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lillilah ([personal profile] lillilah) wrote2025-01-28 03:06 pm
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Full of energy and book organization

Well, I gleefully organized my reading plan for February. I was a bit hampered by Hoopla only allowing a certain number of checkouts, but eventually figured out solutions. So, now I have a really nice collection of books to read. I also changed my organizing structure a little. As I may have said previously, I cut back to only 3 mysteries, as they tend to be pretty similar. I also added a "comfort reads" category and a "from a series" category based on the AI's recommendation, which makes sense. (And then I added a category for AI recommendations, since I am always interested to see what it thinks I will like.) I've got a lot of energy right now, so I'm going to hang up the laundry and then go for a walk. We'll see how long this lasts.

Here are my February 2024 books. My categories are:
Thriller/Historical Fiction/Fiction/Western/Horror (Group 1 Fiction)
History/Biography/Science/Philosophy (Nonfiction)
Mystery
Science Fiction/Fantasy (SF&F)
Romance

My plan is for:
4 audiobooks from Group 1 Fiction
2 audiobooks from Mystery
4 audiobooks from SF&F:
1 old sff (I didn't manage one this time, although I did look)
1 new sff
1 series
2 audiobooks from Nonfiction
1 book from nonfiction
1 book from Group 1 Fiction
1 book from Mystery
1 book from SF&F
1 book by HP Lovecraft
2 books from Romance
1 audiobook Comfort Read
1 audiobook AI Recommendation
2 audiobook Series Continuation

Here are my choices:
4 audiobooks from Group 1 Fiction:
* The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
* Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
* The Ides of March: A Novel by Thornton Wilder
* The 39 Steps by John Buchan

3 audiobooks from Mystery:
* Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
* Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
* All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie

4 audiobooks from SF&F:
* Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
* Halting State by Charles Stross
* Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
* The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel

2 audiobook from Nonfiction:
* Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity by David Bessis
* Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek

1 book from nonfiction:
* Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

1 book from Group 1 Fiction:
* A Hero Born by Jin Yong (Wuxia, which is martial arts. I'm so excited!!!!)

1 book from Mystery:
* Black Orchids by Rex Stout

1 book from SF&F:
* The Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells

1 book by HP Lovecraft:
* Dreams in the Witch-House by H.P. Lovecraft

2 books from Romance:
* "The Spymaster's Lady" by Joanna Bourne
* Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews

1 Comfort read
* Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

1 AI recommendation
* "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune

2 Series continuation
* Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
* Kindness of Strangers by Marina Pacheco

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