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December AlphaKIT: G and S

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1majkia
Nov 14, 2015, 10:10 am

Letters for December are:
and

Don't forget to update the wiki: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/2015_Unofficial_AlphaKIT#December

2Robertgreaves
Nov 23, 2015, 10:24 am

That will fit in nicely with my online book club's choice for December: "Last Seen in Massilia" by Steven Saylor.

3LittleTaiko
Nov 23, 2015, 11:03 am

4cyderry
Modifié : Nov 23, 2015, 12:41 pm

Here's the ones that are on my list for December:

Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Gilt by Association
King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Sauvignon Secret
Secret Affair
Secret Mistress
Sex and Salmonella
Silkworm
Slice of Murder
Spoonful of Murder
Warren G. Harding

5LibraryCin
Nov 23, 2015, 7:53 pm

Oddly enough, though you'd think S would be easier, of everything I have figured out so far for other December challenges, I have G covered, but not S (yet):

- Scraps of Paper / Kathryn Meyer Griffin.

6cyderry
Nov 30, 2015, 9:47 am

>5 LibraryCin: what's wrong with Scraps?

7majkia
Nov 30, 2015, 11:56 am

I've got quite a few of each:

Gods of Risk - James S. A. Corey
Ice Forged - Gail Z Martin
Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penny
Garnethill - Denise Mina
William Shakespeare's Star Wars- Verily a New Hope - Ian Doescher
Stop Press - Michael Innes
Tilt-a-Whirl - Chris Grabenstein

8LibraryCin
Nov 30, 2015, 2:04 pm

>6 cyderry: Wow! Where is my head!!!? :-) Thank you!

9Robertgreaves
Déc 1, 2015, 8:11 am

Starting Daughters of the Nile by Stephanie Dray.

10Roro8
Déc 1, 2015, 2:58 pm

>9 Robertgreaves: I really liked that book when I read it.

I am reading The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler, an S in title and author.

11Robertgreaves
Déc 1, 2015, 5:51 pm

>10 Roro8: I've just read the earlier two as 'N' books.

12Roro8
Déc 2, 2015, 5:10 am

>11 Robertgreaves:, I must have missed that. I haven't been on LT much lately as I've been very busy with my family. You obviously liked them then.

13Robertgreaves
Déc 2, 2015, 6:09 pm

I'm not sure about the magical elements, but she tells a cracking yarn.

14LittleTaiko
Déc 3, 2015, 8:50 pm

Finished The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout, it started off really good but the last third fell apart.

15majkia
Déc 4, 2015, 8:52 am

>14 LittleTaiko: Oh, I hate that.

16Robertgreaves
Déc 5, 2015, 1:59 am

COMPLETED Daughters of the Nile by Stephanie Dray

17Roro8
Déc 6, 2015, 5:30 am

>16 Robertgreaves:, I just checked out your review. Judging by the stars, it looks like you liked it.

18Robertgreaves
Déc 6, 2015, 6:27 am

Definitely. Like I said, great deathbed scene. I howled and howled.

19LibraryCin
Modifié : Déc 8, 2015, 12:09 am

The Peaceable Kingdom: A Year in the Life of America's Oldest Zoo / John Sedgwick
4 stars

This book takes a look at the Philadelphia Zoo and all the goings-on for a year in the mid-1980s. Not only do we meet some of the animals and learn their stories, but we meet many of the staff, as well as other people (including the “Wolf Lady”, who came every day to watch the wolves). Other events were included, such as the planning and building of a new building, then moving the animals into said building.

I really enjoyed this. Of course, I love animals, so it would have been surprising for me not to. It was interesting to get behind the scenes. You could see in the book where things were much better than they had been for zoo animals (moving from concrete/barren (i.e. sanitary) enclosures to more natural ones), but at the same time I hope other things have changed still (they were still using bull hooks on the elephants...). Of course, my favourite parts were stories of the animals, but I enjoyed “meeting” some of the people, as well. I think the author did a good job wrapping up the book, though the lives of both the people and animals go on.

20majkia
Modifié : Déc 8, 2015, 6:59 am

Finished The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney.

21leslie.98
Déc 8, 2015, 5:29 pm

I am reading Neuromancer by William Gibson for this month's sci fi CAT and just realized it works here too :)

22Robertgreaves
Déc 10, 2015, 3:45 am

Starting "Last Seen in Massilia" by Steven Saylor

23Sace
Déc 10, 2015, 4:44 am

Read "The Fur Person" by May Sarton. It was charming.

24LittleTaiko
Déc 11, 2015, 4:26 pm

Finished both The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout and My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins. Yippee! Finished another full Alpha Kit year. My goal is to use books off my shelf for this particular challenge and was able to do that with most of the letters. Only five of the letters required a library book instead.

On to 2016!

25Robertgreaves
Déc 12, 2015, 2:15 am

COMPLETED Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor.

