Book Releases: December 2017

Releasing this month:

• Arden, Katherine -  The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2). (12/5)
• Baites, Mina - The Silver Music Box (The Silver Music Box, #1). (12/1)
• Brown, Sandra - Two Alone. (12/5)
• Cane, Rachel - Killman Creek (Stillhouse Lake #2). (12/12)
• Crane, Robert J - Nemesis (Out of the Box, #17). (12/1)
• Crais, Robert - The Wanted (Elvis Cole, #17; Joe Pike, #6). (12/26)
• Griffin, WEB - Death at Nuremberg (Clandestine Operations, #4). (12/26)
• Hoag, Tami - The Boy (Broussard and Fourcade #2). (12/
• Marrs, John - The Good Samaritan. (12/1)
• Parks, Brad - Say Nothing. (12/5)
• Rollins, James - The Demon Crown (Sigma Force #13). (12/5)
• Schaffhausen, Joanna - The Vanishing Season. (12/5)
• Thomas, Janis - What Remains True. (12/1)

Book Releases: November 2017

Releasing this month:

• Baldacci, David - End Game (Will Robie, #5). (11/14)
• Cameron, Marc - Tom Clancy Power and Empire (Jack Ryan Universe, #24). (11/28)
• Child, Lee - The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22). (11/7)
• Evanovich, Janet - Hardcore Twenty-Four (Stephanie Plum, #24). (11/14)
• Koontz, Dean - The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk #2). (11/21)
• Patterson, James - The People vs. Alex Cross (Alex Cross #25). (11/20)

Book Releases: August 2017

Releasing this month:

• Brown Sandra - Seeing Red. (8/15)
• Gerritsen, Tess - I Know a Secret (Rizzoli & Isles, #12). (8/15)
• Grafton, Sue - Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25). (8/22)
• Gregory, Philippa - The Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14). (8/8)
• Kellerman, Jonathan - Crime Scene (Clay Edison, #1). (8/1)
• Lapena, Shari - A Stranger in the House. (8/15)
• Patterson, James - The Store. (8/14)
• Penny, Louise - Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13). (8/29)
• Robinson, Peter - Sleeping in the Ground (Inspector Banks, #24). (8/15)
• Schmidt, Sarah - See What I Have Done. (8/1)
• Scottoline, Lisa - Exposed (Rosato & DiNunzio, #5). (8/5)
• Slaughter, Karin - The Good Daughter (Good Daughter, #1). (8/8)
• Tracy, PJ - Nothing Stays Buried (Monkeewrench, #8). (8/1)
• Woods, Stuart - Barely Legal (Herbie Fisher, #1). (8/8)

Book Releases: July 2017

Releasing this month:

• Brown, Janelle - Watch Me Disappear. (7/11)
• Casey, Jane - Let the Dead Speak (Maeve Kerrigan #7). (7/25)
• Castillo, Linda - Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder, #9). (7/11) 
• Connelly, Michael - The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1). (7/18)
• Connolly, John - Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker, #15). (7/4)
• Fairstein, Linda - Deadfall (Alexandra Cooper, #19). (7/25)
• Johansen, Iris - Look Behind You (Kendra Michaels, #5). (7/18)
• Reichs, Kathy - Two Nights. (7/11) 
• Silva, Daniel - House of Spies (Gabriel Allon, #17). (7/11)
• Smith, Alexander McCall - A Distant View of Everything (Isabel Dalhousie, #11). (7/18)
• Ware, Ruth - The Lying Game. (7/25)

Book Releases: June 2017

Releasing this month:

• Barton, Fiona - The Child. (6/27)
• Clancy, Tom & Mike Maden - Point of Contact (Jack Ryan Universe, #23). (6/13)
• Evanovich, Janet - Dangerous Minds (Knight & Moon, #2). (6/20)
• Finder, Joseph - The Switch. (6/13)
• Grisham, John - Camino Island. (6/6)
• Horowitz, Anthony - Magpie Murders. (6/6)
• Koontz, Dean - The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk, #1). (6/20)
• Kubica, Mary - Every Last Lie. (6/27)
• Patterson, James - Murder Games. (6/26)
• Perry, Sarah - The Essex Serpent. (6/6)
• Reid, Taylor Jenkins - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. (6/13)
• Roy, Arundhati - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. (6/6)
• Sullivan, Matthew - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. (6/13).
• Thor, Brad - Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16). (6/27)
• Van Lustbader, Eric - Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Initiative (Jason Bourne, #14). (6/13)
• Woods, Stuart - Indecent Exposure (Stone Barrington, #42). (6/6)

Book Releases: May 2017

Releasing this month:

• Castle, Richard - Heat Storm (Nikki Heat, #9). (5/2)
• Chevalier, Tracy - New Boy (Hogarth Shakespeare). (5/11)
• Child, Lincoln - Full Wolf Moon (Jeremy Logan, #5). (5/16)
• Crichton, Michael - Dragon Teeth. (5/23)
• Deaver, Jeffrey - The Burial Hour (Lincoln Rhyme, #13). (5/4)
• French, Gillian - Grit. (5/16)
• Hawkins, Paula - Into the Water. (5/2)
• Jackson, Lisa - You Will Pay. (5/30)
• Lehane, Dennis - Since We Fell. (5/9)
• Leigh, Melinda - Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane, #1). (5/16)
• King Stephen - Gwendy's Button Box. (5/30)
• Patterson, James - 16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club, #16). (5/1)
• Patterson, James - Crazy House. (5/22)
• Patterson, James - Detective Cross (Alex Cross, #24.5). (5/2)
• Shreve, Anita - The Stars are Fire. (5/2)
• Sullivan, Mark - Beneath a Scarlet Sky. (5/1)

Book Releases: April 2017

Releasing this month:

• Armstrong, Kelley - Missing. (4/18)
• Baldacci, David - The Fix (Amos Decker, #3). (4/18)
• Berry, Steve - The Lost Order (Cotton Malone, #12). (4/4)
• Carr, Robyn - Any Day Now (Sullivan's Crossing, #2). (4/18)
• Clark, Mary Higgins - All By Myself, Alone. (4/4)
• Deaver, Jeffery - The Burial Hour (Lincoln Rhyme, #13). (4/11)
• Donlea, Charlie - The Girl Who Was Taken. (4/25)
• Johansen, Iris - No Easy Target. (4/25)
• Kostova, Elizabeth - The Shadow Land. (4/11)
• Sandford, John - Golden Prey (Lucas Davenport, #27). (4/25)
• Scottoline, Lisa - One Perfect Lie. (4/11)
• Shreve, Anita - The Stars are Fire. (4/18)
• Unger, Lisa - The Red Hunter. (4/25)
• Woods, Stuart - Fast and Loose (Stone Barrington, #41). (4/18)

Book Releases: March 2017

Releasing this month:

• Chapman, Steven Curtis - Between Heaven & the Real World: My Story (Autobiography). (3/7)
• Coulter, Catherine & JT Ellison - The Devil's Triangle (A Brit in the FBI, #4). (3/14)
• Cussler, Clive - The Cutthroat (Isaac Bell #10). (3/14)
• Dunant, Sarah - In the Name of the Family. (3/7)
• Hopper, Kay - Wait for Dark (Special Crimes Unit, #17). (3/7)
• Iles, Greg - Mississippi Blood (Penn Cage #6). (3/21)
• Jance, JA - Man Overboard (Ali Reynolds, #12) . (3/21)
• Paige, Danielle - The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die, #4). (3/14)
• Paige, Danielle - The Queen of Oz (Dorothy Must Die Prequel, #9). (3/14)
• Patterson, James - 16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club, #16). (3/9)
• Patterson, James - The Black Book. (3/27)
• Perry, Anne - Murder on the Serpentine (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #32). (3/21)
• Rosenberg, Joel C - Without Warning (JB Collins, #3). (3/14)
• See, Lisa - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. (3/21)
• Stevens, Chevy - Never Let You Go. (3/14)
• White, Randy Wayne - Mangrove Lightning (Doc Ford, #24). (3/21)

