Booksie's Shelves, January 9, 2024

 

Art by RF Skia & Culpeo S. Fox

January weather doldrums.  We have an all day rain event with predicted high wind gusts.  Still, if it was snow it would be a foot or more and that's a natural disaster in North Carolina where we don't know how to handle snow and where the city doesn't scrape the roads in neighborhoods but waits for it all to melt.  I've cleaned all week so today I can sit and read without guilt.  January won't be a big reading month with both the NFL playoffs and ACC (most notably, the UNC Tarheels) men's basketball heating up.  Most of what's come through the door is Christmas presents with one big catch up on books I missed order from me.  Here's the list:

1. Death At La Fenice, Donna Leon, mystery, purchased for book club read
2. In Zanesville, Jo Ann Beard, women's fiction, purchased
3. Maggie O'Farrell, The Distance Between Us, literary fiction, purchased
4. Fruit Of The Dead, Rachel Lyon, literary fiction, sent by publisher
5. Asunder, Chloe Aridjis, literary fiction, purchased
6. My New American Life, Francine Prose, literary fiction, purchased
7. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje, literary fiction, purchased
8. The Black Hour, Lori Rader-day, mystery, purchased
9. Time Shelter, Georgi Gospodinov, literary fiction, purchased for book club read
10. The Heart Of The Circle, Keren Landsman, fantasy, purchased
11. The Ministry Of Time, Kaliane Bradley, literary fiction, sent by publisher
12. Absolution, Patrick Flanery, literary fiction, purchased
13. Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch, fantasy, gift
14. The Prophets, Robert Jones, Jr., literary fiction, purchased
15. The Shallows, Nicholas Carr, nonfiction, purchased
16. A Day At The Beach, Geoffrey Wolff, nonfiction, purchased
17. The Good Girls, Sonia Faleiro, true crime, purchased
18. Ali Smith, Summer, literary fiction, gift
19. City Of Saints And Madmen, Jeff Vandermeer, fantasy, gift
20. Four Lost Cities, Annalee Newitz, nonfiction, gift
21. Moon Witch Spider King, Marlon James, fantasy, gift

Here's the ebooks I've purchased:

1. Flower Net, Lisa See, literary fiction
2. Radio Silence, Alyssa Cole, mystery
3. Redemption, Phil Williams, mystery
4. The Passengers, John Marrs, mystery
5. Silver In The Bone, Alexandra Bracken, fantasy
6. Silent City, Carrie Smith, mystery
7. Sweetpea, C.J. Skuse, mystery
8. One For My Enemy, Olivie Blake, fantasy
9. Fifty Grand, Adrian McKinty, mystery
10. The Surgeon, Karl Hill, mystery
11. Imaginary Friends, Alison Lurie, literary fiction
12. Silenced Girls, Roger Stelljes, mystery
13. Queen Bee, Ciara Geraghty, literary fiction
14. Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harafi, nonfiction
15. Independence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, historical fiction
16. The Sun Walks Down, Fiona McFarlane, historical fiction
17. Doppelganger, Naomi Klein, nonfiction
18. Songs In Ordinary Time, Mary McGarry Morris, historical fiction
19. The Bones At Point No Point, D.D. Black, mystery
20. The Sea Of Zamira, D.L. Blade, fantasy
21. Of Ice And Heartbreak, Marianne Scott, fantasy
22. A God's Promise, Kayla Maya, fantasy
23. Diary Of A War Crime, Simon McCleave, mystery
24. Marvel And A Wonder, Joe Meno, literary fiction
25. Dance Of Thieves, Mary Pearson, fantasy
26. Vow Of Thieves, Mary Pearson, fantasy
27. King Of Ashes, Raymond Fiest, fantasy
28. Master Of Furies, Raymond Fiest, fantasy
29. Mother Of God, Paul Rosolie, nonfiction, travel
30. Overboard, Sara Parentsky, mystery
31. The Big Sort, Bill Bishop, nonfiction
32. The Unpersuadables, Will Storr, nonfiction
33. The Misinformation Age, Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall, nonfiction
34. The Deficit Myth, Stephanie Kelton, nonfiction
35. The Secret Place, Tana French, mystery
36. Daddy Love, Joyce Carol Oates, literary fiction
37. Lay Your Body Down, Amy Suiter Clarke, mystery
38. Blessing Of The Lost Girls, J.A. Jance, mystery
39. Trust The Plan, Will Sommer, nonfiction
40. To Shape A Dragon's Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose, fantasy
41. Cicadas Sing Of Summer Graves, Quinn Connor, literary fiction
42. This Little Piggy, J.D. Kirk, mystery
43. Indian Killer, Sherman Alexie, mystery
44. Stringers, Chris Panatier, science fiction
45. All That Was Left Unsaid, Jacquie Underdown, mystery
46. One For Sorrow, Sarah Denzil, mystery
47. Speaking In Tongues, Jeffrey Deaver, mystery
48. Red Christmas, Reginald Hill, mystery
49. The Case Has Altered, Martha Grimes, mystery
50. Confessions Of An Accidental Lawyer, Michael Stockham, legal thriller
51. Rabbit King, Keith McCabe, horror
52. An Immense World, Ed Yong, nonfiction
53. Jane And Edward, Melanie Edwards, literary fiction
54. See No Evil, B.A. Shapiro, mystery
55. King Of The City, Michael Moorcock, fantasy
56. A Boy Of Good Breeding, Miriam Toews, literary fiction
57. What She Left, H.K. Christie, mystery
58. One Cold Heart, KJ Kalis, mystery
59. Happiness, Aminatta Forna, literary fiction
60. Judgement Day, Penlope Lively, literary fiction
61. Almost Surely Dead, Amina Akhtar, mystery
62. Last Night, Luanne Rice, women's fiction
63. Scared To Live, Stephen Booth, mystery
64. I'll Take You There, Wally Lamb, literary fiction
65. Boy Parts, Eliza Clark, literary fiction
66. Fragile, Lisa Unger, mystery
67. Creepy Crawly, Andrew Lowe, mystery
68. A Fatal Obsession, Faith Martin, mystery
69. A Sea Of Troubles, Donna Leon, mystery
70. A Midsummer Tempest, Poul Anderson, fantasy
71. Birds In Flight, Anni Taylor, mystery
72. Probability Moon, Nancy Kress, science fiction
73. Eden, W.A. Schwartz, literary fiction
74. A Cavern Of Black Ice, J.V. Jones, fantasy
75. Rough Justice, Andrew Klaven, mystery
76. A Fairly Dangerous Thing, Reginald Hill, mystery
77. A Thousand Recipes For Revenge, Beth Cato, fantasy

Here's what I'm reading:

1. How The World Really Works, Vaclav Smil, hardback
2. An Innocent Grave, Peter Robinson, paperback
3. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, Kindle
4. The Devotion Of Suspect X, Keigo Higashino, paperback
5. The Weight Of Ink, Rachel Kadish, Kindle
6. Where Girls Go, B.K. Spangler, Kindle
7. The Fells, Ian Rankin, hardback
8. Dark City Lights, edited by Lawrence Block, paperback

Happy Reading!