Books Read in 1996

1. The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
2. Too Tough to Tame by Deborah Camp
3. Mystery Cats 3, anthology by different authors
4. Wild Bliss by Cassie Edwards
5. Savage Mists by Cassie Edwards
6. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth
7. The Cat Who Said Cheese by Lilian Jackson Braun
8. Wild Whispers by Cassie Edwards
9. The Phantom by Rob MacGregor
10. Good Morning, Irene by Carole Nelson Douglas
11. Savage Pride by Cassie Edwards
12. Savage Surrender by Cassie Edwards
13. The Alington Inheritance by Patricia Wentworth
14. Irene at Large by Carole Nelson Douglas
15. Savage Passions by Cassie Edwards
16. The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
17. The Haunted Hour, anthology by different authors
18. Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood, anthology by different authors
19. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
20. Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters
21. Ties That Bind by Barbara Nickolae
22. Rolling Thunder by Cassie Edwards
23. Red Sky Warrior by Genell Dellin
24. Death in the Air by Agatha Christie
25. The Frightened Wife by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Ghost Stories

I like to read true ghost stories and I collect books of them. I bought some when I went on vacation to Indianapolis, Williamsburg, Virginia, and Toronto. I just ordered a book from PaperBackSwap by John J. Lamb that is about San Diego specters. The author writes a mystery series about teddy bear collectors and while looking those up, I found out about the ghost book he wrote. I will have to list the books of ghost stories here that I own so I'll know which books I have!

The Complete Idiot's Guide to .... by Tom

Mystery Shows and D.V.D.'s

This is about the classic type of mystery, and not the newer/modern type of shows that you see on T.V., which I don't like. I like the detective/mystery shows that they used to have in the 1980's and some from the 1990's:

1980's: Remington Steele, Crazy Like a Fox (wish they had this on D.V.D.), and Hart to Hart.

1990's: Murder, She Wrote (also from the 80's) and Diagnosis Murder.

I would like to get the D.V.D.'s of Diagnosis Murder (there are three seasons on D.V.D.) and Hart to Hart. Eventually I might buy Remington Steele (one of my favorite mystery shows from the 80's).

The Hallmark Channel has some mystery movies and I liked the Mystery Woman series and they have one Dear Prudence movie, with at least another one to come.

I have some British mysteries on D.V.D. I have a set of four Inspector Alleyn mysteries and also six of eight Campions. I have a Dorothy L. Sayers set of Lord Peter Wimsey (Edward Petherbridge) and Harriet Vane mysteries. I have some Sherlock Holmes D.V.D.'s (Jeremy Brett) and The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (Matt Frewer) that aired on the Hallmark Channel.

Advice to a Bookworm

Keep a list of all the books you read. It's great to go back five or ten years to see what you read back then. On my lists I also write down a L with a circle around it if it was a library book that I read so I know that I don't have that book in my collection. I may want to buy the book later on at a library book sale.

Keeping a list is helpful so you know what books you've read in a series. I read the Mrs. Jeffries Victorian mystery series and so far there are about 24 in the series! There are probably that many in the Murder, She Wrote series.

Books Read in 2009

1. The Cracked Pot by Melissa Glazer
2. Dog Gone by Eileen Key
3. The Telltale Turtle by Joyce and Jim Lavene
4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
5. Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton
6. Dolly Departed by Deb Baker
7. The Matters at Mansfield by Carrie Bebris
8. Where the Truth Lies by Elizabeth Ludwig and Janelle Mowery
9. The Sudoku Puzzle Murders by Parnell Hall
10. For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls by Nancy Mehl
11. Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke

I got to page 320 in Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, but didn't finish it. It was a library book and I got stuck in one part (Jacob's narrative that went on and on and eventually got kind of boring). I couldn't renew it because the series is so popular that there are always holds on the books. I also didn't finish the third in the series, but got most of the way through (another library book). I finished the first two in the series.

Books Finished in 2004

1. Paint by Murder (Kate Kingsbury)
2. Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier)
3. The Clock Strikes Twelve (Patricia Wentworth)
4. The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Lilian Jackson Braun)
5. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (M. C. Beaton)
6. Aunty Dimity: Snowbound (Nancy Atherton)
7. Destination Murder - a Murder, She Wrote book (Donald Bain)
8. A Bicycle Built for Murder (Kate Kingsbury)
9. Shades of Earl Grey (Laura Childs)
10. For the Love of Mike (Rhys Bowen)
11. Photo Finished (Laura Childs)
12. Fudge Cupcake Murder (Joanne Fluke)
13. Guardian of the Horizon (Elizabeth Peters)
14. It Had to Be You (Jill Churchill)
15. Die Laughing (Carola Dunn)
16. Room for Murder (Tim Myers)
17. Spider-Man 2 (Peter David)
18. We'll Always Have Parrots (Donna Andrews)
19. Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney (Emily Brightwell)
20. With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill (Parnell Hall)
21. Wedding Day Murder (Leslie Meier)
22. Pilgrim's Rest (Patricia Wentworth)
23. Last Puzzle and Testament (Parnell Hall)
24. Hasty Death (Marion Chesney)
25. Father's Day Murder (Leslie Meier)
26. The English Breakfast Murder (Laura Childs)
27. Booked for Murder (Tim Myers)
28. Birthday Party Murder (Leslie Meier)
29. The Cosmic Clues (Manjiri Prabhu)
30. Trick or Treat Murder (Leslie Meier)

