October, 2023 Month in Review

 

 

 

Goal: 100 books and 1500 hours
YTD: 204 Books Read, 1742 Hours Spent
October: 25 Books Read, 200 Hours Spent

 

 

What a good month! So many wonderful books to keep me busy -- and out of trouble.

HB2023 is over. Just 304 days to HB2024.

 

BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH: The Devotion of Suspect X, Unaccustomed Earth, Salvation of a Saint
Worst of the Month: Three Kisses, One Midnight
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE MONTH: Under the Jaguar Sun
BIGGEST Whack Job of the Month: Murder Your Employer

BEST MIDLIFE CRISIS: When the Thrill Is Gone
BEST Necessary Roughage: No Nest for the Wicket, Devil to Pay
DNF: Girl Waits With Gun

ON HOLD AT THE LIBRARY

• The Museum of Ordinary People, placed Aug 23. (16 week wait). 16th in line. 16 people waiting on 2 copies. A month later I am now 14th in line with a 14 week wait. 2 months later, down to 10th in line and 10 weeks wait.
• Lessons in Chemistry, placed Aug 23. (18 week wait) 506th in line (started at 524). 506 people waiting on 56 copies. A month later I am now 457th in line with 16 weeks to go
• The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, placed August 23. (25 weeks). 73rd in line. 76 people waiting on 6 copies. A month later I am now 107th inline; please explain! 2 months later: 209th in line, started at 300, 13 weeks to go with 32 copies in use.
• The Last Devil to Die, placed Sept 6 (several months). 84th in line (started 87). 9 copies in use. 105 people waiting.
• My Murder by Katie Williams placed Sep 22 (9 weeks wait). 17th in line on 4 copies. NOW 5 weeks, 11th in line.
• The Camera Man, placed Oct 7 (6 weeks to wait). 6th in line (started at 12). 2 copies in use; 23 people waiting.
• Thieves' Gambit, placed Oct 25 (17 weeks). 26th in line (started at 28th). 3 copies in use. 26 people waiting (in other words, I'm last in line)(suggested by DD1)

 

THE BOOKS

The Raging Storm ~ Ann Cleeves ~ NEW162

The Hollow ~ Agatha Christie ~ NEW163

Savage Run ~ CJ Box ~ NEW164

Murder in the Basement ~ Anthony Berkeley ~ NEW165

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good ~ Helene Turstein ~ NEW166

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed ~ Helene Turstein ~ NEW167

The Road to Roswell ~ Connie Willis ~ NEW168

Three Kisses, One Midnight ~ Roshani Chokshi, Sandhya Menon, Evelyn Skye ~ NEW169

Great Courses: The Black Death ~ Dorsey Armstrong ~ NEW 170

Girl Waits With Gun ~ Amy Stewart ~ NEW171 ~ DNF

Pilgrim's Rest ~ Patricia Wentworth ~ NEW172

Latter End ~ Patricia Wentworth ~ NEW173

The Devotion of Suspect X ~ Keigo Higashino ~ NEW174

When the Thrill is Gone ~ Walter Mosely ~ NEW175

Murder Your Employer ~ Rupert Holmes ~ NEW176

The Hollow ~ Agatha Christie ~ Re-read

Winds of Evil ~ Arthur W. Upfield ~ NEW177

Under the Jaguar Sun ~ Italo Calvino ~ NEW178

Death Comes to Marlow ~ Robert Thorogood ~ NEW179

Salvation of a Saint ~ Keigo Higashino ~ NEW180

Unaccustomed Earth ~ Jhumpa Lahiri ~ NEW181

Ellie and the Harpmaker ~ Hazel Prior ~ NEW182

No Nest for the Wicket ~ Donna Andrews ~ NEW183

The Devil to Pay ~ Ellery Queen ~ NEW184

The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife ~ Erle Stanley Gardner ~ NEW185