Books Read in 2016: A Recap of My Reading Challenge #amreading #bookreport

This year, I decided that for my reading challenge, I’d do an A to Z challenge. You can see how I came up with it here. (As for the other part of my challenge with the books for my grad school reading group, it petered out about halfway through the six-month list of books.)

Now that the year is over, here’s what I read in 2016. The link on each title will go to Goodreads in a new tab. (See my star ratings matrix here.)

Austen, Jane — Persuasion [Annual Austen | 5 stars]

Also Read:
• Alexander, Victoria — Secrets of a Proper Lady (Last Man Standing, #3) [Historical Romance, Regency | 1 star/DNF]
• Abercrombie, Joe — “Some Desperado” (Anthology: Dangerous Women) [Short Story, Historical Fiction | 3 stars]
• Abbott, Megan — “My Heart Is Either Broken” (Anthology: Dangerous Women) [Short Story, Contemporary Mystery | 3 stars]

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Balogh, Mary — Only Beloved (The Survivors’ Club, #7) [Historical Romance, Regency | 4 stars]

Also Read:
• Banks, Maya — In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy, #1) [Historical Romance, Medieval | 2.5 stars]

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Cather, Willa — O Pioneers! [Historical Fiction, Classic American Lit | 4 stars]

Also Read:
• Cleary, Beverly — The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection [Classic Children’s Lit | 4 stars]

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Doescher, Ian — William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope [Star Wars | 5 stars]

Also Read:
• Dickens, Charles — Bleak House [Classic British Lit | 4 stars]

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Evanovich, Janet — Wife for Hire (Elsie Hawkins #3) [Contemporary Romance | 3.5 stars]

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Forester, C. S. — Hornblower During the Crisis (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #4) [Historical Fiction, Georgian/Napoleonic | 5 stars]

Also Read:
• Featherstone, Charlotte — Seduction & Scandal (The Brethren Guardians, #1) [Historical Romance, Victorian | 4.25 stars]
• Foster, Alan Dean — The Force Awakens [Star Wars movie novelization | 4 stars]

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Gray, Claudia — Star Wars: Bloodline [Star Wars | 4 stars]

Also Read:
• Gaskell, Elizabeth — North and South [Classic British Literature | 3 stars]
• Gregory, Philippa — The Boleyn Inheritance [Historical Fiction, Tudor Era | 4.5 stars]

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Harrison, Audrey — The Captain’s Wallflower [Historical Romance, Regency | 2.5 stars]

Also Read:
• Hedlund, Jody — Out of the Storm (Beacons of Hope #0.5) [Historical Inspy Romance, American 19th Century | 3 stars]
• Hunter, Elizabeth — “A Very Proper Monster” (Duology: Beneath a Waning Moon) [Historical Paranormal Romance, Victorian | 3.75 stars]
• Hunter, Kristi Ann — A Noble Masquerade (Hawthorne House, #1) [Historical Inspy Romance, Regency | 3.5 stars]

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Ireland, Liz — Trouble in Paradise [Historical Romance, American 19th Century | 3 stars]

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Johnson, Liz — The Red Door Inn (Prince Edward Island Dreams, #1) [Contemporary Inspy Romance | 4.5 stars]

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Keene, Carolyn — The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew: #1) [Young Adult, Mystery | 4 stars]

Also Read:
• Kenyon, Sherrilyn — Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, #1) [Paranormal Romance | 1 star/DNF]

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Lorret, Vivienne — Tempting Mr. Weatherstone (Wallflower Weddings, #0.5) [Historical Romance, Regency | 4 stars]

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McCullough, David — 1776 [Nonfiction, American Revolution | 4 stars]

Also Read:
• Marlowe, Mia — The Curse of Lord Stanstead (The Order of the MUSE, #1) [Paranormal Historical Romance, Regency | 4 stars]
• McMillan, Rachel — A Singular and Whimsical Problem (Herringford and Watts Mysteries #0.5) [Historical Mystery, Edwardian | 3.75 stars]

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Novik, Naomi — Uprooted [Young Adult Fantasy | 3 stars]

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Oliveira, Robin — My Name is Mary Sutter [Historical Fiction, American Civil War | 2 stars]

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Phillips, Susan Elizabeth — Nobody’s Baby But Mine (Chicago Stars, #3) [Contemporary Romance | 1 star/DNF]

Also Read:
• Petersen, Jenna — From London With Love (Lady Spies, #1) [Historical Romance, Regency | 2 stars]

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Quinn, Spencer — Dog on It (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1) [Humorous Mystery | 4.25 stars]

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Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [Young Adult Fantasy | 4 stars]

Also Read:
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [Young Adult Fantasy | 4 stars]
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Young Adult Fantasy | 4.5 stars]
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [Young Adult Fantasy | 5 stars]
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [Young Adult Fantasy | 4 stars]
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [Young Adult Fantasy | 4 stars]
• Rowling, J. K. — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Young Adult Fantasy | 5 stars]

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St. James, Simone — The Other Side of Midnight [Historical Paranormal Romance, 1920s | 4.25 stars]

Also Read:
• Schiff, Stacy — The Witches: Salem, 1692 [Nonfiction, American 17th Century | 1 star/DNF]
• Stiefvater, Maggie — The Scorpio Races [Young Adult Historical(?) Fantasy | 2 stars]

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Thomas, Sherry — The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy, #1) [Young Adult Historical Fantasy, Victorian | 4.25 stars]

Also Read:
• Toler, Pamela D. — Heroines of Mercy Street [Nonfiction, American Civil War | 4 stars]

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Ulrich, Lucie — Diamonds Or Donuts [Contemporary Sweet Romance | 3.25 stars]

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Vatsal, Radha — A Front Page Affair (Kitty Weeks Mystery, #1) [Historical Mystery, 1910s New York | 3.75 stars]

Also Read:
• Valentin, Barbara — False Start (Assignment: Romance, #1) [Contemporary Romance | 1 star/DNF]

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Wilder, Laura Ingalls — Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (Pamela Smith Hill, Ed.) [Nonfiction/Memoir, American 19th Century | 5 stars]
‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography’ | Review Part 1
‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography’ | Review Part 2
‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography’ | Review Part 3

Also Read:
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — Little House in the Big Woods [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 4 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — Little House on the Prairie [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 4 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — On the Banks of Plum Creek [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 4.5 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — By the Shores of Silver Lake [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 4 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — The Long Winter [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 4 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — Little Town on the Prairie [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 4.5 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — These Happy Golden Years [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 5 stars]
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls — The First Four Years [Children’s/YA Historical Fiction, American 19th Century | 3 stars]
• Weir, Alison — The Six Wives of Henry VIII [Nonfiction, Tudor Era | 4 stars]
• Weir, Alison — Innocent Traitor [Historical Fiction, Tudor Era | 4 stars]
• Wendell, Sarah and Candy Tan — Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels [Nonfiction, Literary Criticism | 3 stars]

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Yankovic, Al — My New Teacher and Me! (audiobook read by the author) [Children’s Book | 4.5 stars]

Also Read:
• Yankovic, Al — When I Grow Up (audiobook read by the author) [Children’s Book | 4.5 stars]

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Zarr, Sara and Tara Altebrando– Roomies [Young/New Adult | 3.5 stars]