Sunday, May 22, 2022

Books Read in 2021


I know, I know... I'm extremely late getting this out.  It's been a very harsh winter both weather-wise and personally.  We Moved to North Dakota in the spring and started to unpack half the house. The house we bought needed months long construction during the summer to finish the basement where my son's room and my studio would be. In the autumn I received a rather bad burn when jars of squash in my canner exploded onto my face and arms. Then in the winter I lost my mother, my 2 year old great nephew, and my beloved cat, Midnight in the span of just two months.  I'll do a post on all that's happened later.  

During the first part of the year after we moved and while the basement was being finished, the only books I had to read were on my Kindle or on Audible or the few I bought along the way. All my books were still packed in moving boxes and stored in the garage... for so many months. I didn't realize how attached to my books I am.  I have to admit though that I think I may have read less this past year simply because I was unpacking, managing a remodel, unpacking again, and then towards the end of the year I became addicted to TikTok and Facebook Reels.  I know that it's just a symptom of the depression that I've been under but it's cutting my productivity.  It'll need to be brought under control.  Without further ado, here is what I read in 2021.


Books

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Untold Stories of American Indians: Encounters with Star People - Ardy Six Killer Clark
Vines (The Killer Book 1) - Brynne Asher (read 2x)
Midnight Sun - Stephanie Meyer
Paths (The Killers Book 2) - Brynne Asher (read 2x)
An Elder Lady Is Up To No Good - Helen Tursten
Devolution - Max Brooks
Gifts (The Killers Book 3) - Brynne Asher
Murder At Archly Manor - Sara Rosette
Viels (The Killers Book 4) - Brynne Asher
Trowel and Terror - H. Y. Hanna
Fronds and Enemies - H. Y. Hanna
Chronicles Of The Unexplained - Gary Gillespie (bought at iMagicon 2021)
Bridge of Souls - Victoria Schwab
Fifty Shades Of Grey - E. L. James (re-read)
Fifty Shades Darker - E. L. James (re-read)
Dark Stranger: The Dream - I. T. Lucas
Bottle Demon - Stephen Blackmoore
The Box In The Woods - Maureen Johnson
Spooky Creepy North Dakota - Lori L. Orser
Until The Tequila - Brynne Asher
Scars (The Killers Book 5) - Brynne Asher
Later - Stephen King
Troubled Blood - Robert Galbraith
Your Guide To Not Getting Murdered In A Quaint English Village - Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper

Audio Books

A Keeper - Graham Norton
The Only Woman In The Room - Marie Benedict
The Mountain and The Sea - Kwame Dawes
Fight or Flight - Stephen King, editor
The Life We Bury - Allen Eskens
Interview With A Robot - Lee Bacon
Where The Forest Meets The Stars - Gwendy Vanderah

Short Stories

"I Own A Motel. I've Been Renting Out A Room To A Family Of Vampires" - Strange Dangerous