Saturday, September 3, 2016

Challenge Complete: Mad Reviewer





Carrie at The Mad Reviewer Reading Challenge challenged us to read and review (either on Goodreads, Amazon or your own blog) 104 books in one year starting January 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2016.
She knew that not everyone has time to read 104 books, so sheset up various levels:

1.  Mad Reviewer: 104 books in one year. (2 books a week all year.)
2.  Crazy Reviewer: 52 books in one year. (1 book a week all year.)
3.  Slightly Sane Reviewer: 26 books in one year. (1 book every fortnight all year.)
4.  Sane Reviewer: 12 books in one year.  (1 book every month all year.)


Of course, I couldn't resist a goal that would declare me a Mad Reviewer, so I went straight for the top. I've now finished my 104th book and review and my challenge is complete. Here are the books read:


1. The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel (1/2/16)
2. Hunt with the Hounds by Mignon G. Eberhart (1/3/16)
3. Murder at Arroways by Helen Reilly (1/7/16)
4. The Girl in the Cellar by Patricia Wentworth (1/9/16)
5. Red for Murder by Harold Kemp (1/13/16)
6. Hardly a Man Is Now Alive by Herbert Brean (1/16/16)
7. Imagination Unlimited edited by Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (1/18/16)
8. Puzzle in Petticoats by Samuel M. Kootz (1/20/16)
9. The Platypus of Doom & Other Nihilists by Arthur Byron Cover (1/23/16)
10. Oh My! by George Takei (1/24/16)
11. Four Against the Bank of England by Ann Huxley (1/25/16)
12. Which Doctor by Edward Candy (1/28/16)
13. The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont by Robert Barr (1/30/16)
14. Who's Calling? by Helen McCloy (1/31/16)
 
