Sergei's Reading Log 2017

144 books read in 2016; let's see how many will I manage in 2017...

Reading List

12 books read in January
14 books read in February
18 books read in March
14 books read in April
14 books read in May
9 books read in June
14 books read in July
12 books read in August
10 books read in September
14 books read in October
17 books read in November
14 books read in December

1) 1 January 2017 - Christmas Ever After by Sarah Morgan 2.5★s
2) 3 January 2017 - Wolf Breed by Jackson Gregory 4.5★s
3) 11 January 2017 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 3.5★s
4) 11 January 2017 - Plague Ship by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 4★s (Mystery and Suspense group read)
5) 13 January 2017 - The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upton 4★s
6) 19 January 2017 - First Family by David Baldacci 4.5★s (M/S group read)
7) 20 January 2017 - Churchill's Hour by Michael Dobbs 5★s (round tuit)
8) 22 January 2017 - Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer 4.5★s
9) 26 January 2017 - Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski 4★s (round tuit)
10) 28 January 2017 - The World Was My Lobster by George Cole with Brian Hawkins 4★s
11) 30 January 2017 - A House By The Sea by Elvi Rhodes 4★s
12) 30 January 2017 - The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza 3.5★s (M/S group read)

13) 2 February 2017 - HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean 4★s
14) 3 February 2017 - The Einstein Pursuit by Chris Kuzneski 4.5★s
15) 6 February 2017 - Mightier than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer 4★s
16) 8 February 2017 - Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard 5★s + ❤️ (M/S group read)
17) 9 February 2017 - Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer 4★s
18) 15 February 2017 - Rounding the Mark by Andrea Camilleri 4★s
19) 17 February 2017 - The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry 3.5★s (M/S group read)
20) 20 February 2017 - Keeping On Keeping On by Alan Bennett 4★s
21) 20 February 2017 - The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri 4★s
22) 22 February 2017 - Stoneheart by Gustave Aimard 4★s
23) 24 February 2017 - Springtime in Burracombe by Lilian Harry 3.5★s
24) 25 February 2017 - Natural Causes by James Oswald 4★s
25) 26 February 2017 - Wrath of the Lion by Jack Higgins 4.5★s
26) 28 February 2017 - Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson 4.5★s

27) 1 March 2017 - East of Desolation by Jack Higgins 4.5★s
28) 2 March 2017 - Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton 4.5★s
29) 5 March 2017 - My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry 5★s
30) 7 March 2017 - The Plantation by Chris Kuzneski 4★s (round tuit)
31) 8 March 2017 - The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking 4★s
32) 10 March 2017 - The Trail-Hunter by Gustave Aimard 4★s
33) 12 March 2017 - Toll for the Brave by Jack Higgins 4.5★s
34) 15 March 2017 - The Sacred Sword by Scott Mariani 5★s (round tuit)
35) 15 March 2017 - The Potter's House by Rosie Thomas 5★s
36) 19 March 2017 - Playing with Bones by Kate Ellis 4.5★s (M/S group read)
37) 19 March 2017 - A Penny A Day by Lilian Harry 4★s
38) 22 March 2017 - The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy 4★s
39) 22 March 2017 - Churchill's Triumph by Michael Dobbs 5★s
40) 23 March 2017 - Benedict Cumberbatch: The Biography by Justin Lewis 4★s
41) 28 March 2017 - Songs of Love and War by Santa Montefiore 5★s
42) 29 March 2017 - The Forbidden Tomb by Chris Kuzneski 4★s (M/S group read)
43) 29 March 2017 - "Forward, March" by Kirk Munroe 5★s
44) 31 March 2017 - Abattoir Blues by Peter Robinson 4.5★s

45) 1 April 2017 - An Heir for Burracombe by Lilian Harry 4.5★s
46) 4 April 2017 - This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer 4★s
47) 5 April 2017 - When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson 4.5★s
48) 8 April 2017 - Lone Pine by R. B. Townshend 4.5★s
49) 13 April 2017 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 5★s + ❤️
50) 13 April 2017 - The Executioner by Chris Carter 5★s (M/S group read)
51) 15 April 2017 - The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer 3.5★s (round tuit)
52) 17 April 2017 - Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin 5★s (round tuit)
53) 19 April 2017 - Rachel's Secret by Susan Sallis 4★s
54) 22 April 2017 - Corsair by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 4.5★s (M/S group read)
55) 23 April 2017 - Where Death Delights by Bernard Knight 4★s
56) 26 April 2017 - The Paris Librarian by Mark Pryor 3.5★s
57) 30 April 2017 - Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter 4★s (M/S group read)
58) 30 April 2017 - Die Trying by Lee Child 4★s (round tuit)

59) 3 May 2017 - The Queen's Head by Edward Marston 4.5★s
60) 4 May 2017 - Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin 4★s
61) 9 May 2017 - The Sixth Man by David Baldacci 4★s (M/S group read)
62) 10 May 2017 - The Beach Café by Lucy Diamond 3★s
63) 12 May 2017 - Secrets in Burracombe by Lilian Harry 4★s
64) 15 May 2017 - The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas 4★s
65) 16 May 2017 - The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri 4★s
66) 18 May 2017 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 5★s + ❤️
67) 22 May 2017 - The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey 4★s
68) 23 May 2017 - The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry 3.75★s (M/S group read)
69) 24 May 2017 - The Q Continuum - Q-Space by Greg Cox 3.5★s (round tuit)
70) 29 May 2017 - The Merry Devils by Edward Marston 4.5★s
71) 31 May 2017 - According to the Evidence by Bernard knight 4★s
72) 31 May 2017 - Coffin Road by Peter May 4.5★s (M/S group read)

73) 2 June 2017 - The Trip to Jerusalem by Edward Marston 4★s
74) 4 June 2017 - The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski 4★s
75) 6 June 2017 - Dead in the Dog by Bernard Knight 4★s
76) 18 June 2017 - The Prisoner's Gold by Chris Kuzneski 3.5★s (M/S group read)
77) 24 June 2017 - The Way We Were by Marcia Willett 4★s
78) 24 June 2017 - The Book of Souls by James Oswald 5★s (M/S group read)
79) 27 June 2017 - The Virginian by Owen Wister 4.5★s
80) 29 June 2017 - Death of a Gossip by M. C. Beaton 4★s (round tuit)
81) 30 June 2017 - Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton 4★s

82) 3 July 2017 - Black & Blue by Ian Rankin 5★s (round tuit)
83) 7 July 2017 - A Flag of Truce by David Donachie 4★s
84) 10 July 2017 - The Night Stalker by Chris Carter 4★s (M/S group read)
85) 12 July 2017 - The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene 4★s
86) 15 July 2017 - Constance by Rosie Thomas 4.5★s
87) 16 July 2017 - Precious and the Monkeys by Alexander McCall Smith 4★s
88) 18 July 2017 - Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill by Alexander McCall Smith 4★s
89) 20 July 2017 - The Prophecy by Chris Kuzneski 4★s (round tuit)
90) 24 July 2017 - Tilly Trotter by Catherine Cookson 4.5★s
91) 25 July 2017 - Blood Feud by David Robbins 4★s
92) 26 July 2017 - Kissing the Demons by Kate Ellis 4.5★s (M/S group read)
93) 26 July 2017 - Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion by Alexander McCall Smith 4★s
94) 28 July 2017 - Gently Does It by Alan Hunter 4★s
95) 31 July 2017 - The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley 5★s

96) 5 August 2017 - Gently by the Shore by Alan Hunter 4★s
97) 6 August 2017 - The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 3.5★s (M/S group read)
98) 9 August 2017 - The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin 5★s (round tuit)
99) 11 August 2017 - Twin Sombreros by Zane Grey 4★s
100) 17 August 2017 - Take No Farewell by Robert Goddard 5★s (M/S group read)
101) 20 August 2017 - Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters 4★s
102) 22 August 2017 - Seagulls in the Attic by Tessa Hainsworth 3★s
103) 23 August 2017 - Gently Down the Stream by Alan Hunter 4.5★s
104) 25 August 2017 - A Mother's Wish by Debbie Macomber 2.5★s
105) 29 August 2017 - The Innocent by David Baldacci 4.5★s (M/S group read)
106) 30 August 2017 - Landed Gently by Alan Hunter 4.5★s
107) 31 August 2017 - Dawdling by the Danube by Edward Enfield 3★s

108) 5 September 2017 - A Scattering of Daisies by Susan Sallis 4★s (round tuit)
109) 7 September 2017 - The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell 4★s
110) 10 September 2017 - The Daffodils of Newent by Susan Sallis 4★s (round tuit)
111) 14 September 2017 - The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry 5★s (M/S group read)
112) 17 September 2017 - Up With the Larks by Tessa Hainsworth 4★s
113) 21 September 2017 - When Hoopoes go to Heaven by Gaile Parkin 4.5★s
114) 23 September 2017 - King and Maxwell by David Baldacci 4.75★s (M/S group read)
115) 25 September 2017 - Burial of Ghosts by Ann Cleeves 5★s
116) 28 September 2017 - Bluebell Windows by Susan Sallis 4★s
117) 30 September 2017 - The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith 4.5★s

118) 1 October 2017 - The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza 3.5★s (M/S group read)
119) 4 October 2017 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 4.5★s
120) 6 October 2017 - Snowfall in Burracombe by Lilian Harry 4.5★s
121) 7 October 2017 - The Scent of the Night by Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s
122) 11 October 2017 - Cotillion by Georgette Heyer 4.5★s
123) 15 October 2017 - The Death Relic by Chris Kuzneski 4★s (round tuit)
124) 17 October 2017 - Death of a Cad by M. C. Beaton 4.5★s
125) 17 October 2017 - Sandstorm by James Rollins 4.5★s (M/S group read)
126) 19 October 2017 - Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie 4★s
127) 21 October 2017 - Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas 5★s
128) 22 October 2017 - Death of a Perfect Wife by M. C. Beaton 4★s
129) 24 October 2017 - Death of a Hussy by M. C. Beaton 4.5★s
130) 25 October 2017 - The Hangman's Song by James Oswald 5★s (M/S group read)
131) 31 October 2017 - The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley 4.5★s

132) 2 November 2017 - What Angels Fear by C. S. Harris 4.5★s (M/S group read)
133) 3 November 2017 - Betty Zane by Zane Grey 4.5★s
134) 5 November 2017 - Killing Floor by Lee Child 4.5★s
135) 7 November 2017 - Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath 4.5★s
136) 8 November 2017 - The Birthday Present by Pamela Oldfield 3.75★s
137) 10 November 2017 - A Cotswold Killing by Rebecca Tope 4★s
138) 14 November 2017 - The Jungle by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 4★s (M/S group read)
139) 14 November 2017 - You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark 4★s
140) 16 November 2017 - Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear 4.5★s
141) 17 November 2017 - Downhill All The Way by Edward Enfield 3★s
142) 21 November 2017 - Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré 4★s
143) 24 November 2017 - The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter 3.5★s (M/S group read)
144) 25 November 2017 - Avenger by Frederick Forsyth 5★s + ❤️
145) 26 November 2017 - Day of Reckoning by Jack Higgins 4★s
146) 27 November 2017 - The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins 4★s
147) 29 November 2017 - The Nine Giants by Edward Marston 4.5★s
148) 30 November 2017 - Midnight Runner by Jack Higgins 4★s

149) 3 December 2017 - Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie Ford 4.5★s
150) 5 December 2017 - The Nemesis Program by Scott Mariani 4.5★s
151) 6 December 2017 - Proof by Dick Francis 4★s (M/S group read)
152) 9 December 2017 - Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian 4.5★s
153) 9 December 2017 - Out of the Dawn Light by Alys Clare 3.5★s
154) 12 December 2017 - The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley 5★s + ❤️
155) 13 December 2017 - Death of a Snob by M. C. Beaton 4★s
156) 14 December 2017 - I Heart Christmas by Lyndsey Kelk 3★s
157) 19 December 2017 - Closed Circle by Robert Goddard 5★s (M/S group read)
158) 19 December 2017 - Tremarnock by Emma Burstall 3.5★s
159) 23 December 2017 - Watching the Ghosts by Kate Ellis 5★s (M/S group read)
160) 25 December 2017 - Winter Frost by R. D. Wingfield 4★s
161) 30 December 2017 - A Christmas Railway Mystery by Edward Marston 4★s
162) 31 December 2017 - Death of a Prankster by M. C. Beaton 4.5★s

Looks like you're off to a fast start! 144 should be easy for you.

Happy 2017 and good reading.

>3 jfetting: >4 ronincats: Thank you, both.

11 January 2017 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 3.5★s

Might have been 4★s if it had been shorter - a bit of a trawl to get to the end.
Having said that, I'll be interested in seeking out A God in Ruins, next in the series.

I loved Life After Life and had a bit of a different reaction from you - I never wanted it to end. A God in Ruins is pretty great, too.

Good luck Sergei, although I think you'll make 100 easily. :)

I also loved Life after Life, I've got the sequel on Mt TBR.

>8 wookiebender: Thank you, I get through a lot more books now I no longer watch TV...

I need to get rid of my phone, then I'd read far more than I do right now. :)

Off to a better start this year than last year: read 9 books last January, 12 books this January.

14 books read this February, (11 books in Feb 2016).

March has been a good reading month - 18 books, all 4★s or above; (9 books in March 2016).

14 books in April, as opposed to 9 books in same period last year.

14 books read in May, (11 books read during same period last year).

Almost at the 75 book mark! You'll reach it early in June at the latest.

>16 ronincats: Yes, I already have the next two books underway.

Only 9 books read in June, (11 books read in June 2016).

Only 6 books to go! You are ahead of me; I have 10 to go.

14 books read in July, (9 books read in July 2016).

12 books read in August, (14 in August 2016).

10 books read in September, (14 in September 2016).

14 books read in October, (15 in October 2016).

17 books read in November, (17 in November 2016). Snap!

14 books read in December, (15 in December 2016).

A final and grand total of 162 for the year. That's 18 up on 2016.

Nice job!

Thank you.