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My goal is to buy fewer books than I read. And so end up with fewer unread books.
Last year I managed to reduce my TBR pile by 117 books!

I start 2021 with 901 books on my TBR pile.

Books removed from TBR

Read and Reading

1. December 31st, 2020: Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.33 - 4/5 - 239pp
   A collection of short mysteries. Some racial stereotypes, but on the whole good fun.
2. January 4th: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White - £0.99 - 5/5 - 111pp
   Excellent childen's book. Memorable characters, good story.
3. January 6th: Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer - £0.99 - 4/5 - 211pp
   A most enjoyable re-read, provided one remembers it is complete fantasy.
4. January 9th: Fantasy Magazine #4 edited by Wallace and Tremblay - £0.31 - 2/5 - 181pp
   My taste clearly doesn't match that of the editors. Abandoning the remaining 53 issues.
5. January 12th: James Potter and the Curse of the GateKeeper by G. Norman Lippert - Free - 4/5 - 457pp
   Quite fun. An interesting fan-fic sequel to Hary Potter.
6. January 18th: Strip Jack by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 259pp
   A really good story, and the characters are getting better. I think the series is really getting into its stride now.
7. January 21st: All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot - £0.99 - 5/5 - 454pp
   Still delightful.
8. January 26th: The Wandering Earth Collection by Cixin Liu - Free - 3/5 - 444pp
   Good ideas. I find the writing a bit dull.
9. January 31st: Arsène Lupin - The Gentleman Burglar by Maurice Leblanc - £2.15 - 4/5 - 177pp
   Interesting. And funny in places. The next one will be worth a go too.
10. February 5th: The Time-travelling Caveman by Terry Pratchett - £0.99 - 4/5 - 184pp
    Some delightfully silly tales from early in his career.
11. February 7th: Lightspeed Magazine #4 edited by J. J. Adams - £0.58 - 4/5 - 180pp
    All good. So I won't be dropping these from my TBR
12. February 10th: Call for the Dead by John le Carré - £0.99 - 5/5 - 146pp
    A splendid spy mystery/thriller. Really excellent.
13. February 12th: The Russian Interpreter by Michael Frayn - Free - 4/5 - 181pp
    A very good book, wonderfully confusing, as was/is the system.
14. February 14th: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring by M. J. Trow - Free - 1/5 - 244pp
    [ABANDONED - Historical 'humour' mystery. Ughh.]
15. February 15th: The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith - £0.99 - 5/5 - 69pp
    Splendid children's story. That'll do, Dick, that'll do.
16. February 16th: Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler - £0.66 - 4/5 - 231pp
    Excellent hard-boiled detective thriller. Some splendid descriptive language.
17. February 22nd: Gently Does It by Alan Hunter - £0.99 - 4/5 - 174pp
    Delightful police procedural/mystery. Set in a renamed Norwich!
18. February 25th: The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T. E. Kinsey - Free - 4/5 - 240pp
    Almost perfect, spolied only by the (IMO) under-reaction to the murder
19. February 27th: Some of the Best from Tor.com 2011 - Free - 5/5 - 485pp
    A really excellent collection of short science fiction.
20. March 1st: Skip Langdon Vol. 1 by Julie Smith - Free - 4/5 - 252pp
    Good. Good enough to add the other 8 from the omnibus to my TBR pile.
21. March 6th: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart - £0.99 - 5/5 - 433pp
    Splendid retelling starting with Merlin, not Arthur.
22. March 12th: Axe Man's Jazz by Julie Smith - Free - 4/5 - 299pp
    Interesting. Quite fun. Weird people.
23. March 14th: The Haunted Monastery by Robert Van Gulik - £0.68 - 4/5 - 138pp
    Too many coincidences, but fun.
24. March 18th: Escape to Challenge by Don McQuinn - Free - 2/5 - 237pp
    Dull, poor storytelling. Almost abandoned a couple of times.
25. March 23rd: A Quiet Life in the Country by T. E. Kinsey - £0.99 - 4/5 - 191pp
    An enjoyable, quick read.
26. March 24th: The Canterbury Murders by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 270pp
    Excellent historical murder mystery
27. March 24th: Provenance by Ann Leckie - £0.99 - 5/5 - 279pp
    Excellent far future SF
28. March 25th: King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist - £1.49 - 5/5 - 392pp
