2022 Reading Challenges

Published in the Current Year - 2022

1.  The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) - Kelly Armstrong

2.   Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel

3.  The Book of Cold Cases - Simone St. James

4.  Kismet- Lauren Blakely

5.  The Verifiers (#1 The Verifiers) - Jane Pek

6.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo

7.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance - Lisa Yee

8.  The Book Woman's Daughter -Kim Michele Richardson

9.  No Mercy (#1 Valerie Law, FBI Profiler) Blake Pierce

10.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) -  Paul Doiron

11.  The Night Whispers (#2 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell

12.  Four Treasures of the Sky - Jenny Tinghui Zhang  

13.  Upgrade - Blake Crouch  

14.  The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman

15.  Girl in Ice - EricaFerencik

16.  Desert Star - (Bosch/Ballard) - Michael Connelly

Middle Grade

1.  Alone (going to be a favorite!) 5

2.  The Last Cuentista (2022 Newbery Medal) 4

3.  Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo (5)

4.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance - Lisa Yee (4.5)

YA

1. In the Wild Light - Jeff Zentner (5)

2.  Seven Crowns (#1 Shadows & Starlight) E. Everest (3)

3.  Between Shades of Gray - Ruth Sepetys (5)

4.  Serpent & Dove (#1 Serpent and Dove) Shelby Mahurin (5)

Shorts

1.  The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman

2.   A Sugarplum Christmas - Viola Shipman

Series

1.  The Outcast Dead (#6 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths (4)

2.   Mastermind (#1 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray) - Andrew Mayne (3.5)

3.  Cyber Count (#2? Kat Munro) - S. L. Beaumont (3)

4.  The Loot (#1 Charlie McCabe) - Craig Schaefer (4)

5.   Seven Crowns (#1 Shadows & Starlight) E. Everest (3)

6.  The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) - Kelly Armstrong (3.5/4)

7.  The Insider (#2 Charlie McCabe}  - Craig Schaefer (4.5)

8.  The Trapped Girl (#4 Tracy Crosswhite) -Robert Dugoni (4.5)

9.   Serpent & Dove (#1 Serpent and Dove) Shelby Mahurin (5)

10.   Bad Memory (#2 Jessica Shaw) Lisa Gray (4)

11.  Tell Me (#2 Inland Empire) - Anne Frazer  (4)

12.  Crimson Lake (#1 Crimson Lake) Candice Fox (5)

13.  The Ghost Fields (#7 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths (4)

14.  Whispers from the Dead (#2 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins (3)

15.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo (4.5)

16.  Secrets in the Grave  (#3 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins

17.  The Woman in Blue (#8  Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths (3.5)

18.  Hidden in Plain Sight (#4 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins (3)

19.  No Mercy (#1 Valerie Law, FBI Profiler) Blake Pierce (3)

20.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) -  Paul Doiron (5)

21.  The Midnight Man (#1 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell (3.5)

22.  The Night Whispers (#2 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell (3)

23.  The Chalk Pit  (#9 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths (3.5)

24.  Desert Star (#5 Renee Ballard) 

REAL Books

1.

Abandoned

1.  Black Cake

4.5 or 5 Stars

1. Twenty Years Later - Charlie Donlea (4.5)

2.  Alone - Megan E. Freeman (loved it!)

3.  Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren

4.  In the Wild Light - Jeff Zentner

5.  Between Shades of Gray - Ruth Sepetys

6.  The Insider (#2 Charlie McCabe) Craig Schaefer (4.5)

7.  The Trapped Girl (#4 Tracy Crosswhite) Robert Dugoni (4.5)

8.  A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw (4.5)

9.  Serpent & Dove (#1 Serpent & Dove) Shelby Mahurin 

10.   Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel (4.5)

11.  Thornyhold - Mary Stewart  

12.  Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo 

13.  Winter Cottage - Mary Ellen Taylor 

14.  The People We Keep - Allison Larkin 

15.  Crimson Lake (#1 Crimson Lake) Candice Fox  

16.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo (4.5)

17.  Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter (5)

18.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance -  Lisa Yee (4.5)

19.  The Book Woman's Daughter - Kim Michele Richardson

20.  Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney

21.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) 

22.  Upgrade - Blake Crouch (4.5)

23.  Lost and Found Bookshop - (4.5)

23.  Gathering Dark - Candice Fox (4.5/5)

Not-so-great-quality novels read this year:

2.  A Not So Meet Cute - Meghan Quinn, 2021 Audible, 402 pgs. (776 pgs.)

6.  Three Simple Rules - Nikki Sloan, 2015 Chirp, 288 pgs. (2094 pgs.)

20.  Put Me In Detention-Meghan Quinn, Kindle (3)

22.  The Heart Principle - Libby (3?)

23.  Bad Guy: A Science Fiction Romance - Ruby Dixon

34.  Finding Kyle Chirp 4/23 (4-really enjoyed this!)

39.  The Krinar's Informant 5/13 Chirp

40.  The Accidental Kiss 5/16

42.  Kismet - Lauren Blakely - 2022 (3.5) 5/27

46.  Daisy's Decision - Ruby Dixen (Ice Home#16) 6/8

59.  Risking It All - Chirp (1)

70.  My One Week Husband - Lauren Blakely, Audible 11/27

81.  Wild Passion - Mari Chirp?

Novels Read in 2022 (that I can be proud of, LOL!)

January (10)

1.  The Outcast Dead (#6 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2014 Audible (4) 374 pgs.

3..  Mastermind (#1 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray) Andrew Mayne, 2021 Audible (3.5) 332 pgs. (1108 pgs.)

