Hannah's Life of Books: 2016 Edition




I’m going to upgrade the yearly book post this year by including some more elements.  Namely: discussions of appropriate age groups, and which books I recommend for who.
But first, the complete list and their star values:

https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2016/3666825
(Much easier than listing them all!...use the Goodreads)
Five-Stars Books I Read This Year
1.       Catch-22
2.       When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions)
3.       Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? (All the Wrong Questions)
4.       Shouldn’t You Be In School? (All the Wrong Questions)
5.       All the King’s Men
6.       The Ghost Map
7.       Austenland
8.       Doublecrossed: Spies and Thieves
9.       The Crown of Ptolemy
10.   The Neverland Wars
11.   Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
12.   Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children)
13.   Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children)
14.   Man’s Search for Meaning
15.   Frankenstein
16.   Traitor in the Tunnel (The Agency)
17.   The Fairy’s Return (The Princess Tales)
18.   The Infinite Sea (5th Wave)
One-Star Books I Read This Year
1.       Curse of the Ancients (The Infinity Ring)
2.       Reaper’s Legacy (Toxic City)
3.       Contagion (Toxic City)
4.       Songs In Ordinary Time
5.       Heir (Selection)
Series I Began Reading This Year (ones with one sequel not listed)
1.       Toxic City
2.       The Infinity Ring
3.       The Agency
4.       Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
5.       The 5th Wave
6.       Legend
7.       Vivatera
8.       Conspiracy 365
9.       Also Known As
10.   The Neverland Wars
11.   Under the Never Sky
12.   Barsoom
Series I Finished Reading This Year
1.       Fablehaven
2.       Defy
3.       Theodosia Throckmorton
4.       Seven Wonders
5.       The Agency
6.       Under The Never Sky
7.       Toxic City
8.       All The Wrong Questions
9.       The Princess Tales
10.   The Shakespeare Stealer
11.   Legend
12.   Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children
13.   39 Clues Doublecross
Best By Genre
Children’s and Middle Grade: All the Wrong Questions
YA: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Fantasy: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Historical Fiction: The Agency
Mystery: The Agency
Science Fiction: The Infinite Sea (5th Wave)
Non-fiction: Ghost Map
Comics: Avengers Solo: Hawkeye
Romance: Austenland
Humor: Catch-22 (I know it’s so much more than that)
General Fiction: All the King’s Men
Horror: Frankenstein

WORST OF THE YEAR: Either Songs in Ordinary Time or The Toxic City Series
BEST OF THE YEAR: Traitor in the Tunnel (from The Agency Series, but this is a hard choice)

Recommendations out of this year’s books:
Everyone needs to read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.  Sorry.

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