[public] the book post, 2006

Apr 03, 2006 12:01

The grading system is pretty straightforward. A is the best, F is the worst. "Crack" refers to any book that I read purely as a distraction and cannot think of on the same level as the others and thus grade as I grade them.


1. Ninth Key by Meg Cabot (crack)
2. Reunion by Meg Cabot (crack)
3. Darkest Hour by Meg Cabot (crack)
4. Haunted by Meg Cabot (crack)
5. Twilight by Meg Cabot (crack)
6. Violet & Claire by Francesca Lia Block (A)
7. Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block (A)
8. Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block (B)
9. I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block (B+)
10. Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney (A)*
11. Out of Time by Caroline B. Cooney (A)*
12. Prisoner of Time by Caroline B. Cooney (A)*
13. For All Time by Caroline B. Cooney (A)
14. Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen (B)*
15. Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffrey (B-)
16. Shopgirl: a Novella by Steve Martin (B+)
17. The Nanny Diaries by Emma LcLaughlin and Nicola Krauss (B+)
18. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (A-)
19. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier (A-)
20. Angels in Pink: Kathleen's Story by Lurlene McDaniel (B+)
21. Angels in Pink: Raina's Story by Lurlene McDaniel (B+)
22. I've Got a Secret by Francine Pascal (crack)
23. If You Only Knew by Francine Pascal (crack)
24. Your Basic Nightmare by Francine Pascal (crack)
25. Boy Meets Girl by Francine Pascal (crack)
26. Maria Who? by Francine Pascal (crack)
27. The One That Got Away by Francine Pascal (crack)
28. Broken Angel by Francine Pascal (crack)
29. Take Me On by Francine Pascal (crack)
30. Bad Girl by Francine Pascal (crack)
31. In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner (A)
32. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (B)
33. Bridge to Terabithia by Katerine Paterson (A)
34. Regarding the Sink by Kate Klise (A)
35. Regarding the Trees by Kate Klise (A)
36. Surviving Sam by Karen Rivers (A)
37. Election by Tom Perrotta (A-)
38. The Witness by Dee Henderson (A)
39. The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer (A)
40. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (A)
41. Take Joy: The Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft by Jane Yolen (A)
42. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (A)
43. That Summer by Sarah Dessen (A-)
44. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (A-)
45. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (B+)
46. Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville (A-)
47. Leap Day by Wendy Mass (B)
48. Half Magic by Edward Eager (B+)
49. All About Love by Francine Pascal (crack)
50. Split Decision by Francine Pascal (crack)
51. On My Own by Francine Pascal (crack)
52. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (A)
53. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (A)
54. The Queen of Everything by Deb Caletti (A-)
55. Plague Maker by Tim Downs (A)
56. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (B+)
57. The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer (B+)
58. Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America by Dyan Sheldon (B)
59. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen (A)
60. Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson (B+)
61. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (A)
62. The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian (A)
63. Vote for Larry by Janet Tashjian (A)
64. Middlesex: a Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides (A)
65. Anyone But You by Lara M. Zeises (A-)
66. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt (B)
67. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (B+)
68. Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas (A-)
69. Looking For Alaska by John Greene (A-)
70. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (A)
71. A Home At the End of the World by Michael Cunningham (A)
72. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin (B+)
73. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (A/A-)
74. The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan (A)
75. If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson (B+)
76. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (A)
77. Are We There Yet? by David Levithan (A/A-)
78. The Year of Secret Assignments* by Jaclyn Moriarty (A)
79. Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay (A)
80. Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay (A)
81. Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay (A)
82. Heavy Metal and You by Chris Krovatin (A/A-)
83. Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier (A-)
84. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (A-)
85. Caddy Ever After by Hilary McKay (A)
86. The Hook-Up Artist by Tucker Shaw (B)
87. Wait for Me by An Na (A)
88. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (A)
89. The End by Lemony Snicket (A)
90. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (A/A-)
91. Wide Awake by David Levithan (B+/B)
92. Valperga by Mary Shelley (school)
93. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (school)
94. Poor Mouth by Flann O'Brien (school)
95. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (school)
96. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (school)
97. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (school)
98. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (school)
99. Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ato Aidoo
100. The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen (school)
101. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (A)*

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