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2rretzler
Edited: Oct 26, 2018, 12:23 pm

About Me



Hi, I'm Robin, and this is my 7th or 8th year with the 75'ers Group. I'm 55, and I've been married to Ed (55) for 27 years. We have two sons, Beckham (16) and Keegan (13), and four cats, Picasso (13) and the kittens, Mycroft, Bandit, and J'Zargo (1.) Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus (the capital of Ohio) has been our home for the past 20+ years. Our boys are involved in travel soccer and many school activities, and they keep us very busy driving them around. Beckham now has his driver’s license, so he can help with those duties now!

I just retired from a tax practice which I have run out of my house for the past ten years - prior to that, I was the Tax Director for one of the top 100 accounting firms in the US for five years, a shareholder in a small accounting firm for five years, and worked at Ernst & Young, an international accounting firm for 12 years where I headed the local tax compliance department. I have been slowing down my tax practice for the past few years to spend time with my boys before they go off to college. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my days and I’m sort of at loose ends until I figure things out. I struggle with both depression and diabetes. Ed is in IT at Huntington Bank, a national bank headquartered in Columbus. Beckham is in 11th grade and is accelerated in math - he finished his high school math credits while he was still in middle school. He is currently taking Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses at one of our local high schools. Keegan is in 8th grade at a local middle school and is accelerated two years in math. He has been struggling with hearing issues since he was about four months old and has been wearing hearing aids in both ears since 2016. He has been diagnosed with dyslexia, but he also does very well in school.

I learned to read at a very young age and have rarely been without a book (or many) since then. My library on LT reflects those books that I have kept track of since I started as a member seven years ago. I am slowly trying to capture books I have read before that time, but I'm guessing that a lot of books that I have read will never be recorded as I have forgotten them. I am totally an addict, and the daily deals on Amazon for $1.99 will probably be my financial ruin. I just cannot help myself when it comes to a bargain of that sort!

I mainly read mysteries, science fiction, fantasy and children's/young adult books (along with my sons.) Specifically, most of the mysteries that I read are British mysteries in the style of the Golden Age of Detection, and I enjoy soft sci-fi, especially dystopian, a bit more than hard sci-fi. Until this past year, Beckham, Keegan and I read together every night, but it has been difficult with Beckham's course load to do this. I hope to start reading together again this year, but realistically it will be weekly, not nightly. In school, I never had to read many of the classics, so I am slowly going back to read some of those. I also try to read several best sellers each year. Additionally, I have been working my way through the Newbery, Hugo, and Nebula awards.

I proudly consider myself to be a geek (okay, maybe a nerd too). My favorite TV shows are Sherlock (BBC version) and Doctor Who (both classic and new series). We enjoy Marvel movies - The Avengers, Captain America, Doctor Strange, etc. - and also the Marvel TV series - Agents of Shield, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher, etc. My other hobbies include making beaded jewelry and sometimes knitting. I love to travel, but since we have children who are quickly approaching college age, we don't do as much as we used to.

If we would win the lottery, the first thing I would do (aside from paying off the mortgage and setting aside the funds for college for my sons) is to go back to school myself! I love to learn and would probably take lots of psychology, philosophy and literature courses.

I'm so glad to be back with the 75'ers again this year and am going to attempt to visit more than I have in the past.

3rretzler
Oct 26, 2018, 12:07 pm

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4rretzler
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6rretzler
Edited: Dec 5, 2018, 7:44 pm

Challenges



I plan only to loosely follow the challenges - if I read a book and it fits, I'll count it, but I am not going to plan my reading to complete a challenge. If I need a book to read, I'll consider something that fits the challenge.

Popular/LibraryThing

PopReadHarderSugarEtc Challenges


PopSugar Reading Challenge
  1. Book made into a movie I've already seen - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  2. True crime -

  3. Next book in series I've started - The Curse of Mabb's Farm by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  4. Book involving a heist – Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  5. Nordic noir -

  6. Novel based on a real person - A Dangerous Language by Sulari Gentill - based on Egon Kirsh's visit to Australia
  7. Book set in a country that fascinates me - No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith - Germany
  8. Book with the time of day in the title – Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
  9. Book about a villian or antihero - Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi - Jack Holloway as antihero
  10. Book about death or grief - Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  11. Book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym -

  12. Book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist – Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
  13. Book that is a stage play or musical - The Once and Future King by TH White
  14. Book by an author with a different ethnicity – The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  15. Book about feminism - Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
  16. Book about mental health - The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
  17. Book borrowed or given to me as a gift - The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths - Christmas gift
  18. Book by 2 authors - Last Train to London by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  19. Book involving a sport – When by Victoria Laurie – football game
  20. Book by a local author – Head On by John Scalzi – Bradford, OH is 97 miles from Dublin
  21. Book with my favorite color in the title -

  22. Book with alliteration in the title - Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan
  23. Book about time travel – The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  24. Book with weather element in the title – Fair Tomorrow by Emilie Loring – fair is used in the context of fair weather
  25. Book set at sea - Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham - starts out on an ocean liner at sea
  26. Book with an animal in the title -

  27. Book set on a different planet - Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper
  28. Book with song lyrics in the title - The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
  29. Book set on Halloween - The Knowledge by Martha Grimes
  30. Book with characters who are twins - God Stalk by PC Hodgell
  31. Book mentioned in another book - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  32. Book from a celebrity book club - The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Oprah
  33. Childhood classic I've never read -

  34. Book published in 2018 - A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
  35. Past Goodreads Choice Awards winner – 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  36. Book set in the decade I was born – One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
  37. Book I meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
  38. Book with an ugly cover - Alpha Alpine by Mary Daheim
  39. Book that involves a bookstore or library – Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton
  40. Favorite prompt from 2015, 2016, 2017 Popsugar Challenge - Book with a title that's a character's name - Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
  41. Best seller from the year I graduated HS – Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  42. Cyberpunk book -

  43. Book being read by a stranger in a public place – Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  44. Book tied to my ancestry - Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade - takes place in Wales, my Grandmother's maiden name was Evans which is a Welsh name
  45. Book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
  46. An allegory - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (likely debatable as an allegory, but I think perhaps it meets the definition)
  47. Book by an author with the same first or last name as me - Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  48. A microhistory - Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett - gives a little of the history of Operation Fortitude and the First United States Army Group during WWII
  49. Book about a problem facing society today - Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon
  50. Book recommended by someone else taking the Popsugar Challenge - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng


Read Harder Challenge
  1. Book published posthumously - The Book of Merlyn by TH White
  2. Book of true crime -

  3. Classic of genre fiction - The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
  4. Comic written and drawn by the same person -
  5. Book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries – Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  6. Book about nature – Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
  7. A western -
  8. Comic written or drawn by a person of color -
  9. Book of colonial or postcolonial literature -
  10. Romance novel by or about a person of color -
  11. Children’s classic published before 1980 -
  12. Celebrity memoir -

  13. Oprah Book Club selection - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  14. Book of social science -

  15. One sitting book - The Man on the Train by Clara Benson
  16. First book in new to me middle grade or YA series - Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  17. SciFi with female protagonist and female author - God Stalk by PC Hodgell (equating SciFi with Fantasy here)
  18. Comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image -

  19. Genre fiction in translation - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  20. Book with a cover I hate - Alpha Alpine by Mary Daheim
  21. Mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author – The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
  22. Essay anthology – In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki (well, really only one essay)
  23. Book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 – Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  24. Assigned book you hated (or never finished) -



Modern Mrs Darcy
  1. Classic I've been meaning to read - Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens
  2. Book recommended by someone with great taste- God Stalk by PC Hodgell - recommended by Roni
  3. Book in translation - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  4. Book nominated for an award in 2018 - Head On by John Scalzi
  5. Book of poetry, a play or an essay collection - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  6. Book I can read in a day - A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
  7. Book that's more than 500 pages - Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
  8. Book by a favorite author - Island of the Mad by Laurie R King
  9. Book recommended by librarian or bookseller - Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - Keegan's school librarian/teacher
  10. A banned book - Watchmen by Alan Moore
  11. Memoir, biography or book of creative nonfiction – Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
  12. Book by an author with a different race, ethnicity or religion - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia


British Author Theme Challenge
  1. January - Debut - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  2. February - 1970s - Some Die Eloquent by Catherine Aird
  3. March - Classic Thriller - Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  4. April - Folklore - The Book of Merlyn by TH White
  5. Wildcard - Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats
  6. Wildcard - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  7. Wildcard - La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats
  8. May - Queens of Crime - A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
  9. June - Travel Writing – Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
  10. July - Angry Young Men – Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
  11. August - Science Fiction – The Children of Men by PD James
  12. September – Historical Fiction – Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry
  13. October – Comedic Fiction – Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
  14. November - World War I - Murder in Belgravia by Lynn Brittney
  15. December - British Series - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre


Classics-I-Have-Not-Read Challenge
  1. Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens
  2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  3. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
  4. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome

7rretzler
Edited: Dec 5, 2018, 10:38 am

Challenges

Mystery


Just the Facts, Ma'am Vintage Mystery Challenge
  1. Why - an author I've never tried - The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes
  2. How - at least two deaths with different means - Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan
  3. Where - set in a small village - Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
  4. What - title containing two words beginning with the same letter - Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
  5. When - during a special event - Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude
  6. Who - journalist - Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon
  7. When - during a recognized holiday - Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
  8. How - death by drowning - A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
  9. What - pseudonymous author - So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan - William Underhill
  10. Who – academic – The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
  11. Why – made a “best of” list – The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
  12. Where – on a mode of transportation – Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull
  13. Why – has been on my TBR list – The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop by Gladys Mitchell
  14. Who – amateur detective – Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth
  15. How - death by a blunt instrument - The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole
  16. What - reference to a man or woman in the title - The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs


Cloak and Dagger
  1. The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes
  2. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
  3. A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
  4. Last Train to London by Neil Richards
  5. The Curse of Mabb’s Farm by Neil Richards
  6. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan
  7. Alpha Alpine by Mary Daheim
  8. Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
  9. A Dangerous Language by Sulari Gentill
  10. Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
  11. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
  12. Some Die Eloquent by Catherine Aird
  13. Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O’Connor
  14. The Man on the Train by Clara Benson
  15. Murder in Bloomsbury by D. M. Quincy
  16. No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith
  17. The Long Arm of the Law by Martin Edwards
  18. The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths
  19. Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude
  20. Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill
  21. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
  22. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon
  23. Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon
  24. Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade
  25. Island of the Mad by Laurie R King
  26. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
  27. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  28. The Roubaud Connection by Estelle Ryan
  29. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George
  30. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear
  31. A Dinner to Die For by Neil Richards
  32. The Marmalade Murders by Elizabeth J Duncan
  33. Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
  34. Twenty-one Days by Anne Perry
  35. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
  36. Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton
  37. The Knowledge by Martha Grimes
  38. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves
  39. Dressed for Death by Donna Leon
  40. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
  41. Murder in Mayfair by D. M. Quincy
  42. So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan
  43. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
  44. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon
  45. The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal
  46. Aunt Dimity and the King’s Ransom by Nancy Atherton
  47. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
  48. The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith
  49. Don’t Eat Me by Colin Cotterill
  50. The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
  51. The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves
  52. The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
  53. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  54. The Inspector and Mrs Jeffries by Emily Brightwell
  55. Acqua Alta by Donna Leon
  56. The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
  57. Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves
  58. Dark Tide Rising by Ann Perry
  59. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  60. Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
  61. Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull
  62. The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop by Gladys Mitchell
  63. The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton
  64. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth
  65. The Body in the Lake by Neil Richards
  66. Playing Dead by Neil Richards
  67. A Deadly Confession by Neil Richards
  68. Blade in the Water by Neil Richards
  69. Death on a Summer Night by Neil Richards
  70. A Lesson in Murder by Neil Richards
  71. A Question of Hats by Clara Benson
  72. The Secret of Combe Castle by Neil Richards
  73. A Fatal Fall by Neil Richards
  74. The Last Puzzle by Neil Richards
  75. Final Cut by Neil Richards
  76. Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon
  77. The Vanishing Tourist by Neil Richards
  78. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
  79. The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole
  80. Murder in Belgravia by Lynn Brittney
  81. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
  82. Ghost of a Chance by Neil Richards
  83. Follow the Money by Neil Richards
  84. Murder Most Wild by Neil Richards
  85. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs
  86. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre

8rretzler
Edited: Dec 17, 2018, 12:46 am

Challenges

Science Fiction and Fantasy


Pick and Mix Reading Challenge
  1. God Stalk by PC Hodgell
  2. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  3. Head On by John Scalzi
  4. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  5. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  6. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  7. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  8. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  9. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  10. The Children of Men by PD James
  11. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  12. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  13. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  14. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  15. Watchmen by Alan Moore
  16. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
  17. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
  18. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
  19. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card
  20. Provenance by Ann Leckie


Space Opera Reading Challenge
  1. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  2. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  3. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  4. Between Planets by Robert Heinlein
  5. Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
  6. Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper
  7. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  8. The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi
  9. Hyperion by Dan Simmons


Choose Your Own Adventure Reading Challenge - award winners
  1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
  2. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  3. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  4. Hyperion by Dan Simmons


Men of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge
  1. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  2. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  3. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  5. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  6. Watchmen by Alan Moore


Read the Sequel
  1. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  2. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  3. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  4. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
  5. Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
  6. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
  7. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  8. Mad Ship by Robin Hobb


I Just Have to Read More of That Author
  1. Head On by John Scalzi
  2. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  3. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  4. Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
  5. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
  6. The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi
  7. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  8. The Children of Men by PD James
  9. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  10. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
  11. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card
  12. Provenance by Ann Leckie


