I’m going to go ahead and use the Coldstone size options as my rating system because, well, I have an inner fat kid that’s always thinking about food. So here it goes:

* Like It    **Love It   *** Gotta Have It

And if there’s no star, well, no ice cream for you, fatty (and that’s never good news).

1. The Secret Life of Cee-Cee Wilkes- Diane Chamberlain **

2. Same Kind of Different as Me- Ron Hall & Denver Moore  ***

3. Freedom – Jonathan Franzen *

4. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens *** (I’ve always loved this, and still do!)

5. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe – Fannie Flagg **

6. Heaven is For Real – Todd Burpo *

7. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman ***

8. The Pursuit of Love – Nancy Mitford **

9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon **

10. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire (Book 1) – George R.R. Martin ***