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Tarana · 12-21-2020, 09:46 AM

2021 Goals

3,000 pages per month: Jan; June, July, August
Ebooks - TBR Reduced by 10; Current: +147
Audiobooks - TBR Reduced by 10; Current +13
Magazines - TBR Reduced by 10; Current -6
12 Books over 600 pages: 1

Magazines Read So Far: 6

Spoiler:

2021 Purchases Read:
Bought: 213 Read: 16
Free: 60 Read: 2

Spoiler:

Short Stories, Novellas, Short Dramas: 19

Spoiler:

Books
January - Pages Read:3138
01. 5/5 A Quiet Gentleman - Georgette Heyer (audio)

Martin/Gervaise interactions are so hilarious. Love this.

02. 5/5 Pines - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook)

Reread. Lots of suspense. A bit violent, but not excessively so.

03. 5/5 Wayward - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook)

Lots of action going on.

04. 5/5 The Last Town - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook)

Suspense at a rapid pace.

05. 5/5 McNally's Secret - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

Reread - still love this guy. Cozy featuring a playboy Floridian

06. 1/5 Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connelly - Felix Savage (audio)

Quit after an hour. YA? I'm clearly not the intended audience.

07. 5/5 McNally's Luck - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

Archie is such a treasure. A potential disappointment to his parents, yet succeeds

08. 5/5 Edited to Death - Elizabeth Spann Craig

A manuscript is stolen from Myrtle's house; author is then murdered

09. 5/5 The House Guest - Mark Edwards (audio)

Two Brits housesit in NYC accept that a woman is a friend of the owners.

10. 4/5 Hushed Up - Elizabeth Spann Craig

Florist is murdered after Wanda's warning.

February Pages Read: 1591
11. 4/5 One Man Massacre - Jonas Ward

Tom goes for a night of cards and maybe dancing and ends up in a war.

12. 4/5 The Dreaming Void - Peter F Hamilton

A man who gets visions from inside the Void threatens the Universe.

13. 1/5 Off To Be A Wizard - Scott Meyer (audio) RETURNED

YA quit after an hour. Narrator was good.

14. 5/5 McNally's Risk - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

Murder and a prenup; Archie gets in the middle.

15. 3/5 The Door With Seven Locks - Edgar Wallace

Good story but ebook is full of typos which was very distracting.

16. 5/5 The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien (audio)

Wonderful retelling with narrator Andy Serkis.

March Pages Read: 1650
17. 4/5 McNally's Caper - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

Too much time taken by non-plot elements.

18. 2/5 Working Stiff - Annelise Ryan (audio+ebook)

Not for me but narration was excellent.

19. 5/5 Fine Art of Murder - Donald Bain (audio)

Art and murder; a little Italian as well.

April Pages Read: 2132
20. 4/5 Sphere - Michael Crichton (audio)

Science is sometimes iffy, but enjoyable anyway.

21. 3/5 Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets - John Wolff (audio)

Non-fiction entertaining discussion of Victorian era

22. 2/5 Evelyn, After - Victoria Helen Stone (ebook+audio)

Dark romance more than suspense. Not for me. Narration excellent.

23. 4/5 Lost Fleet: Dauntless - Jack Campbell (ebook+audiobook)

Good story. Captain Jack Black wakes up a century after his last battle.

24. 5/5 Lost Fleet: Fearless - Jack Campbell (audio)

Plot was better. Battles are excellent as last book.

25. 3/5 Black Beauty - Anne Sewell (audio)

Autobiography of a horse. Good story.

26. 3/5 Sourcery - Terry Pratchett (audio)

Good book but not as good as other Diskworld novels.

27. 3/5 Gateway - Frederick Pohl (audio)

A bit of a drag for me. Good story, but adventure was not really sustained.

May Pages Read: 2808
28. 3/5 A Robot Named Clunk - Simon Haynes (ebook + audio)

Humerous scifi, but not hilarious as billed.

29. 5/5 In Farleigh Field - Rhys Bowen (audio)

Excellent story based in WW2.

30. 4/5 Devil's Deep - Michael Wallace

Thriller that goes from Vermont to Costa Rica. Good story.

31. 5/5 Faithful Unto Death - Caroline Graham (audio+ebook)

Midsommer Murders. Excellent.

32. 3/5 Clouds of Witness - Dorothy L Sayers (audio)

Audio on this book was rather low, so a bit hard to hear for me.

33. 4/5 A Morbid Taste of Bones - Ellis Peters (audio+ebook)

Good story; monks want to take over a Saint from a parish in Wales

34. 4/5 Pandemic - Robin Cook

Good story although the main character is a bit of a arrogant jerk.

35. 4/5 Echoes in Death - J D Robb

Still like this series, but prefer random over in order now.

36. 4/5 A Body In The Attic - Elizabeth Spann Craig

Another body found by Miles and Myrtle. Serious gnome army going on too.

