Sergei's Reading Log 2022 📚

Another year comes around; what books await?

No. of books read per month:

January - 15
February - 12
March - 9
April - 11
May - 12
June - 10
July - 10
August - 12
September - 10
October - 15
November - 36
December - 16

Grand total - 168

Here we go…

1) 2 January 2022 - A Shetland Winter Mystery - Marsali Taylor 4★s

2) 6 January 2022 - The Day of the Serpent - Cassandra Clark 4★s

A good start to the year 👏👏👏

>4 Andrew-theQM: Slow, but sure… ☺️

3) 10 January 2022 - The Ballad of John MacLea - A.J. MacKenzie 5★s

4) 12 January 2022 - Murder for Christmas - Francis Duncan 3.5★s

>6 Sergeirocks: The Ballad of John McLea looks good.

>8 Andrew-theQM: I found it thoroughly engrossing, Andrew. Set in the American/British War of 1812 - I seem to remember one of our Cotton Malone books touched on this subject.

5) 14 January 2022 - The Green Pen Mystery & Other Stories - Donald Stuart 4★s

>9 Sergeirocks: Yes and the first time I had really come across that.

6) 15 January 2022 - Song of the Lion - Anne Hillerman 4★s

7) 17 January 2022 - A Castaway in Cornwall - Julie Klassen 4★s

8) 18 January 2022 - Hairpin Bridge - Taylor Adams 4★s

9) 20 January 2022 - One Hundred Names - Cecelia Ahern 5★s

10) 22 January 2022 - Treacherous is the Night - Anna Lee Huber 3.5★s

11) 24 January 2022 - A Matter of Justice - Charles Todd 4★s

12) 26 January 2022 - Cast, in Order of Disappearance - Simon Brett 4★s

13) 28 January 2022 - Resurrection Men - Ian Rankin 5★s

14) 30 January 2022 - A Comedian Dies - Simon Brett 4★s

15) 31 January 2022 - The Dead Side of the Mike - Simon Brett 4★s

TOTAL FOR JANUARY - 15

16) 4 February 2022 - Death of a Policeman - M. C. Beaton 3.5★s

>23 Sergeirocks: You’ve reminded me I need to get back to this series, and this is the next book up for me.

>24 Andrew-theQM: It’s a quick read, Andrew.

17) 8 February 2022 - Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance - M. C. Beaton 3.5★s

18) 10 February 2022 - Whisky From Small Glasses - Denzil Meyrick 4★s

19) 13 February 2022 - The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens 4★s

20) 16 February 2022 - A Most Novel Revenge - Ashley Weaver 4★s

21) 18 February 2022 - The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth 4★s

22) 20 February 2022 - White Horse - Joss Stirling 4★s

23) 22 February 2022 - Sorry for the Dead - Nicola Upson 4★s

24) 26 February 2022 - Lethal Frost - Danny Miller 4★s

25) 26 February 2022 - Dalintober Moon - Denzil Meyrick 4★s

26) 27 February 2022 - Death Comes to Bath - Catherine Lloyd 4★s

27) 28 February 2022 - The Man Who Bought London - Edgar Wallace 4.5★s

TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY - 12

28) 2 March 2022 - Prince of Fire - Daniel Silva 4.5★s

29) 3 March 2022 - The Religious Body - Catherine Aird 4★s

30) 6 March 2022 - Cave of Bones - Anne Hillerman 4.5★s

31) 9 March 2022 - A Gentleman of Fortune - Anna Dean 3.5★s

32) 11 March 2022 - Never Greener - Ruth Jones 3★s

33) 14 March 2022 - The Cipher Garden - Martin Edwards 4★s

34) 18 March 2022 - The Law of Angels - Cassandra Clark 3.75★s

35) 20 March 2022 - Death Comes to the Nursery - Catherine Lloyd 4★s

36) 25 March 2022 - Most Secret - Nevil Shute 4.5★s

TOTAL FOR MARCH - 9

37) 1 April 2022 - Lady of Ashes - Christine Trent 3.5★s

38) 4 April 2022 - On the Beach - Nevil Shute 5★s

39) 7 April 2022 - A False Mirror - Charles Todd 5★s

40) 8 April 2022 - The Valley of Fear - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4.5★s

41) 10 April 2022 - The Judas Sheep - Stuart Pawson 5★s

42) 17 April 2022 - The Afghan - Frederick Forsyth 4.5★s

43) 23 April 2022 - The Red Door - Charles Todd 4.5★s

44) 27 April 2022 - Billy Boyle - James R. Benn 5★s

45) 29 April 2022 - Queer Face - Gerald Verner 4★s

46) 30 April 2022 - So Much Blood - Simon Brett 4★s

47) 30 April 2022 - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good - Helene Tursten 4★s

