Saturday, May 2, 2020

Booksie's Shelves, May 1, 2020


Another month gone of self-isolation and the days seem all the same.  I spend my time reading, watching series on streaming media, cleaning and cooking.  The restrictions have triggered my book buying along with various sales on books found online.  People often ask how I found myself living with over 10,000 books in my house.  This is how.  Usually I only account for physical books that are new to my house, but I've bought so many ebooks also that I'm going to include them.  Here are the ebooks I've bought:

1.  Cleanness, Garth Greenwell
2.  The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal
3.  The Mother-in-law, Sally Hepworth
4.  The Dream Daughter, Diane Chamberlain
5.  Bridge Of Legends, The Complete Series, Sarah K.L. Wilson
6.  The City In The Middle Of The Night, Charlie Jane Anders
7.  How To Walk Away, Katherine Center
8.  Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty
9.  The Long Call, Ann Cleeves
10.  Wash, Margaret Wrinkle
11.  No. 4 Imperial Lane, John Weisman
12.  The Hearts Of Men, Nickolas Butler
13.  The Dream Of The Iron Dragon, Robert Kroese
14.  The Wedding, Lorna Dounaeva
15.  Cold Bath Lane, Lorna Dounaeva
16.  M For Murder, Keri Beevis
17.  The Italian Teacher, Tom Rachman
18.  Future Home Of The Living God, Louise Erdrich
19.  Witch World; High Hallack Cycle, Andre Norton
20.  The Man Who Played With Fire, Jan Stocklassa
21.  Soldier Of Fortune, Kathleen McClure
22.  The Dinosaur Feather, Sissel-Jo Gazan
23.  The Ninth Sorceress, Bonnie Wynne
24.  Cari Mora, Thomas Harris
25.  The Woman Who Couldn't Scream, Christina Dodd
26.  Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie
27.  A Time Of Dread, John Gynne
28.  The Wolf In The Whale, Jordanna Brodsky
29.  What We Forgot To Bury, Marin Montgomery
30.  The Lost Files Of Sherlock Holmes, Paul Gilbert
31.  Dead Of Night, Deborah Lucy
32.  Murder On The Levels, David Hodges
33.  The Beekeeper, Stewart Giles
34.  Squeezed, David Atkinson
35.  Before I Left, Daisy White
36.  Murder On The Marsh, Anne Penketh
37.  Deadly Lies, Chris Collette
38.  Dead Secret, Janice Frost
39.  Their Last Words, Steve Foster
40.  The Murderer's Son, Joy Ellis
41.  Murder On The Oxford Canal, Faith Martin

Here's the physical books that came through the door:

1,  Schroder, Amity Gaige, literary fiction, purchased
2.  Everything Under, Daisy Johnson, literary fiction, purchased
3.  Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo, Boris Fishman, literary fiction, purchased
4.  The Shortest Way Home, Miriam Parker, literary fiction, purchased
5.  The Night Police, Chris Berg/Paul Smith, nonfiction, sent by publisher
6.  The Mirror & The Light, Hilary Mantel, literary fiction, purchased
7.  Confessions About Colton, Olivia Harvard, mystery, sent by publisher
8.  The City Of Tears, Kate Mosse, historical fiction, sent by publisher
9.  The Sopranos, Alan Warner, literary fiction, purchased
10.  The Stars In The Bright Sky, Alan Warner, literary fiction, purchased
11.  The Weight Of Blood, Laura McHugh, mystery, purchased
12.  A Measure Of Darkness, Jonathan/Jesse Kellerman, mystery, purchased
13.  Olive The Lionheart, Brad Ricca, historical fiction, sent by publisher
14.  Modern Lovers, Emma Straub, literary fiction, purchased
15.  Bruno's Dream, Iris Murdoch, literary fiction, purchased
16.  The Friend, Sigrid Nunez, literary fiction, purchased
17.  The Roanoke Girls, Amy Engel, literary fiction, purchased
18.  Death On The River, Diane Fanning, true crime, purchased
19.  Lies Lies Lies, Adele Parks, mystery, won from book event
20.  The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel, literary fiction, purchased
21.  Remembering Babylon, David Malouf, literary fiction, purchased
22.  Take A Hint, Dani Brown, Talia Hibbert, women's fiction, won from book event

Here's what I'm reading:

1.  The Fires Of Heaven, Robert Jordan, hardback
2.  The Paris Hours, Alex George, Kindle Fire
3.  Rattler, Fiona Cummings, Kindle Fire
4.  A Brief History Of Seven Killings, Marlon James, paperback
5.  Quichotte, Salman Rushdie, Kindle Fire
6.  The Whisper Man, Alex North, Kindle Fire
7.  Underland, Robert McFarland, audio
8.  In The Cold, Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty, audio
9.  The Closers, Michael Connelly, hardback

Happy Reading!


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