Bibliophile By the Sea: Books Read in 2021

Sleepless Nights; Elizabeth Hardwick (4.5/5) Settings: KY, NY, Maine, CT and Europe
Those People; Louise Candlish (3.5/5) Setting: South London, U.K.
Fifty Words for Rain; Asha Lemmie (4/5) Setting: Japan
Monogamy; Sue Miller (5/5) Setting: MA and VT
My Grandmother's Braid ; Alina Bronsky(4.5/5) Setting: Germany
Brood; Jackie Polzin (3/5) Setting: Minnesota
The Push; Ashley Audrain (4.5/5) Setting: unspecified
Over the Shop; JonArno Lawson (4/5)
So You Want to Be an Owl; Jane Porter - (5/5)
Miss Mingo and the 100th Day of School; Jamie Harper (5/5)
The Children's Blizzard; Melanie Benjamin - (3.5/5) Setting: NB, ND
Every Vow You Break; Peter Swanson - 2.5/5 Setting: mostly Maine
Transcendent Kingdom; Yaa Gyassi (5/5) Setting: AL
The Midnight Library; Matt Haig - (3/5) Setting: England (Jan)
We Run the Tides; Vendela Vida (4/5) Setting: San Francisco, CA
Good Morning Zoom, Lindsay Rechler - 3/5
Will the Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Caitlin Doughty (NF) (4/5)
Migrations; Charlotte McConaghy - (5/5) Setting: Ireland, Australia, Greenland
Champ and Major: First Dogs, Joy McCullough - (5/5)
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett; Annie Lyons (4/5) Setting: UK
The Murder at the Vicarage; Agatha Christie - (3/5) Setting: England
Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence; Becky Cooper - (NF) 4/5
Ella's Night Lights, Lucy Fleming - 4.5/5
No Buddy Like a Book; Alan Wolf - 5/5
See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog; David LaRochelle - 4.5/5
Nature of Fragile Things; Susan Meissner - 4.5/5 Setting: CA
A Girl Returned; Donatella DiPetrantonio - 5/5 Setting: Italy
Before She Disappeared, Lisa Gardner - 4/5 Setting Mattapan, MA
The Stationery Shop, Marjan Kamali - 4.5/5 Setting: Tehran and Massachusetts
A Month in the Country; J.L.Carr - 5/5 Setting: Oxgodby England
We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker - 4.5/5 Setting: CA and MT (March)
Band of Sisters, Lauren Willig - 4/5 Setting: France/WWI
The Wife Upstairs; Rachel Hawkins - 4/5 Setting: Alabama
Quiet in Her Bones; Nalini Singh - 3.5/5 Setting: New Zealand
I Am a Bird, Hope Lim - 5/5
The Best Place in the World, Petr Horacek - 5/5
Mother May I; Joshilyn Jackson - 3.5/5
The Four Winds; Kristin Hannah - 5/5 Setting: TX and CA
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek; Kim Michele Richardson - 5/5 Setting: KY
A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline History; Dr. Paul Koudounaris - NF - 3/5
The Darkest Evening; Ann Cleeves - 4.5/5 Setting: UK, Nortumberland
The Boy in the Field; Margot Livesey - 4/5 Setting: UK, Oxford
Convenience Store Woman; Sayaka Murata - 5/5 Setting: Japan
Between Two Kingdoms; Suleika Jaouad - NF/Memoir - 4/5
Jasmine Green Rescue Series; A Goat Called Willow; Helen Peters - 5/5
A Kitten Called Holly; Helen Peters - 5/5
A Duckling Called Button; Helen Peters - 5/5
A Lamb Called Lucky; Helen Peters - 5/5
A Piglet Called Truffle; Helen Peters - 5/5
Do No Harm; Christina McDonald - 2/5 Setting: WA
Miss Benson's Beetle; Rachel Joyce - 4/5 Setting: England, South Pacific, New Caledonia
Stranger on a Train; Patricia Highsmith - 4/5 Setting: NY, CT. DC (April)
Later, Stephen King - 4/5 Setting: NY
Infinite Country; Patricia Engel - 4/5 Setting: Columbia and US
