Helenoel’s 2019 progress.

I’m in for another year. Looking forward to more communication.

Books finished in 2019

1. the Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. 1-4-2019. From the library.
2. the Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg. 1-13-2019. For the Lackberg -Leon challenge. From the library. TIOLI #4
3. the Secret Hunters by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 1-12-2019 audiobook from the library.
4.Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger. 1-19-2019. From the library. TIOLI#9
5. in the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming 1-20-2019. Reread of first book in a great series. TIOLI #1
6. Fatal Remedies by Donna Leon. 1-22-2019 Read For the Lackberg -Leon challenge early to fit in TIOLI#7
7. T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. 1-28-2019. Audiobook
8. My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok 01-29-2019
9. Death in Salem by Eleanor Kuhns. 02-02-2019
10. Death of a Macho Man by M.C. Beaton 02-03-2019 audiobook
11. Quietly in Their Sleep, by Donna Leon. 02-14-2019 Leon/Lackberg project
12. Memento Mori: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire (The Medicus Series). Audiobook- by Ruth Downie 02-14-2019
13. Homeward Hound: A Novel ("Sister" Jane) by RitaMae Brown, 02-16-2019 LT-ER ARC
14. That Churchill Woman: A Novel. By Stephanie Barron 03-01-2019 LT-ER ARC
15. A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Backman, Fredrik 03-02-2019
16. Celine: A novel By Heller, Peter. Audiobook. 03-04-2019
17. The Preacher (Patrik Hedstrom, Book 2). Camilla Lackberg. 03-09-2019. Leon Lackberg project
18. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by Grann, David 03-29-2019
19. The Constant Gardener by John LeCarre 04-02-2019. Audiobook
20. The Fleur de Sel Murders: A Brittany Mystery (Brittany Mystery Series). By Bannalec, Jean-Luc. 04-05-2019
21. Friends in High Places. By Donna Leon. 04-06-2019. Leon/Lackberg project
22. Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford Book 8). By Ruth /Rendell. Audiobook. 04-10-2019
23. Murder in the Dark (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries). By Kerry Greenwood. 04-13-2019
24. The Crow Trap: The First Vera Stanhope Mystery. By Ann Cleeves. Audiobook. 4-16-2019
25. Innocent Blood (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #7). By P.D. James. 04-20-2019
26. To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. By Jacqueline Winspear. Audiobook 4-25-2019
27. The Graveyard of the Hesperides: A Flavia Albia Novel (Flavia Albia Series) by Lindsey Davis. 4-27-2019
28. Disappeared, The (Joe Pickett). By C. J. Box. Audiobook 5-6-2019
29. Hunting Shadows (Ian Rutledge). Charles Todd 5-11-2019
30. Song of the Lark by Willa Cather . 05-16-2019

Hold for some good use.

Welcome back!

Happy New Year!

Happy reading in 2019, Helen!

First book for the year, the Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. 4th in the Long Earth series, I agree with some reviewers that this is more like old style ‘sciency’ Science Fiction. Good read.

Happy 2019
A year full of books
A year full of friends
A year full of all your wishes realised

I look forward to keeping up with you, Helen, this year.

>8 PaulCranswick: thanks Paul, I hope to keep up with you and others as well. Best reading for 2019.

I enjoyed the Ice Princess which is the January book for the Lackberg and Leon mystery read. Less grim than some scandicrime, characters and plot improved in the second half.

the Secret Hunters , which I listened to on a library audiobook, is billed as an Antarctic adventure, but is much more a personal (fictionalized?) account of Nazi atrocities around one family and the survivor’s engagement in searching out the villains. Well written, but gloomy. Perhaps we need to hear this message more, especially recently.

Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger. I read his Iron Lake last year and decided to continue the series. One of my libraries has a pretty complete collection, and I believe has had the author at their speaker series. I’ll be back for more. Well crafted mystery, lots of death, but not excessive dwelling on gore, and in this book, camping and traveling around the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. Significant Native American stories and legends.

Just reread In the Bleak Midwinter. The book surfaced recently from a box being sorted for donation. It is still good.

And #6 for 2019, Donna Leon’s Fatal Remedies. I thought this one of the better books in the Guido Brunetti series, but won’t spoil it for others reading the Lackberg-Leon group read.

Just stopping by to drop a star. I noticed that you and I seem to have fairly similar taste in books. I, too, enjoyed Julia Spencer-Fleming's Clare Fergusson series, and am eagerly awaiting the next in the series. I did see that she lost her husband a year or so ago, after an illness, so I can certainly understand that writing is not tops on her list at the moment.

I'm doing the Lackberg-Leon read as well, but I think I'm only going to do the Leon side. I've got a huge backlist of reading planned, and didn't save room for the Lackberg, unfortunately.

I picked up My Name is Asher Lev from the Chaim Potok month of the American Authors challenge. Very good book- much thought inspiring. This is one of the best things about LibraryThing- encouragement and information to try new books!.

Two more: Death in Salem by Eleanor Kuhns. 02-02-2019
Fourth in a mystery series set in eighteenth century New England. Ok mysteries, but pretty good depictions of the times and people.

Death of a Macho Man by M.C. Beaton 02-03-2019 audiobook
Hamish McBeth, Highland Scotland’s least ambitious policeman fumbles his way through another set of murders. A bit formulaic, but good audiobook for commuting.

I edited Post #2 to catch up my reading for this year=- so far at 30 books (and audiobooks)
I have not been commenting, but at least I'm reading and keeping track.

I've made no improvement on commenting about my reading, but just finished the 75th book for the year. I've been pulled in other directions- so the record is the dates of Finishing each book in my library listing. A fair number of this year's books are audiobooks - mostly from the library - listened to during commuting. I do enjoy the limited discipline of keeping track- which also helps managing the huge TBR piles in our house.

Congrats!

>19 Helenoel: Congratulations on reaching 75, Helen!