I read the following books during the first quarter of 2019 (for my full review, click on title):
Little Big Love by Katy Regan - Zac Hutchinson and his mother, Juliet, have both been fine since the disappearance of his father, Liam, but as Zac's unhappiness and weight builds, Zac determines to find his father and discover the reason behind his vanishing from their lives. - 368 pages, 👍👍👍👍
Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks - When Hope Anderson shows a visiting Zimbabwe man, Tru Walls, the Kindred Spirits mailbox, she has no idea she will fall in love, give up that love to follow duty, and one day return to the mailbox with hopes of finding Tru and true love once again. - 320 pages (I listened to the audio, 8 CDs, 9 hours), 👍👍👍
Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - An elderly Thomas Harding returns to Paris one final time with a handful of letters telling a WWI love story and one final letter to read. - 400 pages, 👍👍👍👍
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael L Finkel - For twenty-seven years Christopher Knight lived in a small tent in the woods of Maine, surviving by stealing his necessities from nearby cabins and a camp for disabled individuals, conversing with nobody, not even himself, drawn to the isolation the same way extroverts are drawn to people. - 224 pages (I listened to the audio, 5 CDs, 6-1/2 hours), 👍👍👍👍
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis - Abducted by two scientists, Dr. Elwin Ransom is taken to another planet and offered as a sacrifice to the alien life forms known as "sorns" on Malecandra. After narrowly escaping, he meets other alien species and appeals to the highest one hoping to return to earth. - 158 pages, 👍👍
Hurricane of Love: My Journey with Beth Wheeler by Dan Wheeler - The story of the life of a powerfully-friendly woman, told from the perspective of her husband as he says goodbye after her intense three-year bout with cancer. - 199 pages, 👍👍👍
Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It by Jennifer Fulwiler - The story of one woman's conversion from atheist, pro-choice non-believer to Catholic, pro-life believer. - 248 pages, 👍👍👍
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish - A memoir tracing the author's childhood experiences and way of life during the Depression, including intricate descriptions of recipes, chores, and the values of that era. - 304 pages (I listened on audio, 8 CDs, 9-1/2 hours), 👍👍
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - When nine individuals descend upon an unconventional health resort hoping for transformation, they get a bit more than they bargained for and must depend on one another to tackle the transformation process. - 450 pages, 👍👍👍
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - Jessica Farris gets more than she bargained for when she signs on to make easy money by participating in a psychological study concerning ethics and morality. As the questions grow more invasive and the participation more suspicious, Jessica finds herself in too deep to walk away. - 371 pages, 👍👍👍👍
The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dr. Dale Bredesen - The RECODE protocol is the first program to ever put forth a solution to Alzheimer's and to bring hope to countless afflicted. The author identifies the complexity of the problem (36 metabolic triggers) and provides a complex solution that attacks the disease through diet and lifestyle changes. - 320 pages, 👍👍👍👍👍
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson - In book two of the Truly Devious series, Stevie Bell returns to the secluded Ellingham Academy determined to piece together the puzzle pieces to the mystery of a crime that rocked the school years ago. The reader is left hanging once again, without much in the way of further resolution. - 373 pages, 👍👍
A Girl's Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber - A mother and her daughter-in-law forge new paths after divorce. - 339 pages (I listened on audio, 9 CDs, 11 hours), 👍👍👍
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton - In 1862, a group of young artists seclude themselves in a country manor house to seek inspiration and creativity, but their time ends with one missing and one dead. Over a hundred and fifty years later, an archivist finds a satchel containing clues. - 485 pages, 👍👍👍👍
The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg - 96-year old Doris wishes to capture the special moments of her life for her one remaining family member, a great-niece in America. As she flips through the red address book given to her by her father, she recalls the many individuals long-gone whose stories intersected her own and enriched her life. - 290 pages, 👍👍👍
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor - Eddie Adams recounts his twelfth summer, when his gang discovered a dead body in the woods. Now, in 2016, he is determined to unravel the many clues, including the anonymous chalk drawings that led them to the body. - 277 pages, 👍👍👍
The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self by Anil Ananthaswamy - Engrossing stories of the sense of self distorted by brain disorders like Cotard's Syndrome, alien limb disorder (BIID), Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, and other conditions. - 266 pages, 👍👍👍👍
Longbourn by Jo Baker - A lyrical, flipped tale of Pride and Prejudice, focused on the lives and needs of the Bennet family's servants. - 354 pages (I listened on audio, 11 CDs, 13-1/2 hours), 👍👍👍👍
Warcross by Marie Lu - Emika Chen hacks into the international Warcross game, unintentionally thrusting herself into the action. Instead of arrest, she is offered a job to root out an internal security problem, but is she in over her head? - (agent, Kristin Nelson) 353 pages, 👍👍👍
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris - Ellis Reed snaps a photo of two grubby-looking kids, unaware that its placement in his newspaper will catapult the children into a new life fraught with obstacles. Can he undo the damage done by his photograph and will he win the girl? - 352 pages (I listened on audio, 8 CDs, 9-3/4 hours), 👍👍👍
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