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2021: Books
January
1. How to Raise an Elephant (2020) Alexander McCall Smith
2. Kopp Sisters on the March (2019) Amy Stewart
3. Dear Miss Kopp (2021) Amy Stewart
4. The Floating Admiral (1931) The Detection Club +
February
5. Send for Paul Temple (1938) Francis Durbridge
6. The Nonesuch (1962) Georgette Heyer +
7. Hangman's Holiday (1933) Dorothy L. Sayers ^
8. The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) Agatha Christie *
9. Romancing Mr Bridgerton (2002) Julia Quinn
10. Mrs. Pollifax Pursued (1995) Dorothy Gilman
March
11. The Knocker on Death's Door (1970) Ellis Peters +
12. The Viscount Who Loved Me (2000) Julia Quinn
13. An Offer from a Gentleman (2001) Julia Quinn
14. My Life in France (2006) Julia Child
15. The Girl Before (2017) J.P. Delaney
16. The Christie Curse (2013) Victoria Abbott
17. To Sir Phillip, With Love (2003) Julia Quinn
18. The Unfinished Clue (1933) Georgette Heyer +
April
19. The House of Green Turf (1969) Ellis Peters +
20. All Systems Red (2017) Martha Wells
21. The Duke and I (2000) Julia Quinn
22. The Woman in the Window (2018) A.J. Finn
23. An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (Äldre dam med onda avsikter) (2018) Helene Tursten
May
24. Dial A for Aunties (2021) Jesse Q. Sutanto
25. When He Was Wicked (2004) Julia Quinn
26. The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie **
June
27. Partners in Crime (1929) Agatha Christie **
28. N or M? (1941) Agatha Christie **
29. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968) Agatha Christie **
30. Postern of Fate (1973) Agatha Christie **
31. The Chinese Parrot (1926) Earl Derr Biggers +
32. Mrs Pollifax and the Lion Killer (1996) Dorothy Gilman
33. Unshaken: Ruth (2001) Francine Rivers
34. The Bombay Prince (2021) Sujata Massey ^
35. Nightmare Alley (1946) William Lindsay Gresham
July
36. Every Last Fear (2021) Alex Finlay
37. The Other Black Girl (2021) Zakiya Dalila Harris
38. Survive the Night (2021) Riley Sager
39. The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) Ian Fleming
40. Bath Tangle (1955) Georgette Heyer +
41. The Obsession (2016) Nora Roberts
42. Teacher's Threat (2021) Diane Vallere
August
43. The Flight Attendant (2018) Chris Bohjalian
44. Dune (1965) Frank Herbert
45. Rainbow’s End (1978) Ellis Peters +^
September
46. For Your Own Good (2021) Samantha Downing
47. Unspoken: Bathsheba (2001) Francine Rivers
48. Miss Kopp Investigates (2021) Amy Stewart ^
49. Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist (1997) Dorothy Gilman
50. I Married Adventure (1940) Osa Johnson +
October
51. Legacy (2021) Nora Roberts
52. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village (2021) Maureen Johnson
53. The Man Who Died Twice (2021) Richard Osman ^
54. A Line to Kill (2021) Anthony Horowitz ^
November
55. Once Upon a Wardrobe (2021) Patti Callahan
56. The Joy and Light Bus Company (2021) Alexander McCall Smith ^
December
57. Unafraid: Mary (2001) Francine Rivers ^
58. The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (2013) Otto Penzler (editor)
59. Portrait of a Murderer (1933) Anne Meredith
+ read what I already own challenge
^ finished/caught up in-series
* re-reads
** re-read series challenge (Tommy & Tuppence)
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Reading in 2020: Oddly Specific Superlatives
Hi folks, it’s time for my annual (from now on) Oddly Specific Superlatives, where I assign titles to notable books I read this year! This is in lieu of trying to pick any actual favorites, because that was too hard and not really in the spirit of reading (for me).
Okay! Let’s get to it. In this post I’ll announce the categories, and I’ll make posts announcing the winners of each.
Most Satisfying Re-Read:
Nominees: Darke (Septimus Heap #6) by Angie Sage, Holes by Louis Sachar, Attack of the Fiend (The Last Apprentice #4) by Joseph Delaney
New Obsession:
Nominees: The Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers, The Locked Tomb Trilogy by Tamsyn Muir, The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty
Gave Me Chills (In A Powerful Way Not A Scary Way):
Nominees:To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
Gave Me Chills (In A Scary Way This Time):
Nominees: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, The Need by Helen Phillips, Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
Girls and Winter:
Nominees: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik:, The Bear and the Nightengale by Katherine Arden, Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
Sci Fi That Punched Me In the Grief Bone:
Nominees: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, This Is How You Lose a Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The “Goodness Gracious This Author Is Talented” Award:
Nominees: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan
Ending That Ruined the Whole Book:
Nominees: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon, The Homecoming by Andrew Pyper, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Wow That’s Gay:
Nominees: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks and Scones by Ngozi Ukazu, The Rise of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee
Unexpected Critisism of Diet Culture, Also Bigfeet Are There:
Nominees: Devolution by Max Brooks (so weird this was the only one in this category! /s)
Most Enjoyable Yet Horrifying Gore:
Nominees: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix, The Curse of the Bane (The Last Apprentice Book #2) by Joseph Delaney
Best One-Liner:
Nominees: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (”If my heart had a dick you would kick it.”), The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (”Why don’t you swallow broken glass.”), Holes by Louis Sachar (”Dig!”)
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BOOKS!
So I’ve recently found my love of books. It started with audio books...and then reading while on the treadmill (giant ipad, big print).
I had to start tracking my reads because I would start a book and think I had read it before, but couldn’t be quite certain.
I’m into serial killer, thriller books. Definitely appreciate a strong female lead.
Here’s my list for the past two years!
2020
This is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf
The Look Alike by Erica Spindler
Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Eight Perfect Murders, Peter Swanson
The First Mistake, Sandie Jones
The Perfect Wife, JP Delaney
One Night Gone, Tara Laskowski
Buried by Ellison Cooper
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine
Cut to the Bone by Ellison Cooper
The Turn of the Key- Ruth Ware
The Twin by Natasha Preston
The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell
The One by John Marrs
The Guest list by Lucy Foley
The end of Her- Shari Lapena
The Half Sister by Sandie Jones
Pretty Thing by Janelle Brown
Caged by Ellison Cooper
Have you Seen me? by Kate White
The Undertaker's Daughter- Sara Blaedel
Dear Girls- Ali Wong
Under the Table- Stephanie Evanovich
Watch me Disappear- Janelle Brown
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica
A woman is No Man- Etaf Rum
Emma in the Night- Wendy walker
Never let you go- CHevy Stevens
Every Last lie- Mary Kubica
A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Caught- Harlan Coben
I see you- Clare mackintosh
The Girl Before- Rena Olsen
Yes please- Amy poehler
what she knew by gilly macmillan
what rose forgot - Nevada Barr
My Lovely Wife- Samantha Downing
How to be a Bawse- Lilly Singh
The Boy from the Woods- Harlan Coben
The Last Time I lied- Riley Sager
No Exit- Taylor Adams
Calm the Fuck Down- Sarah Knight
Girl, Stop Apologizing- Rachel Hollis
The Other Mrs- Mary Kubica
You Are Not Alone- Greer Hendricks
The Wives- Tarryn Fisher
When you See me- Linsa Gardner
The Kept Woman- Karin Slaughter
Criminal- Karin Slaughter
Lock Every Door- Riley Sager
Blindsighted- Karin Slaughter
Beyond Reach- Karin Slaughter
Snatched- Karin Slaughter
Little Fires Everywhere- Celest Ng
Trace of Evil- Alice Blanchard
Faithless- Karin Slaughter
A Faint Cold Fear- Karin Slaughter
Broke- Karin Slaughter
Indelible- Karin Slaughter
Behind her Eyes- Sarah Pinborough
Undone- Karin Slaughter
Outfox- Sandra Brown
Accused- Lisa Scottoline
Leaving Time- Jodi Picoult
Triptych- Karin Slaughter
The Ex- Alafair Burke
Someone we Know- Shari Lapena
Other Woman- Sandie Jones
The Better Sister- Alafair Burke
2019
The Last House Guest- Megan Miranda
Sleeping Beauties- Stephen King
RUnaway- Karlan Coben
Someone Knows- Lisa Scottoline
Girls LIke Us- Cristina Alger
One of us is lying- Karen McManus
Don't let go- harlan coben
Mean Streak- Sandra Brown
Fierce Kingtom- Gin PHillips
I Have no secrets- Penny Joelson
It's always the husband- michele campbell
Right behind you- Lisa Gardner
2nd Chance- James Patterson
The WOman in the Window- AJ Finn
NOS4A2- Joe HIll
The House Next Door- James Patterson
One Perfect Lie- Lisa Scottoline
The banker's wife- Cirstina Alger
The Whisper Man- Alex NOrth
Crash & Burn- LIsa Gardner
Without Merit- Colleen Hoover
Dark Sacred Night- Michael Connelly
1st to die- james patterson
Unsolved- James Patterson
Survivors Club- LIsa Gardner
The Grown up- Gillian Flynn
Touch & Go- Lisa Gardner
Pieces of Her- Karin Slaughter
A is for Alibi- Sue Grafton
Pieces of her_ Karin Slaughter
November 9- Colleen Hoover
Redemption- David Baldacci
The Perfect Mother- Aimee Molloy
THen She was gone- lisa jewell
The 4th Man- Lisa Gardner
If I live- Terri Blackstock
Never Tell- Lisa Gardner
If I run- Terri Blackstock
Why not me- Mindy Kaling
The Silent Sister- Diane Chamberlain
My Husband's Wife- Jane Corry
Murder Games- James Patterson
GIrl Wash Your Face- Rachel Hollis
Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes- Karin Slaughter
Say Goodbye- Lisa Garner
The Woman in Cabin 10- Ruth Ware
GOne- Lisa Gardner
The Lying Game- Ruth Ware
SOmething in the Water- Catherine Steadman
One Dormant- Blake Pierce
THe Late show- Michael Connelly
The Silent Wife- ASA Harrison
The Killing Hour- Lisa Gardner
THe Fallen- David Baldacci
The Next Accident- Lisa Gardner
The Fix- David Baldacci
The perfect Husband- Lisa Gardner
The Last Mile- David Baldacci
The Anonymous Girl- Greer Hendricks
All the Missing Girls- MEgan Miranda
Memory Man- David Baldacci
The Chemist- STephenie Meyer
Last Breath, Karin Slaughter
Look for me- Lisa Gardner
An Unwanted Guest- Shari Lapena
Pretty girls- Karin Slaughter
Breakdown- BA Paris
FInd her- LIsa Gardner
Fear Nothing- Lisa Gardner
Luckiest GIrl Alive- Jessica Knoll
Catch me- lisa Gardner
Bring me back- BA Paris
The 7th Month- lisa Gardner
The girl before- JP Delaney
A Stranger in the house- Shari lapena
After anna- Lisa Scottoline
Love you more- LIsa Gardner
Live to Tell- Lisa Gardner
The NEighbor- Lisa Gardner
Hide- Lisa Gardner
Once Trapped- Blake PIerce
Alone- Lisa Gardner
Final Girls- Riley Sager
nOnce Bound- Blake pierce
Once buried- Blake pierce
the couple next door- shari lapena
once lost- blake pierce
behind closed doors- ba paris
the last mrs parrish- liv constantine
once stalked- blake pierce
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'Fans of The Silent Patient will love it' CJ TUDOR
'Very clever, brilliantly compelling' BA PARIS
‘Original, ingenious and utterly gripping' JP DELANEY
*** Memento meets Sharp Objects in this superb thriller from the bestselling author of Something in the Water, a 2019 Richard & Judy Book Club pick ***
When a man is found on a Norfolk beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him; to international medical experts who are baffled by him; to the nationalpress who call him Mr Nobody; everyone wants answers. Who is this man? And what happened to him?
Neuropsychiatrist Dr Emma Lewis is asked to assess the patient. This is her field of expertise, this is the chance she’s been waiting for and this case could make her name known across the world. But therein lies the danger. Emma left this same small town in Norfolk fourteen years ago and has taken great pains to cover all traces of her past since then.
But now something – or someone – is calling her back. And the more time she spends with her patient, the more alarmed she becomes.
Has she walked into danger?
Praise for Mr Nobody
‘Original, ingenious and utterly gripping, with characters you’ll really care about as they race towards the brilliantly unexpected ending’ JP Delaney
'From the intriguing opening to the shocking ending, I loved it . . . Fans of The Silent Patient will love it' CJ Tudor
'Very clever, brilliantly compelling, another amazing read from Catherine Steadman' BA Paris
Praise for Something in the Water
'Worthy of Hitchcock' Sunday Times
'Arresting . . . deftly paced, elegantly chilly . . . Something in the Water is a proper page-turner' The New York Times
‘High-octane, heart-pounding read’Good Housekeeping
'A thriller for our times . . . Catherine Steadman is a fresh and playful new voice’ Louise Candlish
‘Will leave you questioning your own morality’ Grazia
‘The perfect beach read’ Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)
‘Superbly written’ B A Paris
‘Addictive’Sunday Express
‘A fascinating moral dilemma, a fast-paced examination of the slippery slope and the precarious foundations our middle-class lives are built on’ Gillian McAllister
‘Thrilling and thought-provoking’ Riley Sager
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Why Male Authors Use Generic Nom De Plumes
Books are something else, right? They give us a glimpse of various stories and situations that make our imagination run wild. Authors also have their mark and we can easily tell what the novel will be like by simply knowing who the author is. And just like any celebrity, there are certain authors that we follow and idolize and collect all his/her books. Most of the time we don’t really care that much as to the author’s gender because it is the book’s contents we are really interested in.
Today, there is news making its round on the web about male authors using gender-neutral names to hide their gender from their readers. But just what is all the fuss? And why are these male authors even doing this? What triggered them to hide their gender from the public? Is it really necessary in order for them to sell books? This are age-old questions because apparently, they've been doing it for centuries already and for good reason.
Riley Sager is a debut author whose book, Final Girls, has received the ultimate endorsement. “If you liked Gone Girl, you’ll love this,” Stephen King has said. But unlike Gone Girl, Girl on a Train, The Girls, Luckiest Girl Alive and others, Final Girls is written by a man – Todd Ritter. This detail is missing from Riley Sager’s website which, as the Wall Street Journal has pointed out, refers to the author only by name and without any gender-disclosing pronouns or photographs. (His Twitter avatar is Jamie Lee Curtis.)
Ritter is not the first man to deploy a gender-neutral pen name. JP Delaney (real name Tony Strong) is author of The Girl Before, SK Tremayne (Sean Thomas) wrote The Ice Twins and next year, The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn (AKA Daniel Mallory) is published. Before all of these was SJ (AKA Steve) Watson, the author of 2011’s Before I Go to Sleep.
(Via: https://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2017/jul/18/riley-sager-and-other-male-authors-benefiting-from-a-gender-neutral-pen-name)
It seems more of a marketing strategy why these male authors are hiding their identity especially if they are writing about romance. It is easier to sell a concept or a story in this case if the readers aren’t prejudiced about the author’s gender. And in a way, this strategy actually works in attracting attention and readers alike. The public is often curious as to the real identity of the author and it keeps them glued to whatever story the author is up his sleeves.
Anonymity can be liberating. The pen names Currer and Ellis Bell, respectively, allowed Charlotte and Emily Bronte to use influences from their local neighbourhood to craft Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. George Elliott, the famed writer of Middlemarch, was actually Mary Anne Evans. The aliases allowed these women to break into a literary market that was rigidly male-dominated at the time, giving us some of the seminal works of 19th-century western literature. In the decade that followed, Charles Dodgson disrobed the identity of a mathematician to write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Lewis Carroll. The gender-neutral initials of EL James allowed the writer of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy to engage with a particularly notorious topic. And closer to home, Rabindranath Tagore composed poetry in the literary language of Brajabuli as Bhanusimha, a name he found in the torn leaves of an old library book.
The removal of a name tag brings on the freedom to shift genres, write from the perspective of a different gender, or tackle topics that are particularly sensitive or experimental. This makes the pseudonym itself a powerful and useful tool. But it's troubling to think of how we, as readers, often make writers feel like they can't use their own identity for their work.
(Via: http://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/whats-pseudonym-1434529)
Perhaps male authors feel more independence when shifting genres when they believe their readers aren’t prejudiced about their work. They feel at ease exploring or talking about more sensitive matters in their novels or stories when they aren’t bounded by certain expectations or prejudices from third-parties and the general public. And there are actually lots of readers out there that choose the type of books to read just by seeing the name of the author. It’s why you can’t blame authors why they are using generic nom de plumes. Even female authors are actually doing it too. That way, they aren’t limited to express their creativity without compromising potential book sales.
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Ooh thanks for the Goodreads screenshots! The only ones I've read are You and Hidden Bodies, so I have a ton to add to my to-read list! I'd recommend anything by Ruth Ware, Riley Sager, and Fiona Barton. Other books I've read recently and would recommend are The Girl Before by JP Delaney, A Double Life by Flynn Berry (loosely based on the rl Lord Lucan case), An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks...Kara Thomas's books are pretty good too, although they're YA. If I think of more I'll let you know
Okay, I actually completely disliked the Ruth Ware Woods book. Forgot what it was called. And forgot why I didn’t like it. But yeah. I’m totally odd one out on that.
I’ve read Riley Sager and I can’t believe I didn’t include Final Girls on that list! My mistake. Loved The Girl Before but it wasn’t my top top fave. There’s a new one out by that author I think?
I’ll look into the others! Thanks!
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