Cindy/LibraryCin's Book Tracking in 2026

For January, I am trying to plan for more audios, as I have (hopefully only) one more eye surgery on Jan 14th. Hmm, looks like I really haven't planned for many audios, after all! I might be able to set the "app" to listen to a couple of these, even though they aren't technically the audio books.

- The French Girl / Lexie Elliott (RandomKIT, AlphaKIT)
- Bunny Lake is Missing / Evelyn Piper (DecadeCAT)
- ?? (HomeCAT)
- Reading Up a Storm / Eva Gates (MysteryKIT)
- The Haunting of Rook... House / Darcy Coates (ScaredyKIT)
- Cheshire Crossing / Andy Weir (RTT)
- Old Enough to Fight / Dan Black (PBT, Rabbit Hole)
- The Kingmaker's Daughter / Philippa Gregory (Rabbit Hole, PBT Trim, PBT)

Audio:
- Better Living Through Birding / C. Cooper (CultureKIT)
- The Secret Lives of Bats / Merlin Tuttle (NonfictionCAT)
- The Madness of Crowds / Louise Penney (Book Club)

ARCs:
- You Did Nothing Wrong / CG Drews (NG)
- The Feather Wars / James H. McCommons (NG)
- Mrs. Benedict Arnold / Emma Parry (NG)

Happy Reading! 📖

1. Cheshire Crossing / Andy Weir
3.5 stars
117 pages
Cumulative page total = 117 pages

Best Wishes for 2026, Cindy, ☺️. Happy Reading!

>4 Sergeirocks: Thank you!

2. Reading Up a Storm / Eva Gates
3.75 stars
330 pages
Cumulative page total = 447

3. The French Girl / Lexie Elliott
3.5 stars
320 pages
Cumulative page total = 767

4. The Secret Lives of Bats / Merlin Tuttle
3.75 stars
304 pages
Cumulative page total = 1,071

5. The Kingmaker's Daughter / Philippa Gregory
4 stars
434 pages
Cumulative page total = 1,505

6. Bunny Lake is Missing / Evelyn Piper
3.5 stars
223 pages
Cumulative page total = 1,728

7. Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers... / Dan Black, John Boileau
2.5 stars'
464 pages
Cumulative page total = 2,192

Happy 2026 reading, Cindy! And >11 LibraryCin: I hope your eyes are good enough to re-read this one in November 🇨🇦

8. Better Living Through Birding / Christian Cooper
4.25 stars
304 pages
Cumulative page total = 2,496

9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo / Taylor Jenkins Reid
4 stars
401 pages
Cumulative page total =2,897

10. The Haunting of Rookward House / Darcy Coates
4.25 stars
262 pages
Cumulative page total = 3,159

Plans for February:

- The House Across the lake / Riley Sager (ScaredyKIT)
- The Book of Tomorrow / Cecelia Ahern (PBT, AlphaKIT)
- ?? (MysteryKIT)
- Home Front / Kristin Hannah (PBT Trim)
- Revenge of the Nerd / Curtis Armstrong (HomeCAT)
- Buried Angels / Camilla Lackberg (CultureKIT, AlphaKIT, Rabbit Hole)
- Wish You Were Here / Jodi Picoult (RandomKIT)
- The Man Who Caught the Storm / B. H. (RTT, AlphaKIT)
- Ammie Come Home / Barbara Michaels (ScaredyKIT)

Audio:
- Racing the Devil / Charles Todd
- Game Changer / Rachel Reid (PBT)
- The Mind's Eye / Oliver Sacks (NonfictionCAT, AlphaKIT)
Con't: -The Madness of Crowds / Louise Penney (Book Club)

ARCs:
- You Did Nothing Wrong / CG Drews (NG)
- The Feather Wars / James H. McCommons (NG)
- Mrs. Benedict Arnold / Emma Parry (NG)
- Dark Is When the Devil Comes / Daisy Pearce (NG)

>13 LibraryCin: I really want to read this one!

>17 LisaMorr: It's so good! Hope you like it when you get to it!

