Books 2013

Here's to reading more in 2013 than in 2012 !
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24.  Agatha Christie -- Poirot's Early Cases -- 5/6/13
23.  Agatha Christie -- Poirot Investigates -- 4/30/13
22.  Carolyn G. Hart -- Deadly Valentine -- 4/29/13
21.  Carolyn G. Hart -- A Little Class on Murder -- 4/12/2013
20.  Tom Standage -- A History of the World in Six Glasses -- 4/5/2013
19.  Jonathan Harr -- The Lost Painting:  The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece -- 4/3/2013
18.  Lois McMaster Bujold -- Shards of Honor -- 4/1/2013
17.  Carolyn G. Hart -- Honeymoon with Murder -- 4/1/2013
16.  Agatha Christie -- The Sleeping Murder -- 3/23/2013
15.  Agatha Christie -- Murder on the Links -- 3/21/2103
14.  Terry Pratchett -- Making Money -- 3/19/2013
13.  Andrea Wulf -- Chasing Venus:  The Race to Measure the Heavens -- 3/19/2013
12.  Brian Kemp -- Church Monuments -- 3/17/2013
11.  Agatha Christie -- Murder at the Vicarage -- 3/16/2013
10.  Carolyn G. Hart -- Something Wicked -- 3/14/2013
9.  Terry Pratchett -- Going Postal -- 3/7/2013
8.  Agatha Christie -- Three Act Tragedy -- 2/28/13
7. Carolyn G. Hart -- Design for Murder -- 2/24/13
6.  Paul M. Barrett -- Glock -- 2/23/13
5.  Neil Gaiman -- Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry -- 2/8/13
4.  Rex Stout -- Death Times Three -- 2/5/13
3.  Carolyn G. Hart.  Death on Demand -- 1/28/13
2.  Elizabeth Peters.  The Last Camel Died at Noon -- 1/26/13
1.  Terry Pratchett.  Reaper Man -- 1/24/13

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Targets for the year as of 1/14/2013:
20 nonfiction
  1. Gardner theft
  2. art  -- Church Monuments -- done 3/17/2013
  3. art -- Harr. The Lost Painting:  The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece -- done 4/3/2013
  4. art -- 
  5. art -- 
  6. Louvre -- 
  7. pigeons -- 
  8. science (gift from Dave and Co.)
  9. science -- Uranium
  10. science -- Chasing Venus
  11. science  
  12. science
  13. Paris
  14. Ireland
  15. Ireland
  16. Ireland
  17. London
  18. history -- A History of the World in Six Glasses -- done 4/5/2013
  19. history -- 
  20. history -- 
  21. history -- 
  22. Henry Clay
  23. Jefferson (gift from Dave and Co.)
  24. corp -- Glock
  25. corp 

30 fiction
  1. Gardner theft (gift from Beth)
  2. anthology
  3. anthology
  4. anthology
  5. Bujold -- Shards of Honor -- done 4/1/13
  6. Bujold -- Barrayar
  7. Bujold
  8. Butcher
  9. Butcher
  10. Butcher
  11. Caine
  12. Caine
  13. Castle
  14. Castle
  15. Christie -- Three Act Tragedy
  16. Christie -- Murder at the Vicarage -- done 3/16/2013
  17. Christie -- Murder on the Links -- done 3/22/2013
  18. Christie -- Sleeping Murder -- done 3/23/13
  19. Christie -- Poirot Investigates -- done 4/30/13
  20. Christie -- 
  21. Christie --
  22. Cook
  23. Cook
  24. Cook
  25. Fforde
  26. Fforde
  27. Gaiman -- American Gods
  28. Green
  29. Green
  30. Green
  31. Green
  32. Greenwood
  33. Greenwood
  34. Greenwood
  35. LKH
  36. LKH
  37. Hart -- Death on Demand
  38. Hart -- Design for Murder
  39. Hart -- Something Wicked 3/14/13
  40. Hart -- Honeymoon with Murder 4/1/2013
  41. Hart -- Deadly Valentine -- 4/29/13
  42. Hart
  43. Peters -- The Last Camel Died at Noon
  44. Peters
  45. Peters
  46. Peters
  47. Pratchett -- Dodger
  48. Pratchett --  Reaper Man -- done 1/24/13
  49. Pratchett -- Going Postal -- done 3/7/13
  50. Pratchett -- Making Money -- done 3/19/13
  51. Queen -- The French Powder Mystery 
  52. Shinn
  53. Shinn
  54. Stout -- Death Times Three -- done
  55. Stout
  56. Stout
  57. Stout
  58. Vaughn
  59. Vaughn
  60. Vaughn
  61. White
  62. White
  63. White
  64. Yarbro
  65. Yarbro
Anthologies:
  1. Shinn -- To Weave a Web of Magic
  2. Shinn -- Quatrain
  3. Powers of Detection
  4. Firebirds
  5. Firebirds Rising
  6. Elemental
  7. Unusual Suspects
  8. Best of SF
  9. New Space Opera
  10. Hex Appeal


