Mid-year reading catch up: What I’ve read this year so far

I thought I’d share what books I’ve read so far this year.

I haven’t been as concerned with reading a certain quantity of books this year..

I’ve tried some different authors for me and I’m trying to add in some classics, but otherwise I am not being super strict with what I am reading or with keeping track of how many I read.

I do see that I am averaging about four books a month.

January:

My Beloved by Jan Karon

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

 Miss Read’s Village Diary by Miss Read

Miss Read’s Village School by Miss Read

February:

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

Mrs. McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie

Murder, She Wrote: Bullets and Brandy by Donald Bain

March:

Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

Whispering Walls by Mildred Wirt

Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Crooked House by Agatha Christie

The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy

April:

Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse

A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Nancy Drew: Nancy’s Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene

May:

Murder, She Wrote: Aloha Betrayal by Donald Bain

The Labors of Poirot by Agatha Christie

The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun

June:

 Stolen Past by Tara Randel

Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Ivory Dagger by Patricia Wentworth

July:

The Unsolicited Journals of Emma Lion Vol. 1 by Beth Brower

Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson

Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck



I’m looking forward to a lot of good books I have on tap for the next six months of the year.

How about you?


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4 thoughts on “Mid-year reading catch up: What I’ve read this year so far

  1. Lisa, I appreciate catching up with your reading list. Sadly, my July and August journey has sidelined much of my writing and reading connections. I am looking forward to returning to fresh opportunities to experience both. Hope all is going well with you and your family.

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    1. Travel or other activities can certainly cut into reading and writing times. Hope you can get back to all of that soon. I know I’ve struggled this summer with keeping up on blog reading. It isn’t that we did anything exciting either – just some stress that made it hard to focus.

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