I had a few friends that have recently started using Good Reads to rate books and keep track of what the are reading, so I thought I would give that a try. I have really enjoyed seeing what other people are reading and also keeping track of my own books I’m reading and books that I want to read. I thought it might be good to start making short little reviews over books I’m reading just in case someone is looking for something to read and needs a good recommendation.
What I’m Reading – 2024
January
“Outlive” – Peter Attia
“The Rebound” – Catherine Walsh
“The Husbands” – Chandler Baker
“A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder” – Dianne Freeman
“The Paris Agent” – Kelly Rimmer
“Murder on the Orient Express” – Agatha Christie
“Code Name Sapphire” – Pam Jenoff
“To Con a Gentleman” – Sarah Adams
“Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank” – Elle Cosimano
Feburary
“The Second Mrs. Astor” – Shana Abe
“The Last Love Note” – Emma Grey
“Counting the Cost” – Jill Duggar
“Thank You for Listening” – Julia Whelan
“Effortless” – Greg McKeown
“Throne of Glass” – Sarah J. Maas
“Mom Set Free” – Jeannie Cunnion
“The Getaway List” – Emma Lord
“Crown of Midnight” – Sarah J. Maas
March
“Life in Five Senses” – Gretchen Rubin
“The Prisoner” – B.A. Paris
“One Night Only” – Catherine Walsh
“Only the Beautiful” – Susan Meissner
“Killing the Witches” – Bill O’Reilly
“It Ends With Us” – Colleen Hoover
“Iron Flame” – Rebecca Yarros
“To Catch a Suitor” – Sarah Adams
April
“Heir of Fire” – Sarah J. Maas
“The Four Tendencies” – Gretchen Rubin
“Where We Belong” – Sarah Bennett
“How to Plot a Payback” – Melissa Ferguson
“The Queen’s Rising” – Rebecca Ross
“The Gentleman’s Gambit” – Evie Dunmore
“Breath” – James Nestor
May
“The Guest” – B.A. Paris
“The Happiness Project” – Gretchen Rubin
“Ruthless Vows” – Rebecca Ross
“The Off-Limits Rule” – Sara Adams
“First Lie Wins” – Ashley Elston
“The Rom Con” – Devon Daniels
“The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory” – Steven W. Porges
What I’m Reading – 2023
January
“Just the Way You Are” – Beth Moran
“Habits of the Household” – Justin Earley
“Shopaholic Takes Manhattan” – Sophie Kinsella
“In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It” – Lauren Graham
“Happier Hour” – Cassie Holmes
“The Library Spy” – Madeline Martin
“When in Rome” – Sarah Adams
“The Common Rule” – Justin Earley
“Defend the Dawn” – Brigid Kemmerer
“No Drama Discipline” – Daniel Siegel
February
“Masie Dobbs” – Jacqueline Winspear
“Shopaholic Ties the Knot” – Sophie Kinsella
“Shopaholic on a Honeymoon” -Sophie Kinsella
“Love on the Brain” – Ali Hazelwood
“Hooked on You” – Kathleen Fuller
“The XX Brain” – Lisa Mosconi
“The Dead Romantics” – Ashley Poston
March
“Much Ado About a Latte” – Kathleen Fuller
“Shopaholic and a Sister” – Sophie Kinsella
“My Lady Jane” – Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
“Shopaholic and a Baby” – Sophie Kinsella
“Sold on Love” – Kathleen Fuller
“Have I Told You This Already” – Lauren Graham
“Raising Emotionally Strong Boys” – David Thomas
“Violet Made of Thorns” – Gina Chen
“Attachments” – Rainbow Rowell
“Someday, Someday Maybe” – Lauren Graham
April
“What Alice Forgot” – Liane Moriarty
“The It Girl” – Ruth Ware
“Without a Hitch” – Mary Hollis Huddleston, Asher Fogle Paul
“Nora Goes Off Script” – Annabel Monaghan
“Mini Shopaholic” – Sophie Kinsella
May
“Take a Chance on Me” – Beth Moran
“The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” – E. Lockhart
“Queen of Thieves” -Beezy Marsh
“Finlay Donovan is Killing It” – Elli Cosimano
“Finlay Donovan Knocks ’em Dead” – Elli Cosimano
“Nantucket Homes” – Pamela Kelley
June
“The Soulmate” – Sally Hepworth
“The Galveston Diet” – Mary Claire Haver
“Practice Makes Perfect” – Sarah Adams
“Happy Place” – Emily Henry
