It is no secret that I love to read.  I inherited that love of reading from my parents and usually have at least 3 books that I am reading at any given time.  I realized that I had not listed my complete list of books read in 2014 so today I wanted to share those with you. At the bottom of the post I will list a few of my favorites for you to check out if you haven’t already.  

1. January Thaw by Jess Lourey
2. Playing With Matches by Carolyn Wall
3. The Senior Moment by Eva Hudson
4. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffe
5. Bootstrapped in Iowa by Sara Broers
6. The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
7. The Testament of Mary by Colman Toibin
8. The Front by Patricia Cornwall
9. Blunt Impact by Lisa Black
10. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Michael Dicks
11. Bean There, Done That by Sandra Balzo
12. Brewed, Crude and Tatooed by Sandra Balzo
13. A Cup of Jo by Sandra Balzo
14. If You Lived Here You Would Be Home Now by Claire LaZebnik
15. Mother Teresa No Greater Love
16. Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton
17. Triple Shot by Sandra Balzo
18. Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reiches
19. The Tenth of December by George Saunders
20. The Banks of Certain Rivers by Jon Harrison
21. The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers
22. When She Was Gone by Gwendolyn Gross
23. The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning by Julene Bair
24. I’ll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan
25. A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
26. Lemonade and Holy Stuff: Collected Essays by Miranca Gargasz
27. My Ideal Bookshelf Art by Jane Mount Edited by Thessaly La Force
28. The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
29. The Last Word by Lisa Lutz
30. Building Talieson: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home of Love and Loss by Rin Mccraev
31. The Face of Deception by Iris Johansen
32. Snapped by Pamela Klaffe
33. The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth Duncan
34. Downsize with Style by Bettina Deda
35. The Price of Innocence by Lisa Black
36. Home by Rachel Smith
37. A Thousand Pardons by Jonathan Dee
38. The Key to Her Heart by Catherine Herzog
39. The Judas Goat by Robert B Parker
40. Derailed by Neta Jackson
41. Lola’s Prayer Cocktail by YL Mitchell
42. The Lovebird by Natalie Brown
43. Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton
44. God Save the Child by Robert B Parker
45. A Savage Place by Robert B Parker
46. The International Bank of Bob by Bob Harris
47. The Killing Game by Iris Johansen
48. Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
49. Mistress by James Patterson
50. Graceland by Alan Glynn
51. Moving Day by Jonathan Stone
52. Sweet Tea and Secrets by Nancy Naigle
53. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
54. The Final Detail by Harlan Coben
55. Waking Up In Heaven by Crystal McVea
56. The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice
57. A Savage Place by Robert B Parker
58. Evil Eye by Joyce Carol Oates
59. Crazy for You by Jennifer Cruise
60. The Hills are Strong by Rollo Walter Brown
61. Paper Towns by John Green
62. Top Secret Twenty One by Janet Evanovich
63. My Face to the World by Joy Brown
64. Blogger Girl by Meredith Schorr
65. Amanda in Arabia by Darlene Foster
66. The Southern Fried a Preacher by Harold Bales
67. Confessions from a Coffee Shop by TB Markinson
68. Percolate by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
69. Summer of Stars by Leslee Horner
70. Let’s Be Frank by Brea Brown
71. Firefly Beach by Meira Pentemann
72. Naked in Death by J D Robb
73. The Color of Home by Rich Marcello
74. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
75. The Four Doors by Richard Paul Evans
76. Mermaid of Brooklyn by Amy Shearn
77. Watching You by Michael Robotham
78. The Giver by Lois Lowry
79. Exactly Where They’d Fall by Laura Rae Amos
80. God Took Me By The Hand by Jerry Bridges
81. F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
82. You Are One Third Daffodil and Other Facts to Amaze, Amuse and Astound compiled by Tom Nuttall
83. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
84. Where She Went by Gayle Forman
85. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
86. My Accidental Jihad by Krista Bremer
87. One Lavender Ribbon by Heather Burch
88. TheDay the World Came to Town:9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
89. Letters for my Little Sister by Cecilia B W Gunther
90. Winds of Darkness by Mickie Fredricks
91. Rain Girl by Gabi Kresiehnet
92. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
93. Broken Home by Rachel Smith
94. No Time To Die by Kira Peikoff
95. Mother by Linda Ann Rentschlet
96. Lake Surrender- Her Journey ends where the lake begins by Carol Grace Stratton
97. Strange way Out by Troy Blackford
98. The Ladies Room by Carolyn Brown
99. Start With A Bang Then Glimmer by Lena Ski
100. Chasing Jenna by Micki Fredericks
101. Claudia Must Die by TBM Markinson
102. Early Autumn by Robert B Parker
103. Sara’s Game by Ernie Lindsey
104. An Abundance of Katherines by John Greene
105. My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni
106. One Plus One by joJo Moyes
107. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

My top 10 books of 2014 (No particular order)

1. Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton
2. The Banks of Certain Rivers by Jon Harrison
3. The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers
4. The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice
5. Firefly Beach by Meira Pentemann
6. One Plus One by JoJo Moyes
7. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
8. The Four Doors by Richard Paul Evans
9. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
10. The Hills are Strong by Rollo Walter Brown

Top Books by People I Actually Call Friends

1. January Thaw by Jess Lourey
2. Bootstrapped in Iowa by Sara Broers
3. Lemonade and Holy Stuff: Collected Essays by Miranca Gargasz
4. Home by Rachel Smith
5. My Face to the World by Joy Brown
6. Amanda in Arabia by Darlene Foster
7. Confessions from a Coffee Shop by TB Markinson
8. Summer of Stars by Leslee Horner
9. Letters for my Little Sister by Cecilia B W Gunther
10. Broken Home by Rachel Smith (Not yet released)
11. Chasing Jenna by Micki Fredericks
12. Claudia Must Die by TB Markinson
13. Winds of Darkness by Mickie Fredricks

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