    Excellent epic fantasy
29. March 27th: Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs - £0.99 - 5/5 - 327pp
    Very good procedural murder mystery with a forensic anthropologist
30. March 29th: Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser - £0.99 - 5/5 - 255pp
    Splendid adventure with a cowardly villain.
31. April 1st: A Christmas to Remember by Anton du Beke - £0.99 - 4/5 - 336pp
    Fun, light historical drama with ballroom dancing.
32. April 3rd: Galaxy's Edge #3 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.40 - 3/5 - 283pp
    OK, but the best bits are reprints, and I'm not interested in the reviews or the serial.
33. April 4th: The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray - £0.99 - 3/5 - 310pp
    Unconvincing in almost every respect.
34. April 5th: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - £1.39 - 5/5 - 181pp
    Brilliant. A wonderful book. Go and read it.
35. April 7th: Selected Stores by Ursula K. Le Guin Volume 2 - £0.67 - 3/5 - 316pp
    Some very good, but many not really my kind of story.
36. April 11th: The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 1/5 - 173pp
    [ABANDONED - at 39%. I don't like the characters and the situation isn't funny.]
37. April 12th: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton - Free - 4/5 - 229pp
    Good, although the plot was relatively obvious. It didn't grab my attention as much as the first one.
38. April 16th: April Lady by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 230pp
    Frivoulous fun with authentic regency slang
39. April 17th: A Murder of Quality by John le Carré - £0.99 - 4/5 - 153pp
    Very good murder mystery with Smiley. Goodness, le Carré hated English public schools.
40. April 19th: Interzone #216 by TTA Press - £2.26 - 3/5 - 155pp
    The stories were OK to good. I skipped the reviews, etc.
41. April 22nd: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot - Free - 2/5 - 804pp
    Wordy, all tell and no show, unintentionally racist, dull, obvious.
42. May 9th: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie - £2.99 - 5/5 - 283pp
43. May 11th: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie - £2.99 - 5/5 - 272pp
    As with many trilogies, the first is almost stand-alone, and the second and third are a whole. Excellent SF.
44. May 13th: Island Magic by Lyndon Hardy - Free - 3/5 - 214pp
    Less magic than I'd like, and more soul-searching.
45. May 14th: Soul by Tobsha Learner - Free - 2/5 - 432pp
    Only just escaped being abandoned. I probably should have abandoned.
46. May 16th: Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg - £0.99 - 4/5 - 249pp
    Enjoyable magical mystery/romance. A light, fun read.
47. May 17th: Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri - £1.19 - 4/5 - 195pp
    Good mystery. Coincidences are never coincidences...
48. May 20th: Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones - £1.07 - 4/5 - 404pp
    Most enjoyable fantasy romance
49. May 22nd: [I]Sweeny Todd and Other Stories[/I[ by Neil Gaiman & Michael Zulli - £0.58 - 3/5 - 55pp
    OK, but Graphics novels aren't really for me.
50. May 22nd: The Black Book by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 301pp
    Clearly getting into full stride now.
51. May 23rd: The Witches of Wenshar by Barbara Hambley - £0.35 - 5/5 - 278pp
    Excellent Sword and Sorcery fantasy.
52. May 26th: The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey - £1.00 - 4/5 - 325pp
    Enjoyable Fantasy/Historical/Romance
53. May 28th: Gently by the Shore by Alan Hunter - £0.37 - 4/5 - 175pp
    Good, but the plot stretched credibility.
54. May 29th: The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe - £1.49 - 3/5 - 244pp
    Early (Sub-)Urban Fantasy. OK.
55. May 31st: The Infinity Link by Jeffrey A. Carver - £2.43 - 2/5 - 425pp
    [ABANDONED]Too much for one story.
56. June 2nd: Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings - £0.99 - 4/5 - 211pp
    A good mystery and good characters
57. June 4th: To Clear Away the Shadows by David Drake - £4.01 - 5/5 - 224pp
    Excellent MilSF as expected, but with new characters
58. June 6th: The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold- £4.95 - 5/5 - 242pp
    Excellent, as expected.
59. June 8th: Worlds 2 by Eric Flint - £0.98 - 5/5 - 478pp
