Review: Baby Girl (Memory House Series Book Four) by Bette Lee Crosby

Title: Baby Girl (Memory House Series Book Four)
Author: Bette Lee Crosby
Publisher: Bent Pine Publishing
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Edition: eBook

Baby Girl by Bette Lee Crosby

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Cheryl Ann Ferguson believes she has found her happily ever after when she leaves behind her hard-edged and emotionally distant mother to move in with her boyfriend after her high school graduation. She believes they share the same dreams. But, suddenly, she is forced to make a choice between those dreams and her baby. Her life is for ever changed by the consequences of her decision.

I had a tissue in my hand as I read this book, and I used it, often, as I shared Cheryl Ann's journey. I especially enjoyed this book because it chronicles very real emotions and issues. And it portrays life with its spectrum of joys and sorrows. This book is also about gratitude. Cheryl Ann experienced many hardships, but she did her best to learn from them and move forward. This story also caused me to be grateful, once again, for the wonderful parents I have been blessed with, and the unconditional love they gave me.

I have now read two books in this Series, and am looking forward to reading them all. I received an advance copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Review: A Deeper Darkness (Samantha Owens #1) by J. T. Ellison

Title: A Deeper Darkness (Samantha Owens #1)
Author: J. T. Ellison
Publisher: Mira Books
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Edition: eBook (400 pages)

A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Dr. Samantha Owens, Medical Examiner, lost her husband and children in a tragedy that she can neither forget nor reconcile herself to. She is managing to hold it together, day-to-day, when she receives a call from the mother of an old boyfriend asking her to perform a second autopsy on her son, following his murder. She reluctantly agrees, and she is drawn into a case of murder and danger from which she may not escape with her life.

This book is filled with plot twists and turns. Just when I thought I had things figured out, more was revealed, and I was left to think again. The characters are complex and interesting, each with their own deep stories to share. I will be reading the rest of the Series to see what Sam finds herself involved with next.

Lynn's List (February 26, 2016)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• The Witches by Stacy Schiff
• Desperate Measures by Fern Michaels
• Roosevelt by James Macgregor Burns
• Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom (1940-1945) by James Macgregor Burns
• Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak
• Amy, My Daughter by Mitch Winehouse
• Engines Of Liberty: The Power Of Citizen Activists To Make Constitutional Law by David Cole
• "Unsinkable": The Full Story of RMS Titanic by Daniel Allen Butler
• Vindicate by Beth Yarnall
• A Recipe for Hope by Beth Wiseman
• I Will Bear Witness, Volume 1: A Diary of the Nazi Years: 1933-1941 by Victor Klemperer
• Eclipsed by Danai Gurira
• The Rooms of Heaven by Mary Allen
• Not Even Past by Dave White
• North Country by Mary Lethert Wingerd
• Welcome Back by Lin Stepp
• Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon
• Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan
• Carry Me by Peter Behrens
• See You at Sunset by V. K. Sykes
• Saving Wonder by Mary Knight
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok
1. Temperance's Trial, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #1 by Hallee Bridgeman
2. Homeland's Hope, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #2 by Hallee Bridgeman
3. Charity's Code, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #3 by Hallee Bridgeman
4. A Parcel for Prudence, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #4 by Hallee Bridgeman
5. Grace's Ground War, a Novella Virtues and Valor #6 by Hallee Bridgeman
6. Mission of Mercy, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #6 by Hallee Bridgeman
7. Flight of Faith, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #7 by Hallee Bridgeman
1. The Wounded Warrior's Wife by Hannah Conway
2. Wedding a Warrior by Hannah Conway
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
1. A Deeper Darkness (Samantha Owens #1) by J. T. Ellison
2. Edge of Black (Samantha Owens #2) by J. T. Ellison
3. What Lies Behind (Samantha Owens #3) by J. T. Ellison
4. When Shadows Fall (Samantha Owens #4) by J. T. Ellison
• The Devil You Know by Elicka Peterson-Sparks
• Brenda Jackson The Westmoreland Series Books 1-5 by Brenda Jackson
1. Ten Tiny Breaths by K. A. Tucker
2. In Her Wake by K. A. Tucker
3. One Tiny Lie by K. A. Tucker
• She's Not There by Joy Fielding

Review: Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest by Brian Dickinson

Title: Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
Author: Brian Dickinson
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication Date: May 1, 2014
Edition: Kindle (304 pages)

Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest by Brian Dickinson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Imagine being at the top of the world, having made it to the summit of Mount Everest, and then, suddenly, you are snow blind. How do you cope? What do you do? How do you get down when there is no human person there to assist you?

