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Dec 31, 2022 05:58PM
Happy New Years Eve to one and all! 2022 was an ambitious year as I surpassed (barely) the 200 mark. I don't know if my aging eyes can take that many in 2023, so I'l start out with a goal of 100. I am well into Daughters of Ash and Elm and hope to finish it in January. Also have a lot of books on hold at the library. They all seem to come in at once! Happy Reading!
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Welcome back! And yes, library books always become available in bulk!
January1.
Shadow in the Glass - ME Hillard - 3 stars2.
The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey - Serena Burdick - 3.5 stars3.
Secrets Typed in Blood - Stephen Spotswood 3.5 stars4.
Norwegian by Night - Derek B Miller - 4 stars5.
American by Day - Derek B Miller - 3 stars6.
Children of Ash and Elm - Neil Price - 3 stars7.
The Finders - Jeffrey B Burton - 3.5 stars (high body count)8.
The Keepers - Jeffrey B Burton - 3 stars9.
The Lost - Jeffrey B Burton - 3 stars10.
The Third Angel - Alice Hoffman - 5 stars11.
Turtle Moon - Alice Hoffman - 4 stars12.
The Mitford Affair - Marie Benedict - 4 stars13.
The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O'Farrell - 3.5 stars
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14.
The Unquiet Dead - Ausma Zehanat Khan - 4 stars15.
A Murder of Crows - Sarah Yarowood-Lovett - 3 stars16.
The Girl who Drew Butterflies - Joyce Sidman - 4 stars17.
The Corpses at Waterloo - Lynn Brittney - 4 stars18.
The Pot Thief who Studied Pythagoras -J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars19.
The Pot Thief who Studied Ptolemy - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 starsFEBRUARY
1.
The Pot Thief who Studied Einstein - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars 2.
The Pot Thief who Studied Escoffier - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars3.
The Pot Thief who Studied D.H. Lawrence - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars4.
The Pot Thief who Studied Billy the Kid - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars5.
The Girl in His Shadow - Audrey Blake - 3 stars6.
The Pot Thief who Studied Georgia O'Keefe - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars7.
The Pot Thief who Studied Edward Abbey - J. Michael Orbenduff - 4 stars8.
Murder in Marais - Cara Black (Amiee Luduc#1) 3 stars9.
The Bandit Queens - Parini Schrof f - 4 Stars10.
Leadership in Turbulent Times - Doris Kearns Goodwin - 4 stars
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Feb continued11.
The Pot Thief who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing - J Michael Orenduff - 3.5 stars12.
Crenshaw - Katherine Applegate - 4 stars13.
Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - 4 stars14.
Exiles - Jane Harper - 3+ stars15.
Mysteries of the Twelfth Astrological House - Fallen Angels - Carmen Turner-Schott 3 stars16.
Killing of Innocents - Deborah Crombie 3 stars17.
The Mysteries of the 8th Astrological House - Carmen Turner-Schott - 3 stars (or less)18.
Stupid Things I won't do when I get Old - Steven Petrow - 4 stars
March 1.
Finlay Donavan Jumps the Gun-Ellie Casimano -3 stars2.
The Twyford Code -Janice Hallett - 3.5 stars3.
The Silent Sisters - Robert Dugani - 4 stars4.
The Storyteller of Casablanca - Fiona Valpy - 3 stars5.
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 4 stars6.
,A Sinister Revenge - Deanna Raybourn - 3 stars7.
A Fountain Filled with Blood - Julia Spence Fleming 3 stars8.
A Tempest at Sea - Sherry Thomas - 4 stars9.
The Magdalene Deception - Gary McAvoy - 3.5 stars10.
Girls on the Line - Aimie Runyan - 3 stars11.
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murders - Jesse Q Sutanto - 4 stars12.
The Vivaldi Cipher - Gary McAvoy - 3 stars13.
The Last Lie Told - Debra Webb - 4 stars14.
The Nature of Secrets - Debra Webb - 4 stars15.
Dog of the North -Elizabeth McKenzie - 3.5 stars16.
The Girl Beneath the Sea - Andrew Mayne 4 stars
more for March bringing total to 18 and 55 YTD17.
Black Coral - Andrew Mayne 4 stars18.
The Echo of Old Books - Barbara Davis 3.5 stars
Reading lull in April, maybe catching up in May!April. 10 books. 65 YTD
1.
White Lady - Jacqueline Winspear - 3.5 stars2.
Homecoming - Kate Morton - 3.5 stars3.
The Last Heir to the Blackwood Library - Hester Fox - 3 stars4.
The Lunation Cycle - Dane Rudhyar - 3.5 stars5.
Only The Beautiful - Susan Messiner - 3.75 stars6.
How to Walk in the Dark - Barbara Brown Taylor - 4 stars7.
An Altar in the World - Barbara Brown Taylor - 4 stars8.
Bruno, Chief of Police - Martin Walker - 4 stars9.
The Dark Vineyard - Martin Walker 4 Stars 10.
The Oceanography of the Moon - Glendy Vanderah - 3 stars
Hello June!! May was a good reading month - caught up!1.
Her Deadly Game - Robert Dugoni - 5 stars2.
The Crow Trap - Ann Cleeves - 4 Stars3.
Telling Tales - Ann Cleeves - 4 stars4.
Black Diamond - Martin Walker - 3 stars5.
Dressed for Death - Donna Leon - 4 stars6.
The Lonely Hearts Book Club - Lucy Gilmore - 3.5 stars7.
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise- Colleen Oakley - 3.5 stars8.
Sea Storm - Andrew Mayne - 3.5 stars9.
