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What I Read in 2013

Best book of 2013: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Overall favorite fiction book of 2013: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Overall favorite nonfiction book of 2013: Wild by Cheryl Strayed

my favorite reads


FIVE-STAR READS

  • Wild by Cheryl Strayed
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann
  • Flashpoint by Suzanne Brockmann
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Hot Target by Suzanne Brockmann
  • Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
  • Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
  • Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
  • Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
  • Adulting by Kelly Williams Brown
  • Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
  • Painted Hands by Jennifer Zobair
  • My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
  • Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockmann
  • The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
  • All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann
  • Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
  • Tempted Into Danger by Melissa Cutler
  • Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann

FOUR-STAR READS

  • Three Girls and a Baby by Rachel Schurig
  • A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
  • Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey
  • Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers
  • Abby Road by Ophelia London
  • The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  • Love Irresistibly by Julie James
  • Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann
  • Into the Storm by Suzanne Brockmann
  • The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte
  • The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner
  • Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
  • Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
  • Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery
  • The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
  • Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
  • 7 by Jen Hatmaker
  • Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
  • Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton
  • The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
  • Good Girls Don’t by Victoria Dahl
  • Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl
  • The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
  • Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
  • Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
  • Baby-Sitters on Board! by Ann M. Martin
  • Someone’s Baby by Dani Sinclair
  • These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen
  • My Wicked Lies by Victoria Alexander
  • Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
  • On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah

THREE-STAR READS

  • Married by Midnight by Julianne MacLean
  • Putting Boys on the Ledge by Stephie Davis
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
  • Worth the Scandal by Karen Erickson
  • Perfect For You by Kate Perry
  • Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
  • Cowboy’s Texas Rescue by Beth Cornelison
  • This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
  • In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
  • Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
  • The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri
  • Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  • Dr. Bodyguard by Jessica Andersen
  • When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak
  • I Got You, Babe by Jane Graves
  • Unwrapping Mr. Wright by Michele Dunaway
  • Paper Towns by John Green
  • The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
  • Crazy for Love by Victoria Dahl
  • A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
  • Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
  • Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey
  • The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
  • Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins
  • The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani

TWO-STAR READS

  • Always the Baker, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
  • The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin
  • That Summer by Sarah Dessen
  • Makeover Miracle by Charmaine Ross
  • A Mile in my Flip-Flops by Melody Carlson
  • Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
  • Alias Mommy by Linda O. Johnston
  • Perfect Partners by Karen Drogin
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
  • Texas Hero by Merline Lovelace
  • Land of My Heart by Tracie Peterson
  • Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
  • Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
  • Cowboy Comes Back by Jeannie Watt
  • The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
  • Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
  • Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
  • Single by Judy Ford
  • Save As Draft by Cavanaugh Lee

ONE-STAR READS

  • Midnight Secrets by Ella Grace

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Hi, I'm Stephany! (She/her) I'm a 30-something single lady, living in Florida. I am a major bookworm, cat mom, podcast fiend, and aspiring novelist. I identify as an Enneagram 9, an introvert, and a Highly Sensitive Person. On this blog, you will find stories about my life, book reviews, travel experiences, and more. Welcome!

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