Booksie's Shelves, October 2, 2020

 

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It's October which means it is fall, my favorite season of the year.  I love the cooler temperatures, the colors, the sense that time is passing.  This year, of course, is strange due to the continuing self-isolation of the Corvid virus which does leave more time for reading.  I read thirteen books in September and at this point have finish 133 books for the year.  I hope to read at least one hundred fifty this year.  I found out about The Guardian's Not The Booker Prize and have been busily compiling lists of the longlist nominations for the past fifteen years.  Here's what's come through the door either physically or electronically:

1. Tome Of The Undergates, Sam Sykes, fantasy, purchased
2. A Great Disturbance, Elizabeth George, mystery, purchased
3. Three Seventeen, Darren Shell, nonfiction, sent by author
4. Privilege, Thomas Carry, mystery, sent by publisher
5. The Dark Circle, Linda Grant, literary fiction, purchased
6. The Fixer's Daughter, Hy Conrad, mystery, sent by author

Here's my e-book purchases this month:

1. Broken Ground, Val McDermid, mystery
2. The Remainder, Alia Trabucco Zeran, literary fiction
3. The Exiled Heir, Jonathan French, fantasy
4. The Errantry Of Bantam Flyn, Jonathan French, fantasy
5. An Advancement Of Learning, Reginald Hill, mystery
6. Snapdragon, Brandon Berntson, horror
7. A Killing Kindness, Reginald Hill, mystery
8. Underworld, Reginald Hill, mystery
9. A Visit From The Good Squad, Jennifer Egan, literary fiction
10. Bad To The Bones, James Harper, mystery
11. Aftermath, E.A. Copen, science fiction
12. Hunting Game, Helene Tursten, mystery
13. The Bishop's Wife, Mette Ivie Harrison, mystery
14. The Last Detective, Peter Lovesey, mystery
15. Dawn Of Dreams, Bronwyn Leroux, fantasy
16. The Unspoken, Ian Smith, mystery
17. Assassination Protocol, Andy Peloquin, science fiction
18. The Crimson Claymore, Craig Price, Jr., fantasy
19. You Have Been Judged, Craig Martelle, science fiction
20. The Old Ways, Robert Macfarlane, nonfiction
21. Storm Front, Jim Butcher, fantasy
22. Dragonfly, Resa Nelson, fantasy
23. The Prison Stone, J.R. Mabry, fantasy
24. All Things Left Wild, James Wade, literary fiction
25. Past Caring, Robert Goddard, thriller
26. Take Me Apart, Sarah Sligar, literary fiction
27. Breath Of Earth, Beth Cato, fantasy

Here's what I'm reading:

1. A God In Ruins, Kate Atkinson, paperback
2. Miracle Creek, Angie Kim, Kindle Fire
3. Hard Red Spring, Kelly Kerney, hardback
4. Evil, Inc, Glen Kaplan, hardback
5. Three Seventeen, Darren Shell, paperback
6. A Great Deliverance, Elizabeth George, paperback
7. The Overstory, Richard Powers, hardback
8. The Path Of Daggers, Robert Jordan, hardback
9. Deception, Denise Mina, hardback
10. In Plain Sight, Kathryn Casey, Kindle Fire
11. Rattle, Fiona Cummins, Kindle Fire

Happy Reading!