For 2015, my goal is going to be 80 “new to me” novels.
I already have 24 of these titles picked out – they are on my Must Read in 2015 List.
For my own future reference, books will be rated on a 5 star system.
Abbreviations: EC: Early Chapter GN: Graphic Novel MG: Middle Grade YA: Young Adult A: Adult
#1 Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King (YA)
Date Read: January 3rd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#2 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith (YA)
Date Read: January 6th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#3 How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied by Jess Keating (MG)
Date Read: January 11h, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#4 Going Over by Beth Kephart (YA)
Date Read: January 17th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#5 The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson (YA)
Date Read: January 25th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#6 The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (MG/YA)
Date Read: February 1st, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#7 The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy (MG)
Date Read: February 8th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#8 Girls Like Us by Gail Giles (YA)
Date Read: February 9th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#9 The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (YA)
Date Read: March 2nd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#10 How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon (YA)
Date Read: March 8th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#11 When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds (YA)
Date Read: March 11th, 2015 Rating: 5/5 stars
#12 Arcady’s Goal by Eugene Yelchin (MG)
Date Read: March 12th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#13 Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (MG)
Date Read: March 14th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#14 Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell (MG)
Date Read: March 18th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#15 All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (YA)
Date Read: March 29th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#16 We Were Here by Matt de la Peña (YA)
Date Read: April 3rd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#17 The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern (MG)
Date Read: April 7th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#18 Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (YA)
Date Read: April 12th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#19 Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lai (MG)
Date Read: April 19th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#20 Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (YA)
Date Read: April 25th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#21 The Truth about Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh (MG)
Date Read: May 3rd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#22 Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard (MG)
Date Read: May 5th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#23 The Shadowhand Covenant by Brian Farrey (MG)
Date Read: May 11th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#24 Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan (MG)
Date Read: May 16h, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#25 Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson (MG)
Date Read: May 17th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#26 Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke (GN)
Date Read: May 19th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#27 Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin (MG)
Date Read: May 24th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#28 Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly (MG)
Date Read: May 31st, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#29 Son of a Gun by Anne de Graaf (YA)
Date Read: June 7th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#30 Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles (MG)
Date Read: June 14th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#31 Jack by Liesl Shurliff (MG)
Date Read: June 24th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#32 Call Me By My Name by John Ed Bradley (YA)
Date Read: June 30th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#33 Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (MG)
Date Read: July 1st, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#34 The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall (MG)
Date Read: July 3rd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#35 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (A)
Date Read: July 4th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#36 One Thing Stolen by Beth Kephart (YA)
Date Read: July 5th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#37 The Paper Cowboy by Kristin Levine (MG)
Date Read: July 8th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#38 Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (MG)
Date Read: July 12th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#39 The Great Good Summer by Liz Garton Scanlon (MG)
Date Read: July 18th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#40 Phoebe and her Unicorn by Dana Simpson (GN)
Date Read: July 24th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#41 A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (MG)
Date Read: July 26th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#42 Ruby on the Outside by Nora Raleigh Baskin (MG)
Date Read: July 28th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#43 Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (YA)
Date Read: July 29th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#44 None of the Above by I.W. Gregario (YA)
Date Read: August 1st, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#45 George by Alex Gino (MG)
Date Read: August 6th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#46 A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (MG)
Date Read: August 9th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#47 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)
Date Read: August 14th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#48 Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (YA)
Date Read: August 23rd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#49 Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave by Jen White (MG)
Date Read: August 25th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#50 Death by Toilet Paper by Donna Gephart (MG)
Date Read: August 27th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#51 The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (YA)
Date Read: August 30th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#52 The Queen of Water by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango (YA)
Date Read: September 5th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#53 Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles (YA)
Date Read: September 13th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#54 Hilo: The Boy who Crashed to the Earth by Judd Winick (GN)
Date Read: September 20th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#55 The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens (A / YA)
Date Read: September 27th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#56 Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (A)
Date Read: October 10th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#57 Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed (YA)
Date Read: October 12th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#58 Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (YA)
Date Read: October 24th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#59 I’ll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan (YA)
Date Read: October 31st, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#60 Just Call My Name by Holly Goldberg Sloan (YA)
Date Read: November 1st, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#61 The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty (A)
Date Read: November 15th, 2015 Rating : 3/5 stars
#62 Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt (YA)
Date Read: November 22nd, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#63 Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (MG)
Date Read: December 5th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#64 The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall (MG)
Date Read: December 13 th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#65 The True Blue Scouts of SugarMan Swamp by Kathy Appelt (MG)
Date Read: December 21st, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#66 Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper (MG)
Date Read: December 24th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#67 Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky (MG)
Date Read: December 25th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#68 The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart (MG)
Date Read: December 26th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#69 The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (MG)
Date Read: December 27th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
#70 This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki (GN)
Date Read: December 27th, 2015 Rating : 4/5 stars
#71 The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell (MG)
Date Read: December 29th, 2015 Rating : 5/5 stars
There's a Book for That 