January - 9
1. The Purple Onion Mystery (aka Murder on Friday) - book 7, and last, in the Spike Tracy series
by Harriette Ashbrook
mystery 1941
Kindle
finished 1/2/21
2. The Theft of the Iron Dogs aka Murderer's Mistake - book 28 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R Lorac
mystery 1946
Kindle
finished 1/10/21
3. The Railway Children
by Edith Nesbitt
children's fiction serialized in The London Magazine 1905, published as a book in 1906
Kindle
finished 1/14/21
4. The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
children's fiction 1967
Kindle
finished 1/16/21
5. Murder in Vienna - book 42 in the Robert Macdonald series
by E.C.R. Lorac
mystery 1956
Kindle
finished 1/21/20
6. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
by Meena Harris; illus. by Ana Ramirez Gonzalez
Children's picture book 2020
print
finished 1/24/21
7. Joey The Story of Joe Biden
by Jill Biden; illus. by Amy June Bates
children's picture book 2020
print
finished 1/24/21
8. The Fatal Flying Affair - book 7 in the Lady Hardcastle mysteries
by T. E. Kinsey
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 1/27/21
9.The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse
by Charlie Mackesy
illustrated fiction for adults and children 2019
print
finished 1/27/21
February - 5
10. A Shot in the Dark - book 1 in the Mydworth mysteries
by Matthew Costello (with Neil Richards)
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 2/6/21
11. A Pint of Murder - book 1 in the Madoc and Janet Rhys series
by Alisa Craig
mystery 1980
Kindle
finished 2/20/21
12. The Old Woman Who Named Things
by Cynthia Rylant
illustrated by Kathryn Brown
children's picture book 1996
print
finished 2/22/21
13. A Little Night Murder - book 2 in the Mydworth mysteries
by Matthew Costello (with Neil Richards)
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 2/24/21
14. Murder at Melrose Court - book 1 in the Heathcliff Lennox series
by Karen Baugh Menuhin
mystery 2018
Kindle
finished 2/27/21
March - 4
15. The Black Cat Murders - book 2 in the Heathcliff Lennox series
by Karen Baugh Menuhin
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 3/5/21
16. The Splendid and the Vile
by Erik Larson
nonfiction 2020
print
finished 3/15/21
17. The Curse of Braeburn Castle - book 3 in the Heathcliff Lennox series
by Karen Baugh Menuhin
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 3/19/21
18. Inked Out - book 2 in the Snug Harbor series
by Karen MacInerney
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 3/23/21
April - 5
19. Sable Messenger - book 2 in the Inspector Knollis series
by Francis Vivian
mystery 1947
Kindle
finished 4/2/21
20. The Threefold Cord - book 3 in the Inspector Knollis series
by Francis Vivian
mystery 1947
Kindle
finished 4/8/21
21. Something in the Water
by Catherine Steadman
mystery/thriller 2018
Kindle
library book
finished 4/10/21
22. The Swiss Summer
by Stella Gibbons
fiction 1951
Kindle
finished 4/20/21
23. Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori
fiction 2018
Kindle
library book
finished 4/22/21
May - 6
24. The Plumley Inheritance - book 1 in the Ludovic Travers series
by Christopher Bush
mystery 1926
Kindle
finished 5/4/21
25. High Wire in Nuala - book 9 in the Inspector De Silva series
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 5/7/21
26. Dandelion Cottage
by Carroll Watson Rankin
children's fiction 1904
Kindle
finished 5/9/21
27. Sweet Bean Paste
by Durian Sukegawa
translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts
fiction 2017
Kindle
finished 5/12/21
28. Before the Coffee Gets Cold - book 1 in Before the Coffee Gets Cold series
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselo
fiction 2015
Kindle
finished 5/17/21
29. The Consequences of Fear - book 16 in the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear
mystery 2021
Kindle
library book
finished 5/23/21
June - 3
30. Cold Case in Nuala - book 10 in the Inspector De Silva series
by Harriet Steel
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 6/15/21
31. Citizens of London
The Americans Who Stood With Britain In Its Darkest, Finest Hour
by Lynn Olson
nonfiction 2010
print
finished 6/7/21
32. A Shropshire Lad
by A.E. Housman
poetry
Dover Thrift Edition published 1990
first printing was 1896
finished 6/18/21
July - 4
33. The Affair of the Christmas Card Killer - book 1 in the Lord Kit Aston
by Jack Murray
mystery 2018
Kindle
finished 7/3/21
34. The Whitstable Pearl Mystery - book 1 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2015
Kindle
finished 7/11/21
35. Murder-On-Sea - book 2 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2015
Christmas
Kindle
finished 7/20/21
36. The May Day Murder - book 3 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2016
Kindle
finished 7/28/21
August - 4
37. Murder on the Pilgrims Way - book 4 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 8/6/21
38. Disppearance in Oare - book 5 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2018
Kindle
finished 8/13/21
39. Murder Fest - book 6 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 8/24/21
40. Murder on the Downs - book 7 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 8/28/21
September - 5
41. Strictly Murder - book 8 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries
by Julie Wassmer
mystery 2021
Kindle
finished 9/2/21
42. Dear Hugo
by Molly Clavering
fiction 1955
Kindle
finished 9/7/21
43. A Study in Stone - book 1 in the Devonshire mysteries (a short novel)
by Michael Campling
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 9/8/21
44. Valley of Lies - book 2 in the Devonshire mysteries
by Michael Campling
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 9/17/21
45. The Colors of All the Cattle - book 19 in the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
by Alexander McCall Smith
mystery 2018
Kindle
library book
finished 9/21/21
October - 4
46. "Murder Isn't Cricket" - book 4 in the Doctor Harry Manson series
by E. and M.A. Radford
mystery 1946
Kindle
finished 10/3/21
47. Murder Between the Tides - book 3 in the Devonshire mysteries
by Michael Campling
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 10/19/21
48. The Road to Grantchester - prequel to the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
fiction 2019
Kindle
finished 10/26/21
49. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death - book 1 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2012
Kindle
second reading
finished 10/31/21
November - 5
50. Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night - book 2 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2013
Kindle
second reading
finished 11/8/21
51. Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil - book 3 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2014
Kindle
finished 11/16/21
52. A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Dylan Thomas
autobiographical prose poem
Christmas
published in Harper's Bazaar 1950
recorded by the author BBC Radio 1952
my edition New Directions 1954
print
finished 11/16/21
53. Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins - book 4 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2015
Kindle
finished 11/24/21
54. Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation - book 5 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2016
Kindle
finished 11/28/21
December - 8
55. Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love - book 6 in the Grantchester series
by James Runcie
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 12/1/21
56. The Bishop's Wife
by Robert Nathan
fiction 1926
Christmas
Kindle
finished 12/3/21
57. Mrs Lorimer's Quiet Summer
by Molly Clavering
fiction 1953
Kindle
finished 12/5/21
58. Because of Sam
by Molly Clavering
fiction 1954
Kindle
finished 12/10/21
59. Murder Jigsaw - book 2 in the Doctor Harry Manson series
by E. and M. A. Radford
mystery 1944
Kindle
finished 12/18/21
60. Edward Speaks At Midnight
by Pamela Terry
illus. by Kevin Nichols
children's picture book 2015
Christmas
print
finished 12/18/21
61. Who Killed Dick Whittington? - book 6 in the Doctor Harry Manson series
by E. and M.A. Radford
mystery 1947
Kindle
finished 12/27/21
62. Lucy & Tom At Christmas
by Shirley Hughes
children's picture book 1981
Christmas
print
finished 12/28/21
These old mysteries are intriguing. I'm doing an informal Vintage Mystery Challenge for 2021.
ReplyDeleteI'm wild about these old mysteries. I have found women authors I had never heard of. Lovely.
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ReplyDeleteLots of my blogging friends are already moving on to their second book of 2021. I'm hopeful that that is a sign that we are all feeling a nice burst of confidence and energy.
My reading didn't change at all with the virus. The one constant in my life!
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