Dejah_Thoris - 2026, Volume Two
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1Dejah_Thoris
I’m back. Again.
I’m not sorry to see 2025 go. It was a tough year; I lost my mom, and then had several health issues crop up. I stopped tracking books in mid-March, and only started back up again in December.
I read mostly genre fiction: science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, and romance. As far as romance is concerned, I read mainly LGBTQTIA+ romance, particularly MM. I find it low key and low angst (even when it’s supposed to be angsty, lol) and it’s my go to when I’m stressed and/or need something easy. I’m also a stress rereader.
That said, I’m going to try to focus on reading more nonfiction this year. I read more history NF than anything else, but nature/environment, travel/adventure, and biographies also make an appearance. Looking at my TBR, I think it’ll be mainly U.S. history this year, but we’ll see.
I’ve grown to love audiobooks, and often alternate reading and listening to a book. Thank goodness for ebooks and audiobooks from public libraries!
I suppose that’s about it, except to say how much I appreciate all the great folks here on LT, who have put up with my on again - off again approach to participation in the community. Thank you so very much.
A joyous 2026 to us all!
I’m not sorry to see 2025 go. It was a tough year; I lost my mom, and then had several health issues crop up. I stopped tracking books in mid-March, and only started back up again in December.
I read mostly genre fiction: science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, and romance. As far as romance is concerned, I read mainly LGBTQTIA+ romance, particularly MM. I find it low key and low angst (even when it’s supposed to be angsty, lol) and it’s my go to when I’m stressed and/or need something easy. I’m also a stress rereader.
That said, I’m going to try to focus on reading more nonfiction this year. I read more history NF than anything else, but nature/environment, travel/adventure, and biographies also make an appearance. Looking at my TBR, I think it’ll be mainly U.S. history this year, but we’ll see.
I’ve grown to love audiobooks, and often alternate reading and listening to a book. Thank goodness for ebooks and audiobooks from public libraries!
I suppose that’s about it, except to say how much I appreciate all the great folks here on LT, who have put up with my on again - off again approach to participation in the community. Thank you so very much.
A joyous 2026 to us all!
2Dejah_Thoris
January
1. New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
2. Tough Guy by Rachel Reid
3. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
4. The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch
5. Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov
6. Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
7. This Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J. Silverman
8. Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn
9. Raven in Midwinter by Mary Calmes
10. The Guncle by Steven Rowley
11. Behind the Throne by K. B. Wagers
12. The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White
13. Delayed Penalty by Brigham Vaughn
14. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer
15.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
16. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
17. After the Crown by K. B. Wagers
18. My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
19. Ramen Assassin by Rhys Ford
20. The Climb Up to Hell by Jack Olsen
21. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
22. Enticing the Elf by Louisa Masters
23. Winging It With You by Chip Pons
24. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
25. Eiger Direct: the Epic Battle on the North Face by Peter Gillman and Dougal Haston
26. Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
27. Common Goal by Rachel Reid
28. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
29. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
30. The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer
31. Role Model by Rachel Reid
32. The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
33. The Long Game by Rachel Reid
34. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
35. Limerence by Scarlett Drake
36. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
37. Ice, Ice, Babygirl by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James
38. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
39. The Kennedy Rule by K.C. Charmichael
40. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
41. Time to Shine by Rachel Reid
42. The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid
43. Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
44. Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
45. Catwings Return by Ursula K. Le Guin
46. Xingu by Edith Wharton
1. New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
2. Tough Guy by Rachel Reid
3. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
4. The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch
5. Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov
6. Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
7. This Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J. Silverman
8. Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn
9. Raven in Midwinter by Mary Calmes
10. The Guncle by Steven Rowley
11. Behind the Throne by K. B. Wagers
12. The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White
13. Delayed Penalty by Brigham Vaughn
14. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer
15.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
16. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
17. After the Crown by K. B. Wagers
18. My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
19. Ramen Assassin by Rhys Ford
20. The Climb Up to Hell by Jack Olsen
21. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
22. Enticing the Elf by Louisa Masters
23. Winging It With You by Chip Pons
24. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
25. Eiger Direct: the Epic Battle on the North Face by Peter Gillman and Dougal Haston
26. Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
27. Common Goal by Rachel Reid
28. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
29. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
30. The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer
31. Role Model by Rachel Reid
32. The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
33. The Long Game by Rachel Reid
34. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
35. Limerence by Scarlett Drake
36. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
37. Ice, Ice, Babygirl by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James
38. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
39. The Kennedy Rule by K.C. Charmichael
40. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
41. Time to Shine by Rachel Reid
42. The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid
43. Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
44. Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
45. Catwings Return by Ursula K. Le Guin
46. Xingu by Edith Wharton
3Dejah_Thoris
February
47. Pied Piper by Nevil Shute
48. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
49. Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney
50. Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
51. The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockman
53. The Shoemaker by Megan Derr
53. Straight to the Heart by Lynn Van Dorn
54. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
55. Cherry Picked by May Archer
56. Us by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
57. Liar City by Allie Therin
58. Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August by Oliver Hilmes
59. Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe
60. Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
61. The Seventh Swan by Megan Derr
62. The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
63. Epic by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
64. Work For It by Talia Hibbert
65. The Dry by Jane Harper
66. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
67. Jane on Her Own by Ursula K. Le Guin
68. The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison
69. Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
70. Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose
71. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
72. Annapurna: the First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
73. Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
74. Rebrand by Louisa Masters
75. Nothing Left to Lose by N. R. Walker
76. Owning Jett by Lucy Lennox
77. The Far Country by Nevil Shute
78. Ten in the Bin by N. R. Walker
79. The Shorter Parts of Valor by Tanya Huff
80. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
81. Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot by Alexis Hall
82. On Shaky Ground by Andrew Grey
83. Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis
84. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
85. What Happened to the Corbetts by Nevil Shute
86. The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee
87. The Seven Brides-to-Be of Generalissimo Vlad by Victoria Goddard
88. The Connoisseur by Victoria Goddard
89. On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
90. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nigh Vo
91. Starter Villain by John Scalzi
92. Singapore Sapphire by A. M. Stuart
47. Pied Piper by Nevil Shute
48. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
49. Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney
50. Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
51. The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockman
53. The Shoemaker by Megan Derr
53. Straight to the Heart by Lynn Van Dorn
54. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
55. Cherry Picked by May Archer
56. Us by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
57. Liar City by Allie Therin
58. Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August by Oliver Hilmes
59. Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe
60. Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
61. The Seventh Swan by Megan Derr
62. The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
63. Epic by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
64. Work For It by Talia Hibbert
65. The Dry by Jane Harper
66. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
67. Jane on Her Own by Ursula K. Le Guin
68. The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison
69. Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
70. Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose
71. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
72. Annapurna: the First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
73. Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
74. Rebrand by Louisa Masters
75. Nothing Left to Lose by N. R. Walker
76. Owning Jett by Lucy Lennox
77. The Far Country by Nevil Shute
78. Ten in the Bin by N. R. Walker
79. The Shorter Parts of Valor by Tanya Huff
80. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
81. Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot by Alexis Hall
82. On Shaky Ground by Andrew Grey
83. Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis
84. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
85. What Happened to the Corbetts by Nevil Shute
86. The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee
87. The Seven Brides-to-Be of Generalissimo Vlad by Victoria Goddard
88. The Connoisseur by Victoria Goddard
89. On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
90. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nigh Vo
91. Starter Villain by John Scalzi
92. Singapore Sapphire by A. M. Stuart
4Dejah_Thoris
March
93. The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII by Mark Braude
94. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer
95. Akissi: Tales of Mischief by Marguerite Abouet
96. Couture (Style Me Book 1) by Louisa Masters
97. The Art Spy: the Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young
98. March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
99. My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood
100. The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
101. Under the Surface by N. R. Walker
102. Hamnet (Modern Plays) by Maggie O'Farrell, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
103. The Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis
104. A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
105. Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
106. Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
107. Under the Stars of Paris by Mary Burchell
108. Blackmail by Beth Christopher
109. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
110. Making Time by Taylor E. Weston
111. Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum
112. A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
113. Blue Moon Over Thurman Street by Ursula K. Le Guin and Roger Dorband
114. Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios
115. The Man in the Dark by Susan Scarlett
116. All That Glitters by Ashlyn Kane
117. The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe
118. James by Percival Everett
119. Beast Business by Ilona Andrews
120. All That Matters by Felice Stevens
121. System Collapse by Martha Wells
122. The Hazard and the Hitman by Cambria Hebert
123. Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
124. Bedside Manner by C. G. Macington
125. Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin
126. Joiner and Rust by Lavie Tidhar
127. Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton
128. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
129. Peaches & Pucks by M. A. Wardell
130. The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd by Mary Rose Reilley
131. Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
132. Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre by Julius Green
133. Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal
134. Brownstone by Samuel Teer & Marina Julia
135. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
136. Never Eaten Vegetables by H. H. Park
137. Cronus by P. Djèlí Clark
138. Quaker Faith and Practice Around the World - A Study Guide For Friends by Simon Gray
139. A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
140. Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
93. The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII by Mark Braude
94. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer
95. Akissi: Tales of Mischief by Marguerite Abouet
96. Couture (Style Me Book 1) by Louisa Masters
97. The Art Spy: the Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young
98. March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
99. My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood
100. The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
101. Under the Surface by N. R. Walker
102. Hamnet (Modern Plays) by Maggie O'Farrell, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
103. The Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis
104. A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
105. Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
106. Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
107. Under the Stars of Paris by Mary Burchell
108. Blackmail by Beth Christopher
109. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
110. Making Time by Taylor E. Weston
111. Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum
112. A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
113. Blue Moon Over Thurman Street by Ursula K. Le Guin and Roger Dorband
114. Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios
115. The Man in the Dark by Susan Scarlett
116. All That Glitters by Ashlyn Kane
117. The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe
118. James by Percival Everett
119. Beast Business by Ilona Andrews
120. All That Matters by Felice Stevens
121. System Collapse by Martha Wells
122. The Hazard and the Hitman by Cambria Hebert
123. Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
124. Bedside Manner by C. G. Macington
125. Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin
126. Joiner and Rust by Lavie Tidhar
127. Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton
128. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
129. Peaches & Pucks by M. A. Wardell
130. The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd by Mary Rose Reilley
131. Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
132. Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre by Julius Green
133. Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal
134. Brownstone by Samuel Teer & Marina Julia
135. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
136. Never Eaten Vegetables by H. H. Park
137. Cronus by P. Djèlí Clark
138. Quaker Faith and Practice Around the World - A Study Guide For Friends by Simon Gray
139. A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
140. Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
5Dejah_Thoris
April
141. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong by Michael Wejchert
142. The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From a Remarkable Bird by Tom Michell
143. The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
144. March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
145. Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold
146. The Adventure of the Demonic Ox by Lois McMaster Bujold
147. Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Arlene Blum
148. Living Dead by Jordan Castillo Price
149. Conflict of Interest (St. Jude's Medical) by C.G. Macington
150. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfelid
151. A Furious Sky: A Five-Hundred Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin
152. Mate by Ali Hazelwood
153. The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
154. A Heart Wrapped in Thorns by Megan Derr
155. Imogen by Jilly Cooper
156. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
157. I Work at a Public Library: Stories From the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
158. Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott
159. Passions in Death by J. D. Robb
160. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
161. A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
162. Paris and My Love by Mary Burchell
163. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann
164. The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
165. Cheap Shot by Brigham Vaughn
166. Syncopation by Anna Zabo
167. Counterpoint by Anna Zabo
168. Illumination by Rowan Speedwell
169. Takers by Casey Cox
170. Specter: An MM Contemporary Romance by Mia Monroe
171. Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
172. Before the Fire by Riley Bauer
173. The Arrangement by River Thorne
174. Testimony of Mute Things by Lois McMaster Bujold
175. A Song of Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Dying by Lucy Screechfield McIver
176. Shattered Warrior by Shaon Shinn & Lee Knox Ostertag
177. Grave Sight by Sheena Jolie
178. Deacon King Kong by James McBride
179. Aurelius (to Be Called) Magnus by Victoria Goddard
180. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
181. My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen
182. Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard
183. Fresh Ice by Riley Bauer
184. True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna by David Roberts