Brian Dickinson recounts his journey to Mount Everest, his climb, and his journey of faith in God. His love for God and love for his family shines through. This is a story of faithfulness. God has given this man an outstanding testimony of His faithfulness to those who call upon His name.

Review: Love Without End (Kings Meadow Romance, #1) by Robin Lee Hatcher

Title: Love Without End (Kings Meadow Romance, #1)
Author: Robin Lee Hatcher
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: November 11, 2014
Edition: Paperback (320 pages)


Love Without End by Robin Lee Hatcher

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


In many ways, Chet and Kimberly are very different; she, from the city, and he an Idaho rancher. But they have both experienced extraordinary loss. They meet when Kimberly comes to the area to stay with her best friend because she believes she has nowhere else to go. Can they make a life together? And will they make that choice?

This book is rich in characters and the stuff life is made of. It is real and down to earth, and not a glossy romantic love story--but a love story, just the same. I am looking forward to reading the other books in the Series.

Review: Directed Verdict by Randy Singer

Title: Directed Verdict
Author: Randy Singer
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Publication Date: October 15, 2002
Edition: Paperback (485 pages)

Directed Verdict by Randy Singer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A husband and wife missionary team living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are targeted for establishing a Christian church in the kingdom which is against government rules. When the unimaginable happens, and the husband is murdered, the wife returns to the United States with her children to try and make a new life. She meets attorney Brad Carson and asks him to assist her with obtaining the money from her husband's life insurance policy. Thus begins an audacious legal journey that stretches the imagination and has so many twists and turns, it left my head spinning trying to figure out what the outcome could possibly be.

Not only does author, Randy Singer, provide the reader with a legal thriller which is filled with new and unfolding plot lines with every page; he also explores the risk of persecution that missionaries and those who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior face each and every day in some foreign countries. For those Christians who believe they are being persecuted in the United States, this book may well make you rethink that, and be ever grateful for the liberty we have here to worship, no matter our religious views.

Lynn's List (February 19, 2016)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Everyday Illegal by Joanna Dreby
• The Vikings by Robert Ferguson
• A Common Struggle by Stephen Fried and Patrick J. Kennedy
• The Second Amendment by Michael Waldman
• Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey
• Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
• Death's Witness by Paul Batista
• The Black Echo (Harry Bosch #1) by Michael Connelly
• Guilt by Association by Susan R. Sloan
• Life #6 by Diana Wagman
• The New Jim Crow by Cornel West and Michelle Alexander
• Mandela by Martin Meredith
• Walking the Precipice by Barbara Bick
• Directed Verdict by Randy Singer
• They Laughed at Galileo by Albert Jack
• Tales of the Alaska State Troopers by Peter B. Mathiesen
• The Longest Year by Victor Brooks
• Sherryl Woods Rose Cottage Complete Collection by Sherryl Woods
• Maisey Yates Copper Ridge Series Books 1-3 Plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Maisey Yates
• Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts
• Loving Evangeline by Linda Howard
• A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
• Sanctuary by Brenda Novak
• Inseparable by Ann Major
• The Man Who Closed the Asylums by John Foot
• Wild Hearts by Melissa West
• The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
• The Dark Path to the River by Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
• Conviction by Juan Martinez
• United by Cory Booker
• No Heroes by Chris Offutt
• Putting God Second by Donniel Hartman
• Earnhardt Nation by Jay Busbee
• The Lynching Tree by Michael Stein
• Descending from the Clouds by Gayle Wurst and Spencer F. Wurst
• The Little Bride by Anna Solomon
• The Overmountain Men by Cameron Judd
• The Canebrake Men by Cameron Judd
• The Border Men by Cameron Judd
• The Dreaming Suburb (The Avenue, #1) by R.F. Delderfield
• The Avenue Goes to War (The Avenue, #2) by R.F. Delderfield
• Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
• The Good Partner by Peter Robinson
• Disclaimer: A Novel by Renée Knight
• The Swimmer by Joakim Zander
• Plain Danger by Debby Giusti
• Interrupted Lullaby by Dana R. Lynn
• Colorado Wildfire by Cassie Miles
• The Shack by William P. Young
• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Review: Under the Apple Tree: A Novel by Dan Wakefield

