Books I Reviewed in 2014
(2014 has been a year of challenges, where I tried to learn to set limits on myself and not to be very greedy when it came to books. It is also a year of regrets for me as well, ones that I will probably never make up for, or will be unable to atone for. Fun fact: 2014 was also a year I started to focus a lot on historical fiction, and realized how much I loved the books and genre from different eras.)
Recommended Books of the Year: (Books I liked)
Turkeys of the year: (Books I didn't like)
January:
Somewhere in France-Jennifer Robson
Forbidden-Jacquelyn Frank
Forever-Jacquelyn Frank
Forsaken-Jacquelyn Frank
The Golem and the Jinni-Helene Wecker
Our love could light the world-Anna Leigh Parrish
The gods of heavenly punishment-Jennifer Cody Epstein
My heart in Seoul-Sydney Arrison
Woman of the Mists-Lynn Sholes
The Last train to Paris-Michele Zackheim
The house on the cliff-Charlotte Williams
The reckless engineer-Jac Wright
The Banovic Siblings-Gillian Felix
Netherwood-Jane Sanderson
My mother's funeral-Adriana Paramo
Changes-Gillian Felix
February:
At the river's edge-Mariah Stewart
Past Medical history- Donald B Stewart
Under the Wide and Starry Sky-Nancy Horan
When Strangers meet...-K Hari Kumar
Ravenscliffe-Jane Sanderson
The Greek Myths Vol II 1.6-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.12-Howard Schwartz
The perfume collector-Kathleen Tessaro
The Isolation Door-Anish Majumdar
The contractors-Harry Hunsicker
Look to the Hills; The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia McKissack
Three Souls-Janie Chang
Take charge of your life-William GLasser
The black song inside-Carlyle Clark
March:
Shadows in the sun-Gayathri Ramprasad
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow, An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 by Ellen Levine
The Greek Myths Vol II 2.6-Robert Graves
Clever Girl-Tessa Hadley
Tree of Souls 1.13-Howard Schwartz
Prisoner of Heaven, Kazunomiya, Japan 1858 by Kathryn Lasky
Songs of Willow Frost-Jamie Ford
Land of the buffalo bones the diary of mary ann elizabeth rodgers, an english girl in minnesota, new yeovil, minnesota, 1873-Marion Dane Bauer
Real happy family-Caeli Wolfson Widger
The Greek Myths Vol II 3.6-Robert Graves
Pilgrim footprints on the sands of time-Sylvia Nilsen (First book I toured for HFVBT)
Tree of Souls 1.14-Howard Schwartz
Of Marriageable age-Sharon Maas
Anybody's daughter-Pamela Samuels Young
The debt of Tamar-Nicole Dweck
The greek myths Vol II 4.6-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.15-Howard Schwartz
Hope Street, Jerusalem-Irris Makler
The eight fingered fiend of lake proker-Fletcher Best
The journal of finn reardon a newsie, new york city, 1899-Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Then like the blind man-Freddie Owens
My boyfriend barfed in my handbag...and other things you can't ask martha-Jolie Kerr
Across Great Divides-Monique Roy
Tea and primroses-Tess Thompson
Wilde Riders-Savannah Young
The Frangipani Hotel-Violet Kupersmith
April:
When the cypress whispers-Yvette Manessis Corporon
Sympathetic People-Donna Baier Stein
Serpents in the garden-Anna Belfrage
As the heart bones break-Audrey Chin
Blind allegiance-Violetta Rand
Blind Mercy-Violetta Rand
The eagle and the swan-Carol Strickland
Yom kippur as manifest in an approaching dorsal fin- adam byrn tritt
my foot is too big for the glass slipper a guide to the less than perfect life-gabrielle reece karen karbo
City of promises-D Grant Fitter
The bouchard legacy-Ted Magnuson
Black chalk-Christopher J Yates
1066; what fates impose-GK Holloway
Incendiary girls-Kodi Scheer
The winter siege-DW Bradbridge