The Unloved - Sci-fi/Fantasy books that have not won an award or appeared on a “best of” list
  1. Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
  2. Head On by John Scalzi
  3. Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
  4. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
  5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  6. The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi
  7. The Book of Merlyn by TH White
  8. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
  9. The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
  10. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  11. Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb
  12. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card


12:1 Reading Challenge
  1. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  2. Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
  3. Between Planets by Robert A Heinlein
  4. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  5. I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis
  6. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  7. The Children of Men by PD James
  8. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
  9. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin
  10. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  11. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  12. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis


Listomania Reading Challenge
  1. Between Planets by Robert A Heinlein
  2. The Children of Men by PD James
  3. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  5. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  6. Watchmen by Alan Moore


The Second Best
  1. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  2. Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
  3. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  4. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  5. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  6. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
  7. God Stalk by PD James
  8. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  9. Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper
  10. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
  11. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
  12. Provenance by Ann Leckie


High Fantasy
  1. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  2. Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
  3. God Stalk by PC Hodgell
  4. Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
  5. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
  6. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb


In Translation
  1. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  2. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  3. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami


The Weirdness
  1. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  2. “Repent, Harlequin” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison
  3. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

9rretzler
Edited: Dec 17, 2018, 12:50 am

Challenges

Miscellaneous


New Release Challenge
  1. A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
  2. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan
  3. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
  4. Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor
  5. The Man on the Train by Clara Benson
  6. Murder in Bloomsbury by D M Quincy
  7. No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith
  8. The Long Arm of the Law by Martin Edwards
  9. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
  10. Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade
  11. Island of the Mad by Laurie R King
  12. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
  13. The Roubaud Connection by Estelle Ryan
  14. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George
  15. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear
  16. A Dinner to Die For by Neil Richards
  17. The Marmalade Murders by Elizabeth J Duncan
  18. Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
  19. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
  20. Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton
  21. The Knowledge by Martha Grimes
  22. Head On by John Scalzi
  23. I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis
  24. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet
  25. The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
  26. The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal
  27. Aunt Dimity and the King’s Ransom by Nancy Atherton
  28. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
  29. The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith
  30. Don’t Eat Me by Colin Cotterill
  31. Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves
  32. Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry
  33. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  34. Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
  35. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
  36. The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton
  37. A Question of Hats by Clara Benson


Audiobook Challenge
  1. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  2. Last Train to London by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  3. The Curse of Mabb's Farm by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  4. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  5. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
  6. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
  7. Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
  8. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
  9. Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper
  10. Between Planets by Robert Heinlein
  11. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  12. The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi
  13. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  14. The Children of Men by PD James
  15. The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammet
  16. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  17. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  18. The Body in the Lake by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  19. Snowblind by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  20. Playing Dead by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  21. A Deadly Confession by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  22. Blade in the Water by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  23. Death on a Summer Night by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  24. A Lesson in Murder by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  25. The Secret of Combe Castle by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  26. A Fatal Fall by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  27. The Last Puzzle by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  28. Final Cut by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  29. The Vanishing Tourist by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
  30. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
  31. Ghost of a Chance by Neil Richards
  32. Follow the Money by Neil Richards
  33. Murder Most Wild by Neil Richards
  34. The Once and Future King by TH White
  35. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
  36. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
  37. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card
  38. Provenance by Ann Leckie


NetGalley Review Challenge
  1. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan
  2. Alpha Alpine by Mary Daheim
  3. Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
  4. A Dangerous Language by Sulari Gentill
  5. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
  6. Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor
  7. Murder in Bloomsbury by D M Quincy
  8. No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith
  9. The Long Arm of the Law by Martin Edwards
  10. Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude
  11. Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill
  12. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
  13. Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon
  14. Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade
  15. Island of the Mad by Laurie R King
  16. A Dinner to Die For by Neil Richards
  17. The Marmalade Murders by Elizabeth J Duncan
  18. Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
  19. Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
  20. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
  21. Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton
  22. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet
  23. The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal
  24. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  25. Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
  26. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
  27. Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull
  28. 22082139::The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
  29. Murder in Belgravia by Lynn Brittney
  30. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
  31. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs
  32. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis


British Book Challenge
  1. The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes
  2. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  3. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  4. Last Train to London by Neil Richards
  5. The Curse of Mabb's Farm by Neil Richards
  6. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan
  7. Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
  8. Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
  9. Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
  10. Some Die Eloquent by Catherine Aird
  11. The Man on the Train by Clara Benson
  12. No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith
  13. The Long Arm of the Law by Martin Edwards
  14. The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths
  15. Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude
  16. Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon
  17. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  18. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear
  19. A Dinner to Die For by Neil Richards
  20. Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
  21. Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
  22. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
  23. The Book of Merlyn by TH White
  24. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves
  25. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
  26. So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan
  27. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
  28. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
  29. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
  30. The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith
  31. The Children of Men by PD James
  32. Don’t Eat Me by Colin Cotterill
  33. The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
  34. 12058319::The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves
  35. The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
  36. Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves
  37. Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry
  38. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
  39. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
  40. Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull
  41. The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop by Gladys Mitchell
  42. The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton
  43. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth
  44. The Body in the Lake by Neil Richards
  45. Snowblind by Neil Richards
  46. Playing Dead by Neil Richards
  47. A Deadly Confession by Neil Richards
  48. Blade in the Water by Neil Richards
  49. Death on a Summer Night by Neil Richards
  50. A Lesson in Murder by Neil Richards
  51. A Question of Hats by Clara Benson
  52. The Secret of Combe Castle by Neil Richards
  53. A Fatal Fall by Neil Richards
  54. Watchmen by Alan Moore
  55. The Last Puzzle by Neil Richards
  56. Final Cut by Neil Richards
  57. The Vanishing Tourist by Neil Richards
  58. The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole
  59. Ghost of a Chance by Neil Richards
  60. Follow the Money by Neil Richards
  61. Murder Most Wild by Neil Richards
  62. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs
  63. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre
  64. The Once and Future King by TH White
  65. On the Beach by Nevil Shute


Family Tree Reading Challenge
  1. Keegan - 2005 - Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
  2. Beckham – 2001 – The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
  3. Robin – 1963 –
  4. Ed – 1963 - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre


Newbery Reading Challenge
  1. Medal - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
  2. Honor - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
  3. Medal – Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli


Tackle My TBR
  1. The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes
  2. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  3. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
  4. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
  5. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
  6. 19247826::Murder in Mayfair by D. M. Quincy
  7. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
  8. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
  9. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
  10. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  11. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  12. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
  13. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
  14. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
  15. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
  16. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  17. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
  18. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
  19. The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop by Gladys Mitchell
  20. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth
  21. A Deadly Confession by Neil Richards
  22. Blade in the Water by Neil Richards
  23. Death on a Summer Night by Neil Richards
  24. A Lesson in Murder by Neil Richards
  25. The Secret of Combe Castle by Neil Richards
  26. A Fatal Fall by Neil Richards
  27. The Last Puzzle by Neil Richards
  28. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
  29. Final Cut by Neil Richards
  30. The Vanishing Tourist by Neil Richards
  31. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
  32. The Once and Future King by TH White
  33. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
  34. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card
  35. Provenance by Ann Leckie


Library Love
  1. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
  2. Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
  3. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon
  4. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
  6. 14034594::Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  7. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves
  8. Dressed for Death by Donna Leon
  9. Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
  10. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
  11. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  12. 1222607::The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  13. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  14. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon
  15. The Children of Men by PD James
  16. 12058319::The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves
  17. Fair Tomorrow by Emilie Loring
  18. The Inspector and Mrs Jeffries by Emily Brightwell
  19. Acqua Alta by Donna Leon
  20. Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
  21. The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
  22. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  23. Watchmen by Alan Moore
  24. Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon
  25. Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb
  26. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
  27. The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole
  28. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre


Finishing the Series
Finished
  1. War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
  2. Shetland by Ann Cleeves
  3. Angela Marchmont by Clara Benson
  4. Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
  5. Farseer by Robin Hobb
  6. The Once and Future King by TH White

Caught-up
  1. Veronica Speedwell by Deanna Raybourn
  2. Irish Village by Carlene O’Connor
  3. Stephens and Mephisto by Elly Griffiths
  4. Mary Russell by Laurie R King
  5. Genevieve Lenard by Estelle Ryan
  6. Thomas Lynley by Elizabeth George
  7. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
  8. Daniel Pitt by Anne Perry
  9. Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths
  10. Richard Jury by Martha Grimes
  11. Lock In by John Scalzi
  12. Atlas Catesby by D. M. Quincy
  13. Maggie Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
  14. Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton
  15. Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
  16. Isabel Dalhousie by Alexander McCall Smith
  17. Siri Paiboun by Colin Cotterill
  18. Vera Stanhope by Ann Cleeves
  19. Agatha Raisin by MC Beaton
  20. Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley
  21. Fleet School by Orson Scott Card

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January to March Books Read



    January
  1. The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes -
  2. God Stalk by PC Hodgell -
  3. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon -
  4. The Talisman's Trinket (short story) by PC Hodgell -
  5. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens -
  6. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith -
  7. A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn -
  8. Last Train to London by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello -
  9. The Curse of Mabb's Farm by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello -
  10. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan -
  11. Number Four: The Zero Finger Option by Colin Cotterill -
  12. Alpha Alpine by Mary Daheim -
  13. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer -
  14. Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate -
    February
  15. A Dangerous Language by Sulari Gentill -
  16. Arthur and George by Julian Barnes -
  17. Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham -
  18. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke -
  19. Some Die Eloquent by Catherine Aird -
  20. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin -
  21. Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor -
  22. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb -
  23. The Man on the Train by Clara Benson -
  24. Murder in Bloomsbury by D M Quincy -
  25. No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith -
  26. The Long Arm of the Law by Martin Edwards -
  27. The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths -
  28. Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude -
  29. Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill -
  30. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch -
    March
  31. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon -
  32. Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon -
  33. The Prodigal Son by Sulari Gentill -
  34. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck -
  35. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb -
  36. Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade -
  37. Island of the Mad by Laurie R King -
  38. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi -
  39. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen -
  40. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett -
  41. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill -
  42. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer -

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April to June Books Read



    April
  1. The Roubaud Connection by Estelle Ryan -
  2. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George -
  3. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear -
  4. A Dinner to Die For by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello -
  5. The Marmalade Murders by Elizabeth J Duncan -
  6. Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi -
  7. Usher II by Ray Bradbury -
  8. There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury -
  9. Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith -
  10. Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry -
  11. The President's Brain is Missing by John Scalzi -
  12. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths -
  13. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia -
  14. Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton -
  15. The Book of Merlyn by TH White -
  16. The Knowledge by Martha Grimes -
  17. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison -
  18. Head On by John Scalzi -
  19. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves -
  20. Number Five: Trash by Colin Cotterill -
  21. Dressed for Death by Donna Leon -
    May
  22. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce -
  23. When by Victoria Laurie -
  24. Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats -
  25. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge -
  26. La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats -
  27. Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper -
  28. Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb -
  29. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu -
  30. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey -
  31. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi -
  32. Murder in Mayfair by D M Quincy -
  33. I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis -
  34. Between Planets by Robert Heinlein -
  35. So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan -
  36. The Road by Cormac McCarthy -
  37. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng -
    June
  38. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson -
  39. Prologue to Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold -
  40. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold -
  41. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves -
  42. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem -
  43. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet -

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October to December Books Read



    October
  1. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome -
  2. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo -
  3. Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull -
  4. The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop by Gladys Mitchell -
  5. The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton -
  6. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth -
  7. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami -
  8. The Body in the Lake by Neil Richards (novella) -
  9. Snowblind by Neil Richards (novella)-
  10. Realization in Love by Rabindranath Tagore (short essay) -
  11. Playing Dead by Neil Richards (novella) -
  12. Hyperion by Dan Simmons -
  13. A Deadly Confession by Neil Richards (novella) -
  14. Blade in the Water by Neil Richards (novella) -
  15. Death on a Summer Night by Neil Richards (novella) -
  16. A Lesson in Murder by Neil Richards (novella) -
  17. A Question of Hats by Clara Benson (short story) -
  18. The Secret of Combe Castle by Neil Richards (novella) -
  19. A Fatal Fall by Neil Richards (novella) -
  20. Watchmen by Alan Moore -
    November
  21. The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness by Graham Caveney -
  22. The Last Puzzle by Neil Richards -
  23. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold -
  24. Final Cut by Neil Richards -
  25. Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon -
  26. The Vanishing Tourist by Neil Richards -
  27. Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb -
  28. The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner -
  29. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch -
  30. The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole -
  31. Murder in Belgravia by Lynn Brittney -
  32. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley -
  33. Number Seven: Sex on the Beach by Colin Cotterill -
  34. Ghost of a Chance by Neil Richards -
    December
  35. Follow the Money by Neil Richards -
  36. Murder Most Wild by Neil Richards -
  37. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs -
  38. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre -
  39. The Once and Future King by TH White -
  40. On the Beach by Nevil Shute -
  41. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis -
  42. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card -
  43. Provenance by Ann Leckie -
  44. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka -
  45. Dr First by Adam Hargreaves -
  46. Dr Second by Adam Hargreaves -
  47. Dr Third by Adam Hargreaves -
  48. Dr Fourth by Adam Hargreaves -
  49. Dr Fifth by Adam Hargreaves -
  50. Dr Sixth by Adam Hargreaves -
  51. Dr Seventh by Adam Hargreaves -
  52. Dr Eighth by Adam Hargreaves -
  53. Dr Ninth by Adam Hargreaves -
  54. Dr Tenth by Adam Hargreaves -
  55. Dr Eleventh by Adam Hargreaves -
  56. Dr Twelfth by Adam Hargreaves -