June Pages Read: 3705
37. 4/5 McNally's Trial - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

This time it's funeral homes. And a bad assistant.

38. 5/5 The Princeling - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (audio+ebook)

Another excellent story.

39. 4/5 Animal Farm - George Orwell (audio)

Still a cool book. Narration was fabulous!

40. 4/5 Small Gods - Terry Pratchett (ebook)

Good story.

41. 4/5 McNally's Puzzle - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

Good story but I got lost somewhere in there hence 4 stars.

42. 5/5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (audio)

Both funny & distressing. Abridged/read by author.

43. 2/5 Dead Wrong - Leighann Dobbs (audio)

Just not for me.

44. 3/5 Sourdough - Robin Sloan (audio)

Paranormal sourdough starter. My baking heart loved this.

45. 4/5 McNally's Gamble - Lawrence Sanders (audio)

Faberge eggs during Christmas season.

July Pages Read: 4136
46. 5/5 The Paper Princess - M C Beaton (audio)

Really loved this. It's been awhile since I've enjoyed a Regency romance.

47. 5/5 Friday the Rabbi Slept Late - Harry Kemelman (audio)

Excellent start to this series. Rabbi implicated in murder of young woman.

48. 3/5 Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny - Garrison Keilor (audio)

PI starts out well but fizzles a little over 1/2 through. Still good.

49. 5/5 Elantris (Graphic Audio) - Brandon Sanderson (audio)

Great!! Enjoyable presentation!

50. 5/5 Long Time No See - Ed McBain (audio)

Great story. Unexpected.

51. 4/5 Ghostly Paws - Leighann Dobbs (audio)

Pretty good, mostly sensible cozy with a paranormal element.

52. 5/5 The Last Train - Michael Pronko

Excellent murder mystery set in Tokyo.

53. 5/5 Memory - Lois McMaster Bujold (audio)

Excellent mid series story! Simon & Gregor feature.

54. 2/5 Dust Angel - Jutta Profijt (ebook+audio)

While improved towards end, this was boring.

55. 5/5 Dead Game - Michael Avallone (ebook)

This was more of a thriller than pulp crime novel. This was great!

56. 5/5 A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George (ebook)

Conflict between investigators and beheading of man in barn.

August Pages Read: 3020
57. 5/5 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J D Rowling (audio)

Stephen Fry narration. Excellent!!

58. 2/5 The Barbarian Prince - Michelle Pillow (audio)

Rewrite is awful. Gave one extra star for the narrator.

59. 5/5 The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pourelle (audio+ebook)

Excellent first contact story!

60. 5/5 Death of a Hollow Man - Caroline Graham (audio)

Death on the stage. Excellent story.

61. 5/5 Spellbound - Larry Correia (audio)

Way better than book one. Loved this.

62. 3/5 Murder on Main Street - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)

Cozy. Group of women who have a real estate office investigate murder.

63. 3/5 Waiting for Armando - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)

This first book of the series was only so-so.

64. 4/5 Skeleton in the Closet - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)

Good cozy. Stronger plot than previous books.

65. 3/5 Drowning in Christmas - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)

Turkey, wedding and I'm tired of main character's whining

September Pages Read: 1724
66. 4/5 The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Potzsch (audio+ebook)

Torment of women will make you angry, but mostly historically accurate. Good story.

67. 4/5 Dying Wishes - Judith K Ivie (audio+ebook)

Good story with focus on legal issues around end of life.

68. 4/5 Warbound - Larry Coreia (audio)

Good end to trilogy. Lots of battles.

69. 4/5 Trouble at High Tide - Jessica Fletcher (audio)

Jessica finds a body while on vacation in Bermuda.

70. 4/5 Domestic Malice - Jessica Fletcher (audio)

Good story focuses on domestic violence

October Pages Read: 419
71. 3/5 Host - Robin Cook (audio)

Some odd stuff here, but the plot was mostly good.

November Pages Read: 812
72. 5/5 Goodbye Piccadilly - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (audio)

Good intro to historical fiction series on WW1

73. 4/5 Hades Project - Robert Ludlum & Gayle Lynds

Weaponized virus

December Pages Read: 1467
74. 5/5 Misery - Stephen King (audio) *

This was excellent and chilling.

75. 3/5 Golden Age of Science Fiction - Various

Anthology - a few outstanding, most good.

76. 3/5 Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch - Ruth Cowen (audio)

I enjoyed early life as I was not familiar with those details.

77. 3/5 Last of the Magpies - Mark Edwards (audio)

* - unowned
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TBR = owned books
TBR (audio) Jan 1: 1017 (includes freebees)
TBR (ebooks) Jan 1: 1513 (includes magazines, no freebees)
Audiobooks listened: 66 (including 00 freebies, 1 abandoned, 6 re-reads)
Books Read: 29 (including 1 freebies, 1 abandoned, 4 re-read)
Books otherwise removed from TBR: 0

Book Rating/Comments:
1: Awful, or did not finish
2: So, so, or not to my taste
3: Good book
4: Very good book; possible reread.
5: Wonderful book! A keeper.

