed June 5, 2013. My review.
  29. Phoebe Rivers: Saranormal #6: Giving Up the Ghost. Simon Spotlight. Middle Grade. Completed June 6, 2013.
  30. Donna Gephart: Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed June 19, 2013. My review.
  31. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1). Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed July 11, 2013.
  32. Terry Pratchett: The Wee Free Men. Harper Collins. Middle Grade. Completed August 2, 2013.
  33. Jessica Day George: Wednesdays in the Tower. Bloomsbury. Middle Grade. Completed September 14, 2013.
  34. Holly Black: Doll Bones. Margaret K. McElderry Books. Middle Grade. Completed September 16, 2013.
  35. Jennifer Allison (ill. Mike Moran): Iggy Loomis, Superkid in Training. Dial. Early Chapter Book. Completed September 19, 2013. My review.
  36. Greg Pincus: The 14 Fibs of Gregory K. Arthur A. Levine Books. Middle Grade. Completed September 20,2013. My review.
  37. Catherine Gilbert Murdock: Heaven is Paved with Oreos. HMH Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade / Middle School. Completed October 30, 2013. My review.
  38. Rick Riordan: The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, Book 4). Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade / Middle School. Completed November 5, 2013, on MP3.
  39. Peggy Eddleman: Sky Jumpers. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed November 6, 2013. My review.
  40. Jennifer Ann Mann: Sunny Sweet Is So Not Sorry. Bloomsbury USA Childrens. Early Middle Grade. Completed November 12, 2013. My review.
  41. Kallie George (ill. Geneviève Côté). Spark. Simply Read Books. Early Reader. My review.
  42. Ellen Airgood: Prairie Evers. Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin). Middle Grade. Completed December 21, 2013. My review.

