Books Reviewed by Year

Books Reviewed on the blog by year:

2009:
White Queen, The by Philippa Gregory (Oct. 2009)

Gretzky's Tears by Stephen Brunt (Nov. 2009)
Prodigal God, The by Tim Keller (Nov. 2009)
Secret, The by Beverly Lewis (Nov. 2009)
Missing, The by Beverly Lewis (Dec.2009)

2010:
True Light by Terri Blackstock (Feb. 2010) 
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky (Apr. 2010) 
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Apr. 2010)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Apr. 2010)
Church of Facebook, The by Jesse Rice (Apr. 2010)
Emma by Jane Austen (Nov. 2010)
At Home by Bill Bryson (Nov. 2010)
Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans (Nov. 2010)
Christmas List, The by Richard Paul Evans (Nov. 2010)
Before I fall by Lauren Oliver (Nov. 2010)
Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans (Dec. 2010)
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Dec. 2010)
Grace by Richard Paul Evans (Dec. 2010)
Complete Persopolis,  The by Marjane Satrapi (Dec. 2010)
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (Dec. 2010)
Maus 1: A Survivor's Tale: My father bleeds history by Art Spiegleman (Dec. 2010)
Kitchen House, The by Kathleen Grissom (Dec. 2010)
Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Heath, A by Charles Dickens (Dec. 2010)
Gift, The by Richard Paul Evans (Dec. 2010)
   
2011:
Warmth of Other Suns, The by Isabel Wilkerson (Jan. 2011)
Room by Emma Donoghue (Jan. 2011)
Long Winter, The by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Jan. 2011)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Jan. 2011)
Unbroken : a World War II story of a survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Jan. 2011)
Visit from the Goon Squad, A by Jennifer Egan  (Feb. 2011)
Dawn's Prelude by Tracie Peterson (Mar. 2011)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (Mar. 2011)
Mistress of Nothing, The by Kate Pullinger (Feb. 2011)
Juliet: a novel by Anne Fortier (Mar. 2011)
King's Speech, The: how one man saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi (Mar. 2011)
Cleopatra: a life by Stacy Schiff (Mar. 2011)
Swan Maiden, The by Jules Watson (Apr. 2011)
Promise to Believe in, A by Tracie Peterson (Apr. 2011)
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (Apr. 2011)
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs (Apr. 2011)
Morning's Refrain by Tracie Peterson (June 2011)
Book of Negroes, The by Lawrence Hill (June 2011)
God who is there, The : finding your place in God's story by D.A. Carson (June 2011)
Immortal Life of Heneritta Lacks, The by Rebecca Skloot (June 2011)
Twilight's Serenade by Tracie Peterson (July 2011)
House Arrest by Ellen Meeropol (July 2011)
Tea Rose, The by Jennifer Donnelly (July 2011)
Love to Last Forever, A by Tracie Peterson (Aug. 2011)
Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, The by Elizabeth Stuckey-French (Aug. 2011)
Great and Terrible Beauty, A by Libba Bray (Aug. 2011)
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (Aug. 2011)
American Heiress, The by Daisy Goodwin (Aug. 2011)
Winter Rose, The by Jennifer Donnelly (Sept. 2011)
True Grit by Charles Portis (Sept. 2011)
Moneyball by Michael Lewis (Oct. 2011)
Night Circus, The by Erin Morgenstern (Oct. 2011)
Captivity by Deborah Noyes (Oct. 2011)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (Oct. 2011)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly (Nov. 2011)
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Nov. 2011)
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (Nov. 2011)
Christmas Scrapbook, The : A Harmony Story by Philip Gulley (Nov. 2011)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (Nov. 2011)
Quiet Little Woman, The by Louisa May Alcott (Dec. 2011)
Christmas Wedding, The by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo (Dec. 2011)