Title: Under the Apple Tree: A Novel
Author: Dan Wakefield
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication Date: February 9, 2016
Edition: eBook (342 pages)

Under the Apple Tree: A Novel by Dan Wakefield

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Under the Apple Tree is a story about World War II, but not the military battle kind or the kind that takes place in foreign lands, but this is the Garber family's fictional story about what happens on the home front while their brother/son, Roy, is away at war. And this is Roy's story too, as it relates to his experiences from just before he goes to war and after his return, as seen through his family's eyes. Mostly, however, this is a story about Roy's younger brother, Artie, just a young boy when Pearl Harbor is attacked, who grows up during the war and does what he can to keep the 'home fires burning'.

When I first began to read this book, I presumed it was a book for younger readers interested in learning about WWII from a pre-teen perspective. However, in my opinion, this is a book for adult readers. It does not gloss over adolescent desires and sexual exploration. The book is rich in WWII spirit and the sacrifices made, both in lives and in austerity on the home front. The language and look of the WWII period in small town America comes to life, as does the spirit, hope and faithfulness of family and community.

Books related to WWII, fiction or nonfiction, are almost always fascinating reads for me because this is one of my favorite periods in United States and world history. The reason I rated this book at four stars is because I thought there was too much focus and description with respect to Artie's sexual exploration and maturation for my taste, which I feel detracted from the story. All-in-all, however, I enjoyed the book a great deal.

Review: Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael A. Hiltzik

Title: Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
Author: Michael Hiltzik
Publisher: Free Press
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
Edition: Hardcover (496 pages)


Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael A. Hiltzik

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Hoover Dam, first called Boulder Dam, is a marvel of technology, ingenuity and personal fortitude of those who first thought of constructing it and those who finally saw it through to completion. For some, it was an all-consuming passion, fraught with financial hardship, danger, loss of life, and, in the end, a man-made triumph over nature and the Colorado river. The story is rich in characters--from President Theodore Roosevelt to President Hoover, and finally President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who dedicated it.

Michael Hiltzik explores so many facets of the process of planning, obtaining Congressional approval, personal and professional rivalries, compromises, confusion over the name (Boulder Dam or Hoover Dam), states rights vs. government control--and the list goes on. He also tells much of the story of the Great Depression and how people out of work flock to the project from all over the country in hopes of finding a job just to stave off starvation. And the hardship doesn't end there.

As I read this book, the magnitude of the undertaking became so clear, and the personalities of those involved became so real to me. The sacrifice was immeasurable, and it didn't end with the completion of Hoover Dam, as you will see.

Review: Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey

Title: Girl in the Dark
Author: Anna Lyndsey
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Date: March 3, 2015
Edition: Hardcover (254 pages)

Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Anna Lyndsey was a civil servant with a good job, a new apartment, and a steady boyfriend. One day, out of nowhere, she began developing sensitivities. First, her face burned when she was at her work computer. Next, she could not be around fluorescent light, and finally she could not handle being exposed to sun light. The burning sensation on her skin eventually involved her entire body to the point that she had to live in a completely darkened room for extended periods of time. It was then that she began writing her story.

Anna faced adversity head on, determined to learn as much as possible about the causes and her limited treatment options. She did not give up. And though she tells her story in a matter-or-fact way, she does so with humor, creativity and a get-on-with-life attitude while, at the same time, sharing the struggles and agony she has endured.