185. Face Off: Atlanta Firebirds Book 2 by Riley Bauer
186. Movers (Upper Echelons Book 3) by Casey Cox
187. Medaling by Hailey Reaves
188. And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee
189. Stormy: An M/M Romance by Wren Wilds
190. Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander by Victoria Goddard
191. Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
192. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
193. The Disgraced Return of Kaps Needle by Renan Bernardo
194. Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton
195. Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold
196. Bushville Wins!: The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball by John Klima
197. My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal
198. Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
199. Terec and the Wild by Victoria Goddard
200. Rebound Control by Jodi Oliver
201. The Game of Courts by Victoria Goddard
202. Dirty on the Ice by Ellis Rhodes
203. Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
204. Burning For Alexander by Lucy Lennox
205. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
141. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong by Michael Wejchert
142. The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From a Remarkable Bird by Tom Michell
143. The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
144. March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
145. Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold
146. The Adventure of the Demonic Ox by Lois McMaster Bujold
147. Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Arlene Blum
148. Living Dead by Jordan Castillo Price
149. Conflict of Interest (St. Jude's Medical) by C.G. Macington
150. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfelid
151. A Furious Sky: A Five-Hundred Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin
152. Mate by Ali Hazelwood
153. The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
154. A Heart Wrapped in Thorns by Megan Derr
155. Imogen by Jilly Cooper
156. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
157. I Work at a Public Library: Stories From the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
158. Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott
159. Passions in Death by J. D. Robb
160. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
161. A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
162. Paris and My Love by Mary Burchell
163. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann
164. The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
165. Cheap Shot by Brigham Vaughn
166. Syncopation by Anna Zabo
167. Counterpoint by Anna Zabo
168. Illumination by Rowan Speedwell
169. Takers by Casey Cox
170. Specter: An MM Contemporary Romance by Mia Monroe
171. Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
172. Before the Fire by Riley Bauer
173. The Arrangement by River Thorne
174. Testimony of Mute Things by Lois McMaster Bujold
175. A Song of Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Dying by Lucy Screechfield McIver
176. Shattered Warrior by Shaon Shinn & Lee Knox Ostertag
177. Grave Sight by Sheena Jolie
178. Deacon King Kong by James McBride
179. Aurelius (to Be Called) Magnus by Victoria Goddard
180. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
181. My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen
182. Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard
183. Fresh Ice by Riley Bauer
184. True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna by David Roberts
185. Face Off: Atlanta Firebirds Book 2 by Riley Bauer
186. Movers (Upper Echelons Book 3) by Casey Cox
187. Medaling by Hailey Reaves
188. And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee
189. Stormy: An M/M Romance by Wren Wilds
190. Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander by Victoria Goddard
191. Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
192. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
193. The Disgraced Return of Kaps Needle by Renan Bernardo
194. Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton
195. Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold
196. Bushville Wins!: The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball by John Klima
197. My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal
198. Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
199. Terec and the Wild by Victoria Goddard
200. Rebound Control by Jodi Oliver
201. The Game of Courts by Victoria Goddard
202. Dirty on the Ice by Ellis Rhodes
203. Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
204. Burning For Alexander by Lucy Lennox
205. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
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May
206. Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye
207. Fanboys by Andie Elliott
208. The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor & Tana Ford
209. Death in Kashmir by M. M. Kaye
210. Pressure Play by Declan Rhodes
211. The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard
212. Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
213. Death in Berlin by M. M. Kaye
214. Platform Decay by Martha Wells
215. Wedding Manner by C. G. Macington
216. Around and Around We Go by Amy Aislin
217. Cinder House by Freya Marske
218. The Summer War by Naomi Novik
219. Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran
220. Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
221. The Nanny Proposal by Lucy Lennox
222. The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
223. His Saint by Lucy Lennox
224. NautiCal by Lucy Lennox
225. Felix and the Prince by Lucy Lennox
226. A Long and Speaking Silence by Nghi Vo
227. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
228. Zero Break by Neil S. Plakcy
229. About to Bloom by Ash Jackson
230. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
231. Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them by Nancy Marie Brown
232. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
233. The Straight Script by Jennifer Cody
234. Transposition by Gregory Ashe
235. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judy Dench & Brendan O'Hea
236. Scratch the Surface by Mary Calmes
237. Frog by Mary Calmes
238. How to Fake It In Society by KJ Charles
239. The Fake Divination Offense by Sara Raasch
240. Death in Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye
241. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
--- Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells
242. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
243. The Sun in the Morning by M. M. Kaye
244. The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher
--- The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio
245. The Far Pavillions by M. M. Kaye
246. Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather
247. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
248. The God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch
249. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
250. Saturday, the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kemelman
--- A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair by Renan Bernardo
251. The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret Killjoy
252. The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Fredric Brown
206. Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye
207. Fanboys by Andie Elliott
208. The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor & Tana Ford
209. Death in Kashmir by M. M. Kaye
210. Pressure Play by Declan Rhodes
211. The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard
212. Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
213. Death in Berlin by M. M. Kaye
214. Platform Decay by Martha Wells
215. Wedding Manner by C. G. Macington
216. Around and Around We Go by Amy Aislin
217. Cinder House by Freya Marske
218. The Summer War by Naomi Novik
219. Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran
220. Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
221. The Nanny Proposal by Lucy Lennox
222. The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
223. His Saint by Lucy Lennox
224. NautiCal by Lucy Lennox
225. Felix and the Prince by Lucy Lennox
226. A Long and Speaking Silence by Nghi Vo
227. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
228. Zero Break by Neil S. Plakcy
229. About to Bloom by Ash Jackson
230. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
231. Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them by Nancy Marie Brown
232. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
233. The Straight Script by Jennifer Cody
234. Transposition by Gregory Ashe
235. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judy Dench & Brendan O'Hea
236. Scratch the Surface by Mary Calmes
237. Frog by Mary Calmes
238. How to Fake It In Society by KJ Charles
239. The Fake Divination Offense by Sara Raasch
240. Death in Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye
241. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
--- Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells
242. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
243. The Sun in the Morning by M. M. Kaye
244. The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher
--- The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio
245. The Far Pavillions by M. M. Kaye
246. Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather
247. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
248. The God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch
249. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
250. Saturday, the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kemelman
--- A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair by Renan Bernardo
251. The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret Killjoy
252. The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Fredric Brown
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June
253. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrel
254. Faking the Fiance by C.G. Macington
255. Displacement by Kiku Hughes
256. POTUS: Or, Behind Every Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive - Selina Fillinger
257. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk 6/3
258. Just Like That by Cole McCade
259. Paris in Peril by Rhys Bowen
260. Operation Boyfriend by C. G. Macington
261. Thirty Below:
262. The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan
Tom Paine's War
The Open Era 6/18
Changing the Game by JJ Mulder
Brunelleschi's Dome
No Way Down
Edge of Mercy 6/25
Mack's Horribly Hellacious Ghost Town by AJ Sherwood
Fiber Fueled
Call Back by Lily Morton 6/29
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood 6/28
From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata 6/30
July
Spitting Off the Edge of the World
More Than Life by Mary Calmes
Mine by Mary Calmes
No Fool for Love Songs
Ageless Strength
Rhapsody by Elizabeth Heydon
253. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrel
254. Faking the Fiance by C.G. Macington
255. Displacement by Kiku Hughes
256. POTUS: Or, Behind Every Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive - Selina Fillinger
257. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk 6/3
258. Just Like That by Cole McCade
259. Paris in Peril by Rhys Bowen
260. Operation Boyfriend by C. G. Macington
261. Thirty Below:
262. The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan
Tom Paine's War
The Open Era 6/18
Changing the Game by JJ Mulder
Brunelleschi's Dome
No Way Down
Edge of Mercy 6/25
Mack's Horribly Hellacious Ghost Town by AJ Sherwood
Fiber Fueled
Call Back by Lily Morton 6/29
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood 6/28
From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata 6/30
July
Spitting Off the Edge of the World
More Than Life by Mary Calmes
Mine by Mary Calmes
No Fool for Love Songs
Ageless Strength
Rhapsody by Elizabeth Heydon
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Nonfiction
1. This Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J. Silverman
2. The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White
3. My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
4. The Climb Up to Hell by Jack Olsen
5. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
6. Eiger Direct: the Epic Battle on the North Face by Peter Gillman and Dougal Haston
7. The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
8. Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney
9. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
10. Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August by Oliver Hilmes
11. Annapurna: the First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
12. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
13. Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis
14. On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
15. The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII by Mark Braude
16. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer
17. The Art Spy: the Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young
18. March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
19. Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum
20. Blue Moon Over Thurman Street by Ursula K. Le Guin and Roger Dorband
21. Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios
22. The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe
23. Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin
24. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
25. The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd by Mary Rose Reilley
26. Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre by Julius Green
27. Quaker Faith and Practice Around the World - A Study Guide For Friends by Simon Gray
28. Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Hidden Mountain - need to insert
29. The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From a Remarkable Bird by Tom Michell
30. March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
31. Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Arlene Blum
32. A Furious Sky: A Five-Hundred Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin
33. I Work at a Public Library: Stories From the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
34. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann
35. A Song of Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Dying by Lucy Screechfield McIver
36. True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna by David Roberts
37. And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee
39. Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton
40. Bushville Wins!: The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball by John Klima
41. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
42. Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them by Nancy Marie Brown
43. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
44.Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judy Dench & Brendan O'Hea
45. The Sun in the Morning by M. M. Kaye
47. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrel
48. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
1. This Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J. Silverman
2. The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White
3. My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
4. The Climb Up to Hell by Jack Olsen
5. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
6. Eiger Direct: the Epic Battle on the North Face by Peter Gillman and Dougal Haston
7. The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
8. Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney
9. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
10. Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August by Oliver Hilmes
11. Annapurna: the First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
12. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
13. Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis
14. On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
15. The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII by Mark Braude
16. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer
17. The Art Spy: the Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young
18. March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
19. Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum
20. Blue Moon Over Thurman Street by Ursula K. Le Guin and Roger Dorband
21. Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios
22. The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe
23. Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin
24. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
25. The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd by Mary Rose Reilley
26. Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre by Julius Green
27. Quaker Faith and Practice Around the World - A Study Guide For Friends by Simon Gray
28. Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Hidden Mountain - need to insert
29. The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From a Remarkable Bird by Tom Michell
30. March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
31. Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Arlene Blum
32. A Furious Sky: A Five-Hundred Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin
33. I Work at a Public Library: Stories From the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
34. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann
35. A Song of Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Dying by Lucy Screechfield McIver
36. True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna by David Roberts
37. And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee
39. Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton
40. Bushville Wins!: The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball by John Klima
41. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
42. Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them by Nancy Marie Brown
43. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
44.Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judy Dench & Brendan O'Hea
45. The Sun in the Morning by M. M. Kaye
47. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrel
48. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
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Books acquired in 2026:
E-books
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
✅The Climb Up To Hell by Jack Olsen
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
Unrivaled by Rachel Reid (pre-ordered, 6/27)
✅Eiger Direct by Peter Gillman
✅The Far Country by Nevil Shute
So Distained by Nevil Shute
Pastoral by Nevil Shute
No Highway by Nevil Shute
✅The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret Killjoy
The Hero of Two Worlds: the Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alisia Abbott
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
✅Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
We Three Queens by Rhys Bowen
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
In the Wet by Nevil Shute
✅Nothing Left to Lose by N.R. Walker
✅Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South by Jon C. Stott
Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey by Sean Avery
Kongur: China's Elusive Summit by Chris Bonington
The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Exiles by Jane Harper
✅The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
K2: The Savage Mountain by Charles Houston, Robert Bates, et al.
