Here is my mammoth listing for the year. My total for 2014 was 230 individual works including print books, audio books and ebooks. I began to use my Kindle more this year. For 17 books I elected to both read the print or ebook edition and also listen to the unabridged audio edition My page total was 80,659 ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my December reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 212: The Apologist by Jay Rayner. 2004. 287 pages.Amusing political satire. Review here.

Book 213: The Glass Magician (Paper Magician Trilogy #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg, 2014. 224 pages. Less impressive story and no improvement on setting. Review here.

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Here is a summary of my November reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 196: The Paper Magician (Paper Magician Trilogy #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg, 2014. 226 pages. Good story, poor setting. Review here.

Book 197: The Case of the Missing Books (Mobile Library Mystery #1) by Ian Sansom , 2005. 335 pages. Comic tale set in ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my October reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 176: Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2) by Elizabeth Peters, 1981. 307 pages/audiobook (10 hrs, 6 mins). Narrated by Susan O'Malley. Cozy mystery set in Egypt.
Book 177: The Moses Stone (Chris Bronson #2) by James Becker, 2009. 480 pages. Biblical ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my September reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 164: Blood on the Strand (Thomas Chaloner #2) by Susanna Gregory, 2007. 464 pages. Restoration spy thriller.
Book 165: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, 2009. 384 pages. Story of early 19th-Century fossil collector Mary Anning. Reviews of Books 164 ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my August reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 149: The Fire of Merlin (The Return to Camelot #2 by Donna Hosie, 2013. 233 pages. Second book in YA Arthurian fantasy. Disappointing.
Book 150: Hostage Queen by Freda Lightfoot, 2010. 260 pages. Dull work of historical fiction about Marguerite de Valois. ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my July reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 132: Cockroaches (Harry Hole #2) by Jo Nesbø, 1998. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett, 2013. 388 pages. Harry Hole travels to Thailand to assist in a murder investigation involving the Norwegian ambassador.
Book 133: The Black Path (Rebecka ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my June reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 114: The New Countess (Love and Inheritance #3) by Fay Weldon, 2013. 320 pages. The conclusion of this Edwardian family comedy/drama. Review here.

Book 115: Doughnut by Tom Holt, 2013. 370 pages. Comic SF that didn't impress me. Review here.

Book 116: The ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my May reading with links to longer reviews in my journal. I did read three additional books in May but have not reviewed them yet.

Book 95: The Visitor (Jack Reacher #4) by Lee Child, 2000. 512 pages. Another very readable thriller in this popular series. Review here.

Book 96: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, 2013. 337 pages. ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my April reading with links to longer reviews in my journal. I had a few reviews carried over from March as well as a Read-a-thon event adding to the numbers this month.

Book 72: The Killer Inside (January David #2.5) by Will Carver, 2013. 51 pages. E-teaser for Book 3 in series. Inspired me to re-read Book 1.
Book 73: Girl 4 ( Read more... )