2021 Completed Reads

 

10 x 10 Categories

• AR - Alternate realities (science fiction)
• WORLD  - Around the world (exploring other cultures, translated books, etc) 
• HEART  - Be still my heart  (romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, etc)
• DRAGONS - Dragons and other fantastical beasts  (Dragons)
• FL - Fictional Librarians 
• FINES - Fines and Misdemeanors (Crimes in libraries, bookstores, and elsewhere)
• NUNS -  Get thee to a nunnery  (involves nuns, priests, etc)
• PAST - Into the past (historical fiction)
• MAGIC   - Magic and mystery (Fantasy and magical realism)
• REVISIT - Nora Roberts

January

1. And Then There Were Nuns - Jane Christmas (NF, NUNS, WORLD, England - Isle of Wight, Whitby, e)
2. Baking Bad (#1 Beaufort Scales)- Kim M Watt  (DRAGONS, WORLD, England: Leeds, Skipton,, e)
3. Key Series 1 -3 -  Nora Roberts  (REVISIT, 358)
4. My Christmas Number One - Leonie Mack  (HEART, WORLD, London/South America, e)
5. Dragons of Dorcastle (#1 Pillars of Reality)- Jack Campbell  (DRAGONS, e)
6. Dirty Deeds: Urban Fantasy Collection - Faith Hunter, et al)    (DRAGONS, e)
7. Ardmore Series (1 -3)  - Nora Roberts (REVISIT, WORLD, Ireland, 
8. Second Sight (#1 Arcane Society) - Amanda Quick  (HEART, PAST, Victorian, e)
9. Born In Trilogy (1 -3) - Nora Roberts  ( HEART, WORLD, Ireland, 416)

February 

1. Real Murders (#1 Aurora Teagarden)- Charlaine Harris    (FL, FINES, U.S., e)
2. Three Sisters Island series (1 - 3)- Nora Roberts  (REVISIT  Eastern U.S.)
3. A Cold Dark Place (#1 Cold Justice)- Toni Anderson  (HEART, FINES, Virginia U.S., e)
4. Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden  (MAGIC, WORLD, Russia,)
5. Faithless in Death (#52 In death) - Nora Roberts  (HEART, FINES 400)
6. Book of Secrets (#1 Oracle) - Melissa McShane (FINES US, e)
7. Dragons in the Earth - Judith Tar (DRAGONS, Arizona U.S., e)
8. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini (AR, 856)

March

1. The Colour of Magic (#1 Discworld)  - Terry Pratchett  (FL, FINES, MAGIC, e)
2. Kingdom of Shadow and Light  (#11 Fever)  - Karen Marie Moning   (HEART, MAGIC, e)
3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab   (MAGIC, WORLD, France, PAST 1700's to Present, e)
4. Three Fates - Nora Roberts     (REVISIT,  384) 
5. Tea with a Black Dragon - R.A. MacAvoy (MAGIC, DRAGONS, e)
6. O'Hurley Born Anthology -  Nora Roberts  (REVISIT -  The Last Honest Woman and Dance to the Piper, 464)
7. O'Hurley's Return Anthology - Nora Roberts   (REVISIT -  Skin Deep and Without a Trace, 491)
8. Brighten Honeymoon (#2 Weaver)- Sheri Cobb Smith   (PAST, HEART, e) 
9. Peculiar Pink Toes of Lady Flora - Jayne Fresina   (PAST, HEART, e)
10. Elder Races series (1 - 8)  - Thea Harrison (DRAGONS,  e)
11. Sanctuary - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)

April

1. Bridgerton series (#1 - 8) - Julia Quinn (PAST, HEART)
2. Lost Plot (#4 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman (FL, FINES)
3. The Mortal Word (#6 IL) - Genevieve Cogman
4. Inn Boonsboro Trilogy - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
5. The Cloistered Walk - Kathleen Norris (NF, NUNS)
6. Bride Quartet - Nora Roberts (REVISIT) 
7. From Blood and Ash (#1 Blood and Ash series) - Jennifer Armentrout (MAGIC)
8. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (#2) - Jennifer Armentrout
9. The Crown of Gilded Bones (#3) - Jennifer Armentrout
10. Lover Unveiled (#19 BDB) - J.R. Ward (HEART)

May

1. Cousin's O'Dwyer Trilogy - Nora Roberts (HEART)
2. A Hidden Fire (#1 Elemental Mystery) - Elizabeth Hunter (FL)
3. This Same Earth (#2 Elemental Mystery)
4. The Force of Wind (#3 Elemental mystery)
5. A Fall of Water (#4 Elemental Mystery) 
6. Legacy - Nora Roberts (HEART)
7. Secret Chapter (#6 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman (FINES)