Chiron - the Wisdom of a Deeply Open Heart - Adam Gainsburg 3.5 stars10.
Hidden Depths -Ann Cleeves Vera Stanhope#3 - 3 stars11.
Silent Voices - Ann Cleeves Vera Stonope#4 - 3 stars12.
Trust No One - Debra Webb-Delvin & Flaco #1 -3.5 stars13.
Gone Too Far - Debra Webb-Delvin & Falco #2 3.5 stars14.
Can't Go Back - Debra Webb-Delvin & Falco #3 3.5 stars15.
Bone Deep - Debra Webb - 2.5 stars16.
Hid From Our Eyes - Julia Spencer Fleming - 3 stars17.
Sea Castle - Andrew Mayne - 4 stars18.
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett - Annie Lyons 3 stars19.
The Benevolent Society of Ill Mannered Ladies Alison Goodman - 3 stars
July. Read 16 to bring YTD total to 100 - right on schedule!1.
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 3 stars2.
The World Played Chess - Robert Dugani - 5 stars3.
White Nights - Shetland #2 - Ann Cleeves. 3 stars4.
The Heron's Cry - Two Rivers #2 - Ann Cleeves - 3 stars5.
Murder in Tusany - TA Williams 4 stars6.
Murder in Chianti - T.A. Williams 3 stars7.
The Book Spy - Ala Hlad - 3 stars8.
The Paris Secret - Lilly Graham - 4 stars9.
The Bird Hotel - Joyce Maynard 4 stars10.
A Most Efficient Murder = Anthony Slayton 4 stars11.
A Quite Deadly Affair - Anthony Slayton 4 stars12.
A Rather Dastardly Death - Anthony Slayton - 3 stars13.
Murder in Florence - T. A. Willims 2.75 stars14.
The Bounty - Janet Evanovich 4 stars15.
The Surgen's Daughter - Audrey Blake 4 stars16.
The Botanist's Guide Flowers and Fatality - Kate Khavari - 3 stars
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The Bangalore Detectives Club - Harini Nagendra - 3 stars2.
Scrublands - Chris Hammer - 3 stars3.
Death Comes to Marlow- Robert Thorogood - 3.5 stars4.
The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn - 5 stars5.
Where Waters Meet - Zhang Ling - 3 stars6.
Love and Other Consolation Prizes - Jamie Ford - 3 stars7.
The Mistress of Bhatia House - Sujata Massey - 3 stars8.
The Weaver's Idea Book - Jane Patrick 3.5 stars9.
The Poisoner's Ring- Kelly Armstrong - 4 stars10.
Inventive Weaving - Syne Mitchell - 5 stars11.
Playing it Safe - Ashley Weaver 3 stars12.
An Act of Villainy - Ashley Weaver 3 stars13.
The 7th Canon - Robert Dugani - 4 stars14.
The Jury Master - Robert Dugani - 4 stars15. Wrongful Death - Robert Dugani - 4 stars
16. Bodily Harm - Robert Dugani - 4 stars
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Slowly Catching up! 137 YTDAugust 4 books
1. The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See - 4 stars
2. Mrs Plansky's Revenge - Spencer Quinn - 4 stars
3. The Invisible Hour - Alice Hoffman - 4 stars
4. The Distant Echo - Val McDermid - 4 stars
September - 5 books
1. A Darker Domain - Val McDermid - 4 stars
2. The River We Knew - William Kent Krueger - 4 stars
3. Murder One - Robert Dugani (David Sloan #4) - 4 stars
4. The Conviction - Robert Dugani (David Sloan #5 - last) 4 stars
5. The Last Remains - Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #15 - last) 4 stars
October -
1. Spider Woman's Daughter - Anne Kellerman 3 stars
2. Malibu Burning - Lee Goldberg - 4 stars
3. Lost Hills - Lee Goldberg - 3 stars
4. The Raging Storm - Ann Cleeves - 3 stars
5. The Godwulf Manuscript - Robert Parker - 3 stars
6. Sixkill - Robert Parker - 4 stars
7. Robert B Parker's Lullaby - Ace Atkins 4 stars
8. Robert B Parker's Wonder land - Ace Atkins 4 stars
9. Robert B Parkers Kickback - Ace Atkins 3 stars
10. Robert B Parkers Cheap Shot - Ace Atkins 3 stars
11. Robert B Parkers - Slow Burn - Ace Atkins 3 stars
12. Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman - 4.5 stars
Not going to make my goal of 200 this year....but still going to finish strong! October 18 Books 143 YTD
13. Bone Canyon Eve Ronin #2 Lee Goldberg 4 stars
14. Gated Prey Eve Ronin #3 - Lee Goldberg 4 stars
15. Movieland Eve Ronin #4 - Lee Goldberg 4 stars
16. True Fiction - Ian Ludlow #1 - Lee Goldberg 4 stars
17. Thriller Killer - Ian Ludlow #2 - Lee Goldberg 4 stars
18. Fake Truth - Ian Ludlow #3 (last) - Lee Goldberg 4 stars
November. 5 Books 148 YTD
1. Sisters Under the Rising Sun - Heather Morris 0 3.5 stars
2. My Gun has Bullets - Lee Goldberg 3 stars
3. Dead Space - Lee Goldberg 2.5 stars
4. Up on the Woof Top - Spencer Quinn 3.5 stars
5. Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo - 4 stars
December
1. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman - 3.5 stars
2. Weyward - Emila Hart 3.5 stars
3. Murder Crossed Her Mind - Stephen Spotswood 3.5 stars
Finished the year reading 151 books. My original goal was 100 and somewhere mid year I upped it to 200! I discovered weaving on a rigid heddle loom about July and that really put a dent in the time spent reading.
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