Diversity is the goal for this year’s reading list. Namely, more by women and peoples of color. Fairy tales, mythic fiction, and magical realism will be the primary genres on which I focus. However, there will be, without a doubt, on-the-fly selections, most likely new releases. Review policy.
My challenge for 2016 is 100 books.
Fiction: 114 | Non-Fiction: 28 | Total: 142
January 2016
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (illust. ed.) by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Not One Damsel in Distress by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Serpent Slayer by Katrin Tchana [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters by Kathleen Ragan [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Golden Dreams by Ruth Sanderson [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Once Upon a Cloud by Claire Keane [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Mitten: An Old Ukrainian Folktale by Alvin Tresselt [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Mitten by Jan Brett [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine by Barbara J. Suwyn [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Ukrainian Folk Tales: Tales about Animals by Y. Rachov [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
February 2016
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
- I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography by Nina Simone [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan by Rafia Zakaria [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe [About | Reader’s Guide | My Review] 5 stars
- Weird Girl and What’s His Name by Meagan Brothers [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Laurie Lamson [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
March 2016
- My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell [About | My Review] DNF
- Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights by Jerome Pohlen [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Cinderella Six Feet Under by Maia Chance [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Where Futures End by Parker Peevyhouse [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
- Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips [About | My Review] 4 stars
April 2016
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Gods of HP Lovecraft edited by Aaron J. French [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
May 2016
- Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Burn by Elissa Sussman [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About… before it’s too late by Laura Barcella [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Burning by Danielle Rollins [About | My Review] 2 stars
- Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland by Jon Scieszka [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Fellside by M.R. Carey [About | My Review] DNF
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Fireman by Joe Hill [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
June 2016
- Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Halfway Down The Stairs by Gary A. Braunbeck [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Detained and Deported by Margaret Regan [About | My Review] 4 stars
July 2016
- How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman [About | My Review] 5 stars
- A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen by Jack Bishop [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
August 2016
- Microshelters by Derek Diedricksen [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Tiny House Living by Ryan Mitchell [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Humble Homes, Simple Shacks… by Derek Diedricksen [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
- Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Backyard Sheds & Tiny Houses by Jay Shafer [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Micro Green: Tiny Houses in Nature by Mimi Zeiger [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
- Girl & Flame by Melissa Reddish [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Tiny Houses in the City by Mimi Zeiger [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Golden Key by George MacDonald (illus. by Ruth Sanderson) [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Tiny Houses Built with Recycle Materials by Ryan Mitchell [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Tiny Homes Simple Shelter by Lloyd Kahn [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Opal by Kristina Wojtaszek [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Kingdom of Ashes by Rhiannon Thomas [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Possum Living by Dolly Freed [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones [About | My Review] 4 stars
September 2016
- Room by Emma Donoghue [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Red Queen by Christina Henry [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Beyond the Glass Slipper by Kate Wolford [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The 13 Clocks by James Thurber [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman [About | My Review] 1 star
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Into the Forest by Jean Hegland [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Tiny Houses by Mimi Zeiger [About | My Review] 2 stars
- A Woggle Of Witches by Adrienne Adams [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Heartless Troll by Oyvind Torseter [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Except the Queen by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- This Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4 stars
- Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4.5 stars
- Club Dead by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4.5 stars
October 2016
- Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
- Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3.5 stars
- Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4 stars
- All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3.5 stars
- From Dead To Worse by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3.5 stars
- Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3 stars
- Roses and Rot by Kat Howard [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Scary Godmother: Omnibus by Jill Thompson [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Magic by William Goldman [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Animal Hour by Andrew Klavan [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Quiet Neighbors by Catriona McPherson [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Manse by Lisa W Cantrell [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
November 2016
- My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons [About | My Review] 3 stars
- And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich [About | My Review] 2 stars
- Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life by Jack Santino [About | My Review] 3 stars
- A Hallowe’en Anthology by Lisa Morton [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury [About | My Review] re-read 4 stars
- Celtic Tales by various (illus. by Kate Forrester) [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Halloween Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. by Lisa Morton [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Half-Minute Horrors edited by Susan Rich [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Doorway and the Deep by K. E. Ormsbee [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Weaver by Emmi Itäranta [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales edited by Parisien and Wolfe [About | My Review] 4 stars
December 2016
- Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Fairy Tale Christmas by Michael McLean, Scott McLean [About | My Review] 3 stars
- They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Bone Swans by C.S.E. Cooney [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Eva Luna by Isabel Allende [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll [About | My Review] 4 stars
- A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq by Elizabeth Laird [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Weaving of a Dream by Marilee Heyer [About | My Review] 4 stars
Last Updated: 12/31/2016