“Meet Me at the Lake” – Carley Fortune
“The Inheritance Games” – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
“The Boy with the Bookstore” – Sarah Echavarre Smith
“Scaffold Parenting” – Harold S. Koplewicz
July
“The Hawthorne Legacy” – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
“Prince Harry – Spare” – Prince Harry
“Vera’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers” – Jesse Q. Sutanto
“In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It” – Lauren Graham
“Famous for a Living” – Melissa Ferguson
“A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes” – Manda Collins
“The Power of Fun” – Catherine Price
“The Final Gambit” – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
August
“The Love of My Life” – Rosie Walsh
“Every Summer After” – Carley Fortune
“Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” – Ellie Cosimano
“The Senator’s Wife” – Liv Constantine
“The French Art of Living Well” – Cathy Yandell
“Homecoming” – Kate Morton
September
“The Five – Star Weekend” – Elin Hilderbrand
“Hello Stranger” – Katherine Center
“The Little Italian Hotel” – Phaedra Patrick
“Everyone Here is Lying” – Shari Lapena
“Happiest For Beginners” – Katherine Center
“The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club” – Julia Bryan Thomas
“Two to Tango” – Katherine Fuller
“The Words We Lost” – Nicole Deese
October
“Fourth Wing” – Rebecca Yarros
“For Those Who Are Lost” – Julia Bryan Thomas
“Reign – American Royals IV” – Katharine McGee
“Arsenic and Adobo” – Mia P. Manansala
“One of Us is Lying” – Karen M. McManus
“Enchanted to Meet You” – Meg Cabot
November
“Shopaholic to the Stars” – Sophie Kinsella
“Shopaholic to the Rescue” – Sophie Kinsella
“Picture Perfect Autumn” – Shelby Noble
“Landline” – Rainbow Rowell
“Anxious Kids – How Children Can Turn Their Anxiety into Resilience” – Michael Grose and Dr. Jodi Richardson
December
“The Self Driven Child” – William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
“Christmas Every Day” – Beth Moran
“All I Want for Christmas” – Maggie Knox
“Shopaholic and a Baby” – Sophie Kinsella
“Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist” – Codi Hall
“Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child” – John Gottman
“Drama Free” – Nedra Glover Tawwab
“Take Me Home” – Beth Moran
“Christmas at the Restaurant” – Pamela Kelley
“Snowy Serendipity” – Melissa Ferguson
“Holiday Romance” – Catherine Walsh
“Snowed In” – Catherine Walsh
What I’m Reading – Year Review 2023
What I’m Reading – 2022
January
“New Year’s Kiss” – Lee Matthews
“A Conspiracy in Belgravia” – Sherry Thomas
“Sparks Like Stars” – Nadia Hishimi
“Anxious People” – Fredrik Backman
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – J.K. Rowling
“Musical Chairs” – Amy Poeppell
“The Good Sister” – Sally Hepworth
“Legends and Lies – The Patriots” – Bill O’Reilly
February
“A Nantucket Affair” – Pamela Kelley
“The Road Back to You” – Ian Morgan Cron
“Our Woman in Moscow” – Beatriz Williams
“The Winter Guest” – Pam Jenoff
“Nantucket Weddings” – Pamela Kelley
“The Overnight Guest” – Heather Gudenkauf
“The Unhoneymooners” – Christina Lauren
March
“Unwinding Anxiety” – Judson Brewer
“The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” – V.E. Schwab
“Three Sisters” – Heather Morris
“Nantucket Threads” – Pamela Kelley
“Atomic Habits” – James Clear
“An Heiress Guide to Deception and Desire” – Manda Collins
“The Forest of Vanishing Stars” – Kristin Harmel
April
“The Rural Diaries” – Hilary Burton Morgan
“Best Murder in Show” – Debbie Young
“Inheritance” – Katharine McGee
“A House of Ghosts” – W.C. Ryan
“A Man Called Ove” – Fredick Backman
“Killing the SS” – Bill O’Reilly
“Nantucket News” – Pamela Kelley
May
“Island Girls” – Nancy Thayer
“The Stranger in the Mirror” – Liv Constantine
