Books of 2013

This year, I plan to list every book I read and a score for it.  I thought about writing a little "why I did/did not like it" blurb, but I know I won't keep that up, so a score from 1-5 is what I can do.  Hopefully I can remember to write down the books at all!

Book                                                     Author                                        Score 1-5

State of Wonder                                   Ann Patchett                                  3
The Vision of Emma Blau                 Ursla Hegi                                      4
A Secret Gift                                        Ted Gup                                          4
The Dovekeepers                               Alice Hoffman                                  5
Gone Girl                                            Gillian Flynn                                   4
The Murderers Daughters                Randy Susan Meyers                        3
The Promise of Stardust                      Pricille Sibley                                 4
The Light Between Oceans                  M. L. Steadman                            4
Remember Me? (2nd time)                 Sophie Kinsella                               4
Small Miracles of the Holocaust       Y. Halberstam & J. Leventhal           5
The Girl in Hyacinth Blue                    Susan Vreeland                             3.5
World War Z                                       Matt Brooks                                3 (just too long)
The Dream                                         Harry Burnstein                               4
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children   Ransom Riggs               4
Austenland                                          Shannon Hale                                3  (ho hum)
Zealot                                                   Reza Aslan                                     5  (very enlightening)
Dr. Sleep                                              Stephen King                                 4.5 (almost scary)
Orphan Train                                    Christina Baker Kline                        3.5
The Year Without Summer: 1816     William Klingaman                           4  (fascinating)
Cornbread Mafia (didn't finish)           James Higdon                             3 (interesting but poorly written)

Some of the books before 2013 (not sure what year, just before 2013)

Bitter Is the New Black
90 Minutes in Heaven
The House of Sand and Fog
The Happiness Project
A Reliable Wife
Cutting for Stone
The Forgotten Garden
American Shaolin
Same Kind of Different as Me
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Invisible Wall
City of Thieves
On Hallowed Ground
The Hangman's Daughter
People of the Book
In the Garden of Beasts
Isaac's Storm
The Devil in the White City
In the Heart of the Sea
Cover Girl Confidential
Nineteen Minutes
Empire of the Summer Moon
THe Heretic's Daughter
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Education of Little Tree
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Lovely Bones
Water for Elephants
In Cold Blood
Eli the Good
The Known World
Sense and Sensibility
The Poisonwood Bible
Fall on Your Knees
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Teasing Secrets from the Dead
Three Cups of Tea
The Help
A Map of the World
One Thousand White Women
Little Bee
Stones from the River
The Widow of the South
Sarah's Key
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Glass Castle
Half Broke Horses
Moloka'i
The Worst Hard Time
The Children's Blizzard