TOTAL FOR APRIL - 11

48) 3 May 2022 - Well-Schooled in Murder - Elizabeth George 4★s

49) 7 May 2022 - Arrivals and Arrests - Diana Xarissa 3.5★s

50) 9 May 2022 - Born Bad - Josephine Cox 3★s

51) 13 May 2022 - The Darkest Hour - Tony Schumacher 4★s

52) 16 May 2022 - The World According to Bertie - Alexander McCall Smith 4★s

53) 16 May 2022 - The Rookery - Emily Organ 3.5★s

54) 18 May 2022 - The Keeper of Happy Endings - Barbara Davis 4.5★s

55) 19 May 2022 - The Island - Adrian McKinty 4★s

56) 24 May 2022 - The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn 4★s

57) 29 May 2022 - The First Wave - James R. Benn 4.5★s

58) 29 May 2022 - The Marriage of Mary Russell - Laurie R. King 3.5★s

59) 31 May 2022 - The Little One - Lynda La Plante 4★s

TOTAL FOR MAY - 12 BOOKS

60) 4 May 2022 - Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins - James Runcie 3.75★s

61) 12 June 2022 - Enemies of the State: The Cato Street Conspiracy - M. J. Trow 4★s

62) 14 June 2022 - Dog in the Dark - Gerald Hammond 4★s

63) 16 June 2022 - Dark Suits and Sad Songs - Denzil Meyrick 4.5★s

64) 19 June 2022 - Emperor’s Lions - Alex Gough 4★s

65) 24 June 2022 - Timeline - Michael Crichton 3.75★s

66) 26 June 2022 - Cow-Country - B. M. Bower 4★s

67) 27 June 2022 - A Question of Blood - Ian Rankin 5★s

68) 30 June 2022 - The Guest List - Lucy Foley 3.25★s

69) 30 June 2022 - Dead Wrong - Helen H. Durrant 3.5★s

TOTAL FOR JUNE - 10 BOOKS

70) 4 July 2022 - The Piper on the Mountain - Ellis Peters 4★s

71) 8 July 2022 - The Service of the Dead - Candace Robb 4★s

72) 12 July 2022 - The Lizard’s Bite - David Hewson 4.5★s

>86 Sergeirocks: Ooh sounds good, interested in this as think I own a copy of this. Will have to go searching.

>87 Andrew-theQM: The first book I’ve read by this author, but I’m already lining up more… 🙂

>88 Sergeirocks: That’s great to hear, an author I’ve Wanted to try for a while.

73) 17 July 2022 - A Cotswold Mystery - Rebecca Tope 4★s

74) 18 July 2022 - The Unheard - Nicci French 4★s

75) 22 July 2022 - You Never Said Goodbye - Luca Veste 3★s

76) 25 July 2022 - The Sandcastle Girls - Chris Bohjalian 5★s

77) 27 July 2022 - The President’s Daughter - James Patterson & Bill Clinton 4.5★s

78) 29 July 2022 - The Silent Room - Mari Hannah 4.5★s

79) 31 July 2022 - Crowned and Dangerous - Rhys Bowen 4★s

TOTAL FOR JULY - 10 BOOKS

80) 3 August 2022 - I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak 4.5★s

81) 6 August 2022 - Just Like You - Nick Hornby 4★s

82) 7 August 2022 - Emperor’s Sword - Alex Gough 4★s

83) - 11 August 2022 - The Death Messenger - Mari Hannah 4★s

84) 14 August 2022 - Winter at Cliff’s End Cottage - Sheila Norton 3.75★s

85) 17 August 2022 - Gently French - Alan Hunter 3.5★s

86) 20 August 2022 - Holy Island - LJ Ross 4.5★s

87) 22 August 2022 - Country Plot - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 4★s

88) 26 August 2022 - Night Frost - R. D. Wingfield 4★s

89) 28 August 2022 - Law of the Desert Born - Louis L’Amour 4.5★s

90) 30 August 2022 - The Killings on Jubilee Terrace - Robert Barnard 4★s

91) 31 August 2022 - Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King’s Daughter - Simon Brett 4★s

TOTAL FOR AUGUST - 12 BOOKS

92) 3 September 2022 - Settled Blood - Mari Hannah 4.5★s

93) 4 September 2022 - Smooth Operator - Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall 4.5★s

94) 6 September 2022 - Fell of Dark - Reginald Hill 4★s

95) 10 September 2022 - Sycamore Gap - LJ Ross 4★s

96) 13 September 2022 - Blood Alone - James R. Benn 4.5★s

97) 15 September 2022 - Ashfall - Mike Mullin 4.5★s

98) 18 September 2022 - The Amun Chamber - Daniel Leston 4★s

99) 20 September 2022 - Heavenfield - LJ Ross 4.5★s

100) 27 September 2022 - A Lonely Death - Charles Todd 4.5★s

101) 30 September 2022 - The Telephone Box Library - Rachael Lucas 4★s

TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER - 10 BOOKS

102) 5 October 2022 - Gallery of the Dead - Chris Carter 4.5★s (group read)

