2016 Books Update - August in Book Book

January:
You - Caroline Kepnes
Her - Harriet Lane
We Were Liars - E. Lockhart
Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
A Dark and Twisted Tide - Sharon Bolton
The Memory Box - Eva Lesko Natiello
Night Film - Marisha Pessl
In The Woods - Tan French

February:
The Likeness - Tana French
The Longest Night - Andria Williams
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes

March:
After You - Jojo Moyes
The Widow - Fiona Barton
Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child
61 Hours - Lee Child
Worth Dying For - Lee Child

April:
Alone - Lisa Gardner
Hide - Lisa Gardner
The Neighbor - Lisa Gardner
Live To Tell - Lisa Gardner
Love You More - Lisa Gardner
Catch Me - Lisa Gardner
Fear Nothing - Lisa Gardner
The Nest - Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

May:
Touch & Go - Lisa Gardner
Crash & Burn - Lisa Gardner
The Perfect Husband - Lisa Gardner
The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner
The Next Accident - Lisa Gardner

June:
The Killing Hour – Lisa Gardner
Gone – Lisa Gardner
Say Goodbye – Lisa Gardner
The Passenger – Lisa Lutz (recommended by Jeanine)
I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You – Courtney Maum (recommended by Caty Shark)

July:
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar - Cheryl Strayed (recommended by Pandora)
The Kind Worth Killing - Peter Swanson
Rich and Pretty - Alam Rumaan
The Girls - Emma Cline
The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza
Before the Fall - Noah Hawley

August:

The Good Girl - Mary Kubica

Decent. Not very suspenseful. If anything it didn’t give me enough. I love books that really delve into the inner workings of families and I love histories. It was just a slice.

All the Missing Girls - Megan Miranda

This one was interesting because it was written in reverse. Each chapter brings you back one day until you get to the end which is the first day and what happened. I thought that literary device was interesting but it left me wondering if maybe the story wouldn’t have been as compelling were it not told in this fashion. Also, you had to stay on your toes because I would sometimes think…oh…this happened and then remember…oh wait…this happened before that.

Redemption Road - John Hart

I would recommend. This one was a very well written crime procedural with serial killer elements.

Still Mine - Amy Stuart

Meh. Decent but again with many books of this genre the mystery ends up being not that mysterious.

Where They Found Her - Kimberly McCreight

I really liked this one. I had read “Reconstructing Amelia” by the same author so I had high hopes. It had some elements that I really enjoy in a book: an intricate storytelling technique, interesting characters, and a mystery.

The Girl in 6E - Deanna Madden
Do Not Disturb -Deanna Madden
If You Dare - Deanna Madden

Recommended by another OD writer. Not great literature but I ripped through all 3 of them in record time.

FINAL SYNOPSIS: I would recommend “Redemption Road” and “Where They Found Her” as the best books I read this month. But also the Deanna Madden books for just trashy readability. Great for the summer!

2016 total: 50 books

Last updated August 31, 2016