Ah, books. I remember those...I think. So I began logging the books I've read last year and, amazingly, stuck with it this year, too. That's the good news! The bad news is, since having a baby in October, I have read exactly one book (and, cough, I haven't even finished it yet). So when I began tallying this year's booklist I expected it to be much shorter than last year's, which clocked in at 34. But surprise! I hit 33 books this year!

Another interesting thing about this year was the Amazon issue. I mostly read on a Kindle and stopped purchasing ebooks from Amazon in the spring due to their shady activities with publishers. That changed my reading plans quite a bit! So I got a library card and made do, but there are definitely books on this list that might not have otherwise been on it had the Amazon shenanigans not happened.

Anyway, here's the breakdown: 11 Adult titles, 13 Young Adult titles, 5 Middle Grade titles, and 3 nonfiction titles. Here's the full list:

After the Red Rain, Barry Lyga, Peter Facinelli, and Rob DeFranco

Shug, Jenny Han

Counting by 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan

A Snicker of Magic, Natalie Lloyd

Gutbliss, Dr. Robynne Chutkan

The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

We Were Liars, E. Lockhart

Expecting Better, Emily Oster

Blythewood, Carol Goodman

The Last Summer of the Camperdowns, Elizabeth Kelly

Second Chance Summer, Morgan Matson

Likeable Business, Dave Kerpen, Theresa Braun, Valerie Pritchard

Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

Seating Arrangements, Maggie Shipstead

Family Tree series, #2 & #3, Ann M. Martin

Astonish Me, Maggie Shipstead

To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han

The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E Lockhart

Dramarama, E. Lockhart

Confessions of a Not It Girl, Melissa Kantor

Witches of East End sequel, Melissa de la Cruz

[a lot of false starts with library books, which I'm not counting]

The Fever, Megan Abbot

The Vacationers, Emma Straub

Going Bovine, Libba Bray

I Hunt Killers 3: Blood of my Blood, Barry Lyga

Reconstructing Amelia, Kimberly McCreight

Friendship, Emily Gould

The Secret Life of Addison Stone, Adele Griffin

All the Summer Girls, Meg Donohue

Some standouts of the year: The Poisonwood Bible, Astonish Me (I read it twice, back to back, I loved it so much!), The Last Summer of the Camperdowns, and We Were Liars. I was also in love with the Family Tree series (I love Ann M. Martin so hard) and really enjoyed the Veronica Mars book, too. And, a big shout out to Expecting Better by Emily Oster for helping me survive pregnancy.

Anyway. I miss reading. Someday, I'll do it again!