Showing posts with label Bookkeeping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bookkeeping. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Book List 2024

January - 5

1. The Murder at the Vicarage - book 1 in the Miss Marple series
by Agatha Christie
mystery 1930
Kindle

2. The Body in the Library - book 2 in the Miss Marple series
by Agatha Christie
mystery 1942
Kindle

3. Hilda and the Troll - book 1 in the Hildafolk series
by Luke Pearson
children's graphic novel 2010
print
library book

4. We Don't Know Ourselves
A Personal History of Modern Ireland
by Fintan O'Toole
nonfiction 2021
print

5. Trouble in Triplicate - book 14 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1949
Kindle

February - 2

6. The Second Confession - book 15 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1949
Kindle

7. Felsengarten
Our Mountain Garden
by Mrs. Theodore Thomas (Rose Fay)
nonfiction 1904
print
library book

March - 3

8. Three Doors To Death - book 16 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1950
Kindle

9. Dead Presidents
 by Brady Carlson
nonfiction 2016
print

10. In The Best of Families - book 17 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1950
Kindle

April - 2

11.  Spring Rain - book 3 in the Gardener's Chronicle trilogy
by Marc Hamer
nonfiction 2023
print

12. Curtains For Three - book 18 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1950
Kindle

May - 2

13. Asleep 
The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One Of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
by Molly Caldwell Crosby
nonfiction 2010
print

14. Murder by the Book - book 19 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1951
Kindle

June - 3

15. Mr Rosenblum's List 
Or Friendly Guidance For The Aspiring Englishman
by Natasha Solomons
fiction 2010
print

16. American Bloomsbury
by Susan Cheever
nonfiction 2006
reread
print

17. Triple Jeopardy - book 20 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1952
Kindle

July - 4

18. In My Time Of Dying
How I Came Face-To-Face With The Idea Of An Afterlife
by Sebastian Junger
nonfiction 2024
print
library book

19. Corps of Granite
Glimpses of New Hampshire's CCC Camps
by Robert W Averill
and Kris Pastoriza
nonfiction 2024
print
library book

20. Prisoner's Base - book 21 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1952
Kindle

21. The Golden Spiders - book 22 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1953
Kindle

(Probably some of the July books were in August)

September - 1

22. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann
nonfiction 2024
print 
library book

October - 2

23. Three Men Out - book 23 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1954
Kindle

24. The Black Mountain - book 24 in the Nero Wolfe series 
by Rex Stout
mystery 1954
Kindle

November

24. Dangerous Davies - book 1 in the Dangerous Davies series
by Leslie Thomas
mystery 1976
Kindle

25. Wonder - book 1 in the Wonder series
by RJ Palacio
children's fiction 2012
print
library book







Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Books Read 2023

Books Read in 2023

I am simplifying - no more book facts or Tom's books.
I went back to 2022, and eliminated them from that year as well because they were incomplete. Also, I am no longer listing exact date I finished a book. It is enough to know the month.

January - 3

1. A Winter Away
by Elizabeth Fair
fiction 1957
Kindle

2. What W. H. Auden Can Do For You
by Alexander McCall Smith 
nonfiction 2013
Kindle

3. The House That is Our Own
by O. Douglas
fiction 1940
Kindle

February - 6

4. Three Witnesses - book 27 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1956
re-read
Kindle

5. As They Slept (A Year in the Life of a London Commuter) 
book 1 of 4
by Andy Leeks
nonfiction 2013
Kindle

6. Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
by Roselle Lim
fiction 2020
library book
print

7. Danger at the Drawbridge - book 4 in the Penny Parker series
by Mildred Wirt
Young adult mystery 1940
re-read
Kindle

8. Almost American Girl
by Robin Ha
An Illustrated Memoir 2020
Print

9. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - book 3 in the Mrs. Pollifax series 
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1971
re-read
Kindle

March - 6

10. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - book 2 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1970
re-read
Kindle

11. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
fiction 2008
re-read
print

12. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax - book 4 in the Mrs. Pollifax series 
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1973
re-read
Kindle

13. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - book 5 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1976
re-read
Kindle

