What is Simply...Challenging?

In brief, Simply...Challenging is my challenge blog. Here, I'm only listing the reading (and 1 writing) challenges I am/have taken part in, as well as book lists for each. My reviews are posted at Goodreads. Yes, it seems weird, but right now, it works for me. ;)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Death by Gaslight Reading Challenge - Reviews


1 January 2012 - 31 December 2012
Add your reviews for the Death by Gaslight Reading Challenge in the comments below and I'll add them to the list.  Details and the initial sign-up post is available here.

I can't wait to see what everyone else is reading (and, you know, find more books for my ever-growing pile of TBRs ;)

Thanks for participating!
Jenn

Reviews:

1. You're first!

34 comments:

  1. Hi Jenn

    Here's my first:
    The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (1870).
    http://inkquilletc.blogspot.com/2012/01/dark-desires-dickens-edwin-drood.html

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  2. This is my second one The Notting Hill mystery by Charles Felix http://srivallip.blogspot.com/2012/01/notting-hill-mystery-by-charles-felix.html

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  3. My first is for the bonus Sherlock Holmes challenge: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/02/hound-of-baskervilles-review.html

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  4. First one for the main challenge: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-of-death-review.html

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  5. Here is my first review 'The Man in Lower Ten' by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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  6. My first, review of Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee: http://booksinthespotlight.blogspot.com/2012/02/spy-in-house-agency-1.html

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  7. 2nd one down for the main challenge: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/03/mystery-of-yellow-room-review.html

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  8. Another Holmes book: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Whitechapel Horrors http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/04/sherlock-holmes-white-chapel-horrors.html

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  9. My first book read for the Death by Gaslight reading challenge is Death at Bishop's Keep by Robin Paige. My review is posted on Shelfari:
    http://www.shelfari.com/books/805395/Death-at-Bishops-Keep/reviews/3544615

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  10. Here are two more:

    Drood by Dan Simmons

    The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl

    http://inkquilletc.blogspot.in/2012/06/d-is-for-drood-mystery-continues.html

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  11. Another one: The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/06/house-of-thousand-candles-review.html

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  12. Another: Fatal Induction by Bernadette Pajer http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/07/fatal-induction-review.html

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  13. Here's a French entry from 1867: File No. 113 by Emile Gaboriau http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/07/file-no-113-review.html

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  14. Here's another one: The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis

    http://inkquilletc.blogspot.in/2012/07/death-of-detective-pablo-de-santis.html

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  15. Here is my third and fourth

    The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

    http://srivallip.blogspot.com/2012/03/house-of-silk-by-anthony-horowitz.html

    The Marais Assassin by Claude Izner

    http://srivallip.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-marais-assassin-by-claude-izner.html

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  16. Here's number nine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/08/mrs-jeffries-stands-corrected-review.html

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  17. My second book read for the 2012 Death by Gaslight reading challenge (toward my Widow of Windy Nook goal) is The Alienist, book #1 of the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler mystery series by Caleb Carr. My review: http://www.shelfari.com/books/19560/The-Alienist/reviews/3722073

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  18. Number ten: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/08/deaths-pale-horse-review.html

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  20. 12 out of 15 done for Burke & Hare! Latest one: The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-necropolis-railway-review.html

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  21. My third book for the challenge is Murder on Washington Square, book 4 of the Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson. My review: http://www.shelfari.com/books/675675/Murder-on-Washington-Square/reviews/3722431

    My fourth book for the challenge is Murder on Mulberry Bend, book 5 of the Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson. My review: http://www.shelfari.com/books/414696/Murder-on-Mulberry-Bend/reviews/3745352

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  22. My fifth book, for The Merry Widow of Windy Nook, is Buckingham Palace Gardens, book 25 of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series by Anne Perry. My review: http://www.shelfari.com/books/3542685/Buckingham-Palace-Gardens/reviews/3750395

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  23. Number 13: The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-somnambulist-review.html

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  24. Here's my 3rd Holmes novel: Sherlock Holmes & the Treasure Train by Frank Thomas http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/10/sherlock-holmes-treasure-train-review.html

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  26. My sixth book for the challenge is Treason at Lisson Grove, book 26 of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series by Anne Perry. My review: http://www.shelfari.com/books/17283453/Treason-at-Lisson-Grove/reviews/3797010

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  27. Finished! http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/11/challenge-complete-death-by-gaslight.html

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  28. My wrap-up post. Finished! http://srivallip.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/death-by-gaslight-reading-challenge.html

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  29. I haven't observed anywhere that a "wrap-up blog" is necessary. However I definitely offer my reviews so they can be logged. :) Happy new year everyone! Carolyn of "RIEDEL Fascination"

    Mary Roberts Rinehart, “The Man In Lower Ten”, 1909
    http://www.amazon.ca/review/R3ERS2XOSCMFWH/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B002FD1TN2&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=916520&store=books
    Phyllis A. Whitney, “The Trembling Hills”, 1956
    http://www.amazon.ca/review/RD4YRYSZFL2BG/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000CQXJL4&channel=rw-dp&nodeID=916520&store=books
    Susan Wittig Albert, “The Tale Of Hawthorn House”, 2007
    http://www.amazon.ca/review/R2R6M5ZXXJWFYQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0425223280&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=916520&store=books
    Susan Wittig Albert, “The Tale Of Briar Bank”, 2008
    http://www.amazon.ca/review/R3G5VJOCOQA82H/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0425230279&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=916520&store=books
    Susan Wittig Albert, “The Tale Of Applebeck Orchard”, 2009
    http://www.amazon.ca/review/R3EPLPQKG7A6E6/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0425236439&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=916520&store=books

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  30. Here is my final review. I hope I get added to contestant #10 while it's still 2012! :-)

    Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Study In Scarlet", 1887
    http://www.amazon.ca/review/R1QY7M3L22267E/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0755106385&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=916520&store=books

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