The girl who came home-Hazel Gaynor
Casebook-Mona Simpson
White girl in La Casa-Christa Jeanne
The towers of Tuscany-Carol M Cram
the distraction addiction-alexn soojung kim pang
Night in Shanghai-Nicole Mones
A comedy of Erinn-Celia Bonaduce
To live forever an afterlife journey of meriwether lewis-andra watkins
May:
Bastard's Brew-Gillian Felix
The frost of springtime-Rachel L Demeter
semi-coma evolution of my intermittent consciousness-gulten dye
The publicist-Christina George (First book I toured for iRead Book Tours)
Shelf life-Christina George
Fallout-Sadie Jones
Dialogues of a crime-John K Manos
the education of geroge washington-austin washington
The pearl that broke its shell-Nadia Hashimi
The conditions of love-Dale M Kushner
Naked in Havana-Colin Falconer
Delicious!-Ruth Reichl
The collector of dying breaths-MJ Rose
The gondola maker-Laura Morelli
The quick-Lauren Owen
Immortality-Kevin Bohacz
One night in winter-Simon Sebag Montefiore
Puritan with the redemption of Rebecca Eames-Peni Jo Renner
Sinners and Sea-Rebecca Kanner
Ritual tea how the 9 secrets of tea can transform your life-Mario Zeleny
Blossoms and Bayonets-Jana McBurney Lin, Hi-Dong Chai
Ghost of the gods-Kevin Bohacz
June:
Bee Summers-Melanie Dugan
I am Livia-Phyllis T Smith
Lord Esterleigh's Daughter-Kathy Fischer Brown
Mozart's Wife-Juliet Waldron
Vienna's Last Jihad-C Wayne Dawson
The runaway highlander-RL Syme
Nightingale-Juliet Waldron
Chasing the sun-Natalia Sylvester
Curses and smoke-Vicky Alvear Shecter
The lost duchess-Jenny Barden
A replacement life-Boris Fishman
The year she left us-Kathryn Ma
Mrs. Poe-Lynn Cullen
breathe a memoir of motherhood, grief and family conflict-kelly kittel
sweet tooth-Tim Anderson
love will make you drink and gamble stay out late at night-shelly lowenkopf
Moving Day-Jonathan Stone
The cook's temptation-Joyce Wayne
The Living memories project legacies that last-meryl ain arthur m fischman stewart ain
Queen of Bedlam-Laura Purcell
Fire and sword-Louise Turner
July:
Never be at peace-MJ Neary
Love and treasure-Ayelet Waldman
Losing Touch-Sandra Hunter
Murder by misrule-Anna Castle
The tilted world-Tom Franklin, Beth Ann Fennelly
Supreme justice-Max Allan Collins
conquering shame and codependency-darlene lancer
Waking up white-Debby Irving
A triple Knot-Emma Campion
Go Away home-Carol Bodensteiner
The sea garden-Deborah Lawrenson
Last night at blue angel-Rebecca Rotert
To hold the sun-Chas Watkins
Boy in a band-Lisa Loomis
Good Chinese Wife a love affair with China gone wrong-Susan blumberg kason
The new men-Jon Enfield
East India-Colin Falconer
The sense of touch-Ron Parsons
Anvil of god-J Boyce Gleason
August:
Blade of the samurai-Susan Spann
The ghost bride-Yagsze Choo
Mr Boardwalk-Louis Greenstein
2 Am at the cat's pajamas-Marie Helene Bertino
The gifted-Daphen Michaels
The virtues of oxygen-Susan Schoenberger
The pillow book-Sei Shonagon (Arthur Waley version)
Sinful Fok-Ned Hayes
how does one dress to buy dragonfruit-Shannon Young
Season of the dragonflies-Sarah Creech
A hero for the people-Arthur Powers
Inamorata-Megan Chance
The story of land and sea-Katy Simpson
What counts most is how you finish-Shelia Payton
In the mirror-Kaira Rouda
The Greek Myths Vol II 5.6-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 2.1-Howard Schwartz
Tiger Tail soup-Nicki Chen
September:
Someone else's love story-Joshilyn Jackson
Three story house-Courtney Miller Santo
Edwin high king of Britain-Edoardo Albert
Shadows of the raven-Millie Thom
Letters from Wishing Rock-Pam Stucky
The angel of losses-Stephanie Feldman
Brilliance-Markey Sakey
Round the bend-Alistair McGuinness
Behind you-Carly M Duncan
A better world-Marcus Sakey
Spy Island-Sophie Schiller
Brunette ambition-Lea Michele (First book for Blogging for Books)
Nest-Esther Ehrlich
October:
Stevenson's treasure-Mark Wiederanders
Rav Hisda's Daughter; the apprentice-Maggie Anton
My thinning years-Jon Derek Croteau
Montreal-Debra Schoenberger
The Greek Myths Vol II 6.6-Robert Graves
A brief moment of weightlessness-Victoria Fish
Painting Juliana-Martha Louise Hunter
la bell creole the cuban countess who captivated havana, madrid and paris-Alina Garcia-Lapuerta
Baudelaire's revenge-Bob van laerhoven
the moonlight palace-Liz Rosenberg
the summer of long knives-Jim Snowden
Misdirection-Austin Williams
Ghost horse-Thomas H McNeely
Tree of souls 2.2-Howard Schwartz
In doubt-Drusilla Campbell
The lost tribe of Coney Island-Claire Prentice
mastering negative impuslive thoughts-john and elizabeth mcintosh
Man v nature-Diane Cook
Married one night-Amber Leigh Williams
Certainty-Victor Bevine
Rav Hisda's Daughter; enchantress-Maggie Anton
Palmetto Moon-Kim Boykin
Bad taste in men-Lana Cooper
The gossamer years-Michitsuna no Haha
November:
This dark road to mercy-Wiley Cash
Venice in the moonlight-Elizabeth McKenna (First book for Italy Book Tours)
Village of secrets-Caroline Moorehead
Vicissitudes of life-Wang Xiaoying
Memory card full-Liz Weber
Loving Lucianna-Joyce DiPastena
The vineyard-Michale Hurley
Christmas at Tiffany's-Karen Swan
December:
Seldom come by-Sherryl Caulfield
Us-David Nicholls
The clever mill horse-Jodi Lew Smith
Botticelli's Bastard-Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Death never sleeps-EJ Simon
Glimpsing Heaven-Judy Bachrach
Welcome to nursing-Joel Craig
The beautiful American-Jeanne Mackin (First book for French Book Tours)
The war nurse-RV Doon
Fog Island Mountains-Michelle Bailat Jones
What a lady needs for christmas-Grace Burrowes
Little things long remembered-Susan Newman
The temple of all knowing-Lee Papa
Omphalos-Mark Patton
Aoleon the martian girl-Brent LeVasseur
The temple is not my father-Rasana Atreya
Noah's Wife-T.K Thorne
Total Books: 221
Recommended Books of the Year: (Books I liked)
Turkeys of the year: (Books I didn't like)
January:
Somewhere in France-Jennifer Robson
Forbidden-Jacquelyn Frank
Forever-Jacquelyn Frank
Forsaken-Jacquelyn Frank
The Golem and the Jinni-Helene Wecker
Our love could light the world-Anna Leigh Parrish
The gods of heavenly punishment-Jennifer Cody Epstein
My heart in Seoul-Sydney Arrison
Woman of the Mists-Lynn Sholes
The Last train to Paris-Michele Zackheim
The house on the cliff-Charlotte Williams
The reckless engineer-Jac Wright
The Banovic Siblings-Gillian Felix
Netherwood-Jane Sanderson
My mother's funeral-Adriana Paramo
Changes-Gillian Felix
February:
At the river's edge-Mariah Stewart
Past Medical history- Donald B Stewart
Under the Wide and Starry Sky-Nancy Horan
When Strangers meet...-K Hari Kumar
Ravenscliffe-Jane Sanderson
The Greek Myths Vol II 1.6-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.12-Howard Schwartz
The perfume collector-Kathleen Tessaro
The Isolation Door-Anish Majumdar
The contractors-Harry Hunsicker
Look to the Hills; The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia McKissack
Three Souls-Janie Chang
Take charge of your life-William GLasser
The black song inside-Carlyle Clark
March:
Shadows in the sun-Gayathri Ramprasad
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow, An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 by Ellen Levine
The Greek Myths Vol II 2.6-Robert Graves
Clever Girl-Tessa Hadley
Tree of Souls 1.13-Howard Schwartz
Prisoner of Heaven, Kazunomiya, Japan 1858 by Kathryn Lasky
Songs of Willow Frost-Jamie Ford