Book Releases: February 2017

Releasing this month:

• Armstrong, Kelley - A Darkness Absolute (Casey Duncan #2). (2/7)
• Charles, Todd - Racing the Devil (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery, #19). (2/14)
• Crombie, Deborah - Garden of Lamentations (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James #17). (2/7)
• Freeman, Brian - The Night Bird (Frost Easton, #1). (2/1)
• Kellerman, Faye - Bone Box (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, #24). (2/28)
• Kellerman, Jonathan - Heartbreak Hotel.  (2/14)
• Kinsella, Sophie - My Not So Perfect Life. (2/7)
• Knott, Robert - Robert B. Parker’s Revelation (Cole & Hitch, #5). (2/7)
• Oates, Joyce Carol - A Book of American Martyrs. (2/7)
• Patterson, James - Malicious (Mitchum, #2). (2/7)
• Robb, JD - Echoes in Death (In Death, #44). (2/7)
• Rose, Karen - Every Dark Corner (Cincinnati, #3). (2/7)
• Saunders, George - Lincoln in the Bardo. (2/14)
• Sigler, Scott - Alone (The Generations Trilogy #3). (2/21)
• Slater, KL - Blink. (2/16)

Grace's Bookshelf for Age 8

In honor of Grace's eighth birthday today, I want to share with you some of her favorite books. Honestly, the favorites have not changed a whole lot this year, so the list has several repeats. We do spend a lot of time in chapter books.

1. The Jesus Calling Bible Storybook by Sarah Young

2. The Whatever After Series by Sarah Mlynowski
Abby & her brother find themselves in the middle of fairy tales and have to find their way out without completely ruining the story.

3. National Geographic Kids' Just Joking
This is the first in a series of kid-friendly joke books. We have 1 & 2.

4.The Princess in Black Series by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale

5.Better Homes & Gardens' New Junior Cookbook
An ideal fit for young cooks and bakers.

6. Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

7. The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts

8. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

9. The Junie B Jones Series by Barbara Park

10. The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels by Ann M. Martin.
A childhood favorite of mine revisited with a fresh graphic novel approach.

Looking for more?

• Grace's Bookshelf for 7 Year Olds
• Grace's Bookshelf for 6 Year Olds
• The Book with No Pictures
• Grace's Bookshelf for 4-5 Year Olds
• Grace's Bookshelf for 3-4 Year Olds
• Iggy Peck
• Grace's Bookshelf for 2-3 Year Olds 
• Grace's Bookshelf for 1-2 Year Olds

Book Releases: January 2017

Releasing this month:

• Bohjalian, Chris - The Sleepwalker. (1/10)
• Corry, Jane - My Husband's Wife. (1/31)
• Eriksson, Caroline - The Missing. (1/1)
• Gardner, Lisa - Right Behind You (Quincy & Rainie, #7). (1/31)
• Gardner, Lisa - The 4th Man (Quincy & Rainie, #6.5). (1/3)
• Harper, Jane - The Dry. (1/10)
• Hopkins, Ellen - The You I've Never Known. (1/24)
• Hurwitz, Gregg - The Nowhere Man (Evan Smoak, #2). (1/17)
• Jackson, Tiffany D - Allegedly. (1/24)
• Lescroart, John - Fatal. (1/24)
• McVeigh, Jennifer - Leopard at the Door. (1/3)
• Paige, Danielle - Dark Side of the Rainbow (Dorothy Must Die, #0.8). (1/31)
• Patterson, James - Hidden (Mitchum, #1). (1/3)
• Patterson, James - Private Delhi (Private, #13). (1/12)
• Perry, Thomas - The Old Man. (1/3)
• Preston, Douglas - The Lost City of the Monkey God. (1/3)
• Swanson, Peter - Her Every Fear. (1/10)
• Taylor, Brad - Ring of Fire (Pike Logan, #11). (1/10)
• Woods, Stuart - Below the Belt (Stone Barrington, #40). (1/3)

