Books I Read in 2017 & My Book Reviews

In 2015, thanks to book recommendations from other bloggers, I got hooked on reading again!  I read at least 5 - 6 books a month and love every page.  Two of my besties and I even started our own book club and our love of reading has brought us even closer.  One reason I was inspired to start this blog is because I am constantly being asked what books I recommend.  So, I'll be sharing them here!

I'll be doing a monthly book review around the last day of every month and I'll update my list of books I've read on this page regularly, along with the star-rating I gave.

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2017 Books (titles in bold were my favorites for that month)

January 2017

A Hundred Summers - Beatriz Williams (4 stars)

Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover (3 stars)

A Fall of Marigolds - Susan Meissner (4 stars)
On The Rocks - Erin Duffy (4 stars)

Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick (4 stars)

Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - Katrina Bivald (3 stars) 

Confess - Colleen Hoover (5 stars)

Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin (2 stars)

The One That Got Away - Bethany Chase (3 stars)

Barefoot - Elin Hilderbrand (3 stars)

Home Front - Kristin Hannah (4 stars)

The Book That Matters Most - Ann Hood (3 stars)

Instant Mom - Nia Vardalos (4 stars)

February 2017

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Foer (3 stars)

Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah (4 stars)

Love & Gelato - Jenna Evans Welch (3 stars)

Somebody I Used to Know - David Bell (4 stars)

Night Road - Kristin Hannah (4 stars)

Lucky Boy - Shanthi Sekaran (4 stars) 

The Knockoff - Lucy Sikes (4 stars)

First Light - Bill Rancic (3.5 stars)

March 2017

Giddy Up Eunice - Sophie Hudson (3 stars)

Driving with the Top Down - Beth Harbison (3 stars)

The Mother's Promise - Sally Hepworth (4.5 stars)

Everything Everything - Nicola Yoon (4 stars)

The Shack - William Paul Young (4.5 stars)

Goodbye Days - Jeff Zentner (3 stars)

April 2017

The Charmers - Elizabeth Adler (3 stars)

Along the Infinite Sea - Beatriz Williams (5 stars) 

The Life Intended - Kristin Harmel (4.5 stars)

Maybe in Another Life - Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars)

My (not so) perfect life - Sophie Kinsella (4.5 stars)

The Charm Bracelet - Viola Shipman (3 stars)

The Fortunate Ones - Ellen Umansky (3 stars)

May 2017

Moment Maker - Carlos Whittaker (4 stars)

Her Every Fear - Peter Swanson (4 stars)

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things - Bryan Greenwood (3 stars)

Summer Island - Kristin Hannah (4 stars)

Present over Perfect - Shauna Niequist (3 stars)

One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars)

Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan (4 stars)

June 2017

China Rich Girlfriend - Kevin Kwan (5 stars)

In the Unlikely Event - Judy Blume (3 stars)

Behind Closed Doors - BA Paris (3 stars)

Forever, Interrupted - Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars)

Rich People Problems - Kevin Kwan (4.5 stars)

We Were the Lucky Ones - Georgia Hunter (3 stars)

July 2017

The Blue Bistro - Elin Hilderbrand (4 stars)

Same Beach, Next Year - Dorothea Benton Frank (3 stars)

The Identicals - Elin Hilderbrand (4 stars)

Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult (5 stars)

Edgar and Lucy - Victor Lodato (2 stars)
July Book Review


August 2017
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (3.5 stars)
The Dry - Jane Harper (3.5 stars)
If You Only Knew - Kristan Higgins (5 stars)
Dating You Hating You - Christina Lauren (3 stars)
Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult (4 stars)
August Book Review


September 2017
Why We Broke Up - Daniel Hadler (2 stars)
The Light We Lost - Jill Santopolo (4 stars)
The Wishing Box - Dashka Slater (2.5 stars)
Sunshine Sisters - Jane Green (3.5 stars)
The Best Man - Kristan Higgins (4 stars)
September Book Review


October 2017
The Perfect Match - Kristan Higgins (3.5 stars)
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng (4 stars)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz (3 stars)
Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue (3.5 stars)
Salem Falls - Jodi Picoult (4 Stars) 
October Book Review

November 2017
Do Not Become Alarmed - Maile Meloy (3 Stars)
Without Merit - Colleen Hoover (3.5 Stars)
On Second Thought - Kristan Higgins (5 Stars)

Class Mom  Laurie Gelman (4 Stars)
After I Do - Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 Stars)
Because of Bethlehem - Max Lucado (5 Stars)
November Book Review

December 2017
Most Wanted – Lisa Scottoline (4.5 stars)
Winter Solstice – Elin Hilderbrand (5 stars)
Merry and Bright – Debbie Macomber (3.5 stars)
Eight Hundred Grapes – Laura Dave (4 stars)
December Book Review & Favorite Books of 2017!