Books Read in 2016

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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2016 Books

1. ★☆☆☆☆      Wishful Thinking by Kamy Wicoff (2015) (2/1/16)
2. ★★★☆☆      The BFG by Roald Dahl (1982) (2/1/16)
3. ★★★☆☆      See Me by Nicholas Sparks (2015) (4/1/16)
4. ★★★☆☆      An Artist's Journey through Wonderland by Katie Fowler
                    (2015) (4/13/16)
5. ★☆☆☆☆      Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty (2005) (4/15/16)
6. ★★★☆☆      3rd Degree by James Patterson (2005) (4/16/16)
7. ★★★★☆      I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern (2012) (4/24/16)
8. ★★★★☆      The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield (1924) (4/29/16)
9. ★★☆☆☆      Fire Season by Hollye Dexter (2015) (6/5/16)
10. ★★★★★      Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman (2016) (6/7/16)
11. ★★★☆☆      Night Road by Kristin Hannah (2012) (9/16/16)
12. ★★★★☆      After You by Jojo Moyes (2015) (9/20/16)
13. ★★★★★      A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen (2007) (9/21/16)
14. ★★★★★      Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (2016) (10/18/16)
15. ★★★★☆      The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivy (2012) (10/24/16)
16. ★★★☆☆      Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
                     (2015) (11/7/16)
17. ★★★★★      The Christmas Wish  by Lori Evert & Per Breiehagen
                     (2013) (12/18/16)
18. ★★★★★      The Reindeer Wish  by Lori Evert & Per Breiehagen
                      (2015) (12/18/16)
19. ★★★☆☆      Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks (2016) (12/19/16)