Saturday, January 2, 2021

Books Read in 2021

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

4 comments:

  1. These old mysteries are intriguing. I'm doing an informal Vintage Mystery Challenge for 2021.

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    1. I'm wild about these old mysteries. I have found women authors I had never heard of. Lovely.

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  2. ...and we're off.

    Lots 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.

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    1. My reading didn't change at all with the virus. The one constant in my life!

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