Books Read in 2017

Can you believe that the year 2017 is almost over? I can’t. Sometimes it felt like it dragged a little, but for the most part, it zipped by! And now that the year is ending, it’s time to look back at the year and what all took place. In this case, I’m looking over what all I read. Would you care to join me, readers and friends? Below I’ve listed all the books I read this year and gave a rating on a scale of 1-5 for each book. So without further ado, here are the books I read in the year 2017.
January Dining, Dating, and Desperation   Home, Hearth, and The Holidays  Daddy-Long-Legs  Grave Consequences   Conductor of Light Heiress  Once: Six Historically Inspired Fairytales The Many Faces of World War I  The Watsons   Five Magic Spindles
February All The Future Holds   Susan B. Anthony: Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian   Mere Christianity   A Will, A Way, and A Wedding  
March The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era Write Well: A Grammar Guide Queen Victoria Rilla of Ingleside Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One Indie Publishing Handbook When Patty Went To College 
April Just Patty River’s Song River’s Call River’s End The Life of Charlotte  Brontë Volume Two Persuasion The Painter’s Daughter Dawn’s Prelude Monday or Tuesday Paint Me True
May Once Upon A Summertime Swept Away A Study in Scarlet A Study in Scarlet C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired Lady Susan The Girl of the Woods A Daring Sacrifice Miranda Warning Cold Comfort Farm
JuneLilies in Moonlight  Bless Her Heart A Heart’s Disguise Waves of Mercy Tickled Pink Gone To Green Goodness Gracious Green The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Glory of Green Mansfield Park The Red Door Inn The Mystery of Mary The Butterfly and The Violin Grace’s Pictures Ashton Park A Sparrow in Terezin Ring of Secrets Fly Away Home Rally 'Round Green

July
Winter -3
Raspberries and Vinegar -2A Portrait of Emily Price -4 Whispers From The Shadows -4 The Illusionist’s Apprentice -5 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes -4Exit Betty -3 On Distant Shores -4 The Hound of the Baskervilles -5
AugustCloudy Jewel -4 Cranford -5 Rules of Murder -2 The Return of Sherlock Holmes -3 A Distant Melody -4 Tea With Emma - 3 In Perfect Time -4 True Colors -3
September The White Feather Murders -5 Villette -4 Letters From Bath -4 While You’re Awake -5 Servant’s Hall -4 How a Star Falls -4 The Prayers of Jane Austen -5 
OctoberAnne’s House of Dreams -5  Of Things To Come Secret Adversary -4Ariel Custer -3 At Your Request -4The Portrait of a Lady- Volume 1 -3 I’ll Be Seeing You -5 Bellevere House -4 Emmeline -4
Pride and Prejudice -5
November The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2 -2 Perception -4Suit and Suitability -4Anchor in the Storm -4 Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey -5When Tides Turn -4Gentleman of Her Dreams -4The World of Downton Abbey -5Kerry -3Murder on the Orient Express -3The Elusive Miss Ellison -5 Shine Like The Dawn -4 A Wreath of Snow -4 Christmas at Harrington’s -3 A Lady of Esteem -3
December The Captivating Lady Charlotte -4 Plum Pudding Murder -3 The Hesitant Heiress -3 The Austen Escape -4 12 Days At Bleakly Manor -4 On This Day -3

Thank you for spending time here at A Real Writer’s Life this year, readers and friends! I appreciate it so much. Here’s to more time spent gushing over books and writing in the new year!

-Miranda Atchley