Land of the buffalo bones the diary of mary ann elizabeth rodgers, an english girl in minnesota, new yeovil, minnesota, 1873-Marion Dane Bauer
Real happy family-Caeli Wolfson Widger
The Greek Myths Vol II 3.6-Robert Graves
Pilgrim footprints on the sands of time-Sylvia Nilsen (First book I toured for HFVBT)
Tree of Souls 1.14-Howard Schwartz
Of Marriageable age-Sharon Maas
Anybody's daughter-Pamela Samuels Young
The debt of Tamar-Nicole Dweck
The greek myths Vol II 4.6-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 1.15-Howard Schwartz
Hope Street, Jerusalem-Irris Makler
The eight fingered fiend of lake proker-Fletcher Best
The journal of finn reardon a newsie, new york city, 1899-Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Then like the blind man-Freddie Owens
My boyfriend barfed in my handbag...and other things you can't ask martha-Jolie Kerr
Across Great Divides-Monique Roy
Tea and primroses-Tess Thompson
Wilde Riders-Savannah Young
The Frangipani Hotel-Violet Kupersmith
April:
When the cypress whispers-Yvette Manessis Corporon
Sympathetic People-Donna Baier Stein
Serpents in the garden-Anna Belfrage
As the heart bones break-Audrey Chin
Blind allegiance-Violetta Rand
Blind Mercy-Violetta Rand
The eagle and the swan-Carol Strickland
Yom kippur as manifest in an approaching dorsal fin- adam byrn tritt
my foot is too big for the glass slipper a guide to the less than perfect life-gabrielle reece karen karbo
City of promises-D Grant Fitter
The bouchard legacy-Ted Magnuson
Black chalk-Christopher J Yates
1066; what fates impose-GK Holloway
Incendiary girls-Kodi Scheer
The winter siege-DW Bradbridge
The girl who came home-Hazel Gaynor
Casebook-Mona Simpson
White girl in La Casa-Christa Jeanne
The towers of Tuscany-Carol M Cram
the distraction addiction-alexn soojung kim pang
Night in Shanghai-Nicole Mones
A comedy of Erinn-Celia Bonaduce
To live forever an afterlife journey of meriwether lewis-andra watkins
May:
Bastard's Brew-Gillian Felix
The frost of springtime-Rachel L Demeter
semi-coma evolution of my intermittent consciousness-gulten dye
The publicist-Christina George (First book I toured for iRead Book Tours)
Shelf life-Christina George
Fallout-Sadie Jones
Dialogues of a crime-John K Manos
the education of geroge washington-austin washington
The pearl that broke its shell-Nadia Hashimi
The conditions of love-Dale M Kushner
Naked in Havana-Colin Falconer
Delicious!-Ruth Reichl
The collector of dying breaths-MJ Rose
The gondola maker-Laura Morelli
The quick-Lauren Owen
Immortality-Kevin Bohacz
One night in winter-Simon Sebag Montefiore
Puritan with the redemption of Rebecca Eames-Peni Jo Renner
Sinners and Sea-Rebecca Kanner
Ritual tea how the 9 secrets of tea can transform your life-Mario Zeleny
Blossoms and Bayonets-Jana McBurney Lin, Hi-Dong Chai
Ghost of the gods-Kevin Bohacz
June:
Bee Summers-Melanie Dugan
I am Livia-Phyllis T Smith
Lord Esterleigh's Daughter-Kathy Fischer Brown
Mozart's Wife-Juliet Waldron
Vienna's Last Jihad-C Wayne Dawson
The runaway highlander-RL Syme
Nightingale-Juliet Waldron
Chasing the sun-Natalia Sylvester
Curses and smoke-Vicky Alvear Shecter
The lost duchess-Jenny Barden
A replacement life-Boris Fishman
The year she left us-Kathryn Ma
Mrs. Poe-Lynn Cullen
breathe a memoir of motherhood, grief and family conflict-kelly kittel
sweet tooth-Tim Anderson
love will make you drink and gamble stay out late at night-shelly lowenkopf
Moving Day-Jonathan Stone
The cook's temptation-Joyce Wayne
The Living memories project legacies that last-meryl ain arthur m fischman stewart ain
Queen of Bedlam-Laura Purcell
Fire and sword-Louise Turner
July:
Never be at peace-MJ Neary
Love and treasure-Ayelet Waldman
Losing Touch-Sandra Hunter
