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