My Book Reviews

My book reviews are available on Goodreads, but eventually I’ll add all of them to The Hiking Bookworms. Of course, that will take some time. If I were one of those super goal oriented people then I’d set a crazy awesome goal like “do one book review post per day” and then in some 56 days I’d be caught up and current. But life is all about procrastinating on things and I will wholeheartedly cling to that motto. So, book reviews will be added here when the mood strikes.

Currently Reading

  • Boys in the Boat
  • The Binding by Bridget Collins

Did Not Finish Reading

  • The Diamond Eye (It’s good, it’s just not what I’m in the mood for, made it 100 pages in and will eventually return to it.)
  • Whale Warriors by Peter Heller (Got stuck halfway through. It was good just some parts a bit too much ship talk.)
  • The Age of Witches by Louisa Morgan (felt it was boring, made it 70 pages in)
  • Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome by Luca Spaghetti (it’s pretty terrible)

Books of 2024

Books of 2023

A year of too much house remodeling turmoil to give me time to read in the evenings. But with the house completed I now have the most perfect sun shiny bedroom to snuggle up and read in. The views out the windows we didn’t have before just make reading all that more enjoyable.

  • Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (Audiobook)
  • Open Book by Jessica Simpson (Audiobook)
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama (Audiobook)
  • The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (Audiobook)
  • Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray (Audiobook)
  • Cony the Pika’s Warming World
  • The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
  • The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E.Schwab
  • Beach Read by Emily Henry
  • Before I Do by Sophie Cousens
  • Blood and Ash Series #4 | The War of Two Queens by Jennifer Armentrout
  • The Painter by Peter Heller
  • Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • No Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi
  • The Ledge by Jim Davidson (Audiobook)
  • Into the Water by Paula Watkins
  • The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
  • Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr
  • Blood and Ash Series #3 | The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer Armentrout
  • Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes
  • Things You Save In a Fire by Katherine Center
  • Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
  • Broken by Jenny Lawson
  • Valley of Giants edited by Lauren DeLauney Miller
  • Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
  • It Ends With us by Colleen Hoover (Horrible garbage of an author. Never read her again.)
  • A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
  • A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas
  • Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
  • House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin Craig
  • I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  • Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
  • A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
  • Structured Chaos by Victor Saunders
  • People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
  • The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van Hemert

Books of 2022

  • See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
  • A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas
  • The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
  • East of the Mountains by David Guterson
  • The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
  • The Rosie Effect (#2) by Don Tillman
  • A Court of Mist and Fury (#2) by Sarah J Maas
  • The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
  • A Blizzard of Polar Bears by Alice Henderson
  • The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan Philipp-Sendker
  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
  • Blood and Ash Series #2 | A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer Armentrout
  • Seven Kinds of People You Find In Bookshops by Bythell Shaun (audiobook)
  • It’s Nice to be a Pika by Molly Woodward
  • From Blood and Ash (#1) by Jennifer Armentrout
  • The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
  • The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John
  • The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (My first won book from the Goodreads Contest Books)
  • Beneath the Mountain by Luca D’Andrea
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
  • Childfree and Loving It! by Nicki Defago
  • Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner – DID NOT FINISH – HORRIBLE
  • Small Favors by Erin Craig
  • Honeymoon in Paris by Jojo Moyes
  • The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
  • The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  • Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
  • Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki
  • Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas
  • Just Haven’t Met you Yet by Sophie Cousens
  • The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
  • Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
  • Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
  • The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki
  • The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
  • The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
  • Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

Books of 2021

I read 52 books! That’s like a book a week. Yes, I’m pretty impressed with this number. I’ve definitely gotten faster at reading, but even more so I’ve been actively putting more time aside for reading.

Books of 2020

  • Piranesi
  • Two Steps Forward
  • The River
  • Sorcery of Thorns
  • One by One
  • The Book of Two Ways
  • The Stationery Shop
  • Migrations
  • Something to Live For
  • The Perfect Couple
  • The Peacock Emporium
  • Truly, Madly, Guilty
  • The Rosie Project
  • Those Summer Nights
  • The Giver of Stars
  • Little Fires Everywhere
  • The Last Anniversary
  • The Other Woman
  • Three Wishes
  • Who We Were
  • Life After Life (Todd Family #1)
  • Oona Out of Order
  • The Lightest Object in the Universe
  • What Alice Forgot
  • The Ship of Brides
  • From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
  • Gravity is the Thing
  • Whisper Network
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
  • Big Little Lies
  • Very Nice

Books of 2019

  • Still Me
  • Next Year in Havana
  • Something in the Water
  • How to Be a Woman – did not finish reading cause it was bad
  • Thirst
  • The Light We Lost
  • Paris for One and Other Short Stories
  • You Think It, I’ll Say It
  • London is the Best City in America
  • Good Riddance
  • One Day in December
  • Beautiful Ruins
  • She Explores – did not finish reading it because it was lame
  • The Cactus
  • Daisy Jones & The Six
  • My Husband’s Secret
  • Where the Crawdads Sing

Books of 2018

  • Ender’s Game – did not finish reading cause I kept not being in the mood for it
  • The Last Letter from Your Lover
  • The Versions of Us
  • After the Wedding
  • Lost Girls
  • Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone (audio book)
  • A Beautiful, Terrible Thing (audio book)
  • Infidelity (audio book)

Books of 2017

  • You Are here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet
  • Minus 148
  • Eight Hundred Grapes
  • A Bend in the Road

Books of 2016

  • Hyperbole and a Half
  • Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
  • A Bollywood Affair
  • Chasing Chaos: My Decade in and Out of Humanitarian Aid
  • Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood Series #1)
  • I Shall Be Near to You: A Novel
  • In Search of a Scandal
  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
  • The Life Intended
  • Paris in Love: A Memoir
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
  • Radio Silence
  • The Serpent King
  • Behind Closed Doors: A Novel
  • Once Upon a Marquess

Books of 2013, 2014, & 2015