Lois McMaster Bujold -- Vorkosigan Saga:
  1. The Warriors Apprentice (Miles)
  2. Shards of Honor (Cordelia Naismith)
  3. Ethan of Athos
  4. Falling Free
  5. Borders of Infinity (Miles)
  6. Brothers in arms (Miles)
  7. The Vor Game (Miles)
  8. Barrayar (Miles)
  9. Mirror Dance (Miles)
  10. Dreamweaver's Dilemma
  11. Cetaganda (Miles)
  12. Memory (Miles)
  13. Komarr (Miles)
  14. Diplomatic Immunity (Miles)
  15. Winterfair Gifts
  16. Cryoburn

Jim Butcher -- The Dresden Files:
  1. Storm Front
  2. Fool Moon
  3. Grave Peril
  4. Summer Knight
  5. Death Masks
  6. Blood Rites
  7. Dead Beat
  8. Proven Guilty
  9. White Night
  10. Small Favor
  11. Turn Coat
  12. Changes
  13. Side Jobs
  14. Ghost Story
Rachel Caine -- Weather Warden Series:
  1. Ill Wind
  2. Heat Stroke
  3. Chill Factor
  4. Windfall
  5. Firestorm
  6. Thin Air
  7. Gale Force
  8. Cape Storm
  9. Total Eclipse

Richard Castle series:
  1. Heat Wave
  2. Naked Heat
  3. Heat Rises
  4. Frozen Heat

Christie Poirot suggested reading order:
  1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  2. Murder on the Links
  3. Christmas Adventure (short)
  4. Poirot Investigates (shorts)
  5. Poirot's Early Cases (shorts)
  6. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  7. The Big Four
  8. The Mystery of the Blue Train
  9. Black Coffee
  10. Peril at End House
  11. The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (short)
  12. Second Gong (short)
  13. Lord Edgware Dies
  14. Murder on the Orient Express
  15. Three Act Tragedy
  16. Death in the Clouds
  17. The ABC Murders
  18. Murder in Mesopotamia
  19. Cards on the Table
  20. Yellow Iris (short)
  21. Murder in the Mews (shorts)
  22. Dumb Witness
  23. Death on the Nile
  24. Appointment with Death
  25. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
  26. Sad Cypress
  27. One, Two Buckle My Shoe
  28. Evil Under the Sun
  29. Five Little Pigs
  30. The Hollow
  31. The Labours of Hercules (shorts)
  32. Taken at the Flood
  33. Mrs. McGinty's Dead
  34. After the Funeral
  35. Hickory Dickory Dock
  36. Dead Man's Folly
  37. Cat Among the Pigeons
  38. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (shorts)
  39. The Clocks
  40. Third Girl
  41. Hallowe'en Party
  42. Elephants Can Remember
  43. Curtain:  Poirot's Last Case
Christie -- Miss Maple series
  1.  Murder at the Vicarage
  2. The Thirteen Problems (shorts) (aka the Tuesday Club Murders)
  3. The Body in the Library
  4. The Moving Finger
  5. Sleeping Murder
  6. A Murder Is Announced
  7. 4:50 from Paddington
  8. Greenshaw's Folly
  9. The Mirror Crack'd
  10. A Caribbean Mystery
  11. At Bertram's Hotel
  12. They Do It with Mirrors
  13. A Pocket Full of Rye
  14. Nemesis
  15. Miss Marple's Final Cases (shorts)