The Night Always Comes; Willy Vlautin - 5/5 Setting: Oregon
The Island of Sea Women; Lisa See - 4/5 Setting: South Korea Island of Jeju
Vera; Carol Edgarian - 2.5/5 Setting: San Francisco
A Sunday in Ville-d'Avray; Dominique Barberis - 4/5 Setting: France
Everything That Rises Must Converge:Stories; Flannery O'Connor - 4.5/5 Setting: New South
Zonia's Rain Forest; Julia Martinez-Neal - 5/5 Setting Peru
Zee Grows a Tree; Elizabeth Rusch - 5/5
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer; Fredrik Backman - 3/5 Setting: UK
The Sanatorium; Sarah Pearse - 2/5 Setting: Swiss Alps
A World of Plants; Martin Jenkins and James Brown - 5/5
Earthlings; Sayaka Murata - 4.5/5 Setting: Japan
The Last Thing He Told Me; Laura Dave - 4/5 Setting: CA, TX
What Unites Us: Reflections of Patriotism; Dan Rather and Elliot Kirshner - (NF) 4/5
Nives; Sacha Naspini - 3.5/5 Setting: Tuscany
The Absolutist; John Boyne - 5/5 Setting: WWI (France) and England
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida; Clarissa Goenawan - 4.5/5 Setting: Japan (May)
The Story of Joe Biden: A Biography for New Readers; Frank Berrios - NF - 5/5
The Story of Climate Change: A First Book About How We Can Help Save the Planet; Barr & Williams - NF - 5/5
If Cats Disappeared From the Earth; Genki Kawamura - 4/5 Setting: Japan
The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands; Jon Billman - NF - 4/5
Hour of the Witch; Chris Bohjalian - 3.5/5 Setting: MA
The Perfect Daughter; D.J Palmer - 4/5 Setting: MA
What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience & Healing: Oprah Winfrey & Dr. Bruce D. Perry - 4/5
The Nightingale; Kristin Hannah - 4.5/5 Setting: France
The Plot; Jean Hanff Korelitz - 4/5 Setting: NY, VT
Cold Caller; Jason Starr - 4.5/5 Setting: NY
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Jeff Gottesfeld - 5/5
One Two Three; Laurie Frankel - 4/5 Setting: MA
The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye; Jane Yolen - 4.5/5
Family Reunion; Nancy Thayer - 5/5 - Setting: Nantucket, MA
Under the Wave at Waimea; Paul Theroux - 3/5 Setting: Hawaii
What Comes After; JoAnne Tompkins - 4/5 Setting: WA
Heaven, Mieko Kawakami - 4/5 Setting: Japan (June)
Six Weeks to Live; Catherine McKenzie - 4/5 Setting: Canada?
The Photographer; Mary Dixie Carter - 3.5/5 Setting: New York
Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton; Gail Crowther - NF - 4/5
Count the Ways; Joyce Maynard - 5/5 Setting: NH and MA
Annie Lumsden: Girl From the Sea; David Almond - 5/5
Sweet Pea Summer; Hazel Mitchell - 4.5/5
Atticus Caticus; Kara Kramer - 4/5
The Maidens; Alex Michaelides - 4/5 Setting: Cambridge, England
Blush; Jamie Brenner - 3/5 Setting: Long Island, NY
A Midsummer Night's Dream; retold by Georghia Ellinas - 5/5 stars
Before We Were Yours; Lisa Wingate - 4/5 Setting: TN and SC
Chair Yoga: Accessible Sequences to Build Strength, Flexibility, and Inner Calm; Christina D'Arrigo - (NF) 5/5 stars
Palace of the Drowned; Christine Mangan - 3.5/5 stars Setting: London and Venice
Mary Jane; Jessica Anya Blau - 5/5 Setting: Maryland
Dream Girl; Laura Lippman - 4/5 Setting: Maryland
The Temple House Vanishing; Rachel Donohue - 4/5 - Setting: Ireland (July)
Northern Spy; Flynn Berry - 4/5 Setting: Ireland
When the Stars Go Dark; Paula McLain - 3.5/5 Setting: CA
The Therapist; B.A. Paris - 3.5/5 Setting: London suburb
