2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I far surpassed my goal for this year, but there were exceptional circumstances in 2012 which allowed me a LOT more reading time than I'd anticipated. That said, I'm going to set my 2013 goal a bit higher than I'd originally set for 2012, and go for 125 books.

Here we go again ... :)

1. The Town That Came A-Courtin', by Ronda Rich, finished 1/2 ★★★★
2. The Parrot Talks In Chocolate (The Life & Times of a Hawaiian Tiki Bar #1), by Everett Peacock, finished 1/2 - I expected this to be a mystery -- not sure where I got that impression -- but it's not :) ★★★
3. Christmas Memories at Grace Chapel Inn, from Guideposts magazine, finished 1/3 ★★★
4. Bedeviled Eggs (Cackleberry Club #3), by Laura Childs, finished 1/5 ★★★
5. The Cat Who Came for Christmas, by Cleveland Amory, finished 1/5 ★★

6. Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, finished 1/6 ★★★★
7. Murder Most Frothy (Coffeeshop #4), by Cleo Coyle, finished 1/6 ★★★
8. What the Cat Dragged In (Jacques & Cleo #1), by Gilbert Morris, finished 1/8 ★★
9. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #3), by Agatha Christie, finished 1/10 ★★★★
10. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, by Vicki Myron, finished 1/11 ★★★★

11. In Plain Sight (Ivy Malone #2), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 1/13 ★★★★
12. A Body to Die For (Bailey Weggins #2), by Kate White, finished 1/14 ★★★★
13. Invasive Procedures, by Orson Scott Card, finished 1/15 ★★
14. The Last Runaway, by Tracy Chevalier, finished 1/16 ★★★★
15. Nowhere to Run (KEY News #6), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 1/20 ★★★★

16. Night Marchers (Night Marchers #1), by Rebecca Gober, finished 1/21 ★★
17. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1), by Elizabeth Peters, finished 1/24 ★★★
18. Runemarks (Runemarks #1) , by Joanne Harris, finished 1/26 ★★
19. Armageddon's Children (Genesis of Shannara #1), by Terry Brooks, finished 1/26 ★★★
20. Kinsey and Me: Stories, by Sue Grafton, finished 1/27 ★★★

21. Guide to Pennsylvania Troops at Gettysburg, by Richard Rollins, finished 1/28 ★★
22. The Lost Art of Mixing, by Erica Bauermeister, finished 1/29 ★★★
23. The One You Love, by Paul Pilkington, finished 1/29 ★★★
24. Finding Camlann, by Sean Pidgeon, finished 1/31 ★★★
25. And On the Eighth Day..., by Ellery Queen, finished 2/2 ★★★

26. Night Over Water, by Ken Follett, finished 2/3 ★★★
27. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Friday Harbor #1), by Lisa Kleypas, finished 2/4 ★★★★
28. The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23 Mysteries #1), by Debbie Viguié, finished 2/5 ★★★★
29. The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss, finished 2/6 ★★★
30. Shadow Zone, by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen, finished 2/7 ★★★

31. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, by Jennifer Chiaverini, finished 2/9 ★★★★
32. A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, finished 2/12 ★★
33. One Hot Murder (Victoria Square #3), by Lorraine Bartlett, finished 2/13 ★★★★
34. Never Sorry (Leigh Koslow #2), by Edie Claire, finished 2/15 ★★★
35. Why Does a Ball Bounce?: 101 Questions You Never Thought of Asking, by Adam Hart-Davis, finished 2/15 ★★★★

36. To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan #1), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 2/15 ★★★★
37. Easter Bunny Murder (Lucy Stone #19), by Leslie Meier, finished 2/18 ★★★★
38. The Last Templar (Templar #1), by Raymond Khoury, finished 2/19 ★★
39. One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity, by Debbie Macomber,
finished 2/19 ★★★
40. Zoned for Murder (Sound Shore Times #1), by Evelyn David , finished 2/21 ★★★

41. Dead as a Scone (Royal Tunbridge Wells #1), by Ron & Janet Benrey, finished 2/22 ★★★
42. One Deadly Sister (Sandy Reid #1), by Rod Hoisington, finished 2/24 ★★
43. Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys, finished 2/25 ★★★★
44. Hearse and Buggy (Amish Mystery #1), by Laura Bradford, finished 2/25 ★★★★
45. Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, finished 2/26 ★★

46. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen #16), by Joanne Fluke, finished 2/26 ★★★
47. Three Days: A Mother's Story, by Melody Carlson, finished 2/26 ★★★★
48. The Starboard Sea, by Amber Dermont, finished 2/27 ★★
49. The Cold Light of Mourning (Penny Brannigan #1), by Elizabeth J. Duncan, finished 2/28 ★★★★
50. Killer Librarian, by Mary Lou Kirwin, finished 3/3 - sure hope this is the first in a series! I want to find out more about Karen, Caldwell and Rose :) ★★★★


                  

                  

                

                  

                  

Figured it would be easier if I break this down into several smaller posts ...

26. Night Over Water, by Ken Follett, finished 2/3 ★★★
27. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Friday Harbor #1), by Lisa Kleypas, finished 2/4 ★★★★
28. The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23 Mysteries #1), by Debbie Viguié, finished 2/5 ★★★★
29. The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss, finished 2/6 ★★★
30. Shadow Zone, by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen, finished 2/7 ★★★

31. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, by Jennifer Chiaverini, finished 2/9 ★★★★
32. A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, finished 2/12 ★★
33. One Hot Murder (Victoria Square #3), by Lorraine Bartlett, finished 2/13 ★★★★
34. Never Sorry (Leigh Koslow #2), by Edie Claire, finished 2/15 ★★★
35. Why Does a Ball Bounce?: 101 Questions You Never Thought of Asking, by Adam Hart-Davis, finished 2/15 ★★★★

36. To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan #1), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 2/15 ★★★★
37. Easter Bunny Murder (Lucy Stone #19), by Leslie Meier, finished 2/18 ★★★★
38. The Last Templar (Templar #1), by Raymond Khoury, finished 2/19 ★★
39. One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity, by Debbie Macomber,
finished 2/19 ★★★
40. Zoned for Murder (Sound Shore Times #1), by Evelyn David , finished 2/21 ★★★

41. Dead as a Scone (Royal Tunbridge Wells #1), by Ron & Janet Benrey, finished 2/22 ★★★
42. One Deadly Sister (Sandy Reid #1), by Rod Hoisington, finished 2/24 ★★
43. Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys, finished 2/25 ★★★★
44. Hearse and Buggy (Amish Mystery #1), by Laura Bradford, finished 2/25 ★★★★
45. Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, finished 2/26 ★★

46. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen #16), by Joanne Fluke, finished 2/26 ★★★
47. Three Days: A Mother's Story, by Melody Carlson, finished 2/26 ★★★★
48. The Starboard Sea, by Amber Dermont, finished 2/27 ★★
49. The Cold Light of Mourning (Penny Brannigan #1), by Elizabeth J. Duncan, finished 2/28 ★★★★
50. Killer Librarian, by Mary Lou Kirwin, finished 3/3 - sure hope this is the first in a series! I want to find out more about Karen, Caldwell and Rose :) ★★★★


                  

                  

        

51. The Typewriter Girl, by Alison Atlee, finished 3/6 ★★★★
52. The Yellow Feather Mystery, by Franklin W. Dixon, finished 3/7 ★★
53. 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time,
by Michael Brooks, finished 3/8 ★★★
54. Murder on the Mind (Jeff Resnick #1), by L.L. Bartlett, finished 3/10 ★★
55. Our Husband, by Stephanie Bond, finished 3/11 ★★★

56. A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5), by Elly Griffiths, finished 3/12 ★★★★
57. Do You Want To Know A Secret? (Key News #1), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 3/15 ★★★★
58. Guns Will Keep Us Together (Bombay Assassins #2), by Leslie Langtry, finished 3/17 ★★★
59. Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta #1), by Patricia Cornwell, finished 3/20 ★★
60. On the Run (Ivy Malone #3), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 3/21 ★★★★

61. An Expert in Murder (Jospehine Tey #1), by Nicola Upson, finished 3/24 ★★
62. Never Preach Past Noon (Leigh Koslow #3), by Edie Claire, finished 3/25 ★★★
63. The Jefferson Key (Cotton Malone #7), by Steve Berry, finished 3/26 ★★★★
64. Black Out (Inspector Troy #1), by John Lawton, finished 3/27 ★★
65. Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2), by Jacqueline Winspear, finished 3/28 ★★★

66. Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law #1), by Jana DeLeon, finished 3/29 ★★★★
67. And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily #1), by Tasha Alexander, finished 3/31 ★★★
68. A Stranger's Game (Bitter Creek #7), by Joan Johnston, finished 4/2 ★★★
69. Three Sisters (Blackberry Island #2), by Susan Mallery, finished 4/2 ★★★★

70. Killer Honeymoon (Savannah Reid #18), by G.A. McKevett, finished 4/4 ★★★★
71. The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time, by Bob Harris, finished 4/5 ★★★
72. Heat Wave (Nikki Heat #1), by Richard Castle, finished 4/6 ★★★
73. Firefly Lane, by Kristin Hannah, finished 4/7 ★★★★
74. The Icecutter's Daughter (Land of Shining Water #1), by Tracie Peterson, finished 4/8 ★★★★
75. The Underdog and Other Stories, by Agatha Christie, finished 4/10 ★★


                  

                  

        

Wow! Look at you go!

76. Stake & Eggs (Cackleberry Club #4), by Laura Childs, finished 4/13 ★★★★
77. Starting Now (Blossom Street #9), by Debbie Macomber, finished 4/13 ★★★★
78. Keeper of the Keys, by Perri O’Shaughnessy, finished 4/14 ★★★
79. The Trudeau Vector, by Juris Jurjevics, finished 4/16 ★★
80. The Sign Of The Book (Cliff Janeway #4), by John Dunning, finished 4/17 ★★★★

81. Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince (Aunt Dimity #18), by Nancy Atherton, finished 4/18 ★★★★
82. The Black Echo (Harry Bosch #1), by Michael Connelly, finished 4/19 ★★★
83. That's Not in My American History Book, by Thomas Ayres, finished 4/20 ★★★
84. The Ashford Affair, by Lauren Willig, finished 4/21 ★★★★
85. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce #1), by Alan Bradley, finished 4/23 ★★★★

86. Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers, finished 4/24 ★★
87. Classified as Murder (Cat in the Stacks #2), by Miranda James, finished 4/26 ★★★★
88. Lost Tribe of the Sith, by John Jackson Miller, finished 4/27 ★★★
89. You're Next, by Gregg Hurwitz, finished 4/29 ★★★

90. Buried in a Book (Novel Idea #1), by Lucy Arlington, finished 4/29 ★★★
91. Third Strike (Coyne/Jackson #3), by Philip R. Craig & William G. Tapply, finished 4/30 ★★★★
92. Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley #3), by Elizabeth George, finished 5/1 ★★★
93. Simple Genius (King & Maxwell #3), by David Baldacci, finished 5/2 ★★★
94. Double-Booked for Death (Black Cat Bookshop #1), by Ali Brandon, finished 5/3 ★★★
95. The Moving Finger, (Miss Marple #4), by Agatha Christie, finished 5/4 ★★★★

96. I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life, by Joel Osteen, finished 5/4 ★★
97. A Broth of Betrayal (Soup Lovers #2), by Connie Archer, finished 5/6 ★★★★
98. Lost & Found (Rocky Pelligrino #1), by Jacqueline Sheehan, finished 5/7 ★★★
99. The King's Deception (Cotton Malone #8), by Steve Berry, finished 5/8 ★★★★
100. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, finished 5/9 ★★★



                  

                  

        

Kara wrote: "Wow! Look at you go!"

Yeah .. I'm going to pass my goal really early this year. But if it's ok with you, I'm just going to hang out here and keep adding books as I finish them :)

It's absolutely okay with me, Barb. :)

Great, thanks! I really didn't want to have to move to a different thread/group :)

101. Naked in Death, (In Death #1), by J.D. Robb, finished 5/12 ★★★★
102. The Dog Park Club (Max Bravo #1), by Cynthia Robinson, finished 5/14 ★★
103. The Lover's Dictionary, by David Levithan, finished 5/15 ★★★
104. The Fortune Quilt, by Lani Diane Rich, finished 5/16 ★★★★
105. Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, by Luis Carlos Montalvan, finished 5/17 ★★★★

106. The Yellow Room, by Mary Roberts Rinehart, finished 5/18 ★★★
107. Dead In The Water (Kate Shugak #3), by Dana Stabenow, finished 5/18 ★★★
108. Gettysburg, by Stephen W. Sears, finished 5/19 ★★★
109. Love Lies Bleeding (China Bayles #6), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 5/21 ★★★★
110. Make, Take, Murder (Kiki Lowenstein #4), by Joanna Campbell-Slan, finished 5/22 ★★★

111. Larceny and Old Lace (Den of Iniquity #1), by Tamar Myers, finished 5/23 ★★
112. Deliver Us From Evil (Shaw & James #2), by David Baldacci, finished 5/24 ★★★
113. Decaffeinated Corpse (Coffee House #5), by Cleo Coyle, finished 5/25 ★★★
114. Wedding Cake Killer (Fresh Baked #7), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 5/28 ★★★
115. Dragonwell Dead (Tea Shop #8), by Laura Childs, finished 5/29 ★★★

116. The "M" Word (Bel Barrett #1), by Jane Isenberg, finished 6/1 ★★★
117. The Overton Window, by Glenn Beck, finished 6/1 ★★
118. Old World Murder (Chloe Ellefson #1), by Kathleen Ernst, finished 6/1 ★★★★
119. The Time Between, by Karen White, finished 6/4 ★★★★
120. Fall Girl, by Marybeth Smith, finished 6/4 ★★

121. The Innocent (Will Robie #1), by David Baldacci, finished 6/6 ★★★★
122. Ready, Scrap, Shoot (Kiki Lowenstein #5), by Joanna Campbell-Slan, finished 6/6 ★★★
123. A Brush with Death (Penny Brannigan #2), by Elizabeth J. Duncan, finished 6/9 ★★★★
124. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell #1), by Laurie R. King, finished 6/11 ★★★
125. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1), by Dan Brown, finished 6/11 ★★★


                          

                          

        

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126. The Angel's Game (Cemetery of Forgotten Graves #2), by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, finished 6/13 ★★
127. Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1), by P.D. James, finished 6/15 ★★★
128. Time Flies, by Claire Cook, finished 6/16 ★★★★
129. Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden, finished 6/18 ★★★
130. Cinnamon and Gunpowder, by Eli Brown, finished 6/19 ★★★★

131. Chocolate Dipped Death (Candy Shop #2), by Sammi Carter, finished 6/20 ★★★
132. 'Til Death Do Us Part (Bailey Weggins #3), by Kate White, finished 6/21 ★★★★
133. The Senator's Wife, by Sue Miller, finished 6/22 ★★★
134. The Long Quiche Goodbye (Cheese Shop #1), by Avery Aames, finished 6/24 ★★★★
135. The Quick and the Thread (Embroidery Mystery #1), by Amanda Lee, finished 6/26 ★★★

136 . The Distant Hours, by Kate Morton, finished 6/27 ★★
137. Mama Rides Shotgun (Mace Bauer #2), by Deborah Sharp, finished 6/29 ★★★★
138. Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can't Live Without, by Julie Klam, finished 6/30 ★★
139. Island Girls, by Nancy Thayer, finished 7/1 ★★★★
140. The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, by Lily Koppel, finished 7/2 ★★★

141. Thirteen At Dinner (Hercule Poirot #9), by Agatha Christie, finished 7/4 ★★★★
142. Ladies' Night, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 7/6 ★★★★
143. Civil War Women, by Frank McSherry, Jr., finished 7/8 ★★
144. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff, finished 7/10 ★★★
145. A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness #2), by Rhys Bowen, finished 7/11 ★★★★

146. Never Kissed Goodnight (Leigh Koslow #4), by Edie Claire, finished 7/13 ★★★
147. Tilt-a-Whirl (John Ceepak #1), by Chris Grabenstein, finished 7/13 ★★★★
148. Sweet Salt Air, by Barbara Delinsky, finished 7/14 ★★★★
149. Even Money, by Dick & Felix Francis, finished 7/17 ★★★
150. Assaulted Pretzel (Amish Mystery #2), by Laura Bradford, finished 7/17 ★★★★

         

         

     

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151. Olga: A Daughter's Tale, by Marie-Thérèse Browne, finished 7/18 ★★★★
152. Please Don't Tell, by Elizabeth Adler, finished 7/19 ★★★★
153. Alice in Zombieland, by Nickolas Cook & Lewis Carroll, finished 7/20 ★
154. Gone with the Win (Bed & Breakfast #28), by Mary Daheim, finished 7/21 ★★★
155. Top O' the Mournin' (Passport to Peril #2), by Maddy Hunter, finished 7/23 ★★★

156. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand, finished 7/25 ★★★★
157. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1), by Gaston Leroux, finished 7/26 ★★
158. Trouble in Spades (Nina Quinn #2), by Heather Webber, finished 7/27 ★★★★
159. William Shakespeare's Star Wars, by Ian Doescher, finished 7/28 ★★★★
160. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce #2), by Alan Bradley,
finished 7/29 ★★★★

161. The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux, finished 8/1 ★★★
162. Not the Killing Type (Booktown #7), by Lorna Barrett, finished 8/1 ★★★
163. Stand By Your Hitman (Bombay Assassins #3), by Leslie Langtry, finished 8/1 ★★★
164. The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, by Mary Simses, finished 8/2 ★★★★
165. A Dog's Journey, by W. Bruce Cameron, finished 8/2 ★★★★

166. The Dog Next Door: And Other Stories of the Dogs We Love, by Callie Smith Grant,
finished 8/3 ★★★★
167. Ice Cream U: The Story of the Nation's Most Successful Collegiate Creamery, by Lee Stout, finished 8/3 ★★★
168. Bridesmaid Lotto (McMaster the Disaster #1), by Rachel Astor, finished 8/4 ★★
169. Mama Gets Hitched (Mace Bauer #3), by Deborah Sharp, finished 8/4 ★★★
170 . Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, by Sam Roberts, finished 8/5 ★★

171. The Intercept (Jeremy Fisk #1), by Dick Wolf, finished 8/5 ★★★★
172. The Red House Mystery, by A.A. Milne, finished 8/6 ★★★★
173. The Synthesis (Powerless #1), by Jason Letts, finished 8/8 ★★★
174. Dogtripping, by David Rosenfelt, finished 8/8 ★★★★
175. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein, finished 8/10 ★★★★.5

                 

                 

       

Wow you crushed your reading goal. Any books that stood out to you?

Yeah, I've had a lot more time to read this year than I'd anticipated, so ... I've actually upped my goal to 225, and I'll probably surpass that as well.

Hmmm ... Other than my favorite series books, my favorites so far, in no particular order, are:

Wonder, by R.J. Palaccio
The Last Runaway, by Tracy Chevalier
The Ashford Affair, by Lauren Willig
William Shakespeare's Star Wars, by Ian Doescher
The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, by Mary Simses
A Dog's Journey, by W. Bruce Cameron
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein


Some really good first-in-series books:
Do You Want To Know A Secret?, by Mary Jane Clark
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley
Naked in Death, by J.D. Robb
The Innocent, by David Baldacci
Tilt-a-Whirl, by Chris Grabenstein

225!? I'm impressed. I could never read that much in a year (;

I never thought I would either! LOL

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176. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation #10), by Lauren Willig, finished 8/13 ★★★★
177. One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald #1), by Margaret Maron, finished 8/15 ★★★★
178. Empire (In Her Name: Redemption #1), by Michael R. Hicks, finished 8/15 ★★
179. The Scavenger's Daughters (Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters #1), by Kay Bratt,
finished 8/16 ★★★
180. Ill Wind (Weather Wardens #1), by Rachel Caine, finished 8/17 ★★★★

181. Unsolicited (Booklover’s Mystery #1), by Julie Kaewert, finished 8/18 ★★★★
182. Your Chariot Awaits, by Lorena McCourtney, finished 8/20 ★★★★
183. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, finished 8/20 ★★★
184. The Honour of the Knights (Battle for the Solar System #1), by Stephen J. Sweeney,
finished 8/21 ★★★
185. Frozen Heat (Nikki Heat #4), by Richard Castle, finished 8/23 ★★★★

186. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, by Ayana Mathis, finished 8/23 ★★
187. Embrace the Grim Reaper (Grim Reaper Mystery #1), by Judy Clemens, finished 8/26 ★★★
188. Storm Front (Dresden Files #1), by Jim Butcher, finished 8/27 ★★
189. The Xibalba Murders (Archeological Mystery #1), by Lyn Hamilton, finished 8/29 ★★★★
190. Thanks for the Memories, Cecelia Ahern (2008), finished 8/29 ★★

