The 2021 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread

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2021 Reading Challenge List Thread

Welcome to our 12th Annual Reading Challenge!

The Annual Reading Challenge is neither a race, contest, nor an “exclusive club”, anyone can join! This is just a fun activity that some of us have enjoyed doing in the past. Many of us have found reading challenges to be an entertaining way to set goals for ourselves, get ideas for books, and see what others are reading.

This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge. Please state your goals at the top of your post (in the title line if you can), and then start your list in the body of your post. As you read books, edit your post to update your list of books read, or other challenge status.

Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread.

Discussions & Ideas can be found here:

2021 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread

Post #2 of this thread is dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread. Names will be added to this TOC in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread.

Previous threads were for 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010

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Table of Participants

1. astrangerhere - Post #5
2. bookaho!ic - Post #19
3. bs10000 - Post #14
4. Byrdie - Post #30
5. Dazrin - Post #8
6. Dngrsone - Post #22
7. DrNefario - Post #11
8. frailtyy - Post #21
9. hildea - Post #31
10. HLS - Post #25
11. Hollow Man - Post #16
12. Indio77 - Post #20
13. irishmac473 - Post #34
14. issybird - Post #7
15. jbcohen - Post #17
16. jselby - Post #26
17. JSWolf - Post #18
18. library addict - Post #10
19. Luffy - Post #4
20. Mikou - Post #33
21. Musicman - Post #15
22. Paperbackstash - Post #24
23. pdurrant - Post #3
24. Polarpenguin - Post #28
25. PurpleStar - Post #9
26. rfog - Post #6
27. sakura-panda - Post #23
28. sun surfer - Post #29
29. Tarana - Post #13
30. Uncle Robin - Post #12
31. Waylander - Post #27
32. Xanthe - Post #32

32 Participants .

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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.

[Luffy]

36/40

Currently reading



Beowulf




Read

01. 01st January 2021 Red Velvet Revenge (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #4) 4/5 stars

02. 02nd January 2021 Going, Going, Ganache (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #5) 4/5 stars

03. 02nd January 2021 Chocolate Surprise & Murder (An Oceanside Cozy Mystery #41) 1/5 stars

04. 04th January 2021 Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) 1/5 stars

05. 08th January 2021 Fleshmarket Close (Inspector Rebus #15) 2/5 stars

06. 10th January 2021 Mardi Gras Murder (Cajun Country Mystery, #4) 2/5 stars

07. 17th January 2021 The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) 3/5 stars

08. 21st January 2021 Pride and Prejudice 5/5 stars

09. 21st January 2021 Berried in the Past (Cranberry Cove #5) 2/5 stars

10. 26th January 2021 Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon, #8) 2/5 stars

11. 28th January 2021 A.B.C. contre Poirot (Hercule Poirot #13) 1/5 stars

12. 31st January 2021 An Old Chester Secret 4/5 stars

13. 03rd February 2021 Iced to Death (A Gourmet De-Lite Mystery, #3) 1/5 stars

14. 05th February 2021 Pretzel Pizza Murder (Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria, #15) 4/5 stars

15. 11th February 2021 Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories 4/5 stars

16. 13th February 2021 Revenge in Rubies (Harriet Gordon Mystery #2) 2/5 stars

17. 16th February 2021 Nightfall and Other Stories 5/5 stars

18. 19th February 2021 Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1) 3/5 stars

19. 22nd February 2021 Parmesan Pizza Murder (Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria, #16) 5/5 stars

20. 24th February 2021 Three to Conquer 5/5 stars

21. 25th February 2021 The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) 1/5 stars

22. 27th February 2021 Hold Tight (Harlan Coben) 2/5 stars

23. 01st March 2021 The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) 5/5 stars

24. 03rd March 2021 Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth #7) 5/5 stars

25. 04th March 2021 Bloodsucking Fiends (A Love Story, #1) 3/5 stars

26. 04th March 2021 The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5) 1/5 stars

27. 07th March 2021 Breakfast Pizza Murder (Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria #17) 1/5 stars

28. 15th March 2021 Death of a Glutton (Hamish Macbeth, #8) 3/5 stars

29. 19th March 2021 Murder in Aspen Notch (An Aspen Notch Mystery #1) 4/5 stars

30. 21st March 2021 Survivor Type 3/5 stars

31. 24th March 2021 Death of a Travelling Man (Hamish Macbeth, #9) 2/5 stars

32. 26th March 2021 The Chewing Gum Rescue And Other Stories 5/5 stars

33. 27th March 2021 The Maharani's Pearls (Bess Crawford, #6.5) 2/5 stars

34. 04th April 2021 The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2) 4/5 stars

35. 07th April 2021 Four Classic Alex Delaware Thrillers (Alex Delaware, #4, 7-9) 2/5 stars

36. 13th April 2021 The Age of Faith (The Story of Civilization #4) 3/5 stars

[astrangerhere]

Length Goals:

• Total Books: 75 (stretch goal of 100) (up from 50/75 last year)
• Total Pages: 25,000
• E-TBR Reduction: 25
• Print-TBR Reduction: 10

Substantive Goals:

• Read at least 51% non-American authors
• Read at least 51% female/nonbinary authors than male authors
• Read at least 52 short stories
• Read at least 10 books across all our collections that are my wife's or that she wants me to read.

