Pecking Away at the Neverending To-Be-Read Pile
I calculated awhile back that if I read two books a day, every day for the rest of my life, I'd have to live to be about 150 years old before I get to the bottom of my waiting-to-be-read pile.
Of course, it isn't really a "pile" - it's boxes and shelves filled with books waiting to be read. I've made some progress recently. I have more reading time now that my grandkids are both going to day care in the morning. At some point I'll use this free time for writing instead of reading, but this summer I'm firmly entrenched in reading mode.
Two things about my "to-be-read" pile, besides the fact that it's not a pile. It's not static, since I'm always adding new and used books to it. And I don't always reach for a book I haven't read. I'm a big fan of re-reading old favorites.
Several years ago I started logging all the books I'd been reading on the Barnes & Noble website. Later, I started building a more comprehensive list on Shelfari. Lately, I haven't been updating my books read at all, except in a notebook - an actual paper notebook. But the habit of keeping track of my reading habits online is strong, so I'm transferring the old-school list here.
It's not in alphabetical or even strictly chronological order, and I know I've left out a few (I wrote some down and can't find the list.). But still...
What I've read so far this spring and summer:
THE SECRETS SHE KEPT by Brenda Novak
ATLAS OF CURSED PLACES by Olivier Le Carrer
SHADOWS AT SUNSET by Anne Stuart
LOOK FOR ME BY MOONLIGHT by Mary Downing Hahn
SOFIA KHAN IS NOT OBLIGED by Ayisha Malik
THE BOOK OF BELOVED by Carolyn Haines
THE GIRLS OF MURDER CITY by Douglas Perry
MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL by Ashley Weaver
DEATH WEARS A MASK by Ashley Weaver
THE HATING GAME by Sally Thorne
TEXTBOOK by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
FORGET TOMORROW by Pintip Dunn
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY: THE LIFE STORY OF A GREAT CONCERN by Samuel Herbert Ditchett
IMPOSSIBLE by Nancy Werlin
THE FAIRY GODMOTHER by Mercedes Lackey
THE GRANTCHESTER MYSTERIES: SIDNEY CHAMBERS AND THE DANGERS OF TEMPTATION by James Runcie
READY TO ROLL by Suzanne Brockmann
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: MORE OF MY FAVORITES IN SUSPENSE
FIRST CULPRIT Mystery Anthology
MISSING, PRESUMED by Susie Steiner
HOT IN HELLCAT CANYON by Julie Ann Long
LIKE NO OTHER LOVER by Julie Ann Long
THE BODY IN THE WARDROBE by Katherine Hall Page
NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS by Charlotte Lamb
MALICE DOMESTIC 9 Edited by Joan Hess
DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch
FAKE by Twist Phelan
A GENTLEMAN NEVER TELLS by Eloisa James
DON'T GO HOME by Carolyn Hart
A PREMONITION OF MURDER by Mary Kennedy
TEAR DOWN AND DIE by Joanna Campbell Slan
GET A CLUE by Jill Shalvis
SWEET LITTLE LIES by Jill Shalvis
DINERS, DIVES & DEAD ENDS by Terri L. Austin
THE WICKED DUKE by Madeline Hunter
ONCE A KNIGHT by Christina Dodd
CAROLINA DREAMING by Virginia Kantra
DON'T TEMPT ME by Loretta Chase
MARRYING WINTERBOURNE by Lisa Kleypas
RULES OF THE GAME by Lori Wilde
THE OBSESSION by Nora Roberts
THE LIAR by Nora Roberts
THE GAME OF KINGS by Dorothy Dunnett
PLOTS & ERRORS by Jill McGown
CREATING CLARK by Jason T. Gaffney and Ed Gaffney
KNOT GUILTY by Betty Hechtman
GONE WITH THE WOOL by Betty Hechtman
SEAMS LIKE MURDER by Betty Hechtman
My American Duchess - Eloisa James
Not Quite Perfect - Annie Lyons
Bride Without a Groom - Amy Lynch
Driven by Fire - Anne Stuart
Murder at the Observatory by Christina Squire
Saints of the Lost and Found by T.M. Causey (Toni McGee Causey)
To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey
Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken
The Ex by Alafair Burke
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
THE KILLING OF KATIE STEELSTOCK by Michael Gilbert
FEAR TO TREAD by Michael Gilbert
BAY OF SIGHS (Guardians trilogy) by Nora Roberts
THRICE THE BRINDED CAT MEW'D by Alan Bradley
A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
PHRYNE FISHER series by Kerry Greenwood
COCAINE BLUES
FLYING TOO HIGH
MURDER ON THE BALLARAT TRAIN
DEATH AT VICTORIA DOCK
THE GREEN MILL MURDER
BLOOD AND CIRCUSES
RUDDY GORE
URN BURIAL
RAISINS AND ALMONDS
DEATH BEFORE WICKETS
A QUESTION OF MURDER
MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE
THE CASTLEMAINE MURDERS
QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS
MURDER IN THE DARK
DEATH BY WATER
MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT
AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
UNNATURAL HABITS
MURDER and MENDELSSOHN
GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD series by J.J. Marric
Gideon's Day
Gideon's Week
Gideon's River
Gideon's Sport
GIDEON'S FORCE by William Vivian Butler writing as J.J. Marric
MARY STEWART'S ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVELS:
MADAM, WILL YOU TALK?
NINE COACHES WAITING
WILDFIRE AT MIDNIGHT
THUNDER ON THE RIGHT
MY BROTHER MICHAEL
THE IVY TREE
THE MOONSPINNERS
THIS ROUGH MAGIC
AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND
TOUCH NOT THE CAT
Of course, it isn't really a "pile" - it's boxes and shelves filled with books waiting to be read. I've made some progress recently. I have more reading time now that my grandkids are both going to day care in the morning. At some point I'll use this free time for writing instead of reading, but this summer I'm firmly entrenched in reading mode.