191. The Unfinished Clue, by Georgette Heyer, finished 9/1 ★★★
192. Candy Apple Red (Jane Kelly #1), by Nancy Bush, finished 9/1 ★★
193. The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2), by Elizabeth Peters, finished 9/1 ★★★★
194. Good Eggs, by Phoebe Potts, finished 9/1 ★★★
195. Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor #1), by Jill Shalvis, finished 9/2 ★★★★

196. The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2), by Arthur Conan Doyle, finished 9/2 ★★★
197. Lost and Fondue (Cheese Shop #2), by Avery Aames, finished 9/3 ★★★★
198. You Only Die Twice (Britt Montero #7), by Edna Buchanan, finished 9/5 ★★★★
199. Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep #1), by Nick Drake, finished 9/6 ★★
200. Drop By Drop, by Keith Raffel, finished 9/7 ★★★


                  

                  

        

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201. Cloche and Dagger (Hat Shop #1), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 9/8 ★★★★
202. The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman, finished 9/10 ★★★
203. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy, by William Seil,
finished 9/12 ★★★
204. W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone #23), by Sue Grafton, finished 9/12 ★★★★
205. Dead Man's Puzzle (Puzzle Lady #10), by Parnell Hall, finished 9/14 ★★★
206. Between Heaven and Texas, by Marie Bostwick, finished 9/17 ★★★★
207. Irreparable Harm (Sasha McCandless #1), by Melissa F. Miller, finished 9/17 ★★★★
208. Moloka'i, by Alan Brennert, finished 9/18 ★★★★
209. Groom Lake, by Bryan O, finished 9/19 ★★
210. Football for Dummies, by Howie Long, finished 9/20 ★★★

211. A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple #5), by Agatha Christie, finished 9/20 ★★★★
212. Rose Harbor in Bloom (Rose Harbor #2), by Debbie Macomber, finished 9/22 ★★★★
213. The Driving Lesson, by Ben Rehder, finished 9/22 ★★★
214. The Alpine Fury (Emma Lord #6), by Mary Daheim, finished 9/23 ★★★
215. Fly Away (Firefly Lane #2), by Kristin Hannah, finished 9/23 ★★★
216. Cupcakes Aren't Just for Eating (Trixie Pristine #3), by Laina Turner, finished 9/24 ★★
217. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (Agatha Raisin #8), by M.C. Beaton,
finished 9/24 ★★.5
218. I Shot You Babe (Bombay Assassins #4), by Leslie Langtry, finished 9/25 ★★★
219. Split Second (King and Maxwell #1), by David Baldacci, finished 9/27 ★★★★
220. The Silver Needle Murder (Tea Shop #9), by Laura Childs, finished 9/27 ★★★.5

221. The Bridgeman (Emily Taylor #1), by Catherine Astolfo, finished 9/27 ★★★
222. The Lost Gate (Mithermages #1), by Orson Scott Card, finished 9/28 ★★
223. The Soulkeepers (Soulkeepers #1), by G.P. Ching, finished 9/29 ★★
224. Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery #2), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 9/30 ★★★★
225. The Good Book Club (Jane Sunday #1), by Rick Dewhurst, finished 10/2 ★★★

                  

                  

          

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226. State of the Onion (White House Chef #1), by Julie Hyzy, finished 10/3 ★★★★
227. Stargazey Point, by Shelley Nobel, finished 10/4 ★★★
228. Daemon (Daemon #1), by Daniel Suarez, finished 10/4 ★★.5
229. The Whole Enchilada (Goldy Schulz #17), by Diane Mott Davidson, finished 10/4 ★★★★
230. Bring on the Blessings, by Beverly Jenkins, finished 10/5 ★★★★
231. As I Close My Eyes (Breaking Fate #1), by Sarah DiCello, finished 10/5 ★★★
232. Oolong Dead (Tea Shop #10), by Laura Childs, finished 10/6 ★★★.5
233. Death on Demand (Death on Demand #1), by Carolyn Hart, finished 10/6 ★★★
234. Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine #1), by Heather Webber, finished 10/7 ★★★★
235. Life's a Beach Then You Die, by Falafel Jones, finished 10/7 ★★★

