Reviews: 2015

Books reviewed, spotlighted, or featured in 2015 (no link = not reviewed online, anonymous review for another venue, or please search cited website).

1. Descent by Tim Johnston
2. Heap House by Edward Carey 
3. Of All the Gin Joints by Mark Bailey
4. A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison 
5. Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
6. The Way of Tea and Justice by Becca Stevens 
7. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton 
8. Migratory Animals by Mary Helen Specht 
9. Twisted Fate by Norah Olson
10. Willowgrove by Kathleen Peacock
11. The Prey by Tom Isbell
12. Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff
13. J: A Novel by Howard Jacobson (audiobook)
14. Kiss of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick
15. Lumberjanes by Grace Ellis & Noelle Stevenson (issue 1)
16. Princess Ugg by Ted Naifeh (issue 1)
17. Rat Queens by Med Dejmal and Kurtis J Wiebe (issue 1)
18. The Sword by Jonathan Luna (issue 1)
19. Wayward by Jim Zub (issue 1)
20. West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan
21. Marine Park by Mark Chiusano 
22. Beating the Lunch Box Blues by J. M. Hirsch 
23. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis 
24. Fables 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham 
25. Far Flung and Well Fed by R. W. Apple Jr.
26. Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley
27. How to Outswim a Shark without a Snorkel by Jess Keating
28. Dinosaur Boy by Cory Putman Oakes
29. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 
30. Real Food for Everyone by Ann Gentry
31. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
32. Fiercombe Manor by Kate Riordan 
33. "Moving On" by Diane Cook
34. "Holy Writ" by Mary Norris
35. "The Ghost of Winthrop" by Katherine Hall Page 
36. How to Roast by Michael Ruhlman 
37. Ongoingness by Sarah Manguso 
38. Who Buries the Dead by C. S. Harris 
39. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
40. The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene (feature) 
41. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum 
42. Sheet Pan Suppers by Molly Gilbert 
43. The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
44. The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah
45. The Orphans at Race Point by Patry Francis
46. Fin & Lady by Cathleen Schine
47. How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks
48. Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles
49. Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford 
50. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 
51. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman 
52. Delicious Foods by James Hannaham (for AudioFile & Readerly magazines)
53. How to Be Both by Ali Smith (for AudioFile magazine)
54. A Matter of Breeding by Michael Brandow (and also for Bloggers Recommend) 
55. Public School Superhero by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts 
56. Inherit the Wind (Fables 17) by Bill Willingham
57. Werewolves of the Heartland by Bill Willingham 
58. Us by David Nicholls 
59. "The Good News" by Heather Lende
60. "Inside the Shop of the the Last Great American Watchmaker" by Josh Ozersky
61. "On Writing: Frame of Reference" by John McPhee 
62. Homemakers by Brit Morin 
63. Where Women Are Kings by Christie Watson (and for Readerly)
64. Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name (with Hilary Beard)
65. Nightbird by Alice Hoffman 
66. Mystery Writers of America Cookbook edited by Kate White
67. Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe (see also AudioFile magazine)
68. Good Dog edited by David Dibenedetto
69. Dog Crazy by Meg Donohue
70. Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew (also for AudioFile magazine)
71. Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (and for AudioFile magazine)
72. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (and for Readerly)
73. Dead Wake by Erik Larsen (for Readerly magazine)
74.  Shadow of a Spout by Amanda Cooper
75. The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco by Laura DiSilverio
76. Buy a Whisker by Sofie Ryan
77. Demise in Denim by Duffy Brown
78. Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert
79. Wicked Stitch by Amanda Lee
80. A Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (also for AudioFile magazine) 
81. Natchez Burning by Greg Iles 
82. Cubs in Toyland (Fables 18) by Bill Willlingham
83. Snow White (Fables 19) Bill Willingham
84. The CSA Cookbook by Linda Ly (for Readerly)
85. Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts (for Readerly)
86. The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen (for Readerly)
87. Goldeneye by Matthew Parker (for Readerly) 
88. Camelot (Fables 20) by Bill Willingham
89. The Tucci Table by Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt
90. Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes 
91. Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick Bragg
92. Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
93. The B-Side by Ben Yagoda
94. Driftwood by Elizabeth Dutton
95. Driving the King by Ravi Howard
96. I'm Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil
97. Bettyville by George Hodgman (for AudioFile)
98. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
99. Twintuition: Double Vision by Tia and Tamera Mowry
100. Blackout by Sarah Hepola (for Readerly & repeated here)
101. The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
102. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill
103. The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (with Elio M. Garcia Jr. and Linda Antonsson)
104. The Outlandish Companion: Volume One by Diana Gabaldon
105. The Fables Encyclopedia by Jess Nevins, Bill Willingham, and Mark Buckingham
106. The Fog Diver by Joel Ross (and for Readerly) 
107. The Promise by Ann Weisgarber 
108. The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
109. On the Run by Alice Goffman
110. A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
111. The Domino Diaries by Brin-Jonathan Butler
112. The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack
113. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Meghan Daum
114. The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy
115. Movie Menus by Francine Segan 
116. Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf 
117. A Place for Us by Harriet Evans 
118. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
119. Whatever After: Beauty Queen by Sarah Mlynowski
120. Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy (for AudioFile)
121. A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder (for Readerly
122. Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb (for Readerly)
123. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones (for Readerly)
124. Anything Could Happen by Will Walton (for Readerly)
125. A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (for Readerly)
126. Woof by Spencer Quinn (for Readerly)
127. The Whisperer by Fiona McIntosh (for Readerly)
128. Tyme #1: Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel by Megan Morrison (for Readerly)
129. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (for Readerly)
130. 1,000 Foods to Eat before You Die by Mimi Sheraton 
131. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (also for AudioFile; also here)
132. Bushel Full of Murder by Paige Shelton
133. Death of a Chocolate Cheater by Penny Pike
134. Truffled to Death by Kathy Aarons
135. The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis 
136. The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan 
137. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (and for Readerly) 
138. Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (featured)
139. Privy to the Dead by Sheila Connolly 
140. The Green Road by Anne Enright (featured and for AudioFile)
141. Happily Ever After, Fables 21, by Bill Willingham (featured)
142. Honey & Co.: The Cookbook by Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer 
143. The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 
144. Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway 