11. The Madness of Crowds / Louise Penny
3.5 stars
448 pages
Cumulative page total = 3,607

12. Home Front / Kristin Hannah
4 stars
397 pages
Cumulative page total = 4,004

13. Buried Angels / Camilla Lackberg
3.75 stars
474 pages
Cumulative page total = 4,478

14. Game Changer / Rachel Reid
3.5 stars
399 pages
Cumulative page total = 4,877

15. The Man Who Caught the Storm / Brantley Hargrove
3.5 stars
282 pages
Cumulative page total = 5,159

16. The Mind's Eye / Oliver Sacks
3 stars
272 pages
Cumulative page total = 5,431

17. Revenge of the Nerd / Curtis Armstrong
3.5 stars
342 pages
Cumulative page total = 5,773

18. The House Across the Lake / Riley Sager
4 stars
369 pages
Cumulative page total = 6,142

19. Wish You Were Here / Jodi Picoult
4 stars
336 pages
Cumulative page total = 6,478

20. Ammie, Come Home / Barbara Michaels
3.5 stars
252 pages
Cumulative page total = 7,041

21. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy / Rachel Joyce
3 stars
366 pages
Cumulative page total = 7,407

22. Racing the Devil / Charles Todd
2 stars
352 pagse
Cumulative page total = 7,759

For March:

- The Golden Spruce / John Vaillant (CultureKIT, AlphaKIT)
- A History of Magic and Witchcraft / Frances Timbers (NonfictionCAT)
- Rosie Colored Glasses / Brianna Wolfson (RandomKIT)
- What Alice Forgot / Liane Moriarty (HomeCAT, RandomKIT)
- The Demon of Unrest / Erik Larson (RTT)
- The Lost Island / Douglas Preston (Rabbit Hole)
- Reaper Man / Terry Pratchett (PBT Trim, AlphaKIT)
- Craven Manor / Darcy Coates (ScaredyKIT)
- ?? (MysteryKIT)

Audio:
- Brother / David Chariandy (PBT)
- Waxing On / Ralph Macchio (DecadesCAT, AlphaKIT)
- The Hunter / Tana French
- The Book of Doors / Gareth Brown

ARCs:
- You Did Nothing Wrong / CG Drews (ScaredyKIT?, NG)
- The Feather Wars / James H. McCommons (NG)
- Mrs. Benedict Arnold / Emma Parry (NG)
- Dark Is When the Devil Comes / Daisy Pearce (NG)

23. Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me / Ralph Macchio
4.25 stars
241 pages
Cumulative page total = 8,000

24. What Alice Forgot / Liane Moriarty
3.75 stars
487 pages
Cumulative page total = 8, 487

25. Brother / David Chariandy
2 stars
192 pages
Cumulative page total = 8,679

26. The Golden Spruce / John Vaillant
3 stars
280 pages
Cumulative page total = 8,959

27. The Lost Island / Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
4 stars
384 pages
Cumulative page total = 9,343

28. The Hunter / Tana French
3 stars
474 pages
Cumulative page total = 9,817

29. Reaper Man / Terry Pratchett
2.5 stars
335 pages
Cumulative page total = 10,152

30. The Demon of Unrest / Erik Larson
2 stars
547 pages
Cumulative page total = 10,699

31. Rosie Colored Glasses / Brianna Wolfson
3 stars
329 pages
Cumulative page total = 11,028

For April:

- The Woodville Women / Sarah J. Hodder (RandomKIT, NonfictionCAT)
- Part of the Silence / Debbie H (AlphaKIT)
- The Ballroom / Anna Hope (CultureKIT)
- Milk: a 10,000 Year Food Fracas /Mark K (HomeCAT)
- Conviction / Denise Mina (book club)
- For the Love of Mike / Rhys Bowen (MysteryKIT, DecadesCAT)
- Manson: the Life and Times... / Jeff Guinn (ScaredyKIT)
- ??? (RTT)
- Dinosaur Lake III: Infestation / Kathryn Meyer Griffith (PBT Trim)
- Science Comics: Elephants (Rabbit Hole, PBT)
- Science Comics: Frogs (Rabbit Hole, PBT)