    Excellent collection from Eric Flint, mostly shorts in his well-known series.
60. June 12th: The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.99 - 4/5 - 552pp
    Very hard to get into, with lots of parallel story lines. Good once it got going.
61. June 19th: The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.99 - 4/5 - 593pp
    Better than the first, but really this is one story in three volumes
62. June 22nd: The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.99 - 4/5 - 598pp
    Reasonably satisfactory conclusion, although perhaps a bit too happy.
63. June 26th: [I]The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré - £0.99 - 4/5 - 510pp
    Very good cold war spy thriller.
64. June 27th: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey - £0.99 - 4/5 - 184pp
    Not so much of a mystery, as a bit of historical research dressed up as one. Interesting, though.
65. June 30th: Interzone, Jul-Aug 2008 - £2.26 - 3/5 - 117pp
    OK. I liked most of the stories.
66. July 2nd: A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 228pp
    An excellent, quick read.
67. July 3rd: Great Sky River by Gregory Benford - £1.48 - 3/5 - 327pp
    OK, stand-alone, bit preachy at the end.
68. July 9th: Blarney by Steve Hockensmith - Free - 5/5 - 224pp
    A most enjoyable collection.
69. July 10th: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - £0.99 - 4/5 - 191pp
    A bit clunky in parts. I found some of the mysticism a bit irritating.
70. July 13th: The Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny - £0.58 - 4/5 - 267pp
    Good short story collection. The style irritated once or twice (otherwise 5/5), but brilliant stories.
71. July 15th: Headlong by Michael Frayn - Free - 2/5 - 335pp
    Far too much research in the story. Unbelievable characters and a telegraphed plot. Disappointing.
72. July 18th: Halfway Human by Carolyn Ives Gilman - Free - 4/5 - 380pp
    Very good SF. Only 4/5 because the time for interstellar travel was acknowledged but skipped over a little.
73. July 22nd: The Literary Devil's Dictionary by David Davis - £0.66 - 2/5 - 29pp
    Disappointing. One or two good dictionary entries, but the subsequent 'jokes' section was very poor.
74. July 23rd: The Dark Hand of Magic by Barbara Hambly - £0.35 - 5/5 - 302pp
    Excellent, thoughtful, sword and sorcery
75. July 24th: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.67 - 5/5 - 211pp
    A splendid mystery, nicely delivered.
76. July 25th: The Looking Glass War by John le Carré - £0.99 - 2/5 - 253pp
    Very disappointing. I didn't believe in the characters, the dialogs or the relationships.
77. July 30th: Blood Feuds by Jerry Pournelle et al. - £1.33 - 3/5 - 478pp
    OK Mil SF. A bit weird with the naming, and a bit of old tales re-enacted, but readable. Only half a story, the rest presumably in the nest volume.
78. August 3rd: [I]Nemesis[/I[ by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 238pp
    An excellent mystery, and Miss Marple does wonderfully.
79. August 4th: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterton - Free - 3/5 - 137pp
    OK, but not my usual sort of thing. Well written. Some very good bits
80. August 6th: Talon of the Silver Hawk by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 5/5 - 276pp
    Excellent sword and (some) sorcery epic fantasy.
81. August 7th: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich - Free - 4/5 - 223pp
    Wildly implausible, but quite fun.
82. August 8th: The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.99 - 4/5 - 956pp
    Massive scope. Bit of a slow start. Fun once it gets going.
83. August 19th: Jazz Funeral by Julie Smith - Free - 5/5 - 311pp
    Splendid murder mystery. Very nicely done and good ongoing story.
84. August 21st: Voices of the Fall by John Ringo et al. - £2.52 - 4/5 - 294pp
    Good fun. Filling out parts of the Fall.
85. August 22nd: 1636: The China Venture by Iver P. Cooper and Eric Flint - £2.52 - 4/5 - 432pp
    An enjoyable look at China in the 1630s
86. August 26th: 1637: The Polish Maelstrom by Eric Flint - £2.52 - 5/5 - 472pp
    Lots of people to keep track of, but great fun.
87. August 29th: Towards the End of Morning by Michael Frayn - Free - 2/5 - 190pp
    [ABANDONED at 60%. Not my thing at all. And not enough period background to make it interesting.]