14. Hippie Food
by Jonathan Kauffman
nonfiction 2018
print

15. Crocodile on the Sandbank - book 1 in the Amelia Peabody series
by Elizabeth Peters
mystery 1975
re-read
Kindle

April - 2

16. Something Fresh - book 1 in the Blandings series
by P.G. Wodehouse
fiction 1915
re-read
Kindle

17. Titanic Town
by Mary Costello
fiction 1992
print

May - 7

18. Lord James Harrington and the Spring Mystery - book 2 in the Lord James Harrington series
by Lynn Florkiewicz
mystery 2013
Kindle

19. In My Mind's Eye
by Jan Morris
nonfiction 2018
print 

20. Silent Witness - book 2 in the Patrick Grant series 
by Margaret Yorke
mystery 1972
Kindle

21. Still Life at Eighty
the next interesting thing
by Abigail Thomas
nonfiction 2023
print

22. Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
nonficition memoir  2021
print

23. The Lighthearted Quest - book 1 in the Julia Probyn series
by Ann Bridge
mystery 1956
reread
Kindle

24. The Summer Mystery - book 3 in the Lord James Harrington series
by Lynn Florkiewicz
mystery 2013
Kindle

June - 5

25. Mr. Lynch's Holiday
by Catherine O'Flynn
fiction 2013
reread
Kindle

26. 84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
nonfiction 1970
reread - looks like the last time was 2007
print

27. This Hill, This Valley
by Hal Borland
nonfiction 1957
Kindle

28. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
by Helene Hanff
nonfiction 1973
print

29. Q's Legacy
by Helene Hanff
nonfiction 1985
print

July - 5

30. An English Murder aka The Christmas Murder
by Cyril Hare 
mystery 1951
re-read
Kindle

31. With A Bare Bodkin - book 2 in the Francis Pettigrew series 
by Cyril Hare
mystery 1946
Kindle

32. Virginia Woolf At Home
by Hilary Macaskill
nonfiction 2019
print

33. Tragedy at Law - book 1 in the Francis Pettigrew series
by Cyril Hare
mystery 1942
Kindle

34. Tenant For Death - book 1 in the Inspector Mallett series
by Cyril Hare
mystery 1937
Kindle

August - 2

35. Fer-De-Lance - book 1 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1934
re-read
Kindle

36. Some Buried Caesar - book 6 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1939
re-read
Kindle

September - 4

37. The League of Frightened Men - book 2 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1935
re-read
Kindle

38. Confessions of a Bookseller - second in The Diary of a Bookseller series
by Shaun Bythell
nonfiction 2019
library book - ILL
print

39. The Bloomsbury Cookbook
Recipes for Life, Love and Art
by Jans Ondaatje Rolls
nonfiction 2014
print

40. The Rubber Band - book 3 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1936
Kindle 

October - 4

41. The Red Box - book 4 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1937
Kindle

42. Too Many Cooks - book 5 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1938
Kindle

43. The Mirror Crack'ed -  book 8 in the Miss Marple series
by Agatha Christie
mystery 1962
ILLed from the library
print

44. Over My Dead Body - book 7 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1939
Kindle

45. What you are looking for is in the library
by Michiko Aoyama
translated from Japanese by Alison Watts
fiction 2020
library book
print

November - 3

46. Where There's A Will - book 8 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1940
Kindle

47. Black Orchids - book 9 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1942
Kindle

48. Not Quite Dead Enough - book 10 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1944
Kindle

December - 4

49. The Silent Speaker - book 11 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1946
Kindle

50. 18 Tiny Deaths
The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
by Bruce Goldfarb
nonfiction 2020
library book
print

51. Too Many Women - book 12 in the Nero Wolfe series 
by Rex Stout
mystery 1947
Kindle

52. And Be A Villain - book 13 in the Nero Wolfe series
by Rex Stout
mystery 1948
Kindle

Tom's 2023 Reads

 This is just a collecting post.