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My Kindle Preorders


This is where I keep up with the books that I have preordered on amazon.com. These are mostly series books for which I am waiting for the next installment


  1. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan - Mordecai Tremaine - January 2, 2018 - received, read
  2. A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn - Veronica Speedwell - January 16, 2018 - received, read
  3. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley - Flavia de Luce - January 30, 2018 - received, read
  4. Death of an Honest Man by MC Beaton - Hamish MacBeth - February 1, 2018 - received, read
  5. Beau Death by Peter Lovesey - Peter Diamond - February 6, 2018 - received, read
  6. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen - February 20, 2018 - received, read
  7. Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor - February 27, 2018 - received, read
  8. Money in the Morgue by Stella Duffy and Ngaio Marsh - Roderick Alleyn - March 8, 2017 (in UK) - received
  9. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George - Inspector Lynley - March 20, 2018 - received, read
  10. The Roubaud Connection by Estelle Ryan - Genevieve Lenard - March 22, 2018 - received, read
  11. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear - Maisie Dobbs - March 27, 2018 - received, read
  12. The Knowledge by Martha Grimes - Richard Jury - April 10, 2018 - received, read
  13. Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry - Daniel Pitt (new series) - April 10, 2018 - received, read
  14. The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse by Alexander McCall Smith - April 10, 2018 - received
  15. Head On by John Scalzi - Lock In - April 17, 2018 - received, read
  16. Number Five: Trash by Colin Cotterill - Jimm Juree Case Files - April 28, 2018 - received, read
  17. I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis - April 30, 2018 - received, read
  18. So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan - Mordecai Tremaine - May 1, 2018 - received, read
  19. Mud, Muck and Dead Things by Anne Granger – Campbell and Carter – May 13, 2018 - received
  20. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths - Ruth Galloway - May 15, 2018 - received, read
  21. The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold – Vorkosigan Saga – May 16, 2018 – received, read
  22. Island of the Mad by Laurie R King - Mary Russell - June 12, 2018 - received, read
  23. Number Six: Spay With Me by Colin Cotterill – Jimm Juree Case Files – July 21, 2018 – received, read
  24. Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom by Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity – July 24, 2018 – received, read
  25. The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith - Isabel Dalhousie - July 31, 2018 – received, read
  26. Early Riser by Jasper Fforde - August 2, 2018 - received
  27. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen - Royal Spyness - August 7, 2018 - received, read
  28. The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal - Maggie Hope - August 7, 2018 - received read
  29. Don't Eat Me by Colin Cotterill - Siri Paiboun - August 14, 2018 - received read
  30. The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode - Dr. Priestley - August 14, 2018 - received read
  31. Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves - Shetland Island- September 6, 2018 - received, read
  32. Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry - William Monk - September 18, 2018 - received read
  33. Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber - Verity Kent - September 25, 2018 - received, read
  34. The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin- October 2, 2018 - received, read
  35. In at the Death by Francis Duncan - Mordecai Tremaine - October 2, 2018 - received
  36. Mycroft and Sherlock by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Mycroft Holmes - October 9, 2018 - received
  37. The Reckoning by John Grisham - October 23, 2018 - received, for Ed
  38. The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths - Stephens & Mephisto - November 2, 2018 - received, read
  39. What Child is This by Rhys Bowen - November 6, 2019 - received
  40. The Colors of All the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - November 6, 2018 - received
  41. A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss - Constable Twitten - November 6, 2018 - received
  42. The Crimes of Grindelwald by JK Rowling - Fantastic Beasts - November 16, 2018 - received
  43. Number Seven: Sex on the Beach by Colin Cotterill - Jimm Jurree Case Files - November 18, 2018 - received
  44. Fire and Blood by George RR Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire prequel - November 20, 2018 - received
  45. Hall of Mirrors by Christopher Fowler - Bryant & May - December 4, 2018 - received
  46. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Grible - Anthony Slade and Department X2 - December 4, 2018 - received
  47. Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan – Mordecai Tremain – January 1, 2019
  48. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley – Flavia de Luce – January 22, 2019 - received, read
  49. The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen – February 12, 2019
  50. The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch – Charles Lenox – February 19, 2019
  51. Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O’Connor – Irish Village – February 26, 2019
  52. The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths – March 5, 2019 - received
  53. Mrs Jeffries Delivers the Goods by Emily Brightwell – Mrs Jeffries – March 12, 2019
  54. A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn – Veronica Speedwell – March 12, 2019
  55. Bertie and the Tin Man by Peter Lovesey (reprint) – Albert Edward, Prince of Wales – March 12, 2019
  56. The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear – Maisie Dobbs – March 19, 2019
  57. The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie – Grantchester – March 21, 2019 (UK)
  58. The Lonely Hour by Christopher Fowler – Bryant & May – March 21, 2019 (UK)
  59. Triple Jeopardy by Anne Perry – Daniel Pitt – April 9, 2019
  60. The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith – Detective Varg – April 16, 2019
  61. The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths – Ruth Galloway – May 7, 2019
  62. Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold by Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity - June 18, 2019
  63. Killing with Confetti by Peter Lovesey - Peter Diamond - July 9, 2019
  64. The Autobiography of Mr. Spock by David Goodman - Star Trek Autobiographies - August 6, 2019

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Planned Reading





I've never planned out what I read before. I've just had a vague idea of books that I might like to read, and I just picked my next books based on a whim. This year, I have decided to try to plan my reading a little. There are many books that I have wanted to read, but I never get around to, and I'd also like to plan to participate in various challenges. So...here is my attempt to plan my reading.

Planned Reading

    January
  1. The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes
  2. God Stalk by PC Hodgell - group read
  3. Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens - group read
  4. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon - group read
  5. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  6. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  7. A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
  8. Last Train to London by Neil Richards
  9. The Curse of Mabb's Farm by Neil Richards - series
  10. Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan - ARC
  11. Alpine Alpha by Mary Daheim- ARC
  12. Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate - ARC
    Feburary
  13. A Dangerous Language by Sulari Gentill - ARC
  14. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
  15. Arthur and George by Julian Barnes - group read
  16. Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham - series, challenge
  17. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb - group read
  18. Some Die Eloquent by Catherine Aird - series, challenge
  19. Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude - ARC
  20. The Long Arm of the Law by Martin Edwards - ARC
  21. Murder in Bloomsbury by D M Quincy - ARC
  22. No Man Dies Twice by Michael Smith - ARC
  23. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch - ARC
  24. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke - ARC
  25. Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor - ARC
  26. Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths
  27. Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill - ARC
    March
  28. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon - group
  29. The Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb - group
  30. Seven Dead by J Jefferson Farjeon - ARC
  31. The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett - challenge
  32. Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade - ARC
  33. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen - preorder
  34. 14034594::Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  35. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill- Newbery
  36. Island of the Mad by Laurie R King - preorder
    April
  37. The Roubaud Connection by Estelle Ryan - preorder
  38. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George - preorder
  39. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear - preorder
  40. 20798032::A Dinner to Die For by Neil Richards - ARC
  41. The Marmalade Murders by Elizabeth J Duncan - ARC -
  42. 2991657::The Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith - ARC
  43. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths - preorder, ARC
  44. Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry - ARC
  45. Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton - ARC
  46. Book of Merlyn by TH White - challenge
  47. 20453587::The Knowledge by Martha Grimes - preorder
  48. Head On by John Scalzi - preorder
  49. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves - series
  50. Dressed for Death by Donna Leon - group
    May
  51. Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb - group
  52. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey - series, challenge
  53. The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi - Hugo, Nebula
  54. 19247826::Murder in Mayfair by D M Quincy
  55. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu - Hugo
  56. So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan - preorder
  57. I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis - preorder
  58. 1222607::The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  59. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
    June
  60. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson – challenge
  61. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet – ARC
  62. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold – series
  63. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves – series
    July
  64. Death and Judgement by Donna Leon – group
  65. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb – group
  66. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis – challenge
  67. The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
  68. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold – series
    August
  69. The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal – preorder/ARC
  70. The Children of Men by PD James – challenge
  71. Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom by Nancy Atherton – preorder
  72. The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith – preorder
  73. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen – preorder
  74. Don't Eat Me by Colin Cotterill – preorder
  75. Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold – series
  76. The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode – preorder
  77. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold – series
  78. 12058319::The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves – series
    September
  79. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith – challenge
  80. The Inspector and Mrs Jeffries by Emily Brightwell – series
  81. Acqua Alta by Donna Leon – group
  82. The Mad Ship by Robin Hobbs – group
  83. The Water Room by Christopher Fowler – series
  84. 20880402::Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves – preorder
  85. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - series, challenge
  86. Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry – preorder
  87. The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo
  88. 20381542::The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton – ARC
  89. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli – Newbery
  90. Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber – ARC
    October
  91. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  92. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome – challenge
  93. The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell – series
  94. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo – ARC
  95. Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull – ARC
  96. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth – series
  97. Hyperion by Dan Simmons – Hugo
  98. Watchmen by Alan Moore
  99. The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton – preorder, series
  100. The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness by Graham Caveney
    November
  101. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
  102. Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon - group
  103. Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb – group
  104. 22082139::The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner - ARC
  105. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Poetzsch
  106. Murder in Belgravia by Lynn Brittney – challenge
  107. Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley – ARC, series
    December
  108. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs - series
  109. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
  110. The Once and Future King by T H White- challenge
  111. The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter - series
  112. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card - series
  113. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
  114. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre - series, challenge
  115. Death Spins the Wheel by George Bellairs - ARC
  116. 20060557::A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis - ARC
  117. 19340873::Provenance by Ann Leckie
  118. 20946898::Melmoth by Sarah Perry - currently reading

    Unspecified
  119. Sleep No More by PD James
  120. Death in the Shadows by Paul McCusker - Xmas
  121. The Dreadful Hollow by Nicholas Blake
  122. The Daffodil Affair by Michael Innes
  123. The Rich Detective by HRF Keating
  124. The Secret Vanguard by Michael Innes
  125. There Came Both Mist and Snow by Michael Innes
  126. Inferno by Dan Brown - series
  127. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
  128. 10914553::Now You See Me by Sharon Bolton - SantaThing
  129. Dead Scared by Sharon Bolton - SantaThing
  130. 160442::Dark of the Moon by PC Hodgell - group
  131. Money in the Morgue by Ngaio Marsh - preorder
  132. The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall by Anne Bronte – group
  133. Way Station by Clifford D Simak – challenge
  134. The Crimes of Grindelwald by JK Rowling - preorder
  135. Fire and Blood by George RR Martin – preorder

    Revisited and revised each month as I complete or do not complete the planned books for the month.

16rretzler
Edited: Dec 3, 2018, 2:55 pm

My Series



My Series on FictFact.com

Next Book List on FictFact.com

Reading and Current

Peter Diamond by Peter Lovesey
Inspector Lynley by Elizabeth George
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James by Deborah Crombie
Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley
Mary Russell by Laurie R King
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Hamish MacBeth by MC Beaton
Agatha Raisin by MC Beaton
Siri Paiboun by Colin Cotterill
Genevieve Lenard by Estelle Ryan
Irish Village by Carlene O’Connor
Freddy Pilkington-Soames by Clara Benson
Rosalind Thorne by Darcie Wilde
Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton
Isabel Dalhousie by Alexander McCall Smith
Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Clare Fergusson by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Maggie Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
Grantchester by James Runcie
Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths
A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
Veronica Speedwell by Deanna Raybourn
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
Nursery Crime by Jasper Fforde
Richard Jury by Martha Grimes
Stephens & Mephisto by Elly Griffiths
Atlas Catesby by D M Quincy
Vera Stanhope by Ann Cleeves

Reading

Robert Langdon by Dan Brown - Inferno
Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter - The Wench is Dead
Touchstone by Laurie R King - Touchstone
Inspector Richardson by Basil Thomson - The Case of Naomi Clynes
Bryant & May by Christopher Fowler - Seventy-Seven Clocks
Alan Grant by Josephine Tey - The Franchise Affair
Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters - The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
Albert Campion by Margery Allingham - Look to the Lady
Inspector Sloan by Catherine Aird - Passing Strange
Fethering by Simon Brett - Death on the Downs
Mrs Jeffries by Emily Brightwell - Mrs Jeffries Dusts for Clues
Jimm Juree by Colin Cotterill - Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach
Alexandra Gladstone by Paula Paul - Symptoms of Death
Inspector Banks by Peter Robinson - Past Reason Hated
Detective Lavender by Karen Charlton - The Sans Pareil Mystery
Sergeant Cribb by Peter Lovesey - The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
Miss Silver by Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver Intervenes
Mrs Bradley by Gladys Mitchell - Come Away Death
Inspector William Meredith by John Bude - The Lake District Murder
Inspector Wexford by Ruth Rendell - Sins of the Fathers
Roger Sheringham by Anthony Berkeley - The Wychford Poisoning Case
Inspector Gamache by Louise Penny - A Fatal Grace
Discworld by Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic
Desmond Merrion by Miles Burton - Menace on the Downs
Father Gilbert by Paul McCusker - Death in the Shadows
Inspector Ramsey by Ann Cleeves - A Day in The Death of Dorothea Cassidy
George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves - Come Death and High Water
Inspector Littlejohn by George Bellairs - He'd Rather Be Dead
Inspector Pointer by A Fielding - The Charteris Mystery
Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon – A Noble Radiance
Kencyrath by PC Hodgell - Dark of the Moon
Cherringham by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello - Follow the Money
Mordecai Tremaine by Francis Duncan - In at the Death
Realms of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb – Fool's Errand
Charles Lenox by Charles Finch - A Beautiful Blue Death
George Smiley by John le Carre – A Murder of Quality
Erskine Powell by Graham Thomas – Malice Downstream
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons – The Fall of Hyperion

