Books I Reviewed in 2013
(In late 2013 I joined a few touring companies and began to be introduced to wonderful authors that I even didn't know existed.A lot of books that I remember fondly are either from Goodreads Firstreads program or from various book tours. I want to thank the book touring companies for giving me a chance and for sharing a lot of wonderful authors and literature that I didn't know existed. Fun fact: This is the year I published the most posts, capping out at 326, a record I hasn't repeated up to the present (2016))
Recommendations of the Year: (Books I like)
Turkeys of the Year: (Books I didn't like)
January
One Naughty Night-Laurel McKee
The Metamorphoses-Ovid
Tree of Souls 1.2-Howard Schwartz
Greek Myths Vol I 2.9-Robert Graves
Mythology 2.7-Edith Hamilton
Oleander Girl-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Almond Tree-Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Password to Larkspur Lane-Carolyn Keene
Tree of Souls 1.3-Howard Schwartz
Two Sinful Secrets-Laurel McKee
Mythology 3.7-Edith Hamilton
Greek Myths Vol I 3.9-Robert Graves
The Odyssey-Homer
The sword in the stone-TH White
Cloud Atlas-David Mitchell
Why we are here-Edward O Wilson and Alex Harris
Tree of Souls 1.4-Howard Schwartz
Mythology 4.7-Edith Hamilton
The Greek Myths Vol I 4.9-Robert Graves
The Queen of Air and Darkness-TH White
Eleanor and Park-Rainbow Rowell
Sailors of Stonehenge-Manuel Vega
February
Mythology 5.7-Edith Hamilton
The Greek myths Vol I 5.9-Robert Graves
The Ill-made Knight-TH White
Tree of Souls 1.5-Howard Schwartz
Stuck-Lissete E Manning
Night Thunder's Bride-Karen Kay
Claimed!-Vicki Lewis Thompson
Mythology 6.7-Edith Hamilton
Greek Myths Vol I 6.9-Robert Graves
Candle in the Wind-TH White
Tree of Souls 1.6-Howard Schwartz
The book of Merlyn-TH White
Anxious in love-Carolyn Daitch, Lissah Lorberbaum
Rootless-Chris Howard
Mythology 7.7-Edith Hamilton
Joheved-Maggie Anton
The Greek Myths Vol I 7.9-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.7-Howard Schwartz
Elihu Washburne-Elihu Washburne
The Greek Myths Vol I 8.9-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.8-Howard Schwartz
The Witch of Little Italy-Suzanne Palmieri
The Court of the Lion-Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri
The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club-Duncan Whitehead
Miriam-Maggie Anton
Cheaper, Better, Faster-Mary Hunt
The Greek Myths Vol I 9.9-Robert Graves
March
Tree of Souls 1.9-Howard Schwartz
Girls for Breakfast-David Yoo
Letters of Abelard and Heloise-Abelard and Heloise
Rachel-Maggie Anton
The Cloud Diary-Tony Gilbert
The Intruders-Olive Peart
Francesca of Lost Nation-Lucinda Sue Crosby
Tree of Souls 1.10-Howard Schwartz
Family Pictures-Jane Green
Sugar Baby-Aaron Powell
The legend of the bloodstone-EB Brown
The Monday Night Cooking school-Erica Bauermeister
Little Lord Fauntleroy-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Relentless Seduction-Jillian Burns
Tree of Souls 1.11-Howard Schwartz
A little princess-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Nose-James Conaway
Never seduce a Scoundrel-Sabrina Jeffries
Sex; How to get more of it-Jodi Ambrose
Maelyn-Anita Valle
Intimacy; how to get more of it-Jodi Ambrose
Trust; a new beginning-Cristiane Serruya
April
Bruce and the road to courage-Gale Leach
Yearnings for Nothings and Nobodies-Rachael Biggs
Nobody but us-Kristin Halbrook
Destiny Rewritten-Kathryn Fitzmaurice
Keeping my hope-Christoher Huh
Darn Good Eats-Jodi Ambrose
Vanguard of Hope-Kathy Steinemann
Starstruck-Rachel Shukert
This Mobius Strip of Ifs-Mathias B Freese
Scream, 'Aye, sir!'-Aaron Powell
Benjamin-Aaron Powell
Choose Well to live well-Laura Boniello
Eclipse of the midnight sun-Timoty M Kestrel
The Plunge-Sindhu S
The Chosen Shell-Katherine Sartori
The Conquest of Constantinople-Villehardouin
Aphanasian Stories-Rhonda Parrish
May
Trust Betrayed-Cristiane Serruya
Escaping the Chrysalis-J Deelstra
The best of all possible worlds-Karen Lord
A Gospel of Kama Sutra-Poonaam Uppal
Letters from your future-Brett L Bowden
The secret garden-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stop me if you heard this one before-David Yoo