January

1. Marked Man - book 32 in the Joe Gunther series
by Archer Mayor
mystery 2021
print 
library book
finished January 3


Sunday, January 2, 2022

Tom's 2022 Reads

January - 3

1. Reykjavik Nights - a prequel to the Erlendur series
by Arnaldur Indridason
translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Crabb
mystery 2012
print
finished 1/9/22

2. WBCN and the American Revolution
How a Radio Station Defined Politics, Counterculture, and Rock and Roll
by Bill Lichtenstein
nonfiction 2021
print
finished 1/18/22

3. The Long Haul
by Finn Murphy
nonfiction 2017
print
finished 1/29/22

March - 1

4. The Smoke Hunter
by Jacquelyn Bensob
fiction 2016
print
finished 3/29/22

May -1

5. The Cold Dish - book 1 in the Longmire series
by Craig Johnson
mystery 2005
print
finished 5/4/22

August - 1

6. Have His Carcase - book 8 in the Peter Wimsey series
by Dorothy L. Sayers
mystery 1932
print
finished 8/18/22

September - 1

7. Dixie Lullaby
A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South
by Mark Kemp
nonfiction 2004
print
finished 9/28/22

8. Wolf Hall - book 1 in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy
by Hilary Mantel
fiction 2009
print
library book
finished 12/1/22

Books Read in 2022

 January - 7

1. The Woods in Winter
by Stella Gibbons
fiction 1970
Kindle
finished 1/2/22

2. The Crime at the 'Noah's Ark'
by Molly Thynne
mystery 1931
Christmas
Kindle
finished 1/15/22

3. The House on the Cliff
by D.E. Stevenson
fiction 1966
Kindle
finished 1/21/22

4. The Nine Tailors - book 11 in the Lord Peter Wimsey series 
by Dorothy Leigh Sayers
mystery 1934
print
finished 1/24/22

5. I Still Dream About You
by Fannie Flagg
fiction 2010
Kindle 
library book
finished 1/26/22

6. The Tender Bar
by J.R. Moehringer
nonfiction 2005
print
finished 1/30/22

7. 4.50 From Paddington - book 7 in the Miss Marple series
by Agatha Christie
mystery 1957
Christmas
Kindle
reread 
finished 1/31/22

February - 4*

8, Displacement
by Kiku Hughes
graphic novel 2020
print
finished 2/8/22

9. The Murder on the Enriqueta
by Molly Thynne
mystery 1929
Kindle
finished 2/9/22

10. Dead in the Morning - book 1 in Patrick Grant series
by Margaret Yorke
mystery 1970
Kindle
finished 2/13/22

11. The Draycott Murder Mystery*
by Molly Thynne
mystery 1928
Kindle
read in 2021 after May 19, but didn't write it down, so am
counting it here

March - 5

12. The Cape Cod Mystery - book 1 in the Asey Mayo series
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
mystery 1931
Kindle
finished 3/3/2022

13. Somebody I used to know
by Wendy Mitchell
nonfiction 2018
print
finished 3/3/22

14. Beginning with a Bash - book 1 in the Leonidas Witherall series 
by Alice Tilton (a pen name for this series of Phoebe Atwood Taylor)
mystery 1937
Kindle
finished 3/15/22

15. What I wish people knew about dementia
by Wendy Mitchell
nonfiction 2022
print
finished 3/19/22

16. Heads You Lose - book 1 in the Inspector Cockrill series
by Christianna Brand
mystery 1941
Kindle
finished 3/24/22

April - 4

17. Provence,1970
M.F.K. Fisher,
Julia Child,
James Beard,
and The Reinvention of American Taste
by Luke Barr
nonfiction 2013
print
reread
finished 4/8/22

18. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - book 1 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1966
Kindle
reread
finished 4/10/22

19. Susan Settles Down
by Molly Clavering (as B. Mollett)
fiction 1936
Kindle
finished 4/18/22

20. Miracles on Maple Hill
by Virginia Sorenson
children's fiction 1956
print
reread
finished 4/22/22

May - 2

21. Break from Nuala - book 10 in the Inspector De Silva series
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2022
Kindle
finished 5/2/22

22. France Is A Feast
The Photographic Journey of Paul And Julia Child
by Alex Prud'Homme and Katie Pratt
nonfiction 2017
print
finished 5/16/22

June - 4

23. A Bird in the Hand - book 1 in the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series
by Ann Cleeves
mystery 1986
Kindle
finished 6/3/22

24. Pastoral
by Nevil Shute
fiction 1944
Kindle
finished 6/7/22

25. Lord James Harrington and the New Year's Eve Mystery - book 11 in the Lord James Harrington
series by Lynn Florkiewicz
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 6/15/22

26. French Braid
by Anne Tyler
fiction 2022
print
library book
finished 6/16/22

July - 6

27. The Winter Mystery - book 1 in the Lord James Harrington series 
by Lynn Florkiewicz
mystery 2013
Kindle
finished 7/1/22