Swimming Back to Trout River; Linda Rui-Feng - 4.5/5 Setting: China and US
Malibu Rising; Taylor Jenkins Reid - 4/5 Setting: CA
Such a Quiet Place; Megan Miranda - 3.5/5 Setting: VA
Hairpin Bridge; Taylor Adams - 4/5 stars Setting: Montana
That Summer; Jennifer Weiner - 3/5 stars Setting: Cape Cod, MA and PA
The Guncle; Steven Rowley - 4.5/5 - Setting CA and CT
The Newcomer; Mary Kay Andrews - 4/5 - Setting: FL and NY
The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer (NF); Liz Rodman - 3.5/5 stars
Kill Your Darlings; David Bell - 4/5 Setting: KY
Dead By Dawn; Paul Doiron - 4/5 Setting: Maine
Mrs March; Virginia Feito - 5/5 Setting: NYC (briefly-Maine)
We Are the Brennans; Tracey Lange - 4.5/5 Setting: NY (briefly CA) (August)
The Stranger Behind You; Carol Goodman - 2.5/5 Setting: NY
Shoulder Season; Christina Clancy - 3/5 Setting: WI and CA
Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead; Emily Austin - 3.5/5
The Paper Palace; Miranda Cowley Heller - 4.5/5 Setting: Cape Cod, MA
Unsettled Ground; Claire Fuller - 4.5/5 Setting: UK
Not a Happy Family; Shari Lapena - 4.5/5 Setting: New York
All the Lonely People; Mike Gayle - 4/5 Setting: England
Rain Before Rainbows; Smriti Prasadam-Hall - 5/5
North and South: The Tale of Two Hemispheres; Sandra Morris - 5/5
Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression's Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself; Martin Sandler - 5/5
Dreams Die First; Harold Robbins - 1.5/5 - Setting: CA and LasVegas, NV
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training; Adam Stern - NF - 4/5
The People We Keep; Allison Larkin - 3.5/5 Setting: Upstate New York
Morningside Heights - 4.5/5 Setting: New York City
Songbirds; Christy Lefteri - 4.5/5 Setting: Cyprus
Notes on Grief; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (NF) - 4.5/5
Viral; Robin Cook; 2/5 Setting: New York City (mostly)
The Inflammation Spectrum: Finding Your Food Triggers & Resetting Your System; Dr. Will Cole - (NF) - 4/5
Council of Animals; Nick McDonell - 3.5/5
His Only Wife; Peace Adzo Medie - 4/5 Setting: Gjana
Sooley; John Grisham - 4.5/5 Setting: Sudan and NC
The Long Call; Ann Cleeves - 4/5 Setting: No Devon, UK (September)
Billy Summers; Stephen King - 4.5/5 Setting: Varies
The Guide; Peter Heller - 2/5 Setting: CO
Should We Stay of Should We Go; Lionel Shriver - 2.5/5 Setting: UK
The Stowaway; James Murray & Darren Wearmouth - 4/5 Setting: NY and transatlantic cruise
The Heron's Cry; Ann Cleeves - 4.5/5 Setting: North Devon
Made in China: A memoir of love and labor; Anna Qu - 4/5
Stolen Hours; Allen Eskens - 5/5 Setting: Minnesota
Where I Left Her; Amber Garza - 4/5 Setting; ? (CA)
A Single Rose; Muriel Barberry - 3.5/5 Setting: Japan
The Fortnight in September; R.C. Sherriff - 4.5/5 Setting: West Sussex
The Last House on Needless Street; Catriona Ward - 4.5/5 Setting: Washington
Bewilderment; Richard Powers - 4.5/5
Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy (NF); Anna Sebba - 4/5
Charlotte's Web; E.B. White (2019 audio) - 5/5 stars
Oh, William!; Elizabeth Strout - 5/5 stars Setting: NYC and Maine
See the Dog: Three Stories About A Cat; LaRochelle - 4.5/5
The Summer We Found Baby; Amy Hest - 4.5/5
Ivy Lost and Found; Cynthia Lord - 4.5/5
Ducks Overboard; Markus Motuh - 5/5
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed; Helene Tursten - 4.5/5 (October)