2012:
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Jan. 2012)
• Midsummer Night's Dream, A by William Shakespeare (Jan. 2012)
Mini-Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (Jan. 2012)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Jan. 2012)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Jan. 2012)
Scarlet Letter, The by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Jan. 2012)
Help, The by Kathryn Stockett (Feb. 2012)
Cat's Table, The by Michael Ondaatje (Feb. 2012)
Marriage Plot, The by Jeffrey Eugenides (Feb. 2012)
Gift, The by Cecelia Ahern (Feb. 2012)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Feb. 2012)
Kitchen Counter Cooking School, The: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices Into Fearless Home Cooks by Kathleen Flinn (Feb. 2012)
11/22/63 by Stephen King (Feb. 2012)
My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme (Feb. 2012)
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (Mar. 2012)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (Mar. 2012)
Great Gatsby, The by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Mar. 2012)
Madame Tussuad: a novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran (Mar. 2012)
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (Mar. 2012)
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Mar. 2012)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Mar. 2012)
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (Mar. 2012)
Hunger Games, The by Suzanne Collins (Mar. 2012)
Language of Flowers, The by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Apr. 2012)
Hound of the Baskervilles, The by Arthur Conan Doyle (Apr. 2012)
Winter Palace, The by Eva Strachniak (Apr. 2012)
World of Downton Abbey, The by Jessica Fellowes (May 2012)
Dirty Cowboy, The by Amy Timberlake (May 2012)
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (May 2012)
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close (May 2012)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (June 2012)
Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk (June 2012)
Descendants, The by Kaui Hart Hemmings (June 2012)
How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue (June 2012)
Devil in the White City, The by Erik Larson (June 2012)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (June 2012)
Concubine Saga, The by Lloyd Lofthouse (June 2012)
• Dream to Call My Own, A by Tracie Peterson (July 2012)
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits (July 2012)
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (July 2012)
Sister Queens, The : a novel by Sophie Perinot (July 2012)
Graceling by Kristin Cashore (July 2012)
Turning of Anne Merrick, The by Christine Blevins (July 2012)
Rebel Wife, The by Taylor M. Polites (Aug. 2012)
Canada at War by Paul Keery (August 2012)
Henry V by William Shakespeare (Aug. 2012)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (August 2012)
Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie Klassen (August 2012)
Fire by Kristin Cashore (Sept. 2012)
Crown, The by Nancy Bilyeau (Sept. 2012)
• Race to Splendor, A by Ciji Ware (Sept. 2012)
• Farewell to Arms, A by Ernest Hemingway (Oct. 2012)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Oct. 2012)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Oct. 2012)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Oct. 2012)
Home by Toni Morrison (Nov. 2012)
All Things New by Lynn Austin (Nov. 2012)
Litigators, The by John Grisham (Nov. 2012)
Wilder Life, The by Wendy McClure (Nov. 2012)
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Dec. 2012)
Taming of the Shrew, The by William Shakespeare (Dec. 2012)
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The by Alan Bradley (Dec. 2012)
Winter Dream, A by Richard Paul Evans (Dec. 2012)
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Dec. 2012)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Dec. 2012)
 
2013:
 Blizzard of Glass: the Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker (Jan. 2013)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Jan. 2013)
• Chronicles of Downton Abbey, The by Jessica Fellowes, Matthew Sturgis (Jan. 2013)
Persuasion by Jane Austen (Jan. 2013)
• Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth (February 2013)
• Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, The by Alan Bradley (Feb. 2013)
• Hobbit, The by J.R.R. Tolkien (Feb. 2013)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Feb. 2013)
• Giver, The by Lois Lowry (Mar. 2013)
• Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson (Mar. 2013)
• Accursed, The by Joyce Carole Oates (April. 2013)
• Chaperone, The by Laura Moriarty (Apr. 2013)
• Red Herring Without Mustard, A by Alan Bradley (Apr. 2013)
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Apr. 2013)
• Prince, The by Niccolo Machiavelli (May 2013)
• House Girl, The by Tara Conklin (May 2013) 
• Whole Truth, The by Kit Pearson (June 2013) 
• Gods of Heavenly Punishment, The by Jennifer Epstein (June 2013) 
Help, The by Kathryn Stockett (June 2013)
 Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (July 2013)
 Chalice, The by Nancy Bilyeau (July 2013) 
• Baker's Daughter, The by Sarah McCoy (July 2013) 
• Buddha in the Attic, The by Julia Otsuka (July 2013) 
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Aug. 2013) 
• Sandcastle Girls, The by Chris Bohjalian (Aug. 2013) 
• Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (Aug. 2013)
• Paris Wife, The by Paula McLain (Aug. 2013) 
• Life and Times of Call the Midwife, The by Heidi Thomas (Aug. 2013) 
• Dinner, The by Herman Koch (Aug. 2013) 
• Game of Thrones, A by George R.R. Martin (Aug. 2013) 
 Dearie by Bob Spitz (Aug. 2013) 
Emma by Jane Austen (Aug. 2013)
• Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (Aug. 2013) 
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Sept. 2013)
 Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Sept. 2013)
 Thorn Birds, The by Colleen McCollough (Oct. 2013)
• Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (Oct. 2013)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Oct. 2013)
• Book Thief, The by Martin Zusak (Oct. 2013)
• Longbourn by Jo Baker (Oct. 2013)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Nov. 2013)
• Good Earth, The by Pearl S. Buck (Nov. 2013)
 Call me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber (Nov. 2013)
• Behind the Scenes at Downton Abbey by Emma Rowley (Nov. 2013)
• I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (Nov. 2013)
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (Nov. 2013)
• Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon (Dec. 2013)
• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Dec. 2013)
• Dogs of Christmas, The by W. Bruce Cameron (Dec. 2013)
• Winter of Red Snow, The by Kristina Gregory (Dec. 2013)
• Christmas Carol, A by Charles Dickens (Dec. 2013)

