Livin' the Dream: The Early Bird Catches the...Fish

Monday, January 30, 2017

The Early Bird Catches the...Fish

Went to visit our friends, Archer and Karen Ann, in Sarasota today. On our way to lunch at the cafe in the facility, we spotted this Great Blue Heron having lunch, too.

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Reading List/2024

Parasite/Darcy Coates
The English Spy/Daniel Silva
The Kill Artist/Daniel Silva
Redemption/David Baldacci
Mortal Prey/John Sandford
Someone Else's Shoes/Jojo Moyes
American Assassin/Vince Flynn
Walk the Wire/David Baldacci
Naked Prey/John Sandford
The English Assassin/Daniel Silva
Hidden Prey/John Sandford
The President is Missing/James Patterson
Kill Shot/Vince Flynn
Three-Inch Teeth/C. J. Box
The Promise/Robert Crais
Step on a Crack/James Patterson
Broken Prey/John Sandford
Run for Your Life/James Patterson
Worst Case/James Patterson
The Wanted/Robert Crais
Transfer of Power/Vince Flynn
Tick Tock/James Patterson
Invisible Prey/John Sandford
The Third Option/Vince Flynn
All the Glimmering Stars/Mark Sullivan
Last Shot/Gregg Hurwitz
Instinct/James Patterson
Wicked Prey/John Sandford
First Frost/Craig Johnson
Becoming Madam Secretary/Stephanie Dray
I, Michael Bennett/James Patterson
Gone/James Patterson
Phantom Prey/John Sandford
Hillbilly Elegy/J. D. Vance
Some Choose Darkness/Charlie Donlea
The Suicide House/Charlie Donlea
The Midwife Murders/James Patterson
Pitch Dark/Paul Doiron
A Dangerous Man/Robert Crais
Burn/James Patterson
Separation of Power/Vince Flynn
The Confessor/Daniel Silva
Storm Prey/John Sandford
Buried Prey/John Sandford
Executive Power/Vince Flynn
Memorial Day/Vince Flynn
The Last Testament/Sam Bourne
Until Proven Guilty/J. A. Jance
The Shadow Murders/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Lethal Game/John Gilstrap
The Investigator/John Sandford
Harm's Way/John Gilstrap

Reading List/2023

The Target/David Baldacci
The Gray Man/Mark Greaney
Scorpion Strike/John Gilstrap
Love, Clancy/W. Bruce Cameron
Desert Star/Michael Connelly
Taken/Robert Crais
Total Mayhem/John Gilstrap
The Guilty/David Baldacci
Savage Son/Jack Carr
Hellfire/John Gilstrap
Silent Prey/John Sandford
The Hades Factor/Robert Ludlum
Stealth Attack/John Gilstrap
The Devil's Hand/Jack Carr
Crimson Phoenix/John Gilstrap
Blue Fire/John Gilstrap
In the Blood/Jack Carr
Winter Prey/John Sandford
End Game/David Baldacci
Night Prey/John Sandford
Storm Watch/C. J. Box
Mind Prey/John Sandford
Sudden Prey/John Sandford
The Last Orphan/Gregg Hurwitz
Livid/Patricia Cornwell
An Echo in the Bone/Diana Gabaldon
Written in My Own Heart's Blood/Diana Gabaldon
Horse/Geraldine Brooks
Only the Dead/Jack Carr
Dead Man's Wake/Paul Doiron
Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone/Diana Gabaldon
Certain Prey/John Sandford
Easy Prey/John Sandford
The Pillars of the Earth/Ken Follett
The Giver of Stars/Jojo Moyes
The Source/James Michener
Chosen Prey/John Sandford
The Indigo Girl/Natasha Boyd