Fire Always burns-Krista Lakes
Winter Nova-Preston Morgan
Peach Blossom Pavilion-Mingmei Yip
In his stead-Judith Sanders
The Castilian Suite-Graham Blackburn
Book power-Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
My Cousin Rachel-Daphne DuMaurier
Zinsky the Obscure-Ilan Mochari
Palladium Easter Empires-Marc Lane
The King's Ransom-Cheryl Carpinello
Pirates of the Danube-David J Schmidt
50 things to know before having a baby-Lisa M Ruscyzk
June
A bigger world-Thomas A Ryerson
With Malicious Intent-Saylor Storm
Secrets of a Runaway Bride-Valerie Bowman
Elizabeth; the struggle for the throne-David Starkey
Deephaven-Sarah Orne Jewett
Black Sea gods-Brian L Braden
Night Game-Carol Davis Luce
The Heart of Hyacinth-Onoto Watanna
The Chupacabra-Stephen Randel (First book blog tour for Sage's Book Tours)
Body Traffic-Brandon Collier
The Mail Order Bride-Daris Howard
You Know Who I am-Diane Patterson
The Thread of a Thousand Miles-Alan Yang
Push Not the River-James Conroyd Martin
A Country Doctor-Sarah Orne Jewett
Portraits-Cynthia Freeman
Doug and Carlie-Lisa Smartt
Rising of a dead moon-Paul Haston
Fifty Shades of Grey-EL James
Trail of the Chupacabra-Stephen Randel
July
Fifty Shades Darker-EL James
Fifty Shades Freed-EL James
Red Shoes for Lab blues-DB Sieders
A Deconstructed heart-Shaheen Ashraf Ahmed
C-Town-Aaron Powell
The year of the great seventh-Teresa Orts
A weak American in Russia and Ukraine-Walter Parchomenko
Starkissed-Brynna Gabrielson
Modern love-Cija Black
The Secret of Emotions-Justice Saint Rain
When it rains the umbrella collection-Prudence Hayes
The Boys start the war-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Girls Get Even-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Moden Man-Cristiane Serruya
The evolution of human intellect-LN Smith
Bombay Bhel-Ken Doyle
The Country of Pointed Firs-Sarah Orne Jewett
Raquela; a woman of Israel-Ruth Grubber
Boys against girls-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The girls' revenge-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A traitor among the boys-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A spy among the girls-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The boys return-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Green Hills of home-Emma Bennet
Titled windmills-Ann M Beardsley
The girls take over-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Boys in Control-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Girls Rule!-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Whitley and Austin-Parker Paige
Boys Rock!-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Who won the war?-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
August
THe mythic guide to characters-Dr. Antonio Del Drago
Love's Fate-Tracey Smith
Love's Destiny-Tracey Smith
Love's Chance-Tracey Smith
The Fallen Snow-John J Kelley
Down this road-Kelli Dawn
In the land of the living-Austin Ratner (My first book tour for TLC)
White Oleander-Janet Fitch
Ode to love-Gertrude Probst Muro Jaime Muro Crousillat
Hungry-Darlene Barnes
The Rusmolovo Diaries-EV Schlychkova
Pestilence Rising-L Ryan
Manzanar to Mount Whitney-Hank Umemoto
The Statistical Probability of love at first sight-Jennifer E Smith
Learn, Create, and Teach-Clara Lieu
Dreams in the golden country; The Diary of Zipporah Feldman a Jewish Immigrant GIrl New York City 1903- Kathryn Lasky
The Fences Between Us; The DIary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941-Kirby Larson
Elizabeth I Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England 1544-Kathryn Lasky
Soul in present condition-Mary E Merrell
September
Inner Course-Rebecca Joy
A time for courage the suffragette diary of kathleen bowen, Washington DC 1917-Kathryn Lasky
Princess of Princesses, Jahanara, India, 1627 by Kathryn Lasky
Standing in the light; the captive diary of catharine carey logan, delaware valley, pennsylvania 1763- Mary Pope Osborne
Isolated, Connected, Kyu-shu island Part I-Hana Da Yumiko
Isolated, Connected, Kyu-shu island Part II-Hana Da Yumiko
