Poll: YOUR Top Ten Books of 2013 (So Far)
We’re a little better than halfway through 2013 and so you may have seen people posting lists of reading highlights so far this year.
We thought it would be fun to see what the Nerdy Book Club would pick as their own reading highlights for 2013 (so far).
Give it some thought, check your reading notes if you have to, and leave your list in the comments.
And don’t forget to come back and see everyone else’s lists, too!
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I had to do this very quickly (because it was so hard to choose and I kept changing my mind!) so that I keep it to 10, and some of my favorites are not on the list:(
Navigating Early
Hattie Ever After
Exclamation Mark
The Runaway King
I Hate Picture Books
Art2-D2’s Guide to Folding and Doodling
Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain
Extreme Babymouse
Rump
Game On! Squish #5
Even though I am hitting publish I know I will change my mind in two minutes, in fact…
Many great books this year so far. My picks would have to be……(disclaimer – I have a lot of reading yet to do)
Rump
The Real Boy
Girl from Felony Bay
Navigating Early
Destiny, Rewritten
The Day the Crayons Quit
Oh, my thrill of the year so far, right at the top of the list is:
Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
Flora and Ulysses, The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger
The Secret of the Fortune Wookie Tom Angleberger
Fire Season by David Weber
How To Steal A Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Shadow On The Sun (Hell’s Cross #3) by David Macinnis Gill
Bomb: The Race to Build–And Steal–The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis
And that makes ten, but except for the one at the top, not in any particular order.
1.Doll Bones
2. Navigating Early
3. Eleanor and Park
4. The 5th Wave
5. Rump
6. If You Find Me
7. You are stardust
8. Cardboard
9. Giants Beware
10. Bluebird
My girls and I listened to Doll Bones on CD in the car. It kept our interest. I made some crazy mind movies (my visualization)from all the descriptive language.
Fat Angie, for sure. It’s an amazing book.
1. Rump
2. Every Day After
3. The Water Castle
4. Tea Rex
5. The Day The Crayons Quit
6. Unicorn Thinks He Is Pretty Great
7. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909
8. Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
9. The Center of Everything
10. The Runaway King
It will change as I read more books! 🙂
Only in the order that I think of them, or, they appear in my Goodreads…
“Better Nate than Ever” by TIm Federle
“The Bowling Alley Bandit” (Arnie the Doughnut!) by Laurie Keller
“Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas” by Philippe Coudray
“This Moose Belongs to Me” by Oliver Jeffers
“Zero Tolerance” by Claudia Mills
“The Darkness Dwellers (Kiki Strike #3)” by Kirsten Miller
“On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein” by Jennifer Berne, ill. by Vladimir Radunsky
“Crankee Doodle” by Tom Angleberger
“The Finger Circus Game” by Herve Tullet (Draw smiley faces on the tips of your pointer fingers with a Sharpie and read it at baby storytime!)
“Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom” by John Rocco
Here are some that leapt to mind for me:
Follow Follow
Jinx
Hold Fast
Tangle of Knots
Ribbit
Bluebird
The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle
The Runaway King
I love, love, loved Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff. Thanks for the great lists to read through. I put many on hold at my public library tonight!
1. Navigating Early
2. Rump
3. Like Bug Juice on a Burger
4. Smile
5. Sidekicks
6. Gabby and Gator
7. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking
8. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
So hard and I don’t know if they have to be published this year or just read by me this year…
Chu’s Day
Hattie Ever After
Stupid Fast
Hold Fast
The Testing
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Every Day
The Water Castle
Out of This Place
Stupid Fast
The Lions of Little Rock
So much fun this one! In no apparent order:
“Stick Man’s Really Bad Day” Steve Mockus
“That is Not a Good Idea” Mo Willems
“The 5th Wave” Rick Yancey
“Raven Boys” Maggie Stiefvater
“Ocean at the End of the Lane” Neil Gaiman
“Squish” Holm family –The whole series!
“Book Love” Penny Kittle – so excited to have been recommended in a #titletalk
“Cinder” Marissa Meyers
“This Is Not My Hat” Jon Klassen
“Code Name Verity” Elizabeth Wein
I’d love to do a list of books I think I’ll love, but haven’t had time to read yet!
This is soooo hard! I limited this to books that have been published in 2013 and that I gave 5 stars to on Goodreads. It was still hard! In no particular order:
Look Up! Bird Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
My First Day by Steve Jenkins
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The Center of Everything by Lina Urban
Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone
The Price of Freedom by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Hoop Genius by John Coy
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Rump by Liesl Shurtliff
I look at other lists and realize how much I haven’t read!
