Wednesday, September 30, 2020

2020 Reading List

September, 2020

What a delightful month of reading, filled with some of my favorite characters -- Inspector Ian Rutledge, Lord Peter Wimsey, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, Walt Longmire, Hamish Macbeth, Commissario Guido Brunetti -- and a few dastardly dudes from the Annals of History: Benedict Arnold, and those Warring Roses. Many of them, compliments of the Audible Plus catalog and all of them first time reads.


A Pale Horse -- NEW50
A Matter of Justice -- NEW51
Dodger -- NEW52
Overture to Death -- NEW53
Valiant Ambition -- NEW54
Dry Bones -- NEW55
War of the Roses -- NEW56  DNF
Nothing Ventured -- NEW57
The Red Door -- NEW58
Striding Folly -- NEW59
Ragnraok -- NEW60
The Girl in Blue -- NEW61
Death of a Perfect Wife -- NEW62
Strong Poison -- NEW63
Black as He's Painted -- NEW64
Death of a Hussy -- NEW65
Death of a Snob -- NEW66
The Circular Staircase -- NEW67
Land of Wolves -- NEW68
A Sea of Troubles -- NEW69

MTD: Count 20 and Hours 158 ( not including 20 hours of Don Quixote carried over from August)

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

STOCK ART BOOKCOVERS

Seems to be a very popular bit of cover art:
Something New  By  cover art The Mysterious Affair at Styles  By  cover art

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Only 109 Reading Days Left

Can I do it? Can I read 200 books this year? 
Can I get through 68 books in the time left?
I guess I am just going to have to try.
Let the countdown begin!

 
 


Friday, September 11, 2020

September. 2020: To Be Read

Many thanks to Blogger for the absurd layout of this page. One day I will figure how to make images work on this platform.
So this is my TBR shelf, books I have lined up waiting to read. It will grow between now and January 11 when my Audible account renews and I receive my annual allotment of 24 credits. I have to spend my 10 remaining 2020 credits before then. I like to get the best bang for my buck, so I hold on to them, hoping to find something in the next 2 for 1 or 3 for 2 sale.
Audible just added something called Audible Plus and I can stream certain books for free. Great! Now I don't have to depend on my local library when I want something new to read but I don't want it badly enough to waste a credit on it.






Understanding Complexity audiobook cover artUnderstanding Japan audiobook cover artThe History of Ancient Egypt audiobook cover art
The History of Ancient Rome audiobook cover artThe Gate Keeper audiobook cover artThe Red Door audiobook cover art
The Wars of the Roses audiobook cover artNothing Ventured audiobook cover artA Lonely Death audiobook cover artValiant Ambition audiobook cover art

Dry Bones audiobook cover art

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

2020 Reading List


 
YTD: Count 129 and 1312 Hours  
Goal for the year: 100 books and 1500 hours


Don Quixote audiobook cover art
20 for '20 x2

How to Read Literature Like a Professor audiobook cover art
Codifying what we already know











August, 2020
 
  1. The Clockmaker's Daughter -- NEW42
  2. Poirot Investigates -- Re-read
  3. Great Courses: The Life and Times of Prince Albert -- NEW43
  4. How to Hide an Empire -- NEW44  LTS (Life's Too Short: DNF)
  5. Villa in Italy -- NEW45
  6. Don Quixote -- Re-read  (Carry over into September)
  7. The Last Tribe -- NEW46
  8. The Day the World Came to Town -- Re-read
  9. How to Read Literature Like a Professor -- NEW48
  10. The Elusive Elixir -- NEW49



MTD: Count 10 and Hours 132 (including 20 hours yet to read of Don Quixote)