Booksie's Shelves, March 13, 2023

 

Art by RF Skia & Culpeo S. Fox

It's mid-March and time for another Booksie's Shelves.  I've had a pretty good reading year so far and just finished my 51st book.  Spring had come to North Carolina but seems to have retreated for a bit with cold weather forecast for the rest of the month.  Sports is done for me until fall.  My favorite football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, won the Superbowl but my favorite college basketball team, the University of North Carolina Tarheels, didn't make the Big Dance this year.  March Madness is over for me before it started so more time for reading and discussing books.  I'm about to hit the five hundred review mark in Netgalley and I have lots of great books lined up.  Here's what's come through the door lately:

1. Looking Glass Sound, Catriona Ward, horror, sent by publisher
2. No Less The Devil, Stuart MacBride, mystery, purchased (I love this author!)
3. The Dead Of Winter, Stuart MacBride, mystery, purchased
4. The Industry Of Souls, Martin Booth, literary fiction, purchased
5. The Essence Of The Thing, Madeleine St. John, literary fiction, purchased
6. Red Team Blues, Cory Doctorow, literary fiction, sent by publisher
7. The Mayor's Tongue, Nathaniel Rich, literary fiction, purchased
8. Fatelessness, Imre Kertesz, literary fiction, purchased
9. Kunstlers In Paradise, Cathleen Schine, literary fiction, sent by publisher
10. The Tumbling Girl, Bridget Walsh, mystery, sent by publisher
11. A History Of Burning, Janika Oza, literary fiction, sent by publisher
12. The Dragon Behind The Glass, Emily Voigt, nonfiction, purchased
13. Because Of You, Dawn French, literary fiction, purchased
14. Girl, Edna O'Brien, literary fiction, purchased

A list of the ebooks I've purchased:

1. The Direction Of The Wind, Mansi Shah, literary fiction
2. Someone Else's Life, Lyn Butler, literary fiction
3. Watching You, Lisa Jewell, mystery
4. Dead Lions, Mick Herron, spy
5. Boundless, R. A. Salvatore, fantasy
6. The Mothers, Brit Bennett, literary fiction
7. The Books Of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk, literary fiction
8. The Five Wounds, Kristin Valdez Quade, literary fiction
9. City On Fire, Don Winslow, mystery
10. Trace Evidence, Bruce Henderson, true crime
11. The Stay At Home Mother, Nicole Trope, mystery
12. We All Loved Cowboys, Carol Bensimon, literary fiction
13. Native Speaker, Chang-rae Lee, literary fiction
14. Last Seen, Joy Kluver, mystery
15. Exile, R. A. Salvatore, fantasy
16. The Cold, Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty, mystery
17. Equal Rites, Terry Prachett, fantasy
18. Wizard Of The Wasteland, Jon Cronshaw, fantasy
19. The Dragon Rogues, D.K. Holmberg, fantasy
20. A Well-Behaved Woman, Therese Fowler, literary fiction
21. Celine, Peter Heller, literary fiction
22. Whereabouts, Jhumpa Lahiri, literary fiction
23. The Dwarves, Marcus Heitz, fantasy
24. The Way Of Kings, Brandon Sanderson, fantasy
25. Tell Me An Ending, Jo Harkin, mystery
26. Wish You Were Here, Stewart O'Nan, literary fiction
27. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov, literary fiction
28. Dare Me, Megan Abbott, mystery
29. The Dime, Kathleen Kent, mystery
30. The Puppet Show, M.W. Craven, mystery
31. The Curator, M.W. Craven, mystery
32. Dead Ground, M.W. Craven, mystery
33. The Botanist, M.W. Craven, mystery
34. Daughter Of The Morning, Craig Johnson, mystery
35. Do I Know You?. Sarah Strohmeyer, mystery
36. The Foster Family, Nicole Trope, mystery
37. The Ballad Of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings, fantasy
38. The Maid's Diary, Loreth White, mystery
39. A Widow For One Year, John Irving, literary fiction
40. When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead, literary fiction
41. The Crook Factory, Dan Simmons, horror
42. The Black Ascot, Charles Todd, mystery
43. Blood, Salt, Water, Denise Mina, mystery
44. Born In A Burial Gown, M.W. Craven, mystery
45. The Suspect, Michael Robotham, mystery
46. A Closed And Common Orbit, Becky Chambers, science fiction
47. Body Breaker, M.W. Craven, mystery
48. The Beautiful Mystery, Louise Penney, mystery
49. Sleeping Beauties, Stephen/Own King, horror
50. The Last Party, Clare Macintosh, mystery
51. In Too Deep, Simon McCleave, mystery
52. Dragons Walk Among Us, Dan Rice, fantasy
53. The Last Wish, Andrzej Sapkowski, fantasy
54. The Two Of Swords, K.J. Parker, fantasy
55. Deaf Row, Ron Franscell, mystery
56. Watch Her Vanish, Ellery Kane, mystery
57. The Woman In Blue, Elly Griffiths, mystery
58. A Column Of Fire, Ken Follett, historical fiction
59.  Northern Borders, Howard Frank Mosher, literary fiction
60. Lock In, John Scalzi, fantasy
61. The Burial Hour, Jeffrey Deaver, mystery
62. Strange Loyalties, William McIlvanney, mystery
63. The World We Found, Thrity Umigar, literary fiction
64. The Pearl, John Steinbeck, literary fiction
65. Cannery Row, John Steinbeck, literary fiction
66. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck, literary fiction
67. The Red Pony, John Steinbeck, literary fiction
68. The Moon Is Down, John Steinbeck, literary fiction
69. Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck, literary fiction
70. Five Bloody Hearts, Joy Ellis, mystery
71. The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman, mystery
72. Nona The Ninth, Tamryn Muir, fantasy
73. All The Missing Girls, Megan Miranda, mystery
74. Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips, literary fiction
75. Assassin, Andy Peloquin, fantasy
76. Deceiver, Andy Peloquin, fantasy
77. Slayer, Andy Peloquin, fantasy
78. Savior, Andy Peloquin, fantasy
79. Protector, Andy Peloquin, fantasy
80. Far From The Light Of Heaven, Tade Thompson, fantasy
81. A Maggot, John Fowles, literary fiction
82. Gould's Book Of Fish, Richard Flanagan, literary fiction
83. The Hangman, Dinah Miller, mystery
84. Gideon The Ninth, Tamryn Muir, fantasy
85. The Deadline, Ron Franscell, mystery
86. The Obituary, Ron Franscell, mystery
87. Steel And Stone, Kate Haley, fantasy
88. I Have Some Questions For You, Rebecca Makkai, literary fiction
89. The Forgetting, Hannah Beckerman, mystery
90. An Island, Karen Jennings, literary fiction
91. A Heart So White, Javier Marias, literary fiction
92. The Pallbearers Club, Paul Trembley, mystery
93. Find Her, Sarah Denzil, mystery
94. The Pact, Sarah Bolton, mystery
95. Set This House On Fire, William Styron, literary fiction
96. Flamingo, Rachel Elliot, literary fiction
97. Consent, Annabel Lyon, literary fiction
98. Year Of Wonders, Geraldine Brook, literary fiction
99. The Killer You Know, S.R. Masters, mystery
100. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Claire Vaye Watkins, literary fiction
101. The Birthday, Carol Wyer, mystery
102. Since We Fell, Dennis Lehane, mystery
103. The Lying Life Of Adults, Elena Ferrante

Here's what I'm reading:

1. The Butcher, Jennifer Hillier, ebook
2. The Once And Future Witches, Alix Morrow, ebook
3. Epitaph, Mary Doria Russell, ebook
4. America's Best Travel Writing 2009, edited by Simon Winchester, paperback
5. Stone Arabia, Dana Spiotta, hardback
6. An Image In The Lake, Gail Bowen, audiobook
7. Lord Foul's Bane, Stephen Donaldson, hardback
8. The Frangpani Hotel, Violet Kupersmith, ebook
9. No Less The Devil, Stuart MacBride, paperback

Happy Reading!