TBR List for 2017?

[LovesMysteries]

So MANY books, so LITTLE time! But this is a new year and another opportunity to plow through some books that were on your 2016 TBR list that you didn't get around to, books that are finding its way on your current TBR list, or books that you want to revisit for the umpteenth time. So I ask, have you made a TBR list for this year and if so which books -- specifically mysteries -- do you plan to read? You may not get to all of them -- or you may -- but I think it's great to have some kind of idea of what to read so that book that's been on your mind for weeks or even years can FINALLY be read.

Here is my TBR list for 2017 (in no particular order):

(1) Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
(2) Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
(3) Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
(4) Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
(5) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
(6) Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
(7) The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
(8) Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
(9) Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver
(10) A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
(11) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(12) Giant's Bread by Agatha Christie
(13) The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
(14) You Can Write a Mystery Gillian Roberts

I'm about to start reading The Sittaford Mystery with you guys for the Feb. Side Read discussion, simultaneously read the well-known Roald Dahl short story Lamb to the Slaughter (a story that I wanted to read for quite some time and borrowed it on a whim at the library), and then proceed to Poirot Investigates reading a few of the stories. After reading our Feb. side read, the Dahl story, and a few stories from the Poirot collection I will turn to another novel from my TBR list.

[Tina]

Don't have a list yet, LM but there are a few on your lineup that sound good to me. Nicely done, PI, LM.

[PugMom]

I have a partial list in my head but I should write it out. I would also leave room for some suggestions from friends or new books that come out. I don't want to make a definite list of 150 books I want to read (my goal for the year) since it really depends on what I feel like reading.

[PugMom]

Does anyone read other types of books besides mysteries? Those are my favorite but I am listening to The Kitchen House on audiobook right now and I want to read a few books in the Outlander series (maybe 2 or 3 this year). The other Goodreads bookclub I belong to is reading The Book of Speculation and it sounds interesting so I'm picking it up from the library this week.
The writing books look interesting, LM. I might check out the one by Roberts.

[Tina]

Nicole, I'm also waiting to see some of the new material coming out. I got rather fond of fast paced, page turners like Girl On Train (great movie BTW), Things That Cease To Appear, and Behind Closed Doors. I still enjoy a Christie time to time and Sayers, Rinehart etc. I do read other genres like self improvement, motivational, health and diet, etc. Not too much in romance novels.

Book Of Speculation sounds interesting. Will check it out.

[LovesMysteries]

Aside from mysteries, I do read some of the literary classics like The Great Gatsby and such but as a whole, I read mysteries. I did read the Harry Potter books many moons ago and I'm thinking about returning to the books and re-read them at some point. I do read books that involve about writing so I can improve on the craft. A very good one (aside from some of the profanity) is Stephen King's "On Writing"

I need to start reading some biographies which I have an eye on at the moment.

[Tina]

A few titles that I do want to get to are the latest Agatha Raisin, last Poirot tome by Sophie whatshername and a few others.

[LovesMysteries]

Tina wrote: "Nicole, I'm also waiting to see some of the new material coming out. I got rather fond of fast paced, page turners like Girl On Train (great movie BTW) ..."

I don't read many contemporary mysteries/thrillers but I really need to so I can have a good idea of what's being done in the genre today so I can see what to incorporate in my stories. But from what I have heard, they are nothing like the mysteries of old. But I guess I just need to step out and try these new mysteries.

[Tina]

LM, you are right...there's nothing like the classics. Speaking of which, I'd love to read some Mary R. Rinehart mysteries in the future. ;-)

[LovesMysteries]

Tina wrote: "LM, you are right...there's nothing like the classics. Speaking of which, I'd love to read some Mary R. Rinehart mysteries in the future. ;-)"

I had my eye on Mary R. Rinehart for a while now but I never went around to reading her books. Which ones are your favorites?

[Jill]

Nicole wrote: "Does anyone read other types of books besides mysteries? Those are my favorite but I am listening to The Kitchen House on audiobook right now and I want to read a few books in the Outlander series ..."

The Outlander series by Diane Gabaldon I've read them all and her Lord John series. Plus I got hubs to watch Outlander on Starz and he likes the series, but he won't read the books.

Plus I read what ever I want. Right now I'm reading Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. I don't constrict my self to just one genre or only read earlier authors.

[PugMom]

I have the Outlander DVD on hold at the library and should get it soon. I think it's season 2. I have a bookshelf full of books that aren't mysteries and I should pick one of them now and then!

[Tina]

LovesMysteries wrote: "Tina wrote: "LM, you are right...there's nothing like the classics. Speaking of which, I'd love to read some Mary R. Rinehart mysteries in the future. ;-)"

I had my eye on Mary R. Rinehart for a w..."

I liked Circular Staircase. Yellow Room wasn't bad.

[Tina]

Jill wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Does anyone read other types of books besides mysteries? Those are my favorite but I am listening to The Kitchen House on audiobook right now and I want to read a few books in the Ou..."

Jill, Is this the book based on the movie currently playing at theaters?

[Jill]

I don't know if we are talking about the same book. The one that I'm talking about the shortest book in the series is just under 800 pages. It's being shown on Starz it's never been shown in the theaters. It's a time travel book starts out in England in 1945 right at the end of the war and Claire who's the main character travels back to the 1800's to Scotland where she meets Jamie Frashier. There's like 7 or 8 books in the series and about that many in her little spin off series of Lord John. Season 3 of Outlander will start in the Spring.

This whole series is a must read, and the show does follow the books really well. But I would encourage you to read the books and in order! You could read them out of order but you would really miss a lot. This is one series that you really need to read the books in order.

[Tina]

Jill wrote: "I don't know if we are talking about the same book. The one that I'm talking about the shortest book in the series is just under 800 pages. It's being shown on Starz it's never been shown in the th..."

Okay, I see, Jill. This one has to do with a group of black gals who were involved in the space program but never got recognized for their contributions. Least It appears that they weren't. Movie is at the theaters now.

[Jill]

Tina wrote: "Jill wrote: "I don't know if we are talking about the same book. The one that I'm talking about the shortest book in the series is just under 800 pages. It's being shown on Starz it's never been sh..."

Yes that's the one I'm reading right now

[Allison]

Nicole wrote: "Does anyone read other types of books besides mysteries? Those are my favorite but I am listening to The Kitchen House on audiobook right now and I want to read a few books in the Outlander series ..."



Nicole, I read a lot of other stuff besides mysteries. I actually have a "bookshelf" here at Goodreads titled 2017 reads or something like that but some of the books on it are:

[Tina]

Jill wrote: "Tina wrote: "Jill wrote: "I don't know if we are talking about the same book. The one that I'm talking about the shortest book in the series is just under 800 pages. It's being shown on Starz it's ..."

Sounded familiar, Jill. ;-)