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message 1: by Laura (new)

Laura Harrison What great books on the horizon! So excited!


message 2: by Kristin (last edited Apr 02, 2017 01:12PM) (new)

Kristin #15 When We Were Alone was actually released in 2016.


message 3: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Kristin wrote: "#15 When We Were Alone was actually released in 2016."

Good catch, thank you.


message 4: by Kristin (new)

Kristin You're welcome! Jasmine wrote: "Kristin wrote: "#15 When We Were Alone was actually released in 2016."

Good catch, thank you."



message 5: by Kristin (new)

Kristin 101 I Dissent was also published in 2016.


message 6: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Kristin wrote: "101 I Dissent was also published in 2016."

Excellent. Thanks.


message 7: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed a bunch of non-2017 author spam.


message 8: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Weird. The Forever Garden by Laurel Snyder somehow reverted to Bigger Than a Bread Box, a middle grade novel by the same author from 2008.


message 9: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Rainbowheart wrote: "Weird. The Forever Garden by Laurel Snyder somehow reverted to Bigger Than a Bread Box, a middle grade novel by the same author from 2008."

Very weird. I have no idea what caused that. I switched out the editions.


message 10: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Must have been a GR bug of some type.

Removed self-pubbed author spam at #6, along with Cat Wishes and The Boy and the Blue Moon, which got pushed to 2018.


message 11: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Just Like Rube Goldberg, Ann Brooks Goes West, and Bearnard, which were delayed from their original 2017 release date.


message 12: by Ben (new)

Ben Is the Blossom Shoppe a legitimate entry? Seems a bit high for a self published book with only 17 ratings.


message 13: by Laura (new)

Laura Harrison Ben wrote: "Is the Blossom Shoppe a legitimate entry? Seems a bit high for a self published book with only 17 ratings."

It seems pretty sketchy to me as well.


message 14: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Laura wrote: "Ben wrote: "Is the Blossom Shoppe a legitimate entry? Seems a bit high for a self published book with only 17 ratings."

It seems pretty sketchy to me as well."


The book itself appears to be here legitimately (fits the criteria of the list, the authors did not vote or ask people to vote), but the position on the list seems sketchy. I asked goodreads feedback about being able to flag specific votes as sketchy, which would let us drop it back down to a deserved spot.


message 15: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Sweet Dreams, Sarah, which got pushed to 2019.


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