Finished - Too numerous to list all, but here are several

Adam Dalgleish by PD James
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Goldy Schultz by Diane Davidson Mott
Chief Inspector Barnaby by Caroline Graham
Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple by Agatha Christie
Peter Wimsey by Dorothy Sayers
Constable Evan Evans by Rhys Bowen
Oliver Swithin by Alan Beechy
Roderick Alleyn by Ngaio Marsh
Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry
Maze Runner by James Dashner
Burford Family by James Anderson
Angela Marchmont by Clara Benson
Foundation and Extended Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Robot by Isaac Asimov
Empire by Isaac Asimov
Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Oxford Time Travel by Connie Willis
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Dalziel and Pascoe by Reginald Hill
The Cat Who by Lilian Jackson Braun
Ender by Orson Scott Card
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie
Lady Julia Grey by Deanna Raybourn
Very English Mystery by Elizabeth Edmondson
Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Shetland by Ann Cleeves
War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb

17rretzler
Edited: Nov 28, 2018, 3:53 pm

Prior Year Favorites by Genre



2017
Fiction - A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
Middle - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg - reread
Mystery - The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
Nonfiction - The Complete Maus by Art Spiegleman
SciFi - Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold



2016
Fantasy - The Woodcutter by Kate Danley
Literary fiction - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Middle grade - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Mystery - The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R King
Science Fiction - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Young Adult - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky



2015
Scifi - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Young Adult - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Middle - A Night Divided by Jennifer A Nielsen
Nonfiction - Upside-Down Brilliance by Linda Kreger Silverman
Fiction - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Mystery - Rough Cider by Peter Lovesey
Fantasy - Queen Mab by Kate Danley
Picture - Darth Vader and Friends by Jeffrey Brown



2014
Nonfiction - Coaching Outside the Box by Richard E Shaw
Middle - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Mystery - As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
SciFi - Divergent by Veronica Roth
Young Adult - Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Fantasy - The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien - reread



2013
Mystery - The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Picture - Ruby Sings the Blues by Niki Daly - reread
Middle - Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead
SciFi - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Fiction - Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Fantasy - The Princess Bride by William Goldman - reread



2012
Mystery - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King
SciFi - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Fantasy - A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Middle - The Giver by Lois Lowry
Fiction - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Picture - Pete's a Pizza by William Steig - reread



2011
Fiction - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Middle - Tall and Proud by Vian Smith - reread
Young Adult - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Mystery - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
SciFi - A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
SciFi - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins


18rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 10:59 pm

Newbery Awards



ala.org Newbery Medal and Honors List 1922 to Present

Medal Winners

2018 -
2017 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
2016 - Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
2015 -
2014 - Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
2013 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
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2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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2016 Honors - Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
2016 Honors - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2015 Honors - El Deafo by Cece Bell
2014 Honors - The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
2011 Honors - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
2007 Honors - Rules by Cynthia Lord
1983 Honors - Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
1966 Honors - The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
1964 Honors - Rascal by Sterling North
1957 Honors - Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
1953 Honors - Charlotte's Web by EB White
1949 Honors - My Father's Dragon by Ruth Gannett
1948 Honors - Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1944 Honors - These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1942 Honors - Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1941 Honors - The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1940 Honors - By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1939 Honors - Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
1938 Honors - On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1929 Honors - Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag





19rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 10:57 pm

Hugo Awards



Hugo Award for Best Novel List

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2015 - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
2014 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
2013 - Redshirts by John Scalzi
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2011 - Blackout by Connie Willis
2011 - All Clear by Connie Willis
2010 - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2008 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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2005 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
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2001 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
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1999 - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
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1995 - Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
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1993 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
1992 - Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
1991 - The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
1990 – Hyperion by Dan Simmons
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1986 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1985 - Neuromancer by William Gibson
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1983 - Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
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1976 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
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1974 - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke
1973 - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
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1971 - Ringworld by Larry Niven
1970 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
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20rretzler
Edited: Jan 4, 2019, 2:59 am

Nebula Awards



Nebula Award for Best Novel List

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2017 - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
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2015 - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
2014 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
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1970 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin
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21rretzler
Edited: Oct 26, 2018, 1:07 pm

A Book A Year



I loved this idea - so I am copying Paul, Roni, Karen and possibly others. These books may not necessarily be my favorite book published that year, but are books that I have rated highly, enjoyed, and likely reread, and have some meaning to me. I've tried not to add too many books by one author and have tried to keep it representative of my overall library.

(Published dates according to Wikipedia)

1963
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
1964
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
1965
Dune by Frank Herbert
1966
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Tall and Proud by Vian Smith
1967
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg
1968
The Queen's Confession by Victoria Holt
That Barbara! by Wilma Thompson
1969
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
1970
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
1971
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
1972
Watership Down by Richard Adams
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott
1973
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
1974
Carrie by Stephen King
Centennial by James Michner
1975
Curtain by Agatha Christie
1976
Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter
1977
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Shining by Stephen King
1978
The Stand by Stephen King
1979
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1980
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
1981
The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
1982
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
1983
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Deadheads by Reginald Hill
1984
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
1985
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov
1986
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
1987
The Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
1988
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
1989
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
1990
Robot Visions by Isaac Asimov
Devices and Desires by PD James
1991
The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
1992
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
1993
The Giver by Lois Lowry
1994
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King
1995
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
1996
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
1997
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
1998
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
1999
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
2000
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
2001
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
2002
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner by Linda Kreger Silverman
2003
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
2004
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2005
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2006
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
2008
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
2009
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2010
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
2011
Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
2012
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
2013
Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie
2014
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
2016
Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie
2017
The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths

I can't seem to get the touchstones working on this post!

22rretzler
Edited: Oct 26, 2018, 1:08 pm

23foggidawn
Oct 26, 2018, 12:32 pm

Happy new thread!

24rretzler
Oct 26, 2018, 12:40 pm

Thanks, foggi! Welcome to the new thread.

25rretzler
Oct 26, 2018, 1:08 pm

Touchstones aren't working - but I'm off to the eye doctor soon, so I'll work on the touchstones and the rest of my updating when I return later today.

26drneutron
Oct 26, 2018, 1:09 pm

Happy new thread!

27brodiew2
Oct 26, 2018, 1:10 pm

Happy new thread, Robin! Nice to see you back in the saddle. ;-)

28rretzler
Oct 26, 2018, 1:12 pm

>26 drneutron: Thanks, Jim.

>27 brodiew2: Thanks, Brodie. Good to be back - I missed all of you!

29jnwelch
Oct 26, 2018, 1:21 pm

Happy New Thread, Robin!

Nice to see a Vorkosigan book among your favorites; I'm a big fan of those. Like you, I also loved Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.

30harrygbutler
Oct 26, 2018, 1:33 pm

Happy new thread, Robin! Glad to see you back!

31karenmarie
Oct 26, 2018, 1:49 pm

Happy new thread, Robin, and I'm so glad to see you back!!

I did not realize that there was a Kareem Abdul Jabar/Anna Waterhouse series about Sherlock and Mycroft - they may need to go on my Christmas wish list.

32brodiew2
Oct 26, 2018, 2:10 pm

>19 rretzler: I see a hole in Hugo your list for 1953. Here's my encouragement for you to pick up The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. It takes place in a world where telepathy has become common and as result murder has essentially been wiped out. The novel centers on a man who successfully murders someone and the Psi-Cop assigned to the case. I found it an intense and compelling read.

The book also heavily influenced J. Michael Straczynski in his creation of the Psi Corps for Babylon 5.

33quondame
Oct 26, 2018, 2:26 pm

Welcome back and Happy New Thread!

34rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:00 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 16 ( 79 ) { 79 }
Average days to read - 1.9 ( 1.9 ) { 1.9 }

Pages read - 3,971 ( 21,143 ) { 22,026 }
Average pages per book - 248 ( 268 ) { 279 }
Average pages per day - 128 ( 140 ) { 146 }

Series read - 6 ( 39 ) { 32 }
Books in series read - 6 ( 51 ) { 46 }

Longest book read - Assassin’s Quest
Pages - 758

Shortest book read - La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Pages - 2

Type
ARC - 0 ( 21 ) { 6 }
Borrowed - 5 ( 13 ) { 14 }
New - 7 ( 37 ) { 37 }
Reread - 2 ( 2 ) { 4 }
TBR - 2 ( 6 ) { 18 }

Medium
Audio - 2 ( 9 ) { 4 }
Ebook - 12 ( 65 ) { 66 }
Print - 2 ( 5 ) { 9 }

Genre
Children - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Fantasy - 1 ( 7 ) { 2 }
Fiction - 2 ( 9 ) { 7 }
Middle Grade - 0 ( 3 ) { 7 }
Mystery - 3 ( 42 ) { 31 }
Nonfiction - 0 ( 0 ) { 8 }
Picture - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Poetry - 3 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 6 ( 14 ) { 21 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 6 ( 44 ) { 45 }
Male - 10 ( 35 ) { 33 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Unique authors

Female - 6 ( 35 ) { 32 }
Male - 9 ( 26 ) { 28 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Authors read for the first time - 6 ( 23 ) { 28 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 6 ( 18 ) { 12 }
Living - 9 ( 43 ) { 49 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 10 ( 31 ) { 32 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Chinese - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 3 ( 23 ) { 21 }
German - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Irish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Portuguese - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Scottish - 1 ( 1 ) { 1 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Swedish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Awards

Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Campbell - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Hugo - 2 ( 3 ) { 4 }
Locus - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
Nebula - 1 ( 3 ) { 2 }
Newbery - 0 ( 1 ) { 4 }
Pulitzer - 1 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Scott O’Dell - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 )

Ratings

5.0 - 1 ( 9 ) { 5 }
4.5 - 3 ( 13 ) { 17 }
4.0 - 9 ( 38 ) { 34 }
3.5 - 3 ( 13 ) { 11 }
3.0 - 0 ( 5 ) { 7 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Average rating - 4.06 ( 4.03 ) { 3.87 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 3.81 ( 3.86 ) { 3.84 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 3.97 ( 4.01 ) { 3.97 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 4.32 ( 4.33 ) { 4.28 }

Decade published

1790 - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 2 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1890 - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1920 - 0 ( 1 ) { 5 }
1930 - 1 ( 5 ) { 2 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 2 }
1950 - 2 ( 4 ) { 1 }
1960 - 1 ( 2 ) { 4 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 1 }
1980 - 0 ( 1 ) { 5 }
1990 - 1 ( 6 ) { 7 }
2000 - 2 ( 5 ) { 9 }
2010 - 5 ( 42 ) { 43 }

Books added to library

ARC - 0 ( 22 ) { 5 }
Purchase - 66 ( 258 ) { 164 }
Other - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
) {
Average cost per book - 3.99 ( 3.58 ) { 4.12 }

New releases - 1 ( 20 ) { 13 }

Full price - 6 ( 44 ) { 33 }

Favorite books of the month


Little Fires Everywhere
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Windup Girl
The Road

35rretzler
Oct 26, 2018, 4:06 pm

>29 jnwelch: Thanks, Joe. Love the Vorkosigan Saga. I just finished reading it this summer - I was dragging it out because I didn't want it to end. Bujold seems pretty sure that she's not going to write any more novels in the series, so I was glad to see that she might at least write a few more short stories/novellas about Miles and Co.

>30 harrygbutler: Hi, Harry and thanks.

>31 karenmarie: Thanks, Karen. The first book came out in 2015 and I gave it 3 stars (here is a link to my mini-review https://www.librarything.com/topic/196097#5303958). When I saw the next book come out, I decided that I was interested enough to buy the second book. I haven't read it yet, so we'll see.

>32 brodiew2: Good to know, Brodie, I hadn't realized that it influenced Babylon 5! I do own The Demolished Man, just haven't gotten around to reading it yet, so with your glowing review, I'll read it sooner rather than later.

>33 quondame: Thanks, Susan.

36FAMeulstee
Oct 26, 2018, 5:21 pm

Happy new thread, Robin!