28. The Joy and Light Bus Company - book 22 in the No 1 Ladies' Detective agency series
by Alexander McCall Smith
mystery 2021
Kindle
library book
finished 7/13/22

29. The Children of Green Knowe - book 1 in the Green Knowe series
by Lucy M. Boston
children's fiction 1954
print
ILL library book
finished 7/16/22

30. The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer
by Ann Arnold
children's picture book 2002
print
finished 7/16/22

31. The Way to Sattin Shore
by Philippa Pearce
children's fiction 1983
print
finished 7/20/22

32. A Sunlit Weapon - book 17 in the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear
mystery 2022
Kindle
library book
finished 7/22/22

August - 4

33. Cross of Snow
A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
by Nicholas Basbanes
nonfiction 2020
print
finished 8/5/22

34. The Arrivals
by Meg Mitchell Moore
fiction 2011
Kindle
reread
finished 9/7/22

35. The Penguin Pool Murder - book 1 in the Hildegard Withers series
by Stuart Palmer
mystery 1931
Kindle
reread
finished 8/21/22

36. Murder on the Blackboard - book 3 in the Hildegard Withers series
by Stuart Palmer
mystery 1932
Kindle
reread
finished 8/29/22

September - 4

37. Murder on Wheels - book 2 in the Hildegard Withers series
by Stuart Palmer
mystery 1932
Kindle
reread
finished 9/8/22

38. My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
nonfiction 1956
print
finished 9/15/22

39. The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree - book 4 in the Hildegard Withers series
by Stuart Palmer
mystery 1933
Kindle
reread
finished 9/18/22

40. The Milliner's Hat Mystery - book 7 in the Inspector Richardson series
by Basil Thomson
mystery 1937
Kindle
reread
finished 9/26/22

October - 3

41. Recipes for Love and Murder - book 1 in the Tannie Maria series
by Sally Andrew
mystery 2015
print
library book
finished 10/7/22

42. The Puzzle of the Silver Persian - book 5 in the Hildegard Withers series
by Stuart Palmer
mystery 1934
Kindle
reread
finished 10/8/22

43. Murder at Mount Epraim - book 9 in the Whitstable Pearl series
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2022
Kindle
finished 10/29/22

November - 8

44. Miss Withers Regrets - book 9 in the Hildegarde Withers series
by Stuart Palmer
mystery 1947
Kindle
reread
finished 11/5/22

45. Trains and Lovers
by Alexander McCall Smith
fiction 2012
Kindle
finished 11/10/22

46. Clue of the Silken Ladder - book 5 in the Penny Parker series
by Mildred Wirt
Children's fiction - 1941
Kindle
finished 11/13/22

47. The Secret Pact - book 6 in the Penny Parker series
by Mildred Wirt
Children's fiction - 1941
Kindle
finished 11/16/22

48. The Dead Shall Be Raised - book 3 in the Thomas Littlejohn series
by George Bellairs
mystery 1942
Kindle 
reread
finished 11/18/22

49. The Diary of a Bookseller -  first book in the Diary of a Bookseller series
by Shaun Bythell
nonfiction 2017
print
library book
finished 11/20/22

50. Vittoria Cottage - book 1 in the Drumberley series
by D.E. Stevenson
fiction 1949
Kindle
reread
finished 11/22/22

51. Doctor Turner's Casebook
Based on the BBC Hit Drama Call the Midwife
by Stephen McGann
Nonfiction, mostly - With sections from the television show 2016
print
finished 11/22/22


December - 3

52. A Place to Die - book 1 in the Georg Büchner series
by Dorothy James
mystery 2010
Kindle
reread
finished 12/2/22

53. A World of Cookies For Santa
by M.E. Furman
illustrated by Susan Gal
Children's fiction 2017
print
finished 12/20/22

54. Stardust in Nuala - book 12 in the Inspector de Silva series
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2022
Kindle
finished 12/21/22


Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Tom's 2021 Reads

6 in all

May - 1
1. Truman
by David McCullough
nonfiction 1992
print
finished 5/12/21

July - 1

2. Bury the Lead - book 29 in the Joe Gunther series
by Archer Mayor
mystery 2018
print
library book
finished 7/10/21

August - 1

3. Illumination in the Flatwoods
A Season Living Among the Wild Turkey
by Joe Hutto
nonfiction 1995
print
finished 8/13/21