145. If You Find This by Matthew Baker (for AudioFile) 
146. What Katie Ate on the Weekend by Katie Quinn Davies 
147. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 
148. "Like a Tiger in a Cage" by Per Petterson
149. "The Girls and the Dogs" by Kevin Barry
150. "Ghost Neighbors" by Joanna Luloff
151. Murder with a Twist by Tracy Kiely (for Readerly)
152. One Foot in the Grave by Carlene O'Neil (for Readerly)
153. The Final Reveille by Amanda Flower (for Readerly)
154. Bite the Biscuit by Linda O. Johnston (for Readerly)
155. Fillet of Murder by Linda Reilly (for Readerly)
156. The Beer Wench's Guide to Beer by Ashley Routson 
157. Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel
158. The Leveller by Julia Durango
159. When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord 
160. Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean
161. The Nurses by Alexandra Robbins
162. Sorry! by Henry Hitchings
163. Members Only by Julie Tibbott
164. Napoleon by Andrew Roberts
165. The Wolf and the Watchman by Scott C. Johnson
166. Gotti's Rules by George Anastasia
167. American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus
168. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson 
169. Death under Glass by Jennifer McAndrews 
170. Weightless by Sara Bannan
171. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
172. Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn
173. Summer Secrets by Jane Green
174. The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
175. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler 
176. Mason Jar Salads by Julia Mirabella 
177. The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjobert (and for AudioFile)
178. Mr. Mac & Me by Esther Freud (and for AudioFile)
179. Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black (and for AudioFile)
180. Backyard Witch by Christine Heppermann and Ron Koertge
181. Urban Bestiary by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
182. Uprooted (feature) by Naomi Novik (review)
183. Coloring books by Wendy Piersall 
184. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 
185. Murder, D.C. by Tucker Neely 
186. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
187. Straight on Till Morning by Mary S. Lovell
188. Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
189. The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley
190. Out in the Midday Sun by Elspeth Huxley 
191. The Ghosts of Happy Valley by Julliet Barnes
192. The Bolter by Frances Osborne
193. Child of Happy Valley by Juanita Carberry
194. The Best Homemade Kids' Snacks on the Planet by Laura Fuentes 
195. Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich 
196. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 
197. Fables 22: Farewell by Bill Willingham 
198. Rywka's Diary (also for Readerly)
199. Anchor and Flares by Kate Braestrup (and for AudioFile) 
200. Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen Potter
201. Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Luck by Ellen Potter 
202. The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan (and for AudioFile)
203. An Age of License by Lucy Knisley
204. Displacement by Lucy Knisley 
205. If Onions Could Spring Leeks by Paige Shelton 
206. Vintage by David Baker 
207. American Meteor by Norman Lock (for AudioFile) 
208. Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman who Captivated C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria (for Readerly)
209. The Martian by Andy Weir (for Readerly; book to movie)
210. Black Mass by Dick Lehr an Gerard O'Neill (for Readerly; book to movie)
211. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (for Readerly; book to movie)
212. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (for Readerly; book to movie)
213. Brooklyn by Colm Tobin (for Readerly; book to movie)
214. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (for Readerly; book to movie) 
215. All That Followed by Gabriel Urza 
216. Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
217. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan 
218. Dinner Solved! by Katie Workman 
219. Thicker Than Blood by Jan English Leary 
220. Thank You, Goodnight by Andy Abramowitz 
221. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 
222. The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates (for AudioFile)
223. The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan (for AudioFile) 
224. Tasting Whiskey by Lew Bryson 
225. The Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay (for AudioFile)
226. The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick 
227. Slice Harvester by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf
228. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (and for Readerly)
229. Connect the Stars by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
230. Don't Vote for Me by Krista Van Dolzer
231. A Series of Small Maneuvers by Eliot Treichel
232. Dear Opl by Shelley Sackier (and for Readerly)
233. The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
234. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
235. A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel (and for Readerly)
236. Until I Find Julian by Patricia Reilly Giff (and for Readerly)
237. A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder
238. The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB by Adam Shauhnessy
239. The Wrinkled Crown by Anne Nesbet
240. Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu
241. The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon
242. My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson
243. Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage
244. Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver and H. C. Chester
245. A Pocket Full of Murder by R. J. Anderson
246. The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
247. Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
248. The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
249. The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
250. The Bamboo Sword by Margi Preus
251. A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
252. River Runs Deep by Jennifer Bradbury
253. I Don't Know How the Story Ends by J. B. Cheaney
254. Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith
255. House Arrest by K. A. Holt
256. Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle
257. Somewhere There Is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum
258. This Side of Wild by Gary Paulson
259. The Golden Specific by S. E. Grove 
260. The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg 
261. The Last Kings of Sark by Rosa Rankin-Gee 
262. Home Fires by Julie Summers 
263. If You're Lucky by Yvonne Prinz (originally for Readerly)
264. The Four Seasons of Pasta by Nancy Harmon Jenkins and Sara Jenkins 
265. Diva and Flea by Mo Willems 
266. After You by JoJo Moyes
267. Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan
268. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
269. Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta 
270. Woman with a Secret by Sophie Hannah (for AudioFile)
271. Infinite Home by Kathleen Alcott (for AudioFile)
272. The Comic Book Story of Beer by Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith 
273. Stones in the Road by E. B. Moore
274. The Paris Key, by Juliet Blackwell
275. The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M. J. Rose
276. Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw
277. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts
278. Mademoiselle Chanel by C. W. Gortner
279. The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
280. The Woman in the Photograph by Dana Gynther
281. All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani (and also for AudioFile) 
282. Red Eggs and Good Luck by Angela Lam 
283. Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor 
284. Four adult coloring books (with a twist) 
285. Almost Interesting by David Spade (DNF)
286. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 
287. American Bite by Libby H. O'Connell 
288. Fear of Dying by Erica Jong (for AudioFile) 
