{"id":6079,"date":"2014-01-21T18:22:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T02:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2014-01-21T18:22:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T02:22:40","slug":"the-books-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6079","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Where'd<\/a>So many books, so little time\u2014part seven.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the seventh year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

My favorite book of 2013 was probably\u00a0Where’d You Go Bernadette<\/a>, by Maria Semple. I’m not sure how much that had to do with the book itself and how much had to do with my reading it during a lovely spa getaway with my mom at Ojai Valley Inn<\/a>, but either way I loved it!
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Anyway, I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Local Girls<\/td>\nHoffman<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Curable Romantic<\/td>\nSkibell<\/td>\nJoseph<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Casual Vacancy<\/td>\nRowling<\/td>\nJ.K.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Happily Ever Madder<\/td>\nMcAfee<\/td>\nStephanie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moonwalking With Einstein<\/td>\nFoer<\/td>\nJoshua<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Future of Us<\/td>\nAsher<\/td>\nJay & Carolyn Mackler<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escape<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where We Belong<\/td>\nGiffin<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa & Francesca Serritella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40 Love<\/td>\nWickham<\/td>\nMadeleine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hannah’s List<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perfected by Girls<\/td>\nMartino<\/td>\nAlfred C.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Happy Birthday<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grace (Eventually) Thoughts on Faith<\/td>\nLamott<\/td>\nAnne<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interpreter of Maladies<\/td>\nLahiri<\/td>\nJumpa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helen Keller in Love<\/td>\nSultan<\/td>\nRosie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Still Alice<\/td>\nGenova<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Fault in Our Stars<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friendship Bread<\/td>\nGee<\/td>\nDarien<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everything We Ever Wanted<\/td>\nShepard<\/td>\nSara<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Craft Activism<\/td>\nTapper<\/td>\nJoan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Art of Fielding<\/td>\nHarbach<\/td>\nChad<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Ice Queen<\/td>\nHoffman<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Firefly Lane<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guilt By Association<\/td>\nClark<\/td>\nMarcia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West<\/td>\nWickenden<\/td>\nDorothy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Newlyweds<\/td>\nFreudenberger<\/td>\nNell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The House in Amalfi<\/td>\nAdler<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What Happened to Goodbye<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name Dropping<\/td>\nHeller<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street<\/td>\nBirdsong<\/td>\nJeanne<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Summer of Naked Swim Parties<\/td>\nBlau<\/td>\nJessica Anya<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Things We Do For Love<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Baths: Less Talking<\/td>\nHornby<\/td>\nNick<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This Lullaby<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wild<\/td>\nStrayed<\/td>\nCheryl<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uncommon Crimminals<\/td>\nCarter<\/td>\nAlly<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home Again<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chocolate Chocolate Moons<\/td>\nKingon<\/td>\nJackie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gone Girl<\/td>\nFlynn<\/td>\nGillian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Half Life<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recalculating<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Family Tree<\/td>\nCadwalladr<\/td>\nCarole<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Blossom Sisters<\/td>\nMichaels<\/td>\nFern<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Getting the Pretty Back<\/td>\nRingwald<\/td>\nMolly<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some Assembly Required<\/td>\nLamott<\/td>\nAnne<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gilly Salt Sisters<\/td>\nBaker<\/td>\nTiffany<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Life on Hold<\/td>\nMcQuestion<\/td>\nKaren<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer House<\/td>\nThayer<\/td>\nNancy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Come Home<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Visit From the Goon Squad<\/td>\nEgan<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pictures of You<\/td>\nLeavitt<\/td>\nCaroline<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watermelon<\/td>\nKeyes<\/td>\nMarian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Obituary Writer<\/td>\nHood<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver Girl<\/td>\nHilderbrand<\/td>\nElin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Round House<\/td>\nErdrich<\/td>\nLouise<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Princesses of Iowa<\/td>\nBackes<\/td>\nM. Molly<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where’d You Go Bernadette<\/td>\nSemple<\/td>\nMaria<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Language of Flowers<\/td>\nDiffenbaugh<\/td>\nVanessa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Castaways<\/td>\nHilderbrand<\/td>\nElin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
True Colors<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Growing Up Amish<\/td>\nWagler<\/td>\nIra<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watch Me<\/td>\nBarnholdt<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Help Thanks Wow<\/td>\nLamott<\/td>\nAnne<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt<\/td>\nHoffman<\/td>\nBeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Grace of Crows<\/td>\nShawn<\/td>\nTracy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sharp Objects<\/td>\nFlynn<\/td>\nGillian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scrap City<\/td>\nGambino<\/td>\nPaul<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Will Grayson, Will Grayson<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\nand David Levithan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Because I Said So<\/td>\nPeri<\/td>\nCamille<\/td>\nand Kate Moses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fly Away<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An Abundance of Katherines<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Behind the Beautiful Forevers<\/td>\nBoo<\/td>\nKatherine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Family Man<\/td>\nLipman<\/td>\nElinor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How To Love<\/td>\nCotugno<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Starry Night<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dark Witch<\/td>\nRoberts<\/td>\nNora<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anastasia Krupnik<\/td>\nLowry<\/td>\nLois<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Summer Affair<\/td>\nHilderbrand<\/td>\nElin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs. Kimble<\/td>\nHaigh<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christmas Bliss<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anybody Out There<\/td>\nKeyes<\/td>\nMarian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waking Up in the Land of Glitter<\/td>\nCano-Murillo<\/td>\nKathy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Does this church make me look fat?<\/td>\nJantzen<\/td>\nRhoda<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intoxerated: The Definitive Drinker’s Dictionary<\/td>\nDickson<\/td>\nPaul<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Click to read The Books of 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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