Peril; Bob Woodward and Robert Costa - (NF) - 5/5
On Animals; Susan Orlean - (NF) - 4/5
The Ugly Cry; Danielle Henderson (NF) - 4.5/5
Rise of ZomBert; Kara LaRue - 4/5
Return of ZomBert; Kara LaRue - 4/5
Poultrygeist; Eric Genron - 4/5
Twitchy Witchy Itch; Priscilla Tey - 5/5
Lymph & Longevity: The Untapped Secrets to Health; Gerald M. Lemole M.D. -NF - 4.5/5
Pessimists; Bethany Ball - 2.5/5 Setting: CT
Nothing But Blackened Teeth; Kassandra Khaw - 2.5/5
Harlem Shuffle; Colson Whitehead - 4/5 Setting: NY
The Book of Mother; Violaine Huisman - 4/5 Setting: France
David Copperfield's History of Magic; David Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, David Britland - 5/5
Once There Were Wolves; Charlotte McConaghy - 4/5 Setting: Scottish Highlands
Life Among the Savages (NF/AB); Shirley Jackson - 4.5/5
Red Crosses; Sasha Filipenko - 4/5 Setting: Russia
Getaway; Zoje Stage - 3.5/5 Setting: Colorado
The Family Plot; Megan Collins - 4/5 Setting: Rhode Island
World War C; Sanjay Gupta (NF) - 4.5/5
Lemon; Kwon Yeo-sun - 4/5 Setting: S. Korea
A Donkey Called Mistletoe; Helen Peters - 5/5
Prehistoric Pets; Dr. Dean Lomax - 5/5
Stay With Me; Ayobami Adelbayo - 4/5 (book group) Setting: Nigeria
Red Roulette; Desmond Shum - NF - 3.5/5 (November)
Crossroads; Jonathan Franzen - 5/5 stars Setting: Illinois
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island; Colleen Oakley - 4/5
A Little Hope; Ethan Joella - 4/5
The Secret Starling; Judith Engle - 4.5/5
Judy Moody in a Monday Mood; Megan McDonald - 4.5/5
Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen; Kate McGovern - 5/5
The Family; Naomi Krupitsky - 4/5 Setting:NY
The Last Guests; J.P. Pomare - 4/5
The Writer's Cats; Muriel Barbery - 4/5
The Hotel; Pamela Kelley - 2/5 Setting: Nantucket Island
Wish You Were Here; Jodi Picoult - 5/5
Still Life; Sarah Winman - 3/5
Trust; Domenico Starnone - 3.5/5
Who is Maud Dixon? Alexandria Andrews - 4/5
These Precious Days; Ann Patchett - 4.5/5
Winter Lullaby; Dianne White - 5/5
Where's Waldo: Santa Spotlight Edition; Martin Handford - 4/5
Bake, Make and Learn to Cook; David Atherton - 5/5
We are One: How the World Adds Up; Susan Hood - 5/5
The Sentence; Louise Erdrich - 5/5 (December)
The Last House on the Street; Diane Chamberlain - 4.5/5
Midwinter Murder; Agatha Christie - 3.5/5
A Calling for Charlie Barnes; Joshua Ferris - 4.5/5
No One Goes Alone; Erik Larson - 3.5/5
Five Tuesdays in Winter: Stories; Lily King - 4/5
Matrix; Lauren Groff - 4.5/5
My One Square Inch of Alaska; Sharon Short - 4/5
Reckless Girls; Rachel Hawkins - 3.5/5
Winter Solstice; Rosamunde Pilcher - in process

DNF (Because Life is Too Short to Read a Bad Book)

Night Boat to Tangier; Kevin Barry - January
Pretty Things; Janelle Brown - January
The Housekeeper; Natalie Barelli - February
Hanger Management: Manage Your Hunger and Improve Your Mood, Mind & Relationships; Susan Albers - February
The Lightness; Emily Temple - March
Dark Horses; Susan Mihalic - March
The Good Neighbors; Sarah Langan - April
Golden Girl; Elin Hilderbrand - June
The Sea Glass Sisters; Lisa Wingate - July
The Scenic Route; Binnie Kirshenbaum - July
Blacktop Wasteland; S.A. Cosby - September
The Matzah Ball; Jean Meltzer - December
The Last Chance Library; Freya Sampson

Books Read in 2021

Books Read in 2021

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