103) 8 October 2022 - The Ladies of Ivy Cottage - Julie Klassen 4★s

104) 12 October 2022 - The Templar Concordat - Terence O’Brien 4.5★s

105) 14 October 2022 - V2 - Robert Harris 4★s

106) 15 October 2022 - The Library - Various 3.5★s

107) 16 October 2022 - Island Reich - Jack Grimwood 5★s

108) 17 October 2022 - The Clutter Corpse - Simon Brett 4.5★s

109) 20 October 2022 - Murder in Midsummer - Various 4★s

110) 23 October 2022 - The Whistleblower - Robert Peston 4★s

111) 25 October 2022 - A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie 4★s

112) 27 October 2022 - The Other Passenger - Louise Candlish 3.5★s

113) 29 October 2022 - Angel - LJ Ross 4.5★s

114) 30 October 2022 - The Appleton Case - Diana Xarissa 3.5★s (Novella)

115) 31 October 2022 - The Bennett Case - Diana Xarissa 3.5★s (Novella)

116) 31 October 2022 - The Chalmers Case - Diana Xarissa 3.5★s (Novella)

TOTAL FOR OCTOBER - 15 BOOKS

117) 1 November 2022 - Because of You - Dawn French 3.75★s

118) 2 November 2022 - The River House Mystery - Gerald Verner 4★s

119) 3 November 2022 - The Donaldson Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

120) 4 November 2022 - Terror Tower - Gerald Verner 4.5★s

121) 4 November 2022 - The Ellsworth Case - Diana Xarissa 3.5★s (Novella)

122) 5 November 2022 - A Bicycle Made for Two - Mary Jayne Baker 4★s

123) 6 November 2022 - The Fenton Case - Diana Xarissa 3.25★s (Novella)

124) 7 November 2022 - The Green Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

125) 8 November 2022 - Leaving Everything Most Loved - Jacqueline Winspear 5★s

126) 12 November 2022 - Thunder Bay - Douglas Skelton 5★s

127) 13 November 2022 - The Hampton Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

128) 13 November 2022 - The Irwin Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

129) 15 November 2022 - The Jackson Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

130) 15 November 2022 - The Kingston Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

131) 15 November 2022 - Bloodline - James Rollins 4.5★s (group read)

132) 16 November 2022 - The Lawley Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

133) 16 November 2022 - The Moody Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

134) 18 November 2022 - The Norman Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

135) 19 November 2022 - High Force - LJ Ross 5★s

136) 19 November 2022 - The Osborne Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

137) 19 November 2022 - The Patrone Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

138) 21 November 2022 - The Quinton Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

139) 21 November 2022 - The Rhodes Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

140) 22 November 2022 - The Path of Kings - John Buchan 4★s

141) 23 November 2022 - The Somerset Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

142) 23 November 2022 - The Tanner Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

143) 23 November 2022 - The Underwood Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

144) 23 November 2022 - The Vernon Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

145) 24 November 2022 - The Walters Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

146) 24 November 2022 - The Xanders Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

147) 24 November 2022 - The Young Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

148) 24 November 2022 - The Zachery Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s (Novella)

149) 25 November 2022 - The Thirteen Problems - Agatha Christie 4★s

150) 26 November 2022 - After the Funeral - Agatha Christie 4.5★s

151) 28 November 2022 - Jane’s Country Year - Malcolm Saville 5★s

152) 30 November 2022 - Appleby and Honeybath - Michael Innes 3.5★s

TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER - 36 BOOKS

(A deceptive total - most of them were novellas… 🙂)

153) 1 December 2022 - A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby 4.5★s

154) 3 December 2022 - The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie 4★s

155) 6 December 2022 - The Rat Stone Serenade - Denzil Meyrick 4.5★s

156) 8 December 2022 - The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir - Jennifer Ryan 4★s

157) 9 December 2022 - Speedy Death - Gladys Mitchell 4★s

158) 13 December 2022 - When Maidens Mourn - C. S. Harris 4.5★s (group read)

159) 15 December 2022 - The Frost Fair - Edward Marston 4★s

160) 17 December 2022 - Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 4★s

161) 20 December 2022 - The Ashes of London - Andrew Taylor 3.5★s

162) 22 December 2022 - Savage Run - C. J. Box 4.5★s

163) 23 December 2022 - Silent Night - Robert B. Parker 4.5★s

164) 24 December 2022 - Santa Maybe - Mary Jayne Baker 5★s

165) 25 December 2022 - A Christmas Romance - Betty Neels 4★s

166) 27 December 2022 - Body Line - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 4.25★s

167) 29 December 2022 - Cragside - LJ Ross 4.5★s

168) 31 December 2022 - Dark Skies - LJ Ross 4.5★s

TOTAL FOR DECEMBER - 16 BOOKS

GRAND TOTAL OF BOOKS READ IN 2022: 168

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>192 Sergeirocks: You are a reading machine! Happy reading in 2023!

>192 Sergeirocks: Wow! That is certainly some total! Congratulations to you and Happy 2023 reading.

>195 threadnsong: Thanks, threadnsong, 🙂.