Bev's Launchpad to Mars

[Bev]

Cath wrote: "LOL! Absolutely. And I'll forgive you because the two I got sound really *good*. :-D"

Which two did you get?

[Bev]

28. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder & the Birth of Forensic Science in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum [on TBR since 11/24/14}

[Cath]

Which two did you get?

I got West of Eden by Harry Harrison and Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling. Very happy with those. :-)

[Bev]

Cath wrote: "Which two did you get?

I got West of Eden by Harry Harrison and Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling. Very happy with those. :-)"

It's been quite a long time since I read those--but both are really good.

[Bev]

29. Malice Domestic by Sara Woods [on TBR since at least March 2011--when I logged books on Goodreads]

[Bev]

30. Murder Fantastical by Patricia Moyes [on TBR since 9/28/12]

[Bev]

31. Dine & Be Dead by Gwendoline Butler [on TBR since 2009]

[Bev]

32. The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey [on TBR since 11/16/12]

[Bev]

33. Poison Jasmine by Clyde B. Clason [on TBR since 10/4/13]

[Bev]

34. The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey by John Dickson Carr [on TBR since 8/12/12]

An interesting account of true crime in the 17th century. A "Papist Plot" was blamed for the murder...but Carr asks "Who really killed Godfrey?"

[Bev]

#35 The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle [on TBR since 1999]

I cannot tell you how good it feels to knock this one off the mountain. It has been staring at me for almost 20 years! And with it goes its sequel The Gripping Hand because I now know that I don't want to read that one....

[Bev]

36. Murder in the Wind by John D. MacDonald [on TBR since 9/28/13]


Mt. Vancouver! Onward to the next mountain!

[Jessika]

Congrats!

[Bev]

Jessika wrote: "Congrats!"

Thanks, Jessika!

[Bev]

37. Flying to Nowhere by John Fuller [on TBR since 1/18/14]

A very disappointing read, indeed.

[Bev]

38. RFK His Life & Death by the Editors of American Heritage [on TBR since May 1991]

[Bev]

39. The Cavalier in White by Marcia Muller [on TBR since 11/13/14]

[Bev]

40. The Wilberforce Legacy by Josephine Bell [on TBR since 12/1/12]

[Bev]

41. The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake [on TBR since 3/15/12]

[Bev]

42. Call for Michael Shayne by Brett Halliday [on TBR since 9/30/11]

[Bev]

43. The Case of Colonel Marchand by E. C. R. Lorac [on TBR since 3/8/14]

[Bev]

44. The Eye in the Museum by J. J. Connington [on TBR since 1999]

[Bev]

45. Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell & Charles A. Spano, Jr. [on TBR since 1986]

[Bev]

46. Dead Lion by John & Emery Bonett [on TBR since 3/10/12]

[Bev]

47. The Great Dinosaur Robbery by David Forrest [on TBR since9/22/13]

Almost to the top of Ararat!

[Bev]

Just stuck my flag on the peak of Mt. Ararat!

48. The Three Fears by Jonathan Stagge [on TBR since 5/31/13]

[Bev]

49. Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison [on TBR since 6/1/13]

[Jessika]

Great job, Bev! Woohoo!

[Bev]

Thanks, Jessika! Almost half-way done!

[Bev]

Half-way to Everest!

50. Deep Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells [on TBR since 5/31/13]

[Cath]

Congrats, Bev! That's amazing progress.

[Pamela]

Great job Bev! You're right on target to reach the top of Everest.

[Bev]

Thanks Cath and Pamela (I've been on vacation, so I'm just seeing these comments now.)

51. Bones in the Barrow by Josephine Bell [on TBR since 7/30/11]

[Bev]

52. The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö [on TBR since 3/29/12}

[Leslie]

Bev wrote: "52. The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö [on TBR since 3/29/12}"

I thought that was a very good entry in the Martin Beck series.

[Bev]

Leslie wrote: "Bev wrote: "52. The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö [on TBR since 3/29/12}"

I thought that was a very good entry in the Martin Beck series."

It was good. I need to read the next one...this kind of ends on a cliff-hanger note.

[Bev]

53. The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov [on TBR since 9/17/93]

[Bev]

54. Penny Allen & the Mystery of the Hidden Treasure by Jean McKechnie [on TBR since 3/28/14]

[Bev]

55. Double Cross Purposes by Ronald A. Knox [on TBR since 3/22/13]

[Bev]

56. The Line-Up by Helen Reilly [on TBR since 12/1/12]

[Bev]

57. Falling Star by Patricia Moyes [on TBR since 4/13/13]

[Bev]

58. The Diamond-Studded Typewriter by Carlton Keith [on TBR since 10/3/14]

[Bev]

59. The Riddle of the Traveling Skull by Harry Stephen Keeler [on TBR since 10/4/14]

[Bev]

Another mountain peak conquered--Mt. Kilimanjaro!

60. Whisper Murder! by Vera Kelsey [on TBR since 9/28/12]

[Jessika]

Awesome job Bev!

[Bev]

Jessika wrote: "Awesome job Bev!"

Thanks! I was hoping to be at 75 by the beginning of July--but I don't think I'm going to quite make it...

[Bev]

61. The Humphrey Bogart Murder Case by George Baxt [on TBR since 3/5/11]

[Bev]

62. Murder on Her Mind by Vechel Howard [on TBR since 11/11/14]

[Bev]

63. The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane [on TBR since 10/4/13]

[Bev]

64. Young Mrs. Cavendish & the Kaiser's Men by K. K. Beck [on TBR since 12/28/13]