88. August 30th: LightSpeed Magazine #5 - £0.58 - 3/5 - 242pp
    OK, but a horror-themed SF issue, which isn't really for me.
89. August 30th: King of Foxes by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 5/5 - 273pp
    Excellent epic fantasy, from a pawn's point of view
90. September 1st: Lucky Legacy by Joshua James - Free - 2/5 - 306pp
    [ABANDONED. 56% There's only so much fighting one can take before it become boring.]
91. September 1st: Blood Music by Greg Bear - £1.93 - 4/5 - 542pp
    Good, but too many new unknowns IMO
92. September 3rd: Galaxy's Edge Magazine #4 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.40 - 4/5 - 222pp
    I like the new stores and the reprints. A good issue.
93. September 5th: Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 188pp
    Excellent Ariadne Oliver and Poirot.
94. September 7th: Strata by Terry Pratchett - £1.99 - 5/5 - 158pp
    A wonderfully excellent book.
95. September 8th: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 4/5 - 330pp
    Very good murder mystery in itself. A good start to a series.
96. September 11th: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline - £0.99 - 4/5 - 400pp
    Pretty good. Just makes a 4/5 but a quick and fun read.
97. September 11th: Sylvester by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 313pp
    Delightful fun.
98. September 13th: Serpentine by Philip Pullman - £0.99 - 4/5 - 80pp
    Good little story showing Lyra between trilogies.
99. September 13th: Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.67 - 4/5 - 219pp
    Excellent mystery, although I think the suddenness of his attraction isn't done well.
100. September 15th: Exile's Return by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 5/5 - 259pp
     Excellent Epic Fantasy
101. September 17th: A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball by T. E. Kinsey - £0.99 - 4/5 - 234pp
     Fun Murder mystery, although the murderer was fairly obvious.
102. September 18th: Ringworld by Larry Niven - £0.99 - 5/5 - 300pp
     Better than I remembered.
103. September 20th: Lightspeed Magazine #6 - £0.58 - 3/5 - 245pp
     OK.
104. September 21st: The Prince of Darkness by Paul Doherty - £0.99 - 3/5 - 183pp
     An OK historical murder mystery.
105. September 22nd: The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers - £0.67 - 4/5 - 183pp
     A good Lord Peter mystery set in Scotland
106. September 23th: Dominion by C. J. Sansom - £0.99 - 4/5 - 579pp
     Good alternative history
107. September 25th: Lost and Found by Alan Dean Foster - £3.76 - 4/5 - 222pp
     A fun take of alien abduction
108. September 26th: Tsar Wars by Stephen Goldin - Free - 4/5 - 183pp
     Enjoyable SF Spy fun
109. September 27th: Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie - £0.43 - 4/5 - 218pp
     Interesting to see an older Tommy and Tuppence. A bit too coincidental for me.
110. October 1st: Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood - £0.99 - 5/5 - 143pp
     Splendid detecting and adventure with Miss Phryne Fisher
111. October 2nd: Readcoat by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 3/5 - 469pp
     OK, but disappointing the minor matter were changed for little reason
112. October 7th: Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovitch and Leanne Banks - Free - 3/5 - 133pp
     A fun, light mystery/romance.
113. October 8th: Swords Against Darkness Edited by Robert E. Howard - Free - 4/5 - 197pp
     A good collection of sword &sorcery from various authors
114. October 12th: Angles and Visitations by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 4/5 - 154pp
     Excellent colection of short works, fiction & non-fiction.
115. October 15th: The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 1/5 - 373pp
     I should have abandoned this stinker.
116. October 25th: Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 83pp
     A delight from start to end, despite some tragic events.
117. October 25th: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - £1.99 - 5/5 - 404pp
     Enjoyable adventure SF
118. October 27th: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith - £2.99 - 4/5 - 226pp
     It took a while to get back into the style, but most enjoyable.
119. October 30th: Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 4/5 - 287pp
