Books

Full House Reading Challenge 2017

I had so much fun with this last year that I decided to go again in 2017. Thanks to Book Date for hosting. Complete the card and you are allowed one free exchange for something you really don’t like. Read in any order during the year and I’m finished up by the middle of May with no free exchange! I’m showing the card and then afterwards is my list of books read.

Non-fiction: Battle at Alcatraz: A Desperate Attempt to Escape the Rock, Ernest B. Lageson
On TBR for 2+ years: Trains and Lovers, Alexander McCall Smith
More than 500 pages: America’s First Daughter, Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
Page Turner: Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs, #12), Jacqueline Winspear
Middle Grade book: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente
2017 published: Dawn Study, Maria V. Snyder
Published pre-2000: Death of a Travelling Man, M.C. Beaton (Hamish Macbeth #9)
UK/European author: Death of a Greedy Woman (Hamish Macbeth #8), M.C. Beaton
Back List book from fav author: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (Agatha Raisin #11), M.C. Beaton
Book from a list: Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle, Fiona Carnarvon
Award winner: Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
Book about books: No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh
Size word in title: Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Two Worded title: Witch Hunt (Ophelia & Abby #4), Shirley Damsgaard
Debut book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Food on cover or title: The Whiskey Sea, Ann Howard Creel
Cozy Mystery: Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam, M.C. Beaton
Book from childhood: Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, E.L. Konigsburg
Diversity book: Loving Eleanor, Susan Wittig Albert
Australian/NZ author: People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
Western: Song of the Lion (Leaphorn & Chee #21), Anne Hillerman
USA/Canadian author: Catalyst, James Luceno
Not really for you: Rose Wilder Lane: Her story, Rose Wilder Lane
Attractive cover: Under a Wing: A Memoir, Reeve Lindbergh
Borrowed: The Quilt Walk, Sandra Dallas

All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. So these three challenges begin soon and I am signing up as a returning challenge follower! [Read more…] about Riedel Fascination Challenges for 2017

The end of January brings the end of this fun challenge with two parts, hosted by Riedel Fascination. She runs her challenges from February to January so that the holidays are not filled with final wrap-up jobs. I like that! This was my third year to participate in this one and I had a great time. [Read more…] about Gentle Spectrums 2016 wrap-up

My Kind of Mystery 2016

Riedel Fascination hosts this challenge that invites any and all mystery content. I was able to get many mysteries off my TBR shelf this year through diligent reading of all types of mysteries. With 81 total, I made it partway through the top level of Gothic Mansion. 

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Celtic Coast 2016 Reading Challenge

Hosted by Riedel Fascination, this challenge brings several countries together to explore the various coasts of the British Isles.

– Look for authors born or residing in Wales, Ireland, Scotland.
– Books in which even a momentary part visits these countries.
– Welsh, Irish, Scottish connections: fictional and non-fiction literature.

And here’s the list of what I read this year. I’m on an M.C. Beaton audiobook kick this year so there are several of her novels here, as she was born in Scotland.
1. The Kashmir Shawl, Rosie Thomas
2. Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater
3. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (Mary Russell #1), Laurie R. King
4. A Fine Summer’s Day (Inspector Rutledge #17), Charles Todd
5. The Revolving Door of Life (44 Scotland Street #10), Alexander McCall Smith
6. The Raven King (Raven Cycle #4), Maggie Stiefvater
7. Cain His Brother (WIlliam Monk #6), Anne Perry
8. A Pressing Engagement (Lady Darby, #4.5), Anna Lee Huber
9. As Death Draws Near (Lady Darby #5), Anna Lee Huber
10. The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Margaret Lane
11. Shackleton’s Stowaway, Victoria McKernan
12. The Lake House, Kate Morton
13. Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth #1), M.C. Beaton
14. The Anatomist’s Wife (Lady Darby #1), Anna Lee Huber
15. Legacy of the Dead (Ian Rutledge #4), Charles Todd
16. Mortal Arts (Lady Darby #2), Anna Lee Huber
17. A Grave Matter (Lady Darby #3), Anna Lee Huber
18. Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth #2), M.C. Beaton
19. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Agatha Raisin, #3), M.C. Beaton
20. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin, #4), M.C. Beaton
21. Agatha Raisin & the Murderous Marriage (Agatha Raisin #5), M.C. Beaton
22. Agatha Raisin & the Terrible Tourist (Agatha Raisin #6), M.C. Beaton
23. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (Agatha Raisin, #7), M.C. Beaton
24. Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth #3), M.C. Beaton
25. Death of a Perfect Wife (Hamish Macbeth #4), M.C. Beaton
26. Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth #5), M.C. Beaton
27. Agatha Raisin & the Wizard of Evesham (Agatha Raisin, #8), M.C. Beaton
28. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden (Agatha Raisin #9), M.C. Beaton
29. Precious & Grace (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #17), Alexander McCall Smith
27. Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth #6), M.C. Beaton
28. The Silent Cry (William Monk #8), Anne Perry
29. Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth #7), M.C. Beaton
30. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (Agatha Raisin #10), M.C. Beaton
31. Death of a Greedy Woman (Hamish Macbeth #8), M.C. Beaton
32. Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (Agatha Raisin #11), M.C. Beaton