luna's Book Blog 2022

[lunababymoonchild]

1 Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood - completed (paperback)

2 Pere Goriot, Honore De Balzac - completed (paperback)

3 The Angry Tide (Poldark 7) - completed (paperback)

4 Demian, Hermann Hesse - completed (paperback)

5 The Scarlet Sword, H E Bates - completed (paperback)

6 The Leviathan, Rosie Andrews - completed (paperback)

7 Água Viva, Clarice Lispector - completed (paperback)

8 Viktor Halfwit, Thomas Bernhard - completed (Hardback)

9 The Sanotorium, Sarah Pearse - completed (paperback)

10 Golden Hill, Francis Spufford - completed (paperback)

11 Goethe Dies, Thomas Bernhard - completed (paperback)

12 Sacred, Dennis Lehane - completed (paperback)

13 Serotonin, Michel Houllebecq - completed (paperback)

14 Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style, RuPaul Charles - completed (hardback)

15 The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill, C.S. Robertson - completed (hardback)

16 The Veldt, Ray Bradbury (short story) - completed (PDF)

17 The Continental Op, Dashiell Hammett - completed (paperback)

18 Pierre and Jean, Guy de Maupassant - completed (paperback)

19 NOS4R2, Joe Hill - completed (paperback)

20 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke - completed (paperback)

21 Satantango, László Krasznahorkai - completed (paperback)

22 Dark Waters Katherine Arden - completed (hardback)

23 King Rat, China Miéville - completed (paperback)

24 The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight (hardback)

25 Impatience of the heart, Stefan Zweig (paperback)

26 Chasing Homer, László Krasznahorkai (hardback)

27 The Iliac Crest, Cristina Rivera Garza - completed (paperback)

28 The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoevsky - completed (paperback)

29 Castle Dor, Daphne du Maurier - completed (paperback)

30 Rose Nicolson, Andrew Greig - completed (paperback)

31 Intruder in the Dust, William Faulkner - completed (paperback)

32 The Dark Remains William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin - completed (paperback)

33  My Evil Mother: A Short Story, Margaret Atwood - completed (e-book)

34 A Strange Christmas Game, Christine Riddell - completed (e-book)

35 Zastrozzi, P B Shelley - completed (e-book)

36 The Old Portrait, Hume Nisbet - completed (e-book)

37 St. Irvyne, Percy Bysshe Shelley - completed (paperback)

38 The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens (e-book)

39 The Sign of the Devil, Oscar de Muriel - completed (e-book)

40 The Third Man, Graham Greene - completed (enhanced e-book)

41 The Retreat, Sarah Pearse - completed (e-book)

42 Pastures of Heaven, John Steinbeck - completed (e-book)

43 The Horla, Guy de Maupassant - completed (short story, e-book)

44 The Asylum, Nathan Dylan Goodwin - completed (short story, e-book)

45 The Woman on the Shore (Vera Stanhope short story) - completed (e-book)

46 The Rising Tide, (Vera #10) - completed (e-book)

47 Psycho, Robert Bloch - completed (e-book)

48 The Killing Floor (Jack Reacher 1), Lee Child - completed (e-book)

49 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot - completed (e-book)

50 Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving - completed (e-book)

51 Rivers of London (book 1), Ben Aaronovich - completed (e-book)

52 Flaxman Low in The Story of the Moor Road, Kate and Hesketh Prichard - completed (e-book, short story)

53 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes, David Hall - completed (e-book, short story)

54 Revenge of the Librarians, cartoons by Tom Gauld - completed (hardback)

55 Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders, Ransom Riggs - completed (hardback)

56 A Heart Full of Headstones, Ian Rankin - completed (hardback)

57 Splodges, Ian Rankin (short story) - completed (hardback)

58 A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K LeGuin - completed (paperback)

59 The Omen, David Seltzer - completed (e-book)

60 Mysteries, Knut Hamsun - completed (paperback)

61 Félicie, (Maigret 24), Georges Simenon - completed (e-book)

62 Empty Smiles, Katherine Arden - completed (e-book)

63 The Monkey's Paw, W W Jacobs (short story) - completed (e-book)

64 Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (long poem) - completed (e-book)

65 A Maigret Christmas, Georges Simenon - completed (e-book)

66 The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey - completed (e-book)

67 The Rose and the Ring, William Makepeace Thackeray - completed (e-book)

68 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Arthur Conan Doyle - completed (e-book, short story)

69 The Ruin of all Witches, Malcolm Gaskill - completed (paperback)

70 The Family Corleone,  William Corona Pilgrim - completed (paperback)

71 The Mourner, Richard Stark - completed (e-book)

Edited December 31, 2022 by lunababymoonchild

[lunababymoonchild]

Inspired by Willoyd I thought I'd list the series that I'm reading. 