BOOKS 75 of 75 GOAL MET

Spoiler:

1. Takekurabe by Natsu Higuchi
2. The Incindiaries by R.O. Kwon (dropped)
3. Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
4. Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda
5. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeline Albright
6. City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
7. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
8. Paper Girls, Book One by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang
9. Paper Girls, Book Two by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang
10. Paper Girls, Book Three by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang
11. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
12. City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
13. Gently French by Alan Hunter
14. The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon
15. Gently in Trees by Alan Hunter
16. Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
17. Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
18. City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett
19. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
20. The Waves by Virginia Woolf
21. Black as He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh
22. Gently With Love by Alan Hunter
23. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
24. Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
25. Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers
26. Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
27. Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
28. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
29. Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers
30. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
31. Gently Where the Birds Are by Alan Hunter
31. Five Red Herrings, The by Dorothy L. Sayers
32. Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
33. Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
34. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
35. Love and Friendship by Jane Austen
36. The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien by Georges Simenon
37. The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
38. The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell
39. Guady Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
40. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
41. Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
42. The Carter of La Providence by George Simeneon
44. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
45. Turmoil, The (Growth #1) by Booth Tarkington
46. East Lynne by Elizabeth Wood
47. Crow Trap, The by Ann Cleeves
48. Woman of No Importance, A by Oscar Wilde
49. Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves
50. East by West Vol 1 by Henry Lucy
51. Yellow Dog, The by Georges Simenon
52. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves
53. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
54. Something New by PG Wodehouse
55. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
56. Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
57. At Lady Molly's by Anthony Powell
58. Long Call, The by Ann Cleeves
59. Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
60. Light Brigade, The by Kameron Hurley
61. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
62. Blue Marlin by Lee Smith
63. Gently Instrumental by Alan Hunter
64. Devil and the Dark Water, The by Stuart Turton
65. Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
66. Lost Lady, A by Willa Cather
67. Haunted Hotel, The: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins
68. Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
69. Magician, The by Colm Toibin
70. Will to Battle, The by Ada Palmer
71. Cricket on the Hearth, The by Charles Dickens
72. Hollow Needle, The by Maurice Leblanc
73. Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves
74. Lost on Planet Earth Magdelene Visaggio
75. Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer

SHORT STORIES 35 of 52 GOAL FAILED

Spoiler:

1. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery by Agatha Christie
2. Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
3. God's Fools by Mary Roberts Rinehart
4. The Flight of Betsey Lane by Sarah Orne Jewett
5. A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
6. The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin
7. Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
8. The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane
9. The Gospel According to Joan by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
10. Hop-Frog by Edgar Allen Poe
11. The Outsider by HP Lovecraft
12. The Horror at Red Hook by HP Lovecraft
13. A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury
14. Bliss by Katherine Mansfield
15. Marriage a-la Mode by Katherine Mansfield
16. Un Morso doo Pang by Edna Ferber
17. The Second Gong by Agatha Christie
18. Wireless by Agatha Christie
19. The Book by HP Lovecraft
20. Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin
21. Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury
22. The Mixer (Moves in Society) by PG Wodehouse
23. The Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa by Washington Irving
24. The Fly by Katherine Mansfield
25. A Problem by Anton Chekov
26. Phantom Hearse, The by Mary Fortune
27. Telephone Call, A by Dorothy Parker
28. I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Walden
29. Straight Pool by John O'Hara
30. The Great Detective by Delia Sherman
31. The Kidnapped Prime Minister by Agatha Christie
32. High Water Mark by Bret Harte
33. The Man in the Case by Anton Chekov
34. The Iceman by Emma Cline
35. The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather

BOOKS SELECTED BY MY WIFE 10 of 10 - GOAL MET

Spoiler:

1. City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
2. Paper Girls, Books One, Two and Three by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang
3. City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
4. City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett
5. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
6. Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
7. Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
8. The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
9. Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer
10. Lost on Planet Earth Magdelene Visaggio

[rfog]

# Listado de libros leídos en 2021

My goal: read Pratchett and some old Pulps

## January
1. El "Chancellor" - Verne
2. Komarr - Vorkosigan 16 - Bujold
3. Los condenados de Song-Song - Basureros del Espacio I - Rick Solaris
4. Duelo en plantea rojo - Basureros del Espacio II - Rick Solaris
5. El satélite H-30 no contesta - Basureros del Espacio III - Curtis Garland
6. El cometa sin rumbo - Basureros del Espacio IV - Lem Ryan
7. Las mazmorras de Saturno - Basureros del Espacio V - Curtis Garland
8. El motín del "Galaxia" - Basureros del Espacio VI - Clark Carrados
9. Una tumba en Neptuno - Basureros del Espacio VII - Néstor Alcón
10. La órbita mortal - Basureros del Espacio VIII - Andreu Martín
11. La astronave fantasma - Basureros del Espacio IX - Rick Solaris
12. Rebelión en Urano - Basureros del Espacio X - Rick Solaris
13. Ultimátum a la Tierra - Basureros del Espacio XI - Rick Solaris
14. El astronauta solitario - Basureros del Espacio XII - Rick Solari s
15. Atmósfera de muerte - Basureros del Espacio (y) XIII - Rick Solaris
16. Pulp Magazine 3 - VVAA
17. Misterio en la Antártida - Larry Winters
18. Cosmos - Carl Sagan
18. Intriga galáctica - El Orden Estelar IV - A. Thorkent
19. La historia de tu vida - Ted Chiang
20. Cuentos varios - Charles Dickens
21. El vigésimo séptimo día - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa I, IV - John Mantley
22. Los liberados - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa I, y V - Dan Morgan
23. Las voces del tiempo - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, I - Ballard
24. El mundo sumergido - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, II - Ballard
25. Billenium - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, III - Ballard
26. Telepatía - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, IV - Arthur Sellings
27. Hoy es el futuro - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, y V - F. G. Rayer
28. Salambó - Flaubert
29. !Que las matematicas te acompanen! - Clara Grima Ruiz
30. El Cometa - Carl Sagan