✅Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000 Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts
✅What Happened to the Corbetts by Nevil Shute
✅Ten in the Bin by N.R. Walker
✅A Heart Wrapped in Thorns by Megan Derr
✅Transposition by Gregory Ashe
Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty by Gregory Ashe
John Adams by David McCullough
✅Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin
✅A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
I Choose to Climb by Chris Bonington
Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna by Lionel Terray
The Shining Mountain: The First Ascent of the West Wall of Changabang by Peter Boardman
Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering From the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes by Maurice Isserman & Stewart Weaver
Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America by Lee Alan Dugatkin
✅Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran
✅The Connoisseur by Victoria Goddard
✅The Seven Brides-To-Be of Generalissimo Vlad by Victoria Goddard
Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer
✅Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye
✅The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
✅Hamnet (Modern Plays) by Maggie O'Ferrell, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
✅All That Matters by Felice Stevens
✅Blackmail: by Beth Christopher
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Everest by David Roberts & Conrad Anker
Ruined City by Nevil Shute
Prince's Gambit By C. S. Pacat
A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman
✅Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton
✅Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall
✅A Song of Our Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Death by Lucy Screechfield McIver
✅And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee
✅The God of Vengeance: A Drama in Three Acts by Sholem Asch
Edge of Knight by Megan Derr
✅Living Dead by Jordan Castillo Price
✅Before the Fire by Riley Bauer
Ashenden; or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham
The Challenge of K2: The History of the Savage Mountain by Richard Sale
✅The Game of Courts by Victoria Goddard
✅Terec and the Wild by Victoria Goddard
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
In Your Court by Kit Haley (pre-order, 7/16/26)
✅Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold
✅Around and Around We Go by Amy Aislin
Healthy Shoulder Handbook by Karl Knopf
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
✅The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Frederic Brown
The Mousetrap: the 70th Anniversary Edition by Agatha Christie
A Body in the Bathhouse by Lindsey Davis
Vesuvius by Night by Lindsey Davis
The Last Blue Mountain: the Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy by Ralph Barker
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: the Story of Three POWs Escape to Adventure by Felice Benuzzi
Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen
✅POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger
A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The Emerald Mile: the Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
Print
Annapurna: 50 Years of Expeditions in the Death Zone by Reinhold Messner
E-books
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
✅The Climb Up To Hell by Jack Olsen
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
Unrivaled by Rachel Reid (pre-ordered, 6/27)
✅Eiger Direct by Peter Gillman
✅The Far Country by Nevil Shute
So Distained by Nevil Shute
Pastoral by Nevil Shute
No Highway by Nevil Shute
✅The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret Killjoy
The Hero of Two Worlds: the Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alisia Abbott
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
✅Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
We Three Queens by Rhys Bowen
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
In the Wet by Nevil Shute
✅Nothing Left to Lose by N.R. Walker
✅Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South by Jon C. Stott
Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey by Sean Avery
Kongur: China's Elusive Summit by Chris Bonington
The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Exiles by Jane Harper
✅The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
K2: The Savage Mountain by Charles Houston, Robert Bates, et al.
✅Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000 Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts
✅What Happened to the Corbetts by Nevil Shute
✅Ten in the Bin by N.R. Walker
✅A Heart Wrapped in Thorns by Megan Derr
✅Transposition by Gregory Ashe
Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty by Gregory Ashe
John Adams by David McCullough
✅Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin
✅A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
I Choose to Climb by Chris Bonington
Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna by Lionel Terray
The Shining Mountain: The First Ascent of the West Wall of Changabang by Peter Boardman
Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering From the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes by Maurice Isserman & Stewart Weaver
Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America by Lee Alan Dugatkin
✅Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran
✅The Connoisseur by Victoria Goddard
✅The Seven Brides-To-Be of Generalissimo Vlad by Victoria Goddard
Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer
✅Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye
✅The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
✅Hamnet (Modern Plays) by Maggie O'Ferrell, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
✅All That Matters by Felice Stevens
✅Blackmail: by Beth Christopher
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Everest by David Roberts & Conrad Anker
Ruined City by Nevil Shute
Prince's Gambit By C. S. Pacat
A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman
✅Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton
✅Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall
✅A Song of Our Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Death by Lucy Screechfield McIver
✅And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee
✅The God of Vengeance: A Drama in Three Acts by Sholem Asch
Edge of Knight by Megan Derr
✅Living Dead by Jordan Castillo Price
✅Before the Fire by Riley Bauer
Ashenden; or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham
The Challenge of K2: The History of the Savage Mountain by Richard Sale
✅The Game of Courts by Victoria Goddard
✅Terec and the Wild by Victoria Goddard
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
In Your Court by Kit Haley (pre-order, 7/16/26)
✅Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold
✅Around and Around We Go by Amy Aislin
Healthy Shoulder Handbook by Karl Knopf
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
✅The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Frederic Brown
The Mousetrap: the 70th Anniversary Edition by Agatha Christie
A Body in the Bathhouse by Lindsey Davis
Vesuvius by Night by Lindsey Davis
The Last Blue Mountain: the Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy by Ralph Barker
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: the Story of Three POWs Escape to Adventure by Felice Benuzzi
Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen
✅POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger
A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The Emerald Mile: the Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
Annapurna: 50 Years of Expeditions in the Death Zone by Reinhold Messner
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Audiobooks
✅Limerence by Scarlett Drake, narrated by Nathan Wolfe & Harley Chase
The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL by Sean McIndoe, narrated by the author
✅Liar City by Allie Therin, narrated by Joel Leslie
Home Work by Julie Andrews, narrated by the author
✅Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea, narrated by Barrie Kreinik
✅Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe, narrated by Tristan James
✅Cherry Picked by May Archer, narrated by Michael Dean
Pastoral by Nevil Shute, narrated by Frank Muller
Cursed by Benedict Jacka, narrated by Gildart Jackson
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts, narrated by author
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon, narrated by Johnny Heller
Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray, narrated by Nigel Patterson
The Emperor's Edge Collection by Lindsay Buroker, narrated by Vivienne Leheny
✅A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo, narrated by Cindy Kay
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler, narrated by Paul Heitsch
The Shining Mountain: The First Ascent of the West Wall of Changabang by Chris Boardman, narrated by Stewart Crank
✅Transposition by Gregory Ashe, narrated by Tristan James
✅Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall, narrated by Amanda Dolan
✅Platform Decay by Marth Wells, narrated by Kevin R. Free (Pre-Order 5 May 2026)
✅A Furious Sky by Eric Jay Dolan, narrated by Bob Souer
✅Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather, narrated by Adenrele Ojo
The Noel Coward Collection by Noel Coward, narrated by Annette Benning, et al.
Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan, narrated by Gary Furlong
Roaring Twenties Magic Books 1-3 by Allie Therin, narrated by Joel Froomkin
✅My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen, narrated by Teddy Hamilton & Brandon Francis
✅Burning For Alexander by Lucy Lennox, narrated by Michael Dean
Betrothed to the Emperor by Kai Butler, narrated by Michael Ferraiuolo
Allow Me to Retort by Elie Mystal, narrated by author
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, narrated by Richard Ferrone
Oak King, Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell, narrated by Gary Furlong
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Sam Bowley, narrated by Sam Breen
✅The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan, narrated by Gary Furlong
The Mountain of My Fear, and Deborah by David Roberts, narrated by David de Vries
✅Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran, narrated by Cooper North
The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering by Daniel White, narrated by Richard Trinder
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King, narrated by James Cameron Stewart
✅My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal, narrated by Madeleine Maby
✅Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur, narrated by Milly Sanders
Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island by Will Harland, narrated by Kevin Stillwell
✅How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles, narrated by Will Watt
✅Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen
Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen
✅ The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hogson, narrated by Daphne Kouma
✅Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell, narrated by Pete Simonelli
✅Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kelenman, narrated by George Guidall
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Heremy Atherton Lin, narrated by the author
Jungle of Stone: the Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya by William Carlsen, narrated by Paul Michael Garcia
The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson, narrated by the author
✅Limerence by Scarlett Drake, narrated by Nathan Wolfe & Harley Chase
The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL by Sean McIndoe, narrated by the author
✅Liar City by Allie Therin, narrated by Joel Leslie
Home Work by Julie Andrews, narrated by the author
✅Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea, narrated by Barrie Kreinik
✅Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe, narrated by Tristan James
✅Cherry Picked by May Archer, narrated by Michael Dean
Pastoral by Nevil Shute, narrated by Frank Muller
Cursed by Benedict Jacka, narrated by Gildart Jackson
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts, narrated by author
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon, narrated by Johnny Heller
Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray, narrated by Nigel Patterson
The Emperor's Edge Collection by Lindsay Buroker, narrated by Vivienne Leheny
✅A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo, narrated by Cindy Kay
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler, narrated by Paul Heitsch
The Shining Mountain: The First Ascent of the West Wall of Changabang by Chris Boardman, narrated by Stewart Crank
✅Transposition by Gregory Ashe, narrated by Tristan James
✅Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall, narrated by Amanda Dolan
✅Platform Decay by Marth Wells, narrated by Kevin R. Free (Pre-Order 5 May 2026)
✅A Furious Sky by Eric Jay Dolan, narrated by Bob Souer
✅Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather, narrated by Adenrele Ojo
The Noel Coward Collection by Noel Coward, narrated by Annette Benning, et al.
Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan, narrated by Gary Furlong
Roaring Twenties Magic Books 1-3 by Allie Therin, narrated by Joel Froomkin
✅My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen, narrated by Teddy Hamilton & Brandon Francis
✅Burning For Alexander by Lucy Lennox, narrated by Michael Dean
Betrothed to the Emperor by Kai Butler, narrated by Michael Ferraiuolo
Allow Me to Retort by Elie Mystal, narrated by author
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, narrated by Richard Ferrone
Oak King, Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell, narrated by Gary Furlong
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Sam Bowley, narrated by Sam Breen
✅The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan, narrated by Gary Furlong
The Mountain of My Fear, and Deborah by David Roberts, narrated by David de Vries
✅Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran, narrated by Cooper North
The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering by Daniel White, narrated by Richard Trinder
Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King, narrated by James Cameron Stewart
✅My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal, narrated by Madeleine Maby
✅Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur, narrated by Milly Sanders
Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island by Will Harland, narrated by Kevin Stillwell
✅How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles, narrated by Will Watt
✅Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen
Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen
✅ The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hogson, narrated by Daphne Kouma
✅Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell, narrated by Pete Simonelli
✅Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kelenman, narrated by George Guidall
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Heremy Atherton Lin, narrated by the author
Jungle of Stone: the Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya by William Carlsen, narrated by Paul Michael Garcia
The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson, narrated by the author
11Dejah_Thoris
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13Dejah_Thoris
Visitors welcome!
