1. "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ****4/5 stars****
2013: (25 books challenge)
1. “Yotsuba&! vol. 8” by Kiyohiko Azuma ***3/5 stars***
2. “Hush” by Jaqueline Woodson ****4/5 stars****
3. “Mara” by Richard Denney **2/5 stars**
4. “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson ****4/5 stars****
5. “Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores” by Jen Campbell ****4/5 stars****
6. “Yotsuba&!” vol. 9 by Kiyohiko Azuma ****4/5 stars****
7. “Diary of Ma Yan” by Ma Yan ****4/5 stars****
8. “Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook” by Ellen Potter and Anne Mazer ****4/5 stars****
9. “Purity” by Jackson Pearce **2/5 stars**
10. “Yotsuba&! vol. 10” by Kiyohiko Azuma ****4/5 stars****
11. “Scars” by Cheryl Rainfield ****4/5 stars****
12. “No Plot? No Problem!” by Chris Baty ***3/5 stars***
13. “Nightlight: A Parody” by the Harvard Lampoon ***3/5 stars***
14. “Storm Catchers” by Tim Bowler *1/5 stars*
15. “By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead” by Julie Anne Peters ***3/5 stars***
16. “Death Note: vol. 1” by Tsugumi Ohba ****4/5 stars****
17. “Keep Sweet” by Michele Dominguez Greene *****5/5 stars*****
18. “Wake” by Lisa McMann *1/5 stars*
19. “Hex Hall book 1: Hex Hall” by Rachel Hawkins *****5/5 stars*****
20. “Yotsuba&! vol. 11” by Kiyohiko Azuma ***3/5 stars***
21. “The Boy From the Basement” by Susan Shaw *****5/5 stars*****
22. “Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust” by Elly Berkovitz Gross ***3/5 stars***
23. “Toradora! vol. 1” by Yuyuko Takemiya ***3/5 stars***
2012: (25 books challenge)
1. “Among the Ghosts” by Amber Benson ***3/5 stars***
2. “Shelf Life: Stories by the Book” by Gary Paulsen ****4/5 stars****
3. “Yotsuba&! vol. 2” by Kiyohiko Azuma ****4/5 stars****
4. “Story of a Girl” by Sara Zarr ***3/5 stars***
5. “Yotsuba&! vol. 3” by Kiyohiko Azuma *****5/5 stars*****
6. “Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary” by Ruud van der Rol *****5/5 stars*****
7. “Azumanga Daioh vol. 2” by Kiyohiko Azuma ****4/5 stars****
8. “The Dark Hills Divide” by Patrick Carman *****5/5 stars*****
9. “Yotsuba&! vol. 4” by Kiyohiko Azuma ****4/5 stars****
10. “Yotsuba&! vol. 5” by kiyohiko Azuma *****5/5 stars*****
11. “Yotsuba&! vol. 6” by Kiyohiko Azuma *****5/5 stars*****
12. “As You Wish” by Jackson Pearce ****4/5 stars****
13. “The Forest of Hands and Teeth” by Carrie Ryan ****4/5 stars****
14. “Yotsuba&! vol. 7” by Kiyohiko Azuma ***3/5 stars***
2011: (50 books challenge)
1. “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver *****5/5 stars*****
2. “Calling on Dragons” by Patricia C. Wrede ***3/5 stars***
3. “Frozen Fire” by Tim Bowler ****4/5 stars****
4. “Breathing In, Breathing Out: Keeping a Writer’s Notebook” by Ralph Fletcher *****5/5 stars*****
5. “Warriors: Into the Wild” by Erin Hunter ***3/5 stars***
6. “Circle of Magic 2: Tris’ Book” by Tamora Pierce ***3/5 stars***
7. “Geography Club” by Brent Hartinger ***3/5 stars***
8. “Book of a Thousand Days” by Shannon Hale *****5/5 stars*****
9. “The Witch Family” by Eleanor Estes ****4/5 stars****
10. “The White Witch” by Janet Graber ***3/5 stars***
11. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” by J.K. Rowling **2/5 stars**
12. “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford ****4/5 stars****
13. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs ****4/5 stars****
14. “Emily the Strange: The Lost Days” by Rob Reger ***3/5 stars***
15. “How Writers Work” by Ralph Fletcher ****4/5 stars****
16. “Matilda” by Roald Dahl *1/5 stars*
17. “A Writer’s Notebook” by Ralph Fletcher ****4/5 stars****
18. “Borrowed Light” by Anna Fienberg *****5/5 stars*****
19. “Short and Shivery” by San Souci **2/5 stars**
20. “Azumanga Daioh vol. 1” by Kiyohiko Azuma ***3/5 stars***
21. “W.I.T.C.H. Graphic Novel 1” by Godwin Parke ***3/5 stars***
22. “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman ****4/5 stars****
23. “Yotsuba&! vol. 1” by Kiyohiko Azuma *****5/5 stars*****
24. “The Madman: His Parables and Poems” by Kahlil Gibran ****4/5 stars****
25. “The Luckiest Girl in the World” by Steven Levenkron *****5/5 stars*****
2010: (24 books challenge)
1. “Wintergirls” by Laurie Halse Anderson *****5/5 stars*****
2. “Keeping You a Secret” by Julie Ann Peters ****4/5 stars****
3. “Dealing With Dragons” by Patricia C. Wrede *****5/5 stars*****
4. “The Color of My Words” by Lynn Joseph ****4/5 stars****
5. “Searching For Dragons” by Patricia C. Wrede ****4/5 stars****
6. “Homeless Bird” by Gloria Whelan *****5/5 stars*****
7. “The Summer of the War” by Gloria Whelan ***3/5 stars***
8. “Tales of Beedle to Bard” by J.K. Rowling *****5/5 stars*****
9. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling *****5/5 stars*****
10. “Lily’s Ghosts” by Laura Ruby ***3/5 stars***
11. “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling *****5/5 stars*****
12. “Winter” by John Marsden ***3/5 stars***
13. “Night Train” by Judith Clarke ***3/5 stars***
14. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling ***3/5 stars***
15. “The Goose Girl” by Shannon Hale *****5/5 stars*****
2009: (24 books challenge)
1. "Go Ask Alice" by Anonymous ****4/5 stars****
2. "Dreamland" by Sarah Dessen *****5/5 stars*****
3. "Define 'Normal'" by Julie Anne Peters ***3/5 stars***
4. "Let the Right One In" by John Ajvide Lindsvist ****4/5 stars****
5. "Prayers for Bobby" by Leroy Aarons ***3/5 stars***
6. "Rainbow Boys" by Alex Sanchez **2/5 stars**
7. "The Me Nobody Knew" by Shannon McLinden ***3/5 stars***
8. "Jade Green" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ***3/5 stars***
9. "Circle of Magic 1: Sandry's Book" by Tamora Pierce *****5/5 stars*****
10. "Breathing Underwater" by Alex Flinn **2/5 stars**
11. "Cut" by Patricia McCormick ****4/5 stars****
12. "Luna" by Julie Anne Peters *****5/5 stars*****