     How he gets into romantic trouble as well is beyond me.
120. November 3rd: Innate Magic by Shannon Fay - Free - 3/5 - 326pp
     An OK mid 1950s magical Britiain fantasy.
121. November 4th: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny - £1.90 - 3/5 - 224pp
     I didn't really like the non-linear story telling. Or the characters.
122. November 10th: The Ship by C. S. Forester - £0.99 - 4/5 - 188pp
     Excellent story of a naval action in WWII
123. November 11th: Dead Cert by Dick Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 253pp
     Excellent. You wouldn't know it was a first novel.
124. November 13th: The Nightingale Gallery by Paul Doherty - Free - 2/5 - 173pp
     [ABANDONED at 50%. I didn't believe in the characters or the setting]
125. November 15th: The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö - £0.99 - 4/5 - 184pp
     More a look at the effect of investigations on policemen. The solution was fairly obvious from early on.
126. November 19th: Sky Dragons by Anne & Todd McCaffrey - £1.99 - 3/5 - 295pp
     OK, but nothing really new
127. November 22nd: Gently Down the Stream by Alan Hunter - £0.27 - 4/5 - 164pp
     An enjoyable police investigation mystery, although the main twist was obvious.
128. November 23rd: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton - Free - 4/5 - 220pp
     A good murder mystery with an enjoyable side plot
129. November 24th: The Rizzoli Bag by Diane Duane - Free - 4/5 - 12pp
     Fun short with an updated ancient myth
130. November 24th: The Magical Maze by Ian Stewart - Free - 5/5 - 300pp
     A splendid mathematical exploration.
131. November 27th: Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith - £2.99 - 5/5 - 201pp
     Splendid, as expected.
132. November 28th: The Red Cockade by Stanley J. Weyman - Free - 3/5 - 293pp
     An OK historical fiction, but now a romance in the modern meaning.
133. November 30th: Wednesday the Rabbi got Wet by Harry Kemelman - £1.97 - 5/5 - 246pp
     Delightful, although it could have done with a longer ending.
134. December 1st: Front Runner by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 329pp
     Enjoyable horse racing based thriller
135. December 2nd: Thursday The Rabbi Walked Out - £1.45 - 5/5 - 238pp
     Another delightful tale with Rabbi Small
136. December 2nd: Dirge by Alan Dean Foster - £3.76 - 4/5 - 264pp
     Interesting look at the start of te Commonwealth. Unrealistic aliens in one case.
137. December 4th: The Body Human by Nancy Kress - Free - 4/5 - 88pp
     Three dystopias, some unpleasantly cose the the current day. Well done, but not my preferred fiction.
138. December 5th: The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers - £2.49 - 4/5 - 310pp
     A fun fantasy set in 1529 when the Ottoman Empire besieged Vienna
139. December 8th: Landed Gently by Alan Hunter - 0.33 - 4/5 - 153pp
     Good stately home murder mystery set in a renamed Norfolk.
140. December 10th: Lightspeed Magazine #11 edited by JJ Adams - £0.36 - 5/5 - 88pp
     A good issue. I enjoyed the new and the reprints.
141. December 12th: The Red Pavillion by Robert Van Gulik - £0.68 - 4/5 - 158pp
     Judge Dee does not jump to obvious conclusions, to good effect.
142. December 14th: A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 4/5 - 105pp
     A fascinating collection of some old stories and articles.
143. December 16th: Exhalation by Ted Chiang - Free - 5/5 - 17pp
     Excellent short story
144. December 16th: The Y Factor by Darrell Bain - £1.69 - 1/5 - 673p[ABANDONED - awful tosh]
145. December 17th: The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters - £2.99 - 5/5 - 301pp
     A wonderful tongue-in-cheek murder mystery.
146. December 21st: Firefly Gadroon by Jonathan Gash - £0.84 - 5/5 - 184pp
     Great adventure with Lovejoy
147. December 25th: Maelstrom by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - £1.19 - 1/5 - 207pp
     [ABANDONED. Reads like a poor YA[/INDENT]
148. December 26th: Venetia by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 302pp
     Really excellent Regency romance
149. December 28th: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein - £0.99 - 3/5 - 346pp
     Didn't stand up as well as I'd hoped.
150. December 31st: Poor Tom is Cold by Maureen Jennings - £0.99 - - 271pp