Two things about my "to-be-read" pile, besides the fact that it's not a pile. It's not static, since I'm always adding new and used books to it. And I don't always reach for a book I haven't read. I'm a big fan of re-reading old favorites.
Several years ago I started logging all the books I'd been reading on the Barnes & Noble website. Later, I started building a more comprehensive list on Shelfari. Lately, I haven't been updating my books read at all, except in a notebook - an actual paper notebook. But the habit of keeping track of my reading habits online is strong, so I'm transferring the old-school list here.
It's not in alphabetical or even strictly chronological order, and I know I've left out a few (I wrote some down and can't find the list.). But still...
What I've read so far this spring and summer:
THE SECRETS SHE KEPT by Brenda Novak
ATLAS OF CURSED PLACES by Olivier Le Carrer
SHADOWS AT SUNSET by Anne Stuart
LOOK FOR ME BY MOONLIGHT by Mary Downing Hahn
SOFIA KHAN IS NOT OBLIGED by Ayisha Malik
THE BOOK OF BELOVED by Carolyn Haines
THE GIRLS OF MURDER CITY by Douglas Perry
MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL by Ashley Weaver
DEATH WEARS A MASK by Ashley Weaver
THE HATING GAME by Sally Thorne
TEXTBOOK by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
FORGET TOMORROW by Pintip Dunn
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY: THE LIFE STORY OF A GREAT CONCERN by Samuel Herbert Ditchett
IMPOSSIBLE by Nancy Werlin
THE FAIRY GODMOTHER by Mercedes Lackey
THE GRANTCHESTER MYSTERIES: SIDNEY CHAMBERS AND THE DANGERS OF TEMPTATION by James Runcie
READY TO ROLL by Suzanne Brockmann
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: MORE OF MY FAVORITES IN SUSPENSE
FIRST CULPRIT Mystery Anthology
MISSING, PRESUMED by Susie Steiner
HOT IN HELLCAT CANYON by Julie Ann Long
LIKE NO OTHER LOVER by Julie Ann Long
THE BODY IN THE WARDROBE by Katherine Hall Page
NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS by Charlotte Lamb
MALICE DOMESTIC 9 Edited by Joan Hess
DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch
FAKE by Twist Phelan
A GENTLEMAN NEVER TELLS by Eloisa James
DON'T GO HOME by Carolyn Hart
A PREMONITION OF MURDER by Mary Kennedy
TEAR DOWN AND DIE by Joanna Campbell Slan
GET A CLUE by Jill Shalvis
SWEET LITTLE LIES by Jill Shalvis
DINERS, DIVES & DEAD ENDS by Terri L. Austin
THE WICKED DUKE by Madeline Hunter
ONCE A KNIGHT by Christina Dodd
CAROLINA DREAMING by Virginia Kantra
DON'T TEMPT ME by Loretta Chase
MARRYING WINTERBOURNE by Lisa Kleypas
RULES OF THE GAME by Lori Wilde
THE OBSESSION by Nora Roberts
THE LIAR by Nora Roberts
THE GAME OF KINGS by Dorothy Dunnett
PLOTS & ERRORS by Jill McGown
CREATING CLARK by Jason T. Gaffney and Ed Gaffney
KNOT GUILTY by Betty Hechtman
GONE WITH THE WOOL by Betty Hechtman
SEAMS LIKE MURDER by Betty Hechtman
My American Duchess - Eloisa James
Not Quite Perfect - Annie Lyons
Bride Without a Groom - Amy Lynch
Driven by Fire - Anne Stuart
Murder at the Observatory by Christina Squire
Saints of the Lost and Found by T.M. Causey (Toni McGee Causey)
To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey
Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken
The Ex by Alafair Burke
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
THE KILLING OF KATIE STEELSTOCK by Michael Gilbert
FEAR TO TREAD by Michael Gilbert
BAY OF SIGHS (Guardians trilogy) by Nora Roberts
THRICE THE BRINDED CAT MEW'D by Alan Bradley
A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
PHRYNE FISHER series by Kerry Greenwood
COCAINE BLUES
FLYING TOO HIGH
MURDER ON THE BALLARAT TRAIN
DEATH AT VICTORIA DOCK
THE GREEN MILL MURDER
BLOOD AND CIRCUSES
RUDDY GORE
URN BURIAL
RAISINS AND ALMONDS
DEATH BEFORE WICKETS
A QUESTION OF MURDER
MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE
THE CASTLEMAINE MURDERS
QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS
MURDER IN THE DARK
DEATH BY WATER
MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT
AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
UNNATURAL HABITS
MURDER and MENDELSSOHN
GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD series by J.J. Marric
Gideon's Day
Gideon's Week
Gideon's Night
Gideon's Month
Gideon's Staff
Gideon's Risk
Gideon's Fire
Gideon's March
Gideon's Ride
Gideon's Vote
Gideon's Lot
Gideon's Badge
Gideon's Wrath
Gideon's River
Gideon's Power
Gideon's Sport
Gideon's Art
Gideon's Men
Gideon's Press
Gideon's Fog
Gideon's Drive
Gideon's Drive
GIDEON'S FORCE by William Vivian Butler writing as J.J. Marric
MARY STEWART'S ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVELS:
MADAM, WILL YOU TALK?
NINE COACHES WAITING
WILDFIRE AT MIDNIGHT
THUNDER ON THE RIGHT
MY BROTHER MICHAEL
THE IVY TREE
THE MOONSPINNERS
THIS ROUGH MAGIC
AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND
TOUCH NOT THE CAT
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