Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The Devourers, by Indra Das

Title: The Devourers
Author:  Indra Das
Borrowed from Queen Anne's County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/13/2022
Finished: 5/16/2022

I liked this one overall, but some of it was a slog. But overall, a unique reading experience. 

Friday, May 13, 2022

Dry Bones in the Valley, by Tom Bouman

Title: Dry Bones in the Valley
Author: Tom Bouman
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/11/2022
Finished: 5/13/2022

Pretty entertaining mystery. 

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Harrow, by Joy Williams

Title: Harrow
Author: Joy Williams
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/7/2022
Finished: 5/8/2022

Read this one as my body works through a bout of COVID. I don't think I'd have understood it better if healthier, but I do think I'd have enjoyed it less. 

Highly recommend this one for those up to the challenge, or better put, in the right frame of mind.  

Saturday, May 7, 2022

The Man Who Died Twice, by Richard Osman

Title: The Man Who Died Twice
Author: Richard Osman
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/4/2022
Finished: 5/7/2022

Book two in the TMC series, as charming as the first, overall. 

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Heroes, by Stephen Fry

Title: Heros
Author: Stephen Fry
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 4/29/2022
Finished: 5/4/2022

Book 2 in the Mythos series.  Liked this one as much, maybe more, than the first.  

Thursday, April 28, 2022

The Promise, by Damon Galgut

  • Title:  The Promise
  • Author: Damon Galgut
  • Borrowed from Queen Anne's County Public Library Audiobook
  • Started: 4/20/2022
  • Finished: 4/28/2022
Book club choice. I wanted to like it more than I did (or thought I should).  I was never bored, it was interesting, but it didn't move me as it has many reviewers. 

Monday, April 25, 2022

Trophy Hunt, but CJ Box

Title: Trophy Hunt
Author: CJ Box
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started:4/20/2022
Finished: 4/25/2022

Mixed feelings about this one but generally not a great book. 

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Mythos, by Stephen Fry

Title: Mythos
Author: Stephen Fry
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 4/13/2022
Finished: 4/17/2022

Enjoyable retelling of the tales of Greek mythology. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Devolution, by Max Brooks

  • Title: Devolution
  • Author: Max Brooks
  • Borrowed from Queen Anne's County Public Library Audiobook
  • Started: 4/8/2022
  • Finished: 4/12/2022
Brooks' WWZ was one of the best audiobook book experiences I've ever encountered, and Devolution follows in those footsteps (ha!).  Extremely enjoyable, and (I know how ridiculous this sounds) just like WWZ it is easy to forget this is fiction.  Or maybe I'm just an impressionable idiot.  Either way, really enjoyed this one.

The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

  • Title: The Thursday Murder Club
  • Author: Richard Osman
  • Borrowed from Queen Anne's County Public Library Kindle Edition
  • Started: 4/8/2022
  • Finished: 4/12/2022
A very entertaining (charming, is probably the right word) murdery mystery.


Monday, April 4, 2022

The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles

Title: The Lincoln Highway
Author: Amor Towles
Purchased hardback 
Started: 3/15/2022
Finished: 4/4/2022

Book club book, I didn't enjoy it much, but I suspect it will be popular with the other members of the club. 

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger

Title: This Tender Land
Author: William Kent Krueger
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 3/7/2022
Finished: 3/23/2022

Reasonably enjoyable retelling of the Odyssey, set against the great depression. 

Monday, March 7, 2022

The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories, by PG Wodehouse

Title: The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories
Author: PG Wodehouse
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 2/25/2022
Finished: 3/7/2022

Cute collection of mostly humorous love stories.  Entertaining. 

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Last Seen Wearing, by Colin Dexter

Title: Last Seen Wearing
Author: Colin Dexter
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Paperback
Started: 3/2/2022
Finished: 3/6/2022

Second book in the Morse series, ok but not great.  