 

*Read *Own *To Acquire

 

Winston Graham's Poldark series

 

Ross Poldark (1945)

Demelza (1953)

Jeremy Poldark (1953)

Warleggan (1953)

The Black Moon (1973)

The Four Swans (1976)

The Angry Tide (1977)

The Stranger From The Sea (1981)

The Miller's Dance (1982)

The Loving Cup (1984)

The Twisted Sword (1990)

Bella Poldark (2002)

 

Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage Series

 

Pilgrimage 1

Pointed Roofs

Back Water

Honeycomb

 

Pilgrimage 2

The Tunnel

Interim

 

Pilgrimage 3

Deadlock

Revolving Lights

The Trap

 

Pilgrimage 4

Oberland

Dawn’s Left Hand

Dimple Hill

March Moonlight

 

Georges Simenon Maigret Series

 

1   Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1931)
     aka The Strange Case of Peter the Lett / Pietr the Latvian
2. The Crime at Lock 14 (1931)
     aka Maigret Meets a Milord / Lock 14 / The Carter of 'La Providence'
3. The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1931)
     aka Maigret Stonewalled / The Late Monsieur Gallet
4. The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1931)
     aka Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets / The Hanged Man of Saint-     Pholien
5. A Battle of Nerves (1931)
     aka A Man's Head / Maigret's War of Nerves
6. The Yellow Dog (1931)
     aka A Face for a Clue / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders
7. Maigret at the Crossroads (1931)
     aka The Crossroads Murders / The Night at the Crossroads
8. Maigret in Holland (1931)
     aka A Crime in Holland
9. The Sailor's Rendezvous (1931)
     aka The Grand Banks Cafe / Maigret Answers a Plea
10. Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931)
     aka At the Gai-Moulin / The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin
11. Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine (1931)
     aka The Bar on the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar
12. The Shadow Puppet (1932)
     aka Maigret Mystified / The Shadow in the Courtyard
13. Maigret Goes Home (1932)
     aka The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess
14. The Flemish Shop (1932)
     aka The Flemish House / Maigret and the Flemish Shop
15. Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master (1932)
     aka The Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe
16. The Madman of Bergerac (1932)
17. Liberty Bar (1932)
     aka Maigret on the Riviera
18. The Lock at Charenton (1933)
     aka Lock No. 1
19. Maigret Returns (1934)
     aka Maigret
20. Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942)
     aka The Cellars of the Majestic
21. Maigret in Exile (1942)
     aka The Judge's House
22. Maigret and the Spinster (1942)
     aka Cecile Is Dead
23. Maigret and the Fortune Teller (1944)
     aka To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus
24. Félicie (1944)
     aka Maigret and the Toy Village
25. Inspector Cadaver (1944)
     aka Maigret's Rival
26. Maigret Gets Angry (1947)
     aka Maigret in Retirement
27. Maigret in New York (1947)
     aka Maigret in New York's Underworld
28. Maigret's Holiday (1948)
     aka A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret
29. Maigret's Dead Man (1948)
     aka Maigret's Special Murder
30. Maigret's First Case (1949)
31. My Friend Maigret (1949)
     aka The Methods of Maigret
32. Maigret and the Coroner (1949)
     aka Maigret at the Coroner's
33. Maigret and the Old Lady (1950)
34. Madame Maigret's Own Case (1950)
     aka The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend
35. Maigret's Memoirs (1951)
36. Maigret in Montmartre (1951)
     aka Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's
37. Maigret Takes a Room (1951)
     aka Maigret Rents a Room
38. Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1951)
     aka Maigret and the Tall Woman
39. Maigret and the Gangsters (1952)
     aka Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters
40. Maigret's Revolver (1952)
41. Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1953)
     aka Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard
42. Maigret Afraid (1953)
     aka Maigret Is Afraid
43. Maigret's Mistake (1953)
44. Maigret Goes to School (1954)
45. Maigret and the Dead Girl (1954)
     aka Maigret and the Young Girl
46. Maigret and the Calame Report (1955)
     aka Maigret and the Minister
47. Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955)
48. Maigret Sets a Trap (1955)
49. Maigret's Failure (1956)
50. Maigret's Little Joke (1957)
     aka None of Maigret's Business / Maigret Enjoys Himself
51. Maigret and the Millionaires (1958)
     aka Maigret's Secret / Maigret Travels
52. Maigret Has Scruples (1958)
     aka Maigret's Doubts
53. Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959)
54. Maigret Has Doubts (1959)
     aka Maigret's Secret
55. Maigret in Court (1960)
56. Maigret in Society (1960)
     aka Maigret and the Old People
57. Maigret and the Idle Burglar (1961)
     aka Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
58. Maigret and the Black Sheep (1962)
     aka Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse
59. Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962)
60. Maigret and the Tramp (1963)
     aka Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum
61. Maigret's Fury (1963)
     aka Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger
62. Maigret and the Apparition (1964)
     aka Maigret and the Ghost
63. Maigret on the Defensive (1964)
     aka Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself
64. Maigret Bides His Time (1965)
     aka The Patience of Maigret / Maigret's Patience
65. Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966)
66. Maigret and the Pickpocket (1967)
     aka Maigret's Pickpocket
67. Maigret in Vichy (1968)
     aka Maigret Takes the Waters
68. Maigret Hesitates (1968)
69. Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968)
70. Maigret and the Killer (1969)
71. Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970)
72. Maigret and the Madwoman (1970)
73. Maigret and the Loner (1971)
74. Maigret and the Flea (1972)
     aka Maigret and the Informer
75. Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973)