Murder by misrule-Anna Castle
The tilted world-Tom Franklin, Beth Ann Fennelly
Supreme justice-Max Allan Collins
conquering shame and codependency-darlene lancer
Waking up white-Debby Irving
A triple Knot-Emma Campion
Go Away home-Carol Bodensteiner
The sea garden-Deborah Lawrenson
Last night at blue angel-Rebecca Rotert
To hold the sun-Chas Watkins
Boy in a band-Lisa Loomis
Good Chinese Wife a love affair with China gone wrong-Susan blumberg kason
The new men-Jon Enfield
East India-Colin Falconer
The sense of touch-Ron Parsons
Anvil of god-J Boyce Gleason
August:
Blade of the samurai-Susan Spann
The ghost bride-Yagsze Choo
Mr Boardwalk-Louis Greenstein
2 Am at the cat's pajamas-Marie Helene Bertino
The gifted-Daphen Michaels
The virtues of oxygen-Susan Schoenberger
The pillow book-Sei Shonagon (Arthur Waley version)
Sinful Fok-Ned Hayes
how does one dress to buy dragonfruit-Shannon Young
Season of the dragonflies-Sarah Creech
A hero for the people-Arthur Powers
Inamorata-Megan Chance
The story of land and sea-Katy Simpson
What counts most is how you finish-Shelia Payton
In the mirror-Kaira Rouda
The Greek Myths Vol II 5.6-Robert Graves
Tree of Souls 2.1-Howard Schwartz
Tiger Tail soup-Nicki Chen
September:
Someone else's love story-Joshilyn Jackson
Three story house-Courtney Miller Santo
Edwin high king of Britain-Edoardo Albert
Shadows of the raven-Millie Thom
Letters from Wishing Rock-Pam Stucky
The angel of losses-Stephanie Feldman
Brilliance-Markey Sakey
Round the bend-Alistair McGuinness
Behind you-Carly M Duncan
A better world-Marcus Sakey
Spy Island-Sophie Schiller
Brunette ambition-Lea Michele (First book for Blogging for Books)
Nest-Esther Ehrlich
October:
Stevenson's treasure-Mark Wiederanders
Rav Hisda's Daughter; the apprentice-Maggie Anton
My thinning years-Jon Derek Croteau
Montreal-Debra Schoenberger
The Greek Myths Vol II 6.6-Robert Graves
A brief moment of weightlessness-Victoria Fish
Painting Juliana-Martha Louise Hunter
la bell creole the cuban countess who captivated havana, madrid and paris-Alina Garcia-Lapuerta
Baudelaire's revenge-Bob van laerhoven
the moonlight palace-Liz Rosenberg
the summer of long knives-Jim Snowden
Misdirection-Austin Williams
Ghost horse-Thomas H McNeely
Tree of souls 2.2-Howard Schwartz
In doubt-Drusilla Campbell
The lost tribe of Coney Island-Claire Prentice
mastering negative impuslive thoughts-john and elizabeth mcintosh
Man v nature-Diane Cook
Married one night-Amber Leigh Williams
Certainty-Victor Bevine
Rav Hisda's Daughter; enchantress-Maggie Anton
Palmetto Moon-Kim Boykin
Bad taste in men-Lana Cooper
The gossamer years-Michitsuna no Haha
November:
This dark road to mercy-Wiley Cash
Venice in the moonlight-Elizabeth McKenna (First book for Italy Book Tours)
Village of secrets-Caroline Moorehead
Vicissitudes of life-Wang Xiaoying
Memory card full-Liz Weber
Loving Lucianna-Joyce DiPastena
The vineyard-Michale Hurley
Christmas at Tiffany's-Karen Swan
December:
Seldom come by-Sherryl Caulfield
Us-David Nicholls
The clever mill horse-Jodi Lew Smith
Botticelli's Bastard-Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Death never sleeps-EJ Simon
Glimpsing Heaven-Judy Bachrach
Welcome to nursing-Joel Craig
The beautiful American-Jeanne Mackin (First book for French Book Tours)
The war nurse-RV Doon
Fog Island Mountains-Michelle Bailat Jones
What a lady needs for christmas-Grace Burrowes
Little things long remembered-Susan Newman
The temple of all knowing-Lee Papa
Omphalos-Mark Patton
Aoleon the martian girl-Brent LeVasseur
The temple is not my father-Rasana Atreya
Noah's Wife-T.K Thorne
Total Books: 221
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