Lynn's List (February 12, 2016)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
• Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller
• Homeland by John Jakes
• Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
• The Fall of a Sparrow by Dina Porat and Elizabeth Yuval
• The Other Child by Lucy Atkins
• Terror From the Sky by Igor Primoratz
• Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals by Kim C. Priemel and Alexa Stiller
• Love Birds by Amy Clipston
• Speak Now by Kenji Yoshino
• The Joy of Fearing God by Jerry Bridges
• The Mantle of Command by Nigel Hamilton
• A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
• Incarceration Nations by Baz Dreisinger
• Leaving Yesterday by Zoe Dawson
• Impact by Stephen Greenleaf
• The Ghost Warriors by Samuel M. Katz
• Under the Apple Tree by Dan Wakefield
• The Girl Behind the Door by John Brooks
• Sara Lost and Found by Virginia Castleman
• The Battle for Room 314 by Ed Boland
• The First Congress by Fergus M. Bordewich
• And Then All Hell Broke Loose by Richard Engel
• The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen by C. S. Lewis
• United States of Jihad by Peter Bergen
• Secrets of Hallstead House by Amy M. Reade
• Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub
• Safe at Last by Maya Banks

Review: And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East by Richard Engel

Title: And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
Author: Richard Engel
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: February 9, 2016
Edition: Hardcover (256 pages)

And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East by Richard Engel

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


From the age of thirteen Richard Engel wanted to be a news reporter. After graduating from Stanford University, he went to the Middle East and has spent two decades there reporting the news as a freelance reporter, network correspondent and Bureau Chief. This book chronicles his experiences.

I found this book riveting, not only because of the dangers he faced, almost continually, at times, but also because he details how various events unfolded in that region of the world. I now have a clearer understanding of these events, especially following the 9/11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. It is one thing to watch press briefings and official statements, but quite another to have the events shared by someone on the front lines who has lived and worked in the region for so long. I have followed his reporting for many years, but this book brought to light how dangerous a journalist's life can be, and the personal sacrifices often required of those who cover the news and their families.

One cannot read this book without experiencing all sorts of emotions, no matter your religious beliefs or political ideology. For me, it was a difficult read from that perspective. But, perhaps, this book can also serve to educate and provide a reality check as well.

Review: A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert

Title: A Wilder Rose
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Publication Date: March 17, 2015
Edition: Kindle (302 pages)


A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


In A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, the author takes the reader back to the creation of the 'Little House' books by Laura Ingalls Wilder that many of us so loved as children and even as adults. After the deaths of both Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, it was discovered that the 'Little House' books were a collaborative writing effort between mother and daughter. This was not known at the time the books were published. Rose Wilder Lane was an accomplished writer in her own right with short stories and full length novels to her credit.

The author weaves together the real and the imagined, and chronicles the lives of both women from Rose's childhood through her life as a writer, her relationship with her mother, her return to her parents home to help them during the difficult depression years, and her unplanned and, not altogether willing, collaboration with her mother on the writing of the 'Little House' books.

This book explores the complicated relationship between mother and daughter as it evolves from Rose's childhood into her life as an independent adult and back again as she returns home and spends years on her parents' farm as together they struggle against poverty and eek out a living during the 1930s depression era. This book is a rich blend of the historical and the fictional which I found both educational and captivating. Once I began reading, I had to continue because I was caught up in the time and place, and the mind set of the characters.



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Review: Listening with My Heart by Angela Elwell Hunt and Heather Whitestone

Title: Listening with My Heart
Authors: Angela Elwell Hunt and Heather Whitestone
Publisher: Doubleday
Date of Publication: May 19, 1997
Edition: Hardcover (224 pages)


Listening with My Heart by Heather Whitestone

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Heather Whitestome, Miss America 1995, tells her story from acquiring profound hearing loss as a toddler to becoming Miss America and beyond. Her honesty and forthrightness about personal issues and the larger ones surrounding deaf culture and community is refreshing. And I also appreciated her acknowledgement of her personal relationship with Jesus, along with her motivational approach to over coming and pursuing your dreams. This book has much to offer. It is definitely not a sugary or candy-coated look at attitudes about disability.

