Book reviews 2013

Here’s a list of books read in 2013:

• The Scrivener’s Tale by Fiona McIntosh (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
• Backfire by Catherine Coulter
• Paper Chains by Nicola Moriarty  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013 and the Eclectic Reader Challenge 2013)
• Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson
• Losing February by Susanna Freymark  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Rough Diamond by Kathryn Ledson  (read for the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2013)
• The Racketeer by John Grisham
• The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
• Don’t Let Me Go by Susan Lewis
• Man Drought by Rachael Johns  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Girl in the Hard Hat by Loretta Hill  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Grace Grows by Shelle Sumners
• How to be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Seamstress by Maria Duenas
• The Emperor’s Conspiracy by Michelle Diener (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013 and the Eclectic Reader Challenge 2013)
• Touch & Go by Lisa Garner
• Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah
• Lifesaving for Beginners by Ciara Geraghty
• The Storyteller’s Daughter by Maria Goodin
• The Trader’s Dream by Anna Jacobs  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Taste of Apple Seeds by Katharina Hagena (read for the Eclectic Reader Challenge 2013)
• Elijah’s Mermaid by Essie Fox
• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
• The Girl Under the Olive Tree by Leah Fleming
• My Super Hero by Chris Owen
• Dandelion by Galvin Scott Davis
• One Good Friend Deserves Another by Lisa Verge Higgins
• House for all Seasons by Jenn J McLeod  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Two With Nature by Ellen Hickman & John Ryan
• The Carrier by Sophie Hannah
• The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Mistress to the Crown by Isolde Martin  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Dead of Winter  by Lee Weeks
• The Heart Whisperer by Ella Griffin
• The Girl Below by Bianca Zander
• Bay of Fires by Poppy Gee  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013) 
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• The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
• The Honey Queen by Cathy Kelly
• Guilt by Jonathon Kellerman
• Fractured by Dawn Barker  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Five Days by Douglas Kennedy
• The Wild Girl by Kate Forsythe  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Love, Sweat & Tears by Zelie Bullen  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Sweet Damage by Rebecca James  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013 and the Eclectic Reader Challenge 2013)
• Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberley McCreight
• The Autumn Bride by Anne Gracie  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Daddy’s Gone a Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark
• The Yearning by Kate Belle  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Silver Clouds by Fleur McDonald (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Rules of Conception by Angela Lawrence (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Peace, Love and Khaki Socks by Kim Lock (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Saving Grace by Fiona McCallum (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Railwayman’s Wife by Ashley Hay (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• My Notorious Life by Madame X by Kate Manning
• Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
• Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
• The Art of Leaving by Anna Stothard
• Flame Tree Hill by Mandy Magro  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
• The French Promise by Fiona McIntosh (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Three Hours Late by Nicole Trope (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• My Notorious Life by Kate Manning
• Taking a Chance by Deborah Burrows (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Love With a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche  (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Love, Sweat & Tears by Zelie Bullen (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
• Sumerford’s Autumn by Barbara Gaskell Denvil (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Things we Never Said by Susan Elliot Wright
• The Night Rainbow by Claire King
• The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
• Tomorrow There Will be Apricots by Jessica Soffer
• The Paradise Guest House by Ellen Sussman
• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
• The Son-in-Law by Charity Norman
• Constance by Patrick McGrath
• Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French
• Torn by Karen Turner (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Traces of Absence by Susan Holoubek (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Restless by William Boyd
• Ember Island by Kimberley Freeman (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Sunlounger by Belinda Jones (ed.)
• Letter from a Rake by Sasha Cottman (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Longbourn by Jo Baker
• The Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardiner
• Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
• I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
• Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
• The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyer
• I Can See in the Dark by Karin Fossum
• Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• More Bitter Than Death by Camilla Grebe and Asa Traff
• The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
• And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
• S inister Intent by Karen M Davis
• Hotshot by Julie Garwood
• Watching You by Michael Robotham
• A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay
• An Inventory of Heaven by Jane Barclay
• Never Go Back by Lee Child
• Walking on Trampolines by Frances Whiting (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• No Place Like Home by Caroline Overington (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Thornwood House by Anna Romer (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Nobody But Him by Victoria Purman (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Russian Tapestry by Banafsheh Serov (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
• The Disciple by Horth & Rosenfeldt
• Juno & Hannah by Beryl Fletcher
• The Returned by Jason Mott
• Patissier by Emmanuel Mollois
• The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones
• The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Food of Love Cookery School by Nicky Pellegrino
• Secrets of the Sea House by Elisabeth Gifford
• The Misbegotten by Katherine Webb 
• If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
• You’re Mine Now by Hans Koppel 
• While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax 
• What the Ground Can’t Hold by Shady Cosgrove (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Darkening Skies by Bronwyn Parry (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Police by Jo Nesbo
• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 
• The Darkening Hour by Penny Hancock
• The Tailor’s Girl by Fiona McIntosh (read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013)
• Clean Living by Luke Hines and Scott Gooding
• The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
• Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Danielle Hawkins
• The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadia Mohamed