June

1. Eyre Affaire (#1 Thursday Next) - Jasper Fford (FL)
2. Stars Uncharted  (#1 Stars uncharted) - S.K. Dunstall (AR, Space opera)
3. Phantom Evil (#1 Krewe of the Hunters) - Heather Graham (MAGIC, FINES)
4. Sworn Virgin - Kristopher Dukes (PAST, NUNS) 
5. Wayward Souls (#1 Souls of the Road) - Devon Monk (MAGIC)
6. Halfway to the Grave (#1) - Jeaniene Frost (HEART, MAGIC)
7. Wild Sign (#6 Alpha and Omega) -  Patricia Briggs (HEART)
8. Spoiler Alert - Olivia Wade (HEART)
9. Driven to Distraction (#1 Road to Love) - Lori Foster (HEART)

July

1. Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George (FINES, WORLD)
2. Case of the Missing Books (#1 Mobile Library) - Ian Sansom (FL, WORLD)
3. Bed and Breakfast on the Beach - Kat French (HEART, WORLD)
4. Dark Archive (#7 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman (AR, FINES)
5. Hush - Cherry Adair (HEART REREAD)
6. Fireborn (#1 Souls of Fire) - Keri Arthur (HEART, MAGIC, REREAD)
7. Last Guard (#5  psychangeling trinity) - Nalini Singh (HEART, MAGIC)
8. Invisible Husband of Frick Island - Colleen Oakley (WORLD)
9. Midnight Library - Matt Haig (AR, TIME TRAVEL, Librarian)

August 

1. Books can be Deceiving (#1 Library Lovers) - Jen McKinley (FL)
2. Claimed (#1 Wolven) - J.R. Ward (HEART, MAGIC)
3. A Bad Day for Sunshine #1 Sunshine Vicram) - Darynda Jones (HEART, FINES)
4. A Borrowing of Bones (#1 Mercy Carr) - Paula Munier ( FINES) 
5. Blue Dahlia (#1 Garden Trilogy) - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
6. Black Rose (#2 Garden Trilogy) - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
7. Red Lily (#3 Garden Trilogy) - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
8. Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft (#1 Grimm Cove) - Mandy Roth (HEART, MAGIC)
9. Hexing with a Chance of Tornados (#2 Grimm Cove) - Mandy Roth
10. Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits (#3 Grimm Cove) - Mandy Roth
11. The Madness of Crowds (#17 Armand Gamache) - Louise Penny (FINES)

September 

1. First Grave on the Right (#1 Grim Reaper) - Summoned to the Thirteenth Grave (#13) Charley Davidson Grim Reaper series by Darynda Jones.  (HEART, MAGIC, e)
2. Forgotten in Death (#53 In Death) - J.D. Robb  (384, HEART)
3. True Dead (Jane Yellowrock) - Faith Hunter (384, MAGIC)
4. Deadly Deception (#3 O'Halleran Security International series_ -  T.J. Logan (HEART)
5. Deadly Secret (#1 O'Halleran) - T.J. Logan
6. Last Chance Matinee (#1 Hudson Sisters) - Mariah Stewart (HEART)
7. Sugar House Blues (#2 Hudson Sisters)
8. The Goodbye Cafe (#3 Hudson Sisters)

October

1. Library at the Edge of the World (#1 Finfarran Peninsula) - Felicity Hayes McCoy (FL)
2. Wheel of Light (#14 WOT) - Robert Jordan (900+  MAGIC, AR)
3. Troublemaker - Linda Howard (HEART military romance)
4. The Woman Left Behind - Linda Howard (HEART military romance)
5. Chesapeake Bay Series (1 -4) Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
6. Archangels Light (#14 Guild Hunter) - Nalini Singh (HEART, MAGIC)
7. Carnal Innocence - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)

November 

1. Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda, and Lila - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
2. Calhouns:  Suzanna and Megan - Nora Roberts (REVISIT)
3. The Riviera House - Natasha Lester  (PAST)
4. When Sorrows Come (#14 October Daye) - Seanan McGuire (HEART, MAGIC)
5. A Good Day for Chardonnay (#2 Sunshine) - Darynda Jones (HEART)
6. Wise Woman - Philippa Gregory (DNF)
7. The Becoming (#2 Awakening) - Nora Roberts (DRAGONS, MAGIC)

December 

1. Love in the Afternoon (prequel Dove Pond) - Karen Hawkins
2. Book Charmer (#1 Dove Pond) - Karen Hawkins (FL, FINES)
3. A Cup of Silver Linings (#2 Dove Pond) - Karen Hawkins (MAGIC, Southern Fiction)
4. The Last Watch (#1 Divide) - J.S. Dewes (AR, space opera)
5. The Exiled Fleet (#2 Divide) - J.S. Dewes (AR, space opera)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (literary)