As a person who has been totally blind since birth, and someone who has also lived with ever increasing hearing loss for the last eighteen years, there is much I can relate to in this book. And I am very pleased at the author's view of the glass being half full and not half empty. The idea that people with disabilities are as individual as everyone else with different needs and circumstances is a constant refrain here, which I am also very pleased to see. As in the deaf community, the blind community often gets caught up in the trap of the 'one size fits all' approach to everything from education to independent living skills to Braille literacy. I thoroughly enjoyed Listening with My Heart, and will add it to my list to reread in future.



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Kindle Kaleidoscope (February 9, 2016)

Each Tuesday I publish a list of Kindle titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• America’s Trust by Murray McDonald
• A Dark Lure by Loreth Anne White
• So-Called Christian: Healing Spiritual Wounds Left by the Church - eBook by Jim Turner
• Love's Unfading Light: Historical Christian Romance (Eagle Harbor Book 1) by Naomi Rawlings
• Love's Beginning: Historical Christian Short Story (Eagle Harbor) by Naomi Rawlings
• Love's Every Whisper: Historical Christian Romance (Eagle Harbor Book 2) by Naomi Rawlings
• Love's Sure Dawn: Historical Christian Romance (Eagle Harbor Book 3) by Naomi Rawlings
• Static: Fade To Gray- An EMP Thriller Book 1 by James Hunt
• Finding Peace (Love's Compass Book 1) by Melanie D. Snitker
• Finding Hope (Love's Compass Book 2) by Melanie D. Snitker
• Finding Courage (Love's Compass Book 3) by Melanie D. Snitker
• Wings of the Nightingale (3 Book Series) by Sarah Sundin
• Listening with My Heart by Angela Elwell Hunt and Heather Whitestone
• Miracles on the Water by Tom Nagorski

Review: Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss

Title: Barack Obama: The Story
Author: David Maraniss
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: June 19, 2012
Edition: Hardcover (672 pages)


Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss is a generational biography of the family of President Barack Obama, the forty-fourth President of the United States of America. It traces his roots and his life from birth until the time he enters Harvard Law School. At over 600 pages, this book combines the best of a historical record with the personal.

Well researched and very well written, this work is not a glossy overview of President Obama's family, childhood, and life prior to his entry into politics. It has depth, and contains the recollections, correspondents and thoughts of family members, friends and acquaintances, as well as excerpts from letters and journals of President Obama.

So much mystery has been created by those who wish to disparage President Barack Obama, and this work does not shy away from addressing the truth of his religious origins and views. I recommend this book if you want to understand more about this man, who he is, and how he came to be our forty-fourth President. If you're looking for a work that paints him as an extremist of any kind, religious or otherwise, this is not the book for you.




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Lynn's List (February 5, 2016)

Sorry for the later than usual posting this week!

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Thunder Point Series Books 1-3 by Robyn Carr
• Betrayed by Love by Diana Palmer
• Wild Horses by B. J. Daniels
• Krewe of Hunters Series Volume 1 by Heather Graham
• Debbie Macomber's Navy Box Set by Debbie Macomber
• The MacKade Brothers Bundle by Nora Roberts
• Yours and Mine by Debbie Macomber
• Montana by Debbie Macomber
• Grace Valley Trilogy by Robyn Carr
• The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
• Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts by Jouette M. Bassler
• What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross
• Girl at War by Sara Novic
• The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon
• 96 Hours by Georgia Beers
• The Nomination by William G. Tapply
• Gorge by Kara Richardson Whitely
• INVASION by Eric L Harry
• Believer by David Axelrod
• Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea
• Twelve Days by Alex Berenson
• Stolen in the Night by Patricia Macdonald
• Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle by Kristin Hannah
• Ginny Gall by Charlie Smith
• Integration Nation by Susan E Eaton
• Brown Is the New White by Steve Phillips
• Fast into the Night by Debbie Clarke Moderow
• The Finest Hours by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias
• While the City Slept by Eli Sanders
• Falling Grace by Melissa Shirley
• Casualties by Elizabeth Marro
• Hitler's Forgotten Children by Tim Tate and Ingrid Von Oelhafen
• Against the Wall by Jill Sorenson
• Hometown Hero by Cate Cameron
• Heartbreaker by Linda Howard
• The Firebrand and the First Lady by Patricia Bell-Scott
• A Journey of the Heart Collection by Colleen Coble
• A Wilder Rose: Rose Wilder Lane, Laura Ingalls Wilder, And Their Little Houses by Susan Wittig Albert
• He Chose the Nails by Max Lucado
• For Better, For Worse, Forever by Lurlene Mcdaniel
• Too Young to Die by Lurlene Mcdaniel
• Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlene Mcdaniel
• The Shepherd's Bride by Patricia Davids
• Virgin River by Robyn Carr
• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
• To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild
• Diamond Head by Cecily Wong
• Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South by Adam Rothman
• The Wild Inside by Christine Carbo
• A Good Killing by Allison Leotta
• The Girl in the Leaves by Robert Scott, Larry Maynard and Sarah Maynard
• The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz
• He Will Be My Ruin by K. A. Tucker
• Alone in the Dark by Karen Rose