“Talking to Strangers” – Malcolm Gladwell
“When Crickets Cry” – Charles Martin
“The Therapist” – B.A. Paris
“Murder at Mallowan Hall” – Colleen Cambridge
“A Fiance’s Guide to First Wives and Murder” – Diane Freeman
June
“Paris is Always a Good Idea” – Jenn McKinlay
“The Younger Wife” – Sally Hepworth
“The Diamond Eye” – Kate Quinn
“The Book of Moods” – Lauren Martin
“A Discovery of Witches” – Deborah Harkness
July
“The Last Bookshop in London” – Madeline Martin
“The Wife Between Us” – Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
“The Matchmaker” – Elin Hildrebrand
“Hotel Nantucket” – Elin Hildrebrand
“Emotional Agility” – Susan David
“Malibu Rising” – Taylor Jenkins Reid
August
“Shadow of Night” – Deborah Harkness
“Rivals – American Royals III” – Katherine McGee
“The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry” – John Mark Comer
“Forging Silver into Stars” – Brigid Kemmerer
“The Wedding Veil” – Kristy Woodson Harvey
“Signal Moon” – Kate Quinn
“Taste – My Life Through Food” – Stanley Tucci
September
“I Must Betray You” – Ruta Septetys
“Book Lovers” – Emily Henry
“A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder” – Dianne Freeman
“Carrie Soto is Back” – Taylor Jenkins Reid
“The Book of Life” – Deborah Harkness
“What Happened to You?” – Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
October
“The Bodyguard” – Katherine Center
“A Good Girl’s Guid to Murder” – Holly Jackson
“Sparks Like Stars” – Melissa Ferguson
“Meet Me in the Margins” – Fredrik Backman
“The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” – Stuart Turton
“What You Don’t Know About Charlie Outlaw” – Leah Stuart
November
“The Cul-de-Sac War” – Melissa Ferguson
“Part of Your World” – Abby Jimenez
“Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table” – Louie Giglio
“The Dating Charade” – Melissa Ferguson
“The Simplicity of Cider” – Amy E. Reichert
“This Time Around” – Denise Hunter, Melissa Ferguson & Kathleen Fuller
December
“The Twelve Dates of Christmas” – Jenny Bayliss
“On the Way to Christmas” – Sheila Roberts, Melissa Ferguson & Amy Clipston
“The Art of Gathering” – Priya Parker
“Christmas in Peachtree Bluff” – Kristy Woodson Harvey
“Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweet Shop” – Jenny Colgan
“Let it Snow ” – Beth Moran
What I’m Reading – Year Review 2022
What I’m Reading – 2021
January
“The Royal We” – Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
“The Heir Affair” – Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
“The Girl He Used to Know” – Tracey Garvis Graves
“The Family Upstairs” – Lisa Jewell
“What Happens in Paradise” – Elin Hilderbrand
“Running on Empty” – Jonice Webb
February
“Troubles in Paradise” – Elin Hilderbrand
“The End of Her” – Shari Lapena
“Forgiving What You Can’t Forget” – Lysa Terkeurst
“A Ladies’ Guide to Mischief and Mayhem” – Manda Collins
March
“28 Summers” – Elin Hilderbrand
“No Time Like the Future” – Michael J. Fox
“Majesty” – Katharine McGee
“A Ladies’ Guide to Etiquette and Murder” – Diane Freeman
April
“A Ladies’ Guide to Gossip and Murder” – Diane Freeman
“Food Rules” – Michael Pollan
“A Ladies’ Guide to Mischief and Murder” – Diane Freeman
“The Bookish Life of Nina Hill” – Abbi Waxman
“The Thousandth Floor” – Katherine McGee
May
“The Dazzling Heights” – Katherine McGee
“The Towering Sky” – Katherine McGee
“Eliza Starts a Rumor” – Jane L. Rosen
“Set Boundaries, Find Peace” – Nedra Glover Tawwab
“Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First” – Laura Tremaine
“The Thursday Murder Club” – Richard Osman
June
“Nine Women, One Dress” – Jane L. Rosen
“The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” – Marie Benedict
“Talking As Fast As I Can” – Lauren Graham
“Everything Is Beautiful in Its Time” – Jenna Bush Hager
“His and Hers: A Novel” – Alice Feeney
