2014 Recap

When I started to total up my reading numbers for 2014, I was very surprised at some of the numbers that I got.

Number of books read that were on my original list at the beginning of the year ..........63/102

First books in a series:............................................18
Second books in a series:..........................................7
Third books in a series:.............................................8
More books in a series (beyond the third):.................21

Number of series brought current:..............................6

I really thought I had done better.

Books abandoned:..............4

CLASSICS:........................................6
ROMANCE:........................................7
FICTION:......................................... 11
HISTORY:..........................................9
MEMOIR:...........................................2
COZY MYSTERY:...............................30
MYSTERY:........................................20
CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT/FANTASY....17

Where did my books come from?

Library books______________12
E-books - my Nook or Kindle__43
ARDs (actual books)_________19
Audiobooks________________28


Progress on Challenges:
75 Book Challenge..................................102/75
Category Challenge..................................98/98
European Challenge.................................19/49
US state challenge...................................42/51
TIOLI Challenges..................................102/102
MysteryCAT..............................................22
GEOCAT...................................................8
ROOT Challenge......................................86/84
Gastro Challenge.....................................3

Total books read in 2014:................102
Total pages read in 2014:............34,677
READ OUR OWN TOMES Challenge.....86
Total ARC/ER books read:.................27
Total books read in 2014 for Euro Challenge = 2
Total books read in 2014 for US State Challenge = 2
Presidential Challenge = 6

Best of the Year:........How the Light Gets In
Worst of the Year........Anne of Green Gables 
The book that kept me breathless: ........The Likeness
The mystery that I enjoyed reading the most:  ........Terminal City
Book that gave the most smiles/laughs: ........ Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Book I wish I'd read sooner: ........Emerald Atlas
Best Recommended book: ........Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
The book with the most surprises: ........Mists of Avalon
Most thought provoking book: ........State of Wonder
Series book that has me wanting the next one NOW!:  ........ Blessings series  - A Wish and a Prayer
Best Audio book: ........Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Book I am still working on: ........Bully Pulpit
Book I'm glad I finished: ........Arabian Nights

TBRs 1/1/2014 419
Books read from TBR: 86
Books added to TBR: 84
Books moved from TBR: 78

Balance:.....339   I actually reduced my TBRs!


Library books/borrowed Books read: 15
Free Books Read: 8
Group Reads 4

Prettiest Cover = Emerald Atlas

RECAP OF 2013

Total books read in 2013: 105
Total pages read in 2013: 38,331
READ OUR OWN TOMES Challenge: 83/105
Euro Challenge: 2
US State Challenge: 0
Presidential Challenge: 1

CLASSICS: 5
MYSTERIES: 47
FANTASY: 8
GENERAL FICTION: 15
HISTORY: 7
HISTORICAL FICTION: 8
MEMOIR: 1
GRAPHIC NOVELS: 2
ROMANCE: 8
NON-FICTION: 4


AUDIO: 32
E-BOOK: 38
ARDs: 35

First in a series: 11
Second in a series: 16
Third in a series: 5
Continuing a series: 18
Number of series brought current: 13

Bard to believe but my TBRs actual went down by 15 in 2013!

TBRs 1/1/2013:..................434
Books read from TBR:.........83-
Books added to TBR:..........90+
New books read:..................22-
Balance:..............................419=


Librarybooks/borrowed Books read: 16
Free Books: 23
GroupReads: 14


The book that kept me breathless: Light Between The Oceans
The mystery that I enjoyed reading the most:   Peach Pies and Alibis
Biggest disappointment: Elizabeth of York
Book that gave the most smiles/laughs: Bring on the Blessings
Book I wish I'd read sooner: There is a Season  recommended by tututhefirst
Best Recommended book: Good King Wenceslas recommended by whisper1
The book with the most surprises: Manifest Injustice: The True Story of a Convicted Murderer
Most thought provoking book: Light Between The Oceans
Series book that has me wanting the next one NOW!:   Peach Pies and Alibis
Best Audio book:   The Shifting Tide
Book I am still working on: An Honest President
Book I'm glad I finished: Game of Thrones

Most memorable Read Good Night, Maryland   - read with my Grandson and granddaughter
Prettiest Cover A Nantucket Christmas


FAVORITE OF THE YEAR:  Light Between The Oceans

Well, now I can officially close out 2013. Now onto 2014.

