March 2017 AlphaKIT - E and K

March AlphaKIT letters are:



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I think an Elizabeth Peters omnibus, which would also fit CATWoman, and possibly The Cross in the Closet by Timothy Kurek for the CultureCAT, though I'm not sure what that theme actually covers.

>1 majkia: thanks!

Think I'm going to read The Kite Runner and A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George.

I've planned:

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann
Blood Sisters by Barbara Keating
Good to a Fault by Maria Endicot

Unless I have something else that I'll be reading anyway that will fit, a couple of other options are:

- Eye of the Whale / Douglas Carlton Abrams
- Schooled / Gordan Korman

>5 clue: The Stockholm Octavo is so fun & exciting!

I'm planning on reading Kabul Beauty School and Native Believer by Ali Eteraz.

I'm hoping to get to Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler and Peace Like a River by Leif Enger.

Right now I'm planning on The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters and Death of My Aunt by C.H.B. Kitchin.

I'll be reading one of these two:

End of watch by Stephen King
or
King of the corner by Loren Estleman

I am planning on reading Ennui by Maria Edgeworth, which will also work for March's RandomCAT (Irish author). I will have to think about what K book to read...

I am currently reading The Circle (Cirklen) by Sara Elfgren & Mats Strandberg and also plan on reading Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger and Bullet For a Star by Stuart Kaminsky.

Starting the Amelia Peabody Omnibus by Elizabeth Peters

>13 DeltaQueen50: I love Kaminsky's Russian mysteries, but do intend to check out his other works.

I started reading When Christ and His Saints Slept last month, but hope to finish it this week. The author is Sharon Kay Penman, so it fits this month's challenge. :)

>15 fuzzi: I haven't read Kaminsky before, but I have a few of his Hollywood mysteries on the shelf and I'm looking forward to trying them.

>16 DeltaQueen50: I've read most of his Rostikov series, and love it. I stopped because I didn't have access to the last 4 or so books. He's the type who, once you read one book, you want to read the next...

I read or finished The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan March 1st so I have captured the K in Kings and the E. in the author's name so already doing better than February where I struggled to get any.

I have completed by "E" read with The Circle by Sara Elfgren and Mats Strandberg.

I started An Echo in the Bone a few days ago. I'm hoping to finish it this month. Never know how an Outlander book is going to go, though. The last one took me over 6 months to finally get round to finishing.

Finished Native Believer by Ali Eteraz. Full review written if anyone's interested!

Finished After the Crown by K.B. Wagers.

The Winter Palace / Eva Stachniak
3.5 stars

This book primarily follows Polish orphan Varvara, who has come to Russian Empress Elizabeth’s court after her father died. She ends up doing some spying for the chancellor, then the Empress herself, before she becomes friends with Prussian princess, Sophie, who would later become Catherine the Great. This follows the time frame from just before Sophie’s arrival to shortly after she becomes Empress of Russia.

I liked it. Not quite as much as I’d hoped I would, but I still enjoyed it. There is a sequel that I will definitely plan to read. I was disappointed, though, that there was no author’s note, which I always appreciate in any historical fiction I read.

I've started The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters, which I'm really enjoying thus far -- I always love spending time with Cadfael & co.!

I read Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance for my E - really good book.

I finished When Christ and His Saints Slept, and have started Exiles of the Stars.

I'm currently re-reading The Eye of the World.

I finished Eugenie Grandet today -- my first Balzac! Surprisingly easy to read (unlike some other French classics!).

I read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

Intensity / Dean Koontz
5 stars

Laura and Chyna are college students and friends. When Chyna goes with Laura to her parents’ place for a weekend, she is awakened the first night by screams. Someone has broken into the house. Chyna hides, then tries to help Laura and her parents without the guy realizing she is there…

Wow! The book is titled well – it was definitely intense! After a brief set-up to the story, it was just bang, bang, bang, one thing after another! I think the audio helped with that. At first, I wasn’t sure I would like the narrator. She spoke quickly and mostly in a monotone, but after it got going, I think she was the perfect narrator for the story and it really highlighted the “intensity” of the book to do it that way. The story alternated between Chyna’s and the intruder’s (Vess’s) points of view. I was briefly uninterested in Vess’s philosophy, and I didn’t agree with some of Chyna’s decisions, but the rest of the story + the audio still made it 5 stars for me. Ever since I started listening to it, I’ve been trying to recommend it to people, but there are so many who don’t read horror!

I'm reading Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell, it's the second book in his King Arthur trilogy.

>30 LibraryCin: I've got that book on the shelf, I'll have to get to it sooner rather than later!

>32 LisaMorr: Hope you like it!

Finished the Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley. A complex ride!

Finished the very strange And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich--full review written!

I hit both letters with End of Watch by Stephen King, the last in the Bill Hodges trilogy. I'm sorry there won't be more.

Completed Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans.

Finished The Kite Runner this weekend and really enjoyed it.

Wow, just realized I just read another "E" book, The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare!

I liked the satire Ennui by Irish author Maria Edgeworth.

April AlphaKIT thread is up! http://www.librarything.com/topic/251826

I have finished both an E & a K book:
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
I have started working on another E and two more Ks:
Some Experiences of an Irish R. M. by E. Somerville & Martin Ross
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Cujo by Stephen King

I finished King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell).

COMPLETED Amelia Peabody Omnibus by Elizabeth Peters

Starting the same author's The Deeds of the Disturber

I finished a K book, The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

I got in a K book: The Boy Who Drew Monsters by Keith Donohue.

Going to try for one more E: Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh.

Finished Tweaky Village by Kevin Killian--not one I'd recommend, but it's another to fit the challenge!

I loved my "K" read! Bullet For A Star by Stuart Kaminsky was a fun read set in 1940's Hollywood with plenty of real stars making an appearance.

Finished The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

>48 DeltaQueen50: I've not read that Kaminsky, yet, though I love his Rostnikov mysteries!

I've read two "K" books this month, Death of My Aunt by C.H.B. Kitchin (a goodish Golden Age mystery) and The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (an excellent historical fantasy set in medieval Russia).

I finished The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan and Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth.

Also COMPLETED The Deeds of the Disturber and The Last Camel Died At Noon by Elizabeth Peters

Finished Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson. Bleh.

COMPLETED The Cross in the Closet by Timothy Kurek

I have finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver -- my first experience of this author. Wonderful writing!

I have completed Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger which was a very good read.

Finished Kabul Beauty School; full review written...

I'm almost finished with Anna and the King of Siam, which I've enjoyed.

It's fairly comprehensive, yet is listed as an abridged version. I wonder what the original was like?

I finished Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh.

Starting This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas. The original French title was "Dans les bois éternels"

I finished Bombshells Vol. 1: Enlisted by Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage

I'm trying to sneak in one more "E" read, Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones.

I picked up The Enchanted Isle, and love it. I'm not sure I will be finished reading it by midnight tomorrow...

Managed to get a K book in: Hi, Anxiety, by Kat Kinsman.

I finished Exit Music by Ian Rankin.

Done, under the wire!

I finished Empire Falls yesterday.