Leslie ROOTs again in 2020

I am back with another year of trying to reduce my backlog of books! This goal is of course unattainable since I generally get as many new books during the year as I ROOT out but it is still a worthy struggle *grin*

Although I did make my goal of 100 in 2019 in the end, I am reducing my goal this year to 75. Hopefully, I will still make it to 100 but the stress will be less.

January Progress: 3 Print, 18 total {acquired: 13, 3 read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
1. They Tell No Tales (1/15); 4*; owned since July 2018
2. Hag's Nook (1/16); 4*; owned since May 2009
3. And Then You Die (1/29); 3.5*; owned since May 2009

and additional formats:
Kindle books
1. The Penrose Mystery (1/3); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2018
2. *The Wings of the Dove Volume 1 of 2 & The Wings of the Dove Volume II (1/5); 2.5*; owned since Aug. 2012
3. *At the Sign of the Cat and Racket (1/5); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
4. Richard II (1/9) {read in omnibus "The Complete Works of Shakespeare"}; 3*; owned since July 2015
5. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1/11); 3*; owned since Aug. 2012
6. Poems from a Life (1/14); 2*; owned since March 2013
7. *Uncle Silas (1/17); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2012
8. *The Ball at Sceaux (1/20); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
9. Jack O' Judgment (1/23); 3*; owned since Feb. 2013

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
1. A Quiet Life in the Country (1/18); 3*
2. A Death of No Importance (1/18); 4*
3. Heirs and Graces (1/21); 3.5*

Audiobooks
1. *The Wings of the Dove (1/5); 3*; owned since May 2019
2. More Bedtime Stories for Cynics (1/7); 3*; owned since May 2019
3. *Men at Arms (1/11); 4*; owned since June 2019
4. Viva Durant and the Secret of the Silver Buttons (1/12); 3*; owned since Nov. 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Junkyard Cats {audiobook} Jan. Audible freebie
Interview with the Robot {audiobook} Jan. Audible freebie
The Bellamy Trial
*The Ship
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock Jan. Prime First Reads freebie
The Names of the Dead Jan. Prime First Reads freebie
The Bertrams
A Deepness in the Sky (audiobook)
*Finnegans Wake
The Blind Side
Sam the Sudden
*Passing
Memories of the Dead

Welcome back to the ROOTers, Leslie.

Good to see you again - good luck with your reading!

Thanks >3 connie53:, >4 Jackie_K:!

Yay, Leslie's here! Welcome back! :D Looking forward to seeing what crime ROOTS you unearth this year.

Wishing you a happy year of ROOTing in 2020! :)

>7 This-n-That: What a beautiful picture! Thanks :)

Happy New Year, Leslie.

And to you too >9 Robertgreaves:.

Great to see you here again. Good luck with your ROOTing!

Ah shucks, >11 MissWatson:! Good luck to you too.

First ROOT of the year finished! The 22nd entry in the Dr. Thorndyke series by R. Austin Freeman, The Penrose Mystery. An average entry in the series which means that it was an entertaining book for me even though the mystery wasn't one of Freeman's more difficult ones.

Oh dear, I am already in the hole having gotten 6 new books to only one ROOT finished.

>14 leslie.98: Oh dear indeed.

I guess that is why I need to keep ROOTing every year! At least I have finished a second ROOT now.

I am finally at the break even point between ROOTs finished & new books obtained! With another ROOT in progress and more than 2 weeks left in the month, I should finish January ahead - fingers crossed.

lol - thanks Connie!

Well, I have finished off some more ROOTs but I have also gotten some new books. All even at the moment...

>20 leslie.98: Then you are doing much better than irresponsible me. I couldn't resist the lure of the remainders bin and brought home a dozen.

>21 MissWatson: The lure of new books is irresistable, isn't it? I guess that is what makes us bookworms.

I haven't bought any books yet this year, although Big Finish did its level best to tempt me by releasing The Diary of River Song Series 7... trying to last until at least Feb 11, which is my Thingaversary.

>23 rabbitprincess: What strength of mind!! I would be doing much better if you hadn't pointed out the way to Faded Page *grin*

>24 leslie.98: I decided to make a wishlist of titles on Faded Page and download the titles only when I'm ready to read them. There are a lot of good ones!

With the completion of a couple more ROOTs, I am now 'ahead'! And some of those ROOTs were pretty old too - one from 2009 - which feels like a greater accomplishment some how.

January was a good month of ROOTing for me - 18 ROOTs completed (3 in print). Sadly, I also fell victim to the lure of new books and managed to get 13 of them despite my best efforts to stop accumulating more books. Two of those 13 have been read so in my personal method of accounting, 18 - (13-2) = 7 book decrease in my pile of unread books.

February Progress: 5 Print, 18 total {acquired: 5, 1 read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
4. Big Little Lies (2/6); 4.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
5. Medusa (2/11); 4*; owned since May 2009
6. *The Baron in the Trees (2/16); 4*; owned since July 2017
7. End of Chapter (read in omnibus "The Nicholas Blake Treasury, Volume 4") (2/19); 3.5*; owned since May 2009
8. *Le Pere Goriot (2/22); 4*; owned since May 2009

and additional formats:
Kindle books
10. *The Purse (2/3); 3*; owned since Dec. 2019
11. Felo de Se (2/4); 4*; owned since Jan. 2018
12. Arrest the Bishop? (2/8); 3*; owned since Jan. 2018
13. Mew is for Murder (2/22); 3*; owned since Aug. 2012
14. *Father Goriot (2/22); 4*; owned since Aug. 2012
15. *First Love (2/24); 4*; owned since April 2013

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
4. Black Diamond (2/13); 3.5*
5. Queen of Hearts (2/17); 3*
6. Treachery in Bordeaux (2/23); 4*

Audiobooks
5. Redshirts (2/4); 4*; owned since Dec. 2019
6. Shadow of the Fox (2/7); 4*; owned since May 2019
7. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (2/8); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2019
8. *Dune (2/21); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2019
9. Fire and Ice (2/24); 3*; owned since May 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Alone with the Stars {audiobook} Feb. Audible freebie
The Killing Fog Feb. Prime First Reads freebie
Threat Vector {audiobook}
The Other Boleyn Girl {audiobook} free with purchase of above
The Canary Murder Case

First ROOT of February done...

I am recommending Big Little Lies to anyone who hasn't read it yet!

Alas, Audible's 2-for-1 sale has proved too tempting for me to resist and I have added a few more books to my collection.

Making progress but still haven't reached the goal of 2 read for every 1 new book obtained (currently at 31 read & 18 new).

I am removing The Vanishing of Dr. Winter from my new books obtained list as I have discovered that I already owned a copy on my Dad's Kindle. Luckily for me, I didn't pay for it so having a second copy doesn't hurt.

Good luck with Finnegan's Wake! I tried heroically to finish it but tapped out in the first 50 pages.

>34 jenknox: LOL! I am not planning on trying anytime soon - Ulysses was a huge challenge for me & everyone says Finnegan's Wake is much harder. However, it is on the Guardian's list so when I saw a chance to get a copy I took it.

March Progress: 3 Print, 11 total {acquired: 11, 1 read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
9. Back to Bologna (3/25); 3*; owned since May 2009
10. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (3/25); 2.5*; owned since June 2015
11. Italian Folktales (3/31); 4*; owned since July 2018

and additional formats:
Kindle books
16. The Stoneware Monkey (3/3); 3*; owned since Jan. 2018
17. The Puzzle of the Silver Persian (3/15); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2018
18. *Vendetta (3/15); 4*; owned since Dec. 2019
19. *Clayhanger (3/18); 3*; owned since Dec. 2012

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
7. Deadly Nightshade (3/21); 3.5*
8. The Crowded Grave (3/26); 3.5*
9. The Vanishing of Dr Winter (3/28); 3*

Audiobooks
10. The Golden Day (3/7); 3*; owned since June 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
The Other Family March Prime First Reads freebie
Nothing Done in Secret freebie
The Messengers {audiobook} March Audible freebie
Memoirs of a Geisha {audiobook}
I, Robot {audiobook} free with purchase of above
Verity freebie
The Mother Hunt (paperback, free with Audible credit)
Trio for Blunt Instruments (paperback, free with Audible credit)
Crossword Mystery (free with Amazon credit)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard {audiobook, free with pre-order}
*The Silence of the Grave {audiobook}

Oh dear, I haven't been doing too well this month so far. I have succumbed to the lure of the TV instead of reading... But I have managed to get some new audiobooks (listed above).

Hopefully I will finish my paperback chunksters, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon & Italian Folktales, this month!

>38 leslie.98: ROOTing for you, Leslie.

lol - thanks Connie!

I have finally finished Black Lamb and Grey Falcon! Luckily, my other chunkster of the moment, Italian Folktales, is much easier to read so it looks like I will finish that one this month too.

