Books. I continue to read way too few of them. 11 in 2017. Pathetic. I really felt like my book count would be higher this year.

This was the year of Persephone. Fully 9 of the books I read in 2017 were her recommendations. She did not let me down. We have similar taste in books, though she is much more of a hopeless romantic than I am, as evinced by the Laini Taylor books. Everyone should right now go read “This Side of Paradise” and “Night” and “The Alchemist”. “Lolita” too, but that’s more daunting than the others. All in all, a very good reading year despite only reading 11 books. Thanks Persephone!

The Best of Spanish Steampunk edited by James and Marian Womack – 2/5 stars

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – 4/5 stars

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl – 3/5 stars

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor – 3/5 stars

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor– 3/5 stars

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald – 5/5 stars

Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor – 3/5 stars

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho – 4/5 stars

Night by Elie Wiesel – 5/5 stars

Dawn by Elie Wiesel – 4/5 stars

Day by Elie Wiesel – 2/5 stars