Booksie's Sheves, November 14, 2024

 

It's November in North Carolina and today is a dark, dreary day.  I actually welcome it because most of the fall has been sunny days with temperatures in the upper 70's and 80's.  I'm ready for some cooler weather.  My reading has been taking a hit lately since both the Kansas City Chiefs and the North Carolina Tarheels are in the midst of playing and I have to watch that.  Add in a new walking routine (November is a mile a day, then December will be a mile and a half, etc) and I'm reading a bit less.  But still acquiring books!  I've been buying International Booker nominees and other books recommended by authors I follow.  Here's what's come through the door lately:

1. Hotel Lucky Seven, Kotaro Isaka, mystery, sent by publisher
2. The Last Great Road Bum, Hector Tobar, biography, purchased
3. The Mountaintop School For Dogs, Ellen Cooney, literary fiction, purchased
4. The Village Idiot, Steve Stern, literary fiction, purchased
5. Go, Went, Gone, Jenny Erpenbeck, literary fiction, purchased
6. We Used To Be Kings, Stewart Foster, literary fiction, purchased
7. The Disappearance Of Adele Bedeau, Graeme Macrae Burnet, mystery, purchased
8. A Horse Walks Into A Bar, David Grossman, literary fiction, purchased
9. A House At The Edge Of The World, Julia Rochester, literary fiction, purchased
10. Tenderwire, Claire Kilroy, literary fiction, purchased
11. Boxer Handsome, Anna Whitwham, literary fiction, purchased
12. The Jackdaw, Luke Delaney, mystery, purchased
13. A Ghost In The Throat, Doireann Ni Ghriofa, literary fiction, purchased
14. Beheld, Tarashea Nesbit, historical fiction, purchased
15. Lean Fall Stand, Jon McGregor, literary fiction, purchased
16. Billy Summers, Stephen King, mystery, purchased
17. How This Night Is Different, Elisa Albert, anthology, purchased
18. After Birth, Elisa Albert, literary fiction, purchased
19. Human Blues, Elisa Albert, literary fiction, purchased
20. Dear Miss Metropolitan, Carolyn Ferrell, literary fiction, purchased

Here are the ebooks I've bought:

1. The Hunting Ground, Jean Heller, mystery
2. Go Tell It On The Mountain, James Baldwin, literary fiction
3. The Sleeping Doll, Jeffrey Deaver, mystery
4. Revenge Of The Spellmans, Lisa Lutz, mystery
5. Shroud For A Nightengale, P.D. James, mystery
6. The Wretched Of Muirwood, Jeff Wheeler, fantasy
7. Blue Moon, Lee Child, thriller
8. What Is Left The Daughter, Howard Norman, literary fiction
9. The Red Dahlia, Lynda La Plante, mystery
10. The Neighborhood, Mario Vargas Llosa, literary fiction
11. Good Girl, Bad Blood, Holly Jackson, mystery
12. Zeke And Ned, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, literary fiction
13. Imposter, LJ Ross, mystery
14. Hysteria, LJ Ross, mystery
15. A Summer Of Discontent, Susanna Gregory, mystery
16. A Plague On Both Your Houses, Susanna Gregory, mystery
17. An Unholy Alliance, Susanna Gregory, mystery
18. The Mark Of A Murderer, Susanna Gregory, mystery
19. The Devil's Disciples, Susanna Gregory, mystery
20. A Vein Of Deceit, Susanna Gregory, mystery
21. Changes, Jim Butcher, fantasy
22. Turn Coat, Jim Butcher, fantasy
23. Ghost Story, Jim Butcher, fantasy
24. The Midnight Lock, Jeffery Deaver, mystery
25. Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon, literary fiction
26. Stella Maris, Cormac McCarthy, literary fiction
27. A Serious Man, David Storey, literary fiction
28. Sepharad, Antonio Munoz Molina, historical fiction
29. Olympos, Dan Simmons, fantasy
30. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, literary fiction
31. The Naturalist Society, Carrie Vaughn, fantasy
32. A Tribute Of Fire, Sariah Wilson, fantasy
33. Caldonian Road, Andrew O'Hagan, literary fiction
34. Present Times, David Storey, literary fiction
35. Rainbow's End, Martha Grimes, mystery
36. The Last Mrs. Parrish, Liv Constantine, mystery
37. Lent, Jo Walton, fantasy
38. Ballistic Kiss, Richard Kadrey, fantasy
39. The Butcher And The Wren, Alaina Urquhart, mystery
40. Inside The Criminal Mind, Stanton Samenow, nonfiction
41. The Taker, Alma Katsu, fantasy
42. The Double Life Of Liliane, Lily Tuck, literary fiction
43. Maxwell's Revenge. M.J. Trow, mystery
44. The Tenderness Of Wolves, Stef Penney, literary fiction
45. Bloodlines, Sharon Sala, mystery
46. The Coldest Blood, Jim Kelley, mystery
47. How To Sell A Haunted House, Grady Hendrix, horror
48. The Kiss Of Deception, Mary Pearson, fantasy
49. Cold Killing, Luke Delaney, mystery
50. The Broken Shore, Peter Temple, mystery
51. Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer, fantasy
52. Babylon's Ashes, James Corey, fantasy
53. Persepolis Rising, James Corey, fantasy
54. The Lawyer, A. A. Chaudhuri, mystery
55. Six Of Crows, Leigh Bardugo, fantasy
56. Sweetgirl, Travis Mulhauser, literary fiction
57. The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, Ruth Rendell, mystery
58. Glorious Boy, Aimee Liu, historical fiction
59. Last Request, Liz Minstry, mystery
60. The Siege Winter, Ariana Franklin, mystery
61. Killing Me Softly, Nicci French, mystery
62. Visitation, Jenny Erpenbeck, literary fiction
63. All The Queen's Men, SJ Bennett, mystery
64. Blindsided, Liz Evans, mystery
65. In His Majesty's Service, Naomi Novik, fantasy
66. The Boy Detective Fails, Joe Meno, mystery
67. Such A Bad Influence, Olivia Muenter, mystery
68. The Midnight Witness, Sara Blaedel, mystery
69. The Silent Woman, Sara Blaedel, mystery
70. Blink, K.L. Slater, mystery
71. The Comfort Of Strangers, Ian McEwan, literary fiction
72. Bombay Time, Thrity Umrigar, historical fiction
73. The Door-to-Door Bookstore, Carsten Henn, literary fiction
74. The Abduction, Jonathan Holt, fantasy
75. Family Meal, Bryan Washington, literary fiction
76. I Know Who You Are, Alice Feeney, mystery
77. The Skeleton Man, Jim Kelly, mystery
78. Neuropath, R. Scott Bakker, mystery
79. Not The End Of The World, Kate Atkinson, literary fiction
80. Rainbow Black, Maggie Thrash, mystery
81. The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Salman Rushdie, literary fiction
82. The Crooked Branch, Jeanne Cummins, literary fiction
83. The Complete Wilson And McLeish Mysteries, Janet Neel, mystery
84. Bloody River Blues, Jeffery Deaver, mystery
85. In One Person, John Irving, literary fiction
86. All The Lives We Never Lived, Anuradha Roy, literary fiction
87. Devil's Day, Andrew Michael Hurley, mystery
88. The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman, fantasy
89. She Rides Shotgun, Jordan Harper, mystery
90. Cruel Beautiful World, Caroline Leavitt, literary fiction
91. Last One Left Alive, Michael Wood, mystery
92. A Gathering Of Ghosts, Karen Maitland, mystery
93. Murder On Port Meadow, Annie Dalton, mystery
94. Mr. Murder, Dean Kootz, mystery
95. The Hollow Place, Rick Morfina, mystery
96. The Quincunx, Charles Pallister, historical fiction
97. The Ghost Theatre, Mat Osman, historical fiction
98. Sometimes People Die, Simon Stephenson, mystery
99. Her Last Goodbye, Carla Kovach, mystery
100. Praiseworthy, Alexis Wright, literary fiction
101. A Private Hotel For Gentle Ladies, Ellen Cooney, literary fiction
102. The Other Side Of Mrs Wood, Lucy Barker, historical fiction
103. The Tattooed Soldier, Hector Tobar, historical fiction
104. The Broken Afternoon, Simon Mason, mystery
105. Wish You Were Here, Tom Holt, fantasy
106. The Sugar House, Laura Lippman, mystery
107. The Locked Attic, BP Walter, mystery
108. Mister B Gone, Clive Barker, horror
109. Midnight Fugue, Reginald Hill, mystery
110. Crime Buff's Guide To Los Angeles, Ron Franscell, nonfiction
111. Nothing But Blue Skies, Tom Holt, fanatasy
112. Lost Boy, Christina Henry, fantasy
113. The Last Witch Of Scotland, Philip Paris, historical fiction
114. An Affinity For Steel, Sam Sykes, fantasy
115. The Serpent Pool, Martin Edwards, mystery
116. The Murder Pit, Mick Finley, mystery
117. Everyone Has Secrets, AJ McDine, mystery
118. Eric, Terry Pratchett, fantasy
119. Death On The Dee, M J Lee, mystery
120. Murder On Sky, Daniel Sellers, mystery
121. Praxis, Fay Weldon, literary fiction
122. Rise Of The Mages, Scott Drakeford, fantasy
123. Dinosaurs, Lydia Millett, literary fiction
124. Homeland, R.A. Salvatore, fantasy
125. The Lost Husband, Katherine Center, women's fiction
126. White Nights, Ann Cleeve, mystery
127. Blood Trail, C.J. Box, mystery
128. This Savage World, Anne Housego, historical fiction
129. A Litter Of Bones, J.D. Kirk, mystery
130. A Dead Man Walking, J.D. Kirk, mystery
131. Cities Of The Plain, Cormac McCarthy, literary fiction
132. The Gods Below, Andrea Stewart, fantasy
133. Out, Natsuo Kirino, mystery
134. The Fells, Cath Staincliffe, mystery
135. Creation, Gore Vidal, literary fiction
136. Citadel, Kate Mosse, historical fiction
137. The Untouchable, John Banville, literary fiction
138. The Just City, Jo Walton, fantasy
139. The Philosopher Kings, Jo Walton, fantasy
140. The Silent Watcher, Victor Methos, mystery
141. The Colony, Sally Denton, literary fiction
142. Child Of A Mad God, R.A. Salvatore, fantasy
143. In Praise Of The Stepmother, Mario Vargas Llosa, literary fiction
144. OverLondon, George Penney and Tony Johnson, fantasy
145. How The Light Gets In, Joyce Maynard, women's fiction
146. One Last Breath, Sara Sutton, mystery
147. The Ornatrix, Kate Howard, historical fiction
148. All The Lovers In The Night, Mieko Kawakami, literary fiction
149. Hide And Seek, Ian Rankin, mystery
150. Justice Hall, Laurie King, mystery
151. Overtime, Tom Holt, fantasy
152. Open Sesame, Tom Holt, fantasy
153. Little People, Tom Holt, fantasy
154. The Silverblood Promise, James Logan, fantasy
155. The Lying Game, Ruth Ware, mystery
156. Tombland, C.J. Sansome, mystery
157. Fuzz, Mary Roach, nonfiction
158. Clear Light Of Day, Anita Desai, literary fiction
159. Ten Little Bloodhounds, Virginia Lanier, mystery
160. The Law Of The Land, Charles Rembar, nonfiction
161. The Anniversary Man, R.J. Ellory, mystery
162. A Pagan Place, Edna O'Brien, literary fiction
163. To Squeeze A Prairie Dog, Scott Semegran, literary fiction
164. How I Magically Messed Up My Life In Four Days, Megan O'Russell, fantasy
165. Poison Memories, Helen Phifer, mystery
166. The Daughter, Jane Shemilt, mystery
167. Matters Of Chance, Gail Albert, women's fiction
168. The Girls I've Been, Tess Sharpe, mystery
169. The Night Women, Sara Blaedel, mystery
170. Whoever Fights Monsters, Robert Ressler, nonfiction true crime
171. Where The Light Enters, Sarah Donati, historical fiction
172. The Gone Dead, Chenelle Benz, mystery

Here's what I'm reading:

1. American Dirt, Jeanne Cummins, Kindle
2. The Bodyguard, Katherine Center, Kindle
3. The Santatorium, Sarah Pease, paperback
4. Gideon The Ninth, Tasmyn Muir, Kindle
5. Perfume River, Robert Olen Butler, Kindle
6. An Embarrassment Of Riches, Gerald Hansen, paperback
7. Acid Row, Minette Walters, paperback
8. Hide Me Among The Graves, Tim Powers, hardback
9. In A Place Of Darkness, Stuart McBride, hardback
10. Our Evenings, Alan Cunningham, hardback

Happy Reading!

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