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Winterkill, by CJ Box

Title: Winterkill
Author: CJ Box
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/27/2022
Finished: 3/1/2022

Third in this Joe Pickett series and the first bust.  I seem to be in the minority when I looked at reviews but this was very dumb.  And Picket gets his Hawk-like sidekick (a falconer to boot). Box must have read the Senser series as many time as I have. 

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Law Bus to Woodstock, by Colin Dexter

Title: Last Bus to Woodstock
Author: Colin Dexter
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library paperback
Started: 22/4/2022
Finished: 2/26/2022

The first Morse book. Pretty good, but a bit dated and jarring on some of the topics discussed.  You'll know it when you read it.  

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Savage Run, by CJ Box

  • Title: Savage Run
  • Author: CJ Box
  • Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
  • Started: 2/21/2022
  • Finished: 2/23/2022
So far so good with these Joe Pickett novels, this was number 2, pretty entertaining.

Monday, February 21, 2022

The Way Through The Woods, by Colin Dexter

Title: The Way Through The Woods
Author: Colin Dexter
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/14/2022
Finished: 2/21/2022

Another Morse book, very good. 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris

Title: The Sweetness of Water
Author: Nathan Harris
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/7/2022
Finished: 2/14/2022

Book club selection, I'm not sure how much I liked it, but it was an interesting read. 

Monday, February 14, 2022

The Daughters of Cain, by Colin Dexter

Title: The Daughters of Cain
Author: Colin Dexter
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 2/5/2022
Finished: 2/13/2022

I really enjoy the Morse books, wish I could get more from my local library.  The few I've read are really entertaining. 

Friday, February 4, 2022

Silent Parade, by Keigo Higashino

Title: Silent Parade
Author: Keigo Higashino
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 1/30/2022
Finished: 2/4/2022

I love these Higashino mysteries.  This was another good one. 

Monday, January 31, 2022

Family Honor, by Robert B Parker

Title: Family Honor
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 1/26/2022
Finished:1/31/2022

First Sonny Randle mystery, not bad. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Stranger in Paradise, by Robert B. Parker

  • Title:  Stranger in Paradise
  • Author: Robert B. Parker
  • Borrowed from DC Public Library Audiobook
  • Started: 1/24/2022
  • Finished: 1/25/2022
A so-so Jesse Stone novel.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

High Profile, by Robert B. Parker

Title:  High Profile
Author: Robert B. Parker
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 1/23/2022
Finished: 1/24/2022

Another Jesse Stone novel, so-so.

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Sea Change, by Robert B Parker

Title: Sea Change
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Print Edition
Started: 1/21/2022
Finished: 1/22/2022

I just finished watching all of the Jesse Stone movies the other day.  They're pretty good, not great. But I like the Tom Selleck Jesse Stone more than the one in the books. 

The books are fast reads and a good way to pass the time, but they're not great.  

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Open Season, by CJ Box

Title: Open Season
Author: CJ Box
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 1/8/2022
Finished: 1/9/2022

Decent first novel is a series, recommended by my mom.  

Friday, January 7, 2022

Rizzio, by Denise Mina

  • Title:  Rizzio
  • Author: Denise Mina
  • Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
  • Started: 1/5/2022
  • Finished: 1/6/2022
A fast, entertaining novella.  Knew nothing about Rizzio/Mary Queen of Scots, but enjoyed this all the same.

Monday, January 3, 2022

This is how it always is, by Laurie Frankel

Title: This is how it always is
Author: Laurie Frankel
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 12/20/2021
Finished: 1/3/2022

Book club selection, liked this one a lot more than expected. Very sweet. 

No Exit, by Taylor Adams

Title: No Exit
Author: Taylor Adams
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 1/2/2022
Finished: 1/3/2022

Enjoyable page turner thriller. 

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice

Title: Moon of the Crusted Snow
Author: Waubgeshig Rice
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 1/1/2022
Finished: 1/2/2022

This was a pretty good apocalyptic novela. 
 
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