July
“The Identicals” – Elin Hilderbrand
“The Four Winds” – Kristin Hannah
“When Stars Collide” – Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“Family Reunion” – Nancy Thayer
“When The Stars Go Dark” – “Paula McLain
“Girl Stop Apologizing” – Rachel Hollis
“West With Giraffes” – Lynda Rutledge
August
“The Rose Code” – Kate Quinn
“The Queen’s Secret” – Karen Harper
“The Upside of Falling” – Alex Light
“Golden Girl” – Elin Hilderbrand
September
“A Curse So Dark and Lonely” – Brigid Kemmerer
“A Heart So Fierce and Broken” – Brigid Kemmerer
“A Vow So Bold and Deadly” – Brigid Kemmerer
“The Lazy Genius Way” – Kendra Adachi
“The Midnight Library” – Matt Haig
“The Nantucket Inn” – Pamela Kelley
“The Hunting Party” – Lucy Foley
October
“The Girls in the Stilt House” – Kelly Mustian
“Not a Happy Family” – Shari Lapena
“Under the Southern Sky” – Kristy Woodson Harvey
November
“Defy the Night” – Brigid Kemmerer
“Portrait of a Scotsman” – Evie Dunmor
“The Rested Child” – W. Chris Winter
December
“A Study in Charlotte” – Brittany Cavallaro
“Nantucket Neighbors” – Pamela Kelley
“Nantucket White Christmas” – Pamela Kelley
“Finding Freedom” – Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand
“In a Holidaze” – Christina Lauren
“If We’re Not Married By Thirty” – Anna Bell
“The Mountain Between Us” – Charles Martin
What I’m Reading – Year Review 2021
What I’m Reading – 2020
January, February and March
“Throne of Glass” – Sarah J. Maas
“Crown of Midnight” – Sarah J. Maas
“Heir of Fire” – Sarah J. Maas
“Queen of Shadows” – Sarah J. Maas
“Empire of Storms” – Sarah J. Maas
“Tower of Dawn” – Sarah J. Maas
“Kingdom of Ash” – Sarah J. Maas
“The Assassin’s Blade” – Sarah J. Maas
“Court of Thorns and Roses” – Sarah J. Maas
“Court of Mist and Fury” – Sarah J. Maas
“Court of Wings and Ruin” – Sarah J. Maas
“Court of Frost and Starlight” – Sarah J. Maas
April
“Ghosted” – Rosie Walsh
“Caraval Finale” – Stephanie Garber
“Paris For One & Other Stories” – Jojo Moyes
“Lovely War” – Julie Berry
May
“Me Before You” – JoJo Moyes
“The Flatshare” – Beth O’Leary
“P.S. I Still Love You” – Jenny Han
“Out of the Easy” – Ruta Sepetys
“The Girl You Left Behind” – JoJo Moyes
“Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” – Lori Gottlieb
June
“The Fountains of Silence” – Ruta Sepetys
“Surfside Sisters” – Nancy Thayer
“The High Tide Club” – Mary Kay Andrews
“Cilka’s Journey” – Heather Morris
“Resistance Women” – Jennifer Chiaverini
“Home Work” – Julie Andrews
July
“The Boys in the Boat” – Daniel James Brown
“American Royals” – Katherine McGee
“In Five Years” – Rebecca Serle
“Big Little Lies” – Liane Moriarty
“Girls of Summer” – Nancy Thayer
“The Winemaker’s Wife”- Kristin Harmel
August
“The Two Lives of Lydia Bird” – Josie Silver
“Always and Forever” – Jenny Hann
“The Department of Sensitive Crimes” – Alexander McCall Smith
“The Wife Stalker” – Liv Constantine
“The Dilemma” – B.A. Paris
“The Jane Austen Society” – Natalie Jenner
September
“The Book of Lost Names” – Kristin Harmel
“Bringing Down the Duke” – Evie Dunmore
“The Giver of Stars” – Jojo Moyes
“Feels Like Falling” – Kristy Woodson Harvey
“The Woman in the Window” – A.J. Finn
October
“A Rogue of One’s Own” – Evie Dunmore
“Dear Edward” – Ann Napolitano
“Daughter of the Reich” – Louise Fein
“First Comes Love” – Emily Giffin
November
“Winter in Paradise” – Elin Hilderbrand
“The Last Letter From Your Lover” – JoJo Moyes
“As You Wish” – Cary Elwes
“Someone We Know” – Shari Lapena
December
“Let it Snow” – Nancy Thayer
“Lady Clementine” – Marie Benedict
“25 Days ’til Christmas” – Poppy Alexander
“Christmas Shopaholic” – Sophie Kinsella
What I’m Reading – 2020 Year Review
What I’m Reading – 2019
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
What I’m Reading – January – June 2018