Books added to TBR

Freebies

1. January 5th: Some of the Best from Tor.com 2016 by Tor.com (unread)
2. February 6th: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring by M. J. Trow (ABANDONED)
3. February 16: New Orleans Mourning, Skip Langdon Vol 1 by Julie Smith (read)
4. February 24th: The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T. E. Kinsey (read)
5. March 6th: Axe Man's Jazz, Skip Langdon 2 by Julie Smith (read)
6. March 6th: Jazz Funeral, Skip Langdon 3 by Julie Smith (read)
7. March 6th: Death Before Facebook, Skip Langdon 4 by Julie Smith (unread)
8. March 6th: House of Blues, Skip Langdon 5 by Julie Smith (unread)
9. March 6th: Kindness of Strangers, Skip Langdon 6 by Julie Smith (unread)
10. March 6th: Crescent City Connection, Skip Langdon 7 by Julie Smith (unread)
11. March 6th: 82 Desire, Skip Langdon 8 by Julie Smith (unread)
12. March 6th: Mean Woman Blues, Skip Langdon 9 by Julie Smith (unread)
13. April 21st: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (read)
14. April 23rd: Island Magic by Lyndon Hardy (read)
15. June 10th: The Number of the Beast (previously read)
16. June 12th: Naughty: Nine Tales of Christmas Crime by Steve Hockensmith (unread)
17. June 15th: Blarney, 12 Tales of Lies, Crime and Mystery by Steve Hockensmith (read)
18. June 17th: Swords Against Darkness by Robert E. Howard (read)
19. July 7th: Halfway Human by Carolyn Ives Gilman (read)
20. September 5th: Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye (unread)
21. October 17th: The Nightingale Gallery by Paul Doherty (abandoned)
22. November 1st: Innate Magic by Shannon Fay (read)
23. November 28th: The Red Cockade by Stanley J. Weyman (read)

Bought

• January (3/£4.13): Charlotte's Web, Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident, Arsène Lupin - The Gentleman Burglar
• February (5/£5.95): The Time-travelling Caveman, To The Hilt, "Spy, Spy Again", The Sheep-Pig, That Day the Rabbi Left Town
• March (11/£10.89): Knockdown, The Grove of the Caesars, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, The Canterbury Murders, A Quiet Life in the Country, In the Market for Murder, Death Around the Bend, A Picture of Murder, The Burning Issue of the Day, Death Beside the Seaside, The Fatal Flying Affair
• April (10/£14.90): Trial Run, Whip Hand, A Christmas to Remember, War of the Wolf, Sword of Kings, The Last Day, The Science of Discworld II, Spellmaker, Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy
• May (2/£1.99): The Crystal Gryphon and Zarsthor's Bane
• June (4/£10.93): The Assassins of Thasalon, To Clear Away the Shadows, Worlds 2, 10Lb Penalty
• July (4/£6.96): Banker, Precious and Grace, Sky Dragons, Doctor's Kitchen (not added)
• August (4/£8.55): Wild Horses, 1636:The China Venture, 1637: The Polish Maelstrom, Voices of the Fall
• September (7/£7.93): Ringworld, Strata, The Stranger Diaries, Ready Player Two, Serpentine, Starsight, A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball
• October (6/£9.94): Flying Too High, Straight, Redcoat, The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine, Knot of Shadows, Project Hail Mary
• November (4/£5.87): Dead Cert, Lord of Light, The Ship, One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
• December (4/£6.96): Front Runner, The Stainless Steel Rat, The Painted Queen, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Analysis
TBR: 756
Books read: 149 (including 29 freebies, 0 re-reads, 8 abandoned)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 82 (2 read previously, 75 discarded)

Books removed from TBR pile: 231
Books added to TBR pile: 86 (including 22 freebies, 0 omnibus counted as 0)
Removed/Added: 2.69
Net reduction for 2021: 135

Non-free books read: 117 (including 0 re-reads)
Total cost of books read: £154.12
Average cost of books read: £1.32

Non-free books bought: 65 (including 0 omnibus counted as 0, 1 not added to TBR)
Total cost of books bought: £98.49
Average cost of books bought: £1.52


Rating System:
1: Bad.
2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.)
3: Satisfactory.
4: Good.
5: Excellent.

Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page.