Spring into Horror 2022

[Michelle]

Joshua wrote: "I continue to have a slow month reading--soooo much yard work!! However, I've made it through a few books.

[bookcover:Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murde..."

Hey, great selections! I'll have to check out Blood and Ivy. Sounds like my kind of book.
I'm not sure if I read Whispers or not. I used to be an avid reader of Koontz, and I still do read him occasionally, though his more recent books haven't really grabbed me. My favorites by him are Phantoms and Hideaway.
I loved Disappearance at Devil's Rock. I listened to it on audio several years ago. It was a great listen.

I'm actually not doing too bad. I'll share my update below. Happy continued reading!

[Michelle]

writer... wrote: "23 Poirot Investigates: Eleven Complete Mysteries ✔
24 [book:Constable..."

24 books read! Impressive! Hope you're enjoying them. :)

[Michelle]

Finished Fireside Gothic

Still reading and almost finished with

Horror lineup for the rest of the month:

Not horror, but I need to read this for my Classics Club spin

[Elyse]

I listened to . 3 stars. Some interesting parts but so many plot holes/loose ends. There is a sequel available on KU.
I'm about halfway through listening to .
I'm also about 60% through reading .
I will probably finish both of these books tomorrow.

[writer...]

Michelle wrote: "writer... wrote: "23 [bookcover:Poirot Investigates: Eleven ✔
24 [bookcover:Constable on the Hill|5649751... Hope you're enjoying them. :) "

Absolutely! Definitely a fav genre ;) and with our spring confused with winter,
plenty of indoor reading/audio time to spend !

[writer...]

Just listened to 25
Fun plot twist on the title, by M.C. Beaton

Up now, a new addition to her Agatha Raisin series
26
Down the Hatch: An Agatha Raisin Mystery

[Elyse]

I did finish over the weekend. I think will be my final read for the readathon, hopefully I'll finish it this month! I don't think I'll be including any horror for Dewey's.

[Joshua]

This month just flew by, and I had a lot less time to read than I'd hoped for. I might cram in one more title tonight (I'm about 2/3 done with a Burke mystery, which I'm not especially enjoying...) but otherwise, my count stands at 10.

In the non-Horror categories, I read:


And, thematically, I managed:


Blood and Ivy is the runaway winner for my favorite read, but it was much more a transporting work of reconstructive period history than a great whodunnit or gasp-inducing murder story. Bird Box worked better as a sort of cosmic horror story than I expected it to, so props there, but I thought the ending was pretty crumby. The Anomaly was probably the most fun horrorish story, though it's perhaps more of a thriller adventure. And Whispers was easily the worst book I read and one that I would not recommend.

I hope everyone else had fun this month!

[Tawallah]

I will edit this later. But there were no horror books read unless you want to count The Pale Criminal x Philip Kerr. This is set in 1936 and details investigation in Berlin which leads up to Kristallnacht.

Other mystery I read :
Finished A Murder in Old Bombay x Nev March - long winded but I liked
The Satapur Moinstone - another historical mystery set in India,
The Complete Sherlock Holmes - read a few of the stories here, will be slowly making my way to complete this tome.

[writer...]

Finished 27 WW2 child train transport murders
28 unusual identity plot twist [ no spoiler! ] + 29
30 M.C. Beaton Hamish Macbeth series
31 historic crimes def with horrific realities 32 Chs Todd

Great month of mystery focused reading! Congrats Michelle..

[Elyse]

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Wrapping:
Total 34 Horror 29
:)

[Diana]

Wrap up:
Read:
Listened to:

[Michelle]

Everyone did a nice job, but most importantly, I hope you enjoyed the reading. Next up for us is Sci-Fi Summer in June (a focus on Sci-Fi, but fantasy is also allowed). I will have the sign-up ready soon.