September - 1

4. Bomber's Moon - book 30 in the Joe Gunther series
by Archer Mayor
mystery 2019
print
library book
finished 9/16/21

October - 1

5. Down the River Unto the Sea
by Walter Mosely
mystery 2018
print
library book
finished 10/12/21

November - 1

6. The Shadow District - book 1 in the Flovent and Thorson series
by Arnaldur Indridason
translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb 
mystery 2017
print
finished 11/6/21

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Tom's 2021 Reads

 Only a collecting post

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Books Read in 2021

January - 9 

1. The Purple Onion Mystery (aka Murder on Friday) - book 7, and last, in the Spike Tracy series 
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1941
Kindle
finished 1/2/21

2. The Theft of the Iron Dogs aka Murderer's Mistake - book 28 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R Lorac
mystery 1946
Kindle
finished 1/10/21

3. The Railway Children
by Edith Nesbitt
children's fiction serialized in The London Magazine 1905, published as a book in 1906
Kindle
finished 1/14/21

4. The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
children's fiction 1967
Kindle
finished 1/16/21

5. Murder in Vienna - book 42 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R. Lorac
mystery 1956
Kindle 
finished 1/21/20

6. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
by Meena Harris; illus. by Ana Ramirez Gonzalez
Children's picture book 2020
print
finished 1/24/21

7. Joey  The Story of Joe Biden
by Jill Biden; illus. by Amy June Bates
children's picture book 2020
print
finished 1/24/21

8. The Fatal Flying Affair - book 7 in the Lady Hardcastle mysteries
by T. E. Kinsey
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 1/27/21

9.The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse
by Charlie Mackesy
illustrated fiction for adults and children 2019
print
finished 1/27/21

February - 5

10. A Shot in the Dark - book 1 in the Mydworth mysteries
by Matthew Costello (with Neil Richards)
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 2/6/21

11. A Pint of Murder - book 1 in the Madoc and Janet Rhys series
by Alisa Craig 
mystery 1980
Kindle
finished 2/20/21 

12. The Old Woman Who Named Things
by Cynthia Rylant
illustrated by Kathryn Brown
children's picture book 1996
print
finished 2/22/21

13. A Little Night Murder - book 2 in the Mydworth mysteries
by Matthew Costello (with Neil Richards)
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 2/24/21

14. Murder at Melrose Court - book 1 in the Heathcliff Lennox series
by Karen Baugh Menuhin
mystery 2018
Kindle
finished 2/27/21

March - 4

15. The Black Cat Murders - book 2 in the Heathcliff Lennox series
by Karen Baugh Menuhin
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 3/5/21

16. The Splendid and the Vile
by Erik Larson
nonfiction 2020
print
finished 3/15/21

17. The Curse of Braeburn Castle - book 3 in the Heathcliff Lennox series
by Karen Baugh Menuhin
mystery 2019
Kindle 
finished 3/19/21

18. Inked Out - book 2 in the Snug Harbor series
by Karen MacInerney
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 3/23/21

April - 5

19. Sable Messenger - book 2 in the Inspector Knollis series
by Francis Vivian
mystery 1947
Kindle
finished 4/2/21

20. The Threefold Cord - book 3 in the Inspector Knollis series
by Francis Vivian
mystery 1947
Kindle
finished 4/8/21

21. Something in the Water
by Catherine Steadman
mystery/thriller 2018
Kindle
library book
finished 4/10/21

22. The Swiss Summer
by Stella Gibbons
fiction 1951
Kindle
finished 4/20/21

23. Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori
fiction 2018
Kindle
library book
finished 4/22/21

May - 6

24. The Plumley Inheritance - book 1 in the Ludovic Travers series
by Christopher Bush
mystery 1926
Kindle
finished 5/4/21

25. High Wire in Nuala - book 9 in the Inspector De Silva series
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2020
Kindle 
finished 5/7/21

26. Dandelion Cottage
by Carroll Watson Rankin
children's fiction 1904
Kindle
finished 5/9/21

27. Sweet Bean Paste
by Durian Sukegawa
translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts
fiction 2017
Kindle
finished 5/12/21