 

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by lunababymoonchild

[lunababymoonchild]

Author's I will read in 2022 :       

 

*Read *Own *To Acquire

 

Charles Dickens

 

The Pickwick Papers (1836)

Oliver Twist (1837)

Nicholas Nickleby (1838)

The Old Curiosity Shop (1840)

Barnaby Rudge (1841)

Martin Chuzzlewit (1843)

Dombey and Son (1846)

David Copperfield (1849)

Bleak House (1852)

Hard Times (1854)

Little Dorrit (1855)

A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Great Expectations (1860)

Our Mutual Friend (1864)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870).

 

The Complete Works of Charles Dickens e book

 

Thomas Bernhard

 

Novels

Gargoyles (1970)
Concrete (1984)
Old Masters (1985)
The Lime Works (1986)
Wittgenstein's Nephew (1987)
Woodcutters (1988)
     aka Cutting Timber
Correction (1990)
The Cheap-Eaters (1990)
On the Mountain (1991)
Yes (1991)
The Loser (1991)
Extinction (1995)
Frost (2006)

 

 Novellas

Three Novellas (2003)

The Voice Imitator (1997)

Victor Halfwit (2011)

 

Collections

Goethe Dies (2016)
   

 

There are more, of course, but these two are definite (otherwise the list would get out of control).

Edited October 16, 2022 by lunababymoonchild

[lunababymoonchild]

I spent a great deal of time over the weekend reading (finished Serotonin, Michel Houllebecq, started and finished Workin' It by RuPaul (not difficult and it wasn't long) and read 48% of The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill, some 178 pages (and also not difficult to read). It wasn't planned it just turned out that way. Since there's nothing else I'd rather do (the crochet does come in a close second though) I'm happy with that

[muggle not]

How many books have you read in 2022. It seems like there must be quite a few.

[lunababymoonchild]

5 hours ago, muggle not said:

How many books have you read in 2022. It seems like there must be quite a few.

29 so far, Muggle

[lunababymoonchild]

I've read 71 books this year. I have counted the short stories but not the magazines I read, the news articles I read, the poems (except Hiawatha, it was too long not to mention) I read, the craft books I read and various other things I end up reading but don't count.

 

A good year and I start a new read on the first day of the year tomorrow.