## February

30. Bouvard y Pécuchet - Flaubert
31. Las claves de Julio Verne - Guillermo Gomez Paz
32. Cuentos - Flaubert
- Memorias de un loco
- Tres cuentos
- Bibliomanía
33. Nostromo - Conrad
34. Lord Jim - Conrad
35. Narrativa breve completa - Conrad
36. El país de las pieles - Verne
37. La locura de Almayer - Conrad
38. Lengua materna - Suzette Elgin

## March
39. Azogue - Ciclo Barroco I - Stephenson
40. La Confusión - Ciclo Barroco II - Stephenson
41. El agente secreto - Conrad
42. El pirata - Conrad
43. Novela de ajedrez - Zweig
44. Línea de fuego - Pérez-Reverte
45. Acceso al mañana - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-I - VVAA
46. Mort - Mundodisco IV - Pratchett

## April
47. Cinco semanas en globo - Orbis 01 - Verne
48. El rayo verde - Orbis 02 - Verne
49. Rechicero - Mundodisco V - Pratchett
50. Acceso a las estrellas - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-II - VVAA
50. El sistema del mundo - Ciclo Barroco III - Stepenson
51. Los hijos del capitán Grant en América del Sur - Orbis 03 - Verne
52. Brujerías - Mundodisco VI - Pratchett
53. La caza del meteoro - Oribs 05 - Verne
53. Una campaña civil - Vorkosigan 17 - Bujold
54. De la Tierra a la Luna - Orbis 06 - Verne
55. Acceso a otros mundos - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-III - VVAA
56. Acceso al futuro - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-IV - VVAA
57. Alrededor de la Luna - Orbis 07 - Verne
58. Carne - Philip José Farmer
59. Cartas tras el velo - Leticia S. Murga
60. Gaugamela - J. G. Mesa

## May
61. El campamento - Rocío Remesal Ballesteros
62. La cruzada del océano - José Javier Esperanza
63. Inmunidad diplomática - Vorkosigan 18 - Bujold
64. Criópolis - Vorkosigan 19 - Bujold
65. Trueno rojo - John Varley
66. Los hijos del capitán Grant en Australia - Orbis 10 - Verne
67. La Estrella de Pandora - Federación II - Hamilton
68. Judas desencadenado - Federación III - Hamilton

## June
69. Piromides - Mundodisco 7 - Pratchett
70. La agencia Thompson y Cía - Orbis 12 y 13 - Verne
71. La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días - Orbis 14 - Verne
72. Las tribulaciones de un chino en China - Orbis 16 - Verne
73. ¡Guardias! ¡Guardias! - Mundodisco 8 - Pratchett
74. Eric - Mundodisco 9 - Pratchett
75. Analog SFF July/August 2021 - VVAA
76. Nicholas Nickleby - Dickens
77. Conversations with Isaac Asimov - VVAA

## July
78. Hyperion - Hyperion 1 - Dan Simmons
79. El mundo venusiano - Científico-Novelesca 03 - Viajes Planetarios III - Capitán Ignotus
80. El poder estelar - Orden Estelar 11 - A. Thorkent
81. Mercaderes del espacio - Orden Estelar 12 - A. Thorkent.
82. La Isla de hélice - Orbis 23 y 24 - Jules Verne
83. El baile de los autómatas - Diego Pérez Sanz
84. La caída de Hyperion - Hyperion 2 - Dan Simmons
85. Voces en la ribera del mundo - Diana P. Morales
86. El Héroe de las Eras - Nacidos de la bruma III - Sanderson
87. Asimov's SF 2020 11 12 - VVAA
88. Endyimion - Hyperion 3 - Dan Simmons

## August
89. Historia Universal de las Exploraciones III - VVAA
90. Los quinientos millones de la Begun - Orbis 25 - Jules Verne
- Los amotinados de "La Bounty"
91. El ascenso de Endymion - Hyperion 4 - Dan Simmons
92. Huérfanos de la hélice - Hyperion 5 - Dan Simmons
93. Aleación de ley - Nacidos de la bruma IV - Sanderson
94. La Yijad Butleriana - Dune 02
95. Armas de destrucción matemática - Cathy O'Nell
96. Sombras de identidad - Nacidos de la bruma V - Sanderson
97. Brazales de duelo - Nacidos de la bruma VI - Sanderson
98. Historia de la energía nuclear - Isaac Asimov
99. Maelstrom: A Diving Universe Novella - KK Rush
100. Un capitán de quince años - Orbis 27 y 28 - Verne
101. La batalla de Corrin - Dune 03

## September
102. Sisterhood of Dune - Dune 04
103. El espejo del tiempo - Salvador Bayarri
104. Proyecto Hail Mary - Andy Weir
105. El segador - Mundodisco 11 - Pratchett
106. The Butlerian Yijad - Dune 01 - Herbert & Anderson
107. The Machine Crusade - Dune 02 - Herbert & Anderson
108. Las edades de Itnis - Salvador Bayarri
109. Una princesa de Marte - John Carter 1 - Burroughs
110. The Battle of Corrin - Dune 03 - Herbert & Anderson
111. Brujas de Viaje - Mundodisco 12 - Pratchett