Books Read in 2005

1. Snuffed Out (Tim Myers)
2. The Christmas Thief (Carol and Mary Higgins Clark)
3. And a Puzzle to Die On (Parnell Hall)
4. The Jasmine Moon Murder (Laura Childs)
5. A Mourning Wedding (Carola Dunn)
6. Berried Alive (Kate Kingsbury)
7. In Like Flynn (Rhys Bowen)
8. Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday (Nancy Atherton)
9. Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin (Nancy Atherton)
10. Death by Darjeeling (Laura Childs)
11. The Cat Who Went Bananas (Lilian Jackson Braun)
12. Peach Cobbler Murder (Joanne Fluke)
13. The Tale of Hill Top Farm (Susan Wittig Albert)
14. Chamomile Mourning (Laura Childs)
15. Sick of Shadows (Marion Chesney)
16. Murder on the Salsette (Conrad Allen)
17. Murder on the Marmora (Conrad Allen)

Books Finished in 2006

1. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (Lilian Jackson Braun)
2. Delilah Doolittle and the Canine Chorus (Patricia Guiver)
3. Invitation to Murder (Elizabeth Bright)
4. The Serpent on the Crown (Elizabeth Peters)
5. Who's Sorry Now? (Jill Churchill)
6. Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Joanne Fluke)
7. Hitched (Carol Higgins Clark)
8. Tomb of the Golden Bird (Elizabeth Peters)
9. Dead Men Don't Lye (Tim Myers)
10. The Tale of Holly How (Susan Wittig Albert)
11. Million Dollar Baby (Amy Patricia Meade)
12. Santa Cruise (Carol and Mary Higgins Clark)
13. The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood (Susan Wittig Albert)
14. Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier)
15. No Clue at the Inn (Kate Kingsbury)

Books Read in 2007

1. Deadly Greetings (Elizabeth Bright)
2. Stalking the Puzzle Lady (Parnell Hall)
3. Blood Orange Brewing (Laura Childs)
4. Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Nancy Atherton)
5. A Pour Way to Die (Tim Myers)
6. Key Lime Pie Murder (Joanne Fluke)
7. Verse of the Vampyre (Diana Killian)
8. Dragonwell Dead (Laura Childs)
9. The Past Tense - a Diagnosis Murder book (Lee Goldberg)
10. The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (Lilian Jackson Braun)
11. Laced (Carol Higgins Clark)
12. Gunpowder Plot (Carola Dunn)
13. Fit to Die (J. B. Stanley) - a Supper Club mystery
14. No Nest for the Wicket (Donna Andrews)
15. The Accidental Florist (Jill Churchill)
16. Ghost of a Chance (Amy Patricia Meade) - set in the 1930's
17. Wreath of Deception (Mary Ellen Hughes) - a crafting mystery
18. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (Donna Andrews)
19. A Poisoned Season (Tasha Alexander) - Victorian
20. Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict (Emily Brightwell) - Victorian
21. Her Royal Spyness (Rhys Bowen)
22. The Case of William Smith (Patricia Wentworth)
23. String of Lies ( Mary Ellen Hughes)
24. Shrouds of Holly (Kate Kingsbury) - Edwardian
25. A Death at the Rose Paperworks (M. J. Zellnik)

Books I've Finished This Year (2008)

1. Resort to Murder (Mary Ellen Hughes)
2. Murder on the Celtic (Conrad Allen)
3. You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled (Parnell Hall)
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman)
5. Carrot Cake Murder (Joanne Fluke)
6. The Cliff House Strangler (Shirley Tallman)
7. And Only to Deceive (Tasha Alexander)
8. North by Northanger (Carrie Bebris)
9. Zapped (Carol Higgins Clark)
10. Mr. Knightley's Diary (Amanda Grange)
11. The Silver Needle Murder (Laura Childs)
12. Shadow Waltz (Amy Patricia Meade)
13. Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans (Emily Brightwell)
14. A Deadly Yarn (Maggie Sefton)
15. More Letters From Pemberley (Jane Dawkins)
16. High Marks for Murder (Rebecca Kent)
17. A Mold for Murder (Tim Myers)
18. A Fatal Waltz (Tasha Alexander)
19. Lye in Wait (Cricket McRae)
20. The Cat's Pajamas (Gilbert Morris)
21. Dyer Consequences (Maggie Sefton)
22. When Zeffie Got a Clue (Peggy Darty)
23. When the Sandpiper Calls (Peggy Darty)
24. A Lady of High Regard (Tracie Peterson)
25. The Laughter of Dead Kings (Elizabeth Peters)
26. A Murderous Glaze (Melissa Glazer)
27. Aunt Dimity Goes West (Nancy Atherton)
28. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
29. Edmund Bertram's Diary (Amanda Grange)
30. Another Stab at Life (Anita Higman)
31. Bye Bye Bertie (Nancy Mehl)
32. Fatal Deduction (Gayle Roper)
33. Recipe for Murder (Lisa Harris)
34. Dashing Through the Snow (Mary and Carol Higgins Clark)
35. Six Geese A-Slaying (Donna Andrews)
36. Ringing in Murder (Kate Kingsbury)
37. A Flicker of Doubt (Tim Myers)

I was typing this up before at the library, but then there was a power surge and I lost what I was typing! So I had to type up # 31 onwards. This is probably the most books I've finished in a year since I was a kid. I'd finish more books, but I have trouble sleeping. If I didn't have any trouble sleeping, I could probably finish a book a week.