I'm doing pretty well at keeping track, now that I bought myself a little notebook and joined GoodReads.

I decided on 111 books in 2011. I may change that, as I'm already more than halfway there. List of read books/page count etc. so far under the cut - 59 finished so far. Not necessarily in order of reading - I only listed the month in my notebook until March 29th, not the exact date, so they sort randomly by month. A lot are re-reads, but I count those just the same. Page counts may be inaccurate, most were taken from GR and I know sometimes those editions are listed weirdly... I've sorted the list so far by author, since I don't know the exact dates I finished most of them.

59/111 )

Currently reading:
- Jean K. Baird - Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall - 95/180
- David Eddings - The Elder Gods (Dreamers) - 227/480
- Reginald Hill - Midnight Fugue (Dalziel & Pascoe) - 38/384
My list/goals can be found here.

Title: The Nine Tailors.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 397.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 30 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Gaudy Night.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 512.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 31 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Busman's Honeymoon.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 403.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 32 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 496.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 33 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Thrones, Dominations.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 312.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 34 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: A Presumption of Death.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 384.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 35 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.
My list/goals can be found here.

Title: The Machine Gunners.
Author: Robert Westall.
Number of Pages: 185.
Genre: Historical, children's.
Book Number/Goal: 24 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Azazel.
Author: Isaac Asimov.
Number of Pages: 221.
Genre: Fantasy, short stories.
Book Number/Goal: 25 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Empire of Bones.
Author: Liz Williams.
Number of Pages: 432.
Genre: Speculative fiction.
Book Number/Goal: 26 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Feet in Chains.
Author: Kate Roberts.
Number of Pages: 160.
Genre: Welsh Fiction.
Book Number/Goal: 27 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Have His Carcase.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 448.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 28 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Murder Must Advertise.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 368.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 29 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.
My list/goal can be found here.

Title: Ash.
Author: Malinda Lo.
Number of Pages: 258.
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT.
Book Number/Goal: 20 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Strong Poison.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 240.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 21 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Five Red Herrings.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 368.
Genre: Mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 22 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: The Secret Scripture.
Author: Sebastian Barry.
Number of Pages: 312.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Book Number/Goal: 23 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.
A little batch update, so you know how I'm doing. My goal/list is here.

Title: Clouds of Witness.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 288 pages.
Genre: Crime/mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 1 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: Unnatural Death.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 288 pages.
Genre: Crime/mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 2 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.

Title: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers.
Number of Pages: 256 pages.
Genre: Crime/mystery.
Book Number/Goal: 3 of 75 (minimum).
Review: Here.
Title: Strong Poison
Author: Dorothy L Sayers
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 51/75 in 2009

Review: This was a paperback bookclub selection. While I hadn't read any of the Wimsey novels before, I do fondly remember the character from PBS' Mystery! Our bookclub theme this quarter was 'food', so this was an excellent selection. It is the 5th book in the series, but the first with Harriet Vane.

I find Wimsey's character to be very witty. He's quite clever, and it's fun to follow him around town as he does his "thing". I'd almost dare to compare him to the likes of Det. Goren on Law & Order: CI. (He's not quite that 'weird' but there are definitely parallels there.) The book is a very light read. It's not really a page turner, which actually worked out well so that I could pick it up and read for only a few minutes as I had time throughout the day. (I save the page-turners for at night after my 3-year old goes to bed.)
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