YAL Reading List DONE!

So this is my list.  I wrote it out on December 21st, so for all intents and purposes, I started at the beginning of 2014.  I have never read from a list before, but this was a great exercise, and I also enjoyed finding the books as cheaply as possible and getting to know the YAL section of the pubic library better.

So, my progress:

• Cinder by Marissa Meyer done, review here
• Vote by Gary Paulsen done, review here
• The Compound by S.A. Bodeen done, review here
• Just One Day by Gayle Forman done, review here
• Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger ABANDONED
• Island of Thieves by Josh Lacey - done, review here
• The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau done, review here
• Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner done, review here
• The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey done, review here
• Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein done, review here
• Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys done, review here
• Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler done, review here
• The President Has Been Shot by James Swanso done, review here
• March by John Lewis done, review here
• The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley done, review here
• The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan done, review here
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowel done, review here
• If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch done, review here
• Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan done, review here
• This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith I didn't read this one, but I read another by the same author (review here) and didn't like it enough to bother with this one 

In addition to these titles, I have also read:

• Looking for Alaska by John Green (review here)
• Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton (review here)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (review here)
• Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau (review here)
• Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff (review here)
• Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (review here)

That's a total of 26 books.  I did abandon Etiquette and Espionage.  I tried - I REALLY did.  But it was awful.  So, really, that's only 25 titles.  BUT! It's 25 titles in almost as many weeks.  A book a week is pretty darn good!

If I had to recommend only five books from this list, they would be:
The Testing
The Compound
The President Has Been Shot
Eleanor & Park
The 5th Wave