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I finished 2 more which brings me to 40 for the year, slightly ahead of schedule for my goal of 52: 
Crux by Ramez Naam
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 edited by Louise Penny and Otto Penzler
Blagica wrote: "“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” I hope the last month has found you some best books."Thanks Blagica!
Ilona wrote: "I am deliberately reading this very slow to enjoy the prose, and because I know what is gonna happen anyway...."I read it the same way also, Ilona. I'm glad many of you are enjoying this thought-provoking classic.
Melissa wrote: "I’d like to nominate The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. It is a collection of short stories about a platoon of American soldiers during the Vietnam War."
Excellent choice - National Book Award winner
I finished my 38th book of 2019: 
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver
My 5-star reads so far in 2019: 
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Beast in View by Margaret Millar
The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie by Neil Gaiman
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
I finished two more, which brings me to 37 for the year:
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
Crux by Ramez Naam
I finished #35: 
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
I finished my 34th book of the year: 
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 edited by John Sandford and Otto Penzler
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan
Blagica wrote: "You have read some very interesting books this year. Keep up the great reading!"Thanks Blagica! I've just finished a couple more:
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Ashleigh wrote: "I second Harvest by Jim Crace!"Me too. I'd love to have an excuse to move this forward in the ol' TBR stack.
I finished my 31st book of the year: 
Cape Fear by John D. MacDonald
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started:
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
I finished one more to bring me to 30 in the first six months of the year: 
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eleven edited by Jonathan Strahan
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started:
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 edited by John Sandford
I'm up to 29 books finished for the year: 
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Rating: 4 hours
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I just started:
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
I finished two more which brings me to 28 for the year so far: 
Nightfall by David Goodis
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
Cape Fear by John D. MacDonald (previously published as The Executioners)
I finished #26 - which means I'm halfway to my goal! 
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden and Steve Jamison
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started
Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling by Jeb Blount
I finished my 25th book of the year: 
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started
The Bloody Crown of Conan by Robert E. Howard
Congratulations Oshizu!
Thank you for everything Kadijah Michelle!
Finished #24: 
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
Nightfall by David Goodis