Isolated, Connected, Kyu-shu island Part III-Hana Da Yumiko
A journey to the new world the diary of Remember Patience WHipple Mayflower 1620-Kathryn Lasky
Princess of Versailles Marie Antoinette Austria-France 1769- Kathryn Lasky
A picture of freedom; the diary of Clotee a slave girl belmont plantation virginia 1859- Patricia C McKissack
The Drake Equation-Heather Walsh
House Haunting-Mary Merrell
The Emblazoned Red-Dawn McCullough-White
Assassin's Gambit-Amy Raby
Truth be told Adam becomes Audrey-Alexandra Bogdanovic
A light in the cane fields-Enrico Antiporda
Breath in the dark-Jane Hersey
Full Circle-Jane Hersey
Painted Hands-Jennifer Zobair
A time of myths-Chris Blamires
Dirtball; the diaries of a worthless somebody-Eric Olsen
I am Venus-Barbara Mujica
Double Down-Saylor Storm
Curve Appeal-Mary Merrell
October
Imperfect Pairings-Jackie Townsend
The Hourglass-Sharon A Struth
Saving Rain-Karen Anne Stewart
Promises to keep-Jane Green
Dented Cans-Heather Walsh
The doctor's deceit-Kathy Steinemann
Veneer-Timothy D Willard
The lost art of mixing-Erica Bauermeister
Azlander second nature-Gabriel Brunsdon
An american papyrus-Steven David Justin Sills
Killer Rumors-Antonello Fiore
Truths and Roses-Inglath Cooper
Academic Essays-Steven David Justin Sills
Tokyo to Tijuana-Steven David Justin Sills
An apostate nawin of Thai-Steven David Justin Sills
The unfettered life of kenyon of new orleans-Steven David Justin Sills
Corpus of a Siam Mosquito-Steven David Justin Sills
Gracious Living without servants-Brenda Cronin
Before the larkspur blooms-Caroline Fyfe
November
House of Earth-Woody Guthrie
The alligator man-James Sheehan
What to expect before you're expecting-Heidi Murkoff
The color of light-Helen Maryles Shankman
Healing Rain-Karen Anne Stewart
Blissfire-D.e.e.l
The supreme macaroni company-Adriana Trigiani
Ade; a love story-Rebecca Walker
Ida's story-Steven a Segal
The spirit Keeper-KB Laugheed
The reflections of queen snow white-David C Meredith
After the Rain-Karen Anne Stewart
December
Red phone box-Salome Jones
Country loving-Cathy Woodman
Scapemaker-Steve V Cypert
The distancers-Lee Sandlin
The sweetest thing-Cathy Woodman
Wifey-Fey Ugokwe (First book tour for Pump Up Your Books)
Short leash-Janice Gary
Seeing Through the Eyes of my Papa's Heart-La Marr Wenrich
Total Books Read: 239
Recommendations of the Year: (Books I like)
Turkeys of the Year: (Books I didn't like)
January
One Naughty Night-Laurel McKee
The Metamorphoses-Ovid
Tree of Souls 1.2-Howard Schwartz
Greek Myths Vol I 2.9-Robert Graves
Mythology 2.7-Edith Hamilton
Oleander Girl-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Almond Tree-Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Password to Larkspur Lane-Carolyn Keene
Tree of Souls 1.3-Howard Schwartz
Two Sinful Secrets-Laurel McKee
Mythology 3.7-Edith Hamilton
Greek Myths Vol I 3.9-Robert Graves
The Odyssey-Homer
The sword in the stone-TH White
Cloud Atlas-David Mitchell
Why we are here-Edward O Wilson and Alex Harris
Tree of Souls 1.4-Howard Schwartz
Mythology 4.7-Edith Hamilton
The Greek Myths Vol I 4.9-Robert Graves
The Queen of Air and Darkness-TH White
Eleanor and Park-Rainbow Rowell
Sailors of Stonehenge-Manuel Vega
February
Mythology 5.7-Edith Hamilton
The Greek myths Vol I 5.9-Robert Graves
The Ill-made Knight-TH White
Tree of Souls 1.5-Howard Schwartz
Stuck-Lissete E Manning
Night Thunder's Bride-Karen Kay
Claimed!-Vicki Lewis Thompson
Mythology 6.7-Edith Hamilton
Greek Myths Vol I 6.9-Robert Graves
Candle in the Wind-TH White
Tree of Souls 1.6-Howard Schwartz
The book of Merlyn-TH White
Anxious in love-Carolyn Daitch, Lissah Lorberbaum
Rootless-Chris Howard
Mythology 7.7-Edith Hamilton
Joheved-Maggie Anton
The Greek Myths Vol I 7.9-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.7-Howard Schwartz
Elihu Washburne-Elihu Washburne
The Greek Myths Vol I 8.9-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.8-Howard Schwartz
The Witch of Little Italy-Suzanne Palmieri
The Court of the Lion-Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri
The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club-Duncan Whitehead
Miriam-Maggie Anton
