Book Reviews 2018

January 2018

The Lost Season of Love and Snow by Jennifer Laam - 4.5

The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams - 4

American Fire by Monica Hesse - 4.5

The Haida Gwaii Lesson by Mark Dowie - 5

An Argument of Blood by Matthew Willis and J.A. Ironside -

February

Charles Dowding’s Veg Journal - 4

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard - 4

The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum - 5

Garden Builder: Plans and Instructions for 35 Projects by JoAnn Moser - 5

The Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens - 4

Spirit Land: The Peyote Diaries of Charles Langley - 4

Atlas of Empires by Peter Davidson - 5

The Story of Our Lives by Helen Warner - 3.5

National Geographic Guide to State Parks and Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways - 5

March

The Lost Castle by Kristy Cambron - 4.5

Backyard Birds an Urban Birdwatching Logbook - 5

In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo - 4.5

The Hunger by Alma Katsu - 5

Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan - 4

Sally’s Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney - 4

Promise by Minrose Gwin - 5

Cooking with Nonna by Rosella Rago - 4.5

I’ll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos - 4.5

Shadow by the Bridge by Suzanne Zewan - 4

The Italian Party by Christina Lynch - 3,5

The Cold Light of Dawn by Anna Belfrage - 4.5

April

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie - 4

The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey - 4

Swimming Between Worlds by Elaine Neil Orr - 5

Ecstasy by Mary Sharratt - 4.5

The Fox Hunt by Mohammed Al Samawi - 4.5

My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan - 3.5

The House on Harbor Hill by Shelly Stratton - 4

A Promise Given by Michelle Cox - 4.5

May

The Moment Before by Jason Makansi - 3.5

Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skanandore - 5

Trouble the Water by Jacqueline Friedland - 4

The Death of a Falcon by Susan McDuffie - 4

Same Beach Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank - 4

Becoming the Talbot Sisters by Rachel Linden - 3.5

Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams - 3.5

By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank - 4

All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller - 4.5

June

Forsaking All Other by Catherine Meyrick - 4

The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd - 4

The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson - 5

The Garden of Blue Roses by Michael Barsa - 4

The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash - 5

The Big Sky Cookbook by Chef Barrie Boulds and Jean Petersen - 4.5

The King’s Justice by E.M. Powell - 4

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza - 3.5

The Paris Wedding by Charlotte Nash - 4

Discovery by Leslie Schweitzer Miller - 4

July

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlught - 4

Rainy Day Friends by Jill Shalvis - 3.5

The Lost Mata Hari Ring by Elyse Douglas - 4

Montana Moments by Chuck Haney - 5

What Blooms From Dust by James Markert - 5

The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O’Neal - 4.5

America for Beginners by Leah Franqui - 4.5

The Solace of Water by Elizabeth Byler Younts - 4

August

The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner - 5

Trial on Mount Koya by Susan Spann - 4

The Daisy Children by Sofia Grant - 3.5

The Love Letter by Rachel Hauck - 4

Between the Lies by Cynthia A. Graham - 4.5

Another Woman’s Husband by Gill Paul - 4

The Locksmith’s Daughter by Karen Brooks - 4

Tiffany Blues by M.J. Rose - 4

The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks - 4

September

Mary Berry Everyday by Mary Berry - 4

Let Me Be Like Water - S.K. Perry - 3.5

Song of Praise for a Flower by Fengxian Chu and Charlene Chu - 4.5

Sons of Blackbird Mountain by Joanne Bischoff - 4

Hard Cider by Barbara Stark-Nemon - 3

The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain - 4.5

The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang - 4.5

Dream Walker by Larry Proser - 3.5

The Removes by Tatjana Soli - 5

The Silver Shoes by Jill G. Hall - 4

October

Yeled Tov by Daniel M. Jeffe - 4.5

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike - 5

Lady of a Thousand Treasures by Sandra Byrd - 4

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox - 4.5

The Spellbook of Katrina van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo - 5

One Day in December by Josie Silver - 4

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor - 5

A Torch in His Heart by Anna Belfrage - 4.5

November

The Secret Language of Cats by Susanne Schotz - 4

Spectacle from National Geographic - 5

Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region - 5

When Women Ruled the World by Kara Cooney - 5

Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey - 5

Family Trust by Kathy Wang - 3.5

The Christmas Eve Daughter by Elyse Douglas - 4

The King James Men by Samantha Grosser - 4.5

The Emissary by Tamara Vietch and Rene DeFazio - 4

December

Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield - 5

The Collector’s Apprentice by B.A. Paris - 4

Jack Dawkins by Terry Ward - 4.5

Orchids Handbook by Michael Tibbs - 5

The River by Starlight by Ellen Notbohm - 5