28. Before the Coffee Gets Cold - book 1 in Before the Coffee Gets Cold series
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselo
fiction 2015
Kindle
finished 5/17/21

29. The Consequences of Fear - book 16 in the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear
mystery 2021
Kindle
library book
finished 5/23/21

June - 3

30. Cold Case in Nuala - book 10 in the Inspector De Silva series
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 6/15/21

31. Citizens of London
The Americans Who Stood With Britain In Its Darkest, Finest Hour
by Lynn Olson
nonfiction 2010
print
finished 6/7/21

32. A Shropshire Lad
by A.E. Housman
poetry  
Dover Thrift Edition published 1990
first printing was 1896
finished 6/18/21

July - 4

33. The Affair of the Christmas Card Killer - book 1 in the Lord Kit Aston
by Jack Murray
mystery  2018
Kindle
finished 7/3/21

34. The Whitstable Pearl Mystery - book 1 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2015
Kindle
finished 7/11/21

35. Murder-On-Sea - book 2 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2015
Christmas
Kindle
finished 7/20/21

36. The May Day Murder - book 3 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2016
Kindle
finished 7/28/21

August - 4

37. Murder on the Pilgrims Way - book 4 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 8/6/21

38. Disppearance in Oare - book 5 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2018
Kindle
finished 8/13/21

39. Murder Fest - book 6 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 8/24/21

40. Murder on the Downs - book 7 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2020
Kindle 
finished 8/28/21

September - 5

41. Strictly Murder - book 8 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 9/2/21

42. Dear Hugo 
by Molly Clavering
fiction 1955
Kindle
finished 9/7/21

43. A Study in Stone - book 1 in the Devonshire mysteries (a short novel)
by Michael Campling
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 9/8/21 

44. Valley of Lies - book 2 in the Devonshire mysteries
by Michael Campling
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 9/17/21

45. The Colors of All the Cattle - book 19 in the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
by Alexander McCall Smith
mystery 2018
Kindle
library book
finished 9/21/21

October - 4

46. "Murder Isn't Cricket" - book 4 in the Doctor Harry Manson series
by E. and M.A. Radford
mystery 1946
Kindle
finished 10/3/21

47. Murder Between the Tides - book 3 in the Devonshire mysteries
by Michael Campling
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 10/19/21

48. The Road to Grantchester - prequel to the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
fiction 2019
Kindle
finished 10/26/21

49. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death - book 1 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2012
Kindle
second reading
finished 10/31/21

November - 5

50. Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night - book 2 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2013
Kindle
second reading 
finished 11/8/21

51. Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil - book 3 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2014
Kindle
finished 11/16/21

52. A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Dylan Thomas
autobiographical prose poem 
Christmas
published in Harper's Bazaar 1950
recorded by the author BBC Radio 1952
my edition New Directions 1954
print
finished 11/16/21

53. Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins - book 4 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2015
Kindle
finished 11/24/21

54. Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation - book 5 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2016
Kindle
finished 11/28/21

December - 8

55. Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love - book 6 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 12/1/21

56. The Bishop's Wife
by Robert Nathan
fiction 1926
Christmas
Kindle
finished 12/3/21

57. Mrs Lorimer's Quiet Summer 
by Molly Clavering
fiction 1953
Kindle
finished 12/5/21

58. Because of Sam
by Molly Clavering
fiction 1954
Kindle
finished 12/10/21

59. Murder Jigsaw - book 2 in the Doctor Harry Manson series 
by E. and M. A. Radford
mystery 1944
Kindle
finished 12/18/21

60. Edward Speaks At Midnight
by Pamela Terry
illus. by Kevin Nichols
children's picture book 2015
Christmas
print
finished 12/18/21

61. Who Killed Dick Whittington? - book 6 in the Doctor Harry Manson series
by E. and M.A. Radford
mystery 1947
Kindle
finished 12/27/21

62. Lucy & Tom At Christmas
by Shirley Hughes
children's picture book 1981
Christmas
print
finished 12/28/21

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Books Read in 2020

January - 6

1. Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War - book one in the Mrs Caldicot series
by Vernon Coleman
fiction 1993
Kindle
finished 1/2/20

2. The American Agent - book fifteen in the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 1/8/20

3. The Nine of Us
 Growing Up Kennedy
by Jean Kennedy Smith
nonfiction 2016
print
finished 1/8/20

4. Mavis of Green Hill
by Faith Baldwin
fiction 1921
Kindle
finished 1/13/20

5. Brooklyn Legacies - book five in the Erica Donato series
by Triss Stein
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 1/16/20

6. The Cask
by Freeman Wills Crofts
mystery 1920
Kindle
finished 1/30/20

February - 4

7. Overdue - book two in the Village Library series
by Elizabeth Spann Craig
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 2/6/20

8. The Man of Property - book one in The Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1906
Kindle
finished 2/20/20

9. Bread and Jam for Frances
by Russell Hoban
Illustrated by Lillian Hoban
children's fiction 1986
print
finished 2/21/20

Indian Summer of a Forsyte - an interlude between The Man of Property and In Chancery
Now might be called 1.5 in a series
55 pages long
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1918
Kindle
finished 2/23/20

10. Lassie Shows the Way
by Monica Hill
pictures by Lee Ames
children's fiction 1956
print
my childhood Golden Book
finished 2/25/20

March - 4

11. In Chancery - book two in the Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1920
Kindle
finished 3/1/20

12. To Let - book three in the Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1921
Kindle
finished 3/11/20

13. The White Monkey - book one in the Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1924
Kindle
finished mid-March (didn't jot it down)

A Silent Wooing - an interlude between The White Monkey and The Silver Spoon
Very short, but important to the story. Jon's life in America.
Also on the Kindle, and probably published the same year as The White
Monkey

14. The Silver Spoon - book two in the Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1926
Kindle
finished 3/31/20

Passers By - an interlude between The Silver Spoon and Swan Song

April - 7

15. Hadley - the hardcover version published 1992
Paris Without End - The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife - the paperback edition published 2011
I read both books. I began with Hadley but there was so much underlining (a used book) that I was distracted, so I bought the paperback version, and read most of the book that way.
by Gioia Diliberto
nonfiction 1992
print
finished 4/4/20

16. Swan Song - book three in the Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1928
Kindle
finished 4/10/20

17. I Really Like Slop, I Am Invited To A Party, and We Are In A Book
by Mo Willems
children's fiction  various publication dates
print - read to us by Hazel
and I Am Invited To A Party read to us by Campbell via Facetime on an earlier date
finished 4/14/20

18. Anchored Inn - book ten in the Gray Whale Inn mysteries
by Karen MacInerney
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 4/16/20

19. Silent Bud Deadly - book two in the English Cottage Garden mysteries
by H.Y. Hanna
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 4/20/20

20. Through the Kitchen Window
by Susan Hill
nonfiction 1984
print
finished 4/14/20

21. Doom and Bloom - book three in the English Cottage Garden mysteries
by H.Y. Hanna
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 4/25/20

May - 4

22. A Secret Garden
by Katie Fforde
fiction 2017
Kindle
finished 5/3/20

23. Through the Garden Gate
by Susan Hill
nonfiction 1986
print
finished 5/6/20

24. The Garden of Lamentations - book 17 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James
series
by Deborah Crombie
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 5/9/20

25. A Bitter Feast - book 18 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series
by Deborah Crombie
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 5/15/20

June - 4

26. All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1972
Kindle
finished 6/4/20

27. All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1974
Kindle
finished 6/18/20

28. The Word Is Murder - book 1 in the Hawthorne series
by Anthony Horowitz
mystery 2017
print
finished 6/27/20

29. All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1977
Kindle
finished 6/29/20

July - 9

30. Redhead By The Side Of The Road
by Anne Tyler
fiction 2020
Kindle
finished 7/2/20

31. The Sentence is Death - book 2 in the Hawthorne series
by Anthony Horowitz
mystery 2018
print
finished 7/5/20
I stopped part way through and reread The Word Is Murder, and then
came back to this. Even after just a couple years, I couldn't quite remember
events that Horowitz referred to in this book.

