Maya47Bob46 Maya's 2015 75 Book Challenge

Didn't do the Challenge last year, but I'm ready for the New Year!

Welcome back!

Good luck!

Happy Reading this year!

January 2015

1) Shoot Don't Shoot J.A. Jance
This is a re-read. Too cold to read much serious stuff.

Two more Jance re-reads
2) Exit Wounds J.A. Jance
3) Judgement Call J.A. Jance

4) Artists in crime Ngaio Marsh
Another re-read and still an excellent book.

5) An army at dawn Rick Atkinson
Started reading this is mid-October. First non-fiction completed in 2015.

6) Devil's Cub Georgette Heyer
I think this is my favorite of her books and I re-read it the way I re-read Jane Austen.

7) These Old Shades Georgette Heyer
8) Ghettoside Jill Leovy See my review. Excellent book

9) City of Whispers Marcia Muller

10) Death at the chateau bremont M.L. Longworth

My 11th and 12th books are re-reads. The new book comes out next week and I always re-read at least the most recent ones in the series just before.

11) Festive in Death J.D. Robb
12) Concealed in Death J.D. Robb

These are all re-reads. Is that cheating? Maybe, but it is still what I am reading. I heard there is a new Victoria Thompson coming late spring.

13) Murder on Lexington Avenue Victoria Thompson
14) Murder in Chelsea Victoria Thompson
15) Murder on Murray Hill Victoria Thompson

16) Obsession in death J.D. Robb

>14 Maya47Bob46: Those Victoria Thompson novels are winners whether they are re-reads or first-time-around reads.

17) The Whistleblower Bob Katz See my review. Not a very good book even for someone like me who loves basketball.

I totally agree! Victoria Thompson is American's answer to Anne Perry.

18) The Boston Girl Anita Diamant Loved it. See my review.
19) Purity in Death J.D. Robb A re-read.

20) Agamemnon Aeschulus Read for a discussion group on revenge. Had not read since maybe 1965.
21) Witness in death J.D. Robb A re-read.

22) The laws of murder Charles Finch

23) Practice to deceive Richard Lockridge and Frances Lockridge An oldie but still goodie I ran across on the shelf the other day. When we unpacked after moving a lot of books got shelved at random.

22.5) The Vermont Way Jim Douglas Was leant this book by my brother-in-law and only skimmed through it. Full of minute details about former Governor Douglas' life in politics. Might have been more interesting if I knew more of the people.

23) Murder in the Rue Dumas M.L. Longworth

24) Death in the small hours Charles Finch A re-read

25) The Fleet Street murders Charles Finch A re-read
26) Isaac's storm Erik Larson

27) Quietly in their sleep Donna Leon A re-read

28) The art of the English murder Lucy Worsley See my review

29) Remember when Nora Roberts Had not read this for a very long time. Very interesting combination of Roberts and Robb.
30) Indulgence in death J. D. Robb also a re-read. Something reminded me of the beginning of this book and the body in Ireland.

31) The Angel Court Affair Anne Perry
32) The Girl in the Green Raincoat Laura Lippman

32) Aqua Alta Donna Leon a re-read
33) Falling in Love Donna Leon

34) Some Buried Caesar (from All Aces) Rex Stout A re-read, but still a great story.

35) Murder Can't Wait Richard Lockridge A Captain Heimrich I missed along the way.
36) Death in the vines M.L. Longworth
37) Murder on the Ile Sordou M.L. Longworth a re-read

38) The Racketeer John Grisham

39) Murder on Amsterdam Avenue Victoria Thompson
40) Death and the Dancing Footman Ngaio Marsh First read many years ago

41) Three Can Keep a Secret Archer Mayor
42) Speak Now Kenji Yoshino
43) Nicomachean Ethics (Book VIII, 1-8 and Book IX, 6-12) Aristotle

Occam's Razor Archer Mayor Has a murder that, fictionally, took place right across the street where I live.

38) Alone Together Sherry Turkle Read for a seminar at my alma mater, St. John's College
39) Tucker Peak Archer Mayor

40) The Marble Mask Archer Mayor
41) The Sniper's Wife Archer Mayor

42) Proof Positive Archer Mayor Trying to get through the series and read the ones I've missed before his new one comes out. Actually this was a re-read.

43) The scent of evil Archer Mayor I think I will have to stop after this one and the one I am currently reading as I will have run out for now.

44) The skeleton's knee Archer Mayor Had one more! Now I need to get others.

45) Fruits of the poisonous tree Archer Mayor
46) Glory in death J.D. Robb A re-read in a new edition
47) Crocodile on the sandbank Elizabeth Peters For the Malice on Main Book group
48) Angels fall Nora Roberts A re-read

49) Festive in death J.D. Robb A re-read.

50) Obsession in death J.D. Robb A re-read like 48 and 49.
51) The ragman's memory Archer Mayor Will need to read again as I zipped though in a about 5 hours being so caught up in the plot.

52) Bellows Falls Archer Mayor Still trying to get through all of his books once. I know I will be re-reading them.

53) Death and the chaste apprentice Robert Barnard

54) The disposable man Archer Mayor
55) Little author in the big woods Yona Zeldis McDonough This is a juvenile biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder borrowed from the library. Very enjoyable.

56) For your love Beverly Jenkins Early Reviewers book

57) Reckoning at Hart's Pass Elizabeth McCalaster The author is a member of Malice on Main. See my review.

58) A fatal attachment Robert Barnard borrowed from the library. Wanted to read another Charlie Peace book

59) The second mouse Archer Mayor

60) Designated Daughters Margaret Maron Her next book comes out soon, so I'm re-reading the last one.

61) Storm Track Margaret Maron First read a long time ago.

62) Home Fires Margaret Maron Re-read
63) High Country Fall Margaret Maron Re-read. One seems to lead to another.

64) Rituals of the Season Margaret Maron a re-read
65) Gatekeeper Archer Mayor
66) The bad samaritan Robert Barnard borrowed from the library

67) A Charitable Body Robert Barnard Borrowed from the library
68) Chat Archer Mayor

69) Bootlegger's Daughter Margaret Maron re-read. The first in the series

70) Long Upon the Land Margaret Maron
71) Winter's Child Margaret Maron Re-read

72) The price of malice Archer Mayor
73) The surrogate thief Archer Mayor

74) The silkworm Robert Galbraith from the Library
75) The catch Archer Mayor from the Library

Hit the magic number, but will keep going.

Congrats!

Thank you!

76) The corpse at the Haworth Tandoori Robert Barnard from the Library

77) Red herring Archer Mayor
78) Paradise city Archer Mayor

79) Snakeskin Shamisen Naomi Hirahara Read for Malice on Main book group

80) No place of safety Robert Barnard from the Library

81) Traitor's Gate Anne Perry A re-read of one of her best.

82) Devoted in death J. D. Robb

83) Democracy in American de Tocqueville Read for St. John's College Homecoming Seminar (Introduction, Vol. II: Part 1 (Chapters 1-3, 5), Part 2 (Chapters 1-15) Part 4 (Chapters 6-8) Have actually been reading for the last month or so, but finished for seminar 8/26.

84) Delusion in death J. D. Robb A re-read triggered by something in Devoted in Death.

85) The coroner's lunch Colin Cotterill See my review

86) Daughter of time Josephine Tey Re-read for Malice on Main Book group. Interesting conversation today about writing of history, research, and why we read mysteries.

87) Liberation Mark Ludwig Poetry reviewed for Early Reviewers.

88) The case of the missing servant Tarquin Hall

89) Desiree Annemarie Selinko A re-read, but it has been so long since I read it it was like new.
90) The company she kept Archer Mayor

91) Knots and crosses Ian Rankin
92) The late scholar Jill Paton Walsh
93) The Attenbury Emeralds Jill Paton Walsh The last two are re-reads. I have a lousy cold and need some comforting reading.

94) A burial at sea Charles Finch
95) The laws of murder Charles Finch I read there will be a new book in the series out soon and am re-reading in preparation.

96) Case Histories Kate Atkinson For Malice on Main Book Group

97) Murder in Murray Hill Victoria Thompson A re-read
98) Jane and the unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor Stephanie Barron Don't know if I should actually count this as I only read 20 pages. Luckily I had it out from the library! Did not like it.

98a) Double, double oil and trouble Emma Lathan
99) Death of a literary widow Robert Barnard
Both from the library

100) Skeptic Michael Shermer Reviewed for Early Reviewers
101) Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue Victoria Thompson

102) Tooth and Nail Ian Rankin from the library

103) A death in the small hours Charles Finch re-read
104) Home by nightfall Charles Finch
105) Lady Susan Jane Austen

106) Paragon walk Anne Perry re-read

107) The beekeeper's apprentice Laurie R. King read for Malice on Main
108) Being mortal Atul Gawande Borrowed from the library

108) Resurrection Row Anne Perry A re-read
109) The Right Jack Margaret Maron

110) Three-Day Town Margaret Maron Reading "the right jack" made we want to read other books where Sigrid Harald is a character. This is also a re-read.

111) Salvation in death J.D. Robb a re-read. Something triggered the thought of religion and murder. What a combination.

112) The Moonstone Wilkie Collins Only got through about 60 pages and it never grabbed me.
113) Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen My annual re-read
114) Death comes to Pemberley P.D. James
115) Scent of evil Archer Mayor Picked this up at my sister's house on Christmas and started re-reading so I had to finish it.