## October
112. Sisterhood of Dune - Dune 04 - Herbert & Anderson
113. Mentats of Dune - Dune 05 - Herbert & Anderson
114. Navigators of Dune - Dune 06 - Herbert & Anderson
115. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
116. Ante la bandera - Orbis 33 - Verne
117. Dioses menores - Mundodisco 13 - Pratchett
118. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
119. Dune: House Atreides - Dune 07 - Herbert & Anderson

## November
120. Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
121. Héctor Servadac - Orbis 34 y 35 - Verne
122. Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
123. Dune: House Harkonnen - Dune 08 - Herbert & Anderson
124. Ministry of Space (Comic) Completo - Ellis, Weston, DePuy
125. Ocean (Comic) Completo
126. Orbiter (Comic)
127. Agente de Bizancio - Turtledove
128. House Corrino - Dune 09 - Herbert & Anderson
129. Dune - Dune 10 (Old chronology) - Frank Herbert
130. The Hobbit - Facsimile Edition - Tolkien
131. Cuentos para Algernon VIII - VVAA
132. Lores y damas - Mundodisco 14 - Pratchett

## December
133. La última empreox - La Interdependencia (y 3) - Scalzi
134. El mundo de Yarek - Elia Barceó
135. Hombres de armas - Mundodisco 15 - Pratchett
136. Las máquinas de Dios - Las máquinas de Dios 1 - McDevitt
137. Sublimación - Clara Peñalver
138. Deepsix - Las máquinas de dios 2 - McDevitt
139. Klara y el sol - Kazuo Ishiguro
140. La tienda de antigüedades - Dickens

## Other
1. El aniversario de Asterix y Obelix - Comic
2. Revista Literaria Novelas y Cuentos - Antonio González Lejárraga
3. Jules Verne dans Le Figaro Illustré - Ariel Pérez
4. Una ciudad flotante - Orbis 04 - Verne
5. Mundo mutante - Corben
6. Hijos de mundo mutante - Corben
7. Los hijos del capitán Grant en el Océano Pacífico - Orbis 15 - Verne
8. Viaje al centro de la tierra - Orbis 11 - Verne
9. Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino - Orbis 17 y 18 - Verne
10. Varios Verne - Orbis 19 - Verne
11. El "Chancellor" - Orbis 20 - Verne
12. Aventuras de tres rusos y tres ingleses - Orbis 21 - Verne
13. Las indias negras - Orbis 22 - Verne
14. Revista Hélice 30 - VVAA
15. Asimov’s SF - 2021 07 08 - VVAA
16. Revista Mordedor 4
17. Asimov's SF 2020 09 10 - VVAA
18. Escuela de Robinson's - Orbis 26 - Verne
19. Cazando Harkonnen - Dune 01
20. EL mek vapuleado - Dune 03
21. Scientific American 2021 09 - VVAA
22. Robur el conquistador - Orbis 29 - Verne
23. Dueño del mundo - Orbis 30 - Verne
24. Miguel Strogoff - Orbis 31 y 32 - Verne
25. El país de las pieles - Orbis 36 y 37 - Verne

## Not read (abandoned)
- Martín Paz - Verne (skipped)
- Galaxias como granos de arena - CF Inglesa I, I (by Skimming, boring)
- En el lento morir de la tierra (Invernáculo) - CæF Inglesa I, II (read recently)
- Viaje sin retorno (La nave estelar) - CF Inglesa I, III (read recently)
- Santuario - Faulkner - Truño
- EL ruido y la furia - Faulkner - Truño
- Mientras agonizo - Faulkner - Truño
- El espejo del mar - Conrad - No es novela y aburrido
- Emæily Eterna - No sé qué le han visto a este libro. Es basura.
- El día en que se detendrá el tiempo - Farmer
- Dare - Farmer
- La locura de Dios - Aguilera
- La zona - Aguilera - ¿Zombies? ¿Qué me estás container?
- El dios de piedra despierta - Philip Jose Farmer
- Los ingleses en el Polo Norte - Orbis 8 - Verne
- El desierto de hielo - Orbis 9 - Verne
- Extraños parientes - Farmer
- La imagen de la bestia - Farmer
- Las ballenas volantes de Ismael - Farmer
- Lord Tyler - Farmer
- Los amantes - Farmer
- Mundo infierno - Farmer
- Noche de luz - Farmer
- Relaciones extrañas - Farmer
- El hacedor de universos - Farmer
- Los pórticos de la creación - Farmer
- Trilogía del Vacío - Hamilton
- Breach Team - Winder - J. R. Handley - Demasiado incoherente y disperso
- Los lenguajes de Pao - Vance - No termina de cuajar
- River of dust -Alexander Jablokov - No cuaja
- Ball of Confusion: An Earth Protection League Novella - Dean Wesley Smith - Qué triste cuando un escritor se hace viejo...
- The Cassidy Chronicles - Adam Gaffen
- Warrior integration - David Hallquist
- Caverns - Kevin O'Donnel Jr.
- Legend - Christopher Goods
- Prometheus Outbound - Steven Ruskin
- Las edades de Lulú - Almudena Grandes
- The Duke of Caladan
- The Lady of Caladan
- Los números no mienten: 71 historias para entender el mundo

[issybird]

I’m going to limit my objectives for 2021 in hopes that the fewer, the likelier I’ll achieve them. The past few years have been characterized by mostly fails other than total books read.

