May 2018 Reading Summary

Well, here we go. It's a drizzly Friday afternoon, Nicolle Wallace isn't on Deadline: White House. Maybe she's celebrating Golden State's win in the first NBA playoff game. Anyway, we are all ensconced on the sofa in the family (Clyde couldn't be closer if he tried) listening to Jo's music and relaxing. Perfect timing to post my end month reading update.

May 2018

General Info                        May                    Total
Books Read -                          11                         50
Pages Read -                         3400                    15975

Pages Breakdown
    < 250                                    4                         16       
250 - 350                                  3                         15
351 - 450                                  2                         11
   > 450                                     2                           8

Ratings
5 - star                                                                   2
4 - star                                      6                         30
3 - star                                      5                         17
2 - star                                                                   1

Gender
Female                                     5                         17
Male                                        6                          33

Genres
Fiction                                     2                          11
Mystery                                   8                          28
SciFi                                        1                            8
Non-Fic
Classics                                                                 1
Poetry                                                                    2

Top 3 Books

1. The Accident by Linwood Barclay (4.5 stars)
2.  Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (4.5 stars)
3.  Sister Crazy by Emma Richler (4.5 stars)

12 + 4  Challenge (completed 9)
1. Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculi ar Children by Ransom Riggs (4.5 stars)
2. Faithful Place by Tana French (3.5 stars)

New Series (completed 12)
3. Autumn, All the Cats Return by Philippe Georget (3.5 stars)
4. Blood of the Wicked by Leighton Gage (4 stars)
5. The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris (3 stars)
6. The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall (3.5 stars) 

Ongoing Series (completed 10)
7.  Roots of Evil by Kay Mitchell (4.5 stars)
8. Gold from Gemini by Jonathan Gash (3.5 stars)
Decades Challenge (completed 9)
9.   Bunny Lake is Missing by Evelyn Piper (4 stars)

Canadian Content (completed 10)
10. The Accident by Linwood Barclay (4.5 stars)
11. Sister Crazy by Emma Richler (4.5 stars)

June Books

Currently Reading
1. Peace and War (Omnibus) by Joe Haldeman
2. John le Carre, the Biography by Adam Sisman
3. Kill Zone by Loren D. Estleman
4. Who Killed Marilyn Monroe by Liz Evans

In the Mill
1. The Great Spy Race by Adam Diment. (Philip McAlpine #2)















"THE GREAT SPY RACE is a competition, organized by a retiring master-spy, for the agents of world powers...and Britain's entry is McAlpine, up to his neck in bullet, blackmail and beautiful birds..."

2. To the Devil, A Daughter by Dennis Wheatley.




"Beneath the azure sky of the French Riviera, Christina Mordant looks and behaves like any other attractive girl. But each night as darkness falls, the demon within her betrays its presence.

A thousand miles away, deep in the Essex marshes, a priest of Satan is about to achieve his life's ambition: Canon Copely-Syle of Bentford Priory prepares for the virgin sacrifice which will give breath to the foul abomination he has created..."
 

3. The Abyssinian Proof by Jenny White. (Kamil Pasha #2).


















"The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary, presumed lost for four hundred years and around which an elaborate and mysterious sect has grown.

In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring amid rising tensions between Christians and Muslims. He confronts a mysterious adversary who will stop at nothing to get the reliquary first. With the Balkans aflame and Kamil’s personal life in upheaval, the search into the old neighborhoods where Istanbul’s crime rings reside may cost Kamil not only his position but also his life."

Overall it's been a very satisfactory reading month. After I finish the 3 books above, I'll get back into my routine of challenge by challenge book selection, starting with my 12 + 4 choices and working down them one after another. 

Have a great weekend!!