Audio:
- River Marked / Patricia Briggs (Grabtag)
- Bluebird / Genevieve Graham (Feb DecadesCAT)

ARCs:
- The Feather Wars / James H. McCommons (AlphaKIT, Netgalley, PBT, Rabbit Hole)
- Mrs. Benedict Arnold / Emma Parry (NG)
- Dark Is When the Devil Comes / Daisy Pearce (NG)

32. You Did Nothing Wrong / C.G. Drews
4 stars
304 pages
Cumulative page total = 11,332

33. The Book of Doors / Gareth Brown
3.5 stars
418 pages
Cumulative page total = 11,750

34. A History of Magic and Witchcraft / Frances Timbers
2 stars
224 pages
Cumulative page total = 11,974

>39 LibraryCin: Oof, that's a shame that this isn't as good as his older work. I was really interested in this book, especially after reading Isaac's Storm (which I think is one of his older works? highly recommend if you haven't checked it out yet!)

>45 winterhugel: Isaac's Storm is probably my favourite of what I've read by him! :-)

35. Science Comics: Frogs: Awesome Amphibians / Liz Prince
4 stars
124 pages
Cumulative page total = 12,098

36. Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large / Jason Viola, Falynn Koch
3.5 stars
124 pages
Cumulative page total = 12,222

37. River Marked / Patricia Briggs
2 stars
337 pages
Cumulative page total = 12,559

38. Milk! A 10,000 Year Food Fracas / Mark Kurlansky
3.5 stars
348 pages
Cumulative page total = 12,907

39. Conviction / Denise Mina
3.75 stars
375 pages
Cumulative page total = 13,282

40. The Feather Wars / James McCommons
4 stars
416 pages
Cumulative page total = 13,698

41. Bluebird / Genevieve Graham
3.5 stars
352 pages
Cumulative page total = 14,050

42. The Ballroom / Anna Hope
2 stars
352 pages
Cumulative page total = 14,402

43. For the Love of Mike / Rhys Bowen
4 stars
324 pages
Cumulative page total = 14,726

For May:

- Maximum Security Book Club / M B (HomeCAT)
- Challenger / Adam Higginbotham (book club, RTT, AlphaKIT)
- Where Nests the Water Hen / Gabrielle Roy (DecadesCAT, AlphaKIT)
- The Unexpected Waltz / Kim Wright (RandomKIT, AlphaKIT)
- Camino Island / John Grisham (MysteryKIT, PBT Trim)
- Very Short Introduction: Witchcraf (Rabbit Hole)

Audio:
- When the Earth Was Green / Riley (NonfictionCAT, AlphaKIT)
- Violets are Blue / James Patterson (ScaredyKIT)
- Drop Shot / Harlan Coben (PBT, MysteryKIT)

Carry-overs:
- The Woodville Women / Sarah J. Hodder (Apr RandomKIT, NonfictionCAT)
- Manson: the Life and Times... / Jeff Guinn (Apr ScaredyKIT)

ARCs:
- Mrs. Benedict Arnold / Emma Parry (NG)
- Dark Is When the Devil Comes / Daisy Pearce (NG)
- My First Colonoscopy / Jordan Bundy (ER)
- Darlene / Anna Bellmore (ER)
- Buried in the Woods Below / Daniel G. Miller

44. Spying on Whales / Nick Pyenson
2.5 stars
336 pages
Cumulative page total = 15,062

45. Dinosaur Lake III: Infestation / Kathryn Meyer Griffith
3.5 stars
400 pages
Cumulative page total = 15,462

46. When the Earth was Green / Riley Black
2.75 stars
282 pages
Cumulative page total = 15,744

47. Challenger / Adam Higginbotham
3.75 stars
563 pages
Cumulative page total = 16,307

48. The Maximum Security Book Club / Mikita Brottman
4 stars
260 pages
Cumulative page total = 16,567

49. Dark Is When the Devil Comes / Daisy Pearce
4 stars
336 pages
Cumulative page total = 16,903

Drop Shot / Harlan Coben
3 stars
358 pages
Cumulative page total = 17,261

Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction / Malcolm Gaskill
3 stars
160 pages
Cumulative page total = 17,421

The Unexpected Waltz / Kim Wright
3.5 stars
278 pages
Cumulative page total = 17,699

53. Mrs. Benedict Arnold / Emma Parry
2 stars
320 pages
Cumulative page total = 18,019

54. Violets Are Blue / James Patterson
3 stars
416 pages
Cumulative page total = 18,435

For June:
- Apollo 8 / Jeffrey Kluger (RandomKIT)
- ?? (ScaredyKIT)
- The Chimpanzee Whisperer / Stany Nyandwi (NonfictionCAT)
- Waltz with Bashir / Ari Folman (DecadesCAT)
- The Boy from the Woods / Harlan Coben (MysteryKIT, AlphaKIT, PBT)
- The Singing Bones / Shaun Tan (AlphaKIT)
- Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own / Kate Bolick (RTT)
- Nine Perfect Strangers / Liane Moriarty (Book club)
- Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow / Juliet Grey (PBT Trim)
- Keeping our Cool / Andrew Weaver (Rabbit Hole)

Audio:
- Flowers in the Attic / V. C. Andrews (DecadesCAT, HomeCAT)
- In Search of April Raintree / Beatrice Culleton (CultureKIT)
- The Midnight Library / Matt Haig (Rabbit Hole)

Carry-overs:
- The Woodville Women / Sarah J. Hodder (Apr RandomKIT, NonfictionCAT)
- Manson: the Life and Times... / Jeff Guinn (Apr ScaredyKIT)

ARCs:
- My First Colonoscopy / Jordan Bundy (ER)
- Darlene / Anna Bellmore (ER)
- Buried in the Woods Below / Daniel G. Miller (NG)

55. Where Nests the Water Hen / Gabrielle Roy
3 stars
191 pages
Cumulative page total = 18,626

56. Camino Island / John Grisham
4 stars
340 pages
Cumulative page total = 18,966

3.5 stars
160 pages
Cumulative page total = 19,126

58. Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson / Jeff Guinn
4 stars
495 pages
Cumulative page total = 19,621

59. In Search of April Raintree / Beatrice Mosionier
4 stars
248 pages
Cumulative page total = 19,869

60. Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow / Juliet Grey.
3.5 stars
400 pages
Cumulative page total = 20,269

61. Nine Perfect Strangers / Liane Moriarty
4 stars
438 pages
Cumulative page total = 20,706

63. The Midnight Library / Matt Haig
3.5 stars
304 pages
Cumulative page total = 21,010

64. The Boy from the Woods / Harlan Coben
4 stars
385 pages
Cumulative page total = 21,395

65. Waltz With Bashir / Ari Folman
3 stars
128 pages
Cumulative page total = 21,523

66. Apollo 8 / Jeffrey Kluger
3.5 stars
308 pages
Cumulative page total = 21,831

67. The Chimpanzee Whisperer / Stany Nyandwi
3.5 stars
251 pages
Cumulative page total = 22 ,082

68. Spinster / Kate Bolick
2 stars
328 pages
Cumulative page total = 22,410

The Singing Bones / Shaun Tan
3.5 stars
185 pages
Cumulative page total = 22,595

In July:

- Overboard / Hank Searls (DecadesCAT)
- Lone Women / Victor LaValle (ScaredyKIT, PBT)
- The Great Darkness / Jan Kelly (RandomKIT)
- Under the Stars / Dan White (AlphaKIT)
- Holy Warrior / Angus Donald (MysteryKIT)
- The Tragedy of the Royal Tar M W (NonfictionCAT)
- In the Doghouse / Teri Case (PBT Trim)
- Keeping Our Cool / Andrew (RH)
- ??? (CultureKIT)
- ??? (RTT)
- Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books / Kirsten Miller (Book club)

Audio:
- The Two-Family Home / L C L (HomeCAT)
- Immune / Philippe (RH)

ARCs:
- My First Colonoscopy / Jordan Bundy (ER)
- Darlene / Anna Bellmore (ER)
- Buried in the Woods Below / Daniel G. Miller (NG)