Goals: a fiction book a week; two nonfiction a month; entire ESV Bible read with commentaries etc covering most of what i read. FTR, I'm doing some remodel projects, watching our 1yo a lot, travel, and run, so I'm an audiobook junky (the only way these goals are remotely realistic).

I hate giving star ratings, so I'm going to just try to do a blurb when I can. I may come back and assign some stars.

1. A Welcome Grave - Michael Koryta (good writer, especially given he was in his early 20s when he wrote his first published novel; I've read almost all of his books. Still waiting on the one that really nails it. He has the chops, but he hasn't blown me away yet.)

2. Last Words - Michael Koryta (meh, had some page-turner moments but a bit sentimental)

3. The Ridge - Michael Koryta (decent and intriguing weird stuff)

4. Full Measure - T. Jefferson Parker (another good writer, but he has an odd obsession with white supremacists--in his world, there's apparently one around ever bend)

5. Room of White Fire - T. Jefferson Parker (decent "psychological thriller" type novel)

6. The Blue Hour - T. Jefferson Parker (decent police procedural. serial killer stuff so far)

7. "The Bible" - finished Genesis through Numbers in depth. (I think Job is a must read annually, even for atheists)

8. So Cold The River - Michael Koryta (Koryta's supernatural thrillers are pretty good)

9. The Cypress House - Michael Koryta (probably my favorite Koryta--another supernatural thriller)

10. If She Wakes - Michael Koryta (probably his most complete package so far. 2019 release.)

11. Envy The Night - Michael Koryta (I liked this one. Nothing spectacular. But good straight thriller w no supernatural aspects)

12. The Silent Hour - Michael Koryta (meh--final book of the Lincoln Perry series. definitely not his best)

13. Confronting Christianity - Rebecca McLaughlin (***** great book; this book pissed of liberal "Christians" and the Fundies (to steal a term from Neal Boortz))

**DNF***All The Beautiful Lies - Peter Swanson (in progress chick lit by a dude, disguised as mystery/thriller blech).

14. Seculosity - David Zahl (5 stars; excellent read re: the new civic religion of enoughness, performancism and virtue signaling, which is sufficiently self-aware to recognize that it in itself could be guilty of virtue signaling)

15. The Heavens May Fall - Allen Eskens (I've read most all of his other books and enjoy him; decent courtroom drama)

16. Blackwater I: The Flood - Michael McDowell (we started this audiobook on the drive from BR to Atlanta, and went the Mobile/Montgomery route to pass through the settings of the book. Great writer. I'm not getting the "horror" genre tag. He did write Beetlejuice and A Nightmare Before Christmas, so it's more just dark)

17. Blackwater II: The Levee - Michael McDowell (not much exciting has happened, but enjoyable writing)

18. Blackwater III: The House - Michael McDowell (copy-paste--not much exciting has happened, but enjoyable writing)

19. The Good Daughter- Karin Slaughter - started of intriguing then devolved into the worst genre of all time--shock chick lit. Truly terrible (not as bad as The Last Mrs. Parrish because writing is better but still bad).

20. Memory Man - David Baldacci - really not bad for transient fiction. Beach read (which for me means, listen while tiling bathroom read).

21. The Last Mile - David Baldacci - better than Memory Man imo.

22. The Fix - David Baldacci - lots of disbelief-suspension required and a bit too international conspiracy for my tastes but ok. If the latest Amos Decker books come available at the library I'll probably continue with them.

In progress:
__. The Last Good Kiss - James Crumley (reading now--I can't believe I'm just now reading this. I had an evening out with Crumley in Montana, not long before he died. He was a hoot. Will report back on book. Report: I LOVE CRUMLEY - 5 stars)

__. Justification - On volume I still. I need some concentrated quiet time to sit down with this one. (still reading. Excellent.)

__. Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace - I'm about 2/3 finished with this almost 1100-page book full of disturbia. Incredible writer and after reading that it's obvious he was suicidal. I have to take this one in small doses.

__. Food Fix - Mark Hyman- ok so far. non-fiction re: state of our food industry/nutrition. A bit dystopian and utopian at the same time

ON DECK: Underworld - Don DeLillo That's gonna take more than a couple days! and the only Koryta books i haven't read - Rise the Dark and The Last Honest Horse Thief

This post was edited on 3/10/20 at 9:32 am