38rretzler
Edited: Oct 30, 2018, 1:54 pm



  1. (281) The Thinnest Air by Minka Kent
  2. (282) The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
  3. (283) Death Before Breakfast by George Bellairs
  4. (284) He’d Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs
  5. (285) Death in the Fearful Night by George Bellairs
  6. (286) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
  7. (287) Avarice by Pete Brassett
  8. (288) Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein
  9. (289) Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
  10. (290) Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert
  11. (291) Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
  12. (292) Old Bones by Aaron Elkins
  13. (293) The Wonder by JD Beresford
  14. (294) The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
  15. (295) Youth by Isaac Asimov
  16. (296) The Rose in Darkness by Christianna Brand
  17. (297) Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand
  18. (298) Cat and Mouse by Christianna Brand
  19. (299) Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters
  20. (300) Death in the Night Watches by George Bellairs
  21. (301) A Case of Conscience by James Blish
  22. (302) March Violets by Philip Kerr
  23. (303) The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr
  24. (304) A German Requiem by Philip Kerr
  25. (305) HP Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction by HP Lovecraft
  26. (306) The Perfume of the Lady in Black by Gaston Leroux
  27. (307) An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
  28. (308) The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters
  29. (309) The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
  30. (310) Island of the Mad by Laurie R King
  31. (311) Rusty Nail by JA Konrath
  32. (312) A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab
  33. (313) The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart
  34. (314) Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson
  35. (315) The Boy on the Bridge by MR Carey
  36. (316) Off the Rails by Christopher Fowler
  37. (317) Proto Zoa by Lois McMaster Bujold
  38. (318) Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  39. (319) The Cursing Stones Murder by George Bellairs
  40. (320) Bones in the Wilderness by George Bellairs
  41. (321) Death of a Shadow by George Bellairs
  42. (322) First Came a Murder by John Creasey
  43. (323) The Luck Runs Out by Charlotte MacLeod
  44. (324) There's Trouble Brewing by Nicholas Blake
  45. (325) The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake
  46. (326) Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
  47. (327) A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
  48. (328) How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
  49. (329) A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs by Ellis Peters
  50. (330) Village Diary by Miss Read
  51. (331) Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
  52. (332) Powers by Ursula K Le Guin
  53. (333) Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
  54. (334) The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
  55. (335) The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
  56. (336) Nightwings by Robert Silverberg
  57. (337) Battlefield Z by Chris Lowry
  58. (338) The Guile by Ian McDonald
  59. (339) The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal
  60. (340) The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel
  61. (341) The City and the City by China Mieville
  62. (342) Cop Hater by Ed McBain



39rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:00 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 6 ( 85 ) { 16 }
Average days to read - 5.0 ( 2.1 ) { 1.9 }

Pages read - 1,651 ( 22,794 ) { 4,365 }
Average pages per book - 275 ( 268 ) { 273 }
Average pages per day - 55 ( 126 ) { 146 }

Series read - 2 ( 40 ) { 2 }
Books in series read - 3 ( 54 ) { 6 }

Longest book read - The Orphan Band of Springdale
Pages - 448

Shortest book read - Prologue to Diplomatic Immunity
Pages - 9

Type
ARC - 1 ( 22 ) { 0 }
Borrowed - 0 ( 13 ) { 5 }
New - 0 ( 37 ) { 8 }
Reread - 1 ( 3 ) { 0 }
TBR - 4 ( 10 ) { 3 }

Medium
Audio - 1 ( 10 ) { 3 }
Ebook - 4 ( 69 ) { 11 }
Print - 1 ( 6 ) { 2 }

Genre
Fantasy - 0 ( 7 ) { 0 }
Fiction - 0 ( 9 ) { 1
}
Middle Grade - 1 ( 4 ) { 4 }
Mystery - 1 ( 43 ) { 4 }
Nonfiction - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Poetry - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 3 ( 17 ) { 7 }
YA - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 4 ( 48 ) { 10 }
Male - 2 ( 37 ) { 5 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Unique authors

Female - 3 ( 37 ) { 6 }
Male - 2 ( 28 ) { 5 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Authors read for the first time - 2 ( 25 ) { 7 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 1 ( 19 ) { 3 }
Living - 4 ( 46 ) { 9 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 3 ( 34 ) { 9 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Chinese - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 1 ( 23 ) { 3 }
Polish - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Scottish - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Swedish - 0 ( ) { 0 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( ) { 0 }

Awards

Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
Campbell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
Hugo - 0 ( 3 ) { 1 }
Locus - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
Nebula - 0 ( 3 ) { 1 }
Newbery - 0 ( 1 ) { 2 }
Pulitzer - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Scott O’Dell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 )

Ratings

5.0 - 0 ( 9 ) { 0 }
4.5 - 2 ( 15 ) { 1 }
4.0 - 3 ( 41 ) { 10 }
3.5 - 1 ( 14 ) { 3 }
3.0 - 0 ( 5 ) { 2 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }

Average rating - 4.08 ( 4.03 ) { 3.81 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 4.03 ( 3.87 ) { 3.72 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 4.04 ( 4.01 ) { 3.83 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 4.36 ( 4.33 ) { 4.17 }

Decade published

2010 - 2 ( 44 ) { 10 }
2000 - 2 ( 7 ) { 3 }
1990 - 1 ( 7 ) { 1 }
1980 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 0 }
1960 - 1 ( 3 ) { 1 }
1950 - 0 ( 4 ) { 0 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 0 }
1930 - 0 ( 5 ) { 0 }
1920 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1890 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1790 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }

Books added to library

ARC - 1 ( 23 ) { 0 }
Purchase - 61 ( 343 ) { 16 }
) {
Average cost per book - $1.98 ( $3.17 ) { $5.79 }

New releases - 0 ( 20 ) { 2 }

Full price - 4 ( 48 ) { 7 }

Favorite books of the month


The Orphan Band of Springdale
Diplomatic Immunity

41rretzler
Edited: Oct 26, 2018, 9:57 pm



  1. (343) Vic and Blood by Harlan Ellison
  2. (344) The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
  3. (345) To Honour the Dead by John Dean
  4. (346) Fool Errant by Patricia Wentworth
  5. (347) Danger Calling by Patricia Wentworth
  6. (348) Walk with Care by Patricia Wentworth
  7. (349) 2621302::Down Under by Patricia Wentworth
  8. (350) The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge
  9. (351) The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
  10. (352) Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge
  11. (353) The Long View by Elizabeth Jane Howard
  12. (354) The Sea Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard
  13. (355) The Beautiful Visit by Elizabeth Jane Howard
  14. (356) After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard
  15. (357) The Gourmet Detective by Peter King
  16. (358) Spiced to Death by Peter King
  17. (359) Dying on the Vine by Peter King
  18. (360) Death al Dente by Peter King
  19. (361) Poison in the Pen by Patricia Wentworth
  20. (362) Cyberstorm by Matthew Mather
  21. (363) The Introvert’s Edge by Matthew Pollard
  22. (364) How to Lose a Marathon by Joel H Cohen
  23. (365) Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
  24. (366) The Lost World by Michael Crichton
  25. (367) The Martian by Andy Weir
  26. (368) Whisper Me This by Kerry Anne King
  27. (369) A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal
  28. (370) How to Watch Soccer by Ruud Gullit
  29. (371) The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras by J Michael Orenduff
  30. (372) A Dubious Legacy by Mary Wesley
  31. (373) Infinity Claws by Andrew Mackay
  32. (374) Origins by Andrew Mackay
  33. (375) A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe
  34. (376) Thirteen Guests by J Jefferson Farjeon
  35. (377) How You Play the Game by Charlie Huenemann
  36. (378) A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
  37. (379) Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  38. (380) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  39. (381) Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
  40. (382) Night by Elie Wiesel – audiobook version
  41. (383) Pirate King by Laurie R King
  42. (384) The King Tides by James Swain
  43. (385) The Tenth Island by Diana Marcum
  44. (386) Beautiful Exiles by Meg Waite Clayton
  45. (387) A Killer’s Mind by Mike Omer
  46. (388) What If Everybody Said That? by Ellen Javernick
  47. (389) River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
  48. (390) Number Six: Spay With Me by Colin Cotterill
  49. (391) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  50. (392) Aunt Dimity and the King’s Ransom by Nancy Atherton
  51. (393) Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
  52. (394) Troop of Shadows by Nicki Huntsman Smith
  53. (395) Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
  54. (396) The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker
  55. (397) Swan Song by Edmund Crispin
  56. (398) Death Spins the Wheel by George Bellairs
  57. (399) TekWar by William Shatner
  58. (400) TekLords by William Shatner
  59. (401) TekLab by William Shatner
  60. (402) I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
  61. (403) The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith



42rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:01 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 6 ( 91 ) { 116 }
Average days to read - 5.2 ( 2.3 ) { 1.8 }

Pages read - 1,971 ( 24,765 ) { 32,573 }
Average pages per book - 329 ( 272 ) { 281 }
Average pages per day - 64 ( 117 ) { 154 }

Series read - 5 ( 42 ) { 39 }
Books in series read - 6 ( 60 ) { 73 }

Longest book read - Ship of Magic
Pages - 832

Shortest book read - Number Six : Spay With Me
Pages - 56

Type
ARC - 0 ( 22 ) { 6 }
Borrowed - 1 ( 14 ) { 19 }
New - 3 ( 40 ) { 63 }
Reread - 0 ( 3 ) { 5 }
TBR - 2 ( 12 ) { 23 }

Medium
Audio - 0 ( 10 ) { 7 }
Ebook - 6 ( 75 ) { 97 }
Print - 0 ( 6 ) { 12 }

Genre
Children - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Fantasy - 1 ( 8 ) { 2 }
Fiction - 1 ( 10 ) { 8 }
Middle Grade - 0 ( 4 ) { 11 }
Mystery - 2 ( 45 ) { 56 }
Nonfiction - 0 ( 1 ) { 8 }
Picture - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Poetry - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 2 ( 19 ) { 28 }
YA - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 4 ( 52 ) { 75 }
Male - 2 ( 39 ) { 39 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Unique authors

Female - 3 ( 37 ) { 38 }
Male - 2 ( 29 ) { 32 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Authors read for the first time - 1 ( 26 ) { 35 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 1 ( 21 ) { 14 }
Living - 4 ( 45 ) { 58 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 3 ( 34 ) { 40 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Chinese - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 2 ( 24 ) { 23 }
German - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Irish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Portuguese - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Scottish - 0 ( 1 ) { 2 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Swedish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Awards

Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Campbell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Hugo - 0 ( 2 ) { 5 }
Locus - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 0 }
Nebula - 0 ( 2 ) { 3 }
Newbery - 0 ( 2 ) { 6 }
Pulitzer - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Scott O’Dell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 )

Ratings

5.0 - 0 ( 9 ) { 5 }
4.5 - 4 ( 19 ) { 20 }
4.0 - 1 ( 42 ) { 54 }
3.5 - 1 ( 14 ) { 17 }
3.0 - 0 ( 6 ) { 15 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Average rating - 4.25 ( 4.04 ) { 3.83 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 3.73 ( 3.86 ) { 3.81 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 4.05 ( 4.01 ) { 3.94 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 4.5 ( 4.34 ) { 4.27 }

Decade published

2010 - 3 ( 47 ) { 67 }
2000 - 0 ( 7 ) { 16 }
1990 - 2 ( 9 ) { 10 }
1980 - 0 ( 1 ) { 6 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 1 }
1960 - 0 ( 3 ) { 5 }
1950 - 1 ( 5 ) { 1 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 2 }
1930 - 0 ( 5 ) { 2 }
1920 - 0 ( 1 ) { 6 }
1890 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1790 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Books added to library

ARC - 2 ( 25 ) { 5 }
Purchase - 59 ( 378 ) { 214 }
) {
Average cost per book - $2.41 ( 3.16 ) { 4.68 }

New releases - 8 ( 28 ) { 17 }

Full price - 8 ( 56 ) { 58 }

Favorite books of the month


Ship of Magic
Lucky Jim
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

44BLBera
Oct 26, 2018, 5:58 pm

Welcome back and happy new thread, Robin.

Your lists are amazing.

45rretzler
Edited: Oct 26, 2018, 10:56 pm



  1. (404) Mad About Matt by Theresa Paolo
  2. (405) Hotel Sacher by Rodica Doehnert
  3. (406) Under an English Heaven by Alice K Boatwright
  4. (407) White Fang by Jack London
  5. (408) The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science by Sean Connolly
  6. (409) Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
  7. (410) Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear – already read
  8. (411) Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold – audiobook, already have ebook
  9. (412) The Ivory Dagger by Patricia Wentworth
  10. (413) The Alington Inheritance by Patricia Wentworth
  11. (414) Out of the Past by Patricia Wentworth
  12. (415) Eternity Ring by Patricia Wentworth
  13. (416) Death at the Deep End by Patricia Wentworth
  14. (417) The Summerhouse by Patricia Wentworth
  15. (418) The Girl in the Cellar by Patricia Wentworth
  16. (419) The Fingerprint by Patricia Wentworth
  17. (420) She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth
  18. (421) Vanishing Point by Patricia Wentworth
  19. (422) The Benevent Treasure by Patricia Wentworth
  20. (423) Mr Brading’s Collection by Patricia Wentworth
  21. (424) Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb
  22. (425) The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
  23. (426) The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness by Graham Caveney
  24. (427) Don’t Eat Me by Colin Cotterill
  25. (428) The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
  26. (429) Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
  27. (430) Turmoil in Zion by George Bellairs
  28. (431) Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
  29. (432) The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
  30. (433) Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand
  31. (434) No Game for a Dame by M Ruth Myers
  32. (435) Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
  33. (436) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
  34. (437) Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull
  35. (438) Angel of Zin by Clifford Irving
  36. (439) The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein
  37. (440) Starman Jones by Robert Heinlein
  38. (441) Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
  39. (442) The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb
  40. (443) Words Like Coins by Robin Hobb
  41. (444) Stepping Into the Wizarding World by The Audible Editors
  42. (445) The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
  43. (446) From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe
  44. (447) Intruder in the Dark by George Bellairs
  45. (448) Beren and Luthien by JRR Tolkien
  46. (449) The Black Company by Glen Cook
  47. (450) Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke
  48. (451) Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
  49. (452) How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
  50. (453) The Other Side of the Sun by Madeleine L’Engle
  51. (454) Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
  52. (455) 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  53. (456) Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  54. (457) Murder at the Mousetrap by Helena Marchmont



46rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:02 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 16 ( 107 ) { 129 }
Average days to read - 1.9 ( 2.3 ) { 1.9 }

Pages read - 4,120 ( 28,885 ) { 36,671 }
Average pages per book - 258 ( 270 ) { 284 }
Average pages per day - 133 ( 119 ) { 151 }