APRIL RECAP

April was filled with several books that were considered chunksters (over 400 pages)  (♫ is for audio books  ß is for e-books)  I also completed category #8 You Make Me Feel Brand New - books released in the last 12 months - with 5 books I reached the goal of 33+ pts.
I read my first "graphic novel", at least that's how the library categorized it, but from chats with others it really wasn't a full fledged graphic novel, so I'll have to keep looking for one.
 At the beginning of the month, I had 12 books on the list to read with 6 chunksters, knowing full well I'd never get them all done, I said I'd be happy with 75% but I only managed 62%  but 2 more books should be finished before the end of the week.

Number of series brought current this month/year 4/10

Here are the books that I read this Month 

Threaded for Trouble  (series current)  new one due in June 320pgs
The invention of Hugo Cabret 525pgs
Book, Line, and Sinker  (series current)  new one due out July 292pgs
Night Watch  (series current)  New one due out in November 496pgs
Fountainhead 754pgs
The Rope  (series current) 579pgs
Time and Chance 548pgs

Best of the Month: The Rope
Worst of the Month Fountainhead 

Categories:
Acquisition: (New: 1 Pre-owned before 2013: 3  Borrowed: 3 ARC/ER: 0  Total:7)
TIOLI - Books read : 7  Books read for TIOLI Challenges:7   100%
E-books 3
ARDs (paperbooks) 2
Audiobooks 2

Non-Fiction
History 0
Biography/Memoir 0
Religion 0

Fiction
General Fiction 2
Cozy Mystery 2
Mystery 2
Young Adult/Fantasy 0
Historical Fiction 1

Personal Cataloging:

The book that kept me breathless: The Rope
The mystery that I enjoyed reading the most: The Rope
Biggest disappointment: Fountainhead
Book that gave the most smiles/laughs: Threaded for Trouble
Book I wish I'd read sooner: The Rope
Best Recommended book: Time and Chance
The book with the most surprises: The Rope
Most thought provoking book:Night Watch
Series book that has me wanting the next one NOW!: Threaded for Trouble
Best Audio book: The Rope
Book I am still working on: The Enchantress
Book I'm glad I finished: The Fountainhead

Projected May Reads:  (Again, I have to get real!)
This time I'm shooting for 75% since I still have a few real chunksters!
22 books is really beyond my abilities but we'll see how many I can manage. ★ indicates priority
★Lost  and Fondue
★The Enchantress (chunkster)
★Heat Rises
Stitch me Deadly
★Game of Thrones (chunkster)
★Manifest Injustice
★Dream Eyes
The Golden Door
★Fireworks Over Toccoa
★Saturday Night Widows
★The House at Riverton (chunkster)
The Second Rule Of Ten: A Tenzing Norbu Mystery
★Rebecca
Heretic's Daughter
Rose Harbor in Bloom (chunkster)
Family Tree
★His Majesty's Hope
One Step Too Far
the Day the Falls Stood Still
★The Map of True Places LP
★Any Bitter Thing: A Novel
Crossing Places

With all the activities that are planned this month, I wonder how far I'll get.  Here's the non-reading agenda for May:

May 4th  Country Club 50th anniversary Dinner/Dance  (I'm working on the slide presentation)
May 8th - Member Council mtg - Country Club - I'm the minute taker
May 10th  - (happy birthday, tutu) bridge club
May 11th  Family Feud at the Country Club (my husband and I are coordinators)
May 12th - Mother's Day - drive up (1 hr) to see Mom and take her to dinner
May 16th - BUNCO charity event (I'm the coordinator)
May 17th weekend -Family event in Pittsburgh
May 25th - our wedding anniversary
Memorial Day Weekend
May 29th - book club (my birthday)

WISH ME LUCK!

2012 RECAP

Shortly, 2012 will be a memory, so it's time to look back at the books of 2012 and recap how those books were appreciated(?).

