My “Want List”

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, wondering if other people make a “want list” to keep track of when new books by favorite authors, and a few select DVDs of recent movies, are due to be published. I’ve done this for ages, in a doc file with a printout for handy reference. I tend to check it on Tuesdays, which is when most new books are released. It’s eclectic, to say the least. The titles on it aren’t so much a reflection of favorite genre as they are of favorite authors. Many of them are fellow writers I’ve actually met. A smattering are acquaintances of long standing, thanks to frequent meetings over the years at assorted conferences and conventions.

On February 4, I downloaded two ebooks, J. D. Robb’s Golden in Death and Charles Todd’s A Divided Loyalty. I’ve already read both. Below is the rest of the current “Want List”:

February

Julia Buckley                  Death  with a Dark Red Rose (2/25)

Knives Out (2/25)

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March

Midsomer Murders Series 21 (3/31)

April

Anne Perry                       One Fatal Flaw (4/7)

C. S. Harris                       Who Speaks for the Damned (4/7)

May

Amanda Quick              Close Up (5/5)

Patricia McLinn            Reaction Shot (5/20)

Nora Roberts                 Hideaway (5/26)

July

Lindsay Davis                The Grove of the Caesars (7/28)

August

Rhys Bowen                  The Last Mrs. Summers (8/4)

Donna Andrews           The Falcon Always Wings Twice (8/4)

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In addition,I have a list of authors whose names I periodically check to see if they have anything new coming out. This doesn’t include everyone. I don’t have to check Amazon for updates to know when my fellow Maine Crime Writers have new books out. Ditto for the folks over at The Wickeds and at a couple of other group blogs I follow.

Donna Andrews

James R. Benn

Rhys Bowen

Jayne Castle

Lindsay Davis

C. S. Harris

Charlaine Harris

Jayne Ann Krentz

Anne Perry

Mary Jo Putney

Amanda Quick

J. D. Robb

Nora Roberts

Charles Todd

Lauren Willig

The final part of the Want List consists of two genres. movies—I wait until the DVD comes out for theatrical releases—and older TV shows, which I tend to buy a season at a time and binge watch. These move up to the main list when I have a release date. Here’s the current list. You’ll note that some of the movies haven’t even been in theaters yet. I tend to plan ahead.

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Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker

Black Widow

Wonder Woman 1984

Miss Fisher movie

The West Wing,  seasons 2-5

Murdock Mysteries, current season

So, what’s on your want list?

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With the June 2019 publication of Clause & Effect, Kathy Lynn Emerson/Kaitlyn Dunnett has had sixty books traditionally published. She won the Agatha Award and was an Anthony and Macavity finalist for best mystery nonfiction of 2008 for How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries and was an Agatha Award finalist in 2015 in the best mystery short story category. She was the Malice Domestic Guest of Honor in 2014. Currently she writes the contemporary Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries and the “Deadly Edits” series as Kaitlyn. As Kathy, her most recent book is a collection of short stories, Different Times, Different Crimes. Her websites are www.KaitlynDunnett.com and www.KathyLynnEmerson.com and she maintains a website about women who lived in England between 1485 and 1603 at A Who’s Who of Tudor Women.