8th Canadian Book Challenge Roundup (Part I)

July 1 is best known as Canada Day when our nation celebrates our land becoming a country in 1867. In the mystery blogging world it marks the start of a new Canadian Book Challenge which is hosted each year by John Mutford at his blog, the Book Mine Set. On June 30 I completed the 8th Canadian Book Challenge.

I read the following books for the Challenge during the year from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015:

     1.) The Devil's Making by Seán Haldane;

     2.) The Wild Beasts of Wuhan by Ian Hamilton;

     3.) The Glass House by David Rotenberg;

     4.) The Long Way Home by Louise Penny;

     5.) Red Pole of Macau by Ian Hamilton;

     6.) Night Game by Alison Gordon;

     7.) A Door in the River by Inger Ash Wolfe;

     8.) Bones to Pick by Suzanne North;

     9.) Silver Totem of Shame by R.J. Harlick;

     10.) Cool Water by Dianne Warren;

     11.) By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates;

     12.) Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe;

     13.) Tough Crimes edited by C.D. Evans and Lorene Shyba;

     14.) 12 Rose Street by Gail Bowen;

     15.) Cold Mourning by Brenda Chapman;

     16.) None So Blind by Barbara Fradkin;

     17.) Swedes' Ferry by Alan Safarik;

     18.) Killing Pilgrim by Alen Mattich; and,

     19.) Sing a Worried Song by William Deverell.

During the 7th Canadian Book Challenge I read 18 books and thought I had reached my maximum Canadian content. I manage to add another for the 8th Challenge. I have read 2 books for the 9th Challenge.

For the 2nd year in a row my reading included the full shortlist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian Crime Novel. I will be putting up one or more posts on the shortlist shortly.

My next post will discuss my reading for the 8th Canadian Book Challenge.