I will set my usual benchmark, not a goal, of 120 books read.

I’ll read a non-fiction book a month about the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages.

This one’s something of a stretch, but I’d like to read a play a week, rounding to 50 over the course of the year. I reserve the right to end it early with honor if I hit the wall at the half year mark, or cut it back to two per month. Because that’s a lot of plays.

^^I’m abandoning this; it didn’t happen.

I’d like to make some inroads into my GR WTR, let’s say six books, which is 20% of the current number. I’m keeping it low because the reality is that most of those titles have languished for years and while I want to read them, it seems evident I don’t want to read them, not enough.

As always I link to Goodreads because I’m lazy. I won’t bother to create a link to my WTR, as my success will be measured by absence.

And that’s it, although I reserve the right to tweak, especially if I start off the year falling into an unforeseen topic.

[Dazrin]

My original goal for 2021 was to read 6,000 pages; a considerable reduction from my previous years with the exception of 2020. This was based on how little I got done on 2020. Surprisingly, I was able to complete 6,000 by May 8th, which was already a third more than I read from the mid-March through December last year, so I increased the goal to 12,000 pages and completed it in early December.

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Page Goal: Read 12,000 pages in 2021
Completed on 12/5/2021
Status as of December 31, 2021: 15,471 pages read, 74 books / short stories completed.

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• Totals
  • 2021 Books Read: 74
  • 2021 Pages Read: 15,471
  • Total books since 2011: 938
  • Total pages since 2011: 291,591
• Formats
  • Audio Books: 35 (102 hours)
  • Library Books: 33
• Authors
  • New Authors: 21
  • Authors Read: 46
  • Total Authors Read since 2011: 439
• Publication Dates
  • New Years Read: 5 (2021, 1967, 1947, 1913, 1833)
  • Years Read: 35
  • Total Years Read since 2011: 130 (all years since 1946)
• Miscellaneous
  • Most Read Genre: Fantasy
  • Number of Genres: 22 (fewest ever, I appear to be reading favorites more than normal.)
  • Average number of Genres: 30
  • Most Read Author: Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries)

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Completed books:
Ordered by finish date

1. The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice 1) - John Flanagan
2. The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice 2) - John Flanagan
3. Tales from the Folly (Rivers of London anthology) - Ben Aaronovitch
4. The Queen of Spades - Alexander Pushkin - Classic Tales Podcast #715
5. The Tragedy in the Forest of Morgues - Maurice Leblanc - Classic Tales Podcast #714
6. The Icebound Land (RA 3) - John Flanagan
7. The Battle for Skandia (RA 4) - John Flanagan
8. The Reluctant Dragon - Kenneth Grahame - Classic Tales Podcast #712
9. Silver Door Diner - Bishop Garrison - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
10. Prodigal Son (Orphan X 6) - Gregg Hurwitz
11. The Sorcerer of the North (RA5) - John Flanagan
12. The Siege of Macindaw (RA6) - John Flanagan
13. Alluvial Deposits - Percival Everett - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
14. The Regression Test - Wole Talabi - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
15. A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin
16. The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula Le Guin
17. Tehanu - Ursula Le Guin
18. Killer of Kings - Anjali Sachdeva - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
19. Freehold - Michael Z. Williamson
20. Salt - Rosemary Melchior - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
21. An Equal Share of the Bone - Karen Osborne - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
22. Getaway - Nicole Kornher-Stace - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
23. The Striped Chest - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - LeVar Burton Reads podcast
24. Monster Hunter International (MH1) - Larry Correia
25. Monster Hunter Vendetta (MH2) - Larry Correia
26. Vaccine Season - Hannu Rajaniemi - LeVar Burton Reads
27. Home, Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (Murderbot 4.1) - Martha Wells
28. Rocket Summer - Ray Bradbury - Classic Tales Podcast
29. All Systems Red (Murderbot 1) - Martha Wells
30. Artificial Condition (Murderbot 2) - Martha Wells
31. Rogue Protocol (Murderbot 3) - Martha Wells
32. Exit Strategy (Murderbot 4) - Martha Wells
33. Network Effect (Murderbot 5) - Martha Wells
34. Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot 6) - Martha Wells
35. The Nine Billion Names of God - Arthur C. Clarke
36. The Day After the Day The Martians Came - Frederik Pohl
37. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
38. Pillar of Fire - Ray Bradbury - Classic Tales Podcast
39. The Bank of Burkina Faso - Ekaterina Sedia - LeVar Burton Reads Podcast
40. Dark Spaces on the Map Anjali Sachdeva - LeVar Burton Reads Podcast
41. Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot - Robert Olen Butler - LeVar Burton Reads Podcast
42. The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld 41) - Terry Pratchett
43. The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric & Desdemona 8) - Lois McMaster Bujold
44. The Original - Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal
45. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfisher
46. What Abigail Did that Summer - Ben Aaronovitch
47. Wool (Silo 1) - Hugh Howey - Audiobook - counted each released book individually in my SS so the totals no longer add up.
48. Masquerade in Lodi (Penric & Desdemona 9) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
49. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time 1) - Robert Jordan
50. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer - Audiobook
51. Pile of Bones - Michael J. Sullivan - Audiobook
52. The Assassins of Thasalon (Penric & Desdemona10) - Lois McMaster Bujold
53. Knot of Shadows (Penric & Desdemona 11) - Lois McMaster Bujold
54. The Road Not Taken - Harry Turtledove
55. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Narnia 1) - C.S. Lewis
56. The Great Hunt (WoT 2) - Robert Jordan
57. Tripwire (Jack Reacher 3) - Lee Child
58. Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth 1) - Terry Goodkind
59. Peace Talks (Dresden 16) - Jim Butcher
60. Battle Ground (Dresden 17) - Jim Butcher
61. Running Blind (Jack Reacher 4) - Lee Child
62. Echo Burning (Jack Reacher 5) - Lee Child

