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#36: If the previous book had an odd number of chapters, read a book with an even number of chapters, or vice versa.

I Am Not Spock by Leonard Nimoy (also the November random book pick). ( Read more... )


#37: Read a book that was added to your TBR more recently than the previous book.

I had the opportunity to do something funny here, ( but it wouldn't have been fun )

So instead I read Watson Is Not an Idiot: An Opinionated Tour of the Sherlock Holmes Canon by Eddy Webb. ( Read more... )


#39: Read a book with a lower StoryGraph rating than the previous book.

A Bid for Fortune; or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta by Guy Boothby. Read for historical interest: the diabolical Dr Nikola is one of the earliest examples of a mad scientist criminal mastermind with a world-spanning organisation and a back-up plan for every occasion and a cat that sits on his lap while he ponders his evil schemes. Also, the author's an Aussie, and parts of it are set in Australia. ( Read more... )

Fiction books
Carolyn Burns, Tim Finn. Ladies in Black

In progress
James A Michener. Tales of the South Pacific
Bram Stoker. Dracula (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books
Margaret Scott. A Little More (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Fair Trade (e)

Fiction books
(none completed)

In progress
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist (e)
Peter Høeg, tr. F David. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Non-fiction books
JRR Tolkien, ed. Carl F Hofstetter. The Nature of Middle-Earth (e)

Non-fiction books in progress
David Attenborough. Zoo Quest for a Dragon

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Bread Alone

Fiction books
Hilary Mantel. Bring Up the Bodies (e)
Hilary Mantel. The Mirror and the Light (e)
Hilary Mantel. Wolf Hall

In progress
Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend (e)

Abandoned
Peter Morwood. Prince Ivan (e)

Non-fiction books
Ron Chernow. Alexander Hamilton (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Adrian Goldsworthy. Philip and Alexander

Fiction books
Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Company
Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Eagle
Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Gold

In progress
(anthology). Batman Black and White, volume 2 (re-read)
Terry Pratchett. The Shepherd's Crown
Caroline Stevermer. The Glass Magician (e)

Non-fiction books
Harley Granville-Barker. Prefaces to Shakespeare: King Lear
Christopher Lascelles. Pontifex Maximus (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Lois McMaster Bujold. Penric's Travels

Fiction books
Ben Aaronovitch. False Value (e)
Peter O'Donnell. I, Lucifer
Peter O'Donnell. The Night of Morningstar (re-read)
Tim Powers. Alternate Routes (e)
Tim Powers. Forced Perspectives (e)

In progress
(anthology). Batman Black and White, volume 2 (re-read)
Terry Pratchett. Raising Steam (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Christopher Lascelles. Pontifex Maximus (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Mikhail Bulgakov, tr. Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky. The Master and Margarita

Fiction books
Tina Jones. The Thing About Weddings
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Conflict of Honors (e) (re-read)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Local Custom (e) (re-read)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Mouse and Dragon (e) (re-read)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Scout's Progress (e) (re-read)
Tim Powers. Hide Me Among the Graves (e)
David Whitaker. Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (audio book) (re-read)

In progress
Grant Allen. An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay (e)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Fledgling (e) (re-read)
Terry Pratchett. Snuff (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Christopher Lascelles. Pontifex Maximus (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Agent of Change

Fiction books
Debra Doyle, James D Macdonald. The Price of the Stars (e)
Elliot S Maggin. Last Son of Krypton
Elliot S Maggin. Miracle Monday
Edith Pargeter. Afterglow and Nightfall
Edith Pargeter. The Dragon at Noonday
Edith Pargeter. The Hounds of Sunset
Annelie Wendeberg. The Devil's Grin (e)
Annelie Wendeberg. The Fall (e)
Annelie Wendeberg. The Journey (e)

In progress
Terry Pratchett. Wintersmith (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Stephen Curtis. Staging Ideas
Steve Lindstrom. CSS Refactoring (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Terry Pratchett. Making Money

Fiction books
Richard Beynon. The Shifting Heart
P C Hodgell. The Gates of Tagmeth (e)
John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, et al. Suicide Squad volume 2

In progress
Paul Beatty. The Sellout
Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby. The Last Hero (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books
Havi Brooks. Dissolve Procrastination (e)
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen. The Science of Discworld (e) (re-read)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Nnedi Okorafor. Binti

Fiction books
Katherine Addison. The Goblin Emperor (e)
Agatha Christie. The Murder at the Vicarage
J Sheridan Le Fanu. Wylder's Hand (e)
Ellis Peters. City of Gold and Shadows (e)
Ellis Peters. Rainbow's End (e)
Terry Pratchett. The Last Continent (e) (re-read)
Anthony Price. The Memory Trap (e)
Anthony Price. A Prospect of Vengeance (e)

In progress
Terry Pratchett. Carpe Jugulum (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Pauline Scudamore. Spike

Abandoned
Gregory Mone. The Truth About Santa Claus

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
T L Garrison. The Twisted Blackmailer