Cheaper, Better, Faster-Mary Hunt
The Greek Myths Vol I 9.9-Robert Graves
March
Tree of Souls 1.9-Howard Schwartz
Girls for Breakfast-David Yoo
Letters of Abelard and Heloise-Abelard and Heloise
Rachel-Maggie Anton
The Cloud Diary-Tony Gilbert
The Intruders-Olive Peart
Francesca of Lost Nation-Lucinda Sue Crosby
Tree of Souls 1.10-Howard Schwartz
Family Pictures-Jane Green
Sugar Baby-Aaron Powell
The legend of the bloodstone-EB Brown
The Monday Night Cooking school-Erica Bauermeister
Little Lord Fauntleroy-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Relentless Seduction-Jillian Burns
Tree of Souls 1.11-Howard Schwartz
A little princess-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Nose-James Conaway
Never seduce a Scoundrel-Sabrina Jeffries
Sex; How to get more of it-Jodi Ambrose
Maelyn-Anita Valle
Intimacy; how to get more of it-Jodi Ambrose
Trust; a new beginning-Cristiane Serruya
April
Bruce and the road to courage-Gale Leach
Yearnings for Nothings and Nobodies-Rachael Biggs
Nobody but us-Kristin Halbrook
Destiny Rewritten-Kathryn Fitzmaurice
Keeping my hope-Christoher Huh
Darn Good Eats-Jodi Ambrose
Vanguard of Hope-Kathy Steinemann
Starstruck-Rachel Shukert
This Mobius Strip of Ifs-Mathias B Freese
Scream, 'Aye, sir!'-Aaron Powell
Benjamin-Aaron Powell
Choose Well to live well-Laura Boniello
Eclipse of the midnight sun-Timoty M Kestrel
The Plunge-Sindhu S
The Chosen Shell-Katherine Sartori
The Conquest of Constantinople-Villehardouin
Aphanasian Stories-Rhonda Parrish
May
Trust Betrayed-Cristiane Serruya
Escaping the Chrysalis-J Deelstra
The best of all possible worlds-Karen Lord
A Gospel of Kama Sutra-Poonaam Uppal
Letters from your future-Brett L Bowden
The secret garden-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stop me if you heard this one before-David Yoo
Fire Always burns-Krista Lakes
Winter Nova-Preston Morgan
Peach Blossom Pavilion-Mingmei Yip
In his stead-Judith Sanders
The Castilian Suite-Graham Blackburn
Book power-Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
My Cousin Rachel-Daphne DuMaurier
Zinsky the Obscure-Ilan Mochari
Palladium Easter Empires-Marc Lane
The King's Ransom-Cheryl Carpinello
Pirates of the Danube-David J Schmidt
50 things to know before having a baby-Lisa M Ruscyzk
June
A bigger world-Thomas A Ryerson
With Malicious Intent-Saylor Storm
Secrets of a Runaway Bride-Valerie Bowman
Elizabeth; the struggle for the throne-David Starkey
Deephaven-Sarah Orne Jewett
Black Sea gods-Brian L Braden
Night Game-Carol Davis Luce
The Heart of Hyacinth-Onoto Watanna
The Chupacabra-Stephen Randel (First book blog tour for Sage's Book Tours)
Body Traffic-Brandon Collier
The Mail Order Bride-Daris Howard
You Know Who I am-Diane Patterson
The Thread of a Thousand Miles-Alan Yang
Push Not the River-James Conroyd Martin
A Country Doctor-Sarah Orne Jewett
Portraits-Cynthia Freeman
Doug and Carlie-Lisa Smartt
Rising of a dead moon-Paul Haston
Fifty Shades of Grey-EL James
Trail of the Chupacabra-Stephen Randel
July
Fifty Shades Darker-EL James
Fifty Shades Freed-EL James
Red Shoes for Lab blues-DB Sieders
A Deconstructed heart-Shaheen Ashraf Ahmed
C-Town-Aaron Powell
The year of the great seventh-Teresa Orts
A weak American in Russia and Ukraine-Walter Parchomenko
Starkissed-Brynna Gabrielson
Modern love-Cija Black
The Secret of Emotions-Justice Saint Rain
When it rains the umbrella collection-Prudence Hayes
The Boys start the war-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Girls Get Even-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Moden Man-Cristiane Serruya
The evolution of human intellect-LN Smith
Bombay Bhel-Ken Doyle
The Country of Pointed Firs-Sarah Orne Jewett
Raquela; a woman of Israel-Ruth Grubber
Boys against girls-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The girls' revenge-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A traitor among the boys-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A spy among the girls-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The boys return-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Green Hills of home-Emma Bennet
Titled windmills-Ann M Beardsley
The girls take over-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Boys in Control-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Girls Rule!-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Whitley and Austin-Parker Paige
Boys Rock!-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Who won the war?-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
August
THe mythic guide to characters-Dr. Antonio Del Drago
Love's Fate-Tracey Smith
Love's Destiny-Tracey Smith
Love's Chance-Tracey Smith
The Fallen Snow-John J Kelley
Down this road-Kelli Dawn
In the land of the living-Austin Ratner (My first book tour for TLC)
White Oleander-Janet Fitch
Ode to love-Gertrude Probst Muro Jaime Muro Crousillat
Hungry-Darlene Barnes
The Rusmolovo Diaries-EV Schlychkova
Pestilence Rising-L Ryan
Manzanar to Mount Whitney-Hank Umemoto
The Statistical Probability of love at first sight-Jennifer E Smith
Learn, Create, and Teach-Clara Lieu
Dreams in the golden country; The Diary of Zipporah Feldman a Jewish Immigrant GIrl New York City 1903- Kathryn Lasky
The Fences Between Us; The DIary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941-Kirby Larson
Elizabeth I Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England 1544-Kathryn Lasky
Soul in present condition-Mary E Merrell
September
Inner Course-Rebecca Joy
A time for courage the suffragette diary of kathleen bowen, Washington DC 1917-Kathryn Lasky
Princess of Princesses, Jahanara, India, 1627 by Kathryn Lasky
Standing in the light; the captive diary of catharine carey logan, delaware valley, pennsylvania 1763- Mary Pope Osborne
Isolated, Connected, Kyu-shu island Part I-Hana Da Yumiko
Isolated, Connected, Kyu-shu island Part II-Hana Da Yumiko
Isolated, Connected, Kyu-shu island Part III-Hana Da Yumiko
A journey to the new world the diary of Remember Patience WHipple Mayflower 1620-Kathryn Lasky
Princess of Versailles Marie Antoinette Austria-France 1769- Kathryn Lasky
A picture of freedom; the diary of Clotee a slave girl belmont plantation virginia 1859- Patricia C McKissack
The Drake Equation-Heather Walsh
House Haunting-Mary Merrell
The Emblazoned Red-Dawn McCullough-White
Assassin's Gambit-Amy Raby
Truth be told Adam becomes Audrey-Alexandra Bogdanovic
A light in the cane fields-Enrico Antiporda
Breath in the dark-Jane Hersey
Full Circle-Jane Hersey
Painted Hands-Jennifer Zobair
A time of myths-Chris Blamires
Dirtball; the diaries of a worthless somebody-Eric Olsen
I am Venus-Barbara Mujica
Double Down-Saylor Storm
Curve Appeal-Mary Merrell
October
Imperfect Pairings-Jackie Townsend
The Hourglass-Sharon A Struth
Saving Rain-Karen Anne Stewart
Promises to keep-Jane Green
Dented Cans-Heather Walsh
The doctor's deceit-Kathy Steinemann
Veneer-Timothy D Willard
The lost art of mixing-Erica Bauermeister
Azlander second nature-Gabriel Brunsdon
An american papyrus-Steven David Justin Sills
Killer Rumors-Antonello Fiore
Truths and Roses-Inglath Cooper
Academic Essays-Steven David Justin Sills
Tokyo to Tijuana-Steven David Justin Sills
An apostate nawin of Thai-Steven David Justin Sills
The unfettered life of kenyon of new orleans-Steven David Justin Sills
Corpus of a Siam Mosquito-Steven David Justin Sills
Gracious Living without servants-Brenda Cronin
Before the larkspur blooms-Caroline Fyfe
November
House of Earth-Woody Guthrie
The alligator man-James Sheehan
What to expect before you're expecting-Heidi Murkoff
The color of light-Helen Maryles Shankman
Healing Rain-Karen Anne Stewart
Blissfire-D.e.e.l
The supreme macaroni company-Adriana Trigiani
Ade; a love story-Rebecca Walker
Ida's story-Steven a Segal
The spirit Keeper-KB Laugheed
The reflections of queen snow white-David C Meredith
After the Rain-Karen Anne Stewart
December
Red phone box-Salome Jones
Country loving-Cathy Woodman
Scapemaker-Steve V Cypert
The distancers-Lee Sandlin
The sweetest thing-Cathy Woodman
Wifey-Fey Ugokwe (First book tour for Pump Up Your Books)
Short leash-Janice Gary
Seeing Through the Eyes of my Papa's Heart-La Marr Wenrich
Total Books Read: 239
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