4.  Twenty Years Later - Charlie Donlea, 2021 Libby (4.5) 368 pgs. (1476 pgs.)

5.  Cyber Count (#2? Kat Munro) - S. L. Beaumont, 2021 Kindle (3) 330 pgs. (1806 pgs.)

7.  The Loot (#1 Charlie McCabe) - Craig Schaefer, 2019 Audible (4) 329 pgs. (2423 pgs.)

8.  Alone - Megan E. Freeman, 2021 Kindle (5) 404 pgs. (2827 pgs.)

9.  Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren, 2018 Libby, (5) 432 p.

10.  The Last Cuentista -  Donna Barba Higuera, 2021 Audible (4) 336 pgs.

February (8)

11.  In the Wild Light - Jeff Zentner, 2021 Audible (5!) 432 p. GR

12.  Seven Crowns (#1 Shadows & Starlight) E. Everest, 2020 Kindle (3) 318 p.

13.  Between Shades of Gray - Ruth Sepetys, 2011 Chirp (5) 344 p. onGR

14.  Exo - Fonda Lee, 2017 Chirp (4) 384 pgs. GR

15.  Hard Cash Valley Chirp - Brian Panowich, 2020 Chirp (4) 304 p. GR

16.  The Paths Between the Stars - Amira K. Makansi, 2021 Kindle (2) 324 p. GR

17.  The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) - Kelly Armstrong 2022 Audible (3.5/4) 341 p. GR

18.  Last of the Moon Girls - Barbara Davis, 2020 Kindle Unl/Audio (3+5=4) 397 p. GR

March (9)

19.  The Insider (#2 Charlie McCabe}  - Craig Schaefer, 2020 Audible (4.5) 329 p. GR

21.  The Trapped Girl (#4 Tracy Crosswhite) -Robert Dugoni, 2017 Audible (4.5) 378 p. GR

24.  A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw, 2021 Libby (4.5) 354 p. GR

25.  The Desert Sky Before Us - Anne Valente, 2019 Chirp (2.5) 429 p. GR

26.  We Belong Together - Beth Moran, 2021 Kindle Unl (4) 363 p.GR 

27.  Within These Wicked Walls - Lauren Blackwood, 2021 Libby (3) 336 p. GR

April (8)

28.  Serpent & Dove #1 Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin, 2019 Kindle & Aud (5) 513 p. GR

29.  Bad Memory (#2 Jessica Shaw) Lisa Gray - 2019 Kindle & Aud, (4) 311 p. GR

30.  The Taste of Ginger. - Mansi Shah, 2021 Kindle 4/12/22 (3) 317 pgs. gr

31.  Tell Me (#2 Inland Empire) - Anne Frazer  2021 Audible & Kindle (4) 285 pgs. 4/14/2022

32.  The Cheat Sheet - Sarah Adams, 2021 Audible (4) 4/17/2022 

33.  Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel 2022 Libby (4.5) 225 pgs.

35.  The Book of Cold Cases - Simone St. James, 2022 Libby (3) 344 pgs.

May (8)

36. Thornyhold - Mary Stewart -1988 Kindle (5) GR

37.  Well Matched - Jen DeLuca 2021 Libby (4)

38.  Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo 2018 Kindle (5)

41.  Winter Cottage - Mary Ellen Taylor, 2018 Audible and Kindle (5) 5/22

43.  Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski, 2012 (4) 5/30

June (4)

44.  The People We Keep - Allison Larkin, 2021 Libby (5) 6/6

45.  Crimson Lake (#1 Crimson Lake) Candice Fox, 2017 Audble (5) 6/8 gr

July (6)

47.  The Ghost Fields (#7 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2015 Kindle (4) 370 pgs.GR 7/5 gr

48.  Whispers from the Dead (#2 Serenity Adams) Karen Ann Hopkins 2015 Aud & Kindle (3 ) 7/6 gr

49.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo 2022 Aud (4.5) gr

50.  Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter, 2018 Libby (5) 7/17 gr

51.  Secrets in the Grave (#3 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins 2015 Aud & Kindle 7/22 gr

52.  The Woman in Blue (#8 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2016 Aud, (3.5) 7/23 gr

August (4)

53.  Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult, 2000 Libby (4) 8/14 gr

54.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance - Lisa Yee, 2022 Kindle (4.5) 8/20 gr

55.  Hidden in Plain Sight (#4 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins, 2016 (3) 8/25 gr

56.  Stuck on You - Portia MacIntosh, 2020 Chirp (4) 8/27 gr

September (5)

57.  The Book Woman's Daughter -Kim Michele Richardson (5) 2022 Libby 9/8 gr

58.  No Mercy (#1 Valerie Law, FBI Profiler) Blake Pierce, 2022 Kindle (3) 9/13 gr

60.  Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney, 2021 Libby (5) 9/19 gr

61.  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 

62.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) -  Paul Doiron, Audible (5) 9/22   

63.  The Walled Garden - Robin Farrar Maass, 2022 Chirp, (4) 9/25 GR

October (2)

64. The Midnight Man - Kindle (#1 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell 2021 (3.5) 10/4 GR

65.  The Night Whispers (#2 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell - 2022 Audible&Kindle (3) 10/6 GR

November (6)

66.  Four Treasures of the Sky - Jenny Tinghui Zhang, 2022 Libby (3) 11/13 GR

67.  Upgrade - Blake Crouch Libby, 2022 (4.5) GR

68.  The Chalk Pit  (#9 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths -  Audible 3.5n GR

69.  The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman, 2022 Audible-Short Story 36 pgs.(3) GR

70.  A Sugarplum Christmas - Viola Shipman, Kindle - Short Story 35 pgs? (4) GR

72.  Girl in Ice - Erica Ferencik, 2022 Libby (3.5) 304 pgs. GR

December (9)