32. Happily Ever After & Everything In Between
by Debbie Tung
graphic nonfiction 2020
print
finished 7/5/20

33. A Killer Ending - book 1 in the Snug Harbor mysteries
by Karen MacInerney
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 7/8/20

34. The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1981
Kindle
finished 7/17/20

35. My Life from Scratch
A Sweet Journey Of Starting Over, One Cake At A Tim
by Gesine Bullock-Prado
nonfiction 2009
print
finished 7/19/20

36. The Widow's Cruise - book 13 in the Nigel Strangeways series
by Nicholas Blake (pen name for Cecil Day Lewis)
mystery 1959
Kindle
finished 7/23/20

37. Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1992
Kindle
finished 7/26/20

38. Buried in a Bog - book 1 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connoly
mystery 2013
Kindle
finished 7/29/20

August - 8

39. Scandal in Skibbereen - book 2 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connoly
mystery 2014
Kindle
finished 8/2/20

40. An Early Wake - book 3 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connolly
mystery 2015
Kindle
finished 8/5/20

41. A Turn for the Bad - book 4 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connolly
mystery 2016
Kindle
finished 8/9/20

42. The Other Side of the Dales
by Gervase Phinn
nonfiction 1998
print
finished 8/10/20

43. Cruel Winter - book 5 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connolly
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 8/12/20

44. Many A Twist - book 6 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connolly
mystery 2018
Kindle 
finished 8/15/20

45. The Lost Traveller - book 7 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connolly
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 8/21/20

46. Fatal Roots - book 8 (and the last because the author died) in the County Cork series
by Sheila Connolly
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 8/28/20

September - 5

47. Rough Time in Nuala - book 7 in the Inspector de Silva mysteries
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 9/7/20

48. Taken in Nuala - book 8 in the Inspector de Silva mysteries
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 9/10/20

49. Borrowed Time - book 3 in the Village Library Mysteries
by Elizabeth Spann Craig
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 9/14/20

50. Haunting in the Hallway - book 5 in The Inn at Holiday Bay series
by Kathi Daley
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 9/17/20

51. The Murder of Cecily Thane - book 1 in the Spike Tracy series 
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1930
Kindle
finished 9/24/20

October - 5

52. Fell Murder - book 25 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R. Lorac
mystery 1944
Kindle
finished 10/1/20

53. Bats in the Belfry - book 12 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R Lorac
mystery 1937
Kindle 
finished 10/8/20
After the wonder that is Fell Murder, this was a great disappointment. I was totally confused with the characters, and what is worse, I found the book dull.

54. Death Came Softly - book 23 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R Lorac
mystery 1943
Kindle
finished 10/18/20

55. Electric Eden
Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
by Rob Young
nonfiction 2010
print
finished 10/22/20 about 3 1/2 hours before sun went into Scorpio
took 2 months and 12 days to read!

56. Murder in the Mill-Race (aka Speak Justly of the Dead)- book 37 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R Lorac
mystery 1952
Kindle
finished 10/29/20

November - 5

57. Grandmothers
by Salley Vickers
fiction 2019
print
finished 11/8/20

58. Rope's End Rogue's End - book 22 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R Lorac
mystery 1942
Kindle
finished 11/9/20

by Susan Branch
graphic nonfiction 2020
print
finished 11/11/20

60. The Murder of Steven Kester - book 2 in the Spike Tracy series
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1931
Kindle
finished 11/23/20

61. An English Murder (aka The Christmas Murder)
by Cyril Hare
mystery 1951
Kindle
finished 11/26/20

December - 9

62. The Murder of Sigurd Sharon - book 3 in the Spike Tracy series
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1933
Kindle
finished 12/1/20

63. All Aboard for Christmas
by Christopher Jennison
nonfiction 2004
print
finished 12/4/20

64. A Most Immoral Murder - book 4 in the Spike Tracy series
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1935
Kindle
finished 12/5/20

65. Murder Makes Murder - book 5 in the Spike Tracy series
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1937
Kindle
finished 12/11/20

66. Murder Comes Back - book 6 in the Spike Tracy series
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1940
Kindle 
finished 12/17/20

67. Under an English Heaven - book 1 in the Ellie Kent series
by Alice K. Boatwright
mystery 2014
Kindle
finished 12/22/20

68. What Child is This? - book 2 in the Ellie Kent series
by Alice K. Boatwright
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 12/24//20

69. Christmas is Murder - book 1 in the Rex Graves mysteries
by C.S. Challinor
mystery 2008
Kindle
reread
finished 12/29/20

70. Another Little Christmas Murder
by Lorna Nicholl Morgan
mystery 1947
print
finished 12/30/20