January: 2 pre-owned : 4 borrowed : 0 ARC  - 6 books.
Best of the Month: Crunch Time

February: 5 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 1 new: 1 ARC - 13 books.
Best of the Month:  Trick of the Light and Forgotten Garden
The worst of the month - Great Expectations

March: 4 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 2 new: 2 ARC  - 13 books.
Best of the Month:  Diva runs out of Thyme just barely squeaked by Affairs of Steak
Least Favorite of the Month:  Remains to be Scene

April: 4 pre-owned: 9 borrowed: 0 new: 2 ARC  - 15 books.
Best of the Month:  Hunger Games
Least Favorite of the Month:  Elegance of the Hedgehog

May: 0 pre-owned:8 borrowed: 0 new: 1 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: Grant
The worst of the month - Burn
 
June: 2 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 1 new: 0 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: Sprinkle with Murder
The worst of the month - Rutherford B. Hayes
 
JULY: 1 pre-owned: 8 borrowed: 0 new: 2 ARC  - 11 books.
Best of the Month:  True Justice 
The worst of the month - The Colfax massacre
  
August: 4 pre-owned: 3 borrowed: 1 new: 4 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  Organize Your Corpses
The worst of the month - Winter Palace
  
September:  4 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 2 new: 1 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  Cleopatra: A Life
The worst of the month - From the tow-path to the White House
  
October:  2 pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 0 new: 4 ARC  - 9 books.
Best of the Month:  Princess Elizabeth's Spy  
The worst of the month - Frozen Thames
 
November:  5 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 0 new: 0 ARC  - 11 books.
Best of the Month:  Empires of Light  
The worst of the month - Rumpole Misbehaves
  
December: 2  pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 4 new: 2 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  Orchid Murder  
The worst of the month - 500 Appetizers  


Favorites of 2012:
Grant
Trick of the Light
Forgotten Garden - Best of the 2012
Hunger Games
Diva Runs out of Time
Cleopatra: A Life
Queen Elizabeth's Spy
The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel
Destiny of the Republic
Orchid Murder

Rutherford Birchard Hayes: The Life and Death of Rutherford B. Hayes Worst of 2012


Yearly total
Books Read - Owned  64 (Pages: 21,654)
Books Read - Borrowed 24  (Pages: 7,530)
Audio Books heard - 45 (Pages:17,959     492¼hours)

Total Completed
49 books, 45 audio books,  39 e-books -  47,143 pages
114 fiction; 19 nonfiction
10 New books
81 Pre-Owned
27 borrowed (library and friends/family)
15 for review - 7 ARCs/8 ERs

Challenge progress
75 book Challenge   133/75
12 in 12 Challenge  completed  with only 11 overlaps of 32 allowed
50 State Challenge   41/51 + DC
Endless European Challenge    16/49
96/80  BOMBS

New Books acquired
 37 Books purchased  - $180  (Tim - 2/$30)  - 10 READ
 25 Books won (ER, ARC, GIVEAWAYS, Netgalleys) in 2012 - 15 READ
106 Books received for no cost

29 new ARDs - 15 read
139 new e-books - 10 read.....................28 on top of selection list for 2013


So to all who have visited and shared my ramblings in 2012,

SEPTEMBER RECAP

Well, I reached the 100/130 mark this month so that I'm within sight of the finishing line for the 12 in 12 challenge and  1 1/3 of the 75 book challenge.  Had some great books this month!

September:  4 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 2 new: 1 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  [Cleopatra: A Life]  (Hard decision so many to choose from)
Worst of the month - [From the tow-path to the White House]  

Here's what I read this month:

The Inn at Rose Harbor  ★★★★
The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain ♫ ★★★
Fundraising the Dead ★★★½
Due or Die   ★★★½
Willful Behaviour ♫ ★★★½
Evil in Carnations   ★★★★
Embroidered Truths ♫ ★★★
Buttercream Bump off ★★★½
Cleopatra: A Life  ♫ ★★★★
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos ★★★★
From the tow-path to the White House   ★★
We got to play Baseball ★★★★

I. 1. Class schedule - Nook Books/Net galley 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED    4 overlaps
Due or Die

II. Study Hall - Mysteries 11/12
Buttercream Bump off
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos

III. Home Economics - crafts and home themed books 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
3 overlaps

IV. History - USPC  and background  reconstruction thru 1900 9/12
From Towpath to the White House

V. English Lit - mysteries set in Great Britian  9/12

VI. Lunch -  leftovers, culinary  and game themed books 8/12
Fundraising the Dead
Cleopatra: A Life
We got to play Baseball