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My other lists: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011

[PurpleStar]

I guess I'll say read 20 books again and hopefully more than that! I'll keep track here as well as Goodreads. Hopefully I'll read more per month than I have been!!!!

January:

1. One by One by Ruth Ware
2. Star Trek: Agents of Influence by Dayton Ward.

February:

3. Battle Ground by Jim Butcher
4. All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz
5. The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

March:

6. The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
7. The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
8. Dead as a Door Knocker Diane Kelly


April:

9. Star Trek Picard: The Dark Veil by James Swallow
10. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews


May:

11. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ghost Ship by Diane Carey
12. Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Peacekeepers by Gene DeWeese
14. Later by Stephen King
June:

15. The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
16. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
17. Scandal in the VIP Suite by Nadine Gonzalez

July:


August:


September:


October:


November:


December:

[library addict]

I have a mix of reading goals for 2021, including:

1. Read a complete series by a new-to-me author
2. Finish reading two completed series I’ve started but let slide
3. Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge digital TBR mountain (not including any new releases)

January 2021
Read 23 books.

February 2021
Read 31 books.
Finished The Nutshell Challenge ~ Round One

March 2021
Read 22 books.
Finished The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round One

April 2021
Read 28 books.
Finished The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round Two

May 2021
Read 26 books.
Finished The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round Three

June 2021
Read 14 books.

July 2021
Read 15 books.

August 2021
I only read 6 books.

September 2021
Read 16 books.
Finished The Nutshell Challenge ~ Round Two

October 2021
Read 25 books.

November 2021
Read 10 books.

December 2021
Read 21 books.
Completed The Alphabet Challenge ~ Round One, The Name Game Challenge, The 21 in 21 Phonics Challenge, The Alphabet Challenge ~ Round Two, Finished The Nutshell Challenge ~ Round Three, and The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round Four

[DrNefario]

Read twice as many books as I buy.

Bought: 27
Borrowed: 11
Free: 41

Read: 72

Books read:
1. Blackfish City - Sam J Miller (k) - 325
2. The Problem with Men - Richard Herring (k) - 120
3. A Stranger in Olondria - Sofia Samatar (e) - 301
4. Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Frozen Hearts - Emma Kennedy (k) - 262
5. The Gathering Storm - Kate Elliott (k) - 1056
6. Designers & Dragons: The 1970s - Shannon Applecline (e) - 450
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7. Orders of Battle - Marko Kloos (k) - 260
8. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier (k) - 669
9. Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 373
10. Orconomics - J Zachary Pike (k) - 366
11. Forerunner: The Second Venture - Andre Norton (e) - 171
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12. Alphabet of Thorn - Patricia A McKillip (k) - 291
13. School's Out - Scott K Andrews (e) - 219
14. In the Ruins - Kate Elliott (k) - 624
15. 14 - J T Ellison (e) - 416
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16. Transition - Iain Banks (k) - 469
17. Ramble Book - Adam Buxton (k) - 363
18. 21 Unexpected Games to Love on the Atari VCS - John Harris (i) - 140
19. The Anatomy of Super Mario vol 1 - Jeremy Parish (i) - 82
20. Crown of Stars - Kate Elliott (k) - 672
21. Purgatory Mount - Adam Roberts (k) - 336
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22. Duskfall - Christopher Husberg (k) - 444
23. Pied Piper - Nevil Shute (p) - 253
24. The Hidden City - Michelle West (k) - 838
25. Lucky Universe - Joshua James (k) - 287
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26. Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff (k) - 438
27. Hey! Listen! - Steve McNeil (k) - 234
28. Luna: Moon Rising - Ian McDonald (k) - 360
29. A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik (k) - 312
30. Murder on the Thirty-First Floor - Per Wahlöö (p) - 215
31. Game Dev Stories - David L Craddock (e) - 344
32. The Kingdom of Liars - Nick Martell (k) - 594
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33. A Darkling Sea - James L Cambias (e) - 353
34. The Tiger's Daughter - K Arsenault Rivera (e) - 507
35. Rogue Protocol (novella) - Martha Wells (e) - 89
36. Just Ignore Him - Alan Davies (k) - 288
37. Green Rider - Kristen Britain (k) - 560
38. Unshakeable - Shane Byrne (k) - 246
39. The Spoilt Kill - Mary Kelly (p) - 207
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40. The Court of Broken Knives - Anna Smith Spark (k) - 512
41. The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games - Chris Wilkins (i) - 143
42. Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 565
43. A Ring to Rule Them All (short) - Luke Scull (k) - 20
44. Wolf-Speaker - Tamora Pierce (e) - 168
45. The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 534
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46. The Path of Anger - Antoine Rouaud (k) - 437
47. Heterotopias 001 (zine) - Gareth Damian Martin (ed) (i) - 56
48. After Atlas - Emma Newman (k) - 365
49. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 452
50. Exit Strategy (novella) - Martha Wells (e) - 93
51. Gone Fishing - Bob Mortimer & Paul Whitehouse (k) - 246
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52. The Lost City of Ithos - John Bierce (k) - 443
53. Starsight - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 457
54. 8-Bit Obituaries - John Harris (e) - 129
55. Exp. Negatives - Mathew Kumar (e) - 52
56. Lamentation - Ken Scholes (k) - 364
57. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes (p) - 229
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58. Stairway to Badass - David L Craddock (e) - 154
59. My Mess is a Bit of a Life - Georgia Pritchett (k) - 263
60. Tymon's Flight - Mary Victoria (k) - 564
61. The Real-Town Murders - Adam Roberts (k) - 230
62. The Seventh Bride - T Kingfisher (k) - 223
63. Unconquerable Sun - Kate Elliott (k) - 528
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64. Clipping Through - Leigh Alexander (e) - 75
65. NES Works 1985 - Jeremy Parish (i) - 181
66. The Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley (k) - 513
67. Mystery Mile - Margery Allingham (p) - 187
68. Arrows of the Queen - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 213
69. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (novella) - P Djèlí Clark (e) - 79
70. Arrow's Flight - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 234
71. Riot Baby (novella) - Tochi Onyebuchi (e) - 91
72. Arrow's Fall - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 235

