Goal: 100 books and 1500 hours
YTD: 238 Books Read, 2002 Hours Spent
November: 34 Books Read, 259 Hours Spent
Wow! What a month!
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DH, on the downhill slide into the end of the business year, has had a full schedule most days this month, giving me plenty of uninterrupted quiet time for reading. In fact, it was a recording break month: more books and more hours than any previous month. Of course, most of it was fluff of one sort or another -- but enjoyable fluff (which, if you have never read the label on the jar, is mostly sugar).
Audible ended the month with a site-wide sale. Yippee!! So far I have scarfed up over forty titles. With just a few hours to the end of the sale, I have a few more titles in my cart and will make more one check. Good thing my TBR is 100% digital. I was a very good shopper. I set a price limit ($5 per book ) and stuck to it -- with only one splurge for The Hollow Man. I did not set a spending cap. I'm not looking to expand my digital library, so I only buy stuff I can't find at my library -- which turns out to be a lot of the stuff I like to read. In the process, I must have added as many more free titles as I bought. I will not be without reading materials for the great New England hibernation. For those who might be interested, a complete list of the book haul is below the fold, after BOOKS READ.
BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH: The Mountains Have a Secret, When We Were Orphans, My Murder
WORST BOOKS OF THE MONTH: Bibliomysteries Volume 3 and Volume 4, Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
BIGGEST SURPRISES OF THE MONTH: The Body on the Beach,
NOTABLE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE MONTH: The Museum of Ordinary People, A Midsummer's Equation, The Mathematician's Shiva, Bibliomysteries Volume 3 and Volume 4
MOST FUN: Murder Most Fowl, Equal Rites
NEW AUTHORS TO PURSUE: Simon Brett
AUTHOR MOST IN NEED OF A DEMANDING, NO-NONSENSE EDITOR: Stuart Rojstaczer
ON HOLD AT THE LIBRARY
Delivered in November (Yeehaw!):
• 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. Tired of waiting, I bought the book on Audible as the Daily Deal and cancelled the hold. Found it wanting.
• My Murder by Katie Williams placed Sep 22 (9 weeks wait). 17th in line on 4 copies. NOW 5 weeks, 11th in line. Arrived mid-November. Loved it.
• The Camera Man, placed Oct 7 (6 weeks to wait). 6th in line (started at 12). 2 copies in use; 23 people waiting. Arrived early-November
Still Waiting (Impatiently):
• 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. 12/1 update: 413 in line. 54 copies. 464 waiting. 9 waiting per copy (or 18 weeks wait).
• 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. 12/1 update: 102nd in line (started 300). 33 copies. About 6 weeks wait.
• The Last Devil to Die, placed Sept 6 (several months). 84th in line (started 87). 9 copies in use. 105 people waiting. 12/1 update: 60th in line. 74 waiting on 12 copies.
• 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). 12/1 update: 14th in line (started at 28). 4 copies in use. 15 people waiting.
• My Name is Barbra, placed Nov 11. (Several months wait). 391 in line. 24 copies in use. 405 people waiting. No, I am not going to read whole thing. I'll read about her early career and then send it back; don't think I can handle 48 hours of celebrity ego.
BOOKS READ
Taken at the Flood ~ Agatha Christie ~ NEW186
Great Courses: The Black Death II ~ Dorsey Armstrong ~ NEW187
The Mountains Have a Secret ~ Arthur W. Upfield ~ NEW188
The Camera Man ~ Peter Grainger ~ NEW189
Murder Must Wait ~ Arthur W. Upfield ~ NEW190
Maigret's Holiday ~ Georges Simenon ~ Re-read
The Museum of Ordinary People ~ Mike Gayle ~ NEW191
When We Were Orphans ~ Kazuo Ishiguro ~ NEW192
The Case of William Smith ~ Patricia Wentworth ~ NEW193
Murder Most Fowl ~ Donna Andrews ~ NEW193
Equal Rites ~ Terry Pratchett ~ Re-read
The Quartet ~ Joseph J. Ellis ~ NEW194
A Midsummer's Equation ~ Keigo Higashino ~ NEW195
Death of a Lake ~ Arthur W. Upfield ~ NEW196
Lane ~ Peter Grainger ~ Re-read
One-Way Tickets ~ Peter Grainger ~ Re-read
Arcadia ~ Georges Simenon ~ NEW197
My Murder ~ Katie Williams ~ NEW198
Hearing Homer's Song ~ Robert Kanigel ~ NEW199
The Cause ~ Joseph J. Ellis ~ NEW200
Field of Thirteen ~ Dick Francis ~ NEW201
Evan's Gate ~ Rhys Bowen ~ Re-read
Evan Blessed ~ Rhys Bowen ~ NEW202
Evanly Bodies ~ Rhys Bowen ~ NEW203
Great Courses: 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War ~ Caroline Janney ~ NEW204
The Alchemist of Fire and Fortune ~ Gigi Pandian ~ NEW205
The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin ~ Gigi Pandian ~ NEW206
The Mathematician's Shiva ~ Stuart Rojstaczer ~ NEW207
Man of Two Tribes ~ Arthur W. Upfield ~ NEW208
Bibliomysteries Volume 3 ~ NEW209
Bibliomysteries Volume 4 ~ NEW210
The Body on the Beach ~ Simon Brett ~ NEW211
Great Courses: Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet ~ John McWhorter ~ NEW212
Bloodhounds ~ Peter Lovesey ~ NEW213
THE BOOK HAUL
Titles in bold I have already finished; couldn't wait to read them. :mrgreen:
Plus Catalog Additions:
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind ~ By: Ivan Doig
Something Fresh ~ By: P. G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit ~ By: P. G. Wodehouse
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen: The Jeeves and Wooster Series ~ By: P. G. Wodehouse
Very Good Jeeves ~ By: P. G. Wodehouse
The Wall ~ By: Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Swimming Pool ~ By: Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Door ~ By: Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Yellow Room ~ By: Mary Roberts Rinehart
No Fond Return of Love: A Novel ~ By: Barbara Pym
A Glass of Blessings: A Novel ~ By: Barbara Pym
Less Than Angels: A Novel ~ By: Barbara Pym
Some Tame Gazelle: A Novel ~ By: Barbara Pym
Halfway House ~ By: Ellery Queen
The Spanish Cape Mystery: The Ellery Queen Mysteries ~ By: Ellery Queen
The Odd Man ~ By: Ellery Queen
The Reindeer Clue ~ By: Ellery Queen
The Honest Swindler ~ By: Ellery Queen
The Three Students ~ By: Ellery Queen
The Busy Body ~ By: Donald E. Westlake
The Life and Work of Mark Twain ~ By: Stephen Railton, The Great Courses
Bloodhounds: Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation Series, Book 4 ~ By: Peter Lovesey
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code ~ By: Margalit Fox
A Comedian Dies ~ By: Simon Brett
The Stabbing in the Stables: A Fethering Mystery ~ By: Simon Brett
Witness at the Wedding ~ By: Simon Brett
The Hanging in the Hotel: A Fethering Mystery ~ By: Simon Brett
Murder in the Museum: A Fethering Mystery ~ By: Simon Brett
The Torso in the Town ~ By: Simon Brett
Death on the Downs ~ By: Simon Brett
The Dark Angel ~ By: Elly Griffiths
The Chalk Pit ~ By: Elly Griffiths
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