Title: Devil may Care
Author: Sebastian Faulks
Borrowed from Worcester County, MD Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/28/2020
Finished: 5/4/2020
Non-Flemming Bond book. Decent enough.
Monday, May 4, 2020
Bad Business, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: Bad Business
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Kindle Edition
- Started: 5/2/2020
- Finished: 5/3/2020
Remember Enron? Seems like ancient history now. This was Parker's take on that scandal (I assume) in Spenser form. Decent entry in the series.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Night Passage, by Robert B Parker
Title: Night Passage
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/1/2020
Finished: 5/2/2020
First Jesse Stone novel, easy and entertaining.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Back Story, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: Back Story
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Kindle Edition
- Started: 4/29/2020
- Finished: 4/30/2020
Bit of a crossover novel as it also features Jesse Stone. I've read a few of those and you can tell Parker was enjoying writing them more than these Spenser novels at that time. This one wasn't great.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
Title: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
Author: P G. Wodehouse
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/25/2020
Finished: 4/27/2020
Another enjoyable Jeeves book.
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, by P.G. Wodehouse
Title: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/23/2020
Finished: 4/24/2020
Another entertaining Jeeves book.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Right Ho, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Title: Right Ho, Jeeves
- Author: P.G. Wodehouse
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 4/15/2020
- Finished: 4/16/2020
Forgot to log this one, which I read between Thank you, Jeeves, and The Code of the Woosters. very enjoyable.
The Mating Season, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Title: The Mating Season
- Author: P.G. Wodehouse
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 4/20/2020
- Finished: 4/23/2020
Another great and hilarious Wooster & Jeeves novel.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Joy in the Morning, by P.G. Wodehouse
Title: Joy in the Morning
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Borrowed from Worcester County, MD Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/18/2020
Finished: 4/19/2020
Enjoyable Jeeves novel.
Friday, April 17, 2020
The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Title: The Code of the Woosters
- Author: P.G. Wodehouse
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 4/15/2020
- Finished: 4/17/2020
These books are amazing.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Thank You, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Title: Thank You, Jeeves
- Author: P.G. Wodehouse
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 4/13/2020
- Finished: 4/14/2020
The first full length Jeeves novel, good stuff, but I imagine many modern readers will take issue with the black face scenes and similar dated language.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
Title: Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/13/2020
Finished: 4/13/2020
Haven't read this one since college, enjoyable and dark.
Very Good, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Title: Very Good, Jeeves
- Author: P.G. Wodehouse
- Borrowed from Worcester County, MD Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 4/11/2020
- Finished: 4/12/2020
Extremely enjoyable Jeeves book.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Jeeves in the Offing, by P.G. Wodehouse
Title: Jeeves in the Offing
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/9/2020
Finished: 4/11/2020
This was a fantastic book, can't believe it took me so long to get into these Jeeves books. So clever and entertaining.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Potshot, by Robert B Parker
Title: Potshot
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 4/6/2020
Finished: 4/8/2020
Decent Spenser novel.
The Innocence of Father Brown, by G.K. Chesterton
Title: The Innocence of Father Brown
Author: G.K. Chesterton
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 4/4/2020
Finished: 4/9/2020
Decent collection of short mysteries, liked the first half better than the second.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson
Title: American Spy
Author: Lauren Wilkinson
Purchased from Kramer Books hardcover
Started: 2/15/2020
Finished: 4/5/2020
Book club books, took me a long time to really start to force myself to read it. Didn't love it.
Rumpole Misbehaves, by John Mortimer
Title: Rumpole Misbehaves
Author: John Mortimer
Purchased used softback from Amazon
Started: 1/30/2020
Finished: 4/5/2020
This is a short novel that shouldn't take 3 months to read. But I used it as my backup reading to fill in between other books, so only finally finished today. Overall enjoyed this one.
Friday, April 3, 2020
Carry On, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Title: Carry On, Jeeves
- Author: P.G. Wodehouse
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Audiobook
- Started; 3/28/2020
- Finished: 4/3/2020
Despite the fact that most of these Jeeves stories are the same plot repeated, they're damn funny and in these crazy days it a good distraction
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Bark of the Night, by David Rosenfelt
- Title: Bark of the Night
- Author: David Rosenfelt
- Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library, Audiobook
- Started: 3/28/2020
- Finished: 4/1/2020
Another in the Andy Carpenter series. Takes him to my hometown area of Tampa, takes the cheap shot against the sports teams down there. Not as funny as some entries in the series, but good enough to pass the time.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Hugger Mugger, by Robert B Parker
Title: Hugger Mugger
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started:. 3/28/2020
Finished: 3/31/2020
Stupidist title of any book, a decent Spenser novel otherwise.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Hush Money, by Robert B Parker
Title: Hush Money
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 3/24/2020
Finished: 3/28/2020
So so Spenser novel.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
Title:. The Inimitable Jeeves
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Audiobook
Started: 3/23/2020
Finished: 3/27/2020
Took my time with this short collection of stories. I've tried several times to get into these Wodehouse Jeeves novels, I think this time it finally clicked.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Sudden Mischief, by Robert B Parker
- Title: Sudden Mischief
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Little Free Library, Hardback
- Started: 3/14/2020
- Finished: 3/17/2020
A not very good Spenser novel.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Small Vices, by Robert B Parker
Title: Small Vices
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 3/1/2020
Finished: 3/12/2020
Decent Spenser novel, took me a while as I haven't had much time to read.
Monday, March 2, 2020
Big Sky, by Kate Atkinson
- Title: Big Sky
- Author: Kate Atkinson
- Borrowed from DC Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 2/25/2020
- Finished: 3/1/2020
A new Jackson Brodie book -- been years since the last one. I liked this series a lot and this new book just continued that feeling. This felt like the last book in the series, but you never know.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Chance, by Robert B Parker
Title: Chance
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/24/2020
Finished: 2/28/2020
So so Spencer novel.
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Thin Air, by Robert B Parker
Title: Thin Air
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/22/2020
Finished: 2/23/2020
One of the better later Spenser novels.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Walking Shadow, by Robert B Parker
Title: Walking Shadow
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/21/2020
Finished: 2/22/2020
Pretty sure I read this one before, not a great Spenser novel.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Double Deuce, by Robert B Parker
Title: Double Deuce
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/11/2020
Finished: 2/14/2020
Decent Spenser novel
Paper Doll, by Robert B Parker
Title: Paper Doll
Author: Robert B Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started 2/16/2020
Finished: 2/21/2020
So so Spenser novel
Friday, February 14, 2020
A Better Man, by Louise Penny
- Title: A Better Man
- Author: Louise Penny
- Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 2/7/2020
- Finished: 2/14/2020
I generally don't like my first read of a mystery series to be a late entry, but that's just what I did here. Even not knowing the characters from previous novels, this was an entertaining read.
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Pastime, by Robert B. Parker
Title: Pastime
Author: Robert B. Parker
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 2/6/2020
Finished: 2/8/2020
One of the better Spenser novels.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Stardust, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: Stardust
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 2/5/2020
- Finished: 2/6/2020
Guessing this one was written after Parker's experience with the TV show Spenser for Hire. Decent Spenser book but ending was pretty abrupt.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Crimson Joy, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: Crimson Joy
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 2/2/2020
- Finished: 2/4/2020
Another so-so Spenser novel, but these do pass the time.
Monday, February 3, 2020
School Days, by Robert B. Parker
Title: School Days
Author: Robert B. Parker
Paperback from little free library in DC
Started: 2/1/2020
Finished: 2/2/2020
So so Spenser novel
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Taming a Sea-Horse, by Robert B. Parker
Title: Taming a Sea-Horse
Author: Robert B. Parker
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started; 1/29/2020
Finished 2/1/2020
So so Spenser novel.
Legion, by William Peter Blatty
Title: Legion
Author: William Peter Blatty
Purchased hardback from Amazon.com
Started: 1/27/2020
Finished: 2/1/2020
Sequel to The Exorcist, very enjoyable.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
The Outsider, by Stephen King
- Title: The Outsider
- Author: Stephen King
- Borrowed from Fairfax County, VA Public Library (Audiobook)
- Started: 1/26/2020
- Finished: 1/30/2020
Listened to this one more for Will Patton's narration than Stephen King's writing. Entertaining but not particularly scary.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Rumpole's Return, by John Mortimer
Title: Rumpole's Return
Author: John Mortimer
Purchased hardback used from Amazon.com
Started: fall 2019
Finished: 1/26/2020
I'd been nursing this one for a while but finally really started reading it this weekend. Enjoyable Rumpole novel.
A Catskill Eagle, by Robert B. Parker
Title: A Catskill Eagle
Author: Robert B. Parker
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 1/24/2020
Finished: 1/26/2020
Enjoyable but a bit off Spenser novel.
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Ceremony, by Robert B. Parker
Title: Ceremony
Author: Robert B. Parker
Started: 1/20/2020
Finished: 1/24/2020
My least favorite of these early Spenser novels.
Friday, January 24, 2020
Valediction, by Robert B. Parker
Title: Valediction
Author: Robert B. Parker
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 1/21/2020
Finished: 1/23/2020
A so-so Spenser.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
The Widening Gyre, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: The Widening Gyre
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Fairfax County, VA Public Library Audiobook
- Started: 1/19/2020
- Finished: 1/22/2020
Finally Spenser visits DC, but I wasn't thrilled with the book. The blackmail scheme was bizarre, and the final resolution contrived and seems unsatisfactory. Still, DC...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Early Autumn, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: Early Autumn
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library Kindle Edition
- Started: 1/19/2020
- Finished: 1/20/2020
Pretty good Spenser book.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Looking for Rachel Wallace, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: Looking for Rachel Wallace
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
- Started: 1/12/2020
- Finished: 1/14/2020
I liked this one more now than when I read it originally years ago. Solid Spenser novel.
Monday, January 13, 2020
The Judas Goat, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: The Judas Goat
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
- Started: 1/12/2019
- Finished: 1/12/2019
These Spenser novels are not taxing, and sometimes they're not even very good, but they are comfortable, fun, and easy to read. And there is kind of great feeling of accomplishment that comes with reading a book cover to cover in one day.
Sunday, January 12, 2020
A Savage Place, by Robert B. Parker
Title: A Savage Place
Author: Robert B. Parker
Borrowed from Worcester MD Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 1/6/2020
Finished: 1/12/2020
A not very good Spenser book.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
The Godwulf Manuscript, by Robert B. Parker
- Title: The Godwulf Manuscript
- Author: Robert B. Parker
- Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library (Audiobook)
- Started: 1/4/2019
- Finished: 1/9/2020
I read this one before, back in May of 2009 (I've been keeping track of books here for a long time!) in paperback. Decided to give it a listen since I wanted something easy and fun. This fit the bill, Narrated by the same guy who did all of the Rex Stout Nero Wolfe books (Michael Prichard). Good narrator for Spenser too.
Friday, January 3, 2020
Blood Relatives, by Ed McBain
Title: Blood Relatives
Author: Ed McBain
Hardback from little free library in Ocean City MD
Started: October 2019
Finished: 1/3/2020
Started this 87th precinct novel last fall but left it at the beach. Went back after the new year and finished today. Pretty obvious mystery.
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