Beth Fish Reads: Reviews 2016-2017

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Books reviewed, spotlighted, or featured in 2016 (no link = not reviewed online, anonymous review for another venue, or please search cited website). A = audiobook

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein (A)
All-American Paleo Table by Caroline Potter
Chloe in India by Kate Darnton (also Litsy)
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
Cooking As Fast As I Can by Cat Cora (A) (AudioFile)
Love in Lowercase by Francesc Miralles
Twister by Genanne Walsh
Stars over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner
Kingdom Come by Jane Jensen
Where It Hurts by Reed Ferrel Coleman
Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (A) (AudioFile)
The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian (A)
The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
The Invention of Science by David Wootten
I Was Really Very Hungry by MFK Fisher (adapted by Kelly Nespor) (A) (AudioFile)
For Cheddar or Worse by Avery Aames
Scene of the Brine by Mary Ellen Hughes
It's a Wonderful Knife by Christine Wenger
Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy
To Brew or Not to Brew by Joyce Tremel
Death of a Bad Apple by Penny Pike
One Foot in the Grove by Kelly Lane
Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz
Juniors by Kaui Hart Hemmings (A)
The Other Me by Saskia Sarginson
The Goblin's Puzzle by Andrew S. Chilton
The Fallingwater Cookbook by Suzanne Martinson
Darned if I Do by Monica Ferris
Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Ana of California by Andi Teran
Miss Emily by Nuala O'Connor
Amherst by William Nicholson
Re Jane by Patrica Park
Reader, I Married Him edited by Tracy Chevalier
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glynis Ridley (A) (AudioFile)
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase (A)
Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson (A) (AudioFile)
The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky
The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin
Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser (see Litsy)
Lust & Wonder by Augusten Burroughs (see Litsy)
Georgia by Dawn Tripp
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee (A) (AudioFile)
Sunday Dinners by Dina Crowell
Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett (A) (Audiofile)
Small Mercies by Eddie Joyce
Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr (A) (DNF; see Litsy)
Winterwood by Jacey Bedford
The Secrets of Solace by Jaleigh Johnson
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan
The Mad Feast by Matthew Gavin Frank
Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi (A) (see Litsy)
The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick
The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien
Wintering by Peter Geye
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann (review; also see Litsy)
Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn
The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins (A) (see Litsy)
The Cookies & Cups Cookbook by Shelly Jaronsky
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben (A) (AudioFile)
The Widow by Fiona Barton (A) (AudioFile)
The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell (A) (AudioFile)
The Young Chef by The Culinary Institute of America
The Elephant n the Room by Jack Bender (see Litsy)
Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan (A) (AudioFile)
The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
The Basque Book by Alexandra Raij, Eder Montero, and Rebecca Marx
The Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell (A) (see Litsy)
The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell (A) (see Litsy)
The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish
Save Room for Pie by Roy Blount Jr. (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (A)
The Wander Society by Keri Smith
Immaculate Heart by Camille DeAngelis
The Haters by Jesse Andrews (A) (see Litsy)
Something New by Lucy Knisley (see Litsy)
Breaking Wild by Diane Les Becquets (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (A) (see Litsy)
Rare Objects by Kathleen Tessaro
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
Tears in the Grass by Lynda A. Archer (see Litsy)
Daredevils by Shawn Vestal (see Litsy)
Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson (see Litsy)
My Mrs. Brown by William Norwich (see Litsy)
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (see Litsy)
Life by John Brockman (see Litsy)
Paper by Mark Kurlansky (see Litsy)
The Wander Society by Keri Smith (see Litsy)
Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
Secret of Dreadwillow Carse by Brian Farrey
Finding Fraser by K. C. Dyer
Maestra by L. S. Hilton (A) (see Litsy)
Irish Stewed by Kylie Logan
Berry the Hatchet by Peg Cochran
Hearse and Gardens by Kathleen Bridge
Trials of Apollo (book 1) by Rick Riordan (A)
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (A) (see Litsy; AudioFile)
Pornburger by Mathew Ramsey
Pen & Palate by Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Age of Genomes by Steven Monroe Lipkin
The Big Picture by Sean Carroll
Available by Matteson Perry
Her Again by Michael Schulman (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
My Holiday in North Korea by Wendy E. Simmons
Setting the World on Fire by Shelley Emling
Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Edge of the Empire by Bronwen Riley
Tribe by Sebastian Junger
The First Signs by Genevieve von Petzinger
The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman (see Litsy)
Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo (A) (see Litsy)
The Girl in the Well Is Me by Karen Rivers (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
Even in Paradise by Elizabeth Nunez (A) (DNF; see Litsy)
Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan (A) (Litsy)
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (A) Litsy
I'm Your Biggest Fan by Kate Coyne
Political Suicide by Erin McHugh (Litsy)
Wintering by Peter Geye (Litsy)
We Love You Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge (A) (AudioFile; Litsy)
Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger (A) (Litsy)
Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn (A) (Litsy)
Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine el Rashidi (A) (DNF; Litsy)
And I Darken by Kiersten White (A) (DNF; Litsy)
The Tribes of Palos Verdes (A) (Litsy)
An Unrestored Woman by Shobha Rao (Litsy)
The Tulip Factory by Kacie Davis Idol (DNF; Litsy)
Ingredienti by Marcella Hazan (A / P) (AudioFile; Litsy)
The Crimson Skew by S. E. Grove (A) (Litsy)
Toasting Up Trouble by Linda Wiken
The Vegetable Butcher by Cara Mangini
The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close (A) (Litsy)
Monstress #1 by Marjorie Liu (Litsy)
Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent (A) (Litsy, AudioFile)
Baby Doll by Hollie Overton
Feed by Mira Grant (A) (Litsy)
Cooking for Picasso by Mozhan Marno (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
The Hike by Drew Magary (DNF; Litsy)
The Bourbon Kings by J. R. Ward (Litsy)
A Buzz in the Meadow by Dave Goulson (Litsy)
The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks (Litsy)
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad (Litsy)
Moo by Sharon Creech (Litsy)
Mothers, Tell Your Daughters by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Litsy)
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (Litsy)
Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson (A) (Litsy)
Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan (A) (Litsy)
Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst (A) (Litsy, AudioFile)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (Litsy)
City Bakers Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (A) (Litsy, AudioFile)
The Last Good Girl by Allison Leotta (A) (Litsy)
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (A) (Litsy)
Leaving Lucy Pear by Anna Solomon (A) (AudioFile, Litsy)
Deadline by Mira Grant (A) (Litsy)
Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris (A, Litsy)
Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joana Cannon (Litsy)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
Real Food, Fake Food by Larry Olmsted (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (Litsy)
Blackout by Mira Grant (A) (Litsy
Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym (Litsy, Twitter)
Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (A) (Litsy)
Thrones & Bones by Lou Anders (A) (DNS; Litsy)
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (A) (Litsy)
Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin by Stephanie Knipper (A) (Litsy; Audiofile)
The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin (A) (Litsy; Audiofile)
A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham (Litsy)
Agnes by Peter Stamm (Litsy)
The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (A) (Litsy)
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (A) (Litsy)
Genghis Khan and the Quest for God by Jack Weatherford (A) (Litsy)
Every Single Second by Tricia Springstubb (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (A) (Litsy; AudioFile)
Appetites Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain
Ziggy Marley and Family Cookbook by Ziggy Marley
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook by Natalie Eve Garrett