Books Read in 2017

Diane's rating system:

Here is my approximate rating of books I have read or abandoned part way. Whenever I juxtapose items on a list like this I begin to second guess myself and question if the rating is valid on a relative scale. Since my reading tastes are eclectic, I am comparing apples with oranges, fiction with non-fiction, romance with thriller, so relativity on a consistency scale goes out the window.

☆☆☆☆☆          I probably did not even did not finish it
★☆☆☆☆      Awful but I read most or maybe even all of it
★★☆☆☆      Ok, not great; some redeeming features; I finished it
★★★☆☆      Better than average; not a waste of time
★★★★☆      Really good; maybe only one weak aspect or limited audience
★★★★★      Great! Read it!

I give the star rating soon after I am finished with (i.e., completed or abandoned) the book and blogged about it. The rating is more a reflection of my short term memory and enjoyment level. I have tried very hard not to go back at a later time and change the star rating relative to a different book I have read more recently. Click on the date after the book to see my full review. Comments on a book are allowed and encouraged at the end of the post for that book.

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2017 Books*

1. ★★★☆☆      Wokini by Billy Mills with Nicholas Sparks
                             ©2003 (2/23/17)
2. ★☆☆☆☆      Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
                             ©2010 (2/24/17)
3. ★★★★★      Word of Mouse by James Patterson
                             ©2016 (2/27/17)
4. ★☆☆☆☆      The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
                             ©2012 (4/4/17)
5. ★★★★☆      Pax by Sara Pennypacker
                             ©2016 (4/11/17)
6. ★★★★☆      The Education of Will by Patricia B. McConnell
                             ©2017 (4/25/17)
7. ★★★★★      The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
                             ©2011 (5/4/17)
8. ★★★☆☆      Love on Lavender Island by Lauren Christopher
                             ©2016 (5/6/17)
9. ★★★☆☆      The Kiss on Castle Road by Lauren Christopher
                             ©2016 (5/6/17)
10. ★★★★☆      Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
                              ©2016 (5/30/17)
11. ★★★★☆      Trophy Child by Paula Day
                             ©2017 (6/3/ 17)
12. ★☆☆☆☆      Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
                              ©2017 (6/9/17)
13. ★★★☆☆      Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Day
                             ©2013 (7/9/17)
14. ★★★★☆      Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
                             ©2010 (8/30/17)
15. ★★☆☆☆      Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
                             ©2011 (8/30/17)
16. ★★★★☆      That Dorky Homemade Look by Lisa Boyer
                              ©2002 (9/9/17) 
17. ★★☆☆☆      The Lovers' Knot by Clare O'Donahue
                              ©2008 (9/9/17) 
18. ★★☆☆☆      I Need a Lifeguard... by Lisa Scottoline
                              ©2017 (9/14/17)
19. ★★★★☆      Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker
                              ©2017 (10/10/17)
20. ★★★★☆      The Magnolia Story by Chip and Johanna Gaines
                              ©2017 (10/30/17)
21. ★★★★★      A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
                              ©2015 (10/31/17)
22. ★★★★★      Until You Loved Me by Brenda Novak
                              ©2017 (11/2/17)
23. ★★★★☆      Capital Gaines by Chip Gaines
                              ©2017 (11/9/17)
24. ★★★★☆      No One But You by Brenda Novak
                              ©2017 (11/10/17)
25. ★★★★★      Wonder by R. J. Palacio
                              ©2012 (12/3/17)
26. ★★★★☆      365 Day of Wonder by R.J.  Palacio
                              ©2014 (12/3/17)
27. ★★★☆☆      Finding Our Forever by Brenda Novak
                              ©2017 (12/4/17)

*I had to reconstruct this page since I accidentally deleted it on 10/31/17. Yeah. Happy Halloween – not a treat – rather a trick! I re-inserting all the facts and links but I can not guarantee that the star ratings are what I once thought they were for the first twenty entries.