Beth Fish Reads: Reviews: 2015

Books reviewed, spotlighted, or featured in 2015 (no link = not reviewed online, anonymous review for another venue, or please search cited website).

Descent by Tim Johnston
Heap House by Edward Carey
Of All the Gin Joints by Mark Bailey
A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
The Way of Tea and Justice by Becca Stevens
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
Migratory Animals by Mary Helen Specht
Twisted Fate by Norah Olson
Willowgrove by Kathleen Peacock
The Prey by Tom Isbell
Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff
J: A Novel by Howard Jacobson (audiobook)
Kiss of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick
Lumberjanes by Grace Ellis & Noelle Stevenson (issue 1)
Princess Ugg by Ted Naifeh (issue 1)
Rat Queens by Med Dejmal and Kurtis J Wiebe (issue 1)
The Sword by Jonathan Luna (issue 1)
Wayward by Jim Zub (issue 1)
West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan
Marine Park by Mark Chiusano
Beating the Lunch Box Blues by J. M. Hirsch
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Fables 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham
Far Flung and Well Fed by R. W. Apple Jr.
Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley
How to Outswim a Shark without a Snorkel by Jess Keating
Dinosaur Boy by Cory Putman Oakes
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Real Food for Everyone by Ann Gentry
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Fiercombe Manor by Kate Riordan
"Moving On" by Diane Cook
"Holy Writ" by Mary Norris
"The Ghost of Winthrop" by Katherine Hall Page
How to Roast by Michael Ruhlman
Ongoingness by Sarah Manguso
Who Buries the Dead by C. S. Harris
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene (feature)
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Sheet Pan Suppers by Molly Gilbert
The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah
The Orphans at Race Point by Patry Francis
Fin & Lady by Cathleen Schine
How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks
Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Delicious Foods by James Hannaham (for AudioFile & Readerly magazines)
How to Be Both by Ali Smith (for AudioFile magazine)
A Matter of Breeding by Michael Brandow (and also for Bloggers Recommend)
Public School Superhero by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
Inherit the Wind (Fables 17) by Bill Willingham
Werewolves of the Heartland by Bill Willingham
Us by David Nicholls
"The Good News" by Heather Lende
"Inside the Shop of the the Last Great American Watchmaker" by Josh Ozersky
"On Writing: Frame of Reference" by John McPhee
Homemakers by Brit Morin
Where Women Are Kings by Christie Watson (and for Readerly)
Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name (with Hilary Beard)
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
Mystery Writers of America Cookbook edited by Kate White
Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe (see also AudioFile magazine)
Good Dog edited by David Dibenedetto
Dog Crazy by Meg Donohue
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew (also for AudioFile magazine)
Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (and for AudioFile magazine)
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (and for Readerly)
Dead Wake by Erik Larsen (for Readerly magazine)
Shadow of a Spout by Amanda Cooper
The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco by Laura DiSilverio
Buy a Whisker by Sofie Ryan
Demise in Denim by Duffy Brown
Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert
Wicked Stitch by Amanda Lee
A Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (also for AudioFile magazine)
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
Cubs in Toyland (Fables 18) by Bill Willlingham
Snow White (Fables 19) Bill Willingham
The CSA Cookbook by Linda Ly (for Readerly)
Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts (for Readerly)
The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen (for Readerly)
Goldeneye by Matthew Parker (for Readerly)
Camelot (Fables 20) by Bill Willingham
The Tucci Table by Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt
Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes
Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick Bragg
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
The B-Side by Ben Yagoda
Driftwood by Elizabeth Dutton
Driving the King by Ravi Howard
I'm Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil
Bettyville by George Hodgman (for AudioFile)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Twintuition: Double Vision by Tia and Tamera Mowry
Blackout by Sarah Hepola (for Readerly & repeated here)
The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (with Elio M. Garcia Jr. and Linda Antonsson)
The Outlandish Companion: Volume One by Diana Gabaldon
The Fables Encyclopedia by Jess Nevins, Bill Willingham, and Mark Buckingham
The Fog Diver by Joel Ross (and for Readerly)
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber
The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
On the Run by Alice Goffman
A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
The Domino Diaries by Brin-Jonathan Butler
The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Meghan Daum
The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy
Movie Menus by Francine Segan
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
A Place for Us by Harriet Evans
Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
Whatever After: Beauty Queen by Sarah Mlynowski
Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy (for AudioFile)
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder (for Readerly
Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb (for Readerly)
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones (for Readerly)
Anything Could Happen by Will Walton (for Readerly)
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (for Readerly)
Woof by Spencer Quinn (for Readerly)
The Whisperer by Fiona McIntosh (for Readerly)
Tyme #1: Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel by Megan Morrison (for Readerly)
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (for Readerly)
1,000 Foods to Eat before You Die by Mimi Sheraton
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (also for AudioFile; also here)
Bushel Full of Murder by Paige Shelton
Death of a Chocolate Cheater by Penny Pike
Truffled to Death by Kathy Aarons
The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (and for Readerly)
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (featured)
Privy to the Dead by Sheila Connolly
The Green Road by Anne Enright (featured and for AudioFile)
Happily Ever After, Fables 21, by Bill Willingham (featured)
Honey & Co.: The Cookbook by Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
If You Find This by Matthew Baker (for AudioFile)
What Katie Ate on the Weekend by Katie Quinn Davies
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
"Like a Tiger in a Cage" by Per Petterson
"The Girls and the Dogs" by Kevin Barry
"Ghost Neighbors" by Joanna Luloff
Murder with a Twist by Tracy Kiely (for Readerly)
One Foot in the Grave by Carlene O'Neil (for Readerly)
The Final Reveille by Amanda Flower (for Readerly)
Bite the Biscuit by Linda O. Johnston (for Readerly)
Fillet of Murder by Linda Reilly (for Readerly)