289. We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean 
290. Gale Gand's Short + Sweet by Gale Gand
291. The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell 
292. Soundless by Richelle Mead 
293. Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton 
294. Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams 
295. A Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
296. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin 
297. A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern (for AudioFile)
298. Like Family by Paolo Giordano 
299. Spy vs Spy edited by John Ficarra
300. Plotted by Andrew DeGraff
301. Hillary Rodham Clinton Presidential Playset by Caitlin Kuhwald
302. By the Book by Pamela Paul
303. All the Words Are Yours by Tyler Knott Gregson
304. The Complete Beatles Songs by Steve Turner
305. Whaling Season by Peter Lourie 
306. Simple Art of Salt Block Cooking by Jessica Harlan and Kelley Sparwasser
307. Cafe Spice Cookbook by Hari Nayak
308. Custom Confections by Jen Besel
309. Mug It! by Pam McElroy 
310. A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk (trans. Ekin Oklap) (for AudioFile)
311. The Bone Hunters and Valhalla by Robert J. Mrazek 
312. Drinking in America by Susan Cheever 
313. Here Today, Gone Tamale by Rebecca Adler 
314. Visions by Kelley Armstrong 
315. Ninja Timmy by Henrik Tamm 
316. The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book by Emily Elsen and Melissa Elsen 
317. Eleanor by Jason Gurley (for AudioFile) 
318. Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas (DNF) 
319. Illuminae 01 by Annie Kaufman & Jan Kristoff 
320. Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong 
321. Death of a Dustman by M. C. Beaton

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Reviews 2016-2017

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Books reviewed, spotlighted, or featured in 2016 (no link = not reviewed online, anonymous review for another venue, or please search cited website). A = audiobook

1. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein (A) 
2. All-American Paleo Table by Caroline Potter 
3. Chloe in India by Kate Darnton (also Litsy)
4. American Housewife by Helen Ellis 
5. Cooking As Fast As I Can by Cat Cora (A) (AudioFile)
6. Love in Lowercase by Francesc Miralles
7. Twister by Genanne Walsh 
8. Stars over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner 
9. Kingdom Come by Jane Jensen 
10. Where It Hurts by Reed Ferrel Coleman 
11. Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (A) (AudioFile)
12. The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian (A)
13. The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
14. The Invention of Science by David Wootten 
15. I Was Really Very Hungry by MFK Fisher (adapted by Kelly Nespor) (A) (AudioFile)
16. For Cheddar or Worse by Avery Aames
17. Scene of the Brine by Mary Ellen Hughes
18. It's a Wonderful Knife by Christine Wenger
19. Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy
20. To Brew or Not to Brew by Joyce Tremel
21. Death of a Bad Apple by Penny Pike
22. One Foot in the Grove by Kelly Lane
23. Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz 
24. Juniors by Kaui Hart Hemmings (A) 
25. The Other Me by Saskia Sarginson 
26. The Goblin's Puzzle by Andrew S. Chilton
27. The Fallingwater Cookbook by Suzanne Martinson 
28. Darned if I Do by Monica Ferris 
29. Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
30. Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
31. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
32. Ana of California by Andi Teran
33. Miss Emily by Nuala O'Connor
34. Amherst by William Nicholson
35. Re Jane by Patrica Park
36. Reader, I Married Him edited by Tracy Chevalier
37. Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
38. Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley (A) (AudioFile) 
39. Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase (A) 
40. Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson (A) (AudioFile) 
41. The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky 
42. The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin 
43. Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser (see Litsy)
44. Lust & Wonder by Augusten Burroughs (see Litsy)
45. Georgia by Dawn Tripp 
46. The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee (A) (AudioFile) 
47. Sunday Dinners by Dina Crowell 
48. Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett (A) (Audiofile) 
49. Small Mercies by Eddie Joyce 
50. Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr (A) (DNF; see Litsy)
51. Winterwood by Jacey Bedford
52. The Secrets of Solace by Jaleigh Johnson
53. I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan 
54. The Mad Feast by Matthew Gavin Frank 
55. Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi (A) (see Litsy)
56. The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick
57. The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien
58. Wintering by Peter Geye
59. In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
60. Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann (review; also see Litsy)
61. Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn
62. The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins (A) (see Litsy) 
63. The Cookies & Cups Cookbook by Shelly Jaronsky 
64. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben (A) (AudioFile) 
65. The Widow by Fiona Barton (A) (AudioFile) 
66. The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell (A) (AudioFile) 
67. The Young Chef by The Culinary Institute of America
68. The Elephant n the Room by Jack Bender (see Litsy) 
69. Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan (A) (AudioFile)
70. The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile) 
71. The Basque Book by Alexandra Raij, Eder Montero, and Rebecca Marx
72. The Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell (A) (see Litsy)
73. The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell (A) (see Litsy) 
74. The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish 
75. Save Room for Pie by Roy Blount Jr. (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
76. The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (A)
77. The Wander Society by Keri Smith
78. Immaculate Heart by Camille DeAngelis
79. The Haters by Jesse Andrews (A) (see Litsy)
80. Something New by Lucy Knisley (see Litsy) 
81. Breaking Wild by Diane Les Becquets (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
82. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (A) (see Litsy) 
83. Rare Objects by Kathleen Tessaro 
84. Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (A) (AudioFile; Litsy) 
85. Tears in the Grass by Lynda A. Archer (see Litsy)
86. Daredevils by Shawn Vestal (see Litsy)
87. Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson (see Litsy)
88. My Mrs. Brown by William Norwich (see Litsy)
89. The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (see Litsy)
90. Life by John Brockman (see Litsy)
91. Paper by Mark Kurlansky (see Litsy)
92. The Wander Society by Keri Smith (see Litsy)
93. Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
94. Secret of Dreadwillow Carse by Brian Farrey 
95. Finding Fraser by K. C. Dyer 
96. Maestra by L. S. Hilton (A) (see Litsy) 
97. Irish Stewed by Kylie Logan
98. Berry the Hatchet by Peg Cochran
99. Hearse and Gardens by Kathleen Bridge 
100. Trials of Apollo (book 1) by Rick Riordan (A)
101. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile) 
102. Pornburger by Mathew Ramsey 
103. Pen & Palate by Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen
104. Modern Lovers by Emma Straub 
105. The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
106. The Age of Genomes by Steven Monroe Lipkin
107. The Big Picture by Sean Carroll
108. Available by Matteson Perry
109. Her Again by Michael Schulman (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
110. My Holiday in North Korea by Wendy E. Simmons
111. Setting the World on Fire by Shelley Emling
112. Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
113. The Edge of the Empire by Bronwen Riley
114. Tribe by Sebastian Junger