“The Radium Girls” – Kate Moore
“Church of the Small Things” – Melanie Shankle
“Home Front” – Kristin Hannah
“Salt to the Sea” – Ruta Sepetys
“Sisters First” – Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush
“When We Were Sisters” – Emilie Richards
“The Alice Network” – Kate Quinn
“The Book Thief” – Markus Zusak
“The Little French Bistro” – Nina George
“For The Love” – Jen Hatmaker
What I’m Reading – July 2018
“Summer House” – Nancy Thayer
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Stieg Larsson
“Divergent” – Veronica Roth
“Insurgent” – Veronica Roth
“Allegiant” – Veronica Roth
“One True Loves” – Taylor Jenkins Reid
“The Breakdown” – B.A. Paris
What I’m Reading – August 2018
“Summer Breeze” – Nancy Thayer
“Code Girls” – Liza Mundy
“War Storm” – Victoria Aveyard
“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking” – Susan Cain
“My Oxford Year” – Julia Whelan
“Maybe in Another Life” – Taylor Jenkins Reid
“Everybody Brave is Forgiven” – Chris Cleave
What I’m Reading – September 2018
“Everybody Always” – Bob Goff
“Lilac Girls” – Martha Hall Kelly
“How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
“We Were The Lucky Ones” – Georgia Hunter
“The Family Next Door” – Sally Hepworth
“The Secret Life of Violet Grant” – Beatriz Williams
“The Great Alone” – Kristin Hannah
“The Room on Rue Amelie” – Kristin Harmel
What I’m Reading – October 2018
“A Study in Scarlet Women” – Sherry Thomas
“The Women in the Castle” – Jessica Shattuck
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” – Gail Honeyman
“Crazy Rich Asians” – Kevin Kwan
“Caraval” – Stephanie Garber
“Bring Me Back” – B.A. Paris
“A Nantucket Wedding” – Nancy Thayer
What I’m Reading – November 2018
“Carnegie’s Maid” – Marie Benedict
“The Other Einstein” – Marie Benedict
“The Masterpiece” – Francine Rivers
“The Tattooist of Auschwitz” – Heather Morris
“The Collapse of Parenting” – Leonard Sax
“Little Fires Everywhere” – Celeste Ng
What I’m Reading – December 2018
Comfort and Joy – Kristin Hannah
A Nantucket Christmas – Nancy Thayer
Dashing Through the Snow – Debbie Macomber
An Island Christmas – Nancy Thayer
Winter Garden – Kristin Hannah
Twelve Days of Christmas – Debbie Macomber
What I’m Reading – 2016 – 2017 Books Reviews
“It Starts With Food” – Melissa Hartwig
“Food Freedom Forever” – Melissa Hartwig
“Sparkly Green Earrings” – Melanie Shankle
Red Queen Series: Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen Series: Glass Sword – Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen Series: King’s Cage – Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen Series: Cruel Crown – Victoria Aveyard
“The Nightingale” – Kristin Hannah
“Dare to Discipline” – James Dobson
“I love you, Ronnie: the Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan” – Nancy Reagan
“Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to take Control of Your Life”- Henry Cloud & John Townsend
“Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything” – Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
“The Aviator’s Wife” – Melanie Benjamin
“A Bridge Across the Ocean” – Susan Meissner
“The Shelter of God’s Promises” – Sheila Walsh
“Behind Closed Doors” – B. A. Paris
“Girl on Train” – Paula Hawkins
“America’s First Daughter” – Stephanie Dray
What I’m Reading – Summer 2015 Book Reviews
“Let’s All Be Brave” – Annie F. Downs
“Husband Coached Childbirth (5th Ed.): The Bradley Method” – Robert A. Bradley
“Your Two Year Old: Terrible or Tender” – Louise Bates Ames
“Effective Parenting in a Defective World” – Chip Ingram
“Muscle and A Shovel” – Michael Shank
What I’m Reading – Fall 2015 Book Reviews
“Nobody’s Cuter Than You” – Melanie Shankle
“The Screwtape Letters” – C.S. Lewis
“The Antelope in the Living Room” – Melanie Shankle
“All the Light We Cannot See” – Anthony Doerr