Series read - 9 ( 49 ) { 47 }
Books in series read - 11 ( 71 ) { 82 }

Longest book read - The Android’s Dream
Pages - 398

Shortest book read - Judge Sn Goes Golfing
Pages - 32

Type
ARC - 1 ( 23 ) { 10 }
Borrowed - 3 ( 17 ) { 22 }
New - 10 ( 50 ) { 68 }
Reread - 0 ( 3 ) { 5 }
TBR - 2 ( 14 ) { 24 }

Medium
Audio - 2 ( 12 ) { 8 }
Ebook - 12 ( 87 ) { 109 }
Print - 2 ( 8 ) { 12 }

Genre
Children - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Fantasy - 0 ( 8 ) { 2 }
Fiction - 2 ( 12 ) { 10 }
Middle Grade - 0 ( 4 ) { 12 }
Mystery - 8 ( 53 ) { 66 }
Nonfiction - 1 ( 2 ) { 8 }
Picture - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Poetry - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 5 ( 24 ) { 28 }
YA - ( 3 ) { 0 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 9 ( 61 ) { 87 }
Male - 7 ( 46 ) { 40 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Unique authors

Female - 8 ( 42 ) { 46 }
Male - 6 ( 33 ) { 33 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Authors read for the first time - 3 ( 29 ) { 41 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 5 ( 26 ) { 15 }
Living - 9 ( 49 ) { 66 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 6 ( 38 ) { 43 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Chinese - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 5 ( 26 ) { 28 }
German - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Irish - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Japanese - 2 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Portuguese - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Scottish - 1 ( 2 ) { 2 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Swedish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Awards

Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Campbell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Hugo - 0 ( 2 ) { 5 }
Locus - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Nebula - 0 ( 2 ) { 3 }
Newbery - 0 ( 2 ) { 6 }
Pulitzer - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Scott O’Dell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 )

Ratings

5.0 - 0 ( 9 ) { 5 }
4.5 - 1 ( 20 ) { 22 }
4.0 - 12 ( 54 ) { 60 }
3.5 - 2 ( 16 ) { 18 }
3.0 - 1 ( 7 ) { 18 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 3 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Average rating - 3.91 ( 4.02 ) { 3.82 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 3.82 ( 3.85 ) { 3.80 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 4.00 ( 4.01 ) { 3.95 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 4.25 ( 4.33 ) { 4.26 }

Decade published

2010 - 8 ( 55 ) { 78 }
2000 - 2 ( 9 ) { 16 }
1990 - 1 ( 10 ) { 11 }
1980 - 1 ( 2 ) { 6 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 1 }
1960 - 0 ( 3 ) { 5 }
1950 - 0 ( 5 ) { 1 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 2 }
1930 - 3 ( 8 ) { 2 }
1920 - 1 ( 2 ) { 7 }
1890 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1790 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Books added to library

ARC - 3 ( 28 ) { 26 }
Purchase - 51 ( 429 ) { 245 }
) {
Average cost per book - $3.29 ( $3.17 ) { $4.32 }

New releases - 5 ( 33 ) { 22 }

Full price - 9 ( 65 ) { 66 }

Favorite books of the month


Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

47rretzler
Oct 26, 2018, 6:04 pm

>36 FAMeulstee: Thanks, Anita.

>44 BLBera: Thanks, Beth. Lists are probably why I feel I don't have time for reading! 😜

49rretzler
Edited: Oct 26, 2018, 11:37 pm



  1. (458) The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
  2. (459) The Wind Cave by Haruki Murakami
  3. (460) Wild Fire by Anne Cleeves
  4. (461) Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson
  5. (462) Penguins and Mortal Peril by Ruby Loren
  6. (463) Parrots and Payback by Ruby Loren
  7. (464) The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs
  8. (465) Injury Time by Catherine Aird
  9. (466) I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
  10. (467) Hall of Mirrors by Christopher Fowler
  11. (468) Court of Foxes by Christianna Brand
  12. (469) A Spirited Manor by Kate Danley
  13. (470) Emma by Jane Austen
  14. (471) Cold Cases by Joe Harris
  15. (472) Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
  16. (473) Best Served Frozen by Gerald Hansen
  17. (474) Gray Ghost by C. L. Swinney
  18. (475) Deep Blue Secret by Christie Anderson
  19. (476) Quantum State by M. Black
  20. (477) The Fool by Jon Cronshaw
  21. (478) The Binding Witch and the Fortune Taker by Laura Rich
  22. (479) The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
  23. (480) The End of the Pier by Martha Grimes
  24. (481) Configured by Jenetta Penner
  25. (482) Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell
  26. (483) Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
  27. (484) A Matter of Scale by Jonathon Burgess
  28. (485) This Doesn't Happen in the Movies by Renee Pawlish
  29. (486) Death in the Wasteland by George Bellairs
  30. (487) Death Round the Corner by John Creasey
  31. (488) The Mark of the Crescent by John Creasey
  32. (489) The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno
  33. (490) Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
  34. (491) The Traveling Man by Michael P King
  35. (492) Land of Hidden Fires by Kirk Kjeldsen
  36. (493) Outlaw by Edward W Robertson
  37. (494) The Death Miser by John Creasey
  38. (495) The Night She Died by Dorothy Simpson
  39. (496) Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry
  40. (497) Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
  41. (498) Striding Folly by Dorothy L Sayers
  42. (499) Redhead by John Creasey
  43. (500) Addict of the Wasteland by Jon Cronshaw
  44. (501) Reel Estate Rip-off by Renee Pawlish
  45. (502) Close Her Eyes by Dorothy Simpson
  46. (503) Suspicious Death by Dorothy Simpson
  47. (504) Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham
  48. (505) Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
  49. (506) Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
  50. (507) The Emerald Quest by Renee Pawlish
  51. (508) Seven for Suicide by Renee Pawlish
  52. (509) Soul Coin by Laura Rich
  53. (510) The Double Cross by Michael P King
  54. (511) The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
  55. (512) Melmoth by Sara Perry
  56. (513) Table for Nine at Kebabalicious by Gerald Hansen
  57. (514) The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven
  58. (515) Bodies from the Library by Tony Medawar
  59. (516) So Say We All by Edward Gross
  60. (517) A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony



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Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:03 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 12 ( 119 ) { 143 }
Average days to read - 2.5 ( 2.3 ) { 1.9 }

Pages read - 4,579 ( 33,464 ) { 39,777 }
Average pages per book - 382 ( 281 ) { 278 }
Average pages per day - 153 ( 123 ) { 146 }

Series read - 9 ( 56 ) { 55 }
Books in series read - 9 ( 80 ) { 92 }

Longest book read - Mad Ship
Pages - 864

Shortest book read - The Alchemist
Pages - 178

Type
ARC - 2 ( 25 ) { 20 }
Borrowed - 4 ( 21 ) { 23 }
New - 3 ( 53 ) { 70 }
Reread - 0 ( 3
) { 6 }
TBR - 3 ( 17 ) { 24 }

Medium
Audio - 0 ( 12 ) { 9 }
Ebook - 12 ( 99 ) { 122 }
Print - 0 ( 8 ) { 12 }

Genre
Children - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Fantasy - 2 ( 10 ) { 2 }
Fiction - 0 ( 12 ) { 10 }
Middle Grade - 2 ( 6 ) { 13 }
Mystery - 8 ( 61 ) { 79 }
Nonfiction - 0 ( 2 ) { 8 }
Picture - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Poetry - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 0 ( 24 ) { 28 }
YA - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 7 ( 68 ) { 92 }
Male - 5 ( 51 ) { 49 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Unique authors

Female - 7 ( 43 ) { 51 }
Male - 5 ( 38 ) { 38 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2
}

Authors read for the first time - 4 ( 33 ) { 50 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 0 ( 26 ) { 18 }
Living - 12 ( 57 ) { 73 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 7 ( 43 ) { 46 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Brazilian - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Chinese - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 4 ( 28 ) { 34 }
German - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Irish - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Japanese - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Polish - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Portuguese - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Scottish - 0 ( 2 ) { 2 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Swedish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Awards

British Book - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Campbell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Hugo - 0 ( 2 ) { 5 }
Locus - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Nebula - 0 ( 2 ) { 3 }
Newbery - 1 ( 3 ) { 7 }
Pulitzer - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Scott O’Dell - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 )

Ratings

5.0 - 2 ( 11 ) { 6 }
4.5 - 3 ( 23 ) { 25 }
4.0 - 3 ( 57 ) { 66 }
3.5 - 3 ( 19 ) { 20 }
3.0 - 1 ( 8 ) { 20 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 3 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Average rating - 4.08 ( 4.03 ) { 3.83 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 3.94 ( 3.86 ) { 3.79 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 4.08 ( 4.02 ) { 3.95 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 4.42 ( 4.34 ) { 4.29 }

Decade published

2010 - 5 ( 60 ) { 86 }
2000 - 1 ( 10 ) { 16 }
1990 - 4 ( 14 ) { 1 }
1980 - 2 ( 4 ) { 6 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 2 }
1960 - 0 ( 3 ) { 5 }
1950 - 0 ( 5 ) { 1 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 7 }
1930 - 0 ( 8 ) { 2 }
1920 - 0 ( 2 ) { 7 }
1890 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1790 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Books added to library

ARC - 2 ( 30 ) { 27 }
Purchase - 58 ( 487 ) { 283 }
) {
Average cost per book - 2.32 ( 3.07 ) { 4.23 }

New releases - 3 ( 36 ) { 23 }

Full price - 4 ( 69 ) { 74 }

Favorite books of the month


Maniac Magee
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Mad Ship
The War I Finally Won
Wild Fire

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Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:03 pm

52rretzler
Edited: Nov 9, 2018, 4:07 pm



  1. (518) The Lines We Leave Behind by Eliza Graham
  2. (519) The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
  3. (520) Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
  4. (521) Qualify by Vera Nazarian
  5. (522) The Dead Ringer by MC Beaton
  6. (523) In at the Death by Francis Duncan
  7. (524) Women Invent the Future by Tom Hunter
  8. (525) After Bees by B C Nyren
  9. (526) Mycroft and Sherlock by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  10. (527) Meat and Salt and Sparks (short story) by Rich Larson
  11. (528) Playing Nice With God’s Bowling Ball (short story) by NK Jemisin
  12. (529) The Great Detective (short story) by Delia Sherman
  13. (530) The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
  14. (531) Static Cling by Gerald Hansen
  15. (532) Emergency Exit by Gerald Hansen
  16. (533) Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
  17. (534) Hi Bob! by Bob Newhart
  18. (535) After Anatevka: Live by Alexandra Silber
  19. (536) The Bassoon King by Rainn Wilson
  20. (537) Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
  21. (538) The Power by Naomi Alderman
  22. (539) The Man Who Could Not Shudder by John Dickson Carr
  23. (540) The Red Magician by Lisa Goldstein
  24. (541) Tutt and Mr Tutt by Arthur Train
  25. (542) Say It With Flowers by Gladys Mitchell
  26. (543) The Nodding Canaries by Gladys Mitchell
  27. (544) My Bones Will Keep by Gladys Mitchell
  28. (545) Adders on the Heath by Gladys Mitchell
  29. (546) Death of a Delft Blue by Gladys Mitchell
  30. (547) Greenmantle by John Buchan
  31. (548) The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
  32. (549) Realization in Love by Rabindranath Tagore
  33. (550) The Templars by Michael Haag
  34. (551) November Road by Lou Berney
  35. (552) The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell
  36. (553) One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  37. (554) The Reckoning by John Grisham
  38. (555) Second Violin by John Lawton
  39. (556) Who’s 50 by Graeme Burk
  40. (557) A Call to Arms by Alan Dean Foster
  41. (558) The False Mirror by Alan Dean Foster
  42. (559) The Spoils of War by Alan Dean Foster
  43. (560) The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge by George Bellairs
  44. (561) The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
  45. (562) The Swimming Pool by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  46. (563) A Question of Hats by Clara Benson
  47. (564) The Charteris Mystery by A Fielding
  48. (565) The Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler
  49. (566) Rebels and Patriots by AG Claymore
  50. (567) The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey - already read
  51. (568) Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers by John M Reilly
  52. (569) The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly



53EllaTim
Oct 27, 2018, 7:30 am

Hi Robin! Happy new thread. Nice to see you back!

You seem to have done lots of reading, in between making lists;-)

54rretzler
Oct 27, 2018, 8:30 am

>53 EllaTim: Hi, Ella. Thanks. Yes, I have gotten some reading done - not as much as I wanted this year, but I'm cranking along pretty well.

55thornton37814
Oct 27, 2018, 6:31 pm

Wow! I don't think I've ever seen that many lists opening a thread! You've read a lot too.

56figsfromthistle
Oct 28, 2018, 6:09 am

Wow! Made it through reading your lists. Lots of great books listed here. Happy new thread!

57humouress
Oct 28, 2018, 12:08 pm

Happy new thread Robin! Good to see you back. I see your reading hasn't suffered - though I confess I skimmed through your lists.

58rretzler
Oct 28, 2018, 10:24 pm

>55 thornton37814: Hi, Lori - a bit of overkill, I know. I seem to have gone crazy on the reading challenges this year, especially since I'm not really following them - my reading just happens to coincide with the lists, so I figured might as well...it certainly keeps me busy tracking them.

>56 figsfromthistle: Hi, Anita and thanks. Welcome to the thread, nice to see you here.

>57 humouress: Hi, Nina, thanks! No problem - I think the lists are more for me anyway, I know its a lot to take in, especially the challenges this year. I think I'll definitely cut down next year - it was an experiment...

59ronincats
Oct 28, 2018, 10:55 pm

Robin, it's so good to have you back. Those lists are impressive. And I'm delighted to see that The Curse of Chalion is coming up in your reading--you will love it!