115. The First Signs by Genevieve von Petzinger
116. The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman (see Litsy)
117. Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo (A) (see Litsy) 
118. The Girl in the Well Is Me by Karen Rivers (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
119. Even in Paradise by Elizabeth Nunez (A) (DNF; see Litsy)
120. Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki (A) (AudioFile; Litsy) 
121. What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan (A) (Litsy) 
122. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (A) Litsy 
123. I'm Your Biggest Fan by Kate Coyne 
124. Political Suicide by Erin McHugh (Litsy)
125. Wintering by Peter Geye (Litsy)
126. We Love You Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge (A) (AudioFile; Litsy) 
127. Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger (A) (Litsy) 
128. Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn (A) (Litsy) 
129. Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine el Rashidi (A) (DNF; Litsy)
130. And I Darken by Kiersten White (A) (DNF; Litsy)
131. The Tribes of Palos Verdes (A) (Litsy) 
132. An Unrestored Woman by Shobha Rao (Litsy)
133. The Tulip Factory by Kacie Davis Idol (DNF; Litsy)
134. Ingredienti by Marcella Hazan (A / P) (AudioFile; Litsy) 
135. The Crimson Skew by S. E. Grove (A) (Litsy)
136. Toasting Up Trouble by Linda Wiken 
137. The Vegetable Butcher by Cara Mangini 
138. The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close (A) (Litsy)
139. Monstress #1 by Marjorie Liu (Litsy) 
140. Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent (A) (Litsy, AudioFile)
141. Baby Doll by Hollie Overton 
142. Feed by Mira Grant (A) (Litsy) 
143. Cooking for Picasso by Mozhan Marno (A) (Litsy; AudioFile) 
144. The Hike by Drew Magary (DNF; Litsy)
145. The Bourbon Kings by J. R. Ward (Litsy)
146. A Buzz in the Meadow by Dave Goulson (Litsy)
147. The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks (Litsy)
148. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad (Litsy)
149. Moo by Sharon Creech (Litsy)
150. Mothers, Tell Your Daughters by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Litsy)
151. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (Litsy)
152. Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson (A) (Litsy)
153. Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan (A) (Litsy) 
154. Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst (A) (Litsy, AudioFile) 
155. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (Litsy) 
156. City Bakers Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (A) (Litsy, AudioFile)
157. The Last Good Girl by Allison Leotta (A) (Litsy)
158. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (A) (Litsy)
159. Leaving Lucy Pear by Anna Solomon (A) (AudioFile, Litsy)
160. Deadline by Mira Grant (A) (Litsy) 
161. Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris (A, Litsy) 
162. Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joana Cannon (Litsy)
163. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
164. Real Food, Fake Food by Larry Olmsted (A) (Litsy; AudioFile) 
165. The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
166. The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (Litsy)
167. Blackout by Mira Grant (A) (Litsy
168. Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym (Litsy, Twitter)
169. Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
170. Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton  (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
171. The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (A) (Litsy) 
172. Thrones & Bones by Lou Anders (A) (DNS; Litsy)
173. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (A) (Litsy)
174. Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
175. The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin by Stephanie Knipper (A) (Litsy; Audiofile)
176. The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin (A) (Litsy; Audiofile)
177. A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham (Litsy)
178. Agnes by Peter Stamm (Litsy)
179. The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (A) (Litsy)
180. The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (A) (Litsy)
181. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God by Jack Weatherford (A) (Litsy)
182. Every Single Second by Tricia Springstubb (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
183. Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
184. Appetites Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain
185. Ziggy Marley and Family Cookbook by Ziggy Marley
186. The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook by Natalie Eve Garrett

Reviews, spotlights, features 2017

A=Audio / F=Feature 

Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams (A)
Different Class by Joanne Harris (F)
Containment by Hank Parker (F)
My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry (F)
Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac (F)
Dance on the Volcano by Marie Vieux-Chauvet (F)
Days without End by Sebastian Barry (F)
The Signal Flame by Andrew Krivak (F)
The Echo of Twilight by Judith Kinghorn (F)
The Antiques by Kris D'Agostino (F)
Traveling Light by Lynne Branard (F)
Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson (F)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (A)
Dead Cold Brew by Cleo Coyle
Warren the 13th: The All-Seeing Eye by Tania del Rio and Will Staehle
The One Inside by Same Shepard (A)
This Is Not Over by Holly Brown (F)
The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry (F)
Little Deaths by Emma Flint (F)
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (F)
Signals by Tim Gautreaux (F)
Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang (F)
Scarred by Michael Kenneth Smith (A)
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan (A)
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White by Michael Tisserand
The Ethan I Was Before by Ali Standish (F)
The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla and Julie McLaughli (F)
In Winter's Kitchen by Beth Dooley (F)
Packed! by Becky Alexander and Michelle Lake (F)
Food52: Mighty Salads (F)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (A)
Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh (A)
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression by Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe (A)
Mincemeat by Leonardo Lucarelli (A)
Castle in the Mist by Amy Ephron
As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka (A)
Phoenix by S. F. Said (A)
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (A)
March Book One by John Lewis (F)
The Stone Heart by Faith Erin Hicks (F)
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
One-Pan Wonders by America’s Test Kitchen
As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka
Gilded Cage by Vic James (A)
The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro
Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Lasken
Windy City Blues by Renee Rosen
The Young Wives Club by Julie Pennell
Food52’s A New Way to Dinner by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs
Lincoln at the Bardo by George Saunders (A)
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (A)
Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis
Bookman Dead Stye by Paige Shelton
The Lost Woman by Sara Blaedel
Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong
Death of a Ghost by M. C. Beaton
Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman
Bone Box by Faye Kellerman
Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (A)
Cold Pressed Murder by Kelly Lane
A Wee Homicide in the Hotel by Fran Stewart
Blown Away by Clover Tate
Gone with the Twins by Kylie Logan
No Cats Allowed by Miranda James
Roux the Day by Linda Wiken
The Silence of the Flans by Laura Bradford
War and Peach by Susan Furlong
Smashed, Mashed Boiled and Baked by Raghavan Iyer
Setting Free the Kites by Alex George
Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin
Fish Girl by David Wiesner and Donna Jo Napoli
The Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan (A)
