Friday, October 21, 2022

Export Kindle Titles into Excel

I have been typing this query into Google every so often for years now, and I finally found not just one, but two! methods for exporting a list of Kindle titles into Excel and I can confirm that both methods work, although I recommend the first, even though it takes longer. 

The easier "using the cache file" method - for me, at least - resulted in some author names being listed Last Name, First Name and some First Name Last Name so not all the Laurie R. King titles were together, and two left off the R. I was having flashbacks to the early 2000s Waldenbooks database that had 17 different spellings for Shakespeare...

The most difficult part with the method that uses the Kindle Cloud Reader was scrolling all the way down to the bottom of the list and then scrolling all the way up again to copy the titles and author names. And then having to do it again after changing from All Titles to Books to avoid Samples, which didn't have an author listed, which messed up the whole process.

For the curious: 1426, although some of those are duplicate freebies, which I'll have to manually delete. But not tonight...

Review: The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz

 Disclaimer: I received an advance copy of this title thru NetGalley.

I love the Orphan X series, although books 6 and 7 (Prodigal Son and Dark Horse respectively) made me wonder if I would keep reading the new ones. But I am so happy that The Last Orphan (book 8) squashed that notion pretty damn quick: it grabbed me right away (well, after the Prologue) and kept me on the edge of my seat just like the early ones.

If you haven’t read any of these, start now with Book 1 and get ready to root for Evan Smoak, who may have been trained as an assassin but who was lucky enough to have a mentor who ingrained him with a strong code of ethics. Evan fled the black ops program that shaped him and now uses his skills to help those in trouble who need someone who can think quickly and creatively and act decisively to give the bad guys the punishment they’ve earned.

In Last Orphan when Evan tells Tommy, “I’m there…In the hurt.” I realized that Evan has a bit in common with another character I love, Martha Wells’ Murderbot. They’re both socially awkward, but dedicated to doing what they believe is right.

I’ve been fortunate to find several series that I enjoy re-reading and often find some new appreciation for the stories even the second or third (or eighth) time through. Orphan X is now one of those series. And book 8 has convinced me to give books 6 and 7 another chance…

As with most series, you technically won’t miss anything by not reading the short stories, but if you become an Orphan X fan, you won’t go wrong by tracking them down. I had to borrow them electronically from my public library - I’m hoping someday there will be more and they will be gathered together as a single volume.


Series Order: Orphan X

 

    Buy a Bullet (short)

Orphan X

Nowhere Man

Hellbent

    Intern (short)

Out of the Dark

Into the Fire

    List (short)

Prodigal Son

Dark Horse

Last Orphan

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Series Order: Murderbot Diaries

    "The Future of Work: Compulsory"

All Systems Red

Artificial Condition

Rogue Protocol

Exit Strategy

    "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory"

Fugitive Telemetry

Network Effect

Series Order: Dresden Files

 

Fistful of Warlocks (BC)

Restoration of Faith (SJ)

Welcome to the Jungle (GN)

Storm Front

Fool Moon

    B is for Bigfoot (BC)

Grave Peril

Summer Knight

Death Masks

    Vignette, a.k.a. Pub. and Adv. (SJ)

Blood Rights

    Something Borrowed (SJ)

Dead Beat

    Teenage Bigfoot (BC)

Proven Guilty

    AAAA Wizardry (BC)

White Night

    It’s My Birthday, Too (SJ)

    Heorot (SJ)

Small Favor

    Day Off (SJ)

    Backup (SJ) - POV: Thomas

    Warrior (SJ)

    Last Call (SJ)

    Curses (BC)

Turn Coat

    Love Hurts (SJ)

    Bigfoot on Campus (BC)

    Even Hand (BC) - POV: Marcone

Changes

    Aftermath (SJ) - POV: Murphy

Ghost Story

    Bombshells (BC) - POV: Molly

Cold Days

    Cold Case (BC)

Skin Game

    Jury Duty (BC)

    Zoo Day (BC)

    Day One (BC)

Peace Talks

Battle Ground

    Law

Series Order: Mary Russell

 

Mary's Christmas - ????

    Mary Russell’s War: 1914 - 1915

The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1994): 1915 - 1919

    Beekeeping for Beginners: Spring 1915

    Mrs. Hudson’s Case: Oct. 1918

A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995): Dec. 1920 - Feb. 1921

    The Marriage of Mary Russell: Feb. 1921

    A Venomous Death: 1923

A Letter of Mary (1997): Aug. - Sept. 1923

The Moor (1998): Sept. - Nov. 1923

O Jerusalem (1999): Dec. 1918 - Feb. 1919 

Justice Hall (2002): Nov.-Dec. 1923

The Game (2004): Jan.-Mar. 1924

Locked Rooms (2005): 1906, 1914, May - June 1924

    The Marriage of Billie Birdsong: June 1924

The Language of Bees (2009): Aug. 1924

The God of the Hive (2010): Aug. - Sept. 1924

Pirate King (2011): Nov. 1924

Garment of Shadows (2012): Dec. 1924 - Jan. 1925

Dreaming Spies (2015): Spring 1924, Spring 1925

The Murder of Mary Russell (2016): 1855 - 1881, May 1925

Island of the Mad (2018): June 1925

Riviera Gold (2020): Summer 1925

Castle Shade (2021): Summer 1925

    Stately Holmes: Dec. 1925