14cbl_tn
Happy new thread! I didn't manage to finish Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre by the end of March. I've just started Part II. The research and analysis is excellent so far.
15Dejah_Thoris
>14 cbl_tn: Thank you, Carrie!
I was really very impressed by it - Green clearly loves his topic and knows it well.
I was really very impressed by it - Green clearly loves his topic and knows it well.
17lindapanzo
Happy New Thread, Dejah.
I almost never have a second thread.
I almost never have a second thread.
18Dejah_Thoris
>15 Dejah_Thoris: Thank you, Susan!
>16 quondame: I think I've only had one once before, Linda, but I'm trying very hard to keep up with my posting this year. We'll see if I can keep it going.
>16 quondame: I think I've only had one once before, Linda, but I'm trying very hard to keep up with my posting this year. We'll see if I can keep it going.
19Dejah_Thoris
141. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong by Michael Wejchert ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
244 pages, ebook/KU, audio/Libby, nonfiction
244 pages, ebook/KU, audio/Libby, nonfiction
21SilverWolf28
Happy New Thread!
22PaulCranswick
Princess, great to see your thread(s) so full of energy and your reading positively zinging.
Happy new thread. x
Happy new thread. x
23Dejah_Thoris
>20 bell7: Thank you, Mary!
>21 SilverWolf28: And thank you for dropping by, Silver!
>22 PaulCranswick: I appreciate the visit and good wishes, Paul!
>21 SilverWolf28: And thank you for dropping by, Silver!
>22 PaulCranswick: I appreciate the visit and good wishes, Paul!
25alcottacre
>19 Dejah_Thoris: Adding that one to the BlackHole. Thanks for the review and recommendation, Dejah!
Happy new thread!
Happy new thread!
27SilverWolf28
Here's the Easter readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/383354
28Dejah_Thoris
>24 drneutron: Thanks, Jim!
>25 alcottacre: I have to admit, Stasia, that I didn't always like reading Hidden Mountains - it actually triggered a bit of low level anxiety, at times. I truly did find it interesting, though.
>26 ChrisG1: I have to laugh, Chris, because recently it seems as though I'm bingeing on old authors. I always have been a rereader.
>27 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver - I'm in!
>25 alcottacre: I have to admit, Stasia, that I didn't always like reading Hidden Mountains - it actually triggered a bit of low level anxiety, at times. I truly did find it interesting, though.
>26 ChrisG1: I have to laugh, Chris, because recently it seems as though I'm bingeing on old authors. I always have been a rereader.
>27 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver - I'm in!
29Dejah_Thoris
142. The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From a Remarkable Bird by Tom Michell ⭐⭐⭐.5
225 pages, ebook/Libby, nonfiction
I have somewhat mixed feelings about this book. Early on, I kept thinking that it read like a story that's been told too often - almost juvenile. Well, I nailed that one on the head - in the Epilogue, the author mentions that his stories about his penguin, Jaun Salvado, were fodder for decades of bedtime stories for his kids and grandkids, lol. The writing is much better in some spots (almost lyrical) and while his relationship with Jaun Salvado is the heart of the book, I also appreciated stories about his time traveling in South America, the people he met, and the situation in Argentina in the 1970s.
30Dejah_Thoris
143. The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
742 pages, ebook & audio/own, reread
The release of the 31.5 hour audiobook of The Hands of the Emperor was all the excuse I needed to reread it for the third time in three years. Of course, I didn't just listen to it - when I had time to hunker down and read, I did.
I love this book, and suspect it'll be an annual reread. If anyone wants to talk about it, I'd be happy to!
31Dejah_Thoris
144. March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is the second volume of Lewis' graphic autobiography, in which he is there for the inception of the Freedom Riders (he was one of the original 13), bacame President of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), became part of the Big Six, and spoke at the 1963 March on Washington. Great man, terrific graphic autobiography.
32Dejah_Thoris
145. Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
123 pages, ebook & audio/own, novella, reread
Susan (@quondame) posted that there was a new Penric & Desdemona novella coming out soon (mid-April is the soonest possible), so I decided to read the three most recently published. I love Penric, and am fascinated by the religion she has created for the World of the Five Gods. I'm delighted she's decided to write these in her retirement.
33Dejah_Thoris
146. The Adventure of the Demonic Ox by Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐⭐⭐⭐
139 pages, ebook & audio/own, novella, reread
More Penric, which is always a good thing. I had an odd flash of Miles and, I think, Cordelia while I was listening to Grover Gardner narrate. Also not a bad thing.
34cbl_tn
I finally finished Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre this evening. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention! It's a deep dive into a surprisingly underexplored topic, yet I found it very readable. I count myself lucky to have seen The Mousetrap (twice, I think) and And Then There Were None in London. Koo Stark played Vera in And Then There Were None and I was underwhelmed with her performance. It seemed wooden to me. I just googled it to refresh my memory and I see that it was at the Duke of York's Theatre, which is pretty ironic, no?!
Now I find myself wanting to read The Lawn Road Flats and something by Barbara Toy. Traveling the Incense Route looks like it might be the easiest one to get hold of. Are you interested in reading either of those with me?
Now I find myself wanting to read The Lawn Road Flats and something by Barbara Toy. Traveling the Incense Route looks like it might be the easiest one to get hold of. Are you interested in reading either of those with me?
35cbl_tn
>34 cbl_tn: I have The Lawn Road Flats on my list for June's Nonfiction challenge to read about buildings, architects, design, historical value, etc.
36ChrisG1
Hmmm....I've not read any of the Penric stories. The Vorkosigan saga is a big favorite, though.
37Dejah_Thoris
>34 cbl_tn: >35 cbl_tn: I agree that Barbara Toy sounds fascinating! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as though I'll be able to get my hands on any of her books very easily. Our nearly statewide system (excludes Atlanta), PINES, has no copies of any of Toy's books. I try not to make requests for books beyond that system - it's not encouraged.
I did, however, find an interesting looking biography of Toy on Amazon - Which Way Now?: The Three Lives of Barbara Toy by Leslie Wildman - neither the book nor the author appear to be on LT. It might be interesting or terrible - who knows?
I'm having a similar issue with The Lawn Road Flats. It is available via the Internet Archive, but I'm never comfortable using their materials. Am I being silly?
I'm jealous you've seen so many professional productions of AC plays! I've never seen Mousetrap, of course, but I have seen many others on the community theatre circuit. Sadly, as Green mentions, that doesn't always result in a good production.
And Koo Stark - that's a name I haven't heard in years!
I did, however, find an interesting looking biography of Toy on Amazon - Which Way Now?: The Three Lives of Barbara Toy by Leslie Wildman - neither the book nor the author appear to be on LT. It might be interesting or terrible - who knows?
I'm having a similar issue with The Lawn Road Flats. It is available via the Internet Archive, but I'm never comfortable using their materials. Am I being silly?
I'm jealous you've seen so many professional productions of AC plays! I've never seen Mousetrap, of course, but I have seen many others on the community theatre circuit. Sadly, as Green mentions, that doesn't always result in a good production.
And Koo Stark - that's a name I haven't heard in years!
38Dejah_Thoris
>36 ChrisG1: Have you read any of the World of the Five Gods books? I love, love, love The Curse of Chalion. I read it many times - it's a comfort read.
As for Penric, he and Desdemona (Penric & Desdemona are Bujold's retirement project. All but one of the 15 are novellas, and they're great.
You should definitely give tham a try!
As for Penric, he and Desdemona (Penric & Desdemona are Bujold's retirement project. All but one of the 15 are novellas, and they're great.
You should definitely give tham a try!
39Dejah_Thoris
Ugh. So I've got whatever upper respiratory virus is going around right now. I almost never get a cough - the last time I remember having one was over 25 years ago - so I am definitely not enjoying this. I went to my doctor's office yesterday, which is how I know it’s not COVID or the flu (I had the flu back in October and it was the sickest I've been in my entire life). They gave me a cough syrup with codeine - and now I know that I should never take codeine again. Live and learn.
I managed to reschedule things so I'm off again today, so I'll probably get a decent amount of reading in. I'm not sure if I can get coverage to be off tomorrow, but I'm going to try. I'm still contagious (per the doctor) and I really don't want to spread this around. Someone, with or without symptoms, after all, gave it to me!
I managed to reschedule things so I'm off again today, so I'll probably get a decent amount of reading in. I'm not sure if I can get coverage to be off tomorrow, but I'm going to try. I'm still contagious (per the doctor) and I really don't want to spread this around. Someone, with or without symptoms, after all, gave it to me!
40Dejah_Thoris
147. Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Arlene Blum ⭐⭐⭐⭐
256 pages, print/library, nonfiction
In the early/mid 1970s, a number of very talented and experienced climbers, frustrated by being denied spots on expeditions simply because they were female and/or being denied the chance to lead for similar reasons, planned and executed the 1978 American Women's Himalayan Expedition to Annapurna 1. It would be the first ascent for any American and the first for a woman of any nationality. The title of the book, I believe, comes from the team's fundraising t-shirts, which featured a silhouette of Annapurna, and the legend "A Woman's Place in On Top."
The expedition was not without controversy or deaths, but it was a tremendous accomplishment. There were concerns expressed both from within the team and outside after the fact that two Sherpas (male) were part of the first summiting team, and questions as to whether faulty leadership led to the two deaths. This smacks of sexism to me. Forbes lists Annapurna: A Woman's Place on a 2005 list of Best Business Books We Know in the Decision Making category, and a book on my tbr by mountaineer Reinhold Messner titled Annapurna: 50 Years of Expeditions in the Death Zone speaks to how deadly Annapurna can be.
On a side note, author Arlene Blum, who was the expedition leader, is fascinating in her own right outside of her mountaineering experiences. Look her up!
41Dejah_Thoris
148. Living Dead by Jordan Castillo Price ⭐⭐⭐⭐
331 pages, ebook/own
Isn't it annoying when people tell you you have to get through the first few books in a series before it gets good? Well, this is definitely one of those series. Living Dead is the 15th (!) book in this series about Victor Baine, a man who sees ghosts and more. This one isn't as good as many in the series, but I do love the series as a whole.
42Dejah_Thoris
149. Conflict of Interest by C. G. Macington ⭐⭐⭐⭐
212 pages, ebook/KU
It's a cute, low angst, fairly fluffy medical romance that isn't trying to be anything other than entertaining. It succeeds.
43Dejah_Thoris
150. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild ⭐⭐⭐.5
256 pages, print/library, children's
I have read and (mostly) enjoyed several adult novels by Noel Streatfeild written under her pen name Susan Scarlett, so when Ballet Shoes turned up on a list ofr a TIOLI Challenge, it seemed like an obvious choice. It was entertaining enough, but I wanted more or the youngest sister, Posy, the true dancer of the lot. I particularly like many of the supporting characters.
44Dejah_Thoris
151. A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanesby Eric Jay Dolin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
415 pages, ebook & audio/own, nonfiction
I have read quite a few books about hurricanes, and wondered if A Furious Sky had much to offer me. It did, largely because while Dolin looks at individual hurricanes, he also looks at how the responses to prior hurricanes and changes in science and technology, change the responses to the later storms. He gave me a bigger picture view than I had before. Well done
45quondame
>43 Dejah_Thoris: I have strong memories of the "shoes" books, not so much for the contents as for the corner in my middle school library where they were shelved, not too far away from where I found Farmer Giles of Ham, but clear across the library from the shallow, but profound, stacks where Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved books were shelved. That library had both open and more enclosed areas, though it maintains in my memory a fresh ambience.