Kindle Kaleidoscope (February 2, 2016)

Each Tuesday I publish a list of Kindle titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Plain Fame (The Plain Fame Series Book 1) by Sarah Price
• Levant Fever: True stories from Syria's underground by Wajdy Mustafa
• Wallflower Blooming by Amy Rivers
• The Only Best Place (Holmes Crossing) by Carolyne Aarsen
• Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
• 1916: A Global History by Keith Jeffery
• Kill Jeff Davis: The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864 by Bruce M. Venter Ph.D
• Lines Were Drawn: Remembering Court-Ordered Integration at a Mississippi High School by Editors at University Press of Mississippi
• A History of U.S. Feminisms by Rory C. Dicker
• Death Valley in ’49: An Autobiography of a Pioneer Who Survived the California Desert by William Lewis Manly
• NYPD Red 4 by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
• The Ex: A Novel by Alafair Burke
• The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
• Girl Through Glass: A Novel by Sari Wilson
• Front Lines by Michael Grant
• The Blue Line: A Novel by Ingrid Betancourt
• Divine Collision: An African Boy, an American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom by Jim Gash, Foreword by Bob Goff
• Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster by Norris Hundley Jr. and Donald C. Jackson
• Michelle Obama: A Life by Peter Slevin
• Never Too Busy to Cure Clutter: Simplify Your Life One Minute at a Time by Erin Rooney Doland
• On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
• Written Off: How One Man’s Journey Through Poverty, Disability and Delinquency is Transforming the Juvenile Justice System by Hasan Davis J.D.
• Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea
• The Last Dawn: A Mystery by Joe Gannon
• Twelve Days by Alex Berenson
• Surviving the Holocaust by Jill Martin
• Home to You (Suspicious Hearts Book 1) by Taylor Sullivan
• Crazy in Paradise (Paradise Florida Keys Mystery Series Book 1) by Deborah Brown
• When No One is Watching by joseph hayes
• Bedside Manner by Emily Burke

Upcoming Reads

If you're anything like me, it's sometimes difficult to decide what to read next. Yesterday, I decided to make a list of books I plan to read in the not too distant future.

• Listening with My Heart by Angela Elwell Hunt and Heather Whitestone
• Levant Fever: True stories from Syria's underground by Wajdy Mustafa
• Girl at War by Sara Novic
• Plain Fame (The Plain Fame Series Book 1) by Sarah Price
• Stolen in the Night by Patricia Macdonald
• What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross
• The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan
• One Year After_ A Novel by William R. Forstchen
• The Ex by Alafair Burke
• The Lovers by Rod Nordland
• Host by Robin Cook
• The Storm of the Century by Al Roker
• Bedside Manner by Emily Burke
• Saving Sorrow (This Is Africa Book 1) by Patty Slack
• Surviving the Holocaust by Jill Martin
• Home to You (Suspicious Hearts Book 1) by Taylor Sullivan
• Crazy in Paradise (Paradise Florida Keys Mystery Series Book 1) by Deborah Brown
• When No One is Watching by joseph hayes
• Eyewitness to History: World War II by Stephen W. Sears
• Hello, Gorgeous by William J. Mann