May Day

May is going to be a crazy month. I have no idea why I have so many books scheduled for this month. Have I gone mad? I doubt I will get through nine, count ’em, nine books in 31 days but there you have it. This is the list. In other news May is was: a trip to Toronto & a half marathon; & will be a trip to Bolton and a 60 mile walk. I think I am crazy.

1. Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (DNF)
2. In a Strange City by Laura Lippman
3. By a Spider’s Thread by Laura Lippman (AB)
4. Recognitions by William Gaddis (DNF)
5. Maus by Art Spiegelman
6. Lady Franklin’s Revenge by Ken McGoogan
7. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* by Junot Diaz (AB)
   
8. Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
9. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
10. Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
11. A Good Doctor’s Son by Steven Schwartz
12. Drinking: a Love Story by Caroline Knapp
13. Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak
14. Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout
15. Treasure Hunter by W. Jameson (ER)
16. Maus II by Art Spiegelman (Jan)
17. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat (AB)
    
18. In Xanadu by William Dalrymple
19. The Assault by Harry Mulisch
20. Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
    
21. Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore
    
22. Greater Nowheres by David Finkelstein/Jack London
    
23. Alma Mater by P.F Kluge
    
24. Old Man & Me by Elaine Dundy
    
25. Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
    
26. Good Life by Ben Bradlee
27. Underworld by Don DeLillo
28. Her Name Was Lola by Russell Hoban
    
29. Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
30. Fires From Heaven by Robert Jordan
31. Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce DNF
32. Herb ‘n’ Lorna by Eric Kraft
33. Polish Officer by Alan Furst – AB
34. Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
35. Walden by Henry David Throreau
36. Reservations Recommended by Eric Kraft
    
37. Selected Letters of Norman Mailer edited by J. Michael Lennon – ER
    
38. Chasing Monarchs by Robert Pyle
    
39. Saturday Morning Murder by Batya Gur
    
40. Bebe’s By Golly Wow by Yolanda Joe
    
41. Lives of the Muses by Francine Prose
    
42. Broom of the System by David Wallace
    
43. Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
44. Little Follies by Eric Kraft
    
45. Literary Murder by Batya Gur
    
46. ADDED: Bob Marley, My Son by Cedella Marley Booker (ER)
47. ADDED: Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
    
48. Southern Mail by Antoine de Saint- Exupery
49. Measure of All Things, the by Ken Alder  (AB)
    
50. Two Gardeners by Emily Wilson
    
51. Royal Flash by George Fraser
    
52. Fifties by David Halberstam (Apr – DNS)
53. Binding Spell by Elizabeth Arthur
    
54. Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (DNF)
55. ADDED: Castle in the Backyard by Betsy Draine (EB)
    
56. Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (DNF)
57. ADDED: Where Do You Stop? by Eric Kraft (May/Feb)
58. Everything You Ever Wanted by Jillian Lauren (ER)
59. Murder on a Kibbutz by Batya Gur (May)
60. Flash for Freedom! by George Fraser (May)
61. Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma (May)
62. Petra: lost city by Christian Auge (May)
63. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman (May)
64. Jordan by E. Borgia (May)
65. Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill (May)
66. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (AB/May)
67. Flash at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser (Jun/Apr)
68. ADDED: What a Piece of Work I Am by Eric Kraft (Jun/Feb)
69. Castles in the Air by Judy Corbett (Jun)
70. Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson (Jun)
71. Thirty-three Teeth by Colin Cotterill (Jun)
72. Millstone by Margaret Drabble (Jun)
73. Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan (DNF)
74. Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (DNF)
75. At Home with the Glynns by Eric Kraft (Jul/Feb)
76. Disco for the Departed by Colin Cotterill (Jul)
77. Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme (Jul)
78. New Physics and Cosmology by Arthur Zajonc (Jul)
79. Grifters by Jim Thompson (Jul)
80. Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Jul)
81. Snow Angels by James Thompson (Jul)
82. Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill (Aug)
83. ADDED: Leaving Small’s Hotel by Eric Kraft (Aug/Feb)
84. Flashman’s Lady by George MacDonald Fraser (Aug)
85. Possession by AS Byatt (Aug)
86. In the Footsteps of Ghanghis Khan by John DeFrancis (Aug)
87. What Just Happened by James Gleick (Aug)
88. Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett (Aug)
89. ADDED: Inflating a Dog by Eric Kraft (Sep/Feb)
90. Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill (Sep)
91. Flashman and the Redskins by George MacDonald Fraser (Sep)
92. Queens’ Play by Dorothy Dunnett (Sep)
93. Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (Sep)
94. Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Sep)
95. Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Sep)
96. Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman (Oct)
97. Merry Misogynist by Colin Cotterill (Oct)
98. Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Oct)
99. Flashman and the Dragon by George MacDonald Fraser (Oct)
100. Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman (Nov)
101. Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Collin Cotterill (Nov)
102. Flashman and the Mountain of Light by George MacDonald Fraser (Nov)
103. Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett (Nov)
104. Andorra by Peter Cameron (Nov)

DNF = Did Not Finish; AB = Audio Book; ER = Early Review; DNS = Did Not Start; EB = Electronic book