Book Releases: December 2016

Releasing this month:

• Greaney, Mark - True Faith and Allegiance (Jack Ryan Universe, #22). (12/6)
• Griffin, WEB - Curtain of Death (Clandestine Operations, #3). (12/27)
• Higgins, Jack - The Midnight Bell (Sean Dillon #22). (12/27)
• Patterson, James - Black & Blue (Harriet Blue, #1). (12/6)
• Patterson, James - Kidnapped (Jon Roscoe, #3) . (12/1)
• Rollins, James - The Seventh Plague (Sigma Force #13). (12/13)

Book Releases: November 2016

Releasing this month:

• Archer, Jeffrey - This Was a Man (The Clifton Chronicles, #7). (11/8)
• Baldacci, David - No Man's Land (John Puller, #4). (11/15)
• Chabon, Michael - Moonglow. (11/22)
• Clark, Mary Higgins - The Sleeping Beauty Killer (Under Suspicion, #4). (11/15)
• Connelly, Michael - The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Harry Bosch, #21). (11/1)
• Cornwell, Patricia - Chaos (Kay Scarpetta #24). (11/15)
• Cussler, Clive - Odessa Sea (Dirk Pitt, #24). (11/15)
• Deaver, Jeffery - The Steel Kiss (Lincoln Rhyme #12). (11/29)
• Domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home (Nonfiction). (11/15)
• Finch, Charles - The Inheritance (Charles Lenox Mysteries #10). (11/1)
• Hoffman, Alice - Faithful. (11/1)
• Lamb, Wally - I'll Take You There. (11/22)
• Patterson, James - Cross the Line (Alex Cross, #24). (11/21)
• Patterson, James - Taking the Titanic. (11/1)
• Picoult, Jodi - Small Great Things. (11/22)
• Rice, Ann - Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (The Vampire Chronicles #12). (11/29)

Book Releases: October 2016

Releasing this month:

• Child, Lincoln & Douglas Preston - The Obsidian Chamber (Pendergast, #18). (10/18)
• Fisher, Carrie - The Princess Diarist. (10/18)
• Flynn, Vince - Order to Kill (Mitch Rapp #15). (10/11)
• French, Tana - The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6). (10/4)
• Gaines, Chip & Joanna - The Magnolia Story (nonfiction). (10/18)
• Grisham, John - The Whistler. (10/25).
• Harris, Charlaine - All the Little Liars (Aurora Teagarden, #9). (10/4)
• Johansen, Iris & Roy - Night Watch (Kendra Michaels, #4) . (10/18) 
• Sandford, John - Escape Clause (Virgil Flowers, #9). (10/4)
• Smith, Alexander McCall - Precious and Grace (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #17). (10/11)
• Smith, Martin Cruz - The Girl from Venice. (10/18)
• Sparks, Nicholas - Two by Two. (10/4)

Book Releases: September 2016

Releasing this month:

• Beaty, Andrea - Ada Twist, Scientist (Children's). (9/6)
• Burnett, Carol - In Such Good Company. (9/13)
• Carr, Robyn - The Life She Wants. (9/27)
• Coben, Harlan - Home. (9/2)
• Coleman, Reed Farrel - Robert B. Parker’s Debt to Pay (Jesse Stone, #15). (9/13)
• Cussler, Clive - Pirate (Fargo Adventure, #8). (9/6)
• Donoghue, Emma - The Wonder. (9/20)
• Jance, JA - Downfall (Brady, #17). (9/6)
• Johnson, Craig - An Obvious Fact (Longmire, #12). (9/13)
• Kava, Alex - Reckless Creed (Ryder Creed, #3). (9/27)
• Maniscalco, Kerri - Stalking Jack the Ripper. (9/20)
• Moretti, Kate - Vanishing Year. (9/27)
• Mullen, Thomas - Darktown. (9/13)
• Patterson, James - Woman of God (with Maxine Paetro). (9/26)
• Robb, JD - Apprentice in Death (In Death, #43). (9/6)
• Stuart, Keith - A Boy Made of Blocks. (9/6)
• Wiles, Ilana - The Mommy Shorts Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting (Nonfiction). (9/27)

Book Releases: August 2016

Releasing this month:

• Cain, Chelsea - Kick Back (Kick Lannigan, #2). (8/2)
• Connolly, John - Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14). (8/2)
• Coughlin, Jack - Long Shot (Kyle Swanson Sniper, #9). (8/9)
• Farnsworth, Christopher - Killfile. (8/9)
• French, Tana - The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6). (8/11)
• Galdorisi, George - Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Scorched Earth (Op-Center, #15). (8/2)
• Garwood, Julie - Wired (Buchanan-Renard, #13). (8/9)
• Gregory, Philippa - Three Sisters, Three Queens (The Tudor Court, #2). (8/9)
• Griffin, WEB - Broken Trust (Badge of Honor, #13). (8/2)
• Hashimi, Nadia - A House Without Windows. (8/9)
• Mbue, Imolo - Behold the Dreamers. (8/23)
• Mieville, China - The Last Days of New Paris. (8/9)
• Penny, Louise - A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12). (8/9
• Robinson, Peter - When the Music's Over (Inspector Banks, #23). (8/9)
• Scottoline, Lisa - Damaged (Rosato & DiNunzio, #4). (8/9)
• TerKeurst, Lysa - Uninvited (Christian Non-fiction). (8/9)
• Tracy, PJ - The Sixth Idea (Monkeewrench, #7). (8/2)
• Todd, Charles - The Shattered Tree (Bess Crawford, #8). (8/30)
• Woods, Stuart - Smooth Operator (Teddy Fay, #1). (8/2)

Book Releases: July 2016

Releasing this month:

• Atkins, Ace - The Innocents (Quinn Colson, #6). (7/12)
• Boone, Ezekiel - The Hatching. (7/5)
• Castillo, Linda - Among the Wicked (Kate Burkholder, #8). (7/12)
• Fairstein, Linda - Killer Look (Alexandra Cooper, #18). (7/26)
• Flanery, Patrick - I Am No One. (7/5)
• Henry, Christina - Red Queen (The Chronicles of Alice, #2). (7/12)
• Howells, Debbie - The Beauty of the End. (7/26)
• Johansen, Iris - Night and Day (Eve Duncan, #21). (7/19)
• Kava, Alex - Reckless Creed (Ryder Creed, #3). (7/26)
• Lewis, Beth - The Wolf Road. (7/5)
• Moriarty, Liane - Truly, Madly, Guilty. (7/26)
• Novak, Brenda - The Secrets She Kept. (7/26)
• Oliva, Alexandra - The Last One. (7/12)
• Pearson, Ridley - White Bone (Risk Agent, #4). (7/19)
• Rowling, JK - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. (7/31)
• Slaughter, Karin - The Kept Woman (Will Trent, #8). (7/14)
• Weisberger, Lauren - The Singles Game. (7/12)
• Young, Heather - The Lost Girls. (7/26)

Book Releases: June 2016

Releasing this month:

• Billingham, Mark - Die of Shame. (6/7)
• Blackwood, Grant - Tom Clancy's Duty and Honor (Jack Ryan Universe, #21). (6/14)
• Doiron, Paul - Widowmaker (Mike Bowditch, #7). (6/14)
• Ellison, JT - Field of Graves (Taylor Jackson, #8). (6/14)
• Evanovich, Janet & Lee Goldberg - The Pursuit (Fox and O'Hare, #5). (6/21)
• Finder, Joseph - Guilty Minds (Nick Heller, #3). (6/7)
• Greene, Thomas Christopher - If I Forget You. (6/14)
• Haseldine, Jane - The Last Time She Saw Him (Julia Gooden, #1). (6/28)
• King, Stephen - End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3). (6/7)
• Kope, Spencer - Collecting the Dead. (6/28)
• Meltzer, Brad - The House of Secrets. (6/7)
• Miranda, Megan - All the Missing Girls. (6/28)
• Patterson, James - Private Rio (Private, #12). (6/27)
• Scott, J Todd - The Far Empty. (6/7)
• Silva, Daniel - The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon, #16). (6/12)
• Taylor, Brad - Ghosts of War (Pike Logan, #10). (6/28)
• Thor, Brad - Foreign Agent (Scot Harvath, #15). (6/14)
• Tremblay, Paul - Disappearance at Devil's Rock. (6/21)
• Unger, Lisa - Ink and Bone. (6/7)
• Woods, Stuart - Dishonorable Intentions (Stone Barrington, #38). (6/7)

Book Releases: May 2016

Releasing this month:

• Armstrong, Kelley - City of the Lost (Casey Duncan, #1). (5/3)
• Atkins, Ace - Robert B Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser, #44). (5/3)
• Cronin, Justin - The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3). (5/24)
• Cussler, Clive - The Emperors Revenge (The Oregon Files, #11). (5/31)
• Dugoni, Robert - In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite, #3). (5/17)
• Gray, Claudia - Star Wars: Bloodline. (5/3)
• Grecian, Alex - Lost and Gone Forever (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #5). (5/17)
• Griffin, Laura - Deep Dark (Tracers, #10). (5/24)
• Harris, Charlaine - Night Shift (Midnight, Texas, #3). (5/3)
• Hart, John - Redemption Road. (5/3)
• Hill, Joe - The Fireman. (5/17)
• Howard, Linda - Troublemaker. (5/10)
• Leary, Ann - The Children. (5/24)
• Lotz, Anne Graham - The Daniel Prayer (Christian). (5/10)
• Martini, Steve - Blood Flag (Paul Madriani, #14). (5/17)
• Palmer, Daniel & Michael Palmer - Mercy. (5/17)
• Patterson, James - 15th Affair (Women's Murder Club, #15). (5/2)
• Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child - Beyond the Ice Limit (Gideon Crew, #4). (5/17)
• Riordan, Rick - The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1). (5/3)
• Seay, Martin - The Mirror Thief. (5/10)

Book Releases: April 2016

Releasing this month:

• Abercrombie, Joe - Sharp Ends. (4/26)
• Baldacci, David - The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2). (4/19)
• Berry, Steve - The 14th Colony (Cotton Malone, #11). (4/5)
• Carr, Robyn - What We Find. (4/5)
• Clark, Mary Higgins - As Time Goes By. (4/5)
• DeBoard, Paula Treick - The Drowning Girls. (4/26)
• Hay, Ashley - Railwayman's Wife. (4/5)
• Huffington, Arianna - The Sleep Revolution (nonfiction). (4/5)
• Jennings, Amanda - In Her Wake. (4/1)
• Johansen, Iris - Hide Away (Eve Duncan, #20). (4/26)
• Rollins, James - War Hawk (Tucker Wayne, #2). (4/19)
• Sandford, John - Extreme Prey (Prey, #26). (4/26)
• Scott, Jonathan & Drew - Dream Home: The Property Brothers' Ultimate Guide to Finding & Fixing Your Perfect House (nonfiction). (4/5)
• Scottoline, Lisa - Most Wanted. (4/12)
• Weiss, Jennifer - Hurts Like a Mother. (4/5)
• Wood, Stuart - Family Jewels (Stone Barrington, #37). (4/5)