Reading Updates - A Look Back at 2020 and Forward to 2021 continued

In my ongoing look at my 2020 Challenges, my third Individual Challenge was Non-Series books of all genres. I have started 35 books in this challenge. I still have one on the go that I'm sure I'll complete tomorrow. There was one other book that I started and gave up on. I'll start with some basic stats and then look at the books by genre.

Individual 2020 Reading Challenge - Non-Series

Author Gender

Male - 19

Female - 15

Not Known - 1

Genres

Fiction - 11

Non-Fiction - 4

Horror - 4

Mystery / Spy - 11

Classic - 1

Sci Fi / Fantasy - 1

Western - 1

Poetry - 2

Pages

< 250 - 20

250 - 350 - 8

351 - 450 - 4

> 450 - 3

Ratings

5 - star - 0

4 - star - 25

3 - star - 8

Not Rated - 2

These are the books I've read in this Challenge

Horror

1. Children of the Night by John Blackburn (3.5 stars)

2. The Survivor by James Herbert (4 stars)

3. It's Coming for You by Donna Trovato (4 stars)

4. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King (4.5 stars)

Mystery / Spy

1. My Name is Michael Sibley by John Bingham (4 stars)

2. Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto (4 stars)

3. The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich (4 stars)

4. Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid (4 stars)

5. Laura by Vera Caspary (4.5 stars)

6. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (4.5 stars)

7. You Think You Know Someone by J.B. Holman (3.5 stars)

8. Where the Dark Streets Go by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (4.5 stars)

9. In the Evil Day by Peter Temple (4 stars)

10. And the Wolf Shall Dwell by Joni Dee (3.5 stars)

11. The Network by Margaret Lomas (4 stars)

Fiction

1. Carol by Patricia Highsmith (4 stars)

2. The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton (3.5 stars)

3. The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox (DNF)

4. The Girls in 3-B by Valerie Taylor (4 stars)

5. Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys (3.5 stars)

 

6. Return to Lesbos by Valerie Taylor (4 stars)

7. Women's Barracks by Tereska Torres (4 stars)

8. Stardust by Joseph Kanon (4 stars)

9. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (4 stars)

10. Walkabout by James Vance Marshall (4 stars)

11. Sweet Marpessa by George Revelli (currently reading)

Non-Fiction

1. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (4 stars)

2. The Answer Is ... Reflections on my Life by Alex Trebek (4.5 stars)

3. Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump (3.5 stars)

4. The Irishman by Charles Brandt (3.5 stars)

Poetry

1. Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker (4 stars)

2. Bad Luck is What You Make It by J.B. Holman (4 stars)

Classic

1. The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker (4 stars)

Science Fiction / Fantasy

1. Red Dust and Raindrops by K.E. Heaton (3 stars)

Western

1. The Searchers by Alan le May (4 stars)

Individual 2021 Reading Challenge - Non-Series

My first book in this challenge is from the Mystery genre.

1. Pray for a Brave Heart by Helen MacInnis (1955).

"A suspense novel that reaches its climax in a peaceful Swiss village where the fabulous Herz diamonds and the fight for men's minds are fatefully linked."

I'll continue with this in my future posts. Stay safe. 😷