VII. Foreign languages - foreign settings  12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
5 overlap

VIII. Speech Class - Audiobooks  10/12
The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain
Cleopatra: A Life
Willful Behaviour ♫

IX. Homework - TBRs 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
6 overlaps
The Inn at Rose Harbor

X. Math - 1st,2nd, 3rd…..  Series books  11/12
Evil in Carnations  
Embroidered Truths

XI. Geography - euro and 50 state challenges  12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED   5 overlaps

XII. Extra curricular activites - group reads 
or recommended by LTers  12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
5 overlaps

6  Categories Completed - 14 books to go!

Genre Summary - September

Nonfiction:
2 books  History
0 book Health
1 book memoirs
Fiction:
Novels: 1
Youth/Children: 0
Mystery:8
Historical Fiction: 0
Classic: 0

Books for next month: These are all I need to finish my 12 in 12 Challenge!

Thirteenth tale  ♫
Vanished in the Dunes
Quarantine
Devils Food Cake Murder  ♫
Art Forger
The Secret Keeper
Princess Elizabeth's Spy
Reckless Bride
Uniform Justice  ♫
DRACULA
Border Lord and the lady
Frozen Thames
Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president  ♫
Empires of Light


Quarterly totals
Books Read Owned  19 (Pages: 6,339)
Books Read Borrowed 6(Pages: 1,891)
Audio Books heard 10 (95¾ hours, equivalent 3,604 pages)

Total Completed
15 books, 10 e-books  and 10 audio books -  11,834 pages
29 fiction; 4 nonfiction

Genre Summary

Nonfiction:
5 books  History
0 book Health
2 book Memoir

Fiction:
Novels: 4
Youth/Children: 1
Mystery: 19
Historical Fiction: 4
Classic: 0

AUGUST RECAP
Progress is being made! I finished 4 more categories for my 12 in 12 challenge as well as not even noting last month in my recap that I finished my 75 book challenge. This month I read 12 books, a few stinkers, but mostly enjoyable.
August: 4 pre-owned: 3 borrowed: 1 new: 4 ARC - 12 books.
Best of the Month: [Organize Your Corpses]
The worst of the month - [Winter Palace]
Here's what I read this month:
Fatally Frosted	★★★
The Quick and the Thread	★★★
Pies and Prejudice	★★★½
Queen's Vow	★★★½
The Winter Palace	★★
A Peach of a Murder	★★★½
A Sea of Troubles ♫	★★★
Summer Breeze	★★★½
Death comes to Pemberley ♫	★★★
Organize Your Corpses	★★★½
The 19th Wife ♫	★★★
Candy Apple Dead	★★★
I. 1. Class schedule - Nook Books/Net galley 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
5 overlaps
Pies and Prejudice
Organize Your Corpses :
II. Study Hall - Mysteries 9/12
The Quick and the Thread
A Peach of a Murder
Candy Apple Dead
III. Home Economics - crafts and home themed books 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
3 overlaps
Fatally Frosted
IV. History - USPC and background reconstruction thru 1900 8/12
V. English Lit - mysteries set in Great Britian 9/12
VI. Lunch - leftovers, culinary and game themed books 5/12
VII. Foreign languages - foreign settings 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
5 overlap
Queen's Vow
VIII. Speech Class - Audiobooks 7/12
Death comes to Pemberley
IX. Homework - TBRs 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
6 overlaps
Summer Breeze
The Inn at Rose Harbor
X. Math - 1st,2nd, 3rd….. Series books 9/12
A Sea of Troubles
XI. Geography - euro and 50 state challenges 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
5 overlaps
The 19th Wife
The Winter Palace
XII. Extra curricular activites - group reads or recommended by LTers 12/12
CATEGORY COMPLETED
5 overlaps
Genre Summary
Nonfiction:
0 books History
0 book Health
0 book memoirs
Fiction:
Novels: 1
Youth/Children: 0
Mystery: 8
Historical Fiction: 3
Classic: 0
Books for next month:
The Inn at Rose Harbor
The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain ♫
Fundraising the Dead
Due or Die
Embroidered Truths
The Alexander Cipher
Wilful Behaviour ♫
Desperate Housedogs
Cleopatra: A Life ♫
Evil in Carnations
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos
Thirteenth tale ♫
Buttercream Bump off
Quarantine

APRIL RECAP

I'm still on the roll that started in February and hopefully, I will just keep going. April I actually did better than February and March with 15 books - best since Winter of 2009! I'm finally settling back into my retirement with books and needlework, but I am fitting in other activities as well. Here's my report on April:

April: 4 pre-owned: 9 borrowed: 0 new: 2 ARC - 15 books.