Glen Cook -- Garrett P.I.
  1. Sweet Silver Blues
  2. Bitter Gold Hearts
  3. Cold Copper Tears
  4. Old Tin Sorrows
  5. Dread Brass Shadows
  6. Red Iron Nights
  7. Deadly Quicksilver Lies
  8. Petty Pewter gods
  9. Faded Steel Heat
  10. Angry Lead Skies
  11. Whispering Nickel Idols
  12. Cruel Zinc Melodies
  13. Gilded Latten Bones

Jasper Fforde -- Thursday Next Series:
  1. The Eyre Affair
  2. Lost in a Good Book
  3. The Well of Lost Plots
  4. Something Rotten
  5. First Among Sequels
  6. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
  7. The Woman Who Died a Lot
Simon R. Green -- Nightside Series:
  1. Something from the Nightside
  2. Agents of Light and Darkness
  3. Nightingale's Lament
  4. Hex and the City
  5. Paths Not Taken
  6. Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
  7. Hell to Pay
  8. The Unnatural Inquirer
  9. Just Another Judgement Day
  10. Mean Streets
  11. The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny
  12. A Hard Day's Knight
  13. The Bride Wore Black Leather
Simon R. Green -- Secret Histories Series:
  1. The Man with the Golden Torc
  2. Daemons Are Forever
  3. The Spy Who Haunted Me
  4. From Hell with Love
  5. For Heaven's Eyes Only
  6. Live and Let Drood
  7. Casino Infernale
  8. Property of a Lady Fair

Kerry Greenwood -- Corinna Chapman series:
  1. Earthly Delights
  2. Heavenly Pleasures
  3. Devil's Food
  4. Trick or Treat
  5. Forbidden Fruit
  6. Cooking the Books

Laurell K. Hamilton -- Anita Blake series:
  1. Guilty Pleasures
  2. The Laughing Corpse
  3. Circus of the Damned
  4. The Lunatic Cafe
  5. Bloody Bones
  6. The Killing Dance
  7. Burnt Offerings
  8. Blue Moon
  9. Obsidian Butterfly
  10. Narcissus in Chains
  11. Cerulean Sins
  12. Incubus Dreams
  13. Micah
  14. Danse Macabre
  15. The Harlequin
  16. Blood Noir
  17. Skin Trade
  18. Flirt
Carolyn G. Hart -- Death on Demand Series:
  1. Death on Demand
  2. Design for Murder
  3. Something Wicked
  4. Honeymoon with Murder
  5. A Little Class on Murder
  6. Deadly Valentine
  7. The Christie Caper
  8. Southern Ghost
  9. Mint Julep Murder
  10. Yankee Doodle Dead
  11. White Elephant Dead
  12. Sugarplum Dead
  13. April Fool Dead
  14. Engaged to Die
  15. Murder Walks the Plank
  16. Death of the Party
  17. Dead Days of Summer
  18. Death Walked In
  19. Dare to Die
  20. Laughed 'Til He Died
  21. Dead by Midnight
  22. Death Comes Silently

Elizabeth Peters -- Amelia Peabody series:
  1. Crocodile on the Sandbank
  2. The Curse of the Pharoahs
  3. The Mummy Case
  4. Lion in the Valley
  5. The Deeds of the Disturber
  6. The Last Camel Died at Noon
  7. The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
  8. The Hippopotamus Pool
  9. Seeing a Large Cat
  10. The Ape Who Guards the Balance
  11. The Falcon at the Portal
  12. He Shall Thunder in the Sky
  13. Lord of the Silent
  14. The Golden One
  15. Children of the Storm
  16. Amelia Peabody's Egypt -- A Compendium
  17. Guardian of the Horizon
  18. The Serpent on the Crown
  19. Tomb of the Golden Bird
  20. A River in the Sky