Reading List/2022

The Last Detective/Robert Crais
The Innocent/David Baldacci
The Forgotten Man/Robert Crais
Mad River/John Sandford
Night and Day/Robert B. Parker
Storm Front/John Sandford
Deadline/John Sandford
The Eighth Sister/Robert Dugoni
Escape Clause/John Sandford
Deep Freeze/John Sandford
Split Second/David Baldacci
Silent Sisters/Robert Dugoni
Orphan X/Gregg Hurwitz
Buy a Bullet/Gregg Hurwitz
The Nowhere Man/Gregg Hurwitz
Darkly Dreaming Dexter/Jeff Lindsay
Hellbent/Gregg Hurwitz
Holy Ghost/John Sandford
The Dark Hours/Michael Connelly
The Intern/Gregg Hurwitz
Out of the Dark/Gregg Hurwitz
Into the Fire/Gregg Hurwitz
The List/Gregg Hurwitz
Prodigal Son/Gregg Hurwitz
Bloody Genius/John Sandford
Shadows Reel/C. J. Box
The Cuban Affair/Nelson DeMille
The Neon Rain/James Lee Burke
Plum Island/Nelson DeMille
Soft Targets/John Gilstrap
High Treason/John Gilstrap
End Game/John Gilstrap
Dark Horse/Gregg Hurwitz
Hatchett Island/Paul Doiron
The Program/Gregg Hurwitz
The Kill Clause/Gregg Hurwitz
I Am Pilgrim/Terry Hayes
The Watchman/Robert Crais
Troubleshooter/Gregg Hurwitz
Rules of Prey/John Sandford
The Terminal List/Jack Carr
Relic/Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Where the Crawdads Sing/Delia Owens
Against All Enemies/John Gilstrap
Hell and Back/Craig Johnson
The Hit/David Baldacci
Hour Game/David Baldacci
Chasing Darkness/Robert Crais
Simple Genius/David Baldacci
The First Rule/Robert Crais
Shadow Prey/John Sandford
Damascus Station/David McCloskey
Sleeping Bear/Connor Sullivan
Eyes of Prey/John Sandford
Bullseye/David Baldacci
The Sentry/Robert Crais
Friendly Fire/John Gilstrap
Final Target/John Gilstrap
A World of Curiosities/Louise Penny
True Believer/Jack Carr

Reading List/2021

The Bitterroots/C. J. Box 5/21
Badlands/C. J. Box
World Gone By/Dennis Lehane
Paradise Valley/C. J. Box
The Highway/C. J. Box
Live by Night/Dennis Lehane
The Given Day/Dennis Lehane
Dark Sky/C. J. Box
The Monkey's Raincoat/Robert Crais
The Lincoln Lawyer/Michael Connelly
Hostage/Robert Crais
Moonlight Mile/Dennis Lehane
Raylan/Elmore Leonard
Prayers for Rain/Dennis Lehane
Gone, Baby, Gone/Dennis Lehane
Fire in the Hole/Elmore Leonard
Sacred/Dennis Lehane
Riding the Rap/Elmore Leonard
Back of Beyond/C. J. Box
Darkness, Take My Hand/Dennis Lehane
Pronto/Elmore Leonard
Split Image/Robert Parker
Glitz/Elmore Leonard
A Drink Before the War/Dennis Lehane
Look for Me/Lisa Gardner
Find Her/Lisa Gardner
Reckless Creed/Alex Kava
The Night Fire/Michael Connelly
Fear Nothing/Lisa Gardner
Catch Me/Lisa Gardner
The Late Show/Michael Connelly
Dark Sacred Night/Michael Connelly
Live to Tell/Lisa Gardner
The Silent Wife/Karin Slaughter
Prior to Silent Wife/read after Bitterroots
Stalking the Angel/Robert Crais 6/21
Lullaby Town/Robert Crais
The Drop/Dennis Lehane
Free Fall/Robert Crais
Voodoo River/Robert Crais
Thick as Thieves/Sandra Brown
Sunset Express/Robert Crais
Blink of an Eye/Iris & Roy Johansen
Dead by Dawn/Paul Doiron
Fat Tuesday/Sandra Brown
Indigo Slam/Robert Crais
Next to Last Stand/Craig Johnson
Bad Move/Linwood Barclay
The Long Drop/Denise Mina
No Mans Land/David Baldacci
An Unwanted Guest/Shari Lapena
One Good Deed/David Baldacci
No Mercy/John Gilstrap
Hostage Zero/John Gilstrap
The Racketeer/John Grisham
Zero Day/David Baldacci
Dark of the Moon/John Sandford
Damage Control/John Gilstrap
Broken Promise/Linwood Barclay
Heat Lightening/John Sandford
Final Assignment/Linwood Barclay
Rough Country/John Sandford
Far From True/Linwood Barclay
The Forgotten/David Baldacci
Memory Man/David Baldacci
Daughter of the Morning Star/Craig Johnson
The Escape/David Baldacci
The Last Mile/David Baldacci
The Last Thing He Told