2014:
 Starry Night by Debbie Macomber (Jan. 2014)
Villette by Charlotte Brontë (Jan. 2014)
Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews (Jan. 2014) 
Great Game, A by Stephen J. Harper (Feb. 2014)
How to be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman (Feb. 2014)
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (Feb. 2014)
Luminaries, The by Eleanor Catton (Mar. 2014)
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley (Mar. 2014)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Mar. 2014)
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard (Apr. 2014)
Reason that I Jump, The by Naoki Higashida; translated by K.A. Yoshida and David Mitchell (Apr. 2014)
Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson (Apr. 2014)
Interestings, The by Meg Wolitzer (Apr. 2014)
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Apr. 2014)
Shopping, Seduction, & Mr. Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead (Apr. 2014)
Whole Golden World, The by Kristina Riggle (Apr. 2014)
Orenda, The by Joseph Boyden (July 2014)
Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal (July 2014)
HHhH by Laurent Binet (July 2014)
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang (July 2014)
Saints by Gene Luen Yang (July 2014)
Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, The by Sun-mi Hwang (Aug. 2014)
Ocean at the End of the Lane, The by Neil Gaiman (Aug. 2014)
Mysteries of Udolpho, The by Ann Radcliffe (Aug. 2014)
Pursuit of Mary Bennet, The by Pamela Mingle (Aug. 2014)
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (Aug. 2014)
• Bear, The by Claire Cameron (Aug. 2014)
• Tale of Two Cities, A by Charles Dickens (Aug. 2014)
• Fault in Our Stars, The by John Green (Aug. 2014)
• While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell (Aug. 2014)
• Clash of Kings, A by George R.R. Martin (Aug. 2014)
• Enchanted, The by Rene Denfeld (Aug. 2014)
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (Aug. 2014)
• Perks of Being a Wallflower, The by Stephan Chbosky (Aug. 2014)
• Remains of the Day, The by Kazuo Ishiguro (Aug. 2014)
• His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal (Aug. 2014)
• Rosie Project, The by Graeme Simison (Aug. 2014)
• Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch (Aug. 2014)
• Light Between Oceans, The by M.L. Stedman (Aug. 2014)
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The by Douglas Adams (Aug. 2014)
• Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley (Aug. 2014)
• Levels of Life by Julian Barnes (Aug. 2014)
• Road Ends by Mary Lawson (Aug. 2014)
• Goldfinch, The by Donna Tartt (Aug. 2014)
• Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr. (Sept. 2014)
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (Sept. 2014)
• Circle, The by Dave Eggars (Sept. 2014)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Oct. 2014)
Cuckoo's Calling, The by Richard Galbraith (Oct. 2014)
Word Exchange, The by Alena Graedon (Oct. 2014)
• Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood (Oct. 2014)
• 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, The by Jonas Jonasson (Oct. 2014)
• Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan (Oct. 2014)
Martian, The by Andy Weir (Oct. 2014)
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Oct. 2014)
• Guns of August, The by Barbara Tuchman (Oct. 2014)
• Invention of Wings, The by Sue Monk Kidd (Oct. 2014)
• Story Hour, The by Thirty Umrigar (Oct. 2014)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Oct. 2014)
Children Act, The by Ian McEwan (Oct. 2014)
• All the Lights We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Oct. 2014)
• Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, The by Gabrielle Zevin (Oct. 2014)
• Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The by Robert Louis Stevenson (Oct. 2014)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Oct. 2014)
• Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers (Oct. 2014)
Rosie Effect, The by Graeme Simison (Oct. 2014)
• Discovery of Witches, A by Deborah Harkness (Nov. 2014)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Nov. 2014)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Dec. 2014)
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Dec. 2014)
• New York Christmas, A by Anne Perry (Dec. 2014)
• Mistletoe Promise, The by Richard Paul Evans (Dec. 2014)
Sudden Light, A by Garth Stein (Dec. 2014)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Dec. 2014)
Magician's Nephew, The by C.S. Lewis (Dec. 2014)
Texts from Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg (Dec. 2014)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Dec. 2014)

2015:
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The by C.S. Lewis (Jan. 2015)
• Horse and His Boy, The by C.S. Lewis (Jan. 2015)
 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (Jan. 2015)
 Age of Innocence, The by Edith Wharton (Jan. 2015)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Jan. 2015)
Daisy Miller by Henry James (Jan. 2015)
• Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (Jan. 2015)
Christmas Carol, A by Charles Dickens (Jan. 2015)
Silver Chair, The, by C.S. Lewis (May 2015)
Last Battle, The by C.S. Lewis (May 2015)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (May 2015)
Miniaturist, The by Jessie Burton (May 2015)
Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder (June 2015)

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