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What did you read in 2016?
I read 65 books in 2016. Below are listed 62 of them. I re-read quite a bit this year, including a number of Janet Evanovich and some Sir Terry Pratchett. I think my favourite books this year were a couple of witty/serious middle grades: “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” “Husky,” and “Wonder.” I hear “Wonder” is being made into a movie this year.
In writing news, I wrote one book and published one book, RE-INVENTING LOVE. I have another underway.
I look forward to reading a bunch more in 2017. And also some writing and publishing.
What did you read in 2016?
| 2016 | ||||
| 1 | Alexie | Sherman | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | YA |
| 2 | Andrews | Jesse | Haters | YA contemp |
| 3 | Archer | Jodie Archer & Matthew Jockers | The Bestseller Code | non-fiction |
| 4 | Barkley | Linwood | Never Saw it Coming | Thriller |
| 5 | Barton | Fiona | The Widow | psychological thriller |
| 6 | Blake-Hall | Karen (ed.) | Villainous Vacations | crime antho |
| 7 | Blume | Judy | Are you there, God? It’s Me, Margaret | YA |
| 1 | Byrne | Arthur | Killing Hemmingway | YA |
| 2 | Campbell | Colin | Free Days with George | Memoir |
| 3 | Chilton | David | The Wealthy Barber Returns | non-fiction |
| 4 | Delany | Vicki | Valley of the Lost, Const Molly Smith #2 | Mystery |
| 5 | Delany | Vicki | Winter of Secrets, Const Molly Smith #3 | Mystery |
| 6 | Delany | Vicki | Negative Image, Const Molly Smith #4 | Mystery |
| 7 | Delany | Vicki | Among the Departed, Const Molly Smith #5 | Mystery |
| 8 | Delany | Vicki | A Cold White Sun , Const Molly Smith #6 | Mystery |
| 9 | Delany | Vicki | Under Cold Stone, Const Molly Smith #7 | Mystery |
| 10 | Delany | Vicki | Unreasonable Doubt, Const Molly Smith #8 | Mystery |
| 11 | Ernest | Cline | Armada | sci-fi |
| 12 | Evanovich | Janet | Visions of Sugar Plums | Parnormal Mystery |
| 13 | Evanovich | Janet | Plum Lovin’ | Parnormal Mystery |
| 14 | Evanovich | Janet | Plum Lucky | Parnormal Mystery |
| 15 | Evanovich | Janet | Plum Spooky | Parnormal Mystery |
| 16 | Evanovich | Janet | Lean Mean Thirteen | funny mystery |
| 17 | Evanovich | Janet | Fearless Fourteen | funny mystery |
| 18 | Evanovich | Janet | Wicked Charm | Parnormal Mystery |
| 19 | Evanovich | Janet | Tricky Twenty-Two | Mystery |
| 20 | Evanovich | janet | Top Secret 21 | Mystery/comedy |
| 21 | Evanovich | janet | The Chase, Fox and O’Hare Series 3 | Funny Thriller |
| 22 | Evanovich | janet | The Shell Game (E-Short), Fox&O’Hare Series 4 | Funny Thriller |
| 23 | Evanovich | janet | The Job, Fox&O’Hare Series 5 | Funny Thriller |
| 24 | Evanovich | janet | The Scam, Fox&O’Hare Series 6 | Funny Thriller |
| 25 | Evanovich | janet | The Pursuit, Fox&O’Hare Series 7 | Funny Thriller |
| 26 | Evanovich | janet | The Caper | Funny Thriller-short |
| 27 | Evanovich | janet | The Heist, Fox and O’Hare Series 2 | Funny Thriller |
| 28 | Evanovich | Janet | Curious Minds | Knight & Moon 1 |
| 29 | Fallis | Terry | Poles Apart | Literary humor |
| 30 | Ford | Deborah | The Dark Side of the Light Chasers | non-fiction |
| 31 | Gilbert | Elizabeth | Eat, Pray, Love | Memoir |
| 32 | Gino | Alex | George | YA |
| 33 | Hawkins | Paula | The Girl on the Train | literary thriller |
| 34 | Hiaasen | Carl | Flush | light YA |
| 35 | Hiaasen | Carl | Bad Monkey | Absuridist mystery |
| 36 | Hiaasen | Carl | Basket Case | Mystery |
| 37 | Hiaasen | Carl | Chomp | Mystery |
| 38 | Hiaasen | Carl | Lucky You | Mystery |
| 39 | Hiaasen | Carl | Sick Puppy | Mystery |
| 40 | Hiaasen | Carl | Star Island–Skink 6 | Abusurdist Thriller |
| 41 | Howell | Simmone | Girl Defective | YA |
| 42 | Leib | Josh | I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President | funny MG |
| 43 | Lemon | Lisa | The Big Stiff | funny mystery |
| 44 | Leonard | Elmore | Cat Chaser | Mystery / Thriller |
| 45 | Levitan + Cohen | David + Rachel | Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares | YA conemp |
| 46 | Lynch | Margaret | Tapping Into Wealth | non-fiction |
| 47 | Moore | Christopher | Secondhand Souls | Absurdist UF |
| 48 | Murphy | Derek | Shearwater | YA UF |
| 49 | Palacio | R.J. | Wonder | MG contemp |
| 50 | Patterson | James | Honeymoon | Thriller |
| 51 | Patterson | James | First to Die (#1 Ladies Murder Club) | Mystery |
| 52 | Patterson | James | Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross #1) | Mystery / Thriller |
| 53 | Pratchett | Terry | The Colour of Magic | humourous scifi |
| 54 | Pratchett | Terry | The Light Fantastic | humourous scifi |
| 55 | Pratchett | Terry | Guards! Guards! | humourous scifi |
| 56 | Robertson | Robbie | Testify | autobiography |
| 57 | Sayre | Justin | Husky | MG contemp |
| 58 | Sincero | Jennifer | You are a badass | self-help |
| 59 | St. James | Simone | Lost Among the Living | Paranormal Thriller |
| 60 | Wendig | Chuck | Zeroes | contemp sci-fi thriller |
| 61 | Wolfe | Inger Ash | The Door in the River | Mystery |
| 62 | ? | The idiots guide to money management | non-fiction |
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RE-INVENTING LOVE: The road to love is paved with good inventions.
Re-Inventing Love was judged a FINALIST* in the prestigious Rainbow Awards: (*Books receiving an average rate of 30 or more out of 40.) “Re-Inventing Love was an entertaining and engaging read. The characters were very endearing and I loved Max’s distinctive voice. Storm created a very credible world and I was transported there every time I picked the book up. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.” It also won an HONORABLE MENTION.
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SUMMARY
Engineer and assistant inventor Maximilian Grün is in love with his employer, but he daren’t reveal the truth. It’s 1910 and if Canadian authorities learned of his homosexuality, they’d deport him back to Germany where the country of his birth would become the country of his death.
When promising young inventor and mathematician Dr. Jasper Hamilton expresses his own feelings for Max, the young German regretfully declines. He cannot risk their partnership, their reputations—their very lives!
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Baby, it’s cold outside and in…
Today is #bookqw (book quote Wednesday). This week’s work is COLD. This quote comes from Edwardian Steampunk, Re-inventing Love.
The Reluctant Reaper series now available at the library
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