My sorriest list for 2021 is the one for the books I’ve read. I only managed to read 29 thus far (although I do hope to get one or two more in before the end of the year. A lot of my “free” time was taken up with writing projects and the rest was mostly watching TV and movies, as the previous two posts demonstrate. Over a third of the books I read this year were “bedtime books” that I read to my wife (the bold ones below). I read a lot more in 2020, when I was judging the YA Edgar Awards.
My list of reviews is, naturally, quite short as well. The reviews are linked in the list below. I did manage to read half a novel on Christmas Eve, so maybe 2022 will be better. In every respect!
- Never Far Away by Michael Koryta
- Later by Stephen King
- Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) by Rio Youers and Alison Sampson
- Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- Find You First by Linwood Barclay
- Lola On Fire by Rio Youers
- Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
- Billy Summers by Stephen King
- When a Stranger Comes to Town, edited by Michael Koryta
- How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith
- Where They Wait by Scott Carson
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Home Stretch by Graham Norton
- The Peculiarities by David Liss
- How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook by Mystery Writers of America, edited by Lee Child With Laurie R. King
- The Life and Loves of a He Devil: A Memoir by Graham Norton
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg
- Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
- Arizona Dreams by Marsha DeFilippo
- Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson
- Silverview by John Le Carré
- In a Time of Distance: And Other Poems by Alexander McCall Smith
- Renegades: Born in the USA by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
- Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
- The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
- The Man From Mittelwerk by M. Z. Urlocker
- The Joy and Light Bus Company by: Alexander McCall Smith
