2016 Recap: In the Stars

Back again with another wrap-up for 2016. Today I will be sharing with you the books I read each month and how I rated them.

2016 Recap: In the Stars

January:

Books read: 8

Top books of the month:

4 Stars

• The Mitford Snowmen: A Christmas Story by Jan Karon 
• The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander Newfoundland by Jim Defede 
• Steak in a Drawer: Recollections of a Teenage Cruise Ship Waiter 1963 by Eric Conroy 

3.5 Stars

• Death Comes to Kurland Hall (Kurland St. May Mystery #3) by Catherine Lloyd 

3 Stars 

• Full House by Maeve Binchy |  The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

2.5 Stars   

• Growing up Duggar: It's all About Relationships by Jana Duggar, Jessa Duggar, Jill Duggar, Jinger Duggar 

Not Rated:

• Minor: The Journals of Meghan McDonnell by Meghan McDonnell 

February: 

Books Read: 4

Top Book of the Month:

5 Stars

• The Girls from See Saw Lane: A novel of friendship, love and tragedy in 1960's Brighton (Brighton Girls Trilogy, #1) by Sandy Taylor 

4 Stars 

• Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin  |  The Mapmakers Children by Sarah McCoy

3 Stars 

• The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, #1) by Carolyn Keene 

March: 

Books Read: 6

Top Book for the Month: 

5 Stars:

• Breaking the Story (Scottie's Adventures #1) by Ashley Farley

4 Stars:

• The Queen (The Selection 0.4) by Kiera Cass  |  The Gift of Friendship: Stories that Celebrate the Beauty of Shared Moments by Dawn Camp  |  

3.5 Stars:

• Roanoke: The Lost Colony (Keepers of the Ring #1) by Angela Elwell Hunt  |  The Red Door Inn (Prince Edward Island Dreams, #1) by Liz Johnson  |  Summer of Roses by Luanne Rice 

April:

Books Read: 4 

Top Books of the Month:

5 Stars:

• The Munich Girl: A Novel of the Legacies that Outlast War by Phyllis Edgerly Ring 
• Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman 

3.5 Stars: 

• Days of Grace by Catherine Hall 

3 Stars: 

• Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17) by Janet Evanovich 

May

Books Read: 9

Top Books of the Month:

4 Stars:

• The Quieting (Bishops Family, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher 
• The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter 
• Banished From Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard (Dear Canada) by Sharon Stewart 
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker 
• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan 
• Angels and Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown

3.5 Stars 

• Becoming Phoebe by J. Michael Neal  

3 Stars 

• Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

2 Stars:  

• Unbearably Deadly (Roger and Suzanne South American Mystery. Book 9) by Jerold Last 

June 

Books Read: 5 

Top Book of the Month:

4 Stars:

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by JK Rowling

3.5 Stars

• 1971-  Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year by David Hepworth   |  From this Moment (From this Moment, #1) by Elizabeth Camden 

3 Stars:

• The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan  |  The Melody Lingers on by Mary Higgins Clark 

July: 

Books Read: 4 

Top Books of the Month: 

4 Stars: 

• Blaming the Wind by Alessandra Harris
• The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan 

3.5 Stars: 

• The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Rick Riordan 

3 Stars: 

• The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

August:  

Books Read: 6 

Top Books of the Month:

4 Stars:

• A Beauty Refined (Sapphire Brides, #2) by Tracie Peterson 
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 

3.5 Stars 

• An Amish Family Christmas: A Charmed Amish Life Christmas Novel by Shelley Shepard Gray  |  The Obituary Society (The Obituary Society, #1) by Jessica L. Randall  |   

3 Stars: 

• The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2) by Carolyn Keene  

2.5 Stars: 

• The One Who See's Me by Kandi J. Wyatt 

September: 

Books Read: 0

October

Books Read: 1

3 Stars:

• The Whiskey Sea by Ann Howard Creel 

November 

Books Read: 1

2.5 Stars

• The Blackfriar Murders, A Cosy Mystery Series: Book One: At the Bottom of the Stairs by M'Lissa Moorecroft 

December

Books Read: 2
Top Book of the Month:
4 Stars

• Wishing You Were Here by Catherine Chant

3.5 Stars:

• The Girl in the Castle (Deverill Chronicles, #1) by Santa Montefiore