236. The Screwball King Murder, by Kin Platt, finished 10/8 ★★.2
237. The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War,
by Daniel Stashower, finished 10/8 ★★★★
238. The Dead Man's Knock (Dr. Gideon Fell #19), by John Dickson Carr, finished 10/8 ★★★
239. Flesh of the God (Lieutenant Bak #7), by Lauren Haney, finished 10/9 ★★★
240. Water (Akasha #1), by Terra Harmony, finished 10/10 ★★★
241. If You Can't Stand the Heat (Poppy Markham #1), by Robin Allen, finished 10/11 ★★★★
242. Edited for Death (Amy Hobbes #1), by Michele Drier, finished 10/11 ★★★
243. Cat on the Edge (Joe Grey #1), by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, finished 10/12 ★★★
244. In for a Penny (Cleopatra Jones #1), by Maggie Toussaint, finished 10/12 ★★★
245. Her Dear and Loving Husband (Loving Husband #1), by Meredith Allard,
finished 10/12 ★★

246. The Litigators, by John Grisham, finished 10/13 ★★★
247. Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10), by Agatha Christie, finished 10/14 ★★★
248. Jedi Academy, by Jeffrey Brown, finished 10/15 ★★★★
249. Crazy in Paradise, by Deborah Brown, finished 10/15 ★★★.5
250. Christmas Carol Murder (Lucy Stone #20), by Leslie Meier, finished 10/15 ★★★.5


         

         

    

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251. Stranded (Ivy Malone #4), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 10/16 ★★★
252. Murder In Half Moon Bay (Jillian Bradley #1), by Nancy Jill Thames, finished 10/17 ★★★
253. A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick, finished 10/18 ★★
254. A Novel Way to Die (Black Cat Bookshop #2), by Ali Brandon, finished 10/19 ★★★★
255. Rigged For Murder (Windjammer #1), by Jennifer LeClair, finished 10/21 ★★★
256. The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, finished 10/22 ★★★★
257. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (Haunted Bookshop #1), by Alice Kimberly,
finished 10/24 ★★★★
258. No Game for a Dame (Maggie Sullivan #1), by M. Ruth Myers, finished 10/25 ★★★
259. Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1), by Eoin Colfer, finished 10/26 ★★★
260. Cooking the Books (Sloane Templeton #1), by Bonnie S. Calhoun, finished 10/28 ★★★

261. The Right Wrong Number, by Barbara Delinsky, finished 10/29 ★★★
262. The Final Cut (A Brit in the FBI #1), by Catherine Coulter & J.T. Ellison, finished 10/29 ★★★★
263. The Bughouse Affair (Carpenter & Quincannon #1), by Marcia Muller &
Bill Pronzini, finished 10/30 ★★★
264. The Sudoku Murder (Katie McDonald #1), by Shelley Freydont, finished 10/30 ★★★★
265. Alone (D.D. Warren #1), by Lisa Gardner, finished 10/31 ★★★
266. Infinite Sacrifice (Infinite #1), by L.E. Waters, finished 10/31 ★★★
267. Defending Jacob, by William Landay, finished 11/1 ★★★
268. Gilt Trip (Scrapbooking Mystery #11), by Laura Childs, finished 11/2 ★★★
269. Dreamland, by Kevin Baker, finished 11/3 ★★
270. Unlucky, by Jana DeLeon, finished 11/4 ★★★

271. Flat Water Tuesday, by Ron Irwin, finished 11/5 ★★★
272. Artful Dodger (Maggie Kean Mis-Adventure #1), by Nageeba Davis, finished 11/7 ★★★
273. The Next Always (Inn Boonsboro #1), by Nora Roberts, finished 11/8 ★★★★
274. Starry Night, by Debbie Macomber, finished 11/9 ★★★★
275. The Glass Wives, by Amy Sue Nathan, finished 11/9 ★★★


         

         

    

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276. Halfway, by Stephanie Void, finished 11/10 ★★★
277. The Highly Effective Detective (Highly Effective Detective #1), by Rick Yancey,
finished 11/1 ★★★
278. A Nantucket Christmas, by Nancy Thayer, finished 11/12 ★★★★
279. The Goodreads Killer, by Dave Franklin, finished 11/12 ★★
280. With A Twist, by J.A. Konrath, finished 11/12 ★★★
281. Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger, finished 11/13 ★★★
282. The Fatal Funnel Cake(Fresh Baked #8), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 11/14 ★★★★
283. Blessed Is The Busybody (Ministry is Murder #1), by Emilie Richards, finished 11/15 ★★★.5
284. Acapella Blues, by Robert Bucchianeri, finished 11/15 ★★★
285. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,
by James Loewen, finished 11/16 ★★★

286. If Fried Chicken Could Fly (Country Cooking School #1), by Paige Shelton,
finished 11/17 ★★★.5
287. The Vintage Caper (Sam Levitt #1), by Peter Mayle, finished 11/19 ★★.5
288. Under Construction (Cartel #1), by Summer Ellis, finished 11/19 ★★.5
289. The Zero Game, by Brad Meltzer, finished 11/20 ★★★
290. Thistle and Twigg (Thistle & Twigg #1), by Mary Saums, finished 11/21 ★★★.5
291. Effected Intent, by Alan Ross, finished 11/22 ★★★
292. Cleopatra's Daughter, by Michelle Moran, finished 11/23 ★★★
293. Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow #1), by Donna Andrews, finished 11/23 ★★★★
294. Till the Cows Come Home (Stella Crown #1), by Judy Clemens, finished 11/26 ★★★★
295. Thunder Point (Sean Dillon #2), by Jack Higgins, finished 11/26 ★★★

296. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #14), by
Alexander McCall Smith, finished 11/27 ★★★.5
297. Vineyard Deceit (J.W. Jackson #3), by Philip R. Craig, finished 11/29 ★★★.5
298. Shift (ChronoShift #1), by Zack Mason, finished 11/29 ★★
299. Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1), by William Gibson, finished 11/30 ★★.5
300. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, finished 12/2 ★★★★


         

          

    

Great job!

Thanks :) I'm not quite done for the year; I hope to finish a few more before the year ends :)

Yeah, I am trying to get a few more in myself, but I am nowhere near you!

I don't do much other than go to work and read, so ... I go through a lot of books :)

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301. Death Overdue (Killer Librarian #2), by Mary Lou Kirwin, finished 12/3
302. No Place Like Home (Camilla Randall #3), by Anne R. Allen, finished 12/5
303. Christmas Bliss ( Savannah #4), by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 12/5
304. Heresy (Giordano Bruno #1), by S.J. Parris, finished 12/6
305. The Grave Gourmet (Capucine Culinary #1), by Alexander Campion, finished 12/7
306. Read It and Weep (Library Lover’s #4), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 12/8
307. The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai, by John Tayman, finished 12/10
308. Unbound (Booklover’s #2), by Julie Kaewert, finished 12/10
309. My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman, by Lisa Scottoline, finished 12/11
310. The Supreme Macaroni Company (Valentine #3), by Adriana Trigiani, finished 12/12

311. Blood Eagle, by Robert Barr Smith, finished 12/13
312. A Killer's Christmas in Wales (Penny Brannigan #3), by Elizabeth J. Duncan, finished 12/14
313. The Trinity Six, by Charles Cummings, finished 12/15
314. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet, by Xinran, finished 12/16
315. The Secret of Zoom, by Lynne Jonell, finished 12/17
316. One Imperfect Christmas, Myra Johnson, finished 12/17
317. Candlelight Christmas (Lakeshore Chronicles #10), by Susan Wiggs, finished 12/19
318. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, finished 12/21
319. Flapjack (Case Files of Icarus Investigation #1), by Daniel Ganninger, finished 12/22
320. A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple #7), by Agatha Christie, finished 12/24

321. The Bracelet (Wedding Cake #1.5), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 12/24
322. Never Neck at Niagara (Leigh Koslow #3.5), by Edie Claire, finished 12/25
323. Her Loving Husband's Curse (Loving Husband #2), by Meredith Allard, finished 12/26
324. Thursdays at Eight, by Debbie Macomber, finished 12/26
325. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson, finished 12/27
326. Silent Hero: A Tribute to the Legend of Zelda, by Christine E. Schulze, finished 12/29
327. Over Her Dead Body (Bailey Weggins #4), by Kate White, finished 12/31
328. Emily's Gold, by Randy Talley, finished 12/31

         

         

       


And *now I'm done for the year :)

Unbelievable job Barb! Good luck to you next year :D

Thanks :) I've raised my original goal significantly next year; I hope I can live up to it!