Best of the Month: [Hunger Games]

Least Favorite of the Month: [Elegance of the Hedgehog]

Here's what I read this month:

Superior Saturday ♫ ★★★

Lord Sunday ♫ ★★★½

Hunger Games ♫ ★★★★½

Body at the Tower ★★★½

The Agency: The Traitor and the Tunnel ★★★★

Elegance of the Hedgehog ♫ ★★½

Tuesdays with Morrie ♫ ★★★★

First Rule of Ten ★★★½

U.S. Grant : American hero, American myth ★★★

The Atlantis Code ♫ ★★★

The Necromancer ♫ ★★★½

Beekeeping for Beginners ★★★

Murder Most Frothy ★★★½

The Warlock ♫ ★★★★

Murder with Puffins ★★★

Genre Summary

Nonfiction:

1 books History

0 book Health

1 book memoirs

Fiction:

Novels: 1

Youth/Children: 7

Mystery: 5

Historical Fiction: 0

Classic: 0

Books for next month:

The Postmistress

Pirate King ♫

The Winter Palace

To Darkness to Death ♫

The Lola Quartet :

The Third Coincidence :

Collateral Damage :

Burn ♫

Lucifer Code &

All Mortal Flesh ♫

Temple Mount Code &

The Solitary House :

Gone to Ground

Tongues of Serpents ♫

RECAP FOR 2011

DECEMBER and YEAR-END RECAP
I reached the promised land of completing my yearly challenges.

There were some great books but also some stinkers (IMO) but overall a great reading year.
December was so filled with Holiday events and preparations that I only finished 6 with 3 in progress.
December: 3 pre-owned: 2 borrowed: 0 new: 1 ARC - 6 books.
Best of the Month: [The mischief of the mistletoe]
The worst of the month - [The Most Dangerous Thing]

Here's What I read this month:
The Plantation ★★★★
Defending Angels ★★★★
Innocent traitor ★★★½
The mischief of the mistletoe ★★★★
The Most Dangerous Thing ★★½
Dark Angel ★★★

January: 5 pre-owned : 4 borrowed : 0 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: [A Murderous Procession]
February: 3 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 3 new: 0 ARC - 11 books.
Best of the Month: [StandIn Groom]
March: 4 pre-owned: 0 borrowed: 1 new: 3 ARC - 8 books.
Best of the Month: [Murder is Binding]
Favorite of the Quarter: A Murderous Procession
April: 3 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 1 new: 0 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: Buffalo West Wing
May: 1 pre-owned: 7 borrowed: 1 new: 2 ARC - 11 books.
Best of the Month: [Treacherous Teddy] followed by [The Princess and the Hound]
The worst of the month - [Altar of Bones]
June: 4 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 1 new: 0 ARC - 11 books
Best of the Month: [The Last Song]
The worst of the month - No really bad book this month!
July: 4 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 0 new: 1 ARC - 11 books.
Best of the Month: [A Summer in Sonoma]
The worst of the month - [Murder on Monday]
August: 1 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 3 new: 3 ARC - 12 books.
Best of the Month: [Murder Most Persuasive]
The worst of the month - [The Last Boy]
September: 4 pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 1 new: 0 ARC - 11 books.
Best of the Month: [A Great Deliverance]
The worst of the month - [Edward's Eyes] not really bad but it could have been more expanded.
October: 2 pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 2 new: 1 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: [Case Histories]
The worst of the month - [Secret Lives of the Supreme Court]
November: 5 pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 0 new: 0 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: [The Necklace]
The worst of the month - [April 1865: The Month That Saved America]
December: 3 pre-owned: 2 borrowed: 0 new: 1 ARC - 6 books.
Best of the Month: [The mischief of the mistletoe]
The worst of the month - [The Most Dangerous Thing]

