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I am starting The Coroner's Lunch for my museum challenge. I this is the first in the Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery series, set in Laos. I have owned it for several years.
I found a library book receipt in my paperback copy of The Cororner's lunch this afternoon. It was dated in Sept 2021 and indicates that I checked out Mrs. Dalloway.I read the first 60 pages this afternoon. Why didn't anyone tell me it was so witty? The dialogue is a crack up!
I did not post that I had started it, but The Golden Compass was on my museum challenge. -----
I finished The Golden Compass and The Coroner's Lunch and added both series to my list.
14 added and only 9 killed. I am not making much headway...
I just updated my list for Dr. Siri Paiboun. Apparently, there were only 11 when I bought and added The Coroner's Lunch to my TBR and book spreadsheet. I was adding the titles to my series spreadsheet, and found that there are currently 15. The first book was set in 1976 and the latest in 1986. Dr. Siri was 72 in the first book...
Cherie wrote: "Well - I got Turning Angel back from the library and re-down loaded it. I spent the last three days reading it, only to realize that I had not added it to my Currently Reading status l..."I will have to catch up. Dom and I both got new jobs and haven’t been reading. I’m doing my old and new job. That’s what happens if you don’t leave the company.
I also started school to finish out 5 accounting classes to be able to do the CPA exam. However, I feel I have bit more than I can chew.
I need to get back to reading what I like and not dry, accounting textbooks.
Jannene - Good luck with your CPA exam! Yes, dry, dry, dry is no fun. You and Dom take your time catching up. The series books will still be around.
Having a job and food on the table is more important. It must be tough doing two jobs and taking classes. I have done two jobs in the past, and finally had to make the decision to do one or the other. I am still training a girl in India to be my replacement, but I am not sure it is going to really work out. She is looking around for other projects to get more experience in the management side. Our company has been sending out email from upper management all day. Notices with people leaving, who is taking their place and new re-orgs. My boss asked me today, if I would at least give him 6 months notice when I planned to leave. Our part librarian came back from vacation and told him he was leaving. He was gone in 12 days.
Cherie wrote: "I just updated my list for Dr. Siri Paiboun. Apparently, there were only 11 when I bought and added The Coroner's Lunch to my TBR and book spreadsheet. I was adding the titles to my s..."I think this is it for the series. I don't know where I read that but supposedly the 15th book is the end.
Dawn wrote: "I think this is it for the series. I don't know where I read that but supposedly the 15th book is the end..."Thanks, Dawn. It is nice to know that when I get to the end, that will be it. It doesn't keep me from starting series, but at times, it IS good to know that there is really an end in sight.
I finished the first Licanius trilogy book. I need to add it to the list and report it, if I didn't already. I drove down to Grants Pass to see my sister, Carol last Friday. I started listening to This Tender Land on my drive down. It was a great story! Too bad it will not fit on my museum challenge. I finished listening to the story on my drive back today.
I started the third William Warwick audiobook for the last hour of my drive. It took forever for me to drag my memory back into what had happened in the last book. This series seems like one continuing story. I finally got the thread of what was happening as I was almost home.
Well.....Pay attention to which audiobook titles you have on your iPod. I accidently sent Turn a Blind Eye back to the library and cannot get it back for another few weeks because there was already a hold on it. I meant to send This Tender Land back and did not pay attention to the title (both book covers were orange). I guess I am more tired from my drive than I thought.
I think you're right. I went to check out what you were talking about when you mentioned listening to the 3rd William Warwick book and it didn't mesh with the This Tender Land. Time to go to sleep.
Cherie wrote: "I finished the first Licanius trilogy book. I need to add it to the list and report it, if I didn't already. I drove down to Grants Pass to see my sister, Carol last Friday. I started listening t..."
I thought it was quiet around here. I was wondering where you disappeared to. I hope you had a great visit.
This book is a yoyo. Turn a Blind Eye, is back on my iPod and I do not want to stop listening! I am reading a book called Bridge of Birds, which is the first book in The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox trilogy. Master Li Kao and Lu Yu are a hoot. Lu Yu is also called Number Ten Ox and he is the one narrating the story.
I finished listening to Turn a Blind Eye and put the last book on hold.I just finished reading Bridge of Birds and will start The Story of the Stone next.
I started listening to the second Jane Hawk book, The Whispering Room last night. I do not see Jane Hawk on my series list. I will have to check and see when I read the first one (I have no idea what it was about any more). I added The Whispering room to the Interactive task for Museum 8 because of the word "room" in the title.
I read the first Jane Hawk in 2017. I gave it four stars and said I was ready for the next one. hahaha. It seems that book number two is a continuation of the first story.
It looks like The Whispering room was not published at the time that I read the first one. There are five books in the series now. I will decide after I finish, if the series will go on my list.
I finished The Whispering Room and added Jane Hawk to my series list for this year. I also finished An Echo of Things to Come. My head hurts from trying to figure things out. Bring on the next story!
I still have the books for the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox from the library. I need to finish them..
I started and finished Firewall before I got it on my Currently reading update. I skipped book #7 because my library did not have it in audiobook. I requested it but they had not decided to purchase it before #8 became available to read. It was a little convoluted, but a good story taking place just before the Y2K stuff was to happen. It was published in 1996 and there were things that happened that seemed to my too long ago memory to not quite be there yet, technology wise, but I could be wrong. The hacker (computer expert) and Internet goings on did not seem as robust as the story made out. I am keeping my fingers crossed that my library decides to buy the audiobook for One Step Behind before I give up and listen to book #9.
I started the second book in The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, The Story of the Stone. I have the third book on hand also. I need to finish them and return them to my library. They are my last physical copies for the year before I start gophering for what will be available for next years challenges and series books.
I finished The Story of the Stone yesterday and started Eight Skilled Gentlemen this morning. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox may be my final series finish of the year.
I listened to two audiobooks about Conan the Cimmerian (#1 and #2) from my library for the last two weeks. The stories were great, and each book had a section of comments about the author, Robert E. Howard and how he came to write them. I have no idea who the narrator nor the editor ? (person giving the information) was, unfortunately, they are not really listed. There are so many books listed on GR that it is hard to find them. The original stories were written in the late 1920s and 1930s for publication in magazines.
Cherie wrote: "I read the first Jane Hawk in 2017. I gave it four stars and said I was ready for the next one. hahaha. It seems that book number two is a continuation of the first story.
It looks like The Whisp..."
I finished the first book in the series and really liked it.
I just finished listening to the book tagged as "0" in G.R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Fire & Blood is a history of the fantasy land before we came to know it in A Game of Thrones and later, the TV show on HBO.
I thought I had killed off the series after I read the fifth book in 2012. No, I was pretty sure we were going to get book #6 sooner than later, so it looks like it is still there on my list.
Yeah, it is later, and we now have a book #6, but not the one I want. Yes, it was a good listen - pretty much anything by Simon Vance is, but, it was long, and I really got tired of listening to the names over and over. It did not stop me from enjoying it. I am going to update my list and kill off this series. The next book - if ever, will be read as an orphan.
I think there are 2 books slated for the future, whenever that is. The Winds of Winter #6
A Dream of Spring #7
Awesome, I did not realize there were to be two more. I did not look at the series list. I have had the #6 title on my TBR list for a long time. It looks like Fire and Blood is listed as A Targaryen History
but it is also listed as #0 on the other series list.
Don't hold your breath, Cherie. Book 5 was published in 2011 - 10 years ago - and we're still waiting for Book 6.
I was looking for a pic I saw years ago of GRRM at comicon holding a poster something like "Be nice nice to me or Tyrion dies" ROFL
Margo wrote: "Bloody primidone fantasy writers 🙄"There's a couple others I could add to the list. I've been waiting since 2013 for the next book to come out in The Gentlemen Bastard series. I've given up on it and won't read it if it ever comes out. I have no intention of re-reading the first three books just to refresh my memory. Same with Game of Thrones. I have book 4 & 5 (I bought a boxed set) and don't see the point of reading them just to be left hanging.
Janice wrote: "Don't hold your breath, Cherie. Book 5 was published in 2011 - 10 years ago - and we're still waiting for Book 6."No worse than P. R.s third book for The Kingkiller Chronicles. Book 2 was published in 2011. He teased us with the short novella, but that was years ago too.
I thought the last Gentlemen Bastard series book was published, I think I killed the series off after book #4. I see book 5 is still tbd and there is supposed to be a book 6???
I finished Eight Skilled Gentlemen tonight, so The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is Declared dead. I downloaded book 4 in the William Warwick series today. Over My Dead Body. I wanted to hold out for the audiobook, but my library is not jumping in and buying it. I will read the ebook and finish the series anyway.
It looks like a book five is to be published in 2022. It will have to be an orphan read.
Cherie wrote: "JI thought the last Gentlemen Bastard series book was published, I think I killed the series off after book #4. I see book 5 is still tbd and there is supposed to be a book 6?..."The last book published in the series was book 3, The Republic of Thieves. Book 4, The Thorn of Emberlain has not been released. I'm seeing a release date of Oct 15, 2024 on one of the editions.
You have it shelved as "want to read".
Yes, Janice. I checked it and forgot to come back and tell you.
I finished reading Over My Dead Body - ebook, last published book in Detective William Warwick series.I am declaring this series KILLED!
If a next book is published in 2022, I will read it as an orphan.
I just started Limited Wish, book #2 in the Impossible Times series by Mark Lawrence. The author has kindly given a recap of the characters and events in book #1, which was One Word Kill. Kudos, Mr. Lawrence!
I read One Word Kill in Oct of 2019. I had to read “The Story So Far” a couple times over before it dragged up details enough for me to go on.
I finished Limited Wish on Dec 29th.And it is a wrap!
I will add 14 new series to my huge, long list going into 2022.
I killed off 12 series this year.
I read 12 orphan books (from series killed off in previous years).
I will be setting up my new thread for 2022 shortly.
Cherie wrote: "I finished Limited Wish on Dec 29th.And it is a wrap!
I will add 14 new series to my huge, long list going into 2022.
I killed off 12 series this year.
I read 12 orphan books (fr..."
Oh my!!
You did great in 2021! Good luck and more of the same in 2022.
Cherie wrote: "I finished Limited Wish on Dec 29th.And it is a wrap!
I will add 14 new series to my huge, long list going into 2022.
I killed off 12 series this year.
I read 12 orphan books (fr..."
I’m looking forward to checking out your 2022 list Cherie.
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I finished The Labyrinth of the Spirits - this was another orphan off of my list - thanks to the buddy read group lead by Sandra.