100+ Books in 2025 discussion

2024


"One person writing in a quiet room, trying to connect with another person, reading in another quiet—or maybe not so quiet—room. Stories can entertain, sometimes teach or argue a point. But for me the essential thing is that they communicate feelings. "

Ishiguro - 2017- Nobel acceptance speech

1. The White Lady -Winspeare -n.Cassidy -10hrs -352kpg -1/10/24 - 4 stars
2. Murder at the Royal Botanical Gardens -Penrose -304k.pg -1/11/24- 3 stars
3. Death in the Stocks - Heyer - 386pg. - 1/16/24 - 4 stars
4. North Woods - Mason - 320k.pg -m.narrators-11hrs - 1/22.24 - 5 stars
5.The Case of the Canterfell Codicil- Fitzsimmons- n.T.Bruce-6hrs -1/23/24 - 4 *
6. The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine -Fitzsimmons-n.Bruce -6hrs - 2/4/24 - 4*
7. Silent in the Grave - Raybourn - n. E.Atcher - 13hrs. - 2/10/24 - 4 stars
8. They Came to Baghdad - Christie -n.E.Fox - 8hrs - 2/13/24 - 4 stars
9.The Wind Knows My Name- Allende -n.Ballerini/Liatis -8hrs -2/18/24 - 3 stars
10. Women Holding Things - Kalman - 176pg - 2/23/18 - 4 stars
11. A World of Curiosities - Penny - 400kpg -2/29/24 - 5 stars
12. Brooklyn - Toibin - n.K.Potter -7.5hrs - 3/10/24 - 4 stars
13. The Song of the Lark - Cather - n.B.Caruso -15hrs 448pg 3/17/24 - 4 stars
14. The Lantern’s Dance - L.R.King - 368kpg - 3/19/24 - 4 stars
15. Devil’s Food - Greenwood - n.L.Siversen - 8hrs - 3/19/24 - 3 stars
16. Trick or Treat - Greenwood - n.L.Siverson - 8hrs -3/31/24 - 3 stars
17. A Study in Emerald - Gaiman - n.Gaiman - 50min. 4/3/24 - 4 stars
18. Table for Two - Towles - n.Ballerine/J.S-Cameron - 13hrs - 5 stars
19. The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner - Pratchett - n.R-Tutt - 4hrs - 5 stars
20. Uprooted - Novak - 465k.pg. - 4/20/24 - 3 stars
21. Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances - R.Lang-multi-n.10hrs -4/23/24 -4 *
22. What an Owl Knows - Ackerman - 352pg. - 5/2/24 - 4 stars
23. Maskerade - Pratchett -n.Varma/Nighy - 10hrs - 5/6/24 - 4 stars
24. The Three Monarchs - Horowitz - 27kpg - 5/7/24 - 3 stars
25. Parsnips in Love - Khakpour - n.N.Shah - 1.5hrs - 5/11/24- 4 stars
26. Lovers at the Museum - Allende - 25k.pg. - 5/11/24 - 4 stars
27.Shrines of Gaiety -Atkinson-n.J.Watkins-16hrs400kpg-5/14/2-4 stars
28. Fantastic Beasts -Rowling -n.E.Redmayne -2hrs - 5/15/24 - 4 stars
29. Whose Body - Sayers -n.R.Bathurst -6hrs - 5/22/24 -4 stars
30. Miss Marple:The Complete ..- Christie-n.J.Stevenson - 12hrs- 5/27/24 - 4 *
31. The Masterpiece - Davis - 362k.pg - 6/4/24 - 4 stars
32. The Comfort of Ghosts - Winspear -n.O.Cassidy -10hrs - 6/6/24 - 4 stars
33. Killing Time - J.Taylor - n.Z.Ramm - 13hrs - 6/7/24 - 3 stars
34. Bruno, Chief of Police - Walker - n.R.I.MacKenzie - 8hrs - 6/12/24 - 4 stars
35. What Cannot Be Said - Harris - 363 kpg. - 6/22/24 - 3 stars
36. The Glassmaker - Chevalier -416 kpg. - 6/24/24 - 5 stars
37. Cooking the Books - Greenwood-n.Siversen - 9hrs - 7/4/24 - 3 stars
38. Clouds of Witness - Sayers -n.J.Keeble - 8hrs - 7/5/24 - 4 stars
39. Lord Peter Views the Body - Sayers - n.J.Keeble - 8hrs - 7/8/24 - 4 stars
40. The Ministry of Time - Bradley - 340pg - 7/9/24 - 5 stars
41. The Dark Vineyard - Walker - n.R.Mackenzie - 10hrs - 7/10/24 - 4 stars
42. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club-Sayers -n.J.Keeble-7hrs-7/11- 4 stars
43. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore -Sullivan - 338kpg - 7/19/24 - 4 stars
44. The Queen of Poisons -Thorogood -.N.McKenzie - 9hrs - 7/21/24 - 4 stars
45. Black Diamond: - Walker - n.R.I.MacKenzie - 9hrs - 8/3/24 - 4 stars
46. The Crowded Grave -Walker - n.R.I.MacKenzie - 10hrs - 8/21/24 - 4 stars
47. The Cemetery of Untold Stories -J.Alvarez- n.A.Cuervo - 9hrs - 8/30/24 -4 stars
48. The Samurai’s Garden - Tsukiyama - 225 kpg - 9/2/24 - 5 stars
49. The Devil’s Cave -Walker -n.R.I.MacKenzie - 11hrs - 9/3/24 - 4 stars
50. The Familiar - Bardugo - n.Fortgang -13hrs - 387kpg- 9/9/24 - 4 stars
51. The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal-Taylor-n.Ramm-12hrs-9/12/- 4 stars
52. The Silent Fall: - Horwitz - 175pg - 9/14/24 - 3 stars
53. Whale Fall - E. O’Connor - multi.n. -4hrs - 9/22/24 - 4 stars
54. Foster - Keegan - n.A.McMahon - 1.5hrs - 9/23/24 - 4 stars
55. There Are Rivers in the Sky - Shafak - 498pg - 10/4/24 - 5 stars
56. Girl With a Pearl Earring - Chevalier - 233pg - 10/7/24 - 5 stars
57. The Tomb of the Chatelaine - Menuhin - 8hrs - 10/12/24 - 3 stars
58. Diana’s Altar -Cleverly -n.S.Crossley -13hrs. - 10/17/24 - 3 stars
59. Shakespeare:The Man...... - Dench/O’Hea - n.Flynn/O’Hea -2hrs -10/19 - 5 *
60. Four Seasons in Rome - Doerr - 224pg. - 10/30/24 - 4 stars
61. Miss Percy’s Definitive Guide ... -Olson-445pg -10/31-3 stars
62. The Beatryce Prophecy - DiCamillo - n.F.Williams - 4hrs - 11/1/24 - 4 stars
63. Soulless - Carriger -n.E.Gray - 11hrs - 11/5/24 - 4 stars
64. Death at the Sign of the Rook - Atkinson - n.J.Isaacs - 9.5hrs - 11/6/24 - 4 stars
65. The Resistance Man -Walker - n.R.I.Mackenzie - 10hrs - 11/7/24 - 4 stars
66. To Love the Brooding Baron - Flint -n.M.J.Wells - 8hrs - 11/9/24 - 3 stars
67. Bruno and the Carol Singers - Walker - 66pg. - 11/12/24 - 4 stars
68.The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wasteland-Brooks-310pg -11/21 -2.5stars
69. What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust -Bradley - 288pg - 11/22 - 4 stars
70. The Children Return -Walker -336pg-n.R.I.Mackenzie -10hrs -11/24/24 -4 stars
71. Take a Look at the Five and Ten - Willis - 58pg. - 12/2/24 - 4 stars
72. The Grey Wolf - Penny - 432k.pg - 12/6/24 - 4 stars
73. The Wood at Midwinter - S.Clarke - .5hrs - 12/6/24 - 4 stars
74. The Frozen River -Lawhon- 432pg.-n.J.Oppeheimer -15hr - 12/25/24 - 5 stars
75. Lights! Camera! Mayhem! - Taylor-n.Z.Ramm -3hrs - 12/26/24 - 3stars
76. Rose in Bloom - Laurens - 179k.pg - 12/26/24 - 3 stars
77. Backyard Bird Chronicles - Tan - 320 pg. - 12/27/24 - 5 stars
78. The Serviceberry - Kimmerer -n.author-2hrs - 12/28/24 - 4 stars
79. Meat Cute:The Hedgehog Incident - Carriger - 54pg. -12/29/14 - 3 stars
80. Playground - Powers -389kpg -multi-n. - 14hrs - 12/31/24 - 5 stars

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