I’m going to try and do this without checking Goodreads or reading what others are saying.
1. The Center of Everything
2. The Real Boy
3. Hattie Ever After
4. Counting By 7s
5. Battle Bunny
6. Building Our House
7. Rump
8. Squish 5
9. Navigating Early
10. The Story of Fish & Snail
What I’ve read and loved so far in 2013 are:
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
See You At Harry’s by Jo Knowles
Out of the Easy by Ruta Septys
Every Day by David Levithan
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan
Cracked by K.M. Walton
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
Perfect by Natasha Friend
I already know I’m going to forget a few…
Here we GO! My list (so far):
The Center of Everything by Linda Urban
Navigating Early by Claire Vanderpool
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli
The Real Boy by Anne Ursa
Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier, illustrated by Suzy Lee
If you Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano and Erin Stead
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle
Inside Outside by Lizi Boyd
Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Hank Finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley
That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems
The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough, illustrated by Debby Atwell
How to Bicycle to the Moon and Plant Sunflowers There by Mordicai Gerstein
Out of the Easy by Rita Sepetys
I’m a bit behind on reading graphic novels and longer non-fiction this year. Do the nerds have any must-read recommendations?
So far…(I don’t have room for picture books – I could have another top ten for those!)
1. Every Day After by Laura Golden
2. Doll Bones by Holly Black
3. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
4. Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
5. Center of Everything by Linda Urban
6. Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
7. Runaway King by Jennifer Nielson
8. Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
9. One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
10. Paperboy by Vince Vawter
The Evolution of Calpunia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Bully Book by Eric Gale
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
How to Steal a Dog by Baraba O’Connor
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
When Life Gives you OJ by Erica S. Perl
So tough…I just included YA books, my picture book list could be another 10:)
In no particular order.
Three Times Lucky
Bomb: The Race to Build–And Steal–The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
One and Only Ivan
Eleanor and Park
Hokey Pokey
Every Day After
The Lions of Little Rock
False Prince
As Small as an Elephant
Water Castle
1. The Three Ninja Pigs
2. Dot
3. Lunch Lady series
4. The Fault in Our Stars
5. Lions of Little Rock
6. Exclamation Mark
7. Scat (audiobook)
8. Flora & the Flamingo
9. Love That Dog
10. Hound Dog True
Here are some of my top picks in no particular order (mostly!):
Follow Follow
Tangle of Knots
The Day the Crayons Quit
Crankee Doodle
Rump
Navigating Early (which earns my top vote and is my prediction as this year’s Newbery winner! Going out on a limb here, but it’s the best by far!)
Here’s a few of my favorite 2013 picks:
White Fur Flying ( MacLachlan)
Navigating Early (Vanderpool)
Super Hair-O and the Barber of Doom (Rocco)
In no particular order:
Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith
Reality Boy by A.S. King
The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride*
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
*Not published in 2013 (2010 publication)
Making a list always seems so final! I listed books I read in 2013 (not necessarily published this year). Thanks for this post. I can’t believe how many more books I have to read! These are in no particular order:
1. Rump by Liesl Shurtliff
2. Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
3. Paper Boy by Vince Vawter
4. Runaway King by Jennifer Nielsen
5. Winger by Andrew Smith
6. No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
7. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
8. Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
9. Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff
10. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Enjoy!
Off the top of my head…
Ghost Hawk
Hokey Pokey
Corner of White
The Dark
Far Far Away
Black Helicopters
Boxers
Saints
Duke
A Big Guy Took My Ball
This is tough since it is spanning picture book to YA & i didn’t even look at NF, but i kept it to published in 2013. I would likely change this list several times if i had the chance because there are more 5 stars on my Goodreads list than just ten. Here they are in no particular order:
Bitter Kingdom
Openly Straight
Rogue
Doll Bones
When I Was Eight
Tea Rex
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Hide and Seek
That’s Not a Good Idea
The Runaway King
I’ve read so many amazing books this year but tried to stick with ones that were published in 2013! In no particular order…
Exclamation Mark
Red Hat
Mustache Baby
Forest Has a Song
The Day the Crayons Quit
Rump
Sasquatch Escape
Destiny Rewritten
Wig in the Window
Prairie Evers (ok, not published in 2013… but I adored her!)
Some favorites:
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
Hideout by Gordon Korman
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: the Story of an American Friendship byRussell Freedman
The Fourth Stall III by Chris Rylander
Ungifted by Gordon Koreaman
Freaky Fast Frankie Joeby Lutricia Clifton
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
GameChangers by Mike Lupica
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
Outcasts United: The Story of a RefugeeSoccer Team That Changed a Town
Lists, lists, lists Have to do them fast before I change my mind 100 times
I’m choosing 5 picture books and 5 novels
On a Beam of Light
If you want to see a Whale
Ben Rides On
The Dark
Flora and the Flamingo
Paperboy
The Runaway King
Beholding Bee
Navigating Early
A Dog called Homeless (published 2012)
Rump
Hattie Ever After
Navigating early
Flora and the Flamingo
Tea Rex
The Story of Fish and Snail
One Came Home
How could I forget?,
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
My list so far is a combination of picture books, graphic novels, and chapter books (in no particular order):
Wonder
The One and Only Ivan
Doll Bones
Mockingbird
Sidekicks
Flora and the Flamingo
This is Not My Hat
The Day the Crayons Quit
Me…Jane
Blackout
Paperboy – Vince Vawter
This is Not a Good Idea – Mo Willems (that was my actually thought while reading the comments).
The Real Boy – Anne Ursu
Flora and the Flamingo – Molly Idle
The Boy and the Airplane – Mark Pett
Bluebird – Bob Staake
Beholding Bee – Kimberly Netwon Fusco
Wake Up Missing – Kate Messner
Fallout – Todd Strasser
Ball – Mary Sullivan
Just a few-
Exclamation Mark – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Forest Has A Song – Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
The Real Boy – Anne Ursu
Eleanor and Park – Rainbow Rowell
Hattie Ever After – Kirby Larson
Wonder
The One and Only Ivan
Chronicles of Narnia
Zach’s Lies
Sasquatch (Roland Smith)
Gregor the Overlander (Suzanne Collins) a series
My teenage daughter loves The Uglies (Scott Westerfeld) a series
I’ve read so many great books this year. I know I’ll forget some, by here goes! Center of Everything, The Real Boy, Rump, The Water Castle, Hattie Ever After, The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, One Came Home, Counting by 7’s, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Crankee Doodle, Courage Has No Color, Forest Has a Song, The Pet Project, The Story of Fish & Snail, Who Say’s Women Can’t Be Doctors?, A Splash of Red, On a Beam of Light, The Boy Who Loved Math, The Dark, Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great, Count the Monkeys, Tommysaurus Rex, Squish #5: Game On, Bluffton, Dark Triumph, Scowler, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Far Far Away, The Summer Prince, Eleanor & Park, The Dream Thieves, In the Shadow of Blackbirds. I’ll stop there!
Oops. You only wanted 10, Cindy! I can read, but I’m not great at rule following.
If you look through the comments, some gave one or two, others more than ten. I bet it all averages out!
The DIstance Between Us – Kasie West
The GIver – Lois Lowry (Finally read it this year with a group of students)
Legend and Prodigy – Marie Lu
The UnWanteds – Lisa McMann
Visions Series (Crash and Bang) – Lisa McMann
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Between Shades of Gray – Ruth Sepetys
Unspoken – Henry Cole
Bluebird – Bob Staake
The Dark – Lemony Snicket
On A Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein – Jennifer Berne
I am currently reading Eleanor and Park. As I scrolled down to leave my reply, I saw the book on several lists.
I am also participating in Sarah’s YA Lit 101 and have yet to read books such as Code Name Verity and The Summer Prince. I also got a copy of The Real Boy at ALA and will be reading it soon due to the hype.
Sooooooo many books!
Since I saw Rump on many lists, I ran right out to the library to check it out this morning!! I’ll let you know if it makes my Top 10. Also as soon as my 11-year old daughter is finished reading Center of Everything, it’s totally mine.
I also wasn’t sure if we were doing “2013 Books” only or if it was more “Anything Goes” for this list. If we’re on Anything Goes, then faves I read this year would be:
Doll Bones, The Tao of Martha (grown up book/memoir by Jen Lancaster), Hokey Pokey, Follow Follow – A Book of Reverso Poems, Looking for Alaska (yes, finally catching up on books I never got around to reading), October Mourning (hugged this book when I finished it), Kakapo Rescue and Book Love.
The One and Only Ivan
A Long Way from Chicago
A Year Down Yonder
A Season of Gifts
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne’s House of Dreams
Where the Red Fern Grows
Walk Two Moons
Dragonfly in Amber
Rule Number Two: Lessons Learned from a Combat Hospital
LOVE this because it gives me ideas of books to add to my reading list (not like it isn’t big enough!) :0)
Let’s see if I can narrow this down…
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Mercury by Hope Larson
Tune: Vanishing Point by Derek Kirk Kim
Viva Jacquelina by L.A. Meyer
In A Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Okay, that wasn’t as hard as I thought. A lot of variety and a lot of graphic novels!
