*Hess, Joan--Malice in Maggody (bought 5/12/15, read 5/25/15)
*Quinn, Spencer--To Fetch a Thief (bought 5/10/2015, read 5/11/2015)
*Craig, Elizabeth Spann--A Body at Bunco (bought 4/29/15, read 5/1/15)
*Coco, Nancy--To Fudge or Not to Fudge (bought 4/10/15, read 4/11/15)
*Goldenbaum, Sally--Death by Cashmere (bought 4/7/15, read 6/11/15)
*Reutlinger, Mark--Mrs. Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death (bought 4/3, read 4/4/15)
*Bevill, C.L.--Bubba and the Ten Little Loonies (bought 4/2/15, read 4/2/15)
*Lavene, Joyce--Broken Hearted Ghoul (bought 4/14/14, read 4/20/15)
*Greenwood, Kerry--Green Hill Murder (bought 4/10/15, read 4/10/15)
*Greenwood, Kerry--Blood and Circuses (bought 4/10/15, read 4/12/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Mark of Murder (bought 3/27/15, read 3/28/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Root of All Evil (bought 3/27/15, read 3/27/15)
*DeLeon, Jana--Soldiers of Fortune (bought 3/23/15, read 3/23/15)
*Sanders, Angela--The Lanvin Murders (bought 3/24/15, read 3/25/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Double Bluff (bought 3/23/15, read 3/24/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Death of a Busybody (bought 3/23/15, read 3/25/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Extra Kill (bought 3/21/15, read 3/22/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Knave of Hearts (bought 3/21/15, read 3/21/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Ace of Spades (bought 3/18/15, read 3/18/15)
*Shannon, Dell--Case Pending (bought 3/18/15, read 3/19/15)
*Crabtree, Elizabeth-- Revenge of the Pieman (bought3/16/15, read 3/17/15)
*Charteris, Leslie--The Saint Abroad (bought 2/25/15, read 3/1/15)
*McHugh, Mary--Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses (bought 2/8/15, read 2/9/15)
*Johns, Madison--Ghostly Hijinks (bought 2/1/15, read 2/2/15)
*Chase, Kennedy--Murder on the Hill (bought 1/27/15, read 1/28
There are about twenty five books I haven't written reviews for, in the first five months of the year.
Last year I purchased over 750 (an average of just over 62 books a month) And I read over 150 books altogether during the year.
In January, 2015, I bought 48 books for myself, under my average for 2014. In February, 2015, I bought only 20 books, well under my 2014 average.
In March, 2015, I bought 37 books, and in April, 2015, 42 (they had a big sale on Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone series, and I bought 12 on one day.) But still, under the 2014 average!
In May, 2015, I bought 57 books, just a little under my 2014 average, I need to be a little more watchful. In June, I've bought 26 books.
From January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2015, I've bought 230, well under the 375 average I bought in the first half of 2014. And when I say bought, a lot of these were free books for the Kindle, so I figured I should get them while they were free, and try out the authors.
To continue my list of books read through the end of June--
Another 39 books, but I didn't record exactly when I read them. Most of them were read the end of May through the end of June, although there are several that I know I read earlier in the year, but didn't write them down.
That makes a total of at least 64 books read in the first six months of 2015, together with the 26 books I wrote reveiws for, for a total of 90 books read in the first half of the year, with about 230 purchased during that time.
My Mount TBR (to be read) pile just keeps getting higher and higher.
Unfortunately, I stopped writing down the books I read, unless I actually wrote a review for them, so I know I've read a lot more books than what I've noted.
In September, I only bought 15 books, and in October, 2015, I bought 25 books. As of Oct 31, I've only bought 345 books. In November I only bought 9 books, and only 11 in December. That makes a grand total for the year of only 365 books!
Davis, Krista--The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer
Hamilton, Donald--The Terrorizers
Gardner, Erle Stanley--The Case of the Sulky Girl
Francis, Dick--Break In
Goldsborough, Robert--Archie in the Crosshairs
Francis, Dick--Longshot
Francis, Dick--Banker
Gilman, Dorothy--Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
Gilman, Dorothy--Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Gilman, Dorothy--Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
Gilman, Dorothy--Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
Gilman, Dorothy--Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Gilman, Dorothy--Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
DeLeon, Jana--Hurricane Force
Carl, JoAnna--The Chocolate Moose Motive
Hamilton, Donald--The Retaliaters
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood--The Iron Clew
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood--Beginning with a Bash
Langtry, Leslie--Mint Cookie Murder
McHugh, Mary--Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities
Coco, Nancy--Oh Say Can You Fudge
Reed, Hannah--Hooked On Ewe
Hamilton, Donald--The Terminators
Rice, Craig--The Lucky Stiff
Rice, Craig--The Big Midget Murders
Stevens, Jim--The Case of Moomah's Moolah
Hamilton, Donald--The Intimidators
Hamilton, Donald--The Intriguers
Hamilton, Donald--The Poisoners
Hamilton, Donald--The Interlopers
Reed, Hannah--Off Kilter
Hess, Joan--Malice in Maggody
Allingham, Margery--Dancers in Mourning
Allingham, Margery--Sweet Danger
Allingham, Margery--Hide My Eyes
Allingham, Margery--The Tiger in the Smoke
Allingham, Margery--The Case of the Late Pig
Allingham, Margery--Flowers for the Judge
Allingham, Margery--Death of a Ghost
Last year, I bought 750 books, read 150, so my Mt. TBR was increased by about 600 books. This year I've bought 365, and read at least 177, so my Mt. TBR was only increased by 188. And if I had written down the books I had read, I'm sure there would be at least another 20 or 30 books. So while my Mt. TBR pile is getting higher, it's at a much slower rate! That is an improvement, of sorts!
