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1SF_fan_mae
Edited: Jan 8, 2019, 2:04 pm




At 59 books, 2018 was the best I'd done in quite a few years. I'll keep my goal 50 for 2019, but see if I can pass it again.

2SF_fan_mae
Edited: Jan 24, 2019, 12:44 pm

January

Just one book to carry over that I started at the end of December.

1. Inception - S. D. Perry - picked this using the LibraryThing Random "Book of Yours" link
2. Elsewhere in the Middle of Eternity - SF+F anthology
3. Death in the Clouds - Christie, starting my 3rd full year in a Christie book/knitting group over on ravelry.com.
4. Pocket Full of Rye - Christie
5. Meet the Amish - Charles S. Rice and John B. Shenk
6. The Glass Universe - Dava Sobel
7. Jhegaala - Steven Brust
8. Grimm Omnibus - Mark Gaffen, graphic novel collection

3SF_fan_mae
Edited: Feb 25, 2019, 2:49 pm

February

Wow, I'm off to a blazing start.

9. Except the Dying - Maureen Jennings
10. Cards on the Table - Christie
11. Immortal Unicorn - Peter. S. Beagle
12. Five Little Pigs - Christie

4SF_fan_mae
Edited: Apr 6, 2019, 7:32 pm

March
13. The Merchant Prince - Armin Shimerman
14. The Parliament House - Edward Marston
15. The Bucket Plan - Jason L. Smith

5SF_fan_mae
Edited: Apr 29, 2019, 11:05 am

April
16. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - Christie
17. Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen - James Goss, based on treatment by Douglas Adams
18. Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
19. Pathways - Mercedes Lackey, editor
20. The Hanged Man - P. N. Elrod

6SF_fan_mae
Edited: May 28, 2019, 2:59 pm

May
21. Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Christie
22. My TV for Seniors - Michael Miller
23. The Slant Book - Peter Newell - read on the Library of Congress digitized children's book collection
24. The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle - Russell Miller

7SF_fan_mae
Edited: Jun 23, 2019, 9:21 pm

June
25. The Castlemaine Murders - Kerry Greenwood
26. The Clocks - Christie
27. Cold Fusion - Lance Parkin
28. Nightshade - Paul Doherty

8SF_fan_mae
Edited: Jul 17, 2019, 5:02 pm

July
29. Murder on the Links - Christie
30. Ex Machina - Christopher Bennett
31. The Sins of the Father - C. B. Hanley

9SF_fan_mae
Edited: Sep 9, 2019, 5:10 pm

August
32. Murder in Three Acts aka Three Act Tragedy - Christie
33. Gryphon Precinct - Keith DeCandido
34. Thrilling Adventure Yarns - ed. Keith DeCandido
35. Fallen Into the Pit - Ellis Peters

10SF_fan_mae
Edited: Sep 28, 2019, 11:12 pm

September
36. The ABC Murders - Christie
37. Rainbow's End - Ellis Peters
38. Aran Knitting - Alice Starmore
39. Cat of Many Tails - Ellery Queen
40. Artist and Computer - Ruth Leavitt

11SF_fan_mae
Edited: Oct 28, 2019, 3:18 pm

October
41. Appointment with Death - Christie
42. Rose - Russell T. Davies
43. Making Sense of the Bible - Adam Hamilton (I joined a Bible study group)
44. Choices - Mercedes Lackey, another Valdamar anthology
45. A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer
46. Magic - Final Fantasy Collection - Isaac Asimov

12SF_fan_mae
Edited: Dec 31, 2019, 2:42 pm

November
47. An Overdose of Death - Christie
48. All Hail Our Robot Conquerors - SF anthology
49. My Badass Book of Saints - Maria Morera Johnson
50. Firefly - The Sting - Delilah S. Dawson

13SF_fan_mae
Edited: Dec 31, 2019, 2:19 pm

December
51. Murder with Mirrors - Christie
52. A Holiday Yarn - Sally Goldenbaum
53. Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion - Jenny Colgan
54. Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor - Steven Moffat
55. 30 Shades of Dead - mystery anthology - this one will carry over to 2020

0/56. The Message - started 1/1/2019, finished 12/31/2019

14SF_fan_mae
Dec 31, 2019, 2:22 pm

Made it past 50 to 55 books completed for the year. Also read 32 magazines (mostly The Smithsonian and Doctor Who Magazine) and 102 comic books.