The Beer Wench's Guide to Beer by Ashley Routson
Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel
The Leveller by Julia Durango
When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord
Leaving Orbit by Margaret Lazarus Dean
The Nurses by Alexandra Robbins
Sorry! by Henry Hitchings
Members Only by Julie Tibbott
Napoleon by Andrew Roberts
The Wolf and the Watchman by Scott C. Johnson
Gotti's Rules by George Anastasia
American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Death under Glass by Jennifer McAndrews
Weightless by Sara Bannan
Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn
Summer Secrets by Jane Green
The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
Mason Jar Salads by Julia Mirabella
The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjobert (and for AudioFile)
Mr. Mac & Me by Esther Freud (and for AudioFile)
Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black (and for AudioFile)
Backyard Witch by Christine Heppermann and Ron Koertge
Urban Bestiary by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Uprooted (feature) by Naomi Novik (review)
Coloring books by Wendy Piersall
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Murder, D.C. by Tucker Neely
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Straight on Till Morning by Mary S. Lovell
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley
Out in the Midday Sun by Elspeth Huxley
The Ghosts of Happy Valley by Julliet Barnes
The Bolter by Frances Osborne
Child of Happy Valley by Juanita Carberry
The Best Homemade Kids' Snacks on the Planet by Laura Fuentes
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Fables 22: Farewell by Bill Willingham
Rywka's Diary (also for Readerly)
Anchor and Flares by Kate Braestrup (and for AudioFile)
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen Potter
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Luck by Ellen Potter
The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan (and for AudioFile)
An Age of License by Lucy Knisley
Displacement by Lucy Knisley
If Onions Could Spring Leeks by Paige Shelton
Vintage by David Baker
American Meteor by Norman Lock (for AudioFile)
Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman who Captivated C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria (for Readerly)
The Martian by Andy Weir (for Readerly; book to movie)
Black Mass by Dick Lehr an Gerard O'Neill (for Readerly; book to movie)
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (for Readerly; book to movie)
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (for Readerly; book to movie)
Brooklyn by Colm Tobin (for Readerly; book to movie)
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (for Readerly; book to movie)
All That Followed by Gabriel Urza
Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Dinner Solved! by Katie Workman
Thicker Than Blood by Jan English Leary
Thank You, Goodnight by Andy Abramowitz
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
The Lost Landscape by Joyce Carol Oates (for AudioFile)
The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan (for AudioFile)
Tasting Whiskey by Lew Bryson
The Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay (for AudioFile)
The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick
Slice Harvester by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (and for Readerly)
Connect the Stars by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
Don't Vote for Me by Krista Van Dolzer
A Series of Small Maneuvers by Eliot Treichel
Dear Opl by Shelley Sackier (and for Readerly)
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel (and for Readerly)
Until I Find Julian by Patricia Reilly Giff (and for Readerly)
A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder
The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB by Adam Shauhnessy
The Wrinkled Crown by Anne Nesbet
Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu
The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon
My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver and H. C. Chester
A Pocket Full of Murder by R. J. Anderson
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
The Bamboo Sword by Margi Preus
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
River Runs Deep by Jennifer Bradbury
I Don't Know How the Story Ends by J. B. Cheaney
Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith
House Arrest by K. A. Holt
Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum
This Side of Wild by Gary Paulson
The Golden Specific by S. E. Grove
The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg
The Last Kings of Sark by Rosa Rankin-Gee
Home Fires by Julie Summers
If You're Lucky by Yvonne Prinz (originally for Readerly)
The Four Seasons of Pasta by Nancy Harmon Jenkins and Sara Jenkins
Diva and Flea by Mo Willems
After You by JoJo Moyes
Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan
Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Woman with a Secret by Sophie Hannah (for AudioFile)
Infinite Home by Kathleen Alcott (for AudioFile)
The Comic Book Story of Beer by Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith
Stones in the Road by E. B. Moore
The Paris Key, by Juliet Blackwell
The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M. J. Rose
Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw
My Paris Dream by Kate Betts
Mademoiselle Chanel by C. W. Gortner
The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
The Woman in the Photograph by Dana Gynther
All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani (and also for AudioFile)
Red Eggs and Good Luck by Angela Lam
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Four adult coloring books (with a twist)
Almost Interesting by David Spade (DNF)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
American Bite by Libby H. O'Connell
Fear of Dying by Erica Jong (for AudioFile)
We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean
Gale Gand's Short + Sweet by Gale Gand
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Soundless by Richelle Mead
Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton
Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
A Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin
A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern (for AudioFile)
Like Family by Paolo Giordano
Spy vs Spy edited by John Ficarra
Plotted by Andrew DeGraff
Hillary Rodham Clinton Presidential Playset by Caitlin Kuhwald
By the Book by Pamela Paul
All the Words Are Yours by Tyler Knott Gregson
The Complete Beatles Songs by Steve Turner
Whaling Season by Peter Lourie
Simple Art of Salt Block Cooking by Jessica Harlan and Kelley Sparwasser
Cafe Spice Cookbook by Hari Nayak
Custom Confections by Jen Besel
Mug It! by Pam McElroy
A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk (trans. Ekin Oklap) (for AudioFile)
The Bone Hunters and Valhalla by Robert J. Mrazek
Drinking in America by Susan Cheever
Here Today, Gone Tamale by Rebecca Adler
Visions by Kelley Armstrong
Ninja Timmy by Henrik Tamm
The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book by Emily Elsen and Melissa Elsen
Eleanor by Jason Gurley (for AudioFile)
Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas (DNF)
Illuminae 01 by Annie Kaufman & Jan Kristoff
Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong
Death of a Dustman by M. C. Beaton