So you read Three Men in a Boat and I don't remember if you've read To Say Nothing of the Dog yet. If not, you have to!!

60rretzler
Oct 28, 2018, 11:28 pm

>59 ronincats: Thanks so much, Roni. I'm sure I will love The Curse of Chalion if it is even remotely as good as the Vorkosigan Saga. I finally finished it - I had been holding off because I didn't want it to end, I'm just sorry it took me so long to read it in the first place!

I have indeed read To Say Nothing of the Dog - what a wonderful book. It was actually what prompted me to read Three Men in a Boat which I found wonderful as well. I wish I hadn't let so much time go by between both books so that I could remember more exactly what happened when Ned & co. come upon J & co.

61ronincats
Oct 28, 2018, 11:44 pm

They really just glimpse them across a crowded waterway, but it is still a delightful moment.

62thornton37814
Oct 29, 2018, 7:40 am

>58 rretzler: I realized I never made it to the comedic novel for British Author Challenge I'd intended to read this month, but I read one that somewhat qualifies. It may not qualify as strongly as the others, but it was funny in quite a few places, so I may end up using it.

63rretzler
Oct 30, 2018, 1:32 pm

>61 ronincats: I think I just may need to do a reread of the Oxford Time Travel Series!

>62 thornton37814: Glad I could help! What did you end up reading for the challenge, Lori?

64rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:04 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 20 ( 139 ) { 156 }
Average days to read - 1.6 ( 2.2 ) { 1.9 }

Pages read - 4,530 ( 37,994 ) { 43,084 }
Average pages per book - 227 ( 273 ) { 273 }
Average pages per day - 146 ( 125 ) { 142 }

Series read - 7 ( 61 ) { 59 }
Books in series read - 15 ( 95 ) { 99 }

Longest book read - 1Q84
Pages - 1,332

Shortest book read - Realization in Love
Pages - 11

Type
ARC - 2 ( 27 ) { 24 }
Borrowed - 1 ( 22 ) { 24 }
New - 8 ( 61 ) { 78 }
Reread - 0 ( 3 ) { 6 }
TBR - 9 ( 26 ) { 24 }

Medium
Audio - 10 ( 22 ) { 10 }
Ebook - 7 ( 106 ) { 134 }
Print - 3 ( 11 ) { 12 }

Genre
Children - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Fantasy - 0 ( 10 ) { 2 }
Fiction - 1 ( 13 ) { 13 }
Middle Grade - 1 ( 7 ) { 13 }
Mystery - 14 ( 75 ) { 87 }
Nonfiction - 1 ( 3 ) { 9 }
Picture - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Poetry - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 3 ( 27 ) { 29 }
YA - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 5 ( 73 ) { 98 }
Male - 15 ( 66 ) { 56 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Unique authors

Female - 5 ( 49 ) { 54 }
Male - 7 ( 44 ) { 42 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Authors read for the first time - 6 ( 39 ) { 53 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 5 ( 31 ) { 21 }
Living - 7 ( 62 ) { 77 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 2 ( 45 ) { 50 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Brazilian - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
Chinese - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 6 ( 33 ) { 37 }
German - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Indian - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Irish - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Japanese - 1 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Polish - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Portuguese - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Scottish - 1 ( 3 ) { 2 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Swedish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Awards

British Book - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Campbell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Hugo - 2 ( 4 ) { 5 }
Locus - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Nebula - 0 ( 2 ) { 3 }
Newbery - 0 ( 3 ) { 7 }
Pulitzer - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Scott O’Dell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 )

Ratings

5.0 - 0 ( 11 ) { 7 }
4.5 - 4 ( 27 ) { 27 }
4.0 - 10 ( 67 ) { 71 }
3.5 - 4 ( 23 ) { 23 }
3.0 - 1 ( 9 ) { 22 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 3 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.5 - 1 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Average rating - 3.83 ( 4.00 ) { 3.84 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 3.64 ( 3.83 ) { 3.77 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 4.02 ( 4.02 ) { 3.94 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 3.96 ( 4.28 ) { 4.28 }

Decade published

2010 - 13 ( 73 ) { 97 }
2000 - 0 ( 10 ) { 16 }
1990 - 0 ( 14 ) { 12 }
1980 - 2 ( 6 ) { 6 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 2 }
1960 - 0 ( 3 ) { 5 }
1950 - 0 ( 5 ) { 1 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 7 }
1930 - 3 ( 11 ) { 2 }
1920 - 0 ( 2 ) { 8 }
1910 - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1890 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1880 - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1790 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Books added to library

ARC - 2 ( 32 ) { 27 }
Purchase - 50 ( 537 ) { 329 }

Average cost per book - 2.11 ( 2.99 ) { 4.35 }

New releases - 5 ( 41 ) { 31 }

Full price - 6 ( 75 ) { 95 }

Favorite books of the month



Louisiana's Way Home
The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop
Hyperion
Watchmen

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Edited: Nov 30, 2018, 6:04 pm



  1. (570) One Hour in Paris by Karyn L Freedman
  2. (571) The Frame-Up by Meghan Scott Molin
  3. (572) Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets by John Woolf
  4. (573) Twain's Feast by Andrew Beahrs
  5. (574) Time and Again by Jack Finney
  6. (575) With Our Blessing by Jo Spain
  7. (576) Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts
  8. (577) Death on the Last Train by George Bellairs
  9. (578) The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
  10. (579) What Child Is This by Rhys Bowen
  11. (580) A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss
  12. (581) The Colors of All the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith
  13. (582) Inspector French's Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts
  14. (583) The Dune by Bruce Beckham
  15. (584) 1001 Midnights by Bill Pronzini
  16. (585) Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers by Noelle Watson
  17. (586) Counseling the Gifted and Talented by Linda Kreger Silverman
  18. (587) The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon
  19. (588) The Crimes of Grindelwald by JK Rowling
  20. (589) The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
  21. (590) Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis
  22. (591) Perelandra by CS Lewis
  23. (592) That Hideous Strength by CS Lewis
  24. (593) Number Seven: Sex on the Beach by Colin Cotterill
  25. (594) Fire and Blood by George RR Martin
  26. (595) Never Mind by Edward St Aubyn
  27. (596) Bad News by Edward St Aubyn
  28. (597) Some Hope by Edward St Aubyn
  29. (598) Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn
  30. (599) At Last by Edward St Aubyn
  31. (600) Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  32. (601) Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  33. (602) One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre
  34. (603) Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman
  35. (604) The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  36. (605) Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  37. (606) Whose Body by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  38. (607) Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  39. (608) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  40. (609) The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers - ebook copy
  41. (610) Calamity at Harwood by George Bellairs
  42. (611) Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
  43. (612) The Selection by Kiera Cass
  44. (613) The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
  45. (614) Ghost of a Chance by Neil Richards
  46. (615) Follow the Money by Neil Richards
  47. (616) Murder Most Wild by Neil Richards
  48. (617) The Song Never Dies by Neil Richards
  49. (618) A Bad Lie by Neil Richards
  50. (619) A Death in the Family by Neil Richards
  51. (620) Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry
  52. (621) Edinburgh Dusk by Carol Lawrence
  53. (622) Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L Sayers
  54. (623) When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson
  55. (624) The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
  56. (625) Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson
  57. (626) Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart



67Carmenere
Nov 3, 2018, 8:28 am

Happy new thread, Happy November and happy to see you back!
Where are you keeping all the books purchased this year? I'm so very impressed!

68vancouverdeb
Nov 3, 2018, 7:37 pm

Happy New thread, Robin!

69humouress
Nov 4, 2018, 4:30 am

Hi Robin *waving*

70Berly
Nov 4, 2018, 11:24 pm

Hi Robin! Well, I can totally see your love of numbers after seeing that your lists have lists and such complete stats! LOL Also your book buying stats have totally made me feel better about mine. Thanks! Happy reading. : )

71souloftherose
Nov 6, 2018, 7:15 am

Adding a belated happy new thread Robin and lovely to see you posting again!

>4 rretzler: The Curse of Chalion is one of my favourite fantasy novels (it was Roni who originally recommended it to me) so I really hope you're enjoying it.

>70 Berly: And seconding what Kim said about your book buying stats :-)

72The_Hibernator
Nov 6, 2018, 3:21 pm

Belated happy new thread!

73rretzler
Nov 8, 2018, 8:07 pm

>67 Carmenere: Thanks, Lynda. The beauty of 99% of the books I buy is that they are ebooks - so they're either on my Kindle or in the cloud! So theoretically there's no guilt because I don't have piles of books all over the place (and why I keep lists of what I've purchased!)

>68 vancouverdeb: Hi, Deb. Thanks!

>69 humouress: *waving back* Hi, Nina

>70 Berly: Hi, Kim. Yes, I think I've gone overboard this year!

>71 souloftherose: Thanks, Heather. I enjoyed The Curse of Chalion - perhaps not as much as the Vorkosigan Saga as it took me a bit to get into it, but once Caz used death magic and becaome host to Dondo and the Demon I was hooked!

>72 The_Hibernator: Thanks, Rachel.

74quondame
Nov 8, 2018, 11:05 pm

>73 rretzler: In some ways I like Caz better than Miles - he really isn't self-involved and his sense of humor is so flexible.

75rretzler
Nov 9, 2018, 5:02 pm

>74 quondame: Hi, Susan. I do like Caz because he is so honorable, but I have a soft spot for geniuses so Miles is probably one of my favorite characters!

76quondame
Nov 9, 2018, 6:53 pm

>74 quondame: I can understand the genius crush bit - I'm rather fond of Niccolò, aka Claes vander Poele.

77souloftherose
Nov 11, 2018, 11:10 am

>73 rretzler: Glad you enjoyed Curse of Chalion Robin. I don't think I could really say whether I like CoC or the Vorkosigan series better overall - too difficult to compare such a long series to one book but I love both and I'm very happy both exist. The other books in the World of the Five Gods series are also worth checking out. Paladin of Souls and The Hallowed Hunt are about different characters (PoS has Ista from CoC as the main character) and then you get onto the Penric novellas which Bujold is currently writing and publishing on a fairly adhoc basis. I think kindness seems to be a theme of this particular world Bujold has created and I find these books quite restorative at the moment.

78rretzler
Nov 11, 2018, 12:19 pm

>76 quondame: I've never read any Dorothy Dunnett so it sounds like I'll have to put the Niccolò series on my wishlist.

>77 souloftherose: I'm definitely going to read the World of the Five Gods series. Bujold is such a fantastic author - I feel so comfortable with her books.

79quondame
Nov 11, 2018, 4:12 pm

>78 rretzler: It seems the majority of Dorothy Dunnett fans prefer the Lymond Chronicles, though the first book of that series is so dense with references to period literature it has deterred significant numbers, and truly having the guide to decipher it does help. What I can't forgive my reading friends for is not telling me how screamingly funny some of the scenes are - however horrendous the meat grinder the characters are put through the grace notes of humor are what remain with me. I started the Niccolò series with the guide beside me only to find it really unnecessary - the 15th century was somewhat known to me from my medieval enthusiasms, and the dialog unencoded in the contemporary literature.

80humouress
Nov 11, 2018, 8:24 pm

>77 souloftherose: I’ve seen reviews of the Penric novellas as e-books. I’m waiting until (hoping) they’re published in paperback.

81ronincats
Nov 11, 2018, 8:53 pm

I love the Vorkosigan series, but for fantasy, the CofC and Paladin of Souls pair are some of my very favorites!

82karenmarie
Nov 17, 2018, 9:10 am

Hi Robin!

>78 rretzler: and >79 quondame: - a friend on the ROOTs challenge has just read the 3rd in the Lymond Chronicles, which reminded me that I have all 6 on my shelves. I may try to read them next year. I've also got the first three of the Niccolò series, also as yet unread.

83quondame
Nov 18, 2018, 3:29 am

>82 karenmarie: I have to be very careful when I pick up any volume of either of the series, because once I dip in I don't resurface for a week or more.

84thornton37814
Nov 18, 2018, 2:58 pm

Dropping in to say hello. I can't really address Dorothy Dunnett because I'm not a fantasy fan.

85quondame
Nov 18, 2018, 4:32 pm

>84 thornton37814: Dorothy Dunnett's books are not fantasy. They are historical fiction and very much better researched than 90+% of anything written between 1960-2000 - when they were written and most now days. There are a few mystical elements, but they are fit within the historical structure of the day.

86thornton37814
Nov 18, 2018, 8:58 pm

>85 quondame: The cover made me think they were fantasy.

87rretzler
Nov 20, 2018, 11:06 am

>79 quondame: Susan, a reading guide may be a good idea - there are some books that I really wish came with reading guides!

>80 humouress: Nina, unfortunately, I think I read somewhere that Bujold's publisher wasn't going to publish them in paper.

>81 ronincats: Roni, I'm sure I will enjoy the series - I did enjoy CofC, but I think Miles will always have a special place in my heart!

>82 karenmarie: Karen, let me know if you do decide to read the Lymond Chronicles next year - maybe we could get a group read together.

>83 quondame: >85 quondame: Susan, willing to do a group read next year?

>84 thornton37814: >86 thornton37814: Hi, Lori.

88humouress
Nov 20, 2018, 11:39 am

89quondame
Nov 20, 2018, 3:19 pm

>87 rretzler: Sure, why not. It looks like it's been a few years, at least since I noted that I read them.

90karenmarie
Edited: Nov 29, 2018, 2:26 pm

Hi Robin!

I've penciled a note into my 2019 desk calendar about the Lymond Chronicles with you and Susan underneath - we'll see if it makes sense early in the year or perhaps a bit later to at least talk about having a group read.