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Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,978 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	2021 Goals 3,000 pages per month: Jan; June, July, August Ebooks - TBR Reduced by 10; Current: +147 Audiobooks - TBR Reduced by 10; Current +13 Magazines - TBR Reduced by 10; Current -6 12 Books over 600 pages: 1 Magazines Read So Far: 6 Spoiler: 1. Asimov March 2011 2. Asimov April/May 2011 3. Asimov June 2011 4. Asimov July 2011 5. Asimov August 2011 6. Fantasy #52 July 2011 2021 Purchases Read: Bought: 213 Read: 16 Free: 60 Read: 2 Spoiler: January 1. Wayward - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook) $2.13+1.92 2. The Last Town - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook) $2.13+1.92 3. Death Beside the Sea - T E Kinsey (audio) $2.13+2.13 4. In Farleigh Field - Rhys Bowen (audio+ebook) $3.74+1.06 5. Hushed Up - Elizabeth Spann Craig (ebook) $3.35 6. Tuesday, the Rabbi Saw Red - Harry Kemelman (ebook+audio) $1.06+$3.74 7. One Fine Day the rabbi Bought a Cross - Harry Kemelman (ebook) $3.20 8. My Favorites - Ben Bova (ebook) $1.06 9. Alien Wars - Vaughn Heppner (ebook+audio) $1.06+$2.13 10. Believe The Lie - Elizabeth George (ebook) $2.13 11. The House Guest - Mark Edwards (audio) $6.53 12. Someday The Rabbi Will Leave - Harry Kemelman (ebook) $3.20 13. The Ragman's Memory - Archer Mayor (ebook) $1.06 14. The Fireman - Joe Hill (ebook) $3.20 15. Murder in An Irish Pub - Carlene O'Connor (ebook) $1.03 16. The Hobbit - J R R Tolkein (audio) $7.20 17. Thursday The Rabbi Walked Out (ebook+audio) $2.13+$3.74 18. Sunday The Rabbi Stayed Home (audio) $3.74 February 19. Salvage Crew - Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (audio) $4.13 20. The Black Prism - Brent Weeks (audio) $5.36 21. Foxglove Summer - Ben Aaronovitch (audio) $5.36 22. Murder Wears Mittens - Sally Goldenbaum (ebook) $1.06 23. How to Knit a Murder - Sally Goldenbaum (ebook) $3.20 24. Three Dozen Terrifying Tales - Tony Richards (ebook) $.99 25. The Day the Rabbi Resigned - Harry Kemelman (ebook) $1.99 26. Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill (audio) $5.36 27. Echoes in Death - J D Robb (audio) $5.36 28. Hornet Flight - Ken Follett (audio) $5.36 29. Ordeal of the Haunted Room SS - Jodi Taylor (audio) $4.90 30. Love You More - Lisa Gardner (audio) $5.36 31. The Fox - Frederick Forsyth (audio) $5.36 32. The Day the Rabbi Left Town - Harry Kemelman (ebook) $1.06 33. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (audio) $5.34 34. The Job - Evanovich + Goldberg (audio) $5.34 35. Borrower of the Night - Elizabeth Peters (ebook) $2.06 36. Roots - Alex Haley (audio) $2.99 37. The Secret Pilgrim - John LeCarre (audio) $5.34 38. Dawn - Yoshiki Tanaka (audio) $5.34 39. Fire and Blood - George R R Martin (ebook) $3.20 March 40. Yarned and Dangerous - Sadie Hartwell $2.13 41. A Knit Before Dying - Sadie Hartwell $2.13 42. A Murder Too Soon - Michael Jecks $1.06 43. Murder on the Ballerat Train - Kerry Greenwood $1.06 44. A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George $3.20 45. Dragon's Code - Gigi McCaffrey $2.13 46. Raiders of the Lost Bark - Sparkle Abbey $1.06 47. Red Storm Rising - Tom Clancy $2.13 48. Blue Adept - Piers Anthony (audio) $6.43 49. Juxtaposition - Piers Anthony (audio) $7.50 50. Royal Blood - Rhys Bowen (audio) $7.50 51. Naughty in Nice - Rhys Bowen (audio) $7.50 52. Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers $2.13 53. Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks (audio) $5.34 54. Player of Games - Iain M Banks (audio) $6.43 55. Use of Weapons - Iain M Banks (audio) $7.50 56. Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven (audio) $6.43 57. Ringworld Thrones - Larry Niven (audio) $7.50 58. The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens $9.39 59. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers $2.13 60. The Honourable Schoolboy - John LeCarre $2.13 61. Blood Relatives - Ed McBain $1.06 April 62. Another Time, Another Place - Jodi Taylor (audio) $10.67 63. Ascendant - Jack Campbell (audio) $6.43 64. Triumphant - Jack Campbell (audio) $7.50 65. Chasing the Dragon - Jason Anspar (audio) $6.43 66. Madame Guillotine - Jason Anspar (audio) $7.50 67. Tarnished Knight - Jack Campell (audio) $5.34 68. Perilous Shield - Jack Campell (audio) $6.43 69. Imperfect Sword - Jack Campell (audio) $7.50 70. Shattered Spear - Jack Campell (audio) $7.50 71. Orion Fleet - B V Larson (audio) $6.43 72. Alpha Fleet - B V Larson (audio) $7.50 73. A Single Swallow - Zhang Ling (World Book Day) (ebook +audio) $2.13 74. The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury - Marc Levy (World Book Day) (ebook +audio) $2.13 75. The Son and Heir: A Memoir - Alexander Munning (World Book Day) (ebook +audio) $2.13 76. Return to the Enchanted Island - Johary Ravaloson (World Book Day) (ebook +audio) $2.13 77. Dispensation of Death - Michael Jecks (ebook) $1.06 78. No Law in the Land - Michael Jecks (ebook) $1.06 79. White Silence - Jodi Taylor (ebook) $1.06 80. The Templar's Penance - Michael Jecks (ebook) $1.06 81. The Mad Monk of Gidleigh - Michael Jecks (ebook) $2.13 82. Blood on the Sand - Michael Jecks (ebook) $1.06 83. The Outlaws of Ennor - Michael Jecks (ebook) $1.06 84. The Bishop Must Die - Michael Jecks (ebook) $2.13 85. The Prophecy of Death - Michael Jecks (ebook) $2.13 86. The King of Thieves - Michael Jecks (ebook) $2.13 87. The 9 Lives Cozy Mysteries 1-3 - Louise Clark $1.06 88. The Next Wife - Kaira Rouda (Amazon First) (ebook+audio) $2.13 May 89. The Oath - Michael Jecks (ebook) $3.20 90. Deryni Rising - Katherine Kurtz (ebook) $2.13 91. Barbarian Prince - Michelle Pillow (audio) $2.13 92. Deja Doomed - Edward Lerner (ebook) $5.99 93. Savage King - Michelle Pillow (audio) $3.20 94. Holes in the Veil - Beth Overmyer (ebook) $1.06 95. Boat of a Million Years - Poul Anderson (ebook) $2.13 96. Bones Never Lie - Kathy Reichs (ebook) $2.13 97. Beginner's Mind - Yo Yo Ma (audio) FREE 98. Fuzz - Ed McBain (ebook) $.77 99. Vow of Chastity - Veronica Black (ebook) $1.06 100. A Second Chance at Eden by Peter F Hamilton (ebook) $2.13 101. Death Benefit - Robin Cook (ebook) $3.20 102. Into The Storm - Taylor Anderson (audio) $5.30 103. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett (ebook) $2.13 104. Man With a Golden Gun - Ian Fleming (ebook) $1.52 105. Bloodline - Will Wight (ebook+audio) $2.13 106. Wintersteel - Will Wight (ebook+audio) $2.13 107. Smiley's People - John LeCarre (ebook) $2.13 108. 1984 - George Orwell (audio) $1.01 109. Animal Farm - George Orwell (audio) $1.01 June 110. The Last Train - Michael Pronko (ebook) $1.01 111. King's Gold - Michael Jecks (ebook) $3.20 112. Ink & Sigil - Kevin Hearne (ebook) $2.13 113. Heartbreak Bay - Rachel Caine (audio) $2.13 114. The Stalker - Alex Gray (ebook) $3.20 115. Falling Free - Lois McMaster Bujold (audio) $3.20 116. Damned Trilogy - Alan Dean Foster (ebook) $3.20 117. Murder on the Ballot - Elizabeth Spann Craig (ebook) $3.20 118. For Your Eyes Only - Ian Flemming (ebook) $.95 119. Octopussy and the Living Daylights - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+3.20 120. Live and Let Die - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+3.76 121. Goldfinger - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+3.76 122. Diamonds are Forever - Ian Flemming (ebook) $.95 123. Dr No - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+4.24 124. Moonraker - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+3.76 125. You Only Live Twice - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+3.74 126. The Spy Who Loved Me - Ian Flemming (ebook) $.95 127. Thunderball - Ian Flemming (ebook) $.95 128. From Russia With Love - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+3.74 129. Casino Royal - Ian Flemming (ebook) $.95 130. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ian Flemming (ebook+audio) $.95+4.24 131. Choose Me - Tess Gerritsen (ebook+audio) $2.13 (Amazon First) 132. Her Last Breath - Hilary Davidson (ebook+audio) $2.13 (Amazon First) 133. Kraken - China Mieville (ebook) $2.13 134. Best Man to Die - Ruth Rendell (ebook) $2.13 135. Heretics of Dune- Frank Herbert (ebook) $3.20 136. Tombstone Courage - J A Jance (ebook) $2.13 137. Long Story Short - Jody Taylor (ebook) $3.20 138. Dead Wrong - J A Jance (ebook) $2.13 July 139. Friday The Rabbi Slept Late - Harry Kemelman (audio) $8.02 140. Eagles at War - Ben Kane (ebook) $1.06 141. Big Front Yard and other stories - Clifford D Simak (ebook) $2.13 142. The Force - Don Winslow (ebook) $2.13 143. Dark Light - Jodi Taylor (ebook) $1.06 144. The Q Continuum: Bk 1 Q-Space - Greg Cox (ebook) $1.06 145. War of the Twins - Margaret Weis (ebook) $2.13 146. The Tin Collectors - Stephen J Cannell (ebook) $2.13 147. Black Sun - Rebecca Ronhorse (ebook) $2.13 148. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett (ebook) $2.13 149. Q Continuum: Bk 2 Q-zone - Greg Cox (ebook) $1.06 150. Q Continuum: Bk 3 Q-zone - Greg Cox (ebook) $1.06 151. Miranda Chase bks 1-3 - M L Buchman (ebook) $1.06 152. My Name is Memory - Ann Brashares (ebook) $2.13 153. The Habit of Murder - Susanna Gregory (ebook) $1.06 154. Romance - Ed McBain (ebook) $3.20 155. A Small Weeping - Alex Gray (ebook) $2.13 156. Balance of Power - Brian Rathbone (audio) $1.06 157. Dawning of Power - Brian Rathbone (audio) $1.06 158. Fringe Runner - Rachel Aukes (audio) $1.06 159. Rather Be The Devil - Ian Rankin (ebook) $2.13 160. Murder in An Irish Village - Carlene O'Connor (ebook) $1.06 161. Murder in an Irish Cottage - Carlene O'Connor (ebook) $1.06 162. Murder in An Irish Churchyard - Carlene O'Connor (ebook) $2.13 163. Barking with the Stars - Sparkle Abbey (ebook) $1.06 164. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde (ebook) $2.13 165. Year's Best Science Fiction Vol 1 - Jonathan Strahan (Ebook) $2.13 166. The Cimarron River - Gary MCarthy (ebook) $1.06 167. The Colorado River - Gary MCarthy (ebook) $1.06 168. The Humboldt River - Gary MCarthy (ebook) $3.20 169. The American River - Gary MCarthy (ebook) $1.06 170. The Gila River - Gary MCarthy (ebook) $3.20 171. Close Her Eyes - Dorothy Simpson (ebook) $1.06 172. The Looking Glass War - John LeCarre (ebook) $3.20 173. Corridors of Time - Poul Anderson (ebook) $2.13 174. Murder in the Place of Anubis - Lynda S Robinson (ebook) $2.13 175. Book of Dragons: anthology - Jonathan Strahan $2.13 176. Recipes from World of Tolkien - Robert Anderson $2.13 177. Salvation Lake - G M Ford $2.13 178. The Green Man - Ellen Datlow $2.13 179. Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - Fritz Leiber $4.27 180. Swords and Deviltry - Fritz Leiber $3.20 181. Swords in the Mist - Fritz Leiber $2.13 182. Swords Against the Shadowland - Fritz Leiber $2.13 183. Hard Time - Jodi Taylor $2.13 184. Rift (Books 1-3) Andreas Christensen $1.06 185. Turquoise Lament - John D McDonald - $2.13 186. Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badger $3.20 187. The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan $5.35 188. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan $5.35 189. The Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan $5.35 190. The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan $5.35 191. The First of Heaven - Robert Jordan $5.35 192. Inspector Maigret Omnibus 1 - Geroges Simonon $3.20 193. Death of a Suitor - Elizabeth Spann Craig $1.06 ($4 credit) August 194. Starsight - Brandon Sanderson ($0 using $1.99 credit) 195. Semper Mars - Ian Douglas ($1.02 using credit) 196. A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik $1.99 197. Nightwatch - Terry Pratchett $3.20 September 198. Playing for the Ashes - Elizabeth George ($0 using $1.99 credit) 199. Templar's Acre - Michael Jecks $1.04 200. Victim 2117 - Jessi Adler-Olson $2.13 October 201. Night Shift - Stephen King $2.13 November 202. Hogfather - Terry Pratchett ($0 using $1.99 credit) 203. Mort - Terry Pratchett $1.48 204. Men At Arms - Terry Pratchett $2.13 205. Swords Against Death - Fritz Leiber ($0 using $1.99 credit) 206. Riyria Revelations Book 4 1 of 2 (audio) $12.44 207. Riyria Revelations Book 4 2 of 2 (audio) $11.89 208. Riyria Revelations Book 5 (audio) $14.09 209. The Stand - Stephen King $2.13 210. The Usual Santas - Misc $2.13 December 211. Feet of Clay - Terry Prachett $1.06 212. Toast of Time - Jodi Tayloor $1.06 213. Power Challenges - Ben Bova $3.20 Free 01. Not One of Us - Debbie Herbert - Amazon First 02. The Shadow Box - Luanne Rice - Amazon First 03. Some of the Best from TOR 2020 - TOR 04. Over the Dark - Harry Turtledove - Phoenix Pick 05. The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds - Amazon First 06. A Man Condemned - Roderic Jeffries 07. Lost Girls - Celina Grace 08. Murder With All the Trimmings - Elaine Viets 09. Deadly Gamble - Connie Shelton 10. Deadly Influence - Mike Omer - Amazon First 11. Blood of a Gladiator - Ashley Gardner 12. Murder (and Baklava) - Blake Pierce 13. Complete Talba Wallis series - Julie Smith 14. Death on a Platter - Elaine Viets 15. Murder is a Piece of Cake - Elaine Viets 16. At the End of the Matinee - Keiichiro Hirano (World Book Day) 17. Tall Tails Secret Book Club - CeeCee James 18. Hong Kong - Luke Richardson 19. Beginner's Mind - YoYoMa 20. New Corpse in Town - Lucy Quinn (chirp) 21. Fool's Experiments - Edward Lerner (Phoenix pik) 22. Sleight of Hand - Simon Haynes (free from author) 23. Dragons in the Stars - Jeffrey A. Carver 24. Vow of Silence - Veronica Black 25. A Body in the Attic - Elizabeth Spann Craig (echo $5 discount) 26. Match Do About Nothing - Eryn Scott 27. Witness To Evil - Janet Dawson 28. The Tiger Came Down The Mountain - Nghi Vo 29. Star Forged - Justin Sloan 30. Beneath Devil's Bridge - Loreth Anne White (Amazon First) 31. Murder in Nice - Susan Kiernan-Lewis 32. Swords Against Darkness - Robert E Howard 33. Lions of the Desert - Samuel Marquis 34. Bodies, Baddies and a Crabby Tabby -Sherri Bryan 35. Death's Detective - Charlotte English 36. Murder as Sticky as Jam - Diana Orgain 37. A Recipe for Murder - Roderic Jeffries 38. Mrs Rochester's Ghost - Lindsay Marcott 39. Dead in the Dining Room - Leighann Dobbs 40. Gone the Next - Ben Rehder 41. The Infinite Noise - Lauren Shippen (TOR BOM) 42. Constance - Matthrew FitzSimmons (Amazon First) 43. Dead n the Dining Room - Leighann Dobbs 44. Jeri Howard Anthology 1-9 - Janet Dawson 45. Dead-End Job Mysteryies 8-13 - Elaine Viets 46. Shop Til you Drop - Elaine Viets 47. Just Murdered - Elaine Viets 48. Murder Unleashed - Elaine Viets 49. Clubbed to Death - Elaine Viets 50. One Man's Justice - Roderic Jeffries 51. Hammers On Bone - Cassandra Khaw 52. The Chaos Kind - Barry Eisler (Amazon First) 53. Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir (TOR) 54. Dying in Style - Elaine Viets 55. Her Perfect Family - Teresa Driscoll (Amazon First) 56. Star Mother - Charlie Holmberg (Amazon First) 57. He Died of Murder - Shelley Smith 58. Final Sail - Elaine Viets 59. Dead End Job Mysteries 1-7 - Elaine Viets 60. Murder With Reservations - Elaine Viets Short Stories, Novellas, Short Dramas: 19 Spoiler: 01. 4/5 Zero (prequel Hal Spacejock series) - Simon Haynes (audio) 02. 1/5 Spies that Bind (YA) - Ally Carter 03. 5/5 Ordeal of the Haunted Room - Jodi Taylor (audio) 04. 5/5 Yard Fail - Simon Hayes 05. 4/5 Catch of the Day - Simon Haynes 06. 4/5 Christmas At the Grange - T E Kinsey (audio) 07. 5/5 The Lost Soul of the City - Dean Koontz (audio) 08. 5/5 Gentle is the Art of Death - Dean Koontz (audio) 09. 4/5 Kaleidoscope - Dean Koontz (audio) 10. 4/5 Light has Weight, Darkness Does Not - Dean Koontz (audio) 11. 3/5 Corkscrew - Dean Koontz (audio) 12. 5/5 Zero In - Dean Koontz (audio) 13. 3/5 Beginner's Mind - Yo Yo Ma (audio) 14. 4/5 The Aberration - Bard Constantine (audio) 15. 3/5 The 3 Day Effect - Florence Williams (audio) 16. 5/5 The Gentleman Vanishes (Cherringham) - Matthew Costello, Neil Richards (audio) 17. 3/5 To Be A Woman - Piers Anthongy (ebook) 18. 2/5 Binary Cycle: Disruption - W J Davies (audio+ebook) 19. 1/5 Black Crow, White Snow - Michael Livingstone (audio) Books January - Pages Read:3138 01. 5/5 A Quiet Gentleman - Georgette Heyer (audio) Martin/Gervaise interactions are so hilarious. Love this. 02. 5/5 Pines - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook) Reread. Lots of suspense. A bit violent, but not excessively so. 03. 5/5 Wayward - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook) Lots of action going on. 04. 5/5 The Last Town - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook) Suspense at a rapid pace. 05. 5/5 McNally's Secret - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Reread - still love this guy. Cozy featuring a playboy Floridian 06. 1/5 Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connelly - Felix Savage (audio) Quit after an hour. YA? I'm clearly not the intended audience. 