Sci-Fi Junior High by John Martin and Scott Seegert
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love
Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas
I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi (A)
One of the Boys by Daniel Magariel
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson (A)
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
The Cutaway by Christina Kovac
The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo
Himself by Jess Kidd
It Happens All the Time by Amy Hatvany
The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz
Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein
The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
American Street by Ibi Zobo (A)
Lisa and the Lacemaker by Kathy Hoopmann and Mike Medaglia
Archlight by Brandon Graham and Marian Churchland
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
Sons and Soldiers by Bruce Henderson
The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal
Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams
Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton
The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
My Sister's Bones by Nuala Ellwood
The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes
The Daughters of Ireland by Santa Montefiore
The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson
The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George
he Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan (A)
The Futures by Anna Pitoniak (A)
Lucy & Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown
California Dreamin': Cass Elliot before The Mamas & the Papas by Penelope Bagieu
The Pocket Beer Guide by Stephen Beaumont and Tim Webb
Cheese & Beer by Janet Fletcher
Cookies & Beer by Jonathan Bender
A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz by Goran Rosenberg
The Pen and the Brush by Anka Muhlstein
Victoria: The Queen by Julia Baird
The Family Gene by Joselin Linder
Food Fight by McKay Jenkins
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan
The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far by Lawrence M. Krauss
Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker (A)
Dream Magic by Joshua Khan (F)
Carmer and Grit by Sasrah Jean Horwitz (F)
The Lost Staff of Wonders by Raymond Arroyo (F)
Xander and the Dream Thief by Margaret Dilloway (F)
The Shadows We Know by Heart Jennifer Park (F)
The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress (F)
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (F)
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (F)
The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan (A)
Edgar & Lucy by Victor Lodato (A)
On Turpentine Lane by Elinor Lipman (A)
ADULT-ish by Cristina Vanko
Real Friends by Shannon Hale
Stick Cat by Tom Watson
Olga and the Smelly Thing from Nowhere by Elise Gravel
My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry (A)
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Bahar
Mercies in Disguise by Gina Kolata (A)
Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (A)
South and West by Joan Didion (A)
Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld (A)
Wine Isn’t Rocket Science by Ophelie Neiman
Beyond the Wild River by Sarah Maine (F)
One Good Thing by Wendy Wax (F)
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova (F)
Gone without a Trace by Mary Torjussen (F)
A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain (F)
Where the Dead Lie by C. S. Harris (F)
Almost Human by Lee Berger with John Hawks (F)
Saving Arcadia by Heather Shumaker and James Gibson (F)
Where the Water Goes by David Owen (F)
Red Shoes for Rachel by Boris Sandler (F)
Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies (F)
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nineka Arimah (F)
Silence of the Jams by Gayle Leeson Love
The One Inside by Sam Shepard (A)
Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan (A)
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout (A)
Feeding a Family by Sarah Waldman

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Reviews, spotlights, & features: 2014

1. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Inside Man (Unwritten, vol. 2) by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
3. The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher
4. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
5. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
6. Dead Man's Fancy by Keith McCafferty
7. The Last Dead Girl by Harry Dolan
8. The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home by Michael C. Zusman and Nick Zukin
9. Underwire by Jennifer Hayden
10. The Year of the Revolution by Robin Morgan and Ariel Leve
11. Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
12. North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo (and here)
13. The Lion and the Rose by Kate Quinn (DNF)
14. The Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda (DNF)
15. Fables: The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham
16. The Innocent Sleep by Karen Perry
17. The Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson (and here)
18. What We Lost in the Dark by Jacquelyn Mitchard  
19. A Tale of Two Biddies by Kylie Logan
20. The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
21. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
22. The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
23. The Book of Jonah by Joshua Max Feldman
24. This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
25. Sunday Dinners by Diane Cowan
26. The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff
27. The Quantum League Spell Robber by Michael J. Kirby
28. Horses of the Dawn: The Escape by Kathryn Lasky 
29. Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck 
30. Random cookbooks from my shelves
31. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
32. The Moon Sisters by Therese Walsh
33. Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium edited by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread
34. Pressure Cooker Perfection by America's Test Kitchen
35. The Colour of Milk by Nell Leyshon
36. Sailor Twain by Mark Siegel
37. The Kid by Ben Bradlee Jr
38. Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food edited by Peggy Wolff
39. Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
40. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
41. Anything That Moves by Dana Goodyear
42. What I Had before I Had You by Sarah Cornwell
43. Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
44. A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
45. The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
46. Madam: A Novel of New Orleans by Cari Lynn and Kellie Martin 
47. Sous Chef by Michael Gibney
48. While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
49. A Roux of Revenge by Connie Archer
50. Teeny's Tour of Pie by Teeny Lamothe
51. Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
52. The Shadow Queen by Sandra Gulland
53. Burn by Julianna Baggot
54. The Armchair James Beard edited by John Ferrone
55. Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
56. The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
57. Mystery recommondations
58. This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
59. Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
60. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose
61. The Cookbook Conspiracy by Kate Carlisle
62. Hidden by Loic Dauvillier, Mare Lizano, and Greg Salsedo
63. The Greek Yogurt Kitchen by Toby Amidor
64. You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelit
65. Mouseheart by Lisa Fiedler
66. The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
67. The Bees by Laline Paull
68. Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash
69. The DiMaggios by Tom Clavin
70. A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck
71. Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda
72. Silo by D. J. MacHale
73. Storm by D. J. MacHale
74. The Arsonist by Sue Miller
75. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
76. Hexed by Michelle Krys (and here)
77. Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf (and here)
78. Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington (and here)
79. The Never Never Sisters by L. Alison Heller
80. BEA: book club picks part I
81. BEA: book club picks part II
82. Corked by Karen Borel
83. BEA: top picks from HarperCollins
84. Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews
85.  Picture Cook: See, Make, Eat by Katie Shelly
86. The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine
87. The Fever by Megan Abbott
88. Crime Rib by Leslie Budewitz
89. Maple Mayhem by Jessie Crockett
90. Cookies and Scream by Virgina Lowell
91. Muffin but Murder by Victoria Hamilton
92. The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank
93. Zita the Spacegirl series (3 books) by Ben Hatke
94. Delancy by Molly Wizenberg
95. Cinderella Stays Late by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
96. A Dark Inheritance by Chris D'Lacey
97. Faceoff edited by David Baldacci
98. The Last Taxi Ride by A. X. Ahmad
99. The Painter by Peter Heller
100. Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
101. Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken
102. "Perfection Pizza" by Jeffrey Steingarten
103. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
104. Silence of the Lamb's Wool by Betty Hechtman
105. Omens by Kelley Armstrong
106. Random cookbooks from my shelves
107. The Visitors by Sally Beauman
108. Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
109. The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead
110. Flight of the Sparrow by Amy Belding Brown
111. Various graphic novels & comics I've read or plan to read
112. California by Edan Lepucki
113. In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
114. 3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri
115. Tumbledown by Robert Boswell
116. Song of the Shank by Jeffery Renard Allen
117. Blackboard by Lewis Buzbee
118. On Sal Mal Lane by Ru Freeman
119. Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
120. Life Drawing by Robin Black
121. Lucky Us by Amy Bloom
122. The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
123. Sven the Returned by Brian Wood
124. Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal
125. Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran
126. Book Fair and Foul by Erika Chase
127. Extra Sensory Deception by Allison Kingsley
128. Loot by Jude Watson
129. Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick
130. The Green Teen Cookbook by Laurane Marchive and Pam McElroy
131. The Home Place by Carrie La Seur
132. Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
133. The Troop by Nick Cutter
134. Trailing Tennessee by Corey Wheeler Mimms
135. The Isobel Journal by Isobel Harrop
136. Born of Deception by Teri Brown
137. The Illusionists by Rosie Thomas
138. Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof
139. Madame Picasso by Anne Girard
140. The High Divide by Lin Enger
141. The Scarlet Sisters by Myra MacPherson
142. Living with a Wild God by Barbara Ehrenreich
143. The End of Always by Randi Davenport
144. What Is Visible by Kimberly Elkins
145. Shadows in the Vineyard by Maximillian Potter
146. Glass Jaw by Eric Dezenhall
147. My Drunk Kitchen with Hannah Hart
148. The Partner Track by Helen Wan 
149.  Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann
150. Seconds by Brian Lee O'Malley
151. Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
152. A Million Ways Home by Dianna Doristi Winget
153. Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig
154. Juliet's Nurse by Lois Leveen
155. Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood
156. Goodnight June by Sarah Jio
157. The Furies by Natalie Haynes
158. A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger
159. Sway by Kat Spears
160. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
161. One Plus One by JoJo Moyes
162. A Fine Romance by Susan Branch
163. The Rise of Aurora West by Paul Pope, JT Petty, and David Ruben
164. The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer
165. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
166. Working Stiff by Judy Melinek
167. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
168. This Is the Water by Yannick Murphy
169. The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
170. Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon G. Flake
171. Life Intercepted by Charles Martin
172. Long Way Home by Louise Penny
173. Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
174. The Spark and the Drive by Wayne Harrison
175. The Playbook by Jenny Rosenstrach
176. Conversation 1 by James Kochalka and Craig Thompson
177. Three Story House by Courtney Miller Santo
178. Rooms by Lauren Oliver
179. The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
180. The Hidden Girl by Louise Millar
181. The Qualities of Wood by Mary Vensel White
182. A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle
183. Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
184. The Ugly Renaissance by Alexander Lee
185. The Glass Sentence by S. E. Grove
186. The May Bride by Suzannah Dunn
187. Fat Cat at Large by Janet Cantrell
188. Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates by Kathy Aarons
189. Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy
190. Bless Her Dead Little Heart by Miranda James
191. Off Kilter by Hannah Reed
192. Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance
193. Suede to Rest by Diane Vallere 
194. The Vegetarian Flavor Bible by Karen Page
195. The Remedy for Love by Bill Roorbach
196. The Tiger Queens by Stephanie Thornton
197. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
198. Wonderland by Stacey D'Erasmo
199. There Goes Gravity by Lisa Robinson
200. Last Night at the Blue Angel by Rebecca Rotert
201. Saga (vols 3 & 4) by Brian K. Vaughan
202. Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
203. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
204. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
205. The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley
206. Meet Paris Oyster by Mireille Guiliano
207. Edible by Daniella Martin
208. Duplex by Kathryn Davis
209. Witches (Fables 14) by Bill Willingham
210. Skinny Girl Cocktails by Bethenny Frankel
211. Another Side of Bob Dylan by Victor Maymudes
212. Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne
213. Bourbon by Dane Huckelbridge
214. Texts from Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg
215. Austen: Cover to Cover by Margaret C. Sullivan
216. Compulsion by Martina Boone
217. Archer & Armstrong (issue 1) by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry
218. Butterfly (issue 1) by Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, and Antonio Fuso
219. Dead Letters (issue 1) by Christopher Sebela and Chris Visions
220. Girls (issue 1) by Joshua Luna
221. Green Smoothies for Every Season by Kristine Miles
222. Drink the Harvest by Nan K. Chase and DeNeice C. Guest
223. Homemade Condiments by Jessica Harlan
224. Saint Brigid's Bones: A Celtic Adventure by Philip Freeman
225. Reunion by Hannah Pittard
226. Lookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt
227. Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
228. On the Edge by Allison Van Diepen
229. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
230. Weeknight Wonders by Ellie Krieger
231. Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
232. Dash by Kirby Larson
233. The Finisher by David Baldacci
234. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
235. The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
236. City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte (DNF)
237. On Immunity by Eula Biss
238. A Bowl of Olives by Sara Midda
239. Death of an Addict by M. C. Beaton
240. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
241. Florence Gordon by Brian Morton
242. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
243. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
244. Lily Blue, Blue Lily by Maggie Stiefvater

Books reviewed, spotlighted, or featured in 2015 (no link = not reviewed online, anonymous review for another venue, or please search cited website).