Best of 2011:

Buffalo West Wing ★★★★½
The Necklace ★★★★½
A Murderous Procession ★★★★
A Great Deliverance ★★★★
Lumby on the Air ★★★★
Summer in Sonoma ★★★★
Murder with Peacocks ★★★★
Murder is binding ★★★★
The Mournful Teddy ★★★★
Stand-in Groom ★★★★
The Plantation ★★★★
Sew Deadly ★★★★
Princess and the Hound ★★★★
Defending Angels ★★★★


Yearly total
Books Read Owned 65 (Pages: 23,080)
Books Read Borrowed 12 (Pages: 7,345 )
Audio Books heard 31 (376¼ hours, 13,625 equivalent pages )
Total 117 books 44,050 pages

Challenge progress
75 book Challenge 117/75
11 in 11 Challenge completed
50 State Challenge 31/50 + DC
Endless European Challenge 11/48
BOYS 2011 65/60

Total Completed
64 books, 17 Nook Books and 36 audio books - 44,050 pages
104 fiction; 13 nonfiction

Genre Summary

Nonfiction:
11 books History
1 book Health
1 instructional

Fiction:
Novels: 13
Youth/Children/fantasy: 11
Mystery: 46
Historical Fiction: 30
Classic: 4

New Series started
Pink Carnation Mysteries
Bear Collector's Mysteries
Cheese Shop Mysteries
Booktown Mysteries
Lynley/Havers Mysteries
Dublin Murder Squad
Anna Travis Mysteries
Elizabeth Parker Mysteries
Meg Langslow Mysteries
Poisoner Mysteries
Pet Rescue Mysteries
Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries
Dorothy Martin Mysteries
Giordano Bruno Mysteries
Lois Meade Mysteries
Jackson Brodie Mysteries
Miniature Mysteries
Memphis BBQ Mysteries
Outlander
The Mitford Series
Black Cobra Quartet
Trap Trilogy
Keys to the Kingdom
The Princess and . . .
The Heroes of Olympus
Kane Chronicles

Challenge results

75 Challenge - 117 books were completed
11 in 11 Challenge - completed with only 4 overlaps
BOYS (Books Off Your Shelves) goal 60/read 65
2 books were read for the Endless European Challenge
No books were read toward my 50 State Challenge
USPC has progressed through Abraham Lincoln

Other stats
84 of the 117 books read were candidates on my list at the beginning of 2011.
104 books were read for TIOLI Challenges.

FEBRUARY RECAP

I really got on a roll this month! Even though there were fewer days this month, I got more books read than in January. 20 hours in a car for a trip to and from Hilton Head gave me plenty of time to read and read I did!

The best of the month was - [StandIn Groom]

The worst of the month - [Bleak House] not really bad just waaaay toooo longggg!

Travel plans are currently in progress for early in the month so I should have time to read while I sit in the airport. I want to finish the catch up for the January shortfall this month so I will be reading some of the following books:
Outlander

The Crafty Teddy

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough

Naked Heat Group Read March

The Border Vixen

The True Darcy Spirit

Talk of the Ton
Scones and Bones
The Amber Room
French Pressed
Murder is binding

Get Real and Stop Dieting!

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society

JANUARY RECAP 2011

Well, January was just a lazy month trying to recuperate from surgery and get ready for my new granddaughter! I was going to spend a lot of time just reading but then snowy weather dielivered me a few house guests so my reading was stalled! - several romances, a history, some great fiction, even so I'm off to a good start for 2011!

The best of the month was - A Murderous Procession but Acqua Alta was a very close second.
The worst of the month - 1864: Lincoln at the gates of history - not really bad

I read the follow books:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Gingerbread Cookie Murder
1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History
Lumby on the Air
A Murderous Procession
Bedeviled Eggs
Acqua Alta
The Mournful Teddy
Bridge to Terabithia

I hope to keep up in February but travel plans are currently in progress so time for reading may be curtailed. I will be reading some of the following books:
Crown of Destiny
The Masque of the Black Tulip
Heat Wave
Bleak House
The Long Quiche Goodbye
Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war
Stand-in Groom
The White Queen
Scones and Bones
The Altar of Bones
The Amber Room
The False-Hearted Teddy
The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia