Sergei's Reading Log 2021 📚

Looking forward, with cautious optimism, to a better year all round...

No. of books read per month:

January - 16
February - 15
March - 14
April - 11
May - 12
June - 9
July - 13
August - 14
September - 11
October - 15
November - 15
December - 24

Grand total - 169

Off to a decent start:

1) 2 January 2021 - Death Comes to the School - Catherine Lloyd 4★s

2) 5 January 2021 - The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman 4.5★s

3) 6 January 2021 - Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie 4★s

4) 9 January 2021 - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Deborah Moggach 4★s

5) 11 January 2021 - Shadow of the Past - Judith Cutler 3.5★s

6) 13 January 2021 - Vanishing Point - Danielle Ramsay 4★s

7) 15 January 2021 - Put on by Cunning - Ruth Rendell 3.5★s

8) 17 January 2021 - One Day in Apple Grove - C. H. Admirand 2★s

9) 17 January 2021 - The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid - Pat Garrett 4★s

10) 19 January 2021 - Cheating the Hangman - Judith Cutler 4★s

11) 21 January 2021 - The Mapping of Love and Death - Jacqueline Winspear 5★s

12) 22 January 2021 - Texas Ranger - James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle 4★s

13) 24 January 2021 - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - Milly Johnson 4.5★s

14) 28 January 2021 - Looking Forward - Marcia Willett 4.5★s

15) 29 January 2021 - A Further Twist of Lyme - David Ruffle 3.5★s

16) 31 January 2021 - Jolly Foul Play - Robin Stevens 3.5★s

Wow Sergeirocks! You are an impressive reader! It takes me one month to finish my first read for January and you have already read 16 books! :-)

>18 craso: You think that's impressive? You should check out Carol420's reading log: http://www.librarything.com/topic/327509#n7351702
She easily outreads me at a rate of 2 to 1, (and on my poor months, at 3 to 1), ☺️. But thanks for the compliment, Caroline.

>10 Sergeirocks: >18 craso: Some of us have nothing else to do:) I've always been able to read in multiples. Don't know if it's a curse or a talent.

>20 Carol420: Carol, we stand in awe...☺️.

TOTAL FOR JANUARY - 16

17) 1 February 2021 - Hole in One - Catherine Aird 4★s

18) 5 February 2021 - Without Fail - Lee Child 5★s

19) 6 February 2021 - The Liar in the Library - Simon Brett 4★s

20) 8 February 2021 - The Phantom Herd - B. M. Bower 4★s

21) 8 February 2021 - Looking for Captain Poldark - Rowan Coleman 5★s

22) 11 February 2021 - The Road to Grantchester - James Runcie 4★s

23) 13 February 2021 - Mum on the Run - Fiona Gibson 3.5★s

24) 14 February 2021 - Murder Most Unladylike - Robin Stevens 3.5★s

25) 17 February 2021 - Three Things You Need To Know About Rockets - Jessica A. Fox 3.75★s

26) 18 February 2021 - New Hope for the Little Cornish Farmhouse - Nancy Barone 3.5★s

27) 20 February 2021 - Sawtooth Ranch (or The Quirt) - B. M. Bower 4.5★s

28) 22 February 2021 - The Stationmaster's Farewell - Edward Marston 4★s

29) 24 February 2021 - Gently North West - Alan Hunter 4.5★s

30) 26 February 2021 - Starr, of the Desert - B. M. Bower 4.25★s

31) 28 February 2021 - The Great Escape - Fiona Gibson 3.5★s

TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY - 15

32) 3 March 2021 - The Rustle of Silk - Alys Clare 4★s

33) 5 March 2021 - The Windsor Knot - S J Bennett 4★s

34) 7 March 2021 - A Mansion and Its Murder - Robert Barnard 4.5★s

35) 10 March 2021 - The River Murders - James Patterson & James O. Born 3.75★s

36) 11 March 2021 - Open Season - C. J. Box 4★s

37) 14 March 2021 - Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night - James Runcie 4★s

38) 17 March 2021 - The Enchanted April - Elizabeth von Arnim 4.25★s

39) 19 March 2021 - Frank in the Woods - Harry Castlemon 3★s

40) 20 March 2021 - No Place Like Home (or Montana) - Debbie Macomber 3.5★s

41) 22 March 2021 - Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops - Emily Herbert 3★s

42) 25 March 2021 - A Test of Wills - Charles Todd 4.5★s

43) 27 March 2021 - The Railway Man - Eric Lomax 4.5★s

44) 29 March 2021 - Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho - Harry Castlemon 3.5★s

45) 31 March 2021 - Tilly True - Dilly Court 4★s

TOTAL FOR MARCH - 14

46) 1 April 2021 - Man to Man - Jackson Gregory 4★s (reread)

47) 3 April 2021 - This Side of Murder - Anna Lee Huber 4★s

48) 5 April 2021 - Red Fire - Max Brand 4★s

49) 8 April 2021 - The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins 4★s

50) 13 April 2021 - Murder in the Locked Library - Ellery Adams 3.25★s

51) 21 April 2021 - The Diary of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell 3.5★s

52) 21 April 2021 - Spyder Web - Tom Grace 3.5★s

53) 24 April 2021 - Worth Dying For - Lee Child 4.5★s

54) 26 April - Sheilah McLeod - Guy Boothby 4★s

>62 Sergeirocks: Well, little meerkat...we can all use a ❤️ whenever and wherever we can find one. Glad you got yours.

>63 Carol420: Books for my favourites list (❤️ ) have been thin on the ground since about August last year, Carol, I was long overdue one... 🙂

55) 28 April 2021 - Lost for Words - Stephanie Butland 5★s + ❤️

First ❤️ this year.

(ps I missed listing a book at the beginning of the month, so all the posts have had to be shuffled along, making a mess of the conversation with Carol at >62 Sergeirocks: and >63 Carol420:, ☺️)

56) 30 April 2021 - The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler 4★s

TOTAL FOR APRIL - 11

57) 3 May 2021 - In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers - G. A. Henty 4★s

58) 5 May 2021 - Two One Three - Denzil Meyrick 4★s

59) 9 May 2021 - Mutiny - Julian Stockwin 5★s

60) 11 May 2021 - First Daughter - Eric Van Lustbader 4★s

61) 12 May 2021 - Boss of the Far West - Burt Arthur 3.75★s

62) 15 May 2021 - Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters 4.5★s

63) 19 May 2021 - Murder at Kensington Palace - Andrea Penrose 3.75★s

64) 19 May 2021 - A Place of Hope - Anna Jacobs 4.25★s

65) 23 May 2021 - The Deadly Hours - Susanna Kearsley, Anna Lee Huber, Christine Trent & C. S. Harris 4★s

66) 24 May 2021 - Flaming Guns - Burt Arthur 4★s

67) 25 May 2021 - A Moment of Silence - Anna Dean 4.25★s

68) 31 May 2021 - Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters 4.5★s

TOTAL FOR MAY - 12

69) 1 June 2021 - Arsenic for Tea - Robin Stevens 4★s

70) 3 June 2021 - In Search of Hope - Anna Jacobs 4★s

71) 5 June 2021 - Deathworld - Harry Harrison 4.5★s

72) 6 June 2021 - The Big Four - Agatha Christie 4★s

73) 10 June 2021 - The Ethical Engineer - Harry Harrison 4★s

74) 16 June 2021 - Ghost Canyon - John Russell Fearn & Matthew Japp 3.5★s

75) 20 June 2021 - The Fine Art of Invisible Detection - Robert Goddard 5★s

76) 26 June 2021 - The Magician's Nephew - C. S. Lewis 4★s

77) 28 June 2021 - The 13th Tablet - Alex Mitchell 3.5★s

TOTAL FOR JUNE - 9 BOOKS

78) 2 July 2021 - Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters 4★s

79) 4 July 2021 - The Salton Killings - Sally Spencer 4.5★s

80) 5 July 2021 - The Misplaced Battleship - Harry Harrison 4★s (Novella)

81) 10 July 2021 - No Cure for the Dead - Christine Trent 3.5★s

82) 19 July 2021 - The Dragon With a Chocolate Heart - Stephanie Burgis 4.5★s

83) 20 July 2021 - One Corpse Too Many - Ellis Peters 4.5★s

>96 Sergeirocks: Most all of these books by Peter Ellis are on DVD. My mother loved the DVD's but didn't care for the books very much. It was the print size not Ellis's writing style.

>97 Carol420: I like the Cadfael series, I'm learning a lot about the history of the time - 12th century. Like a lot of people, I expect Cadfael first came to my attention through the TV series starring Derek Jacobi; I always picture him as I'm reading, even though the book's description of Cadfael is rather different.

84) 22 July 2021 - First Frost - James Henry 4★s

85) 24 July 2021 - The Brother of Daphne - Dornford Yates 4.5★s

86) 26 July 2021 - Gunsmoke in Nevada - Burt Arthur 4.5★s

87) 26 July 2021 - The K-Factor - Harry Harrison 4.5★s (Novella)

88) 27 July 2021 - A Time for Hope - Anna Jacobs 4★s

89) 27 July 2021 - Navy Day - Harry Harrison 4★s (Short Story)

90) 31 July 2021 - A Lesson in Secrets - Jacqueline Winspear 4.5★s

TOTAL FOR JULY - 13 BOOKS

91) 4 August 2021 - The Clock Strikes Twelve - Patricia Wentworth 4.5★s

92) 4 August 2021 - Silver City Rangers - Burt Arthur 4★s

93) 5 August 2021 - A Lover Too Many - Roy Lewis 4.5★s

94) 9 August 2021 - The Heart of the Dales - Gervase Phinn 4★s

95) 11 August 2021 - The Trappers of Arkansas - Gustave Aimard 4★s

96) 14 August 2021 - A Very Private Murder - Stuart Pawson 4.5★s

97) 15 August 2021 - The Secret Key - Lena Jones 4★s

98) 18 August 2021 - Staging Death - Judith Cutler 4.5★s

99) 22 August 2021 - A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs - Ellis Peters 5★s

100) 26 August 2021 - The Picasso Scam - Stuart Pawson 4.5★s

101) 28 August 2021 - The Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie 4★s

102) 28 August 2021 - Ancestors - (Prof) Alice Roberts 3.5★s

103) 30 August 2021 - Trouble in Mudbug - Jana DeLeon 3★s

104) 30 August 2021 - A Rare Benedictine - Ellis Peters 4★s

TOTAL FOR AUGUST - 14 BOOKS

105) 1 September 2021 - Gun Law of the Range - Burt Arthur 4★s

106) 4 September 2021 - The Seventh Pillar - Alex Lukeman 3.75★s

107) 5 September 2021 - The Shivering Turn - Sally Spencer 4.5★s

108) 6 September 2021 - The Stranger in Boots - A. Scott Leslie 4★s

109) 9 September 2021 - Victoria Line, Central Line - Maeve Binchy 3.25★s

110) 11 September 2021 - Tall in the Saddle - Chuck Martin 4★s

111) 16 September 2021 - Swamp Sniper - Jana DeLeon 3.5★s

112) 24 September 2021 - Death Wears a Mask - Ashley Weaver 4.5★s

113) 26 September 2021 - Daughters of Darkness - Sally Spencer 5★s

114) 28 September 2021 - Don't Go Baking My Heart - Cressida McLaughlin 3.75★s

115) 30 September 2021 - The Cage - Talmage Powell 4.5★s

TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER - 11 BOOKS

116) 2 October 2021 - Saint Peter's Fair - Ellis Peters 4.5★s

117) 5 October 2021 - A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George 4.5★s

>135 Sergeirocks: One of my favorite series and authors!

>136 JulieLill: I've just begun reading this series (just finished book 2, in fact), I'm enjoying it very much. I never watched the TV series, but I do know which actors played Lynley and Havers, so they are the faces I have in mind as I read.

>136 JulieLill: >137 Sergeirocks: Great books and a really good series.

118) 9 October 2021 - Payment in Blood - Elizabeth George 4.25★s

119) 11 October 2021 - Elegy for Eddie - Jacqueline Winspear 4.5★s

120) 13 October 2021 - Win - Harlan Coben 5★s

121) 14 October 2021 - Texas Outlaw - James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle 4.5★s

122) 16 October 2021 - The Secret, Book & Scone Society - Ellery Adams 3.5★s

123) 18 October 2021 - Lightning of Gold - Max Brand 4★s (Reread)

124) 22 October 2021 - Skeleton Man - Tony Hillerman 3.75 ★s

125) 25 October 2021 - The Bookshop of Second Chances - Jackie Fraser 3.75★s

126) 26 October 2021 - All Balls and Glitter - Craig Revel Horwood 3.5★s

127) 27 October 2021 - The Shape Shifter - Tony Hillerman 3.75★s.

128) 29 October 2021 - Under a Greek Moon - Carol Kirkwood 4.25★s

129) 30 October 2021 - Friends - And Then Some - Debbie Macomber 3.25★s

130) 31 October 2021 - Double Play - Robert B. Parker 5★s

TOTAL FOR OCTOBER - 15 BOOKS

131) 2 November 2021 - A Miracle on Hope Street - Emma Heatherington 3★s

132) 6 November 2021 - The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov 4.5★s

133) 9 November 2021 - The Whispered Word - Ellery Adams 3.5★s

134) 12 November 2021 - Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil - James Runcie 4★s

135) 12 November 2021 - Promised Land - Robert B. Parker 5★s

136) 14 November 2021 - Murder Being Once Done - Ruth Rendell 4★s

137) 16 November 2021 - Family Honor - Robert B. Parker 4.25★s

138) 20 November 2021 - Mary Poppins - P. L. Travers 4★s

139) 21 November 2021 - Night Passage - Robert B. Parker 4★s

140) 24 November 2021 - Murder at Whitby Abbey - Cassandra Clark 4★s

141) 27 November 2021 - Spider Woman’s Daughter - Anne Hillerman 4.5★s

142) 27 November 2021 Living Without Plastic - Brigette Allen and Christine Wong 2.5★s

143) 29 November 2021 - The Mysterious Mr. Quin - Agatha Christie 4.5★s

144) 29 November 2021 - Midwinter Murder - Agatha Christie 4★s

(Missed a book!)

145) 3 November 2021 - My Mum is a loser - Barry Loser 3★s

TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER - 15 BOOKS

146) 1 December 2021 - The Mushroom Man - Stuart Pawson 4.5★s

147) 1 December 2021 - The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe - Milly Johnson 4★s

148) 3 December 2021 - A Spot of Folly - Ruth Rendell 3.5★s

149) 4 December 2021 - Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories - 4★s

150) 5 December 2021 - The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories - Agatha Christie 4★s

151) 7 December 2021 - Frost at Christmas - R. D. Wingfield 4★s

152) 8 December 2021 - Murder at Christmas - Margery Allingham and Others 4★s

153) 10 December 2021 - Mr. Dickens and his Carol - Samantha Silva 4.5★s

154) 11 December 2021 - A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 4.5★s

155) 11 December 2021 - The Chimes - Charles Dickens 3.75★s

156) 12 December 2021 - The Cricket on the Hearth - Charles Dickens 4★s

157) 13 December 2021 - The Battle of Life - Charles Dickens 4★s

158) 16 December 2021 - A Christmas to Remember - Anton Du Beke 4★s

159) 18 December 2021 - Final Appeal - Lisa Scottoline 4.5★s

160) 19 December 2021 - Trouble in Paradise - Robert B. Parker 4.5★s

161) 20 December 2021 - A Cotswold Christmas Mystery - Rebecca Tope 4★s

162) 21 December 2021 - An Ivy Hill Christmas - Julie Klassen 4★s

163) 22 December 2021 - The Haunted Man - Charles Dickens 4★s

164) 24 December 2021 - Christmas with the Teashop Girls - Elaine Everest 3.5★s

165) 24 December 2021 - The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas - Cressida McLaughlin 4★s

166) 28 December 2021 - The Body in the Ice - A. J. MacKenzie 4.5★s

167) 28 December 2021 - Murder Under the Christmas Tree - Various 4.5★s

168) 30 December 2021 - The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories - Various 4★s

169) 31 December 2021 - Christmas in the Scottish Highlands - Donna Ashcroft 3.75★s

TOTAL FOR DECEMBER - 24 BOOKS

I think this must be some sort of record for me! 🙂

>194 Sergeirocks:



Congratulations...Here's your reward!!!

TOTAL FOR THE YEAR - 169 BOOKS

A good total, far better than last year.

>195 Carol420: And a reward… 👍 Thanks, Carol, ☺️.