1. Descent by Tim Johnston
2. Heap House by Edward Carey 
3. Of All the Gin Joints by Mark Bailey
4. A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison 
5. Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
6. The Way of Tea and Justice by Becca Stevens 
7. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton 
8. Migratory Animals by Mary Helen Specht 
9. Twisted Fate by Norah Olson
10. Willowgrove by Kathleen Peacock
11. The Prey by Tom Isbell
12. Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff
13. J: A Novel by Howard Jacobson (audiobook)
14. Kiss of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick
15. Lumberjanes by Grace Ellis & Noelle Stevenson (issue 1)
16. Princess Ugg by Ted Naifeh (issue 1)
17. Rat Queens by Med Dejmal and Kurtis J Wiebe (issue 1)
18. The Sword by Jonathan Luna (issue 1)
19. Wayward by Jim Zub (issue 1)
20. West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan
21. Marine Park by Mark Chiusano 
22. Beating the Lunch Box Blues by J. M. Hirsch 
23. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis 
24. Fables 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham 
25. Far Flung and Well Fed by R. W. Apple Jr.
26. Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley
27. How to Outswim a Shark without a Snorkel by Jess Keating
28. Dinosaur Boy by Cory Putman Oakes
29. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 
30. Real Food for Everyone by Ann Gentry
31. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
32. Fiercombe Manor by Kate Riordan 
33. "Moving On" by Diane Cook
34. "Holy Writ" by Mary Norris
35. "The Ghost of Winthrop" by Katherine Hall Page 
36. How to Roast by Michael Ruhlman 
37. Ongoingness by Sarah Manguso 
38. Who Buries the Dead by C. S. Harris 
39. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
40. The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene (feature) 
41. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum 
42. Sheet Pan Suppers by Molly Gilbert 
43. The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
44. The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah
45. The Orphans at Race Point by Patry Francis
46. Fin & Lady by Cathleen Schine
47. How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks
48. Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles
49. Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford 
50. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 
51. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman 
52. Delicious Foods by James Hannaham (for AudioFile & Readerly magazines)
53. How to Be Both by Ali Smith (for AudioFile magazine)
54. A Matter of Breeding by Michael Brandow (and also for Bloggers Recommend) 
55. Public School Superhero by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts 
56. Inherit the Wind (Fables 17) by Bill Willingham
57. Werewolves of the Heartland by Bill Willingham 
58. Us by David Nicholls 
59. "The Good News" by Heather Lende
60. "Inside the Shop of the the Last Great American Watchmaker" by Josh Ozersky
61. "On Writing: Frame of Reference" by John McPhee 
62. Homemakers by Brit Morin 
63. Where Women Are Kings by Christie Watson (and for Readerly)
64. Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name (with Hilary Beard)
65. Nightbird by Alice Hoffman 
66. Mystery Writers of America Cookbook edited by Kate White
67. Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe (see also AudioFile magazine)
68. Good Dog edited by David Dibenedetto
69. Dog Crazy by Meg Donohue
70. Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew (also for AudioFile magazine)
71. Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (and for AudioFile magazine)
72. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (and for Readerly)
73. Dead Wake by Erik Larsen (for Readerly magazine)
74.  Shadow of a Spout by Amanda Cooper
75. The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco by Laura DiSilverio
76. Buy a Whisker by Sofie Ryan
77. Demise in Denim by Duffy Brown
78. Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert
79. Wicked Stitch by Amanda Lee
80. A Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (also for AudioFile magazine) 
81. Natchez Burning by Greg Iles 
82. Cubs in Toyland (Fables 18) by Bill Willlingham
83. Snow White (Fables 19) Bill Willingham
84. The CSA Cookbook by Linda Ly (for Readerly)
85. Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts (for Readerly)
86. The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen (for Readerly)
87. Goldeneye by Matthew Parker (for Readerly) 
88. Camelot (Fables 20) by Bill Willingham
89. The Tucci Table by Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt
90. Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes 
91. Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick Bragg
92. Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
93. The B-Side by Ben Yagoda
94. Driftwood by Elizabeth Dutton
95. Driving the King by Ravi Howard
96. I'm Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil
97. Bettyville by George Hodgman (for AudioFile)
98. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
99. Twintuition: Double Vision by Tia and Tamera Mowry
100. Blackout by Sarah Hepola (for Readerly & repeated here)
101. The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
102. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill
103. The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (with Elio M. Garcia Jr. and Linda Antonsson)
104. The Outlandish Companion: Volume One by Diana Gabaldon
105. The Fables Encyclopedia by Jess Nevins, Bill Willingham, and Mark Buckingham
106. The Fog Diver by Joel Ross (and for Readerly) 
107. The Promise by Ann Weisgarber 
108. The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
109. On the Run by Alice Goffman
110. A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
111. The Domino Diaries by Brin-Jonathan Butler
112. The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack
113. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Meghan Daum
114. The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy
115. Movie Menus by Francine Segan 
116. Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf 
117. A Place for Us by Harriet Evans 
118. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
119. Whatever After: Beauty Queen by Sarah Mlynowski
120. Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy (for AudioFile)
121. A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder (for Readerly
122. Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb (for Readerly)
123. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones (for Readerly)
124. Anything Could Happen by Will Walton (for Readerly)
125. A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (for Readerly)
126. Woof by Spencer Quinn (for Readerly)
127. The Whisperer by Fiona McIntosh (for Readerly)
128. Tyme #1: Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel by Megan Morrison (for Readerly)
129. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (for Readerly)
130. 1,000 Foods to Eat before You Die by Mimi Sheraton 
131. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (also for AudioFile; also here)
132. Bushel Full of Murder by Paige Shelton
133. Death of a Chocolate Cheater by Penny Pike
134. Truffled to Death by Kathy Aarons
135. The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis 
136. The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan 
137. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (and for Readerly) 
138. Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (featured)
139. Privy to the Dead by Sheila Connolly 
140. The Green Road by Anne Enright (featured and for AudioFile)
141. Happily Ever After, Fables 21, by Bill Willingham (featured)
142. Honey & Co.: The Cookbook by Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer 
143. The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 
144. Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway 
145. If You Find This by Matthew Baker (for AudioFile) 
146. What Katie Ate on the Weekend by Katie Quinn Davies 
147. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 
148. "Like a Tiger in a Cage" by Per Petterson
149. "The Girls and the Dogs" by Kevin Barry
150. "Ghost Neighbors" by Joanna Luloff
151. Murder with a Twist by Tracy Kiely (for Readerly)
152. One Foot in the Grave by Carlene O'Neil (for Readerly)
153. The Final Reveille by Amanda Flower (for Readerly)
154. Bite the Biscuit by Linda O. Johnston (for Readerly)
155. Fillet of Murder by Linda Reilly (for Readerly)
156. The Beer Wench's Guide to Beer by Ashley Routson 
157. Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel
158. The Leveller by Julia Durango
159. When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord 
160. Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean
161. The Nurses by Alexandra Robbins
162. Sorry! by Henry Hitchings
163. Members Only by Julie Tibbott