07. 5/5 McNally's Luck - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Archie is such a treasure. A potential disappointment to his parents, yet succeeds 08. 5/5 Edited to Death - Elizabeth Spann Craig A manuscript is stolen from Myrtle's house; author is then murdered 09. 5/5 The House Guest - Mark Edwards (audio) Two Brits housesit in NYC accept that a woman is a friend of the owners. 10. 4/5 Hushed Up - Elizabeth Spann Craig Florist is murdered after Wanda's warning. February Pages Read: 1591 11. 4/5 One Man Massacre - Jonas Ward Tom goes for a night of cards and maybe dancing and ends up in a war. 12. 4/5 The Dreaming Void - Peter F Hamilton A man who gets visions from inside the Void threatens the Universe. 13. 1/5 Off To Be A Wizard - Scott Meyer (audio) RETURNED YA quit after an hour. Narrator was good. 14. 5/5 McNally's Risk - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Murder and a prenup; Archie gets in the middle. 15. 3/5 The Door With Seven Locks - Edgar Wallace Good story but ebook is full of typos which was very distracting. 16. 5/5 The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien (audio) Wonderful retelling with narrator Andy Serkis. March Pages Read: 1650 17. 4/5 McNally's Caper - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Too much time taken by non-plot elements. 18. 2/5 Working Stiff - Annelise Ryan (audio+ebook) Not for me but narration was excellent. 19. 5/5 Fine Art of Murder - Donald Bain (audio) Art and murder; a little Italian as well. April Pages Read: 2132 20. 4/5 Sphere - Michael Crichton (audio) Science is sometimes iffy, but enjoyable anyway. 21. 3/5 Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets - John Wolff (audio) Non-fiction entertaining discussion of Victorian era 22. 2/5 Evelyn, After - Victoria Helen Stone (ebook+audio) Dark romance more than suspense. Not for me. Narration excellent. 23. 4/5 Lost Fleet: Dauntless - Jack Campbell (ebook+audiobook) Good story. Captain Jack Black wakes up a century after his last battle. 24. 5/5 Lost Fleet: Fearless - Jack Campbell (audio) Plot was better. Battles are excellent as last book. 25. 3/5 Black Beauty - Anne Sewell (audio) Autobiography of a horse. Good story. 26. 3/5 Sourcery - Terry Pratchett (audio) Good book but not as good as other Diskworld novels. 27. 3/5 Gateway - Frederick Pohl (audio) A bit of a drag for me. Good story, but adventure was not really sustained. May Pages Read: 2808 28. 3/5 A Robot Named Clunk - Simon Haynes (ebook + audio) Humerous scifi, but not hilarious as billed. 29. 5/5 In Farleigh Field - Rhys Bowen (audio) Excellent story based in WW2. 30. 4/5 Devil's Deep - Michael Wallace Thriller that goes from Vermont to Costa Rica. Good story. 31. 5/5 Faithful Unto Death - Caroline Graham (audio+ebook) Midsommer Murders. Excellent. 32. 3/5 Clouds of Witness - Dorothy L Sayers (audio) Audio on this book was rather low, so a bit hard to hear for me. 33. 4/5 A Morbid Taste of Bones - Ellis Peters (audio+ebook) Good story; monks want to take over a Saint from a parish in Wales 34. 4/5 Pandemic - Robin Cook Good story although the main character is a bit of a arrogant jerk. 35. 4/5 Echoes in Death - J D Robb Still like this series, but prefer random over in order now. 36. 4/5 A Body In The Attic - Elizabeth Spann Craig Another body found by Miles and Myrtle. Serious gnome army going on too. June Pages Read: 3705 37. 4/5 McNally's Trial - Lawrence Sanders (audio) This time it's funeral homes. And a bad assistant. 38. 5/5 The Princeling - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (audio+ebook) Another excellent story. 39. 4/5 Animal Farm - George Orwell (audio) Still a cool book. Narration was fabulous! 40. 4/5 Small Gods - Terry Pratchett (ebook) Good story. 41. 4/5 McNally's Puzzle - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Good story but I got lost somewhere in there hence 4 stars. 42. 5/5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (audio) Both funny & distressing. Abridged/read by author. 43. 2/5 Dead Wrong - Leighann Dobbs (audio) Just not for me. 44. 3/5 Sourdough - Robin Sloan (audio) Paranormal sourdough starter. My baking heart loved this. 45. 