Starting the same author's A Mist of Prophecies.

26LibraryCin
Déc 12, 2015, 4:12 pm

Seizure / Kathy Reichs
3.5 stars

After the events in book 1 of the series, the “Virals” (as they call themselves) are scared they will be separated after the research center/island their parents work at/on will be closed. They still don't quite understand the changes that are happening to themselves and desperately want to stay together. When Tory learns of a pirate treasure that has never been found, she insists this will be what they need to keep the research center open. So, off they go to try to find the treasure!

I enjoyed this. I listened to the audio, so probably lost focus more than I otherwise would have, but it was still enough for me to like the book. It's definitely far-fetched, but still kind of fun to be following them looking for a pirate treasure.

27Roro8
Déc 13, 2015, 6:08 am

I have just read Saving Grace by Jane Green. Not a book I would rave about, but ok.

28majkia
Déc 14, 2015, 10:32 am

January 2016 thread is up: http://www.librarything.com/topic/207164

January.... what happened to the year!

31Robertgreaves
Déc 18, 2015, 5:08 am

COMPLETED Murder in the Arts District by Greg Herren

Starting "The Truth Can Get You Killed by Mark Richard Zubro

32Robertgreaves
Déc 19, 2015, 3:45 am

COMPLETED The Truth Can Get You Killed by Mark Richard Zubro

33Robertgreaves
Déc 20, 2015, 6:12 am

34majkia
Déc 20, 2015, 7:53 am


Finished Ice Forged by Gail Z. Martin.

35Robertgreaves
Déc 21, 2015, 3:57 am

36Robertgreaves
Déc 22, 2015, 3:52 pm

Starting The Baritone Wore Chiffonby Mark Schweizer

37majkia
Déc 22, 2015, 4:04 pm

>36 Robertgreaves: I read The Alto Wore Tweed last year. I confess to not getting a lot of it as I'm not religious, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

38Robertgreaves
Déc 23, 2015, 11:34 am

>37 majkia: I don't get all the references in these books either but there are scenes which leave me gasping for breath I'm laughing so much.

COMPLETED The Baritone Wore Chiffon and starting the same author's The Tenor Wore Tapshoes.

39VivienneR
Déc 23, 2015, 12:56 pm

Sounds like a fun series. I'm making a note for January when I need something lighthearted.

40Robertgreaves
Modifié : Déc 24, 2015, 3:37 pm

COMPLETED The Tenor Wore Tapshoes and starting the same author's "The Soprano Wore Falsettos"

41Robertgreaves
Déc 25, 2015, 3:26 pm

COMPLETED The Soprano Wore Falsettos by Mark Schweizer

Starting "Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave" by Simon Goldhill.

42Robertgreaves
Modifié : Déc 27, 2015, 12:30 pm

COMPLETED Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave by Simon Goldhill.

I was so intent on the S's, I totally missed that this book also has G's in the title and author :-)

43LibraryCin
Déc 27, 2015, 8:21 pm

Scraps of Paper / Kathryn Meyer Griffith
4 stars

Abigail moves into a small town and buys an old house to live in. The previous owner has recently died, and Abigail finds out that the owner's sister and two children had disappeared from the house about 30 years earlier, never to be seen again. As Abigail starts fixing things up, she finds papers written on by the kids that make her think that something very wrong happened here.

I really enjoyed this mystery! I enjoyed the characters and found the mystery interesting. Though I was able to guess at part of the ending, there was one small twist in there, as well. I plan to continue reading the series.

44Robertgreaves
Déc 29, 2015, 7:06 am

Starting "Parthian Shot" by David Wishart.

45LibraryCin
Déc 29, 2015, 6:20 pm

Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy is Undermining the Environmental Revolution / Heather Rogers
3.5 stars

In this book, the author assumes that global warming is happening. What she is looking at, here, is some of the things we have been trying to do to mitigate global warming, so our intentions are good, but those things are being “twisted” in some way or just really aren't useful in doing what we want them to do, after all.

The book is divided into three sections: Food, Shelter and Transportation. Organic food standards are so watered down and small farmers (who we really think of as being organic farmers) are not able to get the official certification due to hoops and cost. There are villages/areas in Germany where houses were built so that everything is meant to be green/sustainable. When it comes to transportation, she looks at biofuels (forests are being clearcut to make way for monocropping for biofuels), hybrid and electric vehicles, and carbon offsets.

Very interesting. Some is stuff I've heard about, some not. A bit disheartening, though, when we are trying to do right by our planet. She does, however, end with ways that everyone (governments, businesses, NGOs, farmers, people in general) can work together to make things happen to help.

46majkia
Déc 29, 2015, 7:25 pm

Completed Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein. Great thriller.

47Robertgreaves
Déc 30, 2015, 12:30 pm

COMPLETED Parthian Shot by David Wishart