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dec 2011 - sandi
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Good month, Sandi!! Happy New Year to you, too! And Jeff!
Nice list, Sandi. A good finish to the year.
Wow, Sandi that is a great list of books for several months! I am glad you liked Rules of Civility which I also loved on audio. I expect it to make my top list for the year. And if you didn't see the Masterpiece Theater version of Case Histories it would be worthwhile to look up. Jason Isaacss was a really good Jackson Brodie.
Ann wrote: "Wow, Sandi that is a great list of books for several months! I am glad you liked Rules of Civility which I also loved on audio. I expect it to make my top list for the year. And if didn't see the Masterpiece Theater version of Case Histories it would be worthwhile to look up. Jason Isaacss was a really good Jackson Brodie. "Rules of Civility will be on my best of the year list too. I am glad I saw it on your monthly reads because it was not the type of book I would usually pick up.
I do have the television version of Case Histories DVR'd so will try to check it out.
The Boy in the Suitcase has been on my TBR since it came out - guess I'll have to move it up.
Sandi: I sometimes get good audio books just by browsing the shelves at the library which is I think how I found Rules of Civility, or perhaps it was an ad here on Goodreads. I get good audio ideas from your monthly lists too! ;)Sandi wrote: "Rules of Civility will be on my best of the year list too. I am glad I saw it on your monthly reads because it was not the type of book I would usually pick up. "
Sandi, I read a review of The Boy in the Suitcase in an article about the proliferation of mystery/thrillers from overseas. It sounded completely creepy... glad you enjoyed it!
I have The boy in the suitcase on my wish list. So I hopefully get to it one of these days.
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December turned out to be my best reading month of the year quality wise. Here are my December reads:
Top Reads
Harvey Araton
The championship Knicks teams were before my time but this book conveyed what great teams they were and how the city fell in love with them during their championship runs.
Robert Charles Wilson
Very interesting and well written science fiction with great ideas, an intriguing mystery, and realistic characters that I really cared about. This book won many of the major science fiction awards for the year it was published and I can see why.
Poul Anderson
Loved this classic fantasy that had great characters and a thrilling plot with no excess filler. Listened to the audio version read by Bronson Pichnot who really threw himself into all the different accents and dialects.
Kate Atkinson
I really enjoyed this book. While not the most reality based detective story, the characterizations, alternating POV's, and changing time lines really drew me in.
Lene KaaberbølAgnete Friis
Excellently written and paced crime and suspense debut by two writers from Denmark. From the first page, I was completely engaged and the action did not let up until the satisfying conclusion of the book.
Amor Towles
I thought this was a great read. The main character, Katey Kontent, was smart, engaging, and the perfect guide through the high society of New York City in 1938. The writing seemed effortless with a fantastic flow and the audio, narrated by Rebecca Lowman, was a joy to listen to.
Good Reads
Craig Johnson
A solid entry in this series. When a young Vietnamese woman is found dead along a rural highway in the county Walt finds himself confronting memories from his service during the Vietnam War in 1967-68. I really like the characters and enjoyed learning about their back stories though the contemporary plot was not quite as strong as usual.
Emma Lathen
Wall Street banker and enthusiastic amateur sleuth John Putnam Thatcher is one of my favorite characters and this book, like all the previous ones I have read, was very entertaining.
Craig Marks
Rob Tannenbaum
A very readable oral history of the founding of MTV and the video revolution. Lots of intriguing anecdotes from the various executives and talent.
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot takes on a diabolical group of criminal masterminds whose goal is world domination. The plot was frankly ludicrous but I did enjoy the banter between Poirot and Hastings. Listened to the audio narrated by Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings in the TV series.
Ruth Downie
Ruso and Tilla return to Britannia and Ruso takes a job investigating the murder of a tax man. A bit darker in tone and much more focused on political machinations than the previous entries in the series.
R.D. Wingfield
As usual, the Denton police force is undermanned and Inspector Frost is forced to cope with a serial killer, child abductions, a long dead skeleton, and other petty crimes. Frost is crude, unorganized, and jumps to conclusions with alarming frequency but he is fun to read about.
Ok Read
Margaret Maron
Not one of the better books in the series. The two separate mystery plots were both pretty uninspired and the domestic drama was a bit much for me. I was also disappointed that Deborah's role seemed to be supporting instead of her usual lead. Listened to the audio version read ably, as always, by C. J. Critt.