Sharon Shinn -- various
  1. Archangel
  2. Jovah's Angel
  3. The Alleluia Files
  4. Angelica
  5. Angel-Seeker
  6. other series -- Mystic and Rider
  7. other series -- The Thirteenth House
  8. other -- Shape-Changer's Wife
Stout -- Nero Wolfe:
  1. Fer-de-Lance (own CDs)
  2. The League of Frightened Men
  3. The Rubber Band (own CDs)
  4. The Red Box (ordered 2/26/13)
  5. Too Many Cooks (ordered 2/26/13)
  6. Some Buried Caesar (own Audible)
  7. Over My Dead Body (own CDs)
  8. Where There's a Will (own CDs)
  9. Black Orchids (own Audible)
  10. Not Quite Dead Enough ?????????????own??????
  11. The Silent Speaker
  12. Too Many Women (own CDs)
  13. And Be a Villain (own CDs)
  14. Trouble in Triplicate
  15. The Second Confession (ordered 2/26/13)
  16. Three Doors to Death
  17. In the Best Families (own Audible)
  18. Curtains for Three  (own Audible)
  19. Murder by the Book (own CDs)
  20. Triple Jeopardy
  21. Prisoner's Base (own Audible)
  22. The Golden Spiders (ordered 2/26/13)
  23. Three Men Out
  24. The Black Mountain (own CDs)
  25. Before Midnight ????????????own????????????
  26. Three Witnesses
  27. Might As Well Be Dead (own CDs)
  28. Three for the Chair
  29. If Death Ever Slept?????????????own????????????
  30. And Four to Go (own Audible)
  31. Champagne for One???????????????own?????????=
  32. Plot It Yourself (own Audible)
  33. Three at Wolfe's Door
  34. Too Many Clients
  35. The Final Deduction (ordered 2/26/13)
  36. Homicide Trinity (own Audible)
  37. Gambit (own Audible)
  38. The Mother Hunt
  39. Trio for Blunt Instruments
  40. A Right to Die (own Audible)
  41. The Doorbell Rang (own Audible)
  42. Death of a Doxy (own Audible)
  43. The Father Hunt (own CDs)
  44. Death of a Dude???????????own?????????????
  45. Please Pass the Guilt (own CDs)
  46. A Family Affair (ordered 2/26/13)
  47. Death Times Three (own Audible)
Carrie Vaughn -- Kitty series:
  1. Kitty and the Midnight Hour
  2. Kitty Goes to Washington
  3. Kitty Takes a Holiday
  4. Kitty and the Silver Bullet
  5. Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand
  6. Kitty Raises Hell
  7. Kitty's House of Horrors
  8. Kitty Goes to War
  9. Kitty's Big Trouble
  10. collection -- Kitty's Greatest Hits
  11. Kitty Steals the Show
    James White -- Sector General Series:
    1. Hospital Station
    2. Star Surgeon
    3. Major Operation
    4. Ambulance Ship
    5. Sector General
    6. Star Healer
    7. Code Blue: Emergency!
    8. The Genocidal Healer
    9. The Galactic Gourmet
    10. Final Diagnosis
    11. Mind Changer
    12. Double Contact
    Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- Saint Germain Series:
    1. Hotel Transylvania
    2. The Palace
    3. Blood Games
    4. Path of the Eclipse
    5. Tempting Fate
    6. The Saint-Germain Chronicles
    7. Darker Jewels
    8. Better in the Dark
    9. Mansions of Darkness
    10. Writ in Blood
    11. Blood Roses
    12. Communion Blood
    13. Come Twilight
    14. A Feast of Exiles
    15. Night Blooming
    16. Midnight Harvest
    17. Dark of the Sun
    18. States of Grace
    19. Roman Dusk
    20. Borne in Blood
    21. Saint-Germain:  Memoirs
    22. A Dangerous Climate
    23. Burning Shadows
    24. Embarrassment of Riches
    25. Commedia della Morte
    26. Night Pilgrims (due 7/30/2013)
    Zelazny -- Amber:
    1. Nine Princes in Amber
    2. The Guns of Avalon
    3. Sign of the Unicorn
    4. The Hand of Oberon
    5. The Courts of Chaos
    6. The Trumps of Doom
    7. Blood of Amber
    8. Sign of Chaos
    9. Knight of Shadows
    10. Prince of Chaos

    ****************************2012 Plan*********************************
    For humor value, here's what I think I really want to read off the cuff on 12/31/2011 at 11:26pm EST:
    1. Glen Cook -- Garrett PI series to date
    2. Simon Green -- Nightside series to date
    3. Simon Green -- Drood series to date
    4. 4 Chelsea Quinn Yarbros
    5. Jim Butcher -- Dresden series to date
    6. 5 James Whites
    7. 8 Nero Wolfes
    8. 5 short story volumes
    9. all of Zelazny's Amber
    10. a Western
    11. 12 non-fiction
    12. 6 Christies
    13. Gaiman. American Gods

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