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

January
Bought: 3 (£4.97)
Borrowed: 0
Free: 2
Read: 6 (£7.85)
Pages: 2514

February
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Free: 5
Read: 5 (£4.56)
Pages: 1833

March
Bought: 5 (£10.95)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 1
Read: 4 (£5.32)
Pages: 1550

April
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Free: 8
Read: 6 (£11.45)
Pages: 2061

May
Bought: 4 (£13.96)
Free: 7
Read: 4 (£3.98)
Pages: 1822

June
Bought: 2 (£38.98)
Free: 3
Read: 7 (£11.69)
Pages: 2497

July
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Free: 2
Read: 7 (£9.99)
Pages: 2250

August
Bought: 4 (£8.96)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 1
Read: 6 (£4.97)
Pages: 1946

September
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Free: 1
Read: 6 (£6.21)
Pages: 1651

October
Bought: 3 (£5.17)
Free: 3
Read: 6 (£5.24)
Pages: 1674

November
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Free: 2
Read: 6 (£4.40)
Pages: 1962

December
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Borrowed: 8
Free: 6
Read: 9 (£6.70)
Pages: 1808

Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 80% of the books I buy.
Total: 22/27 (81%) COMPLETED

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Total: 3859 COMPLETED

Spoiler:

1056 - The Gathering Storm - Kate Elliott
838 - The Hidden City - Michelle West
672 - Crown of Stars - Kate Elliott
669 - Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
624 - In the Ruins - Kate Elliott

3. Morningstar Crescent. An ongoing challenge to read all books shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award. No specific target now the award has been closed down, but I do want to read the lot eventually. There are 14 remaining, so let's aim for 7 books.
Total: 7 COMPLETED

Spoiler:

Shortlisted:
2010 - Lamentation - Ken Scholes
2011 - Tymon's Flight - Mary Victoria
2013 - Irenicon - Aidan Harte
2013 - Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff
2014 - The Path of Anger - Antoine Rouaud
2015 - The Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley
2015 - The Godless - Ben Peek
2015 - Age of Iron - Angus Watson
2016 - Starborn - Lucy Hounsom
2017 - Infernal - Mark de Jager
2017 - Duskfall - Christopher Husberg
2017 - Snakewood - Adrian Selby
2017 - Hope and Red - Jon Skovron
2018 - The Court of Broken Knives - Anna Smith Spark

4. Paper Chase. Reduce my paper book collection.
Out: 6
In: 3
Net reduction: 3 COMPLETED

5. Indiana Jones and the Bundle of Doom. My goal last year was demolished by the late purchase of a large Storybundle. This year I will read at least 10 books from that bundle.
Total: 10 COMPLETED

Spoiler:

Designers & Dragons: The 1970s - Shannon Applecline
21 Unexpected Games to Love on the Atari VCS - John Harris
The Anatomy of Super Mario vol 1 - Jeremy Parish
Game Dev Stories - David L Craddock
Heterotopias 001 (zine) - Gareth Damian Martin (ed)
8-Bit Obituaries - John Harris
Exp. Negatives - Mathew Kumar
Stairway to Badass - David L Craddock
Clipping Through - Leigh Alexander
NES Works 1985 - Jeremy Parish

6. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary award adjacent book. COMPLETED
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes

7. He Scores. Read a book by Nevil Shute. This is a bit of an annual tradition since I inherited my father's collection, so I thought I would make it official. COMPLETED
Pied Piper - Nevil Shute

Note: My new rule for bundles is that they count as 1 purchase per £ (if there are more books than pounds). So if I bought a bundle of 15 books for £7.50, that would count as 8 purchases and 7 freebies.

Legend:
Book title: read,own,don't own
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio
On target, Off target, Completed

[Uncle Robin]

• Read not less than 225 books and 80,000 pages
  227 books, 82,024 pages at December 23
• Complete the "Multilingual Dreams" Challenge at The StoryGraph DONE
  Le Petit Prince - French DONE
  The Jungle Book in Hindi DONE
  The Best of Faiz - Urdu DONE
  Il Gattopardo - Italian DONE
  La forma dell'acqua (Montalbano 1) - Italian DONE
• Pick a Dickens to finally give him a go.DONE American Notes
• Embrace my "read for fun" mantra. DONE
  Piccadilly Jim, Melissa Miller's Field Sisters,
  The Saki Megapack (the short stories)
• Poetry from each of the Five Eyes. DONE
  1. England: Poetry from World War One
  2. New Zealand: Puna Wai Kōrero - English poetry by Māori poets
  3. Australia Australian poetry since 1788
  4. USA Best American Poetry 2019
  5. Canada Best Canadian Poetry 2019
• Try reading poetry in non-L1/L2 languages.
  The Best of Faiz - Urdu DONE
  Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City and her Greatest Poets - Urdu (with English historical notes)DONE
• Something English from indigenous Africa. DONE
  Born A Crime - Trevor Noah
• Read at least one short story anthology. DONE
  Blandings Castle ... and Elsewhere is another twofer - short story collection AND reading for fun.
  Beyond The Aquila Rift: The Best of Alistair Reynolds
  The Saki Megapack a fun short story collection
• Complete The StoryGraph Onboarding Challenge
  DONE
• Read at least 20 more books than I buy.
  Progress as of December 23: 63 books bought, 227 read. DONE

[Tarana]

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
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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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Read 52 books in 2021
Read one TBR for every 4 books read (12 - 13 total) - 12 read
Complete 2 ongoing series - 3 finished

January
1. Kris Longknife - Emissary, Mike Shepherd
2. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
3. The Fatal Flying Affair - T. E. Kinsey
4. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop - Fannie Flagg (TBR)

February
5. The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, David Rubenstein
6. Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and his Followers, John Dean
7. The Titanic Secret, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul (TBR, Series completed)
8. Girl A, Abigail Dean
9. Lark the Harold Angels Sing, Donna Andrews
10. Evolution, The Human Story, Alice Roberts
11. Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink, Kevin Cook TBR
12. Book Club Babies, Ashton Lee (TBR)

March
13. Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon, Scott E. Casper
14. Toil and Trouble, Monica Knightley
15. How the Penguins Saved Veronica, Hazel Prior

April
16. A World Without Email, Cal Newport
17. Rosemary and Rue, Seanan McGuire (TBR)
18. My Family Album, Frans de Waal
19. This is the Fire, Don Lemon

May
20. End of the Line, Gillian Galbraith (TBR)
21. Murder on Lenox Hill, Victoria Thompson (TBR)
21 Maniac, Harold Schechter
22. Kris Longknife: Admiral, Mike Shepherd (TBR) not last of series but last for me
23. The Consequences of Fear, Jacquelin Winspear
24. How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David W Woods
25. All Systems Red, Martha Wells (TBR)
26. Murder in Little Italy, Victoria Thompson

June
27. Murder in Chinatown, Victoria Thompson (TBR)
28. The Great Pretender, Susannah Cahalan
29. The Saboteurs, Clive Cussler
30. Murder on Bank Street, Victoria Thompson (TBR)
31. How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky

July
32. Becoming Superman, J Michael Stracynski (TBR)
33. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
34. The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman
35. King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - an American Tragedy, Michael Dobbs
36. Sweetheart, Chelsea Cain (TBR)
37. Murder on Waverly Place, (TBR)
38. The Hollywood Spy, Susan Ella MacNeal

August
39. Before She Disappeared, Lisa Gardner
40. If You Tell, Gregg Olsen
41. Boundless, Jack Campbell

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January
1) Noble Beginnings (Jack Noble Series #1) - Author L.T. Ryan
2) The Law of Innocence - Author Michael Connelly
3) Recursion - Author Blake Crouch
4) A Deadly Distance (Jack Noble #2) - Author L.T. Ryan
5) Photographing the Dead (Nameless) - Author Dean Koontz - Short Story
6) Freedom Lost (The Survivalist Book 9) - Author Arthur Bradley

February
7) Wild Blue - Author Stephen E. Ambrose
8) The Sentinel - Author Lee Child and Andrew Child
9) The Third Deadly Sin - Author Lawrence Sanders

March
10) Noble Intentions: Season One - Author L.T. Ryan
11) The Cold Dish - Author Craig Johnson

April
12) Death Without Company - Author Craig Johnson
13) Kindness Goes Unpunished - Author Craig Johnson
14) Ready One Player - Author Ernest Cline

May
15) The Silent Corner - Author Dean Koontz
16) Another Mans Moccasins - Author Craig Johnson
17) The Whispering Room - Author Dean Koontz
18) Ready Player Two - Author Ernest Cline
19) Elevation - Author Stephen King
20) Daylight - Author David Baldacci

June
21) The Kaiser's Web - Author Steve Berry
22) Void Moon - Author Michael Connelly

July
23) The Fourth Deadly Sin - Author Lawrence Sanders

August
24) Survive the Night - Author Riley Sager

September
25) The Travelers - Author Chris Pavone
26) The Eyes of Darkness - Author Dean Koontz

October
27) The Deserter - Author Nelson Demille

November
28) Die Trying - Author Lee Child
29) The Anderson Tapes - Author Lawrence Sanders

December
30) Without Fail - Author Lee Child