Goals

• Have fun!
• Use the randomizer app to choose which active series I’m going to read
• Write more reviews
• ABC challenge

Statistics

• Books read: 108
• Pages read: 40540
• Books abandoned: 1
• New authors: 34
• Rereads: 2

Active series

• Guido Brunetti (21/28)
• Nic Costa (9/10)
• Chief Inspector Armand Gamache (8/14)
• The Void Trilogy (2/3)
• Lockwood & Co (3/5)
• The Mayfair Witches (1/3)

Series finished/up to date/abandoned

• World’s Scariest Places
• The Others
• The Magicians
• Sebastian St. Cyr
• The Afterlife Investigations
• Ruth Galloway
• Gideon Crew
• House of Souls
• Lincoln Rhyme
• Black Acres
• The Old Kingdom/Abhorsen
• DI Chen

ABC Challenge
Book titles in between brackets I haven’t read (yet), but are reminders for myself and are possible reads to cross off that letter. For X I make an exception; it’s very hard to find books where the title start with an X that I want to read. So for that letter I’m allowed to find a book where one of the words start with an X.

A
* After the Snow – Susannah Constantine
* Abhorsen – Garth Nix
* Asylum – Ambrose Ibsen
* About Face – Donna Leon
* The Amber Light – Ambrose Ibsen

B
* The Brutal Telling – Louise Penny
* Bury Your Dead – Louise Penny
* The Burial Hour – Jeffery Deaver
* The Borderland – Ambrose Ibsen
* The Blue Demon – David Hewson
* The Beautiful Mystery – Louise Penny

C
* City of Endless Night – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
* The Carrow Haunt – Darcy Coates
* The Cruelest Month – Louise Penny
* Clariel – Garth Nix
* The Cutting Edge – Jeffery Deaver
* The Clockmaker’s Daughter – Kate Morton
* The Children’s Home – Charles Lambert

D
* The Deliveryman – Jeffery Deaver
* The Demonic – Lee Mountford
* Devil’s Rock – Paul Tremblay
* Darkest Part of the Woods – Ramsey Campbell
* The Demon and the City – Liz Williams
* The Dark Angel – Elly Griffiths
* Dante’s Numbers – David Hewson
* Drawing Conclusions – Donna Leon
* The Dagger in the Desk – Jonathan Stroud

E
* The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
* The End of Temperance Dare – Wendy Webb
* Elevation – Stephen King

F
* Forest – Ambrose Ibsen
* The Fallen Angel – David Hewson

G
* The Girl of His Dreams – Donna Leon
* The Graveyard Apartment – Mariko Koike
* The Garden of Evil – David Hewson
* Goldenhand – Garth Nix

H
* How to be Champion – Sarah Millican
* The Hour Before Dark – Douglas Clegg
* The Haunting of Riley Watson – Alexandra Clarke
* The Hangman – Louise Penny
* Hunted – Darcy Coates
* The House of Long Shadows – Ambrose Ibsen
* The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
* The House Next Door – Anne Rivers Siddons

I
* Island of the Dolls – Jeremy Bates
* I’ll Be Gone in the Dark – Michelle McNamara
* In A Dark, Dark Wood – Ruth Ware
* In Absentia – Ambrose Ibsen
* In Darkness – Ambrose Ibsen

J
* The Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

K
* The Keeper – Sarah Langan

L
* Lirael – Garth Nix
* Lake Silence – Ann Bishop
* Laurie – Stephen King

M
* The Mystery House: San Antonio – Eva Pohler
* The Magicians – Lev Grossman
* The Magician King – Lev Grossman
* Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
* The Magician’s Land – Lev Grossman
* Murder on the Oxford Canal – Faith Martin
* Malefic – Ambrose Ibsen
* Mountain of the Dead – Jeremy Bates

N
* Nest – Terry Goodkind
* Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case – Garth Nix

O
* The Occupant – Ambrose Ibsen
* The Outsider – Stephen King

P
* The Pharaoh Key – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Rhyme
* Precious Dragon – Liz Williams

Q
* A Question of Belief – Donna Leon

R
* Riptide – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
* A Rule Against Murder – Louise Penny
* The Roanoke Girls – Amy Engel

S
* The Stranger Beside Me – Anne Rule
* The Skin Collector – Jeffery Deaver
* The Seventh Sacrament – David Hewson
* Snake Agent – Liz Williams
* The Steel Kiss – Jeffery Deaver
* The Sandman: Master of Dreams – Neil Gaiman
* The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
* The Sandman: The Doll’s House
* Salem’s Lot – Stephen King
* The Screaming Staircase – Jonathan Stroud
* The Shadow Pavilion – Liz Williams

T
* The Tower – Simon Clark
* To Hold the Bridge – Garth Nix
* A Trick of the Light – Louise Penny
* The Temporal Void – Peter F. Hamilton
* Temple – Matthew Reilly
* The Thin Wall – E.M. Parker

U
* The Uninvited – Dorothy MacArdle

V
Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead

W
* The Watchmaker of Filigreestreet – Natasha Puller
* Why Kill the Innocent – C.S. Harris
* Wychwood – George Mann
* Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China – Jung Chang
* The Weight of Lies – Emily Carpenter
* The Whispering Skull – Jonathan Stroud
* The Witching Hour – Anne Rice

X
* Mr. X – Peter Straub

Y
* You In? – Kealan Patrick Burke

Z
* Zombie – Joyce Carol Oates

 

 

 

Reading List

1.  How to Be Champion by Sarah Millican
2.  Riptide by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
3.  The Mystery House: San Antonio by Eva Pohler
4.  The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Puller
5.  The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
6.  Nest by Terry Goodkind
7.  City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
8.  The Magicians by Lev Grossman
9.  The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
10.  The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver
11.  The Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon
12.  The Magician King by Lev Grossman
13.  The Deliveryman by Jeffery Deaver
14.  After the Snow by Susannah Constantine
15.  The Seventh Sacrament by David Hewson
16.  Lirael by Garth Nix
17.  Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
18.  Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates
19.  A Rule Against Murder by Penny Louise
20.  The Demonic by Lee Mountford
21.  Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
22.  I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
23.  Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
24.  The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
25.  Snake Agent by Liz Williams
26.  Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris
27.  Abhorsen by Garth Nix
28.  The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates
29.  The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (DNF)
30.  Asylum by Ambrose Ibsen
31.  The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell
32.  Forest by Ambrose Ibsen
33.  The Occupant by Ambrose Ibsen
34.  The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
35.  The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
36.  The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver
37.  About Face by Donna Leon
38.  Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case by Garth Nix
39.  The Tower by Simon Clark
40.  The Demon and the City by Liz Williams
41.  The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
42.  Laurie by Stephen King
43.  The Garden of Evil by David Hewson
44.  The Keeper by Sarah Langan
45.  Wychwood by George Mann
46.  The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle
47.  The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
48.  The Outsider by Stephen King
49.  Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
50.  The Pharoah Key by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Rhyme
51.  A Question of Belief by Donna Leon
52.  The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg
53.  The Sandman: Master of Dreams by Neil Gaiman
54.  In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
55.  The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
56.  Mr. X by Peter Straub
57.  Clariel by Garth Nix
58.  The Haunting of Riley Watson by Alexandra Clarke
59.  The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver
60.  The Sandman: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
61.  The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver
62.  Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chan
63.  The Weight of Lies by Emily Carpenter
64.  Dante’s Numbers by David Hewson
65.  ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
66.  The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
67.  Vampire Academy by Rachille Mead
68.  Murder on the Oxford Canal by Faith Martin
69.  Precious Dragon by Liz Williams
70.  The Hangman by Louise Penny
71.  To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix
72.  Hunted by Darcy Coates
73.  The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen
74.  Drawing Conclusions by Donna Leon
75.  Malefic by Ambrose Ibsen
76.  The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver
77.  The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
78.  In Absentia by Ambrose Ibsen
79.  A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
80.  The Borderland by Ambrose Ibsen
81.  The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
82.  The Amber Light by Ambrose Ibsen
83.  The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton
84.  You In? by Kealan Patrick Burke
85.  In Darkness by Ambrose Ibsen
86. The Dagger in the Dark by Jonathan Stroud
87.  Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
88.  Temple by Matthew Reilly
89.  The Blue Demon by David Hewson
90.  The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams
91.  Goldenhand by Garth Nix
92.  The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
93.  The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
94.  The Thin Wall by E.M. Parker
95.  The Fallen Angel by David Hewson
96.  The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud
97.  The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
98. The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert
99.  The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
100.  Mountain of the Dead by Jeremy Bates
101.  Elevation by Stephen King
102.  The Iron Khan by Liz Williams
103.  Beastly Things by Donna Leon
104.  Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve
105.  Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch
106.  The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud
107.  A House by the Sea by Ambrose Ibsen
108. The Haunting of Rookward House by Darcy Coates