Susan - your profile says you live in LA. I was born and raised there - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Diamond Bar, Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Glendale, Sunland and Tujunga, then finally the big move across the country to NC.

91quondame
Nov 29, 2018, 6:59 pm

>90 karenmarie: I've been in LA since the 70's always in the basin from Hollywood to Santa Monica and now am very near the 405 - 10 interchange, in a wee pocket of pseudo-suburb. Once or twice my job or my husband's job has moved to the south, but we let them go, I'm where I want to be. I grew up and went to college in California and So. Calif. culture just felt right to me.

92humouress
Edited: Dec 2, 2018, 3:29 am

>87 rretzler: >88 humouress: I noticed on Roni's thread that someone was off to the library to borrow Penric's Demon so I had a look on Amazon and it does seem to be out in hardback. Of course, I could be reading it wrong; Amazon does confuse me sometimes.

93rretzler
Dec 2, 2018, 11:29 am

>88 humouress: >92 humouress: That's good news, Nina. Perhaps I misremembered or read the post incorrectly - both extremely likely!

>89 quondame: >90 karenmarie: I'm game for it at any time.

94rretzler
Edited: Dec 29, 2018, 11:04 pm




M (YTD) {PYTD}

By the numbers
Books read - 14 ( 153 ) { 166 }
Average days to read - 2.1 ( 2.2 ) { 2.0 }

Pages read - 4,217 ( 42,211 ) { 45,806 }
Average pages per book - 301 ( 276 ) { 276 }
Average pages per day - 141 ( 126 ) { 137 }

Series read - 9 ( 66 ) { 63 }
Books in series read - 12 ( 107 ) { 107 }

Longest book read - Ship of Destiny
Pages - 816

Shortest book read - Number Seven : Sex on the Beach
Pages - 43

Type
ARC - 4 ( 31 ) { 30 }
Borrowed - 4 ( 26 ) { 25 }
New - 2 ( 63 ) { 81 }
Reread - 0 ( 3 ) { 6 }
TBR - 4 ( 30 ) { 24 }

Medium
Audio - 5 ( 27 ) { 10 }
Ebook - 7 ( 113 ) { 144 }
Print - 2 ( 13 ) { 12 }

Genre
Children - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Fantasy - 2 ( 12 ) { 2 }
Fiction - 1 ( 14 ) { 13 }
Middle Grade - 0 ( 7 ) { 13 }
Mystery - 10 ( 85 ) { 97 }
Nonfiction - 1 ( 4 ) { 9 }
Picture - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Poetry - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Science Fiction - 0 ( 27 ) { 29 }
YA - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Authors

Authors by book
Female - 5 ( 78 ) { 103 }
Male - 9 ( 75 ) { 61 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Unique authors

Female - 5 ( 51 ) { 55 }
Male - 6 ( 48 ) { 45 }
Unknown/other - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Authors read for the first time - 5 ( 44 ) { 55 }

Living or deceased - unique authors

Deceased - 1 ( 32 ) { 22 }
Living - 10 ( 67 ) { 80 }

Nationality - unique authors

American - 4 ( 46 ) { 50 }
Australian - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Brazilian - ( 1 ) { 0 }
Canadian - 2 ( 3 ) { 1 }
Chinese - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
English - 4 ( 36 ) { 39 }
German - 1 ( 1 ) { 2 }
Irish - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }
Japanese - 0 ( 3 ) { 0 }
Polish - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Portuguese - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Scottish - 0 ( 3 ) { 2 }
South African - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Swedish - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Welsh - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Unknown - 0 ( 0 ) { 2 }

Awards

British Book - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Caldecott - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Campbell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Coretta Scott King - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Edgar - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Eisner - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Hugo - 0 ( 4 ) { 5 }
Locus - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
Mythopoeic Fantasy - 1 ( 1 ) { 0 }
National Book Award - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }
Nebula - 0 ( 2 ) { 3 }
Newbery - 0 ( 3 ) { 7 }
Pulitzer - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
Scott O’Dell - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 )

Ratings

5.0 - 0 ( 11 ) { 8 }
4.5 - 4 ( 31 ) { 28 }
4.0 - 7 ( 74 ) { 77 }
3.5 - 3 ( 26 ) { 24 }
3.0 - 0 ( 9 ) { 23 }
2.5 - 0 ( 0 ) { 3 }
2.0 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.5 - 0 ( 1 ) { 1 }
1.0 - 0 ( 0 ) { 1 }

Average rating - 4.04 ( 4.00 ) { 3.85 }

Average rating of books read per LibraryThing - 3.99 ( 3.84 ) { 3.77 }
Average rating of books read per Goodreads - 4.27 ( 4.02 ) { 3.95 }
Average rating of books read per Amazon - 4.42 ( 4.29 ) { 4.28 }

Decade published

2010 - 10 ( 83 ) { 103 }
2000 - 2 ( 12 ) { 18 }
1990 - 0 ( 15 ) { 12 }
1980 - 0 ( 6 ) { 6 }
1970 - 0 ( 4 ) { 3 }
1960 - 0 ( 3 ) { 6 }
1950 - 1 ( 5 ) { 1 }
1940 - 0 ( 4 ) { 7 }
1930 - 0 ( 11 ) { 2 }
1920 - 1 ( 3 ) { 8 }
1890 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1830 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }
1810 - 0 ( 2 ) { 0 }
1790 - 0 ( 1 ) { 0 }

Books added to library

ARC - 0 ( 32 ) { 40 }
Purchase - 57 ( 594 ) { 342 }

Average cost per book - 3.57 ( 3.04 ) { 4.27 }

New releases - 8 ( 49 ) { 36 }

Full price - 6 ( 81 ) { 99 }

Favorite books of the month



The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb
The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley

96rretzler
Edited: Jun 26, 2019, 12:12 pm



  1. (627) Storm Glass by Jeff Wheeler
  2. (628) The Last of the Stanfields by Marc Levy
  3. (629) Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry
  4. (630) The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble
  5. (631) The Velvet Mask and Other Stories by Leonard Gribble
  6. (632) Paper Towns by John Green - for Keegan
  7. (633) Dune by Frank Herbert - for Beckham
  8. (634) On the Beach by Nevil Shute - audiobook version
  9. (635) A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis - audiobook version
  10. (636) Zero G by Dan Wells
  11. (637) Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
  12. (638) The Fall of Gondolin by JRR Tolkien
  13. (639) Tales from the Perilous Realm by JRR Tolkien
  14. (640) The Power-House by John Buchan
  15. (641) The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
  16. (642) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley - audiobook version
  17. (643) Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card - audiobook version
  18. (644) Provenance by Ann Leckie - audiobook version
  19. (645) New Moon by Ian MacDonald
  20. (646) Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
  21. (647) A Lily of the Field by John Lawton
  22. (648) How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
  23. (649) The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  24. (650) White Teeth by Zadie Smith
  25. (651) The Plumley Inheritance by Christopher Bush
  26. (652) Your Turn, Mr Moto by John P Marquand
  27. (653) Thank You, Mr Moto by John P Marquand
  28. (654) Think Fast, Mr Moto by John P Marquand
  29. (655) Ringworld by Larry Niven - for Beckham
  30. (656) Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
  31. (657) Maigret Sets a Trap by George Simenon
  32. (658) Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton
  33. (659) Number Eight: Smelly Man by Colin Cotterill
  34. (660) The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
  35. (661) The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
  36. (662) Farthing by Jo Walton
  37. (663) The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
  38. (664) The 8 Mansion Murders by Takemaru Abiko
  39. (665) All Systems Red by Martha Wells
  40. (666) Dr First by Adam Hargreaves
  41. (667) Dr Second by Adam Hargreaves
  42. (668) Dr Third by Adam Hargreaves
  43. (669) Dr Fourth by Adam Hargreaves
  44. (670) Dr Fifth by Adam Hargreaves
  45. (671) Dr Sixth by Adam Hargreaves
  46. (672) Dr Seventh by Adam Hargreaves
  47. (673) Dr Eighth by Adam Hargreaves
  48. (674) Dr Ninth by Adam Hargreaves
  49. (675) Dr Tenth by Adam Hargreaves
  50. (676) Dr Eleventh by Adam Hargreaves
  51. (677) Dr Twelfth by Adam Hargreaves
  52. (678) The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
  53. (679) The Case of the Headless Jesuit by George Bellairs
  54. (680) Ohio by Stephen Markley
  55. (681) The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen
  56. (682) Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
  57. (683) Head On by John Scalzi
  58. (684) Love and Hate in Nazi Germany by Ryan Armstrong
  59. (685) On the Edge by Peter Lovesey
  60. (686) Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien
  61. (687) Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan
  62. (688) Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb




97ronincats
Dec 5, 2018, 10:54 pm

Just stopping by to get up to date, Robin!

98rretzler
Dec 11, 2018, 9:40 pm

Hi, Roni. Hope all is well with you.

Getting ready for the holidays is keeping me really busy, as I'm sure it is for everyone else. I'm getting a lot of audiobook listening done as I prepare!

99ChelleBearss
Dec 14, 2018, 3:03 pm

Happy new(ish) thread! So many lists! You are so organized!

100rretzler
Dec 14, 2018, 4:18 pm

Hi, Chelle. Thanks! Hope you are well.

101rretzler
Edited: Dec 14, 2018, 4:58 pm

I realized that I completely blew past my 8th Thingaversary. I've been buying a lot of books, so I guess I'll count the books I bought on the 7th - 11th of December as my Thingaversary haul.

  1. A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis - audiobook version
  2. Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
  3. The Fall of Gondolin by JRR Tolkien
  4. Tales from the Perilous Realm by JRR Tolkien
  5. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble
  6. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
  7. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley - audiobook version
  8. Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card - audiobook version
  9. Provenance by Ann Leckie - audiobook version

102ronincats
Dec 14, 2018, 6:29 pm

Happy Belated Thingaversary, Robin! Looks like you have the book reward thing well in hand.

103thornton37814
Dec 15, 2018, 11:18 am

>103 thornton37814: Nice Thingaversary haul, even if they weren't deliberately purchased for the Thingaversary.

104drneutron
Dec 16, 2018, 9:10 pm

That’s a pretty nice list of books!

105humouress
Dec 18, 2018, 1:54 am

Happy Thingaversary!

If you didn't get those specifically for your Thingaversary, maybe it was a good thing you didn't remember (said as a person rapidly running out of shelf space).

106rretzler
Dec 18, 2018, 12:30 pm

>102 ronincats: Thanks, Roni. Yep, I've gone overboard on the book purchasing this year.

>103 thornton37814: Thanks, Lori. I've been listening to a lot of audiobooks lately as I'm knitting some Christmas presents and it beats watching TV

>104 drneutron: Thanks, Jim. Certainly heavy on the SFF this go-round!

>105 humouress: Thanks, Nina. The beauty of my book collection is that I won't run out of space (although I may on my Kindle) since the majority of my purchases the last 8 years are stored somewhere on a cyber-shelf! So as long as there is electricity and an internet connection, I'm good to go!

107humouress
Dec 18, 2018, 12:54 pm

>106 rretzler: Well in that case, carry on!

108rretzler
Dec 18, 2018, 3:18 pm

>107 humouress: I call it the out-of-sight, no-guilt method of book ownership! No need to worry about shelf-space and no need to cull books to make room for more. Of course, as a person who is very visual-spatial, that means that I sometimes forget about all the books I have! If I could actually see them, I might actually stop buying them, but for now, they affect nothing more than my wallet!! Now if the end of the world happens and I survive, I'm basically out of reading material! LOL!

109humouress
Dec 20, 2018, 1:33 pm

Better stock up then ;0)

110Carmenere
Dec 22, 2018, 7:11 am

Hoping your holidays are filled with good friends and good books

111The_Hibernator
Dec 23, 2018, 2:01 am



Happy Holidays Robin!

112ChelleBearss
Dec 24, 2018, 11:41 am

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

113PaulCranswick
Dec 25, 2018, 4:40 am



Happy holidays, Robin.

114harrygbutler
Dec 25, 2018, 8:28 am

Merry Christmas to you and yours, Robin!

115humouress
Dec 25, 2018, 12:23 pm



Seasons Greetings from Singapore! Wishing you and your family joy, peace, good fortune and good health now and in the coming year.

116Berly
Dec 28, 2018, 2:44 am

>101 rretzler: Happy Belated Thingaversary!!! Nice book haul. : )

>108 rretzler: LOL. I certainly hope we have electricity for a while...

Happy Holidays!

117quondame
Dec 29, 2018, 2:52 am

Robin, help! the stars have all gone missing from my mini reviews!

(anglebracket open)img src="http://static.librarything.com/pics/s5.gif"(anglebracket close) etc aren't showing any more!

If I had the gifs I could upload them, now that I think of it.

118harrygbutler
Dec 29, 2018, 10:31 am

>117 quondame: I suspect the issue with your stars is connected with the other disappearing images and assorted problems mentioned in this thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/301071

Some people have been able to fix some images by changing "http" to "https" in the link URLs, but it doesn't seem to have worked for everyone.

119quondame
Dec 29, 2018, 2:47 pm

>118 harrygbutler: Thanks. going to https does work for me, though the thought of changing 300+ entries isn't thrilling!

120thornton37814
Dec 31, 2018, 11:23 am

121karenmarie
Dec 31, 2018, 1:51 pm

Hi Robin!



Wishing you a new year filled with joy, happiness, laughter, and all the wonderful books you could wish for.

122brodiew2
Dec 31, 2018, 3:26 pm

123Berly
Dec 31, 2018, 6:02 pm



Happy New Year's Eve!!