Jan 2017 Goals this year. Hm. (didn't write anything. no desire to editorialize today)
Jan (21)
Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet - juv
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance -A
The First-Time Manager: Fifth Ed. by Belker and Topchik - A
75 Ways for Managers to Hire, Develop and Keep Great Employees by Paul Falcone - A
Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning by Bell - A
Manager 3.0: A Millennial's Guide to Rewriting the Rules of Management by Karsh - A
The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard - A
Simply Managing by Mintzberg - A
Truevine: Two Brothers, a kidnapping, and by Beth Macy - A
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham - A, YA
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner - A, YA
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - A
Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster Stronger Runner with the revolutionary FIRST training program by Pierce, Murr, Moss
Something New: Tales of a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley -GN
The Friendship Riddle by Megan Frasier Blakemore - A, juv
Talking as Fast as I can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and everything in between by Lauren Graham - A
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierly -A
The Girl with the Lowerback Tattoo by Amy Schumer -A
The Tresspasser by Tana French - A
The Vegetarian: a novel by Kang Han - A
When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - A
Version Control: A Novel by Dexter Palmer - A
Feb (12)
Rising Strong by Brene Brown - A
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie Sue Hitchcock - A, YA
Story Thieves by James Riley - A, juv
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth - A
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly - A
Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart - A, ya
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon -A, YA
Into White by Randi Pink - A, ya
The Course of Love by Alain DeBotton - A
Super Sushi Ramen Express by Michael Booth - A
Between Breaths by Elizabeth Vargas - A
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett - A
March (12)
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the search for identity by Andrew Solomon - A
The Subtle Art of not giving a f*ck: A Counterintuitive approach to living a good life by Mark Manson
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - A
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - A
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond - A
The Next by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney - A, juv
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing - A
Moo by Sharon Creech -A, juv
Being Jazz: My Life as a Transgender Teen by Jazz Jennings - A, YA
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters - A
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer - A, juv
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle - A, ya
Red Queen by Aveyard
April (14)
Steelheart by Sanderson - A, YA
Ten Days a Madwoman by Noyes - juv
Fish Girl by Donna Jo Napoli - GN
Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence - GN
American Street by Ibi Zoboi - A
The Power of Habit: Why We Do what we do in Life and in Business by Charles Duhigg - A
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin - A
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness- A
Socks by Beverly Cleary - A, juv
My Name is Not Friday by John Walter - A, juv
Swing Time by Zadie Smith - A
Island of Dr. Libris by Grabenstein - A, juv
Smek for President by Adam Rex - A, juv
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan - A
May (14)
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan - A
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - A
Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright side can transform your life by Janice Kaplan - A
Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen - Gn
Ballerina Body by Misty Copeland
Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp - GN
Poached by Stuart Gibbs - A, juv
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver - A
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne - A, juv
The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne - A, juv
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck - A, juv
The Warden's Daughter by Spinelli - A, juv
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and other scary things - A, juv
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and other natural disasters - A, juv
June (7)
The Circle by Dave Eggers - A
The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares - A
Full of Beans by Jennifer Holm - A, juv
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - A, ya
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani - A
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott - A
Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley - A
July (8)
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - A
You Don't Have to Say you Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie - A
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick - A, ya
The Reluctant Assasin W.A.R.P. Book 1 by Eoin Colfer - A, juv
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett - A, juv
Everything that Rises must Converge by Flannery O'Conner - A
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century by Snyder - A
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki - A
August (11)
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald - A
Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly - A, juv
Brave by Svetlana Chmakova - GN
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld - A
See you in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng - A, juv
Modern Brides and Modern Grooms by Mark O'Connell
*We are Okay by Nina Lacour- A
Wedding Readings: Centuries of Writing and Rituals on Love and Marriage by Munro
Sacred Threshold: Rituals and Readings for a wedding with Spirit by Nelson
Hunger: A Memoir of my Body by Roxanne Gay - A
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs - A
September (8)
The Private Patient by P.D. James - A
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - A
The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the power of... by Melissa Fay Greene - A
Posted by John David Anderson - juv, A
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indians by Steve Sheinkin - juv, A
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal - A
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore - ya, A
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert -A
The Buried Giant by Ishiguro (started, QUIT.)
October (12)
Everything I have Never Told You by Celeste Ng -ya
The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives by Jesse Eisinger - A
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older - ya, a
One Kick: A Novel by Chelsea Cain - a
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams Garcia - juv, a
Don't Tell Me You're Afraid: A Novel by Giuseppe Catozzella - a
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - juv, a
When the Sea turned to Silver by Grace Lin - juv, a
The Secrets of Solace by Jaleigh Johnson - juv, a
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers - a
Diary of a Mad Brownie by Bruce Coville - juv, a
A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman - juv, a
November (13)
The Children of Men by P.D. James -a
My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville - juv, a
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben -a
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart - ya, a
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder - juv, a
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green -ya, a
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor -a
Happiness by Thich Nhat Hanh - a
We were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates - a
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins - a, ya
Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh - a
Peace: a novel by Richard Bausch - a
UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids succeed in our All About me World by Michele Borba - a
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - a
December (17)
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers - a
I am not your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Sanchez - a, ya
Long Way Down by Reynolds - a, ya
Patina by Reynolds - a, juv
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Uwiringiyimana - a, ya
We are Never Meeting in Real life by Irby - a
Refugee by Alan Gratz - a, juv
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini -a
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Turkle -a
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyes -a, juv
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck - a, juv
Wishtree by Applegate - a, juv
Seizure by Kathy Reichs - a, ya
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai -a
American Pain: How a Young Felon and His...by John Temple -a
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - a
Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley -a
149