164. Napoleon by Andrew Roberts
165. The Wolf and the Watchman by Scott C. Johnson
166. Gotti's Rules by George Anastasia
167. American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus
168. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson 
169. Death under Glass by Jennifer McAndrews 
170. Weightless by Sara Bannan
171. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
172. Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn
173. Summer Secrets by Jane Green
174. The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
175. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler 
176. Mason Jar Salads by Julia Mirabella 
177. The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjobert (and for AudioFile)
178. Mr. Mac & Me by Esther Freud (and for AudioFile)
179. Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black (and for AudioFile)
180. Backyard Witch by Christine Heppermann and Ron Koertge
181. Urban Bestiary by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
182. Uprooted (feature) by Naomi Novik (review)
183. Coloring books by Wendy Piersall 
184. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 
185. Murder, D.C. by Tucker Neely 
186. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
187. Straight on Till Morning by Mary S. Lovell
188. Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
189. The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley
190. Out in the Midday Sun by Elspeth Huxley 
191. The Ghosts of Happy Valley by Julliet Barnes
192. The Bolter by Frances Osborne
193. Child of Happy Valley by Juanita Carberry
194. The Best Homemade Kids' Snacks on the Planet by Laura Fuentes 
195. Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich 
196. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 
197. Fables 22: Farewell by Bill Willingham 
198. Rywka's Diary (also for Readerly)
199. Anchor and Flares by Kate Braestrup (and for AudioFile) 
200. Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen Potter
201. Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Luck by Ellen Potter 
202. The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan (and for AudioFile)
203. An Age of License by Lucy Knisley
204. Displacement by Lucy Knisley 
205. If Onions Could Spring Leeks by Paige Shelton 
206. Vintage by David Baker 
207. American Meteor by Norman Lock (for AudioFile) 
208. Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman who Captivated C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria (for Readerly)
209. The Martian by Andy Weir (for Readerly; book to movie)
210. Black Mass by Dick Lehr an Gerard O'Neill (for Readerly; book to movie)
211. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (for Readerly; book to movie)
212. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (for Readerly; book to movie)
213. Brooklyn by Colm Tobin (for Readerly; book to movie)
214. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (for Readerly; book to movie) 
215. All That Followed by Gabriel Urza 
216. Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
217. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan 
218. Dinner Solved! by Katie Workman 
219. Thicker Than Blood by Jan English Leary 
220. Thank You, Goodnight by Andy Abramowitz 
221. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 
222. The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates (for AudioFile)
223. The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan (for AudioFile) 
224. Tasting Whiskey by Lew Bryson 
225. The Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay (for AudioFile)
226. The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick 
227. Slice Harvester by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf
228. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (and for Readerly)
229. Connect the Stars by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
230. Don't Vote for Me by Krista Van Dolzer
231. A Series of Small Maneuvers by Eliot Treichel
232. Dear Opl by Shelley Sackier (and for Readerly)
233. The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
234. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
235. A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel (and for Readerly)
236. Until I Find Julian by Patricia Reilly Giff (and for Readerly)
237. A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder
238. The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB by Adam Shauhnessy
239. The Wrinkled Crown by Anne Nesbet
240. Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu
241. The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon
242. My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson
243. Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage
244. Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver and H. C. Chester
245. A Pocket Full of Murder by R. J. Anderson
246. The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
247. Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
248. The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
249. The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
250. The Bamboo Sword by Margi Preus
251. A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
252. River Runs Deep by Jennifer Bradbury
253. I Don't Know How the Story Ends by J. B. Cheaney
254. Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith
255. House Arrest by K. A. Holt
256. Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle
257. Somewhere There Is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum
258. This Side of Wild by Gary Paulson
259. The Golden Specific by S. E. Grove 
260. The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg 
261. The Last Kings of Sark by Rosa Rankin-Gee 
262. Home Fires by Julie Summers 
263. If You're Lucky by Yvonne Prinz (originally for Readerly)
264. The Four Seasons of Pasta by Nancy Harmon Jenkins and Sara Jenkins 
265. Diva and Flea by Mo Willems 
266. After You by JoJo Moyes
267. Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan
268. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
269. Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta 
270. Woman with a Secret by Sophie Hannah (for AudioFile)
271. Infinite Home by Kathleen Alcott (for AudioFile)
272. The Comic Book Story of Beer by Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith 
273. Stones in the Road by E. B. Moore
274. The Paris Key, by Juliet Blackwell
275. The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M. J. Rose
276. Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw
277. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts
278. Mademoiselle Chanel by C. W. Gortner
279. The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
280. The Woman in the Photograph by Dana Gynther
281. All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani (and also for AudioFile) 
282. Red Eggs and Good Luck by Angela Lam 
283. Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor 
284. Four adult coloring books (with a twist) 
285. Almost Interesting by David Spade (DNF)
286. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 
287. American Bite by Libby H. O'Connell 
288. Fear of Dying by Erica Jong (for AudioFile) 
289. We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean 
290. Gale Gand's Short + Sweet by Gale Gand
291. The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell 
292. Soundless by Richelle Mead 
293. Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton 
294. Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams 
295. A Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
296. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin 
297. A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern (for AudioFile)
298. Like Family by Paolo Giordano 
299. Spy vs Spy edited by John Ficarra
300. Plotted by Andrew DeGraff
301. Hillary Rodham Clinton Presidential Playset by Caitlin Kuhwald
302. By the Book by Pamela Paul
303. All the Words Are Yours by Tyler Knott Gregson
304. The Complete Beatles Songs by Steve Turner
305. Whaling Season by Peter Lourie 
306. Simple Art of Salt Block Cooking by Jessica Harlan and Kelley Sparwasser
307. Cafe Spice Cookbook by Hari Nayak
308. Custom Confections by Jen Besel
309. Mug It! by Pam McElroy 
310. A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk (trans. Ekin Oklap) (for AudioFile)
311. The Bone Hunters and Valhalla by Robert J. Mrazek 
312. Drinking in America by Susan Cheever 
313. Here Today, Gone Tamale by Rebecca Adler 
314. Visions by Kelley Armstrong 
315. Ninja Timmy by Henrik Tamm 
316. The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book by Emily Elsen and Melissa Elsen 
317. Eleanor by Jason Gurley (for AudioFile) 
318. Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas (DNF) 
319. Illuminae 01 by Annie Kaufman & Jan Kristoff 
320. Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong 
321. Death of a Dustman by M. C. Beaton

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