2022.Book38 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (McBride)

 Very good. Entertaining.

2022.Book37 - Sun House (Duncan)

On the one hand, really terrible Mary Sue vs the Straw Men. With anachronism. And token struggles.

On the other hand I don't want to be cynical; I wish some of this was possibly true.

2022.Book36 - The Patience of the Spider (Camilleri)

 Good kidnapping story; consistent comedy.

2022.Book35 - Rounding the Mark (Camilleri)

 Consistent quality.

2022.Book34 - The Smell of Night (Camilleri)

 Another good one; weird at the end.

2023.Book 33 - what's bred in the bone

 classic Canadian. Should have been longer!

2023.Book32 - Excursion to Tindari (Camilleri)

 More humour, also quite grim.

2023.Book31 - Never Love a Stranger (Robbins)

 Kind of old-fashioned, toying with the lurid but staying pretty basic.

2023.Book30 - Tears of the Giraffe (McCall Smith)

 Pretty good. Series is kind of samey, which could be called consistency.

2023.Book29 - At the Mountains of Madness (Lovecraft)

 Pretty good. Classic. Dangerous explorations.

2023.Book28 - The Voice of the Violin (Camilleri)

 Good stuff. Fairly funny too.

2023.Book27 - The Snack Thief (Camilleri)

 Another good one. Interesting how the TV version was different/simpler.

2023.Book26 - The Terra-Cotta Dog (Camilleri)

 Another very good mystery. Enjoyable.

2023.Book25 - The Shape of Water (Camilleri)

 Enjoyable mystery (Sicilian)

2023.Book24 - Come, Thou Tortoise (Grant)

 OK, silly humour.

2023.Book23 - The Art of Eating (Fisher)

 Excellent collection of food writing.

2023.Book22 - The Maias (de Queirós)

 Very good 19c novel. Some pretty funny parts, melodrama, etc.

2023.Book21 - Devil in a Blue Dress (Mosley)

 Pretty good LA noir.

2023.Book20 - Travels with Charley (Steinbeck)

 OK. Kind of an "old man yells at cloud" vibe. The storm scene was breathtaking though, and the "cheerleader"/"witches' sabbath" episode was shocking.

2023.Book19 - Breath (Nestor)

 Pretty interesting and motivating.