Okay – favorites of the year so far, limiting myself to 10 and in no particular order:
Because of Mr. Terupt
The Princess and the Pig (picture book)
Lawless
The Wide-Awake Princess
Riley Mack and Other Known Troublemakers
Ruby Redfort Look into My Eyes
Wings of Fire: The Hidden Kingdom
Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked
The Bookwhisperer
Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School
I’m typing this fast and not looking back for fear I will never be able to hit publish – 10 I love that I’ve read in 2013 and were published in 2013:
The Real Boy
The Center of Everything
Hatte Ever After
Bluebird
Flora and the Flamingo
Rump
Water Castle
Counting by 7s
The Year of Billy Miller
Living with Jackie Chan
The ten best books I’ve read so far this year:
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (YA)
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Beholding Bee by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (adult)
The Center of Everything by Linda Urban
Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson, Madeleine L’Engle
The Future of Us by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (YA)
Since I teach high school, I’ve been reading a lot of YA books including Printz honor & award winners with a little non-fiction sprinkled in. Here’s my top ten.
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
Mr.Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Every Day by David Levithan
Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
1. The False Prince (2010) one of the best books ever
2. The Runaway King
3. Rump
4. Hattie Ever After wonderful sequel that can totally stand by itself
5. The Tragedy Paper
6. Divergent (2011) Great dystopian
7. I Hate Picture Books creativity abounds!
8. The Girl From Felony Bay great mystery
9. Penny From Heaven (2007) this is one of my all time favorites
10. Eye of the Crow (2007) awesome young Shelock Holmes mystery!
Even though some of the books were not published in 2013, I read them in 2013. The False Prince will always be in my top 10 list! So many twists and turns! I only included one picture book at this point. Perhaps there should be another top 10 just or that!
I really enjoyed reading through the lists! Thanks to everybody who stopped by to put one on here. Here’s mine, in no particular order:
Jo Knowles: Living with Jackie Chan
Kevin Powers: The Yellow Birds
Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
Stephen King: Guns
Matthew Quick: Sorta Like a Rock Star
Joe Hill: Heart-Shaped Box
Derf Backderf: My Friend Dahmer
John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley
Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima
Leda Schubert: Monsieur Marceau
(I feel badly that I can’t italicize those titles. #nerdguilt)
Really behind on my reading, but here are my favorite books that I’ve read in 2013.
1. Navigating Early-Clare Vanderpool
2. In the Shadow of Blackbirds-Cat Winters
3. Seedfolks-Paul Fleischman
I’ve marked 12 books so far as 2013 favorites. The list is a mix of picture books, mg and ya, mostly fiction listed in order they were read:
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner (YA)
Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass (MG)
The Long Journey: the Godwit’s amazing migration by Sandra Markle (NF/ Picture book)
Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko (MG)
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer Vacation by Tommy Greenwald (MG)
Are You Experienced by Jordan Sonnenblick (YA)
Rogue by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (YA)
The Sea of Monsters: Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan (MG)
As Fast As Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck (Picture book)
Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone (NF)
Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington (MG)
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (MG)
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so many books to read – I should not have looked at everyones list. Here are a few of mine favorites – they are in no special order!
Hold Fast
Navigating Early
The Center of Everything
Sugar
Laughing at the Moon
The Danger Box
Wonder
The One and Only Ivan
The Great Expected
The Pull of Gravity
Wonder
Because of Mr. Terupt
The Lions of Little Rock
Ender’s Game
Waiting for Magic
Bud, Not Buddy
One for the Murphy’s
The School of Essential Ingredients
The Secret Language of Flowers
I’ve been on an adult book kick this year…although 2 YA titles made my Top 10
The Water is Wide (Conroy)
Little Bee (Cleave)
Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to Gettysburg (Anderson)
The Hare with Amber Eyes (Waal)
Shifu, You’ll do Anything for a Laugh (Yan, Nobel winner)
Homeland (Doctorow)
Decisive (Heath and Heath)
Ocean at the End of the Lane (Gaiman)
A Civil Campaign (Bujold)
Navigating Early
The Center of Everything
Bluebird
P.S. Be Eleven
Shards and Ashes – really hope some of the authors take these beyond short stories
Forgot, Prodigy by Marie Lu and Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo both 2nd books in trilogies.
So far…
Hattie Ever After
One Came Home
Rump
Out of The Easy
The 5th Wave
Every Day After
The Girl From Felony Bay
Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle
Raven Boys
My favorite 2013 books, so far.