4/5 McNally's Gamble - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Faberge eggs during Christmas season. July Pages Read: 4136 46. 5/5 The Paper Princess - M C Beaton (audio) Really loved this. It's been awhile since I've enjoyed a Regency romance. 47. 5/5 Friday the Rabbi Slept Late - Harry Kemelman (audio) Excellent start to this series. Rabbi implicated in murder of young woman. 48. 3/5 Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny - Garrison Keilor (audio) PI starts out well but fizzles a little over 1/2 through. Still good. 49. 5/5 Elantris (Graphic Audio) - Brandon Sanderson (audio) Great!! Enjoyable presentation! 50. 5/5 Long Time No See - Ed McBain (audio) Great story. Unexpected. 51. 4/5 Ghostly Paws - Leighann Dobbs (audio) Pretty good, mostly sensible cozy with a paranormal element. 52. 5/5 The Last Train - Michael Pronko Excellent murder mystery set in Tokyo. 53. 5/5 Memory - Lois McMaster Bujold (audio) Excellent mid series story! Simon & Gregor feature. 54. 2/5 Dust Angel - Jutta Profijt (ebook+audio) While improved towards end, this was boring. 55. 5/5 Dead Game - Michael Avallone (ebook) This was more of a thriller than pulp crime novel. This was great! 56. 5/5 A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George (ebook) Conflict between investigators and beheading of man in barn. August Pages Read: 3020 57. 5/5 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J D Rowling (audio) Stephen Fry narration. Excellent!! 58. 2/5 The Barbarian Prince - Michelle Pillow (audio) Rewrite is awful. Gave one extra star for the narrator. 59. 5/5 The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pourelle (audio+ebook) Excellent first contact story! 60. 5/5 Death of a Hollow Man - Caroline Graham (audio) Death on the stage. Excellent story. 61. 5/5 Spellbound - Larry Correia (audio) Way better than book one. Loved this. 62. 3/5 Murder on Main Street - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook) Cozy. Group of women who have a real estate office investigate murder. 63. 3/5 Waiting for Armando - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook) This first book of the series was only so-so. 64. 4/5 Skeleton in the Closet - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook) Good cozy. Stronger plot than previous books. 65. 3/5 Drowning in Christmas - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook) Turkey, wedding and I'm tired of main character's whining September Pages Read: 1724 66. 4/5 The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Potzsch (audio+ebook) Torment of women will make you angry, but mostly historically accurate. Good story. 67. 4/5 Dying Wishes - Judith K Ivie (audio+ebook) Good story with focus on legal issues around end of life. 68. 4/5 Warbound - Larry Coreia (audio) Good end to trilogy. Lots of battles. 69. 4/5 Trouble at High Tide - Jessica Fletcher (audio) Jessica finds a body while on vacation in Bermuda. 70. 4/5 Domestic Malice - Jessica Fletcher (audio) Good story focuses on domestic violence October Pages Read: 419 71. 3/5 Host - Robin Cook (audio) Some odd stuff here, but the plot was mostly good. November Pages Read: 812 72. 5/5 Goodbye Piccadilly - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (audio) Good intro to historical fiction series on WW1 73. 4/5 Hades Project - Robert Ludlum & Gayle Lynds Weaponized virus December Pages Read: 1467 74. 5/5 Misery - Stephen King (audio) * This was excellent and chilling. 75. 3/5 Golden Age of Science Fiction - Various Anthology - a few outstanding, most good. 76. 3/5 Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch - Ruth Cowen (audio) I enjoyed early life as I was not familiar with those details. 77. 3/5 Last of the Magpies - Mark Edwards (audio) * - unowned ======= TBR = owned books TBR (audio) Jan 1: 1017 (includes freebees) TBR (ebooks) Jan 1: 1513 (includes magazines, no freebees) Audiobooks listened: 66 (including 00 freebies, 1 abandoned, 6 re-reads) Books Read: 29 (including 1 freebies, 1 abandoned, 4 re-read) Books otherwise removed from TBR: 0 Book Rating/Comments: 1: Awful, or did not finish 2: So, so, or not to my taste 3: Good book 4: Very good book; possible reread. 5: Wonderful book! 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