Young Adult Books

  1. Caroline B. Cooney: The Voice on the Radio (Janie Johnson). Young Adult. Random House. Completed January 2, 2013.
  2. Caroline B. Cooney: What Janie Found (Janie Johnson). Young Adult. Random House. Completed January 2, 2013.
  3. Caroline B. Cooney: Janie Face to Face (Janie Johnson). Young Adult. Delacorte Press. Completed January 5, 2013. My review.
  4. Lin Oliver and Theo Baker: Sound Bender #2: The Shadow Mask. Young Adult. Scholastic. Completed January 9, 2013. My review.
  5. Elizabeth Wein: Code Name Verity. Young Adult. Hyperion Books for Children. Completed January 12, 2013. My review.
  6. Rachel Cohn: Beta. Young Adult. Hyperion Books for Children. Completed January 13, 2013. My review.
  7. Mark Frost: The Paladin Prophecy (Book 1). Young Adult. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed January 18, 2013. My review.
  8. Justina Chen: Return to Me. Young Adult. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Completed January 20, 2013. My review.
  9. Jennifer Rush: Altered. Young Adult. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Completed January 23, 2013. My review.
  10. Marie Lu: Legend. Young Adult. Putnam. Completed January 29, 2013.
  11. Marie Lu: Prodigy. Young Adult. Putnam. Completed February 6, 2013.
  12. Harlan Coben: Seconds Away: A Mickey Bolitar Novel. Young Adult. Putnam. Completed February 8, 2013, on MP3.
  13. Michelle Gagnon: Strangelets. Soho Teen. Completed February 9, 2013 (digital ARC from the publisher). My review.
  14. Andrea K Höst: And All the Stars. Completed February 17, 2013, on Kindle.
  15. Cassandra Clare: The Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices). Young Adult. Margaret K. McElderry. Completed March 2, 2013, on MP3.
  16. Jennifer E. Smith: This Is What Happy Looks Like. Young Adult. Poppy. Completed March 11, 2013, on digital ARC. My review.
  17. Beth Revis: Shades of Earth. Young Adult. Razorbill. Completed March 20, 2013, on MP3.
  18. Robin LaFevers: Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, Book 2). Young Adult. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Completed March 30, 2013. My review.
  19. Dan Wells: Fragments (Partials #2). Balzer + Bray. Young Adult. Completed April 3, on Kindle. While I read this one quickly, and even dreamed about it, I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the first Partials book. I found the "humans are bad and will eventually destroy the planet" messages both heavy-handed and repetitive. Which is too bad, because Wells has built a compelling dystopian world full of witty characters and interesting ethical challenges. I'll still read the next book, I'm sure.
  20. Maureen Johnson: The Madness Underneath (Shades of London, Book 2). Putnam Juvenile. Completed April 8, 2013, on MP3.
  21. Simon Mayo: Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter. Splinter (Sterling Publishing). Young Adult. Completed April 9, 2013. My review.
  22. Amber Kizer: A Matter of Days. Delacorte Press. Young Adult. Completed April 10, 2013. My review.
  23. Sara Zarr: The Lucy Variations. Little Brown. Young Adult. Completed April 12, 2013. My review.
  24. Cat Patrick: The Originals. Little Brown. Young Adult. Completed April 16, 2013. My review.
  25. Kirsten Miller: Kiki Strike: The Darkness Dwellers. Bloomsbury. Young Adult. Completed April 20, 2013.
  26. Mary Pearson: Fox Forever (The Jenna Fox Chronicles). Henry Holt and Co. Young Adult. Completed April 20, 2013.
  27. Dave Cousins: 15 Days Without a Head. Flux. Young Adult. Completed April 30, 2013. My review.
  28. Cat Winters: In the Shadow of Blackbirds. Amulet. Young Adult. Completed May 6, 2013. My review.
  29. Rick Yancey: The Fifth Wave. Putnam Juvenile. Young Adult. Completed May 8, 2013. My review.
  30. Tim Tharp: Mojo. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed May 16, 2013. My review.
  31. Allen Zadoff: Boy Nobody. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed May 23, 2013, on digital ARC. My review.
  32. Anne Applegate: The Last Academy. Point. Young Adult. Completed May 30, 2013. My review.
  33. Bethany Griffin: Masque of the Red Death. Greenwillow Books. Young Adult. Completed June 12, 2013, on Kindle from library.
  34. Sarah Jamila Stevenson: Underneath. Flux Books. Young Adult. Completed June 17, 2013, on Kindle. My post.
  35. Sarah Zettel: Dust Girl (American Fairy Trilogy, Book 1). Random House Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed June 19, 2013.
  36. Sarah Zettel: Golden Girl (American Fairy Trilogy, Book 2). Random House Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed June 27, 2013.
  37. Charlie Higson: The Sacrifice (An Enemy Novel). Disney Hyperion. Young Adult. Completed June 28, 2013.
  38. Dianne K. Salerni: The Caged Graves. Clarion. Young Adult. Completed July 2, 2013. My review.
  39. Cassandra Clare: Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices). Margaret K. McElderry Books. Young Adult. Completed July 10, 2013, on MP3.
  40. Ashley Elston: Rules for Disappearing. Disney Hyperion. Young Adult. Completed July 27, 2013, on Kindle.
  41. Malinda Lo: Adaptation. Little Brown. Young Adult. Completed August 28, 2013.
  42. Susan Beth Pfeffer: The Shade of the Moon (Life As We Knew It, Book 4). Harcourt. Young Adult. Completed September 18, 2013. My review.
  43. Emmy Laybourne: Monument 14: Sky on Fire. Feiwel & Friends. Young Adult. Completed September 21, 203. My review.
  44. Sarah Rees Brennan: Untold (The Lynburn Legacy, Book 2). Random House Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed October 1, 2013. My review.
  45. Maggie Stiefvater: The Dream Thieves (The Raven Boys, Book 2). Scholastic. Young Adult Fiction. Completed October 15, 2013.
  46. Christopher E. Long: Hero Worship. Flux. Young Adult Fiction. Completed October 17, 2013. My review.
  47. D. J. MacHale: Sylo (The Sylo Chronicles, Book 1). Razorbill. Young Adult Fiction. Completed October 25, 2013.
  48. Robin Benway: Also Known As. Walker Children's. Young Adult Fiction. Completed November 10, 2013. My review.
  49. Jennifer Rush: Erased (Altered series). Little Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed November 15, 2013. My review.
  50. Robin Benway: Going Rogue (An AKA Novel). Walker Children's Young Adult Fiction. Completed November 23, 2013. My review.
  51. Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando: Roomies. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed December 9, 2013, on digital ARC. My review.
  52. Annabel Monaghan: Double Digit (A Girl Named Digit series). HMH Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed December 18, 2013. My review.
  53. Matt De La Peña: The Living. Delacorte Press. Young Adult. Completed December 21, 2013. My review.
  54. Chris Morphew: The Arrival (Phoenix Files, book 1). Kane/Miller. Young Adult. Completed December 24, 2013.

Adult Books

  1. Michael Connelly: The Black Box (Harry Bosch). Adult Mystery. Little, Brown and Co. Completed January 12, 2013.
  2. P. D. James: Death Comes to Pemberly. Adult. Random House. Completed January 15, 2013.
  3. Robert Parker: Paper Doll (Spenser). Adult Mystery. Berkley. Completed January 21, 2013.
  4. Robert Parker: Walking Shadow (Spenser). Adult Mystery. Berkley. Completed January 21, 2013.
  5. Charlaine Harris: Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse). Adult Mystery. Ace. Completed February 2, 2013.
  6. Heather Shumaker: It's OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids. Tarcher Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed February 24, 2013.
  7. Deborah Crombie: The Sound of Broken Glass (Kincaid and James). William Morrow. Completed February 28, 2013, on Kindle.
  8. Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier: Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think. Adult Nonfiction. Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Completed March 19, 2013.
  9. Lenore Skenazy: Free Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry). Adult Nonfiction. Completed April 19, 2013.
  10. Jacqueline Winspear: Leaving Everything Most Loved: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. Harper. Adult Mystery. Completed May 9, 2013.
  11. Nate Silver: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't. Penguin. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 14, 2013.
  12. Charlaine Harris: Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Ace. Adult Mystery. Completed May 22, 2013, on MP3.
  13. Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon: How Will You Measure Your Life? Harper Business. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 29, 2013, on MP3.
  14. Zoe Sharp: Killer Instinct (Charlie Fox, Book 1). Murderati Ink. Adult Mystery. Completed July 12, 2013, on Kindle.
  15. Lauren Sandler: One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One. Simon & Schuster. Adult Nonfiction. Completed July 15, 2013.
  16. Peter Gray: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life. Basic Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed July 16, 2013.
  17. Robert Galbraith: The Cuckoo's Calling. Mulholland Books. Adult Mystery. Completed July 18, 2013, on Kindle.
  18. Craig Johnson: A Serpent's Tooth. Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed July 22, 2013, on Kindle.
  19. Zoe Sharp: Riot Act (Charlie Fox, Book 2). Murderati Ink. Adult Mystery. Completed July 25, 2013, on Kindle.
  20. Zoe Sharp: Hard Knocks (Charlie Fox, Book 3). Murderati Ink. Adulty Mystery. Completed July 30, 2013, on Kindle.
  21. Hugh Howey: Wool Omnibus. Broad Reach Publishing. Adult Science Fiction. Completed August 3, 2013, on Kindle.
  22. Zoe Sharp: First Drop (Charlie Fox, Book 4). Murderati Ink. Adult Mystery. Completed August 5, 2013, on MP3.
  23. Lee Child: High Heat (Jack Reacher novella). Delacorte Press. Adult Thriller. Completed August 7, 2013.
  24. Zoe Sharp: Road Kill (Charlie Fox, Book 5). Murderati Ink. Adult Mystery. Completed August 10, 2013, on Kindle.
  25. Zoe Sharp: Second Shot. Murderati Ink. Adult Mystery. Completed August 12, 2013, on Kindle.
  26. Harlan Coben: Six Years. Dutton. Adult Thriller. Completed August 13, 2013, on MP3.
  27. Shannon Hale: Austenland. Bloomsbury. Adult Fiction. Completed August 15, 2013.
  28. Stephen White: Dry Ice. Signet. Adult Mystery. Completed August 17, 2013.
  29. Robert Crais: Suspect. Putnam. Adult Mystery. Completed August 23, 2013, on MP3.
  30. Marcus Sakey: Brilliance. Thomas & Mercer. Adult Science Fiction. Completed August 23, 2013. on Kindle.
  31. Carol O'Connell: It Happens in the Dark (A Mallory Novel). Putnam. Adult Mystery. Completed August 25, 2013.
  32. Stephen White: The Last Lie (Alan Gregory #18). Signet. Adult Mystery. Completed August 30, 2013.
  33. Stephen White: Line of Fire (Alan Gregory, #19). Signet. Adult Mystery. Completed September 4, 2013.
  34. P.J. Tracy: Shoot to Thrill (Monkeewrench , #5). Signet. Adult Mystery. Completed September 5, 2013, on MP3.
  35. Stephen White: Compound Fractures (Alan Gregory #20). Signet. Adult Mystery. Completed September 6, 2013.
  36. Louise Penny: How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Gamache). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed September 8, 2013.
  37. Lee Child: Never Go Back. Delacorte Press. Adult Fiction. Completed September 22, 2013, on MP3.
  38. Kenneth R. Ginsburg and Martha M. Jablow: Building Resilience in Children and Teens, 2nd Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 29, 2013.
  39. P.J. Tracy: Off the Grid (Monkeewrench, #6). Signet. Adult Mystery. Completed October 2, on MP3.
  40. Madeline Levine: The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids. Harper Perennial. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 7, 2013.
  41. Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: 7th Edition. Penguin. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 9, 2013. My review.
  42. Julia Spencer-Fleming: Through the Evil Days (A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed November 10, 2013.
  43. Victoria Thompson: Murder in Chelsea (Gaslight Mystery). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed November 22, 2013, on MP3. Far and away the best of the series so far. It's extremely rare for me to have to keep listening to an audio book to find out what will happen next, but I did with this book. Quite a clever ending, too.
  44. Janet Evanovich: Takedown Twenty (A Stephanie Plum Novel). Bantam. Adult Mystery. Completed December 2, 2013, on MP3.
  45. Elizabeth George: Just One Evil Act (Inspector Lynley). Dutton. Adult Mystery. Completed December 4, 2013, on Kindle. I must say that this novel utterly consumed my thoughts for days. It's not exactly action-filled - there's a lot of description - but I kept thinking about the motivations of the characters, and wondering what they would do, or had done. Quite satisfying (though long and not for everyone).
  46. Maeve Binchy: Minding Frankie. Anchor Books. Adult Fiction. Completed December 21, 2013, on MP3.
  47. Barry Maitland: The Raven's Eye: A Brock and Kolla Mystery. Minotaur Books. Adulty Mystery. Completed December 30, 2013.

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