The Center of Everything
Doll Bones
The Dark
The Real Boy
The Water Castle
Jinx
A Big Guy Took my Ball
The Watermelon Seed
The Lost Kingdom
That is not a Good Idea
So many to choose from…
Navigating Early
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Eleanor and Park
Divergent
Legend
50 Shades of Gray
Girl of Fire and Thorns
Rot and Ruin
The One and Only Ivan
Thirteen Reasons Why
Here are my picks, in no particular order:
1. The One and Only Ivan
2. One Crazy Summer
3. The Mighty Miss Malone
4. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
5. Becoming Naomi Leon
6. Love That Dog
7. The Tiger Rising
8. Like Bug Juice on a Burger
9. Sophia’s War
10. The Birchbark House
The One and Only Ivan
Three Times Lucky
The Mortal Instruments series (Disclaimer:I’ve only read the first 4 books of the series so far)
2013 titles In no particular order…
Paperboy
Rump
The Water Castle
Far far Away
Genie Wishes
The Center of Everything
Miss Moore thought Otherwise
The Story of Fish and Snail
The Museum
The Runaway King
Just my top 10. that’s tough. So in no particular order, here you go…
Hattie Ever After
Exclamation Mark
Clementine
Jefferson’s Sons
Island: A Story of the Galápagos
Okay for Now
The Lions of Little Rock
Divergent
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Zebra Forest (Fantastic debut novel)
What’s Left of Me (Another fantastic debut novel: YA)
The One And Only Ivan
Nothing Special (YA)
An Abundance of Katherines (YA)
Stupid Perfect World (A YA Novella by Scott Westerfeld)
I Will Save You (YA)
Good Night Construction Site (Picture Book)
That is Not A Good Idea! (Picture Book)
Dog In Charge (Picture Book)
2013 favorites so far….
Zebra Forest by Adina Gerwitz
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Beholding Bee by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger
Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
A Funny Little Bird by Jennifer Yerkes
How To by Julie Morstad
When I wrote about this last month, Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe was my #1. It still is.
Wow! I have been reading through and taking notes. Also realized that I read an older book this year called The Center of Everything, not Linda Urban’s…
I can only add a couple that weren’t already mentioned:
1. Twerp by Mark Goldblatt
2. Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger
3. A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
4. A Reissued ebook – The Night Swimmers, by Betsy Byars
5. Knucklehead by Jon Sciezska (audiobook read by the author is great)
6. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
So many to choose from . . .
Invisibility – David Levithan and Andrea Cremer
The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult
The Testing – Joellen Charbonneau
Here I Go Again – Jen Lancaster
Brain on Fire – Susannah Cahalan
The Whole Stupid Way We Are – N. Griffin
Just One Day – Gayle Forman
The Silver Star – Jeanette Walls
The Originals – Cat Patrick
Six Years – Harlan Coben
My list so far….
The Light Between Oceans- M.L.Stedman
The 5th Wave-Rick Yancey
The Fault In Our Stars-John Green
Fin and Lady-Sarah Crichton
Letters From Skye-Jessica Brockmole
Her Majesty’s Hope- Susan Elia MacNeal (3rd in a series)
These are our favorites so far but we have a lot of reading to do….
Rump, Liesl Shurtliff
The Matchbox Diary, Paul Fleischman
The Boy and the Airplane, Mark Pett
The Story of Fish & Snail, Deborah Freedman
Beloved Bee, Kimberly Newton Fusco
Scary Tales, Home Sweet Horror, James Preller
The Dark, Lemony Snicket
The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt
Fiction and Nonfiction in alphabetical order:
A Little Book of Sloth by Lucy Cooke
Boot & Shoe by Marla Frazee
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen From Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer
Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Cheyette
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
Kel Gilligan’s Daredevil Stunt Show by Michael Buckley
Looking For a Moose by Phyllis Root
Oscar and the Frog: A Book About Growing by Geoff Waring
Zoro Gets an Outfit by Carter Goodrich
I am listing only books published in 2013 (my list would be totally different otherwise)
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Out of the Easy
Game – #2 in I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Requiem – # 3 in Delirium
Just One Day
The Runaway King
The Clockwork Princess
Call the Shots
The Office of Mercy
My favorites so far for 2013
Counting by Sevens by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Bugs in My Hair by David Shannon
Little Santa by Jon Agee
Ribbit by Rodrigo Folguiera
Moonday by Adam Rex
Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O Wilson
Will in Scarlett by Matthew Cody
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko