Sergei's Series Tracker

My aide-memoire for series I want to concentrate on this year - maybe, then, I won't be so haphazard in my reading, (some hope...!), :D

Books I can tick off the lists:

1) Plague Ship - Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 4★s (group read) - 11 January (>9 Sergeirocks:)
2) The Death of Lucy Kyte - Nicola Upson 4★s - 13 January (>5 Sergeirocks:)
3) First Family - David Baldacci 4.5★s (group read) - 19 January (>10 Sergeirocks:)
4) Be Careful What You Wish For - Jeffrey Archer 4.5★s - 22 January (>6 Sergeirocks:)
5) Sign of the Cross - Chris Kuzneski 4★s - 26 January (>12 Sergeirocks:)

Total for January - 5

6) The Einstein Pursuit - Chris Kuzneski 4.5★s - 3 February (>12 Sergeirocks:)
7) Mightier than the Sword - Jeffrey Archer 4★s - 6 February (>6 Sergeirocks:)
8) Cometh the Hour - Jeffrey Archer 4★s - 9 February (>6 Sergeirocks:)
9) Rounding the Mark - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 15 February (>2 Sergeirocks:)
10) The Charlemagne Pursuit - Steve Berry 3.5★s (group read) - 17 February (>11 Sergeirocks:)
11) The Shape of Water - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 20 February (>2 Sergeirocks:)
12) Springtime in Burracombe - Lilian Harry 3.5★s - 24 February (>7 Sergeirocks:)
13) Watching the Dark - Peter Robinson 4.5★s - 28 February (>3 Sergeirocks:)

Total for February - 8

14) The Plantation - Chris Kuzneski 4★s - 7 March (>12 Sergeirocks:)
15) A Penny A Day - Lilian Harry 4★s - 19 March (>7 Sergeirocks:)
16) Abattoir Blues - Peter Robinson 4.5★s - 31 March (>3 Sergeirocks:)

Total for March - 3

17) An Heir for Burracombe - Lilian Harry 4.5★s - 1 April (>7 Sergeirocks:)
18) This Was a Man - Jeffrey Archer 4★s - 4 April (>6 Sergeirocks:) (SERIES FINISHED)
19) When the Music's Over - Peter Robinson 4.5★s - 5 April (>3 Sergeirocks:) (SERIES UP TO DATE)
20) The Executioner - Chris Carter 5★s (group read) - 13 April (>16 Sergeirocks:)
21) Let it Bleed - Ian Rankin 5★s - 17 April (>8 Sergeirocks:)
22) Corsair - Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 4.5★s (group read) - 22 April (>9 Sergeirocks:)

Total for April - 6

23) The Queen's Head - Edward Marston 4.5★s - 3 May (>14 Sergeirocks:)
24) The Sixth Man - David Baldacci 4★s (group read) - 9 May (>10 Sergeirocks:)
25) Secrets in Burracombe - Lilian Harry 4★s - 12 May (>7 Sergeirocks:)
26) The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 16 May (>2 Sergeirocks:)
27) The Paris Vendetta - Steve Berry 3.75★s (group read) - 23 May (>11 Sergeirocks:)
28) The Merry Devils - Edward Marston 4.5★s - 29 May (>14 Sergeirocks:)

Total for May - 6

29) The Trip to Jerusalem - Edward Marston 4★s - 2 June (>14 Sergeirocks:)
30) The Lost Throne - Chris Kuzneski 4★s - 4 June (>12 Sergeirocks:)

Total for June - 2

31) Black & Blue - Ian Rankin 5★s - 3 July (>8 Sergeirocks:)
32) The Night Stalker - Chris Carter 4★s (group read) - 10 July (>16 Sergeirocks:)
33) The Prophecy - Chris Kuzneski 4★s - 20 July (>12 Sergeirocks:)

Total for July - 3

34) The Silent Sea - Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 3.5★s (group read) - 6 August (>9 Sergeirocks:)
35) The Hanging Garden - Ian Rankin 5★s - 9 August (>8 Sergeirocks:)

Total for August - 2

36) The Emperor's Tomb - Steve Berry 5★s (group read) - 14 September (>11 Sergeirocks:)
37) King and Maxwell - David Baldacci 4.75★s (group read) - 23 September (>10 Sergeirocks:) (SERIES FINISHED)

Total for September - 2

38) Snowfall in Burracombe - Lilian Harry 4.5★s - 6 October (>7 Sergeirocks:)
39) The Scent of the Night - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 7 October (>2 Sergeirocks:)
40) The Death Relic - Chris Kuzneski 4★s - 15 October (>12 Sergeirocks:) (SERIES FINISHED)

Total for October - 3

41) The Jungle - Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 4★s (group read) - 14 November (>9 Sergeirocks:)
42) Messenger of Truth - Jacqueline Winspear 4.5★s - 16 November (>4 Sergeirocks:)
43) The Death Sculptor - Chris Carter 3.5★s (group read) - 24 November (>16 Sergeirocks:)
44) The Nine Giants - Edward Marston 4.5★s - 29 November (>14 Sergeirocks:)

Total for November - 4

(None read in December)

TOTAL FOR 2017 - 44 :D
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Books I can tick off the lists in 2018:

1) The Mad Courtesan - Edward Marston 4.5★s - 9 January (>14 Sergeirocks:)
2) The Jefferson Key - Steve Berry 3.5★s (group read) - 14 January (>11 Sergeirocks:)
3) Sleeping in the Ground - Peter Robinson 5★s - 17 January (>3 Sergeirocks:) (SERIES UP TO DATE)
4) Death of a Glutton - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 29 January (>18 Sergeirocks:)
5) The Paper Moon - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 31 January (>2 Sergeirocks:)

Total for January - 5

6) Death of a Travelling Man - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 3 February (>18 Sergeirocks:)
7) Angel with Two Faces - Nicola Upson 4★s - 8 February (>5 Sergeirocks:)
8) Death of a Charming Man - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 27 February (>18 Sergeirocks:)

Total for February - 3

9) Mirage - Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 5★s + ❤️ (group read) - 12 March (>9 Sergeirocks:)
10) One by One - Chris Carter 3.5★s (group read) - 21 March (>16 Sergeirocks:)

Total for March - 2

11) Death of a Nag - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 2 April (>18 Sergeirocks:)
12) London Rain - Nicola Upson 4.5★s - 5 April (>5 Sergeirocks:)
13) The King's Deception - Steve Berry 5★s + ❤️ (group read) - 20 April (>11 Sergeirocks:)
14) The Wings of the Sphinx - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 22 April (>2 Sergeirocks:)

Total for April - 4

15) An Incomplete Revenge - Jacqueline Winspear 5★s - 1 May (>4 Sergeirocks:)
16) Death of a Macho Man - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 16 May (>18 Sergeirocks:)
17) Weddings In Burracombe - Lilian Harry 4★s - 22 May (>7 Sergeirocks:)
18) Death of a Dentist - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 31 May (>18 Sergeirocks:)

Total for May - 4

19) Piranha - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison 3.5★s (group read) - 5 June (>9 Sergeirocks:)
20) Death of a Scriptwriter - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 8 June (>18 Sergeirocks:)
21) Death of an Addict - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 21 June (>18 Sergeirocks:)
22) A Highland Christmas - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 22 June (>18 Sergeirocks:)

Total for June - 4

23) Death of a Dustman - M. C. Beaton 4.5★s - 1 July (>18 Sergeirocks:)
24) Two for Sorrow - Nicola Upson 4★s - 5 July (>5 Sergeirocks:)
25) Death of a Celebrity - M. C. Beaton 4.5★s - 7 July (>18 Sergeirocks:)
26) Death of a Village - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 8 July (>18 Sergeirocks:)
27) Death of a Poison Pen - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 14 July (>18 Sergeirocks:)

Total for July - 5

28) The Emperor's Revenge - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison 4.5★s (group read) - 23 August (>9 Sergeirocks:)
29) Dead Souls - Ian Rankin 5★s - 29 August (>8 Sergeirocks:)

Total for August - 2

30) The Lincoln Myth - Steve Berry 3.5★s (group read) - 2 September (>11 Sergeirocks:)
31) An Evil Mind - Chris Carter 4★s (group read) - 11 September (>16 Sergeirocks:)

Total for September - 2

None in October

32) The Patriot Threat - Steve Berry 3.5★s (group read) - 19 November (>11 Sergeirocks:)
33) Death of a Bore - M. C. Beaton 4.5★s - 21 November (>18 Sergeirocks:)

Total for November - 2

34) The Track of Sand - Andrea Camilerri 4★s - 2 December (>2 Sergeirocks:)
35) Death of a Dreamer - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 9 December (>18 Sergeirocks:)
36) Death of a Maid - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 12 December (>18 Sergeirocks:)
37) Typhoon Fury - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison 4.5★s (group read) - 19 December (>9 Sergeirocks:)
38) Death of a Gentle Lady - M. C. Beaton 5★s - 22 December (>18 Sergeirocks:)

Total for December - 5

TOTAL FOR 2018 - 38 :D
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For 2019 go to >19 Sergeirocks:

Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Series
I want to be less sporadic with this one...

✔️1. The Shape of Water 4★s - 20 February 2017
2. The Terra-Cotta Dog 4★s - 2 January 2016
✔️3. The Snack Thief 4★s - 16 May 2017
4. Voice of the Violin - Read (date unknown)
5. Excursion To Tindari 4★s - 15 October 2014
✔️6. The Smell of the Night (aka The Scent of the Night) 4.5★s - 7 October 2017
✔️7. Rounding the Mark 4★s - 15 February 2017
8. The Patience of the Spider 4★s - 23 October 2015
✔️🎍9. The Paper Moon 4★s - 31 January 2018
10. August Heat 4★s - 14 September 2015
✔️🎍11. The Wings of the Sphinx 4★s - 22 April 2018
✔️🎍12. The Track of Sand 4★s - 2 December 2018
✔️🎍🐷13. The Potter's Field 4.5★s - 2 February 2019
✔️🎍🐷14. The Age of Doubt 5★s - 23 April 2019
✔️🎍🐷15. The Dance of the Seagull 4.5★s - 28 April 2019
✔️🎍🐷16. Treasure Hunt (with Stephen Sartarelli) 4.5★s - 27 May 2019
✔️🎍🐷17. Angelica's Smile 4★s - 3 June 2019
✔️🎍🐷18. Game of Mirrors 4.5★s - 11 June 2019
✔️🎍🐷19. Blade of Light (aka A Beam of Light) 4.5★s - 9 July 2019
✔️🎍🐷20. A Voice in the Night 4★s - 11 July 2019
✔️🎍🐷21. A Nest of Vipers 4★s - 23 December 2019
✔️🎍🐷22. The Pyramid of Mud 4★s - 15 September 2019
✔️🎍🐷 Death at Sea (short stories) 4★s - 31 July 2019
✔️🎍🐀23. The Overnight Kidnapper 4★s - 3 May 2020
✔️🎍🐀24. The Other End of the Line 4.5★s - 2 July 2020
25. The Safety Net

✔️🎍🐀 Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories 4.5★s - 4 February 2020
✔️🎍🐷 Death at Sea (short stories) 4★s - 31 July 2019

I MUST finish Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks Series
The following books are still to read:

✔️20. Watching the Dark 4.5★s - 28 February 2017
✔️22. Abattoir Blues (aka In the Dark Places) 4.5★s - 31 March 2017
✔️23. When the Music's Over 4.5★s - 5 April 2017
✔️🎍24. Sleeping in the Ground 5★s - 17 January 2018
✔️🎍🐷25. Careless Love 4.5★s - 22 March 2019
✔️🎍🐀26. Many Rivers to Cross 4★s - 6 January 2020
27. Not Dark Yet - due 2020

SERIES UP TO DATE UNTIL NO. 27 IS PUBLISHED

I'm currently enjoying Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs Series

1. Maisie Dobbs 5★s + ❤️ - 24 February 2016
2. Birds of a Feather 4★s - 18 August 2016
3. Pardonable Lies 4.5★s - 23 December 2016
✔️4. Messenger of Truth 4.5★s - 16 November 2017
✔️🎍5. An Incomplete Revenge 5★s - 1 May 2018
✔️🎍🐷6. Among the Mad 4★s - 16 September 2019
✔️🎍🐂7. The Mapping of Love and Death 5★s - 21 January 2021
✔️🎍🐂8. A Lesson in Secrets 4.5★s - 31 July 2021
✔️🎍🐂9. Elegy for Eddie 4.5★s - 11 October 2021
✔️🎍🐅10. Leaving Everything Most Loved 5★s - 8 November 2022
11. A Dangerous Place
12. Journey to Munich
13. In This Grave Hour
14. To Die but Once
15. The American Agent

Also currently enjoying Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey Mysteries Series

1. An Expert in Murder 3.5★s - 24 November 2016
✔️🎍2. Angel with Two Faces 4★s - 8 February 2018
✔️🎍3. Two For Sorrow 4★s - 5 July 2018
4. Fear in the Sunlight 4★s - 3 December 2016
✔️5. The Death of Lucy Kyte 4★s - 13 January 2017
✔️🎍6. London Rain 4.5★s - 5 April 2018
✔️🎍🐀7. Nine Lessons 4.5★s - 4 March 2020
✔️🎍🐅8. Sorry for the Dead 4★s - 22 February 2022
9. The Dead of Winter

I want to finish off Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles Series

1. Only Time Will Tell 4★s - 6 June 2016
2. The Sins of the Father 4★s - 30 July 2016
3. Best Kept Secret 4★s - 8 August 2016
✔️4. Be Careful What You Wish For 4.5★s - 22 January 2017
✔️5. Mightier than the Sword 4★s - 6 February 2017
✔️6. Cometh the Hour 4★s - 9 February 2017
✔️7. This Was a Man 4★s - 4 April 2017

DONE!

And just to ring the changes, I might throw in an occasional episode of Lilian Harry's Burracombe Village Series

1. The Bells of Burracombe 4★s - 28 October 2016
2. A Stranger In Burracombe 4★s - 3 November 2016
3. Storm Over Burracombe 4★s - 29 November 2016
✔️* A Penny A Day 4★s - 19 March 2017
✔️4. Springtime In Burracombe 3.5★s - 24 February 2017
✔️5. An Heir for Burracombe 4.5★s - 1 April 2017
✔️6. Secrets in Burracombe 4★s - 12 May 2017
✔️7. Snowfall in Burracombe 4.5★s - 6 October 2017
✔️🎍8. Weddings In Burracombe 4★s - 22 May 2018
✔️🎍🐀9. Celebrations in Burracombe 4.5★s - 14 March 2020
✔️🎍🐇 10. Surprises in Burracombe 4★s - 3 July 2023
11. Farewell to Burracombe
12. A Child in Burracombe
13. Lovers in Burracombe
A Burracombe Easter
A Burracombe Christmas

* Listed as a standalone on fantasticfiction but is a crossover between this series and the 'April Grove' series.

For the odd bit of pure self-indulgence, I may even treat myself to a slice of Ian Rankin's John Rebus Series

Books 1 - 5 pre-Shelfari (no records)
6. Mortal Causes 4★s - 2 January 2014
✔️7. Let it Bleed 5★s - 17 April 2017
✔️8. Black & Blue 5★s - 3 July 2017
✔️9. The Hanging Garden 5★s - 9 August 2017
✔️🎍10. Dead Souls 5★s - 29 August 2018
✔️🎍🐷11. Set in Darkness 5★s - 25 February 2019
✔️🎍🐀12. The Falls 5★s - 20 August 2020
✔️🎍🐅13. Resurrection Men 5★s - 28 January 2022
✔️🎍🐅14. A Question of Blood 5★s - 27 June 2022
15. Fleshmarket Close (aka Fleshmarket Alley)
16. The Naming Of The Dead
17. Exit Music
18. Standing in Another Man's Grave
19. Saints of the Shadow Bible
20. Even Dogs in the Wild
21. Rather Be the Devil
22. In a House of Lies

Suppose I should also keep track of our group read, Cussler's Oregon Series

1. Golden Buddha (and Craig Dirgo) 4★s - 12 June 2015
2. Sacred Stone (and Craig Dirgo) 4.5★s - 16 May 2016
3. Dark Watch (and Jack Du Brul) 4.5★s - 13 July 2016
4. Skeleton Coast (with Jack Du Brul) 4.5★s - 12 September 2016
✔️5. Plague Ship (with Jack Du Brul) 4★s - 11 January 2017
✔️6. Corsair (with Jack Du Brul) 4.5★s - 22 April 2017
✔️7. The Silent Sea (with Jack Du Brul) 3.5★s - 6 August 2017
✔️8. The Jungle (with Jack Du Brul) 4★s - 14 November 2017
✔️🎍9. Mirage (with Jack Du Brul) 5★s + ❤️ - 12 March 2018
✔️🎍10. Piranha (and Boyd Morrison) 3.5★s - 5 June 2018
✔️🎍11. The Emperor's Revenge (and Boyd Morrison) 4.5★s - 23 August 2018
✔️🎍12. Typhoon Fury (with Boyd Morrison) 4.5★s - 19 December 2018
✔️🎍🐷13. Shadow Tyrants (with Boyd Morrison) 4★s - 14 August 2019
✔️🎍🐀14. Final Option (with Boyd Morrison) 5★s - 16 February 2020
15. 'Untitled'

By the same group read token, I should add David Baldacci's King & Maxwell Series

1. Split Second 4★s - 2 October 2015
2. Hour Game 3.5★s - 2 August 2016
3. Simple Genius 3.5★s - 12 October 2016
✔️4. First Family 4.5★s - 19 January 2017
✔️5. The Sixth Man 4★s - 9 May 2017
✔️6. King and Maxwell 4.75★s - 23 September 2017

DONE!

'Group reads' has become a whole subsection in itself! :) ... Steve Berry's Cotton Malone Series

1. The Templar Legacy - pre-Shelfari (no records)
2. The Alexandria Link 4.5★s - 21 October 2016
3. The Venetian Betrayal 4★s - 22 December 2016
✔️4. The Charlemagne Pursuit 3.5★s - 17 Feb 2017
✔️5. The Paris Vendetta 3.75★s - 23 May 2017
5.5. The Balkan Escape
✔️6. The Emperor's Tomb 5★s - 14 September 2017
6.5. The Devil's Gold
✔️🎍7. The Jefferson Key 3.5★s - 14 January 2018
7.5. The Tudor Plot
✔️🎍8. The King's Deception 5★s + ❤️ - 20 April 2018
✔️🎍9. The Lincoln Myth 3.5★s - 2 September 2018
✔️🎍10. The Patriot Threat 3.5★s - 19 November 2018
✔️🎍🐷11. The 14th Colony 3.5★s - 16 May 2019
✔️🎍🐷12. The Lost Order 4★s - 31 December 2019
13. The Bishop's Pawn
14. The Malta Exchange
15. The Warsaw Protocol

I hadn't thought to target Chris Kuzneski's Payne & Jones Series this year, but a round tuit and a need for a book set in a European country have forced the issue...

✔️1. The Plantation 4★s - 7 March 2017
✔️2. Sign of the Cross 4★s - 26 January 2017
3. Sword of God 4★s - 3 September 2014
✔️4. The Lost Throne 4★s - 4 June 2017
✔️5. The Prophecy 4★s - 20 July 2017
6. The Secret Crown 3★s - 22 November 2013
✔️7. The Death Relic 4★s - 15 October 2017
✔️8. The Einstein Pursuit 4.5★s 3 February 2017

DONE!

>12 Sergeirocks: One of my favourite series, I wish he'd write more as I have read them all.

A little late in the game but, I'm adding Edward Marston's Elizabethan Mysteries (Nicholas Bracewell) Series

✔️1. The Queen's Head 4.5★s - 3 May 2017
✔️2. The Merry Devils 4.5★s - 29 May 2017
✔️3. The Trip to Jerusalem 4★s - 2 June 2017
✔️4. The Nine Giants 4.5★s - 29 November 2017
✔️🎍5. The Mad Courtesan 4.5★s - 9 January 2018
✔️🎍🐷6. The Silent Woman 4.5★s - 29 January 2019
✔️🎍🐷7. The Roaring Boy 4★s - 9 June 2019
✔️🎍🐷8. The Laughing Hangman 4★s - 3 July 2019
✔️🎍🐀9. The Fair Maid of Bohemia 4★s - 8 January 2020
✔️🎍🐇 10. The Wanton Angel 4★s - 17 September 2023
11. The Devil's Apprentice
12. The Bawdy Basket 4★s - April 2015
13. The Vagabond Clown
14. The Counterfeit Crank
15. The Malevolent Comedy
16. The Princess of Denmark

Never too late to add something to a reading list!

Another late entry; another group read series: Chris Carter's Robert Hunter Series

1. The Crucifix Killer 5★s + ❤️ - 31 October 2016
✔️2. The Executioner 5★s - 13 April 2017
✔️3. The Night Stalker 4★s - 10 July 2017
✔️4. The Death Sculptor 3.5★s - 24 November 2017
✔️🎍5. One by One 3.5★s - 21 March 2018
✔️🎍6. An Evil Mind 4★s - 11 September 2018
✔️🎍🐷7. I Am Death 2.75★s - 9 January 2019
✔️🎍🐷8. The Caller 4.5★s - 10 September 2019
✔️🎍🐅9. Gallery of the Dead 4.5★s - 5 October 2022
10. Hunting Evil

The Hunter (novella) 4.5★s - 20 April 2014

Continuing on this thread for 2018 because there are still plenty of books to get through before I can put all the above series to bed. Books this year will be denoted with a ✔️ and a🎍 (lucky bamboo, because I'll need lots of luck to repeat last year's grand total of 44 - I even amazed myself on that one, HA!)

Think I need to add M. C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth Series for 2018, because I read quite a few of those last year and will no doubt read more this year...

1. Death of a Gossip 4★s - 29 June 2017
2. Death of a Cad 4.5★s - 17 October 2017
3. Death of an Outsider 4★s - 30 June 2017
4. Death of a Perfect Wife 4★s - 22 October 2017
5. Death of a Hussy 4.5★s - 24 October 2017
6. Death of a Snob 4★s - 13 December 2017
7. Death of a Prankster 4.5★s - 31 December 2017
✔️🎍8. Death of a Glutton (aka Death of a Greedy Woman) 4★s - 29 January 2018
✔️🎍9. Death of a Travelling Man 4★s - 3 February 2018
✔️🎍10. Death of a Charming Man 4★s - 27 February 2018
✔️🎍11. Death of a Nag 4★s - 2 April 2018
✔️🎍12. Death of a Macho Man 4★s - 16 May 2018
✔️🎍13. Death of a Dentist 4★s - 31 May 2018
✔️🎍14. Death of a Scriptwriter 4★s - 8 June 2018
✔️🎍15. Death of an Addict 4★s - 21 June 2018
✔️🎍15.5. A Highland Christmas 4★s - 22 June 2018
✔️🎍16. Death of a Dustman 4.5★s - 1 July 2018
✔️🎍17. Death of a Celebrity 4.5★s - 7 July 2018
✔️🎍18. Death of a Village 4★s - 8 July 2018
✔️🎍19. Death of a Poison Pen 4★s - 14 July 2018
✔️🎍20. Death of a Bore 4.5★s - 21 November 2018
✔️🎍21. Death of a Dreamer 4★s - 9 December 2018
✔️🎍22. Death of a Maid 4★s - 12 December 2018
✔️🎍23. Death of a Gentle Lady 5★s - 22 December 2018
✔️🎍🐷24. Death of a Witch 4★s - 4 January 2019
✔️🎍🐷25. Death of a Valentine 4.5★s - 3 February 2019
✔️🎍🐷26. Death of a Sweep 3.5★s - 8 March 2019
✔️🎍🐀27. Death of a Kingfisher 4★s - 5 March 2020
✔️🎍🐀28. Death of Yesterday 4★s - 10 March 2020
✔️🎍🐅29. Death of a Policeman 3.5★s - 4 February 2022
30. Death of a Liar (2015)
30.5. Knock, Knock, You're Dead! (2016)
31. Death of a Nurse (2016)
32. Death of a Ghost (2017)
33. Death of an Honest Man (2018)
34. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (2021)

List of books read in 2019 (marked as ✔️🎍🐷 - in favour of the Chinese Year of the Pig!):

1) Death of a Witch - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 4 January (>18 Sergeirocks:)
2) I Am Death - Chris Carter 2.75★s (group read) - 9 January (>16 Sergeirocks:)
3) The Silent Woman - Edward Marston 4.5★s - 29 January (>14 Sergeirocks:)

January Total - 3

4) The Potter's Field - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 2 February (>2 Sergeirocks:)
5) Death of a Valentine - M. C. Beaton 4.5★s - 3 February (>18 Sergeirocks:)
6) Set in Darkness - Ian Rankin 5★s - 25 February (>8 Sergeirocks:)

February Total - 3

7) Death of a Sweep - M. C. Beaton 3.5★s - 8 March (>18 Sergeirocks:)
8) Careless Love - Peter Robinson 4.5★s - 22 March (>3 Sergeirocks:)

March Total - 2

9) The Age of Doubt - Andrea Camilleri 5★s - 23 April (>2 Sergeirocks:)
10) The Dance of the Seagull - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 28 April (>2 Sergeirocks:)

April Total - 2

11) The 14th Colony - Steve Berry 3.5★s (group read) - 16 May (>11 Sergeirocks:)
12) The Treasure Hunt - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 27 May (>2 Sergeirocks:)

May Total - 2

13) Angelica's Smile - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 6 June (>2 Sergeirocks:)
14) The Roaring Boy - Edward Marston 4★s - 9 June (>14 Sergeirocks:)
15) Game of Mirrors - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 11 June (>2 Sergeirocks:)

June Total - 3

16) The Laughing Hangman - Edward Marston 4★s - 3 July (>14 Sergeirocks:)
17) Blade of Light - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 9 July (>2 Sergeirocks:)
18) A Voice in the Night - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 11 July (>2 Sergeirocks:)
19) Death at Sea - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 31 July (>2 Sergeirocks:)

July Total - 4

20) Shadow Tyrants - Clive Cussler with Bord Morrison 4★s (group read) - 14 August (>9 Sergeirocks:)

August Total - 1

21) The Caller - Chris Carter 4.5★s (group read) - 10 September (>16 Sergeirocks:)
22) The Pyramid of Mud - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 15 September (>2 Sergeirocks:)
23) Among the Mad - Jacqueline Winspear 4★s - 16 September (>4 Sergeirocks:)

September Total - 3

October Total - 0

November Total - 0

24) A Nest of Vipers - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 23 December (>2 Sergeirocks:)
25) The Lost Order - Steve Berry 4★s (group read) - 31 December (>11 Sergeirocks:)

December Total - 2

TOTAL FOR 2019 - 25 🙂

Much smaller total this year, due mainly to concentration on the Century Challenge.
Hope to get back to normal in 2020, 'Onwards and Upwards'.

Books for 2020 (marked ✔️🎍🐀 - in favour of the Chinese Year of the Rat!):

1) Many Rivers to Cross - Peter Robinson 4★s - 6 January (>3 Sergeirocks:)
2) The Fair Maid of Bohemia - Edward Marston 4★s - 8 January (>14 Sergeirocks:)

January Total - 2

3) Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 4 February (>2 Sergeirocks:)
4) Final Option - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison 5★s (group read) - 16 February (>9 Sergeirocks:)

February Total - 2

5) Nine Lessons - Nicola Upson 4.5★s - 4 March (>5 Sergeirocks:)
6) Death of a Kingfisher - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 5 March (>18 Sergeirocks:)
7) Celebrations in Burracombe - Lilian Harry 4.5★s - 14 March (>7 Sergeirocks:)
8) Death of Yesterday - M. C. Beaton 4★s - 10 March (>18 Sergeirocks:)

March Total - 4

April Total - 0

9) Overnight Kidnapper - Andrea Camilleri 4★s - 3 May (>2 Sergeirocks:)

May Total - 1

June Total - 0

10) End of the Line - Andrea Camilleri 4.5★s - 2 July (>2 Sergeirocks:)

July Total - 1

11) The Falls - Ian Rankin 5★s - 20 August (>8 Sergeirocks:)

August Total - 1

September Total - 0

October Total - 0

November Total - 0

December Total - 0

TOTAL FOR 2020 - 11

2020, year of the 🐀, was a poor reading year all round - due in no small way to covid-19. With vaccinations being just around the corner and hope, therefore, on the increase (together with the possibility of getting back into the libraries), 2021 (year of the Ox, 🐂) should be better...

Books for 2021 (marked ✔️🎍🐂):

1) The Mapping of Love and Death - Jacqueline Winspear 5★s - 21 January (>4 Sergeirocks:)

January Total - 1

February Total - 0

March Total - 0

April Total - 0

May Total - 0

June Total - 0

2) A Lesson in Secrets - Jacqueline Winspear 4.5★s - 31 July (>4 Sergeirocks:)

July Total - 1

August Total - 0

September Total - 0

3) Elegy for Eddie - Jaqueline Winspear 4.5★s - 11 October (>4 Sergeirocks:)

October Total - 1

November Total - 0

December Total - 0

TOTAL FOR 2021 - 3

(Oh, dear! ☺️)

Books for 2022 (✔️🎍🐅 - Year of the Tiger):

1) Resurrection Men - Ian Rankin 5★s - 28 January (>8 Sergeirocks:)

January Total - 1

2) Death of a Policeman - M. C. Beaton 3.5★s - 4 February (>18 Sergeirocks:)
3) Sorry for the Dead - Nicola Upson 4★s - 22 February (>5 Sergeirocks:)

February Total - 2

March Total - 0

April Total - 0

May Total - 0

4) A Question of Blood - Ian Rankin 5★s - 27 June (>8 Sergeirocks:)

June Total - 1

July Total - 0

August Total - 0

September Total - 0

5) Gallery of the Dead - Chris Carter 4.5★s (>16 Sergeirocks:)

October Total - 1

6) Leaving Everything Most Loved - Jacqueline Winspear 5★s - 8 November (>4 Sergeirocks:)

November Total - 1

December Total - 0

TOTAL FOR 2022 - 6

2023 (✔️🎍🐇 - Year of the Rabbit)

January Total - 0

February Total - 0

March Total - 0

April Total - 0

May Total - 0

June Total - 0

1) Surprises in Burracombe - Lilian Harry 4★s 3 July (>7 Sergeirocks:)

July Total - 1

August Total - 0

2) The Wanton Angel - Edward Marston 4★s 17 September (>14 Sergeirocks:)

September Total - 1

October Total - 0

November Total - 0

December Total - 0

TOTAL FOR 2023 -