That is in contrast to the high school library which retains a feeling of old cast off school room tomes in dimly lit industrial shelves inserted into some side dimension I never quite plumbed. I think everyone's grandfathers' childhood collections up-welled deep in the back and were shelved as caught. I recall no specific books from that library, just the tropes of decades before.
That is in contrast to the high school library which retains a feeling of old cast off school room tomes in dimly lit industrial shelves inserted into some side dimension I never quite plumbed. I think everyone's grandfathers' childhood collections up-welled deep in the back and were shelved as caught. I recall no specific books from that library, just the tropes of decades before.
46cbl_tn
>37 Dejah_Thoris: Well that's too bad! I have access to both The Lawn Road Flats and Travelling the Incense Route in my library's ebook collections.
I added one more today. Julian Green co-authored Stars & Spies which sounds like it could be interesting. I'll either need to borrow it via ILL or buy a copy.
I added one more today. Julian Green co-authored Stars & Spies which sounds like it could be interesting. I'll either need to borrow it via ILL or buy a copy.
47ChrisG1
>38 Dejah_Thoris: I read them way back when they were new & remember very little about them. I see they're available on Kindle Unlimited, so I may take another stab at them.
48Dejah_Thoris
>45 quondame: What nice library memories! Well, not the high school library. It's sad that funding hasn't been, and often still isn't, a priority now.
>46 cbl_tn: Stars and Spies looks interesting - there's no availability through my system, so I'll keep an eye on it and watch for a sale.
>47 ChrisG1: I hope you get the chance to revisit The Curse of Chalion - it truly is a favorite of mine.
>46 cbl_tn: Stars and Spies looks interesting - there's no availability through my system, so I'll keep an eye on it and watch for a sale.
>47 ChrisG1: I hope you get the chance to revisit The Curse of Chalion - it truly is a favorite of mine.
49SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/383511
50Dejah_Thoris
>49 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
51quondame
>48 Dejah_Thoris: I did love my high school library, but it was a very different feel - its dungeon qualities appealed. But the librarians there were more distanced so the experience was very different.
52humouress
>30 Dejah_Thoris: I need to get to this one. I really enjoyed the group read last year with Stasia and Mary of the Greenwing and Dart series (so far).
>32 Dejah_Thoris: ... and I should also read the Penric and Desdemona books.
>32 Dejah_Thoris: ... and I should also read the Penric and Desdemona books.
53Dejah_Thoris
>52 humouress: Yes, you should read both HOTE (it's truly fabulous) and the Penric and Desdemona series. Truly, they are both some of my favorites of the last several years.
54Dejah_Thoris
I came down with the current upper respiratory virus making the rounds - I never get a cough, so I was pretty sure that's what it was even before a quick visit tot the doctor. I just wanted to make certain it wasn't COVID or the flu. Again. I had the flu last October and have never been so sick in my life.
At any rate, that's why I've been ignoring my thread. It hasn't stopped my reading, although it very much changed what I've been choosing to read. It's been easy reading for me - mostly romance, some fantasy. I'm doing better, and suddenly I'm willing to pick up non-fiction and books with a more literary feel. I am definitely a moody reader!
At any rate, that's why I've been ignoring my thread. It hasn't stopped my reading, although it very much changed what I've been choosing to read. It's been easy reading for me - mostly romance, some fantasy. I'm doing better, and suddenly I'm willing to pick up non-fiction and books with a more literary feel. I am definitely a moody reader!
55quondame
>54 Dejah_Thoris: I hope your over the urv any moment now. Those are so draining and so hard to know just how serious - or not - they are until you’re super sick or it’s over.
I see I haven’t announced Victoria Goddard’s new short story, In Lonely Lands.
I see I haven’t announced Victoria Goddard’s new short story, In Lonely Lands.
56Dejah_Thoris
>55 quondame: Thanks, Susan. I had an autoimmune disease diagnosis last year (2025 was a doozie) and was told to actually start seeking medical help as soon as I'm feeling sick, and NOT to wait until I'm really ill, which has long been my pattern, lol. Of course, there isn't much to be done about an urv, but I was less than two days in and starting to develop a sinus infection, so I'm rather unhappily taking antibiotics.
Is there a release date for In Lonely Lands? How exciting! And I can't wait for Platform Decay - May is going to be a good month for reading. :)
ETA: I justed visited your thread and found the link. Thanks!
Is there a release date for In Lonely Lands? How exciting! And I can't wait for Platform Decay - May is going to be a good month for reading. :)
ETA: I justed visited your thread and found the link. Thanks!
57quondame
>56 Dejah_Thoris: In Lonely Lands came out today on Victoria's web site and will be at Amazon and other vendor real soon now. I put the link into my record for it. I'm reading it now. I just finished Aurelius to be Called Magnus and the new story starts out reversing some of the cheery spring imagery in that.
58SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/383730
59Dejah_Thoris
>58 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
60avatiakh
>34 cbl_tn: I had The Lawn Road Flats out from the library when it first came out. There was some tie to New Zealanders that made it of interest in this part of the world, I think it was poet Charles Brasch who worked at Bletchley Park. I didn't end up reading it, too many books at the time.
I need to read The Hands of the Emperor, I'm always seeing a lot of love for her books on LT.
I need to read The Hands of the Emperor, I'm always seeing a lot of love for her books on LT.
61lindapanzo
>54 Dejah_Thoris: Sorry to hear you were ill. Glad that it didn't reduce your reading.
For me, watching 4 NHL hockey playoff games in one day IS reducing my reading.
I'm reading that book about the Milwaukee Braves and thoroughly enjoying it. Last week, when we had the 3 nasty thunderstorms/flooding rain, tornado threats etc, I saw video of the Milwaukee ballpark's roof leaking. Then, when fans left the game and got onto the freeway, they got stranded in the water. It's been awful there and here.
For me, watching 4 NHL hockey playoff games in one day IS reducing my reading.
I'm reading that book about the Milwaukee Braves and thoroughly enjoying it. Last week, when we had the 3 nasty thunderstorms/flooding rain, tornado threats etc, I saw video of the Milwaukee ballpark's roof leaking. Then, when fans left the game and got onto the freeway, they got stranded in the water. It's been awful there and here.
62Dejah_Thoris
>60 avatiakh: You definitely need to read The Hands of the Emperor when you get the chance - I truly love it. Other than its followup, At the Feet of the Sun and some directly related novellas and short stories, I haven't read much of her other work. I'm trying to improve on that!
63Dejah_Thoris
>61 lindapanzo: The NHL Playoffs are certainly joining to keep you busy for a while!
I'm finding Bushville Wins! interesting, but slow going. I've never know much about the Milwaukee Braves, so I'm learning a lot.
I'm so sorry the weather has been so miserable up your way. I hope the patterns change and it improves soon.
I'm finding Bushville Wins! interesting, but slow going. I've never know much about the Milwaukee Braves, so I'm learning a lot.
I'm so sorry the weather has been so miserable up your way. I hope the patterns change and it improves soon.
64lindapanzo
>63 Dejah_Thoris: I'm finding that, for a lot of things, I'm looking up to see what actually happened. Like when the author said that Warren Spahn always wanted to win 300 games. Of course, I didn't want to wait til the end to see if he ever did.
I should finish it today.
I should finish it today.
65Dejah_Thoris
>64 lindapanzo: I had to look up some things about Eddie Matthews, lol.
And I had no idea how close the world came to having Willie Mays and Henry Aaron on the same team!
And I had no idea how close the world came to having Willie Mays and Henry Aaron on the same team!
66lindapanzo
>65 Dejah_Thoris: For May, I’ll read a book on the making of the Brewers. I’ve already put it in.
67SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/383891
68lindapanzo
I finished Bushville Wins late last night. One of the best baseball books I've read in quite sometime. Usually, they have good information but aren't well written but this one had a lot I didn't know and was pretty well written too.
69Dejah_Thoris
>68 lindapanzo: I should finish tonight or tomorrow. I have learned so much from this book - and I agree that the writing is very engaging. Of course, I don't have your baseball knowledge, but it's been great fun recognizing names of people I became aware of much later in their careers - or, honestly, after they retired and started managing, or announcing, or their kids did.
I don't think I'll be able to join you for the Brewers book - I can't get my hands on it easily or cheaply. I picked up Bushville Wins! last year on a whim when I found it on sale. Thank you so much for your challenge, which prompted me to get around to reading it!
I don't think I'll be able to join you for the Brewers book - I can't get my hands on it easily or cheaply. I picked up Bushville Wins! last year on a whim when I found it on sale. Thank you so much for your challenge, which prompted me to get around to reading it!
70lindapanzo
I can really go to town on your May challenge. Incredibly, I have read only one mystery this month. While watching hockey playoffs tonight, I might pull out my Kindle and curl up with a cozy mystery.
71Dejah_Thoris
>70 lindapanzo: My thought was that it was going to be mystery and SFF series - and probably nothing else! Obviously, I have a huge list of books for my own challenge, but I also have a huge list for yours! I didn't expect to find so many Q and Z books in my tbr, but I have.
I'm trying to stick to tbr books and planned reads (Hugo nominees, M.M. Kaye for the BAC, etc.). That may mean I end up with my reading clumped into fewer challenges this month. If that's how it works out, so be it.
Enjoy the playoffs tonight - with three games, you may not have much time to read!
I'm trying to stick to tbr books and planned reads (Hugo nominees, M.M. Kaye for the BAC, etc.). That may mean I end up with my reading clumped into fewer challenges this month. If that's how it works out, so be it.
Enjoy the playoffs tonight - with three games, you may not have much time to read!
72lindapanzo
>71 Dejah_Thoris: Usually I pick a category with a particular book in mind. For May, it’s the Linda Reilly mystery Between Roquefort and a Hard Place. I do note that this is the 7th book in the Grilled Cheese mystery series so I could’ve put it in your challenge.
73Dejah_Thoris
>72 lindapanzo: I've actually identified 25 books on my tbr (and a handful of rereads) that I'm both willing to read this month and that fit your challenge. I only have 18 for my own, lol.
Obviously, I will not be reading all of those. :)
Obviously, I will not be reading all of those. :)
74lindapanzo
I really have just started looking at my mystery series so I’ll be adding plenty to yours. I’m glad because I enjoyed my books this month but missed mysteries.
75Dejah_Thoris
>74 lindapanzo: I haven't been reading many mysteries, either. I can't remember - do you participate in the BAC? Are you going to read any of M.M. Kaye's mysteries this month?
76lindapanzo
What’s that?
77Dejah_Thoris
>76 lindapanzo: British Author Challenge
I struggle a bit to join in because I read so little literary fiction - I'm usually happy to stick to genre fiction! But I've managed so far this year, and am absurdly excited by M.M. Kaye being included.
I struggle a bit to join in because I read so little literary fiction - I'm usually happy to stick to genre fiction! But I've managed so far this year, and am absurdly excited by M.M. Kaye being included.
78PaulCranswick
>77 Dejah_Thoris: Amanda is so good at mixing up the reading choices and does such a good job of hosting the British Author Challenge. Certainly an improvement on her predecessor!
79Dejah_Thoris
>78 PaulCranswick: Snort. Paul, you did a fabulous job with the BAC! The early years were obviously going to have the most lauded and literary of the authors, which I freely admit to largely avoiding. Now that the net has widened a bit, it's easier for me to find books I'm happier to read. And Amada is doing a great job!
80lindapanzo
Once again, I’ve put in way too many books for May’s TIOLI but at least this time, I’ve added mostly mysteries. Plus a Louis L’Amour and a couple of baseball books. No heavy duty history next month.
81Dejah_Thoris
>80 lindapanzo: I seriously overcommitted to nonfiction last month - I'll be reading much less this month.
And no sweep for me in May. I intended to stick to my tbr last month (ie. no sweep) , but talked myself into some books I hadn't planed on reading. Not this month! I'm going to wallow in sereies reads, M.M. Kaye, and Hugo nominees, all with much less planning.
Speaking of M.M. Kaye have you read any of her mysteries?
And no sweep for me in May. I intended to stick to my tbr last month (ie. no sweep) , but talked myself into some books I hadn't planed on reading. Not this month! I'm going to wallow in sereies reads, M.M. Kaye, and Hugo nominees, all with much less planning.
Speaking of M.M. Kaye have you read any of her mysteries?
82lindapanzo
>81 Dejah_Thoris: I’ve never heard of her but I may give her first one a try. Death in Kashmir?
For May, I have something like 20+ mysteries lined up for TIOLI. Oddly enough, for my category challenge, the mystery category is the only one I’m behind in.
For May, I have something like 20+ mysteries lined up for TIOLI. Oddly enough, for my category challenge, the mystery category is the only one I’m behind in.
83Dejah_Thoris
>82 lindapanzo: Death in Kashmir is the first of any of her books I remember reading as a teenager. It's a murder mystery/spy thriller/romantic suspense novel, which is entertaining enough, but it's the setting - both the location and the situation - that grabbed my attention.
And it seems so odd that you're behind on mysteries - how can this be possible?
And it seems so odd that you're behind on mysteries - how can this be possible?
84lindapanzo
>83 Dejah_Thoris: we are roughly one third through the year. My category challenge has 4 categories.
For sports , nonfiction, and nonmystery fiction, I am roughly halfway through my goal for the year.
For mysteries, my goal for the year was to read 80 mysteries. So far this year, I’ve read only 25.
For sports , nonfiction, and nonmystery fiction, I am roughly halfway through my goal for the year.
For mysteries, my goal for the year was to read 80 mysteries. So far this year, I’ve read only 25.
85lindapanzo
I don’t mind one bit reading so many mysteries to catch up. I so rarely read so few mysteries as I did in April. Three I think.
86lindapanzo
I put Death in Berlin into challenge #11 (published before 2000).
87Dejah_Thoris
>86 lindapanzo: Excellent! I've joined you. :)
88lindapanzo
>87 Dejah_Thoris: Glad to hear it.
I put it there since I don’t have strong feelings for the two books I’ve got under that challenge.
I put it there since I don’t have strong feelings for the two books I’ve got under that challenge.
89SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384064
91Dejah_Thoris
Happy May, everyone!
I'm excited by many of the books I'm planning to read this month, and I'm certain there will be others I read on a whim. I think there will be less nonfiction this month, but we'll see how it goes.
It's going to be a genre fiction month, I expect.
I'm excited by many of the books I'm planning to read this month, and I'm certain there will be others I read on a whim. I think there will be less nonfiction this month, but we'll see how it goes.
It's going to be a genre fiction month, I expect.
92lindapanzo
I read The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches. Very quick read and I enjoyed it. Frederic Brown also has a lot of sci fi short stories. I need to check out on Kindle and see if I can get all of his pulp mystery stories.
After you read it, I will discuss one thing that bothered me. I do note it took less than an hour to read.
After you read it, I will discuss one thing that bothered me. I do note it took less than an hour to read.
93Dejah_Thoris
>92 lindapanzo: The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches sounds pleasantly goofy - I'm looking forward to it! I'll let you know when I get to it.
94Dejah_Thoris
Until earlier this evening, I'd been without internet access since Saturday morning - I don't know how Stasia managed for so long!
I had my phone, of course, but I really hate posting on LT with it. It'll be later this week before I get caught up.
I had my phone, of course, but I really hate posting on LT with it. It'll be later this week before I get caught up.
95SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384205
96alcottacre
>94 Dejah_Thoris: I don't know how Stasia managed for so long!
It was no fun, but I did get a ton of reading done! Perfect timing for the last week of April when I had a ton of TIOLI challenge books to read.
Have a fantastic Friday, Dejah!
It was no fun, but I did get a ton of reading done! Perfect timing for the last week of April when I had a ton of TIOLI challenge books to read.
Have a fantastic Friday, Dejah!
97Dejah_Thoris
>95 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
>96 alcottacre: Thanks for the visit, Stasia. I'm glad you were able to make the most of your internet free time. :)
I hope your Friday has been a good one!
>96 alcottacre: Thanks for the visit, Stasia. I'm glad you were able to make the most of your internet free time. :)
I hope your Friday has been a good one!
98Dejah_Thoris
I've been ignoring my thread again.
I've got lots of books I want to at least minimally post about; I'll get a start on that this afternoon.
I just read a great interview with Jon Krakauer in Slate. May 10th was the 30th anniversary of the events on Everest that he wrote about in Into Thin Air, which I loved. A new edition of the book has been released, with some new material and a few corrections. Krakauer says climbing Everest was the worst decision of his life, and he still lives with PTSD. He's also horrified that instead of convincing unqualified people (he includes himself in this grouping) to stay away from Everest, his book only promoted the cachet of the climb, and its commercialization.
I still haven't figured out why I find mountaineering books fascinating, but I do.
I've got lots of books I want to at least minimally post about; I'll get a start on that this afternoon.
I just read a great interview with Jon Krakauer in Slate. May 10th was the 30th anniversary of the events on Everest that he wrote about in Into Thin Air, which I loved. A new edition of the book has been released, with some new material and a few corrections. Krakauer says climbing Everest was the worst decision of his life, and he still lives with PTSD. He's also horrified that instead of convincing unqualified people (he includes himself in this grouping) to stay away from Everest, his book only promoted the cachet of the climb, and its commercialization.
I still haven't figured out why I find mountaineering books fascinating, but I do.
99SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384299
100humouress
>81 Dejah_Thoris: >82 lindapanzo: No Death in Kashmir on Overdrive/ Libby but I've borrowed Shadow of the Moon. (Also, I get different results with different spacings/ full stops in M.M. Kaye's name when I search there.)
101Matke
>98 Dejah_Thoris: Oh my, I loved as well. Fascinating and horrifying in equal measure. Like you, I have a strange affinity for books about mountain climbing.
102alcottacre
>98 Dejah_Thoris: I still haven't figured out why I find mountaineering books fascinating, but I do. I do as well. I have no idea why I find them fascinating either.
I did not know about the new edition of Into Thin Air. I will have to see if I can locate a copy. Thanks for the heads up, Dejah!
I did not know about the new edition of Into Thin Air. I will have to see if I can locate a copy. Thanks for the heads up, Dejah!
103Dejah_Thoris
Ugh!!! My internet service has been dropping in and out for days, and it makes posting miserable. Hopefully, the problem is fixed.
>100 humouress: I agree that the spelling/punctuation of Kaye's name produces varying results - I've found it a problem in our statewide PINES library catalog system as well. I've been surprised that Kaye's books aren't as widely available as I thought they'd be, particularly the mysteries. I hope you enjoy Shadow of the Moon!
>101 Matke: >102 alcottacre: Isn't it odd? I love to hike, but have no intention (particularly at this late date) of attempting any hard core mountain, rock, or ice climbing. But reading about it? Fascinating!
>100 humouress: I agree that the spelling/punctuation of Kaye's name produces varying results - I've found it a problem in our statewide PINES library catalog system as well. I've been surprised that Kaye's books aren't as widely available as I thought they'd be, particularly the mysteries. I hope you enjoy Shadow of the Moon!
>101 Matke: >102 alcottacre: Isn't it odd? I love to hike, but have no intention (particularly at this late date) of attempting any hard core mountain, rock, or ice climbing. But reading about it? Fascinating!
104SilverWolf28
Here's the Memorial Day readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384526
105Dejah_Thoris
>104 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver - I'm in.
106alcottacre
>103 Dejah_Thoris: I have never climbed anything other than trees as a child and like you, Dejah, have no intention of starting rock climbing, mountain climbing, or any other kind of climbing now, but I will happily read about it!
107Dejah_Thoris
>106 alcottacre: I see you're reading Annapurna - I can't wait to discuss it with you!
Obviously, I wrote my TIOLI challenge this month with the intention of reading mountaineering books this month. The one I'm sure I'll read - Thirty Below: the Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali - I've already moved to Challenge #6. That means I don't have any books posted to my own challenge, because I have so many on my TBR that I can't decide which ones I'll want to read, lol.
Thirty Below is going to be perfect for the Women's Sports SPL Bingo square. I'm really looking forward to it.
Obviously, I wrote my TIOLI challenge this month with the intention of reading mountaineering books this month. The one I'm sure I'll read - Thirty Below: the Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali - I've already moved to Challenge #6. That means I don't have any books posted to my own challenge, because I have so many on my TBR that I can't decide which ones I'll want to read, lol.
Thirty Below is going to be perfect for the Women's Sports SPL Bingo square. I'm really looking forward to it.
108ArlieS
Hiya! I finally caught back up on your thread, after an embarrassing amount of time, and got away with only 2 BBs - but only because several others were already on my list, or had already been read. Plus a reminder that it may be about time to reread some of my Nevil Shute collection, perhaps starting with Pied Piper.
109Dejah_Thoris
>108 ArlieS: Welcome back! How sad that I only got you with two BBs - I can do better! I still have some Nevil Shute novels to read - I'll get to them one of these days.
110lindapanzo
I put a few mountain books in TIOLI, but while the word mountain appears in the title, I don’t think think mountain climbing is involved.
I like to read disaster books so I’ll have to look for some mountain disasters.
Btw, this morning, I started reading the M.M. Kaye mystery you recommended. The one set in Berlin.
So far, so good.
I like to read disaster books so I’ll have to look for some mountain disasters.
Btw, this morning, I started reading the M.M. Kaye mystery you recommended. The one set in Berlin.
So far, so good.
111Dejah_Thoris
>110 lindapanzo: Thanks for adding some mountain books, Linda. It's ok that their not about mountain climbing - I didn't want to make the challenge too narrow. In fact, I added that people could use mountain names so that it would be even easier, but scarcely anyone is using that option so far. Red, Love, Dog, Bachelor, Denmark, Emperor, Bellicose, Jewel, Lion, Alice - all of these are mounts or mountains! I think I'll go add an Emperor book.....
Many of the mountaineering books are disaster books, and given that (as you know) I like disaster books, too, that may be part of what draws me to them. You if haven't read Into Thin Air, I can tell you that there's plenty of disaster to go around.
I'm glad you're enjoying Death in Berlin!
Many of the mountaineering books are disaster books, and given that (as you know) I like disaster books, too, that may be part of what draws me to them. You if haven't read Into Thin Air, I can tell you that there's plenty of disaster to go around.
I'm glad you're enjoying Death in Berlin!
112drneutron
>111 Dejah_Thoris: That’s a good one! Mountain of the Dead: The Dyatlov Pass Incident was a good one too.
113lindapanzo
>111 Dejah_Thoris: in fact, I started keeping track of my reading, every single book, 50 years ago next month. I was a HS rising junior and it was a summer assignment.
The very first recorded book was Piers Paul Read’s book about the Andes plane crash.
The very first recorded book was Piers Paul Read’s book about the Andes plane crash.
114Dejah_Thoris
>112 drneutron: I've read that one, although with a different title: Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Interesting that they seem to be the same book. I thought it was an intriguing mystery with a viable explanation, but every once in a while I see an article proporting to have the 'real' explanation. Who knows?
115Dejah_Thoris
>113 lindapanzo: That is very cool, Linda! I wish I'd been keeping track all along.
I haven't read the Piers Paul Read book, but I have read one about the crash and the team's effort to survive. What a sad story.
I haven't read the Piers Paul Read book, but I have read one about the crash and the team's effort to survive. What a sad story.
116Dejah_Thoris
I am very, very far behind posting books. So far behind that it's tempting to simply give up and start where I am. But, I can't quite bring myself to do that, so I'm going to post books, but I might not say much.
119Dejah_Thoris
154. A Heart Wrapped in Thorns by Megan Derr ⭐⭐⭐⭐
43 pages, ebook/own, somewhere between a short story and a novela
I liked this. Even in the short format, this story worked. Lovely.
120Dejah_Thoris
155. Imogen by Jilly Cooper⭐⭐.5
320 pages, ebook/own
I wanted to like this. Maybe if I had read it several of decades ago....
121Dejah_Thoris
156. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
182 pages, print/library, children's book, reread
I loved this book as a kid, so much of my rating is sentimental. That said, it holds up remarkably well.
122Dejah_Thoris
157. I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories From the Stacks by Gina Sheridan ⭐⭐⭐
121 pages, KU, nonfiction
This was ok. Funny in places, but sometimes a bit mean spirited.
123Dejah_Thoris
158. Five-Twelfth of Heaven by Melissa Scott ⭐⭐⭐⭐
352 pages, print/ebook/audio/own, reread
I always did like this one.
124Dejah_Thoris
159. Passions in Death by J.D. Robb ⭐⭐⭐
363 pages, ebook/Libby
Not my favorite in the series, but solid.
125Dejah_Thoris
160. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
472 pages, ebook/Libby, audio own
I thoroughly enjoyed this, but I hope it's not too long until the sequel!
126Dejah_Thoris
161. A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo ⭐⭐⭐⭐
101 pages, print/library, novella
As always with this series: excellent.
127Dejah_Thoris
162. Paris and My Love by Mary Burchell ⭐⭐⭐
183 pages, KU
Sadly, not nearly as entertaining as the first book in this pair of Paris romances. Great cover, though.
128Dejah_Thoris
163. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann ⭐⭐⭐⭐
728 pages, print/library, audio/freebie nonfiction
This was quite good, but I need to mention that the audio and print versions are not the same. The audio version is short, and it's great to hear Dolly talk about her songs. The coffee table style book contains the lyrics to all the songs discussed (some of which are skipped in the audio version), plus additional commentary, some of which appears in the audio. They are very different reading experiences.
129Dejah_Thoris
164. The Incandescent by Emily Tesh ⭐⭐⭐⭐
432 pages, print/library
I've liked everything I've read by Emily Tesh, and this was no exception. Think Hogwarts from an educator's prospective.
131Dejah_Thoris
166. Syncopation by Anna Zabo ⭐⭐⭐⭐
370 pages, ebook/own, reread
167. Counterpoint by Anna Zabo ⭐⭐⭐⭐
344 pages, ebook'own, reread
I must have been particularly tired for a few days - or was this when I had that Upper Respiratory Virus? At any rate, I indulged in a bunch of romance reading, including several rereads.
The old covers were better.
132Dejah_Thoris
169. Takers by Casey Cox ⭐⭐⭐
248 pages, KU
I seem to remember that the first book in the series was better. Oh, well.
133Dejah_Thoris
170. Specter: An MM Contemporary Romance by Mia Monroe ⭐⭐⭐
284 pages, KU
Pretty well done, but not really my thing.
134Dejah_Thoris
171. Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher ⭐⭐⭐⭐
174 pages, ebook & audio/own, reread
I should probably just add this to the comfort read list. It's middle grades, but great for adults, too. Lovely!
135Dejah_Thoris
172. Before the Fire by Riley Bauer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
110 pages, ebook/own, novella
The is a prequel novella to an ice hockey romance series, and it was really well done.
136Dejah_Thoris
173. The Arrangement by River Thorn ⭐⭐.5
355 pages, KU
What was I thinking? I know better than to read this trope - I never like it. So not my thing. It wasn't badly written, just not....good.
137Dejah_Thoris
174. The Testimony of Mute Things by Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
151 pages, ebook & audio/own, novella, reread
Ah...Penric while he's still with the Princess. Excellent!
138PaulCranswick
A lot that is unfamiliar to me up there Princess but >128 Dejah_Thoris: caught my eye.....Dolly Parton's songwriting is sadly underrated.
Emily Tesh is also an author I have heard good things about.
Emily Tesh is also an author I have heard good things about.
139Dejah_Thoris
>137 Dejah_Thoris: I indulge in far more romance novels than you do, Paul, and much less literary fiction and poetry!
I read the Dolly Parton book on a whim - at times, it was fascinating. And she certainly is an amazing songwriter.
I first read Emily Tesh's Greenhollow Duology (two novellas), which I thought was very good. I doubt you'll be able to pick it up out where you are - it's very queer.
Thanks for dropping by!
I read the Dolly Parton book on a whim - at times, it was fascinating. And she certainly is an amazing songwriter.
I first read Emily Tesh's Greenhollow Duology (two novellas), which I thought was very good. I doubt you'll be able to pick it up out where you are - it's very queer.
Thanks for dropping by!
140PaulCranswick
>139 Dejah_Thoris: It is funny what slips through the cracks here!
141Dejah_Thoris
>140 PaulCranswick: In that case, I hope you can find it if you're interested. It's fantasy, not SF, and mythology based. If I hadn't already read them, I'd use the Duology (or, at least one of them) for the SPL Mythology & Legends space.
142Dejah_Thoris
I accidentally skipped this one....
168. Illumination by Rowan Speedwell ⭐⭐⭐⭐
274 pages, ebook/own, reread
A nice romance between a rock star whose life has gotten to wild and an artist with, let's say, issues.
143Dejah_Thoris
175. A Song of Death, Our Spiritual Birth: A Quaker Way of Dying by Lucy Screechfield McIver ⭐⭐⭐⭐
40 pages, ebook/own, nonfiction
This was a very interesting extended essay looking at how Quakers (contemporary and historical) see death.
144Dejah_Thoris
178. Shattered Warrior by Sharon Shinn & Molly Knox Ostertag ⭐⭐⭐
256 pages, print/library, graphic novel
This was a decent enough graphic novel about a population ruled by off worlders, and the risks and rewards of resistance.
145Dejah_Thoris
179. Grave Sight by Sheena Jolie ⭐⭐⭐.5
312 pages, KU
An interesting paranormal mystery with a side of romance that I liked well enough to plan on reading the sequel when it's published.
146Dejah_Thoris
180. Deacon King Kong by James McBride ⭐⭐⭐
383 pages, print/library
I;ve liked the two other works by James McBride that I've read, but I wasn't a fan of this one. I gave it three stars because I could see what he was doing and what he created, but I din't much like it.
Honestly, I should have DFN'd it.
147Dejah_Thoris
181. Aurelius (To Be Called Magnus) by Victoria Goddard ⭐⭐⭐.5
40 pages, ebook/Libby, short story
This was a nice bit of backstory about an Emperor of whom we know - or have been told - little. There are many more stories to be told of Magnus.
I don't love the cover, not that anyone asked.
148Dejah_Thoris
182. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea ⭐⭐⭐.5
465 pages, KU
I learned about the Clubmobile Corps, about which I had previously been ignorant, but I would have preferred a nonfiction book on the subject. That, apparently, had been the author's original intent, but he was stymied by a dearth of primary resources.
149Dejah_Thoris
183. My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
310 pages, KU & audio/own
Another good ice hockey romance from Sarina Bowen.
150Dejah_Thoris
184. Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
110 pages, ebook/Libby, novella, reread
The coming of Kip to the Emperor, from His Radiancy's point of view.
151Dejah_Thoris
185. Fresh Ice by Riley Bauer ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
344 pages, KU
Still more MM ice hockey romance - this one with a truly hysterical book club.
152Dejah_Thoris
186.
240 pages, print/library, nonfiction
240 pages, print/library, nonfiction
153Dejah_Thoris
187. Face Off: Atlanta Firebirds Book 2 by Riley Bauer ⭐⭐⭐.5
289 pages, KU
Not nearly as good as the novella and novel that precede it, but not bad.
154Dejah_Thoris
188. Movers (Upper Echelons Book 3) by Casey Cox ⭐⭐⭐
94 pages, KU, novella
Sadly, this series is going downhill....
155Dejah_Thoris
189. Medaling by Hailey Reaves ⭐⭐⭐
288 pages, KU
While I was reading (mostly listening to) a book about WWII nurses, I apparently balanced it out by reading lots of romances with happy endings....
156Dejah_Thoris
188. And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidle-Greenlee ⭐⭐⭐⭐
408 pages, ebook & audio/own, nonfiction
This was very good - I have great aunts (both gone in the 1980s, long before I knew what to ask, or even that I wanted to) who served in WWII as nurses, and I know virtually nothing about their experiences. In that respect, I enjoyed learning about what they might have gone through. I also learned more about the war in Africa - reading about the North Africa theater seems to be a bit of an unexpected theme this year.
The title is a bit misleading, though - they virtually ignored nurses who served in the Pacific.
157Dejah_Thoris
189. Stormy: An M/M Romance by Wren Wilds ⭐⭐.5
523 pages, KU
I usually avoid any motorcycle/gang romances - but this MC wasn't in a gang, although it became clear he 'club' adjacent. But still, as I read I thought the book was ok - and then came the violence, almost at the end. Ick.
158Dejah_Thoris
190. Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander by Victoria Goddard ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
100 pages, ebook/Libby, reread
Hooray for Buru Tovo!
159Dejah_Thoris
191. Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein ⭐⭐⭐⭐
214 pages, print/ebook/audio/own, reread
Not my favorite Heinlein book, but entertaining enough. Actually, it's better than I remembered.
160Dejah_Thoris
192. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier ⭐⭐⭐⭐
256 pages, print/library, graphic novel, reread
This Eisner Award winning kids' GN addresses grief, family member with illness, adjusting to a new home, and, of course, ghosts.
161Dejah_Thoris
193. The Disgraced Return of Kap's Needle by Renan Bernardo ⭐⭐⭐⭐
128 pages, KU, novella
This was really good. Dark - almost too dark for my taste - but very well done.
162Dejah_Thoris
194. Eleanor: A 200 Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen by Alice Loxton ⭐⭐⭐
335 pages, ebook/own, audio freebie, nonfiction
This was disappointing. It sounded as though it would be perfect for me, but I didn't appreciate the author's style. It turns out she's a social media 'historian' - I'm not her target audience.
163Dejah_Thoris
195. Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
157 pages, ebook&audio/own, novella
It's a new Penric & Desdemona novella - what's not to like?
164Dejah_Thoris
196. Bushville Wins!: The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball by John Klima ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
334 pages, ebook/own, nonfiction
What a pleasant surprise this turned out to be! I bought it on whim (on sale, of course), in large part because I was a hard core Atlanta Braves fan in the 1990s and the early part of the aughts, but I didn't know much about their time in Milwaukee. Well, I do now. It was very entertaining, informative, and readable. I got lucky with this one.
165ArlieS
>109 Dejah_Thoris: Well, I reread Nevil Shute's Pied Piper yesterday, having been reminded of it by you reading it earlier this year, and didn't count that as a BB because I'd already read it. So you can take credit for a third if you like.
