January 2017
Leonardo’s Holy Child by Fred R. Kline – 4.5
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance – 4
The Valley by Brandon Daily – 4.5
Orphans of the Carnival by Carol Birch – 4.5
Beyond Derrynane by Kevin O’Connell – 4
The Past Life Perspective by Ann C. Barham – 4.5
Two Empresses by Brandy Purdy – 3
The Years That Followed by Catherine Dunne – 4
February
Gardening with Chickens by Lisa Steele
A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams – 3.5
The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry – 3.5
The Dressmaker’s Dowry by Meredith Jaegger – 4
The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson by Nancy Peacock – 5
One Part Plant by Jessica Murnane – 5
The New Irish Table edited by Leslie Conron Carola – 5
March
Scarred by Michael K. Smith 4.5
Container Gardens from the Editors of Southern Living Magazine – 5
The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George – 4.5
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline – 4
Sketching Character by Pamela Lynne – 4
Renegade’s Pride by BJ Daniels – 4
A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd – 4.5
The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie – 4
Dishing Up the Dirt by Andrea Bemis – 4.5
A Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox – 4.5
April
Eggshells by Catriona Lally – 4.5
High Noon by Glenn Frankel – 5
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck – 4.5
To the Stars Through Difficulties by Romalyn Tilghman – 3.5
The Forbidden Garden by Ellen Herrick – 4
The Promise of Pierson Orchard by Kate Brandes – 4
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah – 5
The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi – 4
Amish Community Cookbook – 4.5
Slightly South of Simple by Kristy Woodson Harvey – 4
The Varangian by Bruce MacBain – 4.5
May
No Man’s Land by Simon Tolkien – 4.5
The Essential Amish Cookbook – 4
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann – 5
The Illusionist’s Apprentice by Kristy Cambron – 4
Gumbo Love Cookbook by Lucy Buffett – 4.5
Murder in All Honour by Anne Cleeland – 4
Under the Approaching Dark by Anna Belfrage – 5
The Competition by Donna Russo Morin – 4.5
June
Scatterwood by Piers Alexander – 3.5
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo – 4.5
The Summer House by Hannah McKinnon – 3.5
The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julie Fierro – 3.5
Israel – God’s Heart – 4.5
Loveweaver by Tracy Ann Miller – 4
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack – 4
July
Monticello by Sally Cabot Gunning – 4
A Twisted Vengeance by Candace Robb – 4
Artisanal Preserves by Madelaine Bulwinkel – 4
Betrayal at Iga by Susan Spann – 4.5
The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer – 5
Secrets of the Tulip Sisters by Susan Mallery – 3.5
The Innkeeper’s Sister by Linda Goodnight – 4
The Writing Desk by Rachel Hauck – 4
August
Time’s a Thief by B.G. Firmani – 3.5
To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts by Caitlin Hamilton Summie – 4.5
The Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. Rose – 4.5
A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang – 4
The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes by David Handler – 4.5
The Barbary Mark by Anne Cleeland – 4
Casanova’s Secret Wife by Barbara Lynn-Davis – 4
The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard – 5
The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes – 3.5
Blood Moon by Ruth Hull Chatlien – 4.5
September
The Plague Diaries by Ronlyn Domingue – 5
The Mapmaker’s Daughter by Katherine Nouri Hughes – 3.5
The Long Way Home by Kevin Bannister – 4
Can It & Ferment It by Stephanie Thurlow – 5
When It’s Over by Barbara Ridley – 4.5
Slow Cooker Favorites: Chicken – 4.5
October
The Underground River by Martha Conway – 4
Wild Mountain by Nancy Kilgore – 4.5
Woman Enters Left by Jessica Brockmole – 4.5
Sorcery for Beginners by Matt Harry (YA) – 4
The Language of Trees by Steve Wiengenstein – 4
The Poke Cake Cookbook by Jamie Sherman – 4
Hanna Who Fell From the Sky by Christopher Meades – 4
The Crows of Beara by Julie Christine Johnson – 4.5
Houseplants by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf – 5
Cake, I Love You by Jill O’Connor – 5
November
The It Girls by Karen Harper – 3
A Sea of Sorrow: A Novel of Odysseus – 4.5
Soulful Baker by Julie Jones – 5
The Flexible Vegetarian by Jo Pratt – 4.5
Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire – 4.5
Compromise with Sin by Leanna Englert – 4
The Silent Fountain by Victoria Fox – 4
The Paris Secret by Karen Swan – 4.5
Murder in Shadow by Anne Cleeland – 4.5
The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay – 4
December
The Orphan of Florence by Jeanne Kalogridis – 3.5
There is Always Tomorrow by Anna Belfrage – 4.5
Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies by Ginger Kathrens – 5
Admissions by Henry Marsh – 3.5
The Perfect Cookie by America’s Test Kitchen – 5
The House on the Forgotten Coast by Ruth Coe Chambers – 4