73.  Christmas Every Day - Beth Moran, 2019 Audible (4) 408 pgs. GR

74.  Things You Save in a Fire - Katherine Center, 2019 Audible (4) 320 pgs. GR

75.  Desert Star (Rene Ballard #5/Harry Bosch) Michael Connelly, 2022 Audible (4) GR

76.  The Lost and Found Bookshop - Susan Wiggs, 2020 Chirp (4.5)  GR

77.  Gathering Dark - Candice Fox -2020 Chirp (4.5/5) GR

78.  I Am Not a Serial Killer, Chirp (2.5) 12/15

79.  Wherever the Wind Takes Us, Audible/Kindle (1) 12/16

80.  She's Up to No Good, Audible (4) 12/27

81. (above) 

Total books read in 2022

2022 Movies

4 movies in 2022

2021 - ONE MOVIE!! (Continued Pandemic)

2020 - 5 movies (Pandemic!)

2019 - 26 movies

2018 - 51 movies

2017 - 49 movies

2016 - 62 movies

2015 - 37 movies

2014 - 46 movies

2013 - 48 movies

2012 - 37 movies

2011 - 54 movies

*6*  Awesome

5  Loved it

4  Liked it

3  It was okay

2  Not great

1  Nope

Dog (3/26/22) great story, not simply a comedy! (4.5)

Licorice Pizza (3/11/2022) long and boring...just meh (2)

Power of the Dog (1/2/22) Slow, dark, depressing, sad, and oddly enough, wonderful (5)

Spiderman: No Way Home (1/10/22) Lots of fun surprises, but too long (4)

WOW movies of 2022

Power of the Dog (1/2/22) Slow, dark, depressing, sad,  and oddly enough, wonderful (5)

REALLY GOOD movies of 2022 (4.5 & 5)  

Dog (3/26/22) great story, not simply a comedy! (4.5)

Spiderman: No Way Home (1/10/22) Lots of fun surprises, but too long (4)

GOOD/FUN movies of 2022 (3 - 3.5 - 4)

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WASTE-OF-TIME MOVIES OF 2022 

.Licorice Pizza (3/11/2021) long and boring...just meh (2)

Novels Read - N

Novels Read

N

Naked in Death  (Eve Dallas #1) - J. D. Robb, 1985 (4)

Name Curse, The - Brooke Burroughs, 2021 (3)
Name of the Devil (#2 Jessica Blackwell) - Andrew Mayne, 2015 (4)
Narrows, The (Harry Bosch #10) - Michael Connelly, 2004 (3)

Nash Falls (Walter Nash 1 of 2) - David Baldacci, 2025 (4.5)
Naturalist, The (Naturalist #1) - Andrew Mayne, 2017 (3)
Naturals, The - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 2013 (3.5)

Natural Selection - short story by Erin Hildebrand, 2024 (3.75)

Nature of Disappearing, The - Kimi Cunningham Grant, 2024 (3)

Nature of Fragile Things, The - Susan Meissner, 2021 (4.5)

Nearly Mine #1 Grace Ford - Molly Black, 2024 (3)
Need - Carrie Jones, 2009 (3.5 or 4)
Never Coming Back - Tim Weaver, 2013 (5)
Never Go Back - Lee Child, 201
Neverworld Wake - Marisha Pessl, 2018 (4.5)
New Moon (Twilight #2) - Stephanie Meyer, 2006 (2)
Nice Try, Jane Sinner - Lianne Oelke, 2018 (3)

Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist - Codi Hall, 2020 (3)
Night and Day (Jesse Stone #8) - Robert B. Parker, 2008 (3.5)

Night Fairy, The - Laura Amy Schlitz, 2010 (5)
Night Ferry - Michael Robotham, 2007 (5)
Night Film - Marisha Pessl, 2013 (5)
Night Fire, The  (#3 Renee Ballard & Harry Bosch) Michael Connelly, 2019 (5)

Night Hawks, The (#13 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths ((4)
Night Hunter - E. D. Ward, 2017 (2)

Night I Died, The - Anne Frasier, 2023 (4)

Night Owl (#1 Trasker) Andrew Mayne, 2023 (2)
Night Season, The (Archie Sheridan #4) Chelsea Cain, (4)
Night Stalker, The (Jack Carpenter #2)- James Swain, 2008 (4.5)

Nightshade (#1 Det. Stilwell, Catalina Isl. CA) - Michael Connelly, 2025 (4.5)
Nine Elms (#1 Kate Marshall) Robert Bryndza, 2019 (3.5)
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty, 2018 (4.5)
Ninth Ward - Jewell Parker Rhodes, 2010 (3)

No One Knew (#2 Noelle Marshall) - Kendra Elliot, 2026 (3.5)
No Ordinary Day - Deborah Ellis, 2011 (4)
No Talking - Andrew Clements, 2007 (4)
No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay, 2007 (3.5)

No Time Like Forever - Zoe York, 2014 (3) 
None of the Above - I. W. Gregorio, 2015 (4.5)\

None of This is True - Lisa Jewell, 2023 (2)

Northern Lights - Nora Roberts, 2004 (3)

Not in Love - Ali Hazelwood, 2024 (2)

Not So Meet Cute, A - Meghan Quinn, 2021 (DNR/3)

Nothing More Dangerous - Allen Eskens, 2019 (5)
Nothing to Lose - Lee Child, 2008 (3.5)
Now You See Her - Cecelia Tishy, 2005 (3.5)
Numbers - Rachel Ward, 2010 (2)
Nyxia (#1 Nyxia Triad) - Scott Rentgen, 2017 (4.5)

Novels Read - M

Novels Read

M

Machine City  (#2 Det. John Barnes) Scott Holliday, 2018 (3)
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess - Shari Green, 2017 (4.5)
Mad River - John Sandford, 2012 (4.5)
Magic Bites - Ilone Andrews, 2007 DNF
Magician's Elephant, The, 2009 DNF (1)
Magpie Murders - DNF

Man Burned by Winter, The (#1 Rooker Lindstrom) Pete Zacharias, 2022 (4)
Maneuver - Chelle Bliss, 2018 (1)
Many Stones - Carolyn Coman, 2001
Map of Lost Memories - Kim Fay DNF

Map of Shadows - J. F. Penn, 2017 (1.5)
Map of True Places, The - Brunonia Barry, 2010 (4)
The Map Trap, The - Andrew Clements, 2014 (4)
Marcelo in the Real World - Francisco X. Stork, 2009 (5)
Marked (House of Night #1) - P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast, 2007 (4)
Marriage of Inconvenience )#7 Knitting in the City) - Penny Reid, 2018 (3.5)
Masked (Blue Bloods #2) - Melissa de la Cruz, 2007 (4)
Massacre Pond (#4 Mike Bowditch) - Paul Doiron, 2013 (4)

Mastermind (##1 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray) - Andrew Mayne, 2021 (3.5)
Matched - Allie Condie, 2010 (4)

Matchmaker's Gift, The - Lynda Cohen Loigman, 2022 (4.5)
Matchstick Castle, The - Keir Graff, 2017 (2)
Maya's Notebook - Isabel Allende, 2013 (4)
Mayan Star, Howard Allan, 2018 (3)
May B. a Novel - Caroline Starr Rose, 2012 (3/Liked it)
Maybe - Brent Runyon, 2006 (4)
Maze of Bones (39 Clues #1) - Rick Riordan (2)
Maze Runner - James Dasher, 2009 (4)
Memoria - Elizabeth Segrave, DNF
Mercedes Coffin - Faye Kellerman, 2007 (3)
Merchant of Venice - Gareth Hinds, 2008 (2.5)
Merciful Death, A (Mercy Kilpatrick #1)- Kendra Elliot, 2017 (4)
Merciful Truth, A (#2 Mercy Kilpatrick) Kendra Elliot, 2017 (2.5)
Merciless - Lori Armstrong (4)
Mercy Kill - Lori Armstrong (4.5)
Messenger, The - Jan Burke, 2009 (5)

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2020 (3)
Mexican Hat - Michael McGarrity, 1997 (4)
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew Sullivan, 2017 (4.5)
Midnight Express - Melinds Leigh, 2012 (1) DNF
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt, 1994 (DNF/2.5)
Million Miles from Boston, A - Karen Day, 2011 (4)

Millionaire at Midnight - Naima Simone, 2017 (3)
Misfits, The - James Howe, 2001 (5)
Miss Daisy is Crazy (My Weird School #1) - Dan Gutman, 2004 (4.5)
The Missing Ones (Lottie Parker #1) - Patricia Gibney, 2017 (4)
Missing You - Harlan Coben, 2014 (2)
Mission to Sonora (Linda Bluenight #1) - Rebecca Cramer, 1998 (2)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs, 2011 DNF

Mist, The - Ragnar Jonasson, 2017 Chirp (3.5)
Mister O (Lauren Blakely), 2016 (3.5)
Mr. Cooper is Super! (My Weirdest School #1) - Dan Gutman, 2015 (3)
Mockingbird - Kathryn Erskine, 2010 (5)
Moment of Truth (Rosato & Associates #5) - Lisa Scottolilne, 2000 (2.5)
Monk Downstairs, The - Tim Farrington, 2002 (3.5)
Month of Sundays, A - Ruth White, 2011 (4+)
Monument 14 - Emmy Laybourne, 2012 (4.5)
Moses Expedition, The - Jose Gomez-Jurado, 2007/trans. 2010 (2)
Most Beautiful Place in The World, The - Ann Cameron, 1988 (3.5)
Mostly True Story of Jack - Kelly Barnhill, 2011 (2)
Mourning Gloria - Andrew Downs, 2015 (3)
Mouse Scouts - Sarah Dillard, 2016 (5)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan, 2012 (4)

Much Ado About You - Samantha Young, 2021 (4)

Murder at Haven's Rock (#8 Casey DUuncan/Rockton) Kelly Armstrong, 2023 (4)
Murder Board - Brian Christopher Shea, 2019 (3)
Murder Book, The (Alex Delaware #`6)- Jonathan Kellerman, 2002 (3)
Murder in Plain Sight - Marta Perry DNF

Murder on the Red River (#1 Cash Blackbear) Marcie Rendon, 2017 (4)
Murder Theory (#3 Theo Cray) - Andrew Mayne, 2019 (3)
Museum of Extraordinary Things, The - Alice Hoffman, 2014 (5)

My Darling Bride - Ilsa Madden-Mills, 2023 (4)

My Evil Mother - Short story by Margaret Atwood, 2022 (5)
My Fake Fiance - R. R. Banks, 2018 (1)
My Favorite Half-Night Stand - Christina Lauren,  (3ish)
My Life With the Liars - Caela Carter, 2016, (5)
My Lost and Found Life - Melodie Bowsher, 2006 (4)
My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite #1) - Robert Dugoni, 2014 (3)
Mysterious Benedict Society, The - Trenton Lee Stewart DNF

Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.,The. - David Levithan, 2021 (4)

Novels Read - L

Novels Read

L

Lace Reader, The - Brunonia Barry, 2008 (4.5)
Lady in the Lake - Laura Lippman, 2019 DNF
Lake of Dreams, The - Kim Edwards, 2011 (4)
Lake of Tears - Mary Logue, 2014 (2)
Lakeshore Limited - Sue Miller, 2010 (1)
Lamb to the Slaughter (#1 Serenity Adams) Karen Ann Hopkins, 2014 (3)
Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell (#1) - Chris Colfer, 2012 (3)
Language Inside, The - Holly Thompson, 2013 (4)
Language of Flowers, The - Vanessa Diffenbaugh, 2011 (5)

Lantern Men, The  (#12 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2020 (3.75

Lasaran, The (#1 Aldebarian Alliance) - Dianne Duvall, 2020 (3.5)

Last Anniversary, The - Lianne Moriarty, 2020 (5)
Last Bus to Everland - Sophie Cameron, 2019 (4.5)
Last Coyote, The - Michael Connelly, 1995 (5)

Last Cuentista, The - Donna Barba Higuera, 2021 (4)
Last Equation of Isaac Severy, The - Nora Jacobs, 2018 (3.5)
Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary,The - Laura Shovan, 2016 (4)

Last Flight, The - Julie Clark, 2020 (4)
Last Little Blue Envelope, The - Maureen Johnson, 2011 (5)

Last Remains, The (#15 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths (4.5)

Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave, 2021 (4/5)

Last to Die (Jack Swyteck #3) - James Grippando, 2003
Last True Poets of the Sea, The - Julia Drake, 2019 (5)
Last Witness - Jilliane Hoffman, 2005 (4)
Late Show, The (#1 Renee Ballard) Michael Connelly, 2017 (4)
Lauren's Barbarian (#1Icehome) Ruby Dixon, 2017 (3.5/4)
Lawn Boy - Gary Paulsen, 2007 (4.5)
Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich, 2007 (3.5)
Leap - Jane Breskin Zalben, 2007 (4)
Leave No Trace - Mindy Mejia, 2018 (4)
Leaving Gee's Bend - Irene Latham, 2010 (4)
Leaving of Things, The - Jay Antani, 2013 (4)

Legacy Human, The - Susan Kay Quinn, 2014 (4.5)
Legend (#1 Legend) Marie Lu, 2011 (5)
Lessons from a One-Night Stand - Piper Rayne, 2019 (3.5)
Let Me Go - Chelsea Cain, 2013 (3)
Let the Devil Sleep - John Verdon, 2012 (4)

Lethal Beauty (#2 Karen Pantelli) Scott William Carter, 2021 (3.5)
Lethal White (#4 Cormoran Strike) Robert Galbraith, 2018 (4)

Letters, The - Suzanne Woods Fisher, 2013 (4)
Letters to the Lost - Brigid Kemmerer, 2017 (5)
Liar and Spy - Rebecca Stead DNF

Librarians Vampire Assistant, The - Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, 2018 (1.5)

Library at Mount Char, The - Scott Hawkins, 2015 (5)
Library of Lost and Found, The - Phaedra Patrick, 2019 (3)
Life List, The - Lori Nelson Spielman, 2013, (4)
Life Sentences - Laura Lippman, 2009 (2.5)
Light and Air - Mindy Nichols Wendell, 2024 (4)

Lighthouse for the Lonely Heart, A, 2017 (3.5)

Lightning in a Mason Jar - Catherine Mann, 2025 (4)
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, 2011 (4)

Line Between, The, - Tosca Lee, 2019 (5)
Line Tender, The - Kate Allen, 2019 (4.5)
Linger (Wolves of Mercy Falls #2) - Maggie Stiefvater, 2010 (4)

The Lion Women of Tehran - Marjan Kamali, 2024 (5)

Listen for the Lie - Amy Tinterra, 2024 (4)
Listening for Lions - Gloria Whelan, 2005 (3.5+)
Listening for Lucca - Suzanne LaFleur, 2013 (3)
Little Bee - Chris Cleave, 2008 (4)
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow, 2008 (3.5)

Live and Let Grow - Penny Reid, 2021 (2/5) Novella 
Living Dead Girl - Elizabeth Scott, 2008 (unrateable)
Lizzie and the Lost Baby - Cheryl Blackford, 2016 (1)
The Lock Artist - Steve Hamilton, 2009 (4)

Locked Room, The (#14 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths (4.25)
Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult, 2012 (3)

Lonely Hearts (#4 Jessica Shaw) - Lisa Gray, 2021 (4.5)

Lonely Hearts Book Club, The - Lucy Gilmore, 2023 (4.5)

Lonely Magnolia - John Isaac Jones, 2017 (2)
Long Walk to Water, A - Linda Sue Park, 2010 (4.5)
Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The - Becky Chambers, 2015 (5)
Looking Glass (#2 Theo Cray) - Andrew Mayne, 2018 (4)

Loot, The (#1 Charlie McCabe) - Craig Schaefer, 2019 (4) 
Loser - Jerry Spinelli, 2002 (4..5)
Losing It - Cora Carmack, 2012 (2)
Lost and Found - Carolyn Parkhurst, 2006 DNF
Lost Causes, The  - Etting & Schwartz, 2017 (1)
Lost for Words Bookshop, The - Butland, 2018 (4.5)
Lost Girls (D.I. Kim Stone #3) - Angels Marsons, 2015 (4)
Lost Girls:  The Maine Murders - Jon Mills, 2018 (3)

Lost Husband, The - Katherine Center, 2013 (4)
Lost Light - Michael Connelly, 2004 (4.5) 
Lost Sisterhood, The - Anne Fortier, 2014 (5)
Lost Symbol, The - Dan Brown, 2009 DNF but want to...

Lost Vintage, The - Ann Mah, 2018 (4)

Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo, 2018 (5)

Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren, 2018 (5)

Love Haters, The - Katherine Center, 2025 (4.5)

Love Hypothesis, The - Ali Hazelwood, 2021 (4.5)

Love Lettering - Kate Clayborn, 2019 (4.5) 
Love That Dog - Sharon Creech, 2001 (5)

Love Theoretically- Ali Hazelwood, 2023 (4)
Lovely, Wicked Rain, The  (#3 Garrison Gage) Scott William Carter, 2015 (4.5)

Lovers at the Museum (short story) Isabel Allende, 2024 (2.5)
Lucifer's Tears  - James Thompson, 2011 (4)
Lucky Suit - Lauren Blakely, 2019 (3)
Lullaby, Robert B. Parker's - Ace Atkins, 2012 (4)

Lying Beside You (#3 Cyrus Haven) - Michael Robotham, 2022 (4)
Lying Planet, The - Carol Riggs, 2016 (4.5)
Lyrebird Hill  - Anna Romer, 2014 (4.5)

Novels Read - K

Novels Read

K

Keeper, A - Graham Norton, 2018 (4.5)

Keeper of Happy Endings, The - Barbara Davis, 2021 (4)

Keeper of the Night - Kimberly Willis Holt, 2003
Kill You Twice - Chelsea Cain, 2012 (5)
Killer Smile - Lisa Scottoline, 2004 (3)
Killer View - Ridley Pearson (3.5)
Killing Floor, The - Lee Child, 1997 (4)
Killing in the Hills, A - Julia Keller DNF
Kingdom Come - Jane Jenner (4.5)

Kismet - Lauren Blakely (3)
Kiss of Deception, The - Mary E. Pearson, 2014 (3)
Kiss of Fire - Rebecca Ethington, 2012 (3.5)
Kiss Quotient, The - Helen Hoang, 2018 (5)
Knife Creek (#8 Mike Bowditch) Paul Doiron, 2017 (5)
Knife of Never Letting Go, The - Patrick Ness, 2008 (1)
Knitting for Peace - Betty Christiansen, 2006
Kurdish Bike, The - Alesa Lightbourne, 2016 (3)

Novels Read - J

Novels Read

J

Jacket, The - Andrew Clements, 2002, 4
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow - James Rollins, 2009 (4) 

Jane Anonymous - Laurie Faria Stolarz, 2020 (4)
Jane Austen Ruined My Life - Beth Pattillo, 2009 (2)

The Jane Austen Society, The - Natalie Jenner, 2020 (4.5)

Jane, Unlimited - Kristin Cashore, 2017 DNF at 45%
Janus Stone, The - Elly Griffiths, 2010 (4)
Japantown - Barry Lancet, 2013 (DNF -  read 3/8 of the book)
Jar City (#3 Erlundur) Indridason, 2000 Iceland (3.5)
Jar of Hearts - Jennifer Hillier, 2018 (4.5)
Jasmine Trade, The - Denise Hamilton, 2001 (5)
Jekel Loves Hyde - Beth Fantaskey, 2010 (3)
Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta, 2006 (5/Awesome!)
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side - Beth Fantaskey, 2009 (5)
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating - Christina Lauren, 2018 (4)
Judy Moody was in a bad mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood. (Judy Moody #1) - Megan McDonald, 2000 (5)
Judy Moody, Mood Martian (Judy Moody #12) Megan McDonald, 2014 (4)
Juliet: A Novel - Anne Fortier, DNF
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B. Jones #1) - Barbara Park, 1992 (4.5)

Novels Read - I

Novels Read
I

I Am J - Cris Beam, 2011 (4/Excellent)
I Am Number 4 - Pittacus Lore, 2010 (4)
I Am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes, 2014 (5)
Ice Planet Barbarian series - Ruby Dixon, 2015 on
Ice Queen, The - Alice Hoffman, 2005 (4)
If I Stay - Gayle Forman, 2009 (4.5)
If You Find Me - Emily Murdoch, 2013 (4.5)
Immoral - Brian Freeman, 2005 (3.9)

Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands, 2019+ (2)
Impossible - Komal Kant, 2012 (2)
Impossible Knife of Memory, The, - Laurie Halse Anderson, 2014 (4+)
Imposter,The (#10.5 Mike Bowditch) Paul Doiron, 2020 (4)

In a Jam - Kate Canterbary, 2022 (4)
In Dark Company ((.5 Kate Burkholder novella) - Linda Castillo, 2018 (2.5)
In Plain Sight (#10.5 Kate Burkholder)  Linda Castillo, 2019 (3.5)
In Search of Mercy - Michael Ayoob (3)
In Spite of Killer Bees - Julie Johnston, 2001
In the Blood - Steve Robinson, 2011 (2.5)

In the Clearing (#3 Tracy Crosswhite) Robert Dugoni, 2016 (4)
In the Kingdom of Men - Kim Barnes, 2012 (3.5)
In the Land of Milk and Honey - Jane Jensen, 2016 (4)
In the Shadow of Lakecrest - Elizabeth Blackwell, 2017 (1)
In the Territory of Lies - Lois Stickell DNF
Inappropriate - Vi Keeland, 2020 (3.5)
Incredible Shrinking Kid, The (Stink #1) - Megan McDonald, 2005 (5)
Indentured Bride - Yamila Abraham, 2016 (2)
Indigo Slam - Robert Crais, 1997 (4.5)
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love - Dani Shapiro, 2019 (4)

Inheritance Games, The - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 2020 (3)
INK: A Love Story on 7th and Main - Elizabeth Hunter, 2018 (3.5)

Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Torzs, 2023 (4.5)
Inquisitors Mark, The - Dianne K. Salerni, 2015 DNF

Insider, The (#2 Charlie McCabe) Craig Schaefer, 

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling, 2017 (5)
Insurgent - Veronica Roth, 2012 (4) (4+)
Intercept, The - Dick Wolf, 2013 (4)

Interference - Brad Parks, 2020 (4)
Internment - Samira Ahmed, 2019 (2)
Into the Dim - Janet B. Taylor, 2016 (5)
Invisible City (#1 Rebekah Roberts) - Julia Dahl, 2014 (4)
Invisible I: The Amanda Project Book 1 - Melissa Kantor, 2009 (4)
Irises - Francisco X. Stork, 2010 (2)
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor #1) - William Kent Krueger, 1998 (5)
Island,The - Elin Hilderbrand, 2010 (2)

Island Cottage, The - Jane Lovering, 2024 (3)
Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwell, 2001

It's a Wonderful Wife - Camilla Pagan, 2020 (4)

It's One of Us - J. T. Ellison, 2023 (4.5)
Ivy & Bean (Bk #1) - Annie Barrowsk 2006 (5)

Novels Read - H

Novels Read

H

Half a Chance - Cynthia Lord (4)
Half a World Away - Cynthia Kadohata (2.5)

Half-Ork's Maiden Bride, The - Ruby Dixon, 2022 (fun)

Hallowed Ground #14.5 KateBurkholder SS, 2023 (4)
Hand of Evil (Ali Reynolds #3) - J. A. Jance (1 Really didn't like it)
Hand on the Wall, The (#3 Truly Devious) - Maureen Johnson (3.5)

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim, 2023 (4)

Happiness for Beginners  - Katherine Center, 2015 (4.5)

Happy Place - Emily Henry, 2023 (3)
Harbor Me - Jacqueline Woodson, 2018 (3)
Hard Light (Cass Neary #3) - Elizabeth Hand (5)
Hard Man to Forget: The Jack Reacher Files, A (Jack Reacher Files #1) - Dan Ames (3)
Hard Return (Cyril Landry #2) - J. Carson Black (4)
Hard Way, The (Jack Reacher #10) - Lee Child, 2006 (3.5 Liked it a lot)

Harry's Trees - Jon Cohen, 2018 (5)
Hate That Cat - Sharon Creech, 2008 (5)
Hate U Give, The - Angie Thomas, 2017 (5)
Hawkes Harbor - S. E. Hinton, 2004 (3.5)

Head Cases (#1 FBI PAR Unit) - John McMahon, 2025 (4.25)
Heart-Shaped Hack - Tracey Garvis Graves, 2015 (4)

Heartless Hunter (#1 Crimson Moth) - Kristen Cicarrella, 2024 (4)
Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell #1)- Chelsea Cain, 2007 (5)
Heartstopper - Joy Fielding, 2007 (3)
Heat Lightning  (Virgil Flowers#2) John Sandford (4)
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall - Wendy Mass, 2007 (4)
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words - Tara Sivec, 2019 (3)
Heaven Shop, The - Deborah Ellis, 2004 (4)

Her Deadly Game (#1 Keera Kggan), 2023 (4)

Her First Mistake  (#1 Noelle Marshall) Kendra Elliot, 2025 (4.5)
Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder #5) Linda Castillo, 2013 (4)

Her Restless Heart - Barbara Cameron, 2012 (3)

Here Lies Linc - Delia Ray, 2011 (4)
Hereville - Barry Deutsch, 2010 (5)
Heroes Are My Weakness - Susan Elizabeth Phillips, 2014 (5)

Hidden in Plain Sight (#4 Serenity Adams) Karen Ann Hopkins, 2016 (3)

Hidden One, The (#14  Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo, 2022 (4)
Hidden Secret, A - Linda Castillo, 2015 (4)

Hide (#1 Det. Harriet Foster) - Tracy Clark, 2023 (3)
High Five - Janet Evanovich
High Lonesome Road (Chloe Newcomb #2)- Betsy Thornton, 2001 (4)

Highland Shifter (#4 MacCoinnich Time Travels) - Catherine Bybee, 2012 (3.5)  
Hired Girl, The (Laura Amy Schlitz) 2015 (4.5)

His Nightly Obsession - Sadie King, 2022 (1)

Holding Up the Universe - Jennifer Niven, 2016 (3)

Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie, 2017 (4)
Holy Ghost (#11 Virgil Flowers) John Sandford, 2018 (4)
Home of the Brave - Katherine Applegate, 2007 (4.5)
Homeboyz - Alan Lawrence Sitomer, 2007 (4.5)
Homecoming, The - Alan Russell, 2017 (3.5/4)
Honeymoon for One - Frankie Collins, 2019 (4)
Hoot - Carl Hiaasen, 2001 (3)
Hope and Other Punchlines  - Julie Buxbaum, 2019 (3.5)
Hot as Puck - Lili Valente, 2017 (4)
Hot Mahogany - Stuart Woods, 2008 (2)
Hot Money - Dick Francis, 1987 (4)
House Arrest - K. A. Holt, 2015 (5)
House at Sea's End (#3 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2011 (4)
House of Dolls - Francesca Lia Block, 2010 (4)

House of Hollow  - Krystal Sutherland, 2021 (2/4)
House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A. Craig, 2019 (4.5)
House of Velvet and Glass, The - Katherine Howe, 2012 DNF

House on the Water, The - Margo Hunt, 2020 (4)
How Oliver Olson Changed the World - Claudia Mills, 2009 (5)

How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior, 2020 (5)

How to Date Your Dragon - Molly Harper, 2018 (2)
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found - Sarah Nickerson, 2002 (3.5)

How to Read a Book - Monica Wood, 2024 (5)
How To Take the Ex Out of Ex-boyfriend - Janette Rallison, 2007 (2.5)

Hugger Mugger - Robert B. Parker, 2000
Hundred-Dollar Baby - Robert B. Parker, 2006
Hundredth Queen, The - Emily R. King, 2017 (4)
Hunger Games, The - Suzanne Collins, 2008 (5)

Hunt the Stars - Jessie Mihalik, 2022 (4)
Huntress, The - Kate Quinn, 2019 DNF
Hurricane Song - Paul Volponi, 2008 (4)
Hush - Eishes Chayil, 2010 (4)
Hush Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick, 2009 (3)

Novels Read - G

Novels Read

G

Game of Nines - James Patterson, 2025 short story (3.75)

Garden of Burning Sand, The - Corban Addison, 2013 (4)
Gathering Blue (The Giver #2) - Lois Lowry, 2000

Gathering Dark - Candice Fox, 2020 (4.5/5)
Gathering of Secrets, A (#10 Kate Burkholder) - Linda Castillo, 2018 (3)
Generation Loss (#1 Cass Neary, strung-out photographer) - Elizabeth Hand, 2007
Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue BAILED - MacKenzi Lee, 2017 (5)
GEORGE - Alex Gino, 2015 (4)

Georgie, All Along - Kate Clayborn, 2023 (4.5)
Getaway - Lisa Brackmann, 2012 (3.5)
The Getaway - Hendricks & Pekkanen, 2020 (3)

Ghost Fields, The (#7 Ruth Garroway) Elly Griffiths, 2015 (4)
Ghost Manuscript, The, 2019 (2.5)
Ghost Towns (Chloe Newcombe #3) - Betsy Thornton, 2002

Gilded Cage, The - Luisa A. Jones, 2023 (4.5)
Gingersnap - Patricia Reill Giff, 2013 (3)

Girl in Ice - Erica Ferencik, 2020 (3.5)
Girl in the Glass (#4 Savage & McCabe) - James Hayman, 2015 (4)
Girl in the Ice, The (#1 DCI Erika Foster) Robert Bryndza, 2016 (4)
Girl in Green, The - Derek B. Miller, 2017 (5)

Girl, Lost - Vikki Patis, 2020 (3)
Girl of Kosovo - Alice Mead, 2001
Girl on the Bridge, The - James Hayman, 2017 (3)
Girl Who Stopped Swimming, The, 2008 (3.5)

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millenium #1), 2005 translated 2008 (5)
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier, 1998 (3)

Girls of Riyadh - Rajaa Alsanea, 2005 Translated 2007 (4)
Girls' Night Out -  Kate Flora (eBook/short story) 2014 (5)

Giver of Stars, The - Jojo Moyes, 2019 (5)
Glass Hotel, The - Emily St. John Mandel, 2020 ABANDONED early on

Glass Sentence, The (Mapmakers Trilogy #1) - S. E. Grove, 2014 DNF
Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) - Victoria Aveyard, 2016 (4)
Glory in Death (#2 Eve Dallas) - J. D. Robb, 1995 (2)
Glovemaker, The - Ann Weisgarber, 2019 DNF/Abandoned
Goblin Emperor, The  - Katherine Addison, 2014 (3)
Gods in Alabama - Joshilyn Jackson, 2005 (4.5)
Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York - Roz Chast, 2017 (4) graphic novel

Going Zero - Anthony McCarten, 2023 (4)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn, 2012 (3)2020 (5)
Gone Missing - Linda Castillo, 2012 (4.5)

Good Girl, Bad Blood (#2) A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson, 
Good Girl, Bad Girl (#1 Cyrus Haven) - Michael Robotham, 2019 (4.5)
Good Girl's Guide to Murder, A - Holly Jackson, 2019 (3)
Good Guy, The - Dean Koontz (DNF)
Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner, 2002 (4)
Good Luck of Right Now, The - Matthew Quick, 2014 (3.5)
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! - Laura Amy Schlitz, 2007 (5)
Gooney Bird Greene - Lois Lowry, 2002 (4)
Gooney Bird Collection, The, Lois Lowry, 2009 (4)
Gooney Bird Greene - Lois Lowry, 2002 (4) 2nd reading, better review than above
Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, Lois Lowry,  2005 (4)
Gooney the Fabulous, Lois Lowry, 2007 (4)
Gooney Bird is So Absurd, Lois Lowry, 2009 (4)

Grace Year, The - Kim Liggett, 2019 (5)
Graceling - Kristin Cashore, 2008 (4)
Grasshopper Jungle - Andrew Smith, 2014 (4.5)
Gray and Guilty Sea, The - Nolte (Pseud) now using Wm. Scott Carter, 2010 (4)

Ground Zero - Alan Gratz, 2021 (5)
Grounded - Heather Ordover, 2013  (1)
Gun Games - Faye Kellerman, 2012 (3.5)