April Progress: 2 Print, 26 total {acquired: 11, 3 of March's acquisitions read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
12. Without Lawful Authority (4/15); 4*; owned since July 2018
13. Special Assignments (4/28); 4*; owned since May 2009

and additional formats:
Kindle books
20. The Lucky Stiff (4/3); 3*; owned since Jan. 2018
21. The Time Traders (4/5) {read in omnibus "Time Traders"}; 3.5*; owned since Oct. 2018
22. Mr. Polton Explains (4/8); 4*; owned since Jan. 2018
23. Galactic Derelict (4/9) {read in omnibus "Time Traders"}; 4*; owned since Oct. 2018
24. *Madame Firmiani (4/10); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
25. *Melmoth the Wanderer (4/18); 1.5*; owned since Sept. 2017
26. *The Sorrows of Young Werther (4/22); 3*; owned since Aug. 2012
27. Buried by Buttercups (4/23); 3.5*; owned since May 2013
28. Pushing Up Daisies (4/23); 3.5*; owned since July 2014
29. The Sand Prince (4/27); 4*; owned since May 2018
30. *A Second Home (4/29); 3*; owned since Dec. 2019

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
10. The Devil's Cave (4/21); 3.5*
11. Grand Cru Heist (4/24); 3*
12. Malice at the Palace (4/25); 4*

Audiobooks
11. *The Recognitions (4/3); 3*; owned since April 2018
12. A Study in Charlotte (4/7); 3*; owned since April 2018
13. Sakina's Restaurant (4/7); 3*; owned since March 2019
14. *Snow Crash (4/13); 3.5*; owned since Aug. 2019
15. Swing (4/17); 3*; owned since April 2019
16. Shadowshaper (4/20); 3*; owned since Aug. 2017
17. Spill (4/22); 2.5*; owned since May 2019
18. The Spies that Bind (4/23); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2019
19. Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic (4/24); 3*; owned since Aug. 2019
20. Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets (4/27); 4*; owned since Nov. 2018

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
*Pictures from an Institution (free epub book from University of Chicago Press)
Feeding the Dragon {audiobook} April Audible freebie
The Girl Beneath the Sea April Prime First Reads freebie
The Chartreuse Clue (freebie)
Hard Rain (freebie)
Bony and the Mouse
Bony Buys a Woman
Bony and the White Savage
A Murder of Manatees {audiobook} April Audible freebie
The 57 Bus {SYNC audiobook}
Monday's Not Coming {SYNC audiobook}

Barely keeping up with my acquisitions this month!

Thanks to a very short Kindle book (really just a single short story), I have reached the 2 read for 1 bought goal for the month! Fingers crossed I can keep it that way.

Fingers crossed for you.

Thanks Connie -- there have been a lot of temptations with publishers have one day free ebook sales!

Getting along well with my ROOTing this month but have also managed to pick up quite a few new books...

May Progress: 1 Print, 6 total {acquired: 11}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
14. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5/10); 3.5*; owned since May 2009

and additional formats:
Kindle books
31. The Jacob Street Mystery (5/6); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2018
32. Notre Dame de Paris (aka "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") (5/10); 3.5*; owned since Nov. 2012

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
13. Night Soldiers (5/5); 3.5*
14. The Resistance Man (5/12); 3*

Audiobooks
21. *Lonesome Dove (5/25?); 4*; owned since Nov. 2019
22. The Lost World (5/31); 3*; owned since July 2018

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
*Consider Phlebas {audiobook}
Secret Soldiers {SYNC audiobook}
Picture Us in the Light {SYNC audiobook}
Legacy of Lies May Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
The Mothers {audiobook} freebie from Penguin/Random House
Faust {SYNC audiobook}
Stalking Jack the Ripper {SYNC audiobook}
Sisters Matsumoto {SYNC audiobook}
Disappeared {SYNC audiobook}
In Search of Us {SYNC audiobook}
Serpent & Dove {SYNC audiobook}

Woo hoo! I have reached my goal :-)

>49 leslie.98: Hurray!!! :D

Well done, Leslie.

Thanks >50 rabbitprincess:, >51 Robertgreaves:! This sheltering-in-place stuff plus lots of short works really boosted my numbers the last few months.

>49 leslie.98: Congratulations!

>49 leslie.98: Hooray!

Thanks so much >53 MissWatson: & >54 Jackie_K:! And I celebrated with some library digital books instead of buying so that is good too :)

Congrats on reaching your goal, Leslie

*grin* Thanks for the pretty graphic >56 connie53:!

June Progress: 2 Print, 15 total {acquired: 10}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
15. Maid Marian (6/19) (read in hardcover omnibus "The Pleasures of Peacock"); 3*; owned since May 2009
16. Green Hazard (6/21); 4*; owned since Aug. 2018

and additional formats:
Kindle books
33. Killer Cupcakes (6/11); 2.5*; owned since Jan. 2013
34. The Celtic Riddle (6/17); 3*; owned since July 2013
35. Kill All the Lawyers (6/24); 2*; owned since Sept. 2012
36. *Domestic Peace (6/24); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2019

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
15. The Children Return (6/11); 4*
16. Nightmare in Burgundy (6/19); 4*
17. Kahawa (6/25); 3*
18. Crowned and Dangerous (6/28); 3.5*

Audiobooks
23. Atlas Shrugged (6/7); 2*; owned since Aug. 2018
24. Kids of Appetite (6/13); 4*; owned since July 2019
25. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; 4*; owned since Jan. 2017
26. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass (6/16); 3.5*; owned since June 2019
27. This Boy's Life (6/22); 4.5*; owned since May 2016

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Into White (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Like No Other (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Find Me (Inland Empire Book 1) June Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
Mark of the Raven (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Easy Prey (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
The Bronte Plot (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
The Music of What Happens (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
The Silence Between Us (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Mexican Whiteboy (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Dodge & Twist (audiobook) {Audible freebie}

With over a week left in June, I have already surpassed May's results so I am happy.

July Progress: 2 Print, 20 total {acquired: 8, 1 of Jan.'s read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
17. Photo Finish (read in hardcover omnibus "Ngaio Marsh: 5 Complete Novels") (7/18); 3*
18. Grave Mistake (read in hardcover omnibus "Ngaio Marsh: 5 Complete Novels") (7/19); 4*

and additional formats:
Kindle books
37. A Man of Means (7/2); owned since Aug. 2012; 3.5*
38. *Revelation Space (7/10); owned since Dec. 2017; 3.5*
39. Misalliance (read as part of Kindle omnibus "The Plays of Shaw") (7/10); owned since Jan. 2015; 3.5*
40. *Joseph Andrews (7/11); owned since Sept. 2012; 4*
41. *Paz (7/15); owned since Dec. 2019; 4*
42. Just Add Salt (7/15); owned since Jan. 2014; 1.5*
43. Relative Fortunes (7/17); 3*
44. Rules of Murder (7/28); owned since June 2015; 3*
45. Jade O'Reilly and the Mysterious Musician (7/28); owned since Aug. 2012; 3*
46. *The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (7/30); owned since Oct. 2015; 3*

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
19. The Patriarch (aka "The Dying Season") (7/7); 3*
20. Deadly Tasting (7/17); 3*
21. On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (7/21); 3.5*
22. Raven Black (7/25); 4*
23. Murders in Volume 2 (7/31); 4*

Audiobooks
28. Harry Clarke (7/16); owned since Jan. 2019; 2.5*
29. The Red Umbrella (7/26); owned since June 2017; 4*
30. Heretics Anonymous (7/29); owned since June 2019; 4*

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Fresh Ink (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Trust No One July Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
Twelth Night (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
A Christmas Carol: What if Scrooge were a Woman? adapted by Alison Larkin (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
New York 2140 (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Fake (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
Burn Baby Burn (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}
*Kindred (audiobook) {SYNC freebie}

Great job, Leslie!

Thanks Connie - I have been trying hard to select ROOT books for my reading this year.

August Progress: 0 Print, 11 total {acquired: 1}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
19.

and additional formats:
Kindle books
47. The White Feather (8/5); 3.5*; owned since July 2011
48. Headaches Can Be Murder (8/5); 3*; owned since Dec. 2012
49. *The Jungle (8/6); 4.5*; owned since April 2015
50. Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore (8/21); 3*; owned since Sept. 2019

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
24. The Obelisk Gate (8/9); 4*
25. Fatal Pursuit (8/11); 3.5*
26. Cognac Conspiracies (8/28); 3*
27. The House Without the Door (8/28); 3.5*

Audiobooks
31. *The Jungle (8/6); 4.5*; owned since April 2015
32. *On the Road (8/21); 3*; owned since Aug. 2019
33. The Masterharper of Pern (8/26); 5*; owned since May 2019
34. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (8/29); owned since Oct. 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Interference August Amazon Prime First Reads freebie

Nice stats, Leslie.

Thanks >64 connie53: and also for the consistency of your stopping by :)

It's nice to know that I am not a 'lone voice in the wilderness' talking to myself! Though these ROOTing threads would still be valuable to me as a record even if I was.

>65 leslie.98: That's what I think too! At the end of each month I copy out my reviews into a monthly blog post, so I have the record for posterity (which reminds me, I need to do that for August), it's really useful.

>65 leslie.98: I try to get to everyone's thread these days and I'm really interested to see what my fellow ROOTers are reading. So I will reach >66 Jackie_K: too sometime this weekend. ;-))

September Progress: 0 Print, 4 total {acquired: 3, 1 of March's new books read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
19.

and additional formats:
Kindle books
51.

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
28. Mayhem in Margaux (9/27); 3*
29. Evidence of Things Seen (9/29); 3.5*

Audiobooks
35. An Enemy of the People (9/2); 4*; owned since June 2019
36. The Epic Crush of Genie Lo (9/26); 3.5*; owned since May 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Welcome to the United States of Anxiety September Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
*All the Pretty Horses (audiobook)
*Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (under the title "Blade Runner") (audiobook, free with purchase of above)

I have been reading this September - just it has been a lot of library books & rereads... I do have a few ROOTs that I would like to finish before the end of the month.

October Progress: 0 Print, 4 total {acquired: 3}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
19.

and additional formats:
Kindle books
51. Happy Dreams (10/8); 3*; owned since Sept. 2017

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
30. Flambe in Armagnac (10/14); 4*
31. The Templars' Last Secret (10/24); 3.5*

Audiobooks
37. The Devil's Highway (10/10); 4*; owned since May 2018

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Girls of Brackenhill October Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
*Midnight's Children (audiobook)
*The Fellowship of the Ring (audiobook, free with purchase of above)

November Progress: 0 Print, 5 total {acquired: 2, 1 of Sept. new books read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
19.

and additional formats:
Kindle books
52. Ice Blue (11/19); 3.5*; owned since August 2015
53. Livin' Lahaina Loca (11/21); 3.5*; owned since Feb. 2013

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
32. Nothing Can Rescue Me (11/14); 3.5*
33. Montmartre Mysteries (11/20); 3*

Audiobooks
38. When Dimple Met Rishi (11/16); 3.5*; owned since May 2018

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Every Last Secret Nov. Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
The Way of Kings (audiobook)

just bumping this thread up ...

December Progress: 0 Print, 10 total {acquired: 10, 2 read plus 1 from October}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
19.

and additional formats:
Kindle books
54. several short sci fi stories from various "Free Stories" anthologies from Baen Books, 3*, owned since Sept 2019 (and earlier):
  "71" by David Brin, "Seven Miles" by T.C. McCarthy, "The 100 MPG Carburetor and Other Self-Evident Truths" by Robert Buettner (12/7)
  "Waiting for the Talisman" by P.C. Hodgell, "Pawn to King Four" by Timothy Zahn, "New Moon Wolf" by David B. Coe (12/8)
  "Honorverse Tech Bu9" by David Weber, "When the Lion Feeds" by John Lambshead, "Long Nights Moon" by David B. Coe, "The night don't seem so lonely" by Sharon Lee (12/9)
  "Cutting Corners" by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, "Block Party" by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, "The Grimnoir Chronicles: Detroit Christmas" by Larry Correia (12/10)

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
34. Split Code (aka "Dolly and the Nanny Bird") (12/1); 4*
35. Bruno and the Carol Singers (12/11); 3.5*
36. Arrow Pointing Nowhere (12/14); 4*
37. Backstabbing in Beaujolais (12/31); 3*

Audiobooks
39. On Two Feet and Wings (12/10); 4.5*; owned since May 2018
40. The Name of the Star (12/11); 3.5*; owned since July 2019
41. Wild Bird (12/13); 4*; owned since May 2019
42. Gather Round the Sound (12/14); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2017
43. A Child's Christmas in Wales (12/24); 4*; owned since Dec. 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle editions unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Lost Mars: Stories from the Golden Age of the Red Planet (epub freebie from U of Chicago)
Bloodline December Amazon Prime First Reads freebie
Temple of the Winds
Christmas in Nuala freebie from Amazon
Stone of Tears {audiobook}
Fall of Giants, Winter of the World & Edge of Eternity (Xmas gifts)
The Final Empire {audiobook}
Frenchman's Creek {audiobook, free with purchase of above}

Happy Holidays from the Netherlands!

Awww, that is so sweet! Thanks >74 connie53: