January, 2024 Wrap Up

 

 

 

Goal: 100 books and 1500 hours
YTD:  27 Books Read, 198 Hours Spent
January: 27 Books Read, 198 Hours Spent

 

The  year is off to a strong start. I read a lot of books in January; the lousy weather helped.

I made a decent dent in "Reading My Horde" -- yes, 'horde' as opposed to 'hoard' as there is definitely something (unhealthy?) to be said for anthropomorphising my best buddies.  It helps that  I decided before the gauntlet was even thrown down, that I would be reading 'heavily to almost exclusively' from the stack of titles I acquired from Audible cash sales last year. I started clearing the decks back in December, at the end of HB, to make room for the next-site-wide-cash-sale and hope get through the 2023 purchases by April.

On the other hand, I do keep a huge wish list, which IMHO does not count towards TBR since there is no cash investment involved.  I keep a big wish list to be ready for the next sale -- and because I can't remember all the books that have piqued my interest. Best of all, the longer the wish list, the smaller the TBR.

 

BEST OF THE MONTH: Last Devil to Die, Jumping Jenny,  The Secret Hangman, Diamond Dust
WORST OF THE MONTH:  Great Courses: Creation Stories of the Ancient World
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE MONTH:  A Crime in Holland (a whining Maigret)

DNF: The Substitution Order, The Name of This Book Is Secret

WAITING AT THE LIBRARY

Delivered in January:
•  The Last Devil to Die, placed Sept 6. Borrowed Jan 10

Still Waiting:
•  Lessons in Chemistry, placed Aug  23.
•  My Name is Barbra, placed Nov 11.
• The Longmire Defense, placed Dec 9
• Everyone on This Train is a Suspect, placed Jan 17

 

THE BOOKS 

	3.25 A Murder is Announced Agatha Christie NEW1 3.25 Sticky Laurie Winkless NEW2 3.25 Star Trap Simon Brett NEW3 4.00 Diamond Dust Peter Lovesey NEW4 DNF The Substitution Order Martin Clark NEW5 3.00 The Case of the Silent Partner Erle Stanley Gardner NEW6 3.50 The Edinburgh Mystery Martin Edwards, ed. NEW7 3.25 The Case of the Drowning Duck Erle Stanley Gardner NEW8 4.00 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley NEW9 4.00 The Secret Hangman Peter Lovesey NEW10 3.25 The Case of the Baited Hook Erle Stanley Gardner NEW11 4.25 The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman NEW12 3.75 The Spanish Cape Mystery Ellery Queen NEW13 3.25 The Barrakee Mystery Arthur Upfield NEW14 3.00 A Crime in Holland Georges Simenon NEW15 3.50 The Catherine Wheel Patricia Wentworth NEW16 3.50 Tender is the Bite Spencer Quinn NEW17 3.25 Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit PG Wodehouse NEW18 3.75 The Z Murders J. Jefferson Farjeon NEW19 3.00 Great Courses: Creation  Stories of the Ancient World Robert Lam NEW20 3.75 Cop to Corpse Peter Lovesey NEW21 3.50 Raising Steam Terry Pratchett NEW22 3.50 Eight Perfect Murders Peter Swanson NEW23 3.50 The Torso in the Town Simon Brett NEW24 DNF The Name of This Book Is Secret Pseudonymous Bosch NEW25 The Hollow Man Re-read 3.5 Bark to the Future Spencer Quinn NEW26