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[CBRetriever]

some were really short like this one Xingu
I'm retired
I'm confined at home due to the pandemic
I read several at the same time
I'm a very fast reader and can easily do a 300 page book a day

Here's the list so far (normally I just list the mystery ones here:

Tor.com Short Fiction November-December 2020
Fireheart Tiger
The Best of Bova: Volume 1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two (The Best Science Fiction of the Year, #2)
This Alien Shore
Great North Road
Alien Eyes (Elaki Book 2)
Alien Heat (Elaki Book 3)
Alien Rites (Elaki Book 4)
Birds Of Prey (J.P. Beaumont, #15)
Justice Denied (J.P. Beaumont, #18)
Long Time Gone (J.P. Beaumont, #17)
Day of Atonement (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #4)
Serpent's Tooth (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #10)
The Burnt House (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #16)
The Forgotten (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #13)
The Chronicles of Tornor Trilogy: Watchtower, The Dancers of Arun, and The Northern Girl
Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales from the Old French
A Pilgrimage of Swords
The Kraken's Tooth
Dead by Morning (Inspector Thanet #9)
Doomed to Die (Inspector Thanet #10)
No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12)
Wake the Dead (Inspector Thanet #11)
Unfettered III (Unfettered #3)
In Bad Company (Sandhamn Murders Book 9)
Salvage Title (The Salvage Title Trilogy Book 1)
A Star-Wheeled Sky
Licks Of Love: Short Stories And A Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered"
Xingu
Silverhill
Star Flight
What Rose Forgot: A Novel
Hollow Man
Dominic (Hollow Man)
All the Devils Are Here: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 16)
Credible Threat (Ali Reynolds Series Book 15)
The Steerswoman (Steerswoman Series Book 1)
The Outskirter's Secret (Steerswoman Series Book 2)
The Museum of Desire: An Alex Delaware Novel
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar
Bear Head
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights

[CBRetriever]

and the stats for My Year in books is this:

15,512 pages read
46 books read


which is 337 on average for book length. However, there was one really long book that I read most of the 900+ pages in 2020: Great North Road.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Oh my. That is a LOT of books!

[CBRetriever]

better than TV though

[Bill]

Tara wrote: "Bill wrote: "Just finished an entertaining adventure / mystery, The Baron and the Arrogant Artist by Anthony Morton. Most enjoyable. 3.5 stars My review is below

htt..."

I haven't. It's probably better to do so, but each story seems to work on its own. Enjoy!

[Georgia]

The Missing by Caroline Ericksson- I don't know yet but Greta is so self absorbed which turns me off, but I guess I'll persevere in order to find out what happened to Alex and the little girl!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

auditioning a book for my real-world book group: Little Sister Death, by William Gay. Just finished a chapter that made me grateful I'm reading it in the daytime.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 18th book"

Nancy wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "I finished my 46th book"

How did you manage 46 in less than three months? Good grief. I thought I was on a roll with 18!"

I'm feeling inadequate here, about to wrap up my 12th...

[Tara]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Christine wrote: "I finished my 18th book"

Nancy wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "I finished my 46th book"

How did you manage 46 in less than three months? Good grief. I thought I was on a roll with 1..."

Sometimes I have to remind myself that reading isn't a race, and while I enjoy watching my read list grow, it is more important that you enjoy your reading time and get something out of it, rather than reading just for the sake of checking off a list (certainly not implying that any other readers do this, I'm speaking from my own competing motivations.) Besides, we all have different reading speeds and free time to do so. Also remember that you're amongst a community of people who love to read. Your list of 12 books compared to the general population is actually quite a lot. Its all about perspective.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Christine wrote: "I finished my 18th book"

Nancy wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "I finished my 46th book"

How did you manage 46 in less than three months? Good grief. I thought I was on a roll with 1..."

join the club.

[CBRetriever]

I'm a freak with my reading speed, I know. I do enjoy the books, but I seem to process everything really quickly which was really useful when I was working as a data manager.

Sometimes I will skim a book though - I'm currently reading The Jake Grafton Collection: The Intruders, The Minotaur, Under Siege, and The Red Horseman which has an extreme amount (think Tom Clancy) of descriptions of planes and flying scenes which are boring to me (apologies if they're your cup of tea), but it's a Kindle Collection that's been in my TBR pile for a while and I'm trying to reduce that pile

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Christine wrote: "I finished my 18th book"

Nancy wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "I finished my 46th book"

How did you manage 46 in less than three months? Good grief. I thought I was on a roll with 1..."

I've only read 5 (although to be fair, one was 995 pages, and 2 of the others were over 500)

[Jean]

Enjoyed Harlan Coben's The Boy from the Woods
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Finished Little Sister Death. If only the author could have finished the novel, it would have been excellent. As it is, some things went unfinished and it shows. Oh well. Not to be read at night, for sure.

Now auditioning another (this is for October's book), The Fellow Travellers and Other Stories, by Sheila Hodgson.

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I finished two books last week.

The Girl on the Platform by Bryony Pearce


Here is my five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


I also finished Where the Silence Calls by M.J. Lee



Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 19th book

[Barbara]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 19th book"

Nice going Christine. 🌞

[Thomas]

I read What the Devil Knows It is a page turner and book 16 in the series. I recommend that you read them in order. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Woman Reading]

Hide Away by Jason Pinter launches a new thriller series with an atypical protagonist - a single mother turned vigilante.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3875231670

[Linda]

Skeletons In The Attic

[Megan]

Just finished The Nature of Fragile Things highly recommend.
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke

This is part of James Lee Burke's 'Holland' series.

The story is about Aaron Holland Broussard, grandson of former Texas lawman Hackberry Holland. It's narrated by Aaron as an adult, looking back at the troubled summer of 1952, when he was seventeen. The book works fine as a standalone.

Very good story. 4 stars

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Araych]

Smoke by Joe Ide

IQ #5. Isaiah has PTSD and has gone off the rails. So has Ide. Sorry, I have really liked this series but this effort is very poor for several reasons. 1 star, not recommended.

[Liz]

I just finished The Girl Who Died

Just ok. Here’s a link to my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

Araych wrote: "Smoke by Joe Ide

IQ #5. Isaiah has PTSD and has gone off the rails. So has Ide. Sorry, I have really liked this series but this effort is very poor for several reasons. ..."

I'm sorry to hear this. I haven't read this one yet, but I like this series (though it's had ups and downs imo).

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Christine wrote: "Sandy I read that book called Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay"

I love that book Christine. What did you think of it?❤📚

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

I only managed to finish 2 books from my Netgalley shelf, and listen to one audiobook last week:

⭐⭐⭐⭐.8 Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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⭐⭐.3 A Home Like Ours by Fiona Lowe https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

And my ⭐⭐⭐.6 audiobook was Olive by Emma Gannon https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Thomas]

I read an enjoyable short story The Pact by Linda Castillo
It can be read in 1 sitting, 53p.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sandy]

On an Outgoing Tide

Cracking addition to the series!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I've finished The Fellow Travellers and Other Stories, by Sheila Hodgson. It's fun but a bit different.
There are a few stand-alone ghost stories supposedly written in the style of MR James, but after that, James becomes a character who solves supernatural mysteries. I have so much reverence for James as an author that seeing him as a character was just weird.

Yesterday I started Death Casts a Long Shadow by Anthony Gilbert -- a murder mystery, and so far I'm hooked.

[Jim]

Finished reading Win

by Harlan Coben

My Review

[Dem]

Finished The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3854318303

[Barbara]

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

In the early 1990s a serial killer was murdering gay men who frequented New York City bars and pick-up spots, but the crimes got little press coverage and passed below most people's radar. Now that true crime has become such a popular genre, Elon Green tells the story of the 'Last Call Killer', who eluded law enforcement for many years.

Interesting and informative. 4 stars

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bill]

Just starting The Miracle Strain by Michael Cordy

[Dem]

Dem wrote: Finished Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3853159779

[Aditya]

Finished The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan. I was interested because it was rare crime series in India but it was badly written crap with zero cultural understanding of how India works. Rating - 1/5.

My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

I just finished The Keepers

Here’s a link to my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

I just finished listening to Murder at Melrose Court

A delightful, cozy mystery. Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Araych]

Picnic in the Ruins by Todd Robert Peterson

Very unusual book taking place in the 4 corners area. Partly a mystery/thriller about 2 moron brothers who steal a map showing the location of valuable Native American artifacts. And also partly an examination of what those artifacts mean. The writing reminded me somewhat of James Lee Burke in it's descriptions of the natural and historical world; although it's probably unfair to compare Peterson to one of the giants of American literature. Parts are a bit slow but the book is definitely recommended. 4 stars.

[Barbara]

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

A mystery bookstore owner compiles a list of eight books that contain perfect murders, and someone seems to be trying to re-create the homicides in real life.

Slow moving but with fun elements. 3 stars

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jean]

From the publisher/NetGalley: Thief of Souls
Just a 3-star read for me.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

finished Death Casts a Long Shadow (1959), apa Death Takes a Wife. I have to say that it's more than a bit of a disadvantage that this book is #34 in a series; I kind of like getting to know the continuing characters. The thing about Death Casts a Long Shadow is that the timing was spot on -- just when the question came into my head "but what about..." I turn the next couple of pages and voila. This is a good one.

Up next a reread of Double Indemnity then skipping past the next on the list, Murderer of Sleep by Millward Kennedy because I can't find a copy anywhere.

[Faith]

My review of We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 20th book

[Tara]

Liz wrote: "I just finished listening to Murder at Melrose Court

A delightful, cozy mystery. Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review..."

This was a delightful surprise for me. Much better than I thought it would be!

[Patty]

I just finished Lakewood

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

My problem with adding books from Edelweiss is solved, so I downloaded The Easter Murders by Richard Zappa. There is no cover available.

Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Patty]

Here is my review of Thee Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling.
Coming out on October, 2021




https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mary Beth]

Finished The Four Winds

My Review

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...