15. The Clock Ticks On By Valentine Williams (2/3/16) 
16. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (2/5/16) 
17. The Clue of the Judas Tree by Leslie Ford (2/6/16)  
18. The Doberman Wore Black by Barbara Moore (2/9/16) 
19. The Fifth Passenger by Edward Young (2/10/16) 
20. The Bridal Bed Murders by A. E. Martin (2/13/16) 
21. The April Robin Murders by Craig Rice & Ed McBain (2/17/16) 
22. The Silver Anniversary Murder by Lee Harris (2/17/16) 
23. Poacher's Bag by Douglas Clark (2/19/16) 
24. The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White (2/20/16) 
25. The Black Rustle by Constance & Gwenyth Little (2/22/16) 
26. The Bachelors of Broken Hill by Arthur W. Upfield (2/24/16) 
27. Gently with the Painters by Alan Hunter (2/27/16) 
28. The Calcutta Affair by George S. Elrick (2/28/16) 
29. The Avengers: A Celebration by Marcus Hearn (2/29/16) 
30. Make Death Love Me by Ruth Rendell (3/1/16) 
31. The Day He Died by Lewis Padgett (3/3/16) 
32. House of Darkness by Allan MacKinnon (3/7/16)
 33. The Philomel Foundation by James Gollin (3/11/16) 
34. A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (3/13/16) 
35. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (3/15/16)  
36. The Old Battle Axe/The Obstinate Murderer by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (3/17/16) 
37. The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka (3/20/16) 
38. Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear (3/24/16) 
39. Dead Against My Principles by Kenneth Hopkins (3/29/16) 
40. The Third Encounter by Sara Woods (4/1/6) 
41. Death in Profile by Guy Fraser-Sampson (4/3/16) 
42. The Jade Venus by George Harmon Coxe (4/7/16) 
43. The Indigo Necklace Murders by Frances Crane (4/12/16) 
44. The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner (4/12/16) 
45. The Limehouse Text by Will Thomas (4/13/16) 
46. One Foot in the Grave by Peter Dickinson (4/18/16) 
47. The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas (4/21/16) 
48. Death in Cyprus by M. M. Kaye (4/22/16) 
49. The Pocket Book of Ghost Stories edited by Philip Van Doren Stern (4/24/16) 
50. Death by Hoax by Lionel Black (4/25/16) 
51. Chili Con Corpses by J. B. Stanley (4/28/16) 
52. Line Up for Murder by Marion Babson (4/28/16) 
53. Our Jubilee Is Death by Leo Bruce (4/30/16) 
54. Powder & Patch by Georgette Heyer (5/4/16) 
55. Dead Man's Riddle by Mary Kelly (5/9/16) 
56. The Family Tomb by Michael Gilbert (5/10/16) 
57. Running Blind by Desmond Bagley (5/11/16) 
58. The Bobbsey Twins at London Tower by Laura Lee Hope (5/13/16) 
59. Gownsman's Gallows by Katharine Farrer (5/16/16) 
60. Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (5/20/16) 
61. The Litmore Snatch by Henry Wade (5/21/16) 62. Good Blood by Aaron Elkins (5/23/16) 
63. The Paper Thunderbolt by Michael Innes (5/29/16) 
64. Murder in Amsterdam by A. J. Baantjer (6/3/16) 
65. Midnight in Lonesome Hollow by Kathleen Ernst (6/4/16) 
66. The Cinnamon Murder by Frances Crane (6/6/16) 
67. A Is For Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup (6/8/16) 
68. The Mystery Woman by J. U. Giesy & Junius B. Smith (6/12/16) 
69. The Silent Women by Margaret Page Hood (6/13/16) 
70. Certain Sleep by Helen Reilly (6/16/16) 
71. The Seven Wonders of Crime by Paul Halter (6/19/16) 
72. The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins (6/19/16) 
73. Murder in Any Language by Kelley Roos (6/21/16) 
74. Bodies & Souls edited by Dann Herr & Joel Wells (6/28/16) 
75. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy be William Seil (6/28/16) 
76. The Norths Meet Murder by Frances & Richard Lockridge (6/30/16) 
77. High Rhymes & Misdemeanors by Diana Killian (6/30/16) 
78. The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji (7/3/16) 
79. A Pinch of Poison by Frances & Richard Lockridge (7/5/16) 
80. All Fall Down by L. A. G. Strong (7/6/16) 
81. The Ticking Clock by Frances & Richard Lockridge (7/8/16) 
82. Checkmate to Murder by E. C. R. Lorac (7/10/16) 
83. The Poet's Funeral by John M. Daniel (7/12/16) 
84. The Devil in Bellminster by David Holland (7/13/16) 
85. The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne (7/15/16) 
86. The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler (7/17/16) 
87. Too Good to Be True by J. F. Hutton (7/20/16) 
88. A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow (7/22/16) 
89. A Dead Man in Athens by Michael Pearce (7/28/16) 
90. The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L.Sayers (7/28/16) 91. The Mirabilis Diamond by Jerome Odlum (7/31/16) 
92. Servant's Problem by Veronica Parker Johns (8/4/16) 
93. Murder on Trial by Michael Underwood (8/7/16) 
94. Invitation to Murder by Leslie Ford (8/11/16) 
95. Murder Every Monday by Pamela Branch (8/13/16) 
96. A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures OR Did Someone Murder Our Wandering Boy? by George Baxt (8/14/16) 
97. A Death for a Darling by E. X. Giroux (8/19/16) 
98. Design for Murder by Erica Quest (8/20/16) 
99. Unhallowed Murder by Simon Nash (8/20/16) 
100. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre (8/24/16) 
101. The Silent Witness by R. Austin Freeman (8/25/16) 
102. The Master of Mysteries by Gelett Burgess (8/30/16) 
103. The House of the Arrow by A.E.W. Mason (8/31/16) 
104. The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit (9/3/16) 
 
 Challenge Complete: I will, of course, keep reviewing the rest of my books this year...

 

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