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Abandoned Projects

Two years ago, as I was casting about in an effort to rekindle my affection for Crime Fiction, I thought a good project would be to clear out the significant backlog of books that were waiting to be read. I made a list. It was long. 60 plus books. I gave myself the deadline of December 31st, 2018.

I did not make that deadline. In fact, even a year ago at this time, I know I would miss it. I think I was 40-ish books away and with all of my usual authors publishing something I knew it would be impossible. 

I refocused. I caught up with a few authors whose books I had not been up to date with in several years. I picked off Mark Billingham and Laurie R. King and felt a pretty good sense of accomplishment. Now, I am reading the 2nd of 7 books that I am behind on Stephen Booth. 

Mini-review. DEAD and BURIED (2012) is fantastic. One of the best in what is a great series.

After Mr. Booth, I will nail down all 5 of the James Lee Burke books I have on the shelf. And so on. Anyway when I sat down to reorganize the books last week...primarily because of my alarming inability to alphabetize... I recounted what I had left to read. 

38. It is a big number. Bigger when you consider Connelly, Burke, Johnson, et. al.  will publish something this year. So my specific plan is to get that number into the teens. 13 would better than 19, but I'll take what I can get. I need to read 25 books this year to make that number. 2 books a month with an extra book thrown in there someplace. Let's go!

Currently: ALREADY DEAD - Stephen Booth.
To Be Read: 38
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