The 2019 Wrap Up: Books I Read from August - December

These are the books that kept me company from August through December of 2019.  Personal favorites are in bold. 

• The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
• The Daughters of Temperence Hobbs (The Physick Book #2) by Katherine Howe
•  Steak and Cake: More Than 100 Recipes to Make Any Meal a Smash Hit by Elizabeth Karmel
• Educated by Tara Westover
• Lost Restaurants of Houston by Paul Galvani
• The Casserole Queens Cookbook: Put Some Lovin' in Your Oven with 100 Easy One-Dish Recipes by Crystal Cook & Sandy Pollock
• When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
• Happiness is Baking by Maida Heatter 
• Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
• In A House of Lies (Inspector Rebus #22) by Ian Rankin
• Furious House: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
• Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
• A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold
• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive by Daniel J. Siegal
• Love and Death Among the Cheetahs (Her Royal Spyness #13) by Rhys Bowen
• Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
• The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson
• Chase Darkness with Me: Howe One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen
•  Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
• My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
• There There by Tommy Orange
• Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
• The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
• Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff