2016 Books

The 2016 books page . . .


NEW TO ME AUTHORS:

01. Lea Wait
02. Helen Simonson
03. Jacqueline Winspear
04. Beth Gutcheon
05. Mary Kennedy
06. Marty Wingate
07. Allyson K. Abbott
08. Rebecca West
09. Rainbow Rowell
10. Diane Vallere

11. May Sarton
12. Kathy Aarons
13. Colette London
14. Nancy J Parra
15. Helen Simonson
16. Amanda Flower
17. Laura Bradford
18. Peg Cochran
19. Betty Hechtman
20. Fannie Flagg

21. Kathi Delany
22. David Sedaris
23. Albert Camus




CLASSICS:
GOAL: 10/10


01. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
02. Walking by Henry David Thoreau
03. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
04. The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
05. O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather
06. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
07. Third Girl by Agatha Christie
08. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
09. Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer
10. The Stranger by Albert Camus







BOOKS READ:
GOAL: 84/80


01. The Insider by Ridley Pearson (YA; Kingdom Keepers #7)
02. The BFG by Roald Dahl (Middle grade; book to movie)
03. Twisted Threads by Lea Wait (Cozy Mystery; Mainely Needlepointers #1)
04. Thread End by Amanda Lee (Cozy Mystery; Embroidery Shop #7)
05. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Classic, reread)
06. A Root Awakening by Kate Collins (Cozy Mystery; Flower Shop #16)
07. Florist Grump by Kate Collins (Cozy Mystery; Flower Shop #17)
08. Grace Among Thieves by Julie Hyzy (Cozy Mystery; Manor House #3)
09. Grace Takes Off by Julie Hyzy (Cozy Mystery; Manor House #4)
10. Engaged in Murder by Nancy J Parra (Cozy Mystery; Perfect Proposals #1)

11. Hard Knocks by Lori Foster (Romance prequel)
12. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Fiction)
13. Wicked Stitch by Amanda Lee (Cozy Mystery; Embroidery Shop #8)
14. The Stitching Hour by Amanda Lee (Cozy Mystery; Embroidery Shop #9)
15. Northern Lights by Nora Roberts (Rom-suspense, ST)
16. An Early Wake by Sheila Connolly (Cozy Mystery; County Cork #3)
17. The Abandoned by Amanda Stevens (Paranormal Romance; Graveyard Queen 0.5)
18. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Mystery; Maisie Dobbs #1)
19. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (Urban Fantasy, Mercy Thompson)
20. A Turn for the Bad by Sheila Connolly (Cozy Mystery; County Cork #4)

21. Walking by Henry David Thoreau (Classic)
22. Chance of a Ghost by EJ Copperman (Cozy Mystery; Haunted Guest House #4)
23. Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon (Mystery)
24. Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy (Cozy Mystery; Dream Club #1)
25. The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis by Caroline Kennedy (Poetry; Ultimate challenge)
26. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (Classic group read)
27. The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate (Featured Author; Cozy mystery; Potting Shed #1)
28. The Obsession by Nora Roberts (Rom-suspense, ST)
29. Murder on the Rocks by Allyson K. Abbott (Featured Author; Cozy Mystery; Mack’s Bar #1)
30. Last Dance by Joyce and Jim Lavene (Cozy Mystery; Shayrn Howard #1)

31. Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams (Cozy Mystery; Charmed Pie Shoppe #4)
32. Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West (Classic group read)
33. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (YA)
34. It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake (Cozy Mystery; Wishcrafting #1)
35. Irish Stewed by Kylie Logan (Cozy Mystery; Ethnic Eats #1)
36. Suede to Rest by Diane Vallere (Featured Author; Cozy Mystery; Material Witness #1)
37. Killer Maize by Paige Shelton (Cozy Mystery; Farmers’ Market #4)
38. Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl (YA; Group read)
39. Irish Chain by Earlene Fowler (Cozy Mystery; Bennie Harper #2)
40. The Cat, The Sneak and The Secret by Leanne Sweeney (Cozy Mystery; Cats in Trouble #7)

41. Crushed Velvet by Diane Vallere (Cozy Mystery; Material Witness #2)
42. Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton (Nonfiction)
43. Boiled Over by Barbara Ross (Cozy Mystery; Maine Clambake #2)
44. O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather (Classic, Group read)
45. Death is Like a Box of Chocolates by Kathy Aarons (Cozy Mystery; Chocolate Covered #1)
46. Sour Apples by Sheila Connolly (Cozy Mystery; Orchard #6)
47. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Children's classic)
48. Criminal Confections by Colette London (Cozy Mystery; Chocolate Whisperer #1)
49. Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell (Cozy Mystery; Haunted Home Renovation #2)
50. Born In Fire by Nora Roberts (Romance; Born in Trilogy #1)

51. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Classic group read)
52. Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell (Cozy Mystery; Witchcraft #1)
53. Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower (Cozy Mystery; Magical Bookshop #1)
54. Supernatural Born Killers by Casey Daniels (Cozy Mystery; Pepper Martin #9)
55. Musseled Out by Barbara Ross (Cozy Mystery; Maine Clambake #3)
56. United We Spy by Ally Carter (YA; Gallagher Girls #6)
57. Third Girl by Agatha Christie (Classic Mystery; Group Read)
58. Born in Ice by Nora Roberts (Romance; Born in Trilogy #2)
59. The Red Book of Primrose House by Marty Wingate (Cozy Mystery; Potting Shed #2)
60. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Classic Group Read)

61. Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer (Classic Mystery)
62. Murder Under Cover by Kate Carlisle (Cozy Mystery; Bibliophile #4)
63. Golden Malicious by Sheila Connolly (Cozy Mystery; Orchard #7)
64. Born in Shame by Nora Roberts (Romance; Born in Trilogy #3)
65. Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross (Cozy Mystery; Maine Clam Bake #4)
66. Aunt Dimity Goes West by Nancy Atherton (Cozy Mystery; Aunt Dimity #12)
67. Éclair and Present Danger by Laura Bradford (Cozy Mystery; Emergency Dessert Squad#1)
68. Pinned for Murder by Elizabeth Lynn Casey (Cozy Mystery; Southern Sewing #3)
69. Berried Secrets by Peg Cochran (Cozy Mystery; Cranberry Cove #1)
70. Matilda by Roald Dahl (Children's; Book to Movie)

71. Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris (Urban Fantasy; Midnight, Texas #1)
72. Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (Mystery)
73. 11 by Kylie Brant (Rom-suspense)
74. The Visitor by Amanda Stevens (Paranormal Suspense; Graveyard Queen #4)
75. Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman (Cozy Mystery; Crochet #1)
76. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris (Cozy mystery, Aurora Teagarden #3)
77. The Stranger by Albert Camus (Classic)
78. The Nights Before Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Christmas Romance)
79. The Cat, The Collector and the Killer by Leann Sweeney (Cats in Trouble #8; Cozy Mystery)
80. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (Fiction)

81. Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Kathi Delany (Cozy Mystery; Year Round Christmas #1)
82. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
83. Starry Night by Debbie Macomber (Romance)
84. Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie (Espionage/Thriller)



SHORT STORIES:


The Staircase at the Heart’s Desire by Anna Katharine Green
The Gray Madam by Anna Katharine Green
The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah
The Monroe-Head Counterfeit by Dana Gatlin
Interlude in Pearl by Emily Ryan-Davis
Great Cases of Detective Burns: Tracking Anonymous Letter-Writers by Dana Gatlin
The Great Ruby Robbery by Grant Allen
A Difficult Problem by Anna Katharine Green
The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison
The Nameless Man by Rodrigues Ottolengui

The Outlaws by Selma Lagerlsf
The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner
The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner






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