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- Joined
- Oct 19, 2010
- Real Name
- Max Folsom
- About My Library
Waiting for the moment when my subconscious acknowledges the fact that there is no more room for more books and I actually stop accumulating them. (That may never happen)
About my ratings: I seldom buy a book I haven't already read, and want to read again, so my ratings tend to be high. Lower ratings are probably books I got from the library and read, or they were books that were given to me. I am also generous. If the book truly entertained me and/or gave something important to me and the way I think it has a four or five. If it was so-so it's a 3 to 4 (I do actually own those, too) and if it was pretty bad it's a 2 and if I hated it is a 1 (so far there's only one of those!)Best Reads of 2021
The Finest Hours by Mike Touglas
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Battleground by Jim Butcher
The Double Game by Dan Fesperman
Imperfect Burials by Thomas Henry Pope
Best Reads of 2020
Simenon's Paris by Georges Simenon
Hakusai, the man mad-on-drawing by Katsushhika Hokusai
Rounding the Mark by Andrea Camilleri
Just a Shot Away by James Grady
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block
Best Reads of 2019
No Time To Spare by Ursula Le Guin
Holes by Louis Sachar
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Weep for a Blonde by Brett Halliday
The Tale of Briar Bank by Susan Willig Albert
Best Reads of 2018
Conversations on Writing by Ursula Le Guin
Hearing Things by Angela Leighton
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
Artimis by Andy Weir
Bad Boy Brawley Brown by Walter Mosley
Best Reads of 2017
The Baker's Secret by Stephan P. Kiernan
Charlie Chan Carries On by Earl Derr BiggersThe Murder Room by Mike Capuzzo
The Little Old Lady Who Struck Lucky Again by C. Ingelman-Sandberg
Best Reads of 2016
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of the Bus by Marc Lovell
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie
Dead Man's Land by Robert Ryan
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyBest Reads of 2015
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Signal by Patrick Lee
The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook by Kate White
A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre
When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning
Best Junior Fiction Book: The Glass Sentence by S. E. Grove
The Best Teen Book The Spiritglass Charade by Colleen GleasonBest Reads of 2014
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Samurai's Garden by Gale Tsukiyama
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin
Measuring Eternity by Martin Gorsst
Best Junior Fiction Book: The Swallow by Charis Cotter
The Best Teen Book Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave BerryBest Reads of 2013
Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson
The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Runner by Patrick Lee
Rose by Martin Cruz Smith
Best Junior Fiction Book: The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy
The Best Teen Book Black Ice by Andrew LaneBest Reads of 2012
Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead
Curse of the Narrows by Laura MacDonald
Fire on the Beach by David Wright
The Buntline Special by Mike Resnick
The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow
The Best Junior Fiction Book: The Trouble With Chickens by Doreen Cronin
The Best Teen Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie ShermanBest Reads of 2011
Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz
Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry
Junkyard Dog by Craig Johnson
The Lotus Eaters by Tajana Soli
Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley
Best Junior Fiction Book: The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
Best Teen Book: Voyages of Brian Sea-Worthy by Ralph Nading Hill- About Me
- Retired bookmobile librarian, retired specialty board game retail store owner, retired library board member. Currently - writer of Baker Somerset mysteries. The first ONE BAD DAY AFTER ANOTHER was published in June 2021 by Friesen Press.
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