Book 13/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsAfter serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna … Continue reading Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

Book 12/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsAudrey wears dark glasses all the time, even in the house. She almost never goes out, doesn’t talk to new people, and finds making eye contact to be nearly impossible. But then one day she meets Linus. Linus is her brother’s friend and a sensitive spirit with whom … Continue reading Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Book 11/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsRemy always knows when to give a guy "the speech" - right after the initial romantic rush, but before anything gets too serious. She's had her fair share of boyfriends, and she's learned all there is to learn from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. … Continue reading This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

Book 10/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsWhat had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, … Continue reading Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff

Book 9/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsAll her life, she’s been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family’s Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who … Continue reading The Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson

Book 8/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsAround the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is … Continue reading Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

Book 7/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsMeet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the … Continue reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce