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1 = Ugh, why did I bother?
5 = Wasn't a waste of time, but blah.
10 = Absolutely wonderful.

January
Once Upon a Day by Lisa Tucker (BookRing) 5
The Day I Turned Uncool by Dan Zevin 8
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (BookRing) 9

February
Tales From the Scale by Erin J. Shea 8
Kiss by Polly Clark (BookRing) 8

March
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie (BookRing) 9
Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel 10

April
He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo 8
Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami (BookRing) 10
The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes 9
Single Woman of a Certain Age by Jane Ganahl 8
A Woman's Guide to a Simpler Life by Andrea Van Steenhouse 7
The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James & Russell Friedman 7
The House of Paper by Carlos Mar�a Dom�nguez 10

May
Children of Pithiviers by Sheila Kohler 9
The Black Violin by Maxence Fermine 7
Used and Rare by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone 10
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 8
Warmly Inscribed by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone 10

June
Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willett (BookRing) 9

July
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (BookRing) 8
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (BookRing) 8
Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas 8
Little Children by Tom Perrotta 10

August
My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum 8
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell 10
Tumble Home by Amy Hempel 10
Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia by Mark Salzman 8

September
The Half-Mammals of Dixie by George Singleton 9
Shadow Of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska (BookRing) 7
An Egg On Three Sticks by Jackie Moyer Fischer 10
Comfort Me With Apples by Ruth Reichl 10
It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville (BookRing) 8

October
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen (BookRing) 4

November
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (BookRing) 8
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (BookRing) 10

December