Pam's 2022 Reading Challenge

[Pam]

Having been on course for the original 100 book challenge in 2021 quite comfortably by around end October but then only finishing the extended challenge of 105 on 30 December, have decided to start with 100 books again and see how this goes. November and December are really busy months for me so I'll want to take stock again next October.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Good luck Pam!

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Good luck Pam!"

Thanks Desley!!

[Pam]

Read my first two books of 2022:

The Book of Dragons by E Nesbit, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4427119697
and
volume 3 in N K Jemisin's trilogy, The Stone Sky - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4415009215

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Good start!

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Good start!"

Thanks Desley!

[Pam]

Read The Map of the Known World by Steven Smith and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4445763147
and
Eye of the Witch by Dana E Donovan - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4455884067

[Pam]

Read a short story by Isaac Asimov, recommended on another group - The Gentle Vultures - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4477659075

[Pam]

Got a bit behind with posting links to reviews already done - decided to continue tackling some of the books on my Kindle:

Dead on Demand by Daniel Campbell - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4509924195

Self-Printed: The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing: How to Use Digital Self-Publishing, Social Media and Common Sense to Start Earning A Living ... or Shouting 'Down With The Big Six!') by Catherine Ryan Howard - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4509951029

Writing the Blockbuster Novel by Albert Zuckerman - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4522382054

and finally The Case of The Shrinking Shopkeeper & Other Stories by TG Campbell - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4522379309

[Pam]

Well am 2 books behind. Ho hum. Partly due to reading through my own book yet again to find things that need editing.

[Pam]

Read Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556446723

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Plenty of time to catch up Pam

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Plenty of time to catch up Pam"

Cheers Desley!

[Pam]

Read the first edition of Make a Killing on Kindle and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556612444

[Pam]

Read Crooked House by Agatha Christie and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558206878

[Pam]

Read Adrian Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4560491820

[Pam]

2 behind still but it was 3 until I posted that last one!

[Pam]

Big catchup as I'd done some reviews and not posted links, then have done some more:

The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4583896188

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4596528835

The Clocks by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4600023699

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4609587664

The Big Four by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4609643046"

The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4562677681

and finally - A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4622051091

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Bit of a theme there Pam - are you ahead?

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Bit of a theme there Pam - are you ahead?"

Yes on an Agatha fest at the moment. Unfortunately although I had almost caught up, I am now two books behind again. It doesn't help that I have a backlog of magazines which I have been tackling for the past few days.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I keep saying I'm going to spend a month reading her books and never do! Good luck in catching up

[Pam]

Catchup on a few reviews:

Two by Agatha Christie -

At Bertram's Hotel - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2917551282

A Pocket full of Rye - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4627452019

and E M Prazeman's Masks - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4645287441

[Pam]

Read Peril on the Lost Planet by Angus MacVicar and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4647344506

[Pam]

That last one means I've almost caught up - only one behind target!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Fingers crossed you catch up

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Fingers crossed you catch up"

Thanks Desley

[Pam]

Finished a couple:

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4645329803
and
Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405974073

[Pam]

Read and reviewed Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405974127

[Pam]

3 behind but the books are hefty Robin Hobb tomes so they are taking quite a few days to read.

[Pam]

Finally finished Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405975126

[Pam]

Read Promised Lands by Jane Rogers - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4686912472

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Hopefully you'll get chance to catch up

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Hopefully you'll get chance to catch up"

Thanks Desley - I dropped to 4 behind, posted another review and went back up to 3 and have just done another one so am 2 behind at present.

[Pam]

Read Lynda La Plante's Good Friday and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678185

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Plenty of time to catch up. I like Lynda La Plante

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Plenty of time to catch up. I like Lynda La Plante"

Thanks Desley. I've since read another which I thought was better with both the writing and characterisation.

[Pam]

Read another in the Jane Tennison series by Lynda La Plante, which I enjoyed more than the previous one - Murder Mile - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678360

[Pam]

Read another Jane Tennison novel by Lynda La Plante, The Dirty Dozen but not so keen on that one - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678485
and a lighthearted fantasy as a change of pace -
The Blue King - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4714397380
plus a good but grim Peter May - The Blackhouse - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4709774864

[Pam]

Read the concluding two volumes of Peter May's Lewis trilogy:

The Lewis Man - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4714574194
and
The Chessmen - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719780899

[Pam]

Big review catchup:

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719802886

Richard III by David Baldwin - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4737104501

and the 'Dogs of War' series by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Dogs of War - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4737135182
and
Bear Head - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4737145116

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I read The Five last year, found it a hard read, but felt I had to read it, if that makes sense? It certainly changed the perception there was around these women.

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I read The Five last year, found it a hard read, but felt I had to read it, if that makes sense? It certainly changed the perception there was around these women."

Yes I found it a very absorbing account and it's one of the few I've decided to keep after reading.

[Pam]

Forgot to review this in my catchup - The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Stories - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4742503137

[Pam]

That last one was so short it has boosted me to 2 ahead - read 41 so far of my 100 book challenge. For ages I was behind so I don't know how long that will last!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Glad you are ahead, you've still read more than me!

[Pam]

Re-read Zenna Henderson's first collection of People stories, Pilgrimage: The Book of the People - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367373620
and second collection The People: No Different Flesh - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367376610
plus a police procedural by Margaret Kirk, In the Blood - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4753256649

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Glad you are ahead, you've still read more than me!"

Thanks Desley - now 43 (though I thought it would be 44 if I've read another 3) and 3 ahead so fingers crossed can stay that way.

Updated: it's 44 and 4 ahead - GR was being a bit slow on the home page for some reason.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Glad you are still ahead.

[Pam]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Glad you are still ahead."

cheers Desley. The latest three, to be posted in next comment, have brought me back to 4 ahead, as I'd dropped a bit. 47 now completed so getting near the halfway mark.

[Pam]

A few books read recently:

Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4753282110

Atonement by Ian McEwan - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4758369076
and
The Familiars by Stacey Halls - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4769347617