A reference point for books read and reviewed:
January:
1. Grass Beyond the Mountains by Richmond P. Hobson (1951)
2. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (2015)
3. Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (1947)
4. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (2016)
5. Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith (1938)
6. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (2015)
7. Poppies for England by Susan Scarlett (1948)
8. The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks (2015)
February:
9. The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson (2016)
10. The Rose-Garden Husband by Margaret Widdemer (1915)
11. Only in Naples by Katherine Wilson (2016)
12. Parson’s Nine by Noel Streatfeild (1932)
13. The Half-Crown House by Helen Ashton (1956)
14. Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson (1982)
15. The Man in the Dark by Susan Scarlett (1940)
16. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning (2010)
17. A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson (1997)
March:
18. Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (2015)
19. The House by the Dvina by Eugenie Fraser (1984)
20. The Heavenly Italian Ice Cream Shop by Abby Clements (2015)
21. Saturday’s Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris (1914)
22. A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair (1957)
23. Not Working by Lisa Owens (2016)
24. Martie, the Unconquered by Kathleen Thompson Norris (1917)
25. I’m Off Then by Hape Kerkeling (2009)
26. The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp (1937)
27. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon (2014)
28. Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel by Jane Costello (2016)
29. Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (2016)
April:
30. Where is Emma Butler’s Life Plan? by Julia Wilmot (2015)
31. Falling in Honey by Jennifer Barclay (2013)
32. Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie (1993)
33. Crazy for You by Jennifer Crusie (1999)
34. Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie (1996)
35. The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth (2013)
36. Campari for Breakfast by Sara Crowe (2014)
37. After the Last Dance by Sarra Manning (2016)
38. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (2004)
39. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie (2000)
40. It Happened One Wedding by Julie James (2014)
41. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (2013)
42. Suddenly One Summer by Julie James (2015)
May:
43. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay (1995)
44. A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay (1992)
45. The Revolving Door of Life by Alexander McCall Smith (2015)
46. The Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (2016)
47. Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith (1999)
48. The Falcon at the Portal by Barbara Peters (1999)
49. He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Barbara Peters (2000)
50. The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts by Annie Darling (2016)
51. Devil May Care by Elizabeth Peters (1977)
52. The Decent Proposal by Kemper Donovan (2016)
53. A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (2010)
54. Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase (2015)
June:
55. Cleopatra’s Sister by Penelope Lively (1993)
56. More Was Lost by Eleanor Perényi (1946)
57. Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (2016)
58. The Lark by E. Nesbit (1922)
59. My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman (2006)
60. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott (1870)
61. While the Music Lasted by Kitty Barne (1943)
July:
62. The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge (1963)
63. Their Promised Land by Ian Buruma (2016)
64. The Dearly Departed by Elinor Lipman (2001)
65. The House That Is Our Own by O. Douglas (1940)
66. The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth (2014)
67. The Friendly Air by Elizabeth Cadell (1970)
68. The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After by Jenny Colgan (2016)
69. The Marrying Kind by Elizabeth Cadell (1980)
70. Anything for You by Kristan Higgins (2015)
71. Round Dozen by Elizabeth Cadell (1978)
72. The Only Street in Paris by Elaine Sciolino (2016)
73. Who’s That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane (2016)
74. A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor (1957)
August:
75. The Lark Shall Sing by Elizabeth Cadell (1955)
76. Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins (2008)
77. Any Two Can Play by Elizabeth Cadell (1981)
78. Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins (2006)
79. The Next Best Things by Kristan Higgins (2010)
80. All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins (2010)
81. Thirty Days in Italy edited by Larry Habegger, James O’Reilly, and Sean O’Reilly (2006)
82. The Blue Sky of Spring by Elizabeth Cadell (1956)
83. Six Impossible Things by Elizabeth Cadell (1961)
84. Belgravia by Julian Fellowes (2016)
85. Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler (2016)
86. Fool for Love by Eloisa James (2003)
87. Lassoing the Sun by Mark Woods (2016)
September:
88. Jonathan Unleashed by Meg Rosoff (2016)
89. Much Ago About You by Eloisa James (2004)
90. Drifting Home by Pierre Berton (1973)
91. Never Shoot a Stampede Queen by Mark Leiren-Young (2008)
92. The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry (2016)
93. A House in Flanders by Michael Jenkins (1992)
94. Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett (2016)
95. First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (2016)
96. To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey (2016)
97. The Taming of the Duke by Eloisa James (2006)
98. A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson (1981)
99. Pleasure for Pleasure by Eloisa James (2006)
October:
100. On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins (2017)
101. I Was a Stranger by General Sir John Hackett (1977)
102. The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson (2004)
103. Hetty Dorval by Ethel Wilson (1947)
104. The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson (1993)
105. When in French by Lauren Collins (2016)
106. Mrs Tim Gets a Job by D.E. Stevenson (1947)
107. Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith (2016)
108. Faro’s Daughter by Georgette Heyer (1941)
109. The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne (2005)
110. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince by Hester Browne (2007)
November:
111. The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer (1950)
112. More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin (1993)
113. How to Find Love in a Book Shop by Veronica Henry (2016)
114. Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin (1978)
115. The Golden Collar by Elizabeth Cadell (1968)
116. Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object by Laurie Colwin (1975)
117. Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (2016)
118. Bel Lamington by D.E. Stevenson (1961)
119. Party Animals by David Aaronovitch (2016)
120. Love in a Mist by Susan Scarlett (1951)
121. Seven Steps to Happiness by Stella Newman (2016)
122. The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (2016)
123. The Treasure by Kathleen Thompson Norris (1914)
124. A Little Love Song by Michelle Magorian (1991)
December:
125. Crosstalk by Connie Willis (2016)
126. Corduroy by Adrian Bell (1930)
127. Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal (2016)
128. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (2016)
129. Terms & Conditions by Ysenda Maxtone Graham (2016)
130. Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner (2016)
131. Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (2016)
132. A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (2016)
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