166Dejah_Thoris
>165 ArlieS: Nah, you're right - that doesn't count. But I am curious as to what the two actual BBs are.
And I hope you enjoyed your reread of Pied Piper!
And I hope you enjoyed your reread of Pied Piper!
167ArlieS
>166 Dejah_Thoris: A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes and K. B. Wagers' Behind the Throne.
Today you came quite close with This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews. I like Andrews, but I'm not too sure about isakei in general. And if I liked it, I might wind up climbing the walls waiting for a sequel.
Today you came quite close with This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews. I like Andrews, but I'm not too sure about isakei in general. And if I liked it, I might wind up climbing the walls waiting for a sequel.
168Dejah_Thoris
>167 ArlieS: I don't love waiting, either. I truly wasn't certain I'd like it, but it suited my mood perfectly when I read it. It never hurts to wait until the entire series is out - I've certainly done it!
169Dejah_Thoris
I'm making some progress toward getting caught up on posting books - well, ok, I'm not quite through with April, but I am making progress!
I'm on the last day of four consecutive days off, which were unexpected and unrequested, but welcome anyway. I decided that I'd use these four days to read my longest book of the month, The Far Pavillions, which runs to 964 pages. I've got to say that this is a very long reading 946 pages, and I know that fellow readers will understand what I mean.
I often think that audiobook length is a more accurate reflection of book length. For example, Cryptonomicon (which I really, really will get around to reading) runs 1168 pages, and the audiobook 42:44. By comparison, The Far Pavillions' 964 ends up being 48:45.
Thank goodness I had the audiobook in addition to the ebook, or I would have done nothing but read the past few days, or be nowhere near finished. Granted, the rain and thunderstorms did encourage me to read more, but being able to listen while engaged in domestic deity duties really helped.
I should finish today - and then I have a list of much shorter things to read before the end of the month. The list includes a play, several novellas, a children's book, a mystery novel, and one not too long nonfiction work. I read a lot of nonfiction in April which seems to have led me to read much less NF in May. I suspect June will be more nonfiction focused again. We'll see.
I'm on the last day of four consecutive days off, which were unexpected and unrequested, but welcome anyway. I decided that I'd use these four days to read my longest book of the month, The Far Pavillions, which runs to 964 pages. I've got to say that this is a very long reading 946 pages, and I know that fellow readers will understand what I mean.
I often think that audiobook length is a more accurate reflection of book length. For example, Cryptonomicon (which I really, really will get around to reading) runs 1168 pages, and the audiobook 42:44. By comparison, The Far Pavillions' 964 ends up being 48:45.
Thank goodness I had the audiobook in addition to the ebook, or I would have done nothing but read the past few days, or be nowhere near finished. Granted, the rain and thunderstorms did encourage me to read more, but being able to listen while engaged in domestic deity duties really helped.
I should finish today - and then I have a list of much shorter things to read before the end of the month. The list includes a play, several novellas, a children's book, a mystery novel, and one not too long nonfiction work. I read a lot of nonfiction in April which seems to have led me to read much less NF in May. I suspect June will be more nonfiction focused again. We'll see.
170Dejah_Thoris
196. My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal ⭐⭐⭐.5
305 pages, print/library
This was a lovely book (and impressive for a debut novel), but I'm not certain I was in the right headspace for it, hence the 3.5 stars. I will definitely read her work in the future, though.
171Dejah_Thoris
197. Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout ⭐⭐⭐⭐
256 pages, print/library, graphic novel
This is a very nice graphic work of dual timeline fiction, with many characters based on real people and situations on real events. Can there ever be enough accessible works on the Holocaust?
172Dejah_Thoris
198. Terec and the Wild by Victoria Goddard ⭐⭐⭐⭐
52 pages, ebook/Libby, short story
Poor Conju, to have lost Terec to his magic and the Wild!
If you want to read Victoria Goddard, don't start here, lol.
173Dejah_Thoris
199. Rebound Control by Jodi Oliver ⭐⭐⭐.5
342 pages, KU
More MM Ice Hockey Romance - yay! I can remember being at a very minor league hockey game trying to convince two friends that hockey was a legit romance sub-genre. Now it's everywhere.....
174Dejah_Thoris
200. The Game of Courts by Victoria Goddard ⭐⭐⭐⭐
82 pages, ebook/own, novella
Ah, Conju - you get there, eventually.
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202. Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur ⭐⭐⭐
270 pages, KU, audio/own
I'd read the first two books a while back, so I wanted to complete the series. I shouldn't have bothered. The final book was one magical battle after another - I need actual plot to be happy. In retrospect, three stars is probably too many.
Great cover, though.
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203. Burning for Alexander by Lucy Lennox ⭐⭐⭐⭐
338 pages, KU, audio/own
You can pretty much count on Lucy Lennox to give you an entertaining (non-hockey) MM romance. Some are good - others, great. This one is good.
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204. Pageboy by Elliot Page
268 pages, print/library, audio/Libby, nonfiction
This was much darker than I expected, although I don't know why I was surprised. Hollywood is a cesspit, and parents don't understand the damage they can do.
No rating, because as I've said before, I'm not always comfortable rating someone's lived experience.
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Hi there, I finished that M. M. Kaye mystery set in Berlin. Death in Berlin Thanks for alerting me to this author. I'd never heard of her. While the book started slowly for me, in the end, I absolutely loved it.
I think I'm remembering that each of her books have a different sleuth and so there's no need to read in order. Is that correct? I definitely want to pick up more of her books.
Sorry that you didn't like Deacon King Kong. I'll read it at some point.
I think I'm remembering that each of her books have a different sleuth and so there's no need to read in order. Is that correct? I definitely want to pick up more of her books.
Sorry that you didn't like Deacon King Kong. I'll read it at some point.
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>179 lindapanzo: I'm so glad you enjoyed Death in Berlin! I appreciate Kaye's historical novels, but its her Death In... mysteries that are like popcorn for me - I gobble them up.
You're right in remembering that the six Death In... books each have completely different characters. There are three that I haven't reread this month: Death in Cyprus, Death in Kenya, and Death in the Andamans. If at any point you want a shared read of any of those, just let me know. I have a particular yen to reread Death in the Andamans for some reason....
Most of her books, but particularly the mysteries, pop up on sale (Kindle) at the $2.99-3.99 price point, one at a time, fairly regularly. I've picked them all up that way, although I have decrepit print versions of most of them, too.
I hope you have a better time with Deacon King Kong than I did. I've liked his other work enough that one disappointment won't stop me from trying more in the future.
Thanks for dropping by!
You're right in remembering that the six Death In... books each have completely different characters. There are three that I haven't reread this month: Death in Cyprus, Death in Kenya, and Death in the Andamans. If at any point you want a shared read of any of those, just let me know. I have a particular yen to reread Death in the Andamans for some reason....
Most of her books, but particularly the mysteries, pop up on sale (Kindle) at the $2.99-3.99 price point, one at a time, fairly regularly. I've picked them all up that way, although I have decrepit print versions of most of them, too.
I hope you have a better time with Deacon King Kong than I did. I've liked his other work enough that one disappointment won't stop me from trying more in the future.
Thanks for dropping by!
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>180 Dejah_Thoris: thanks for the tip about cheap kindle books. I’ll have to look periodically.
I’m suddenly finding myself reading NF next month, particularly as to Revolutionary War era and also Paris. I do need to find a good bio of Revolutionary War Patriot/bookseller Henry Knox.
I’m suddenly finding myself reading NF next month, particularly as to Revolutionary War era and also Paris. I do need to find a good bio of Revolutionary War Patriot/bookseller Henry Knox.
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>181 lindapanzo: I've been thinking that July will be my Revolutionary War month, although June makes as much sense. I have absolutely no suggestions re: Henry Knox - good luck!
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>182 Dejah_Thoris: that makes sense. I want to read David McCullough’s 1776 as well as Tom Paine and the hopefully Henry Knox bios. The Tom Paine bio is most likely for June.
I think my sports book for the month will be the bio of Simone Biles’ longtime coach.
Lots of mysteries of course. My choice mysteries are in my challenge.
I think my sports book for the month will be the bio of Simone Biles’ longtime coach.
Lots of mysteries of course. My choice mysteries are in my challenge.
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Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384644
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>183 lindapanzo: Well, I've checked 1776 out from the library - we'll see if I get to it.
>184 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
>184 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
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>183 lindapanzo: And now I've requested Tom Paine's War, too. I am already over committing for June, and it's still May!
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>185 Dejah_Thoris: I read that back when it first came out - a nice, bite-sized & approachable taste of the times.
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Thanks for the tip about Kindle deals on M.M. Kaye books. I looked yesterday and they were all $12 up.
Just got an email about a $2.99 sale on Death in Zanzibar so I snapped that one up.
Just got an email about a $2.99 sale on Death in Zanzibar so I snapped that one up.
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>188 lindapanzo: Excellent! I was a little worried that now that I'd mentioned the deals, they'd suddenly stop happening. lol.
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I would not have looked except it showed up in an Amazon email the day after I looked.
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>187 ChrisG1: Whoops - I thought I responded yesterday. !776 looks pretty reasonable, and I've always like McCullough. I suppose I can start my reading in June instead of July!
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>163 Dejah_Thoris: I just added Darksight Dare to May's TIOLI Challenge #6 if you want to make it a shared read.
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>192 SilverWolf28: I would, but I actually read it in April. Yes, I am that far behind posting books to my thread.
I'm so happy that you're playing the TIOLI Challenge. I'd be delighted to find some shared reads with you in June.
I'm so happy that you're playing the TIOLI Challenge. I'd be delighted to find some shared reads with you in June.
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>189 Dejah_Thoris: the cheap price on that M.M. Kaye book disappeared after a day or two but another book popped up cheap so I got that one too. The first book. Death in Kashmir
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>193 Dejah_Thoris: It'll be really fun to see if we can find shared reads for June!
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>119 Dejah_Thoris: Hmm; intriguing. >123 Dejah_Thoris: I wonder if I can find that to read? >125 Dejah_Thoris: Ooh, that looks good. I enjoyed their Innkeeper Chronicles. >129 Dejah_Thoris: Maybe. I liked her Silver in the Wood once I finally got around to it (I acquired it as a TOR freebie, I think, way back when). >134 Dejah_Thoris: Maybe.
>137 Dejah_Thoris: >147 Dejah_Thoris:, >150 Dejah_Thoris:, >158 Dejah_Thoris: >163 Dejah_Thoris:, >172 Dejah_Thoris:, >174 Dejah_Thoris: Obviously, yes.
Oh - and I forgot to say Congratulations on double 75! Though you're already almost to your triple. (Meanwhile, I'm still nowhere near the halfway mark.)
ETA: and I've finished Shadow of the Moon; thanks for your M.M. Kaye BB.
>137 Dejah_Thoris: >147 Dejah_Thoris:, >150 Dejah_Thoris:, >158 Dejah_Thoris: >163 Dejah_Thoris:, >172 Dejah_Thoris:, >174 Dejah_Thoris: Obviously, yes.
Oh - and I forgot to say Congratulations on double 75! Though you're already almost to your triple. (Meanwhile, I'm still nowhere near the halfway mark.)
ETA: and I've finished Shadow of the Moon; thanks for your M.M. Kaye BB.
197SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384773
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Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384866
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Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/385027
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Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/385137
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Here's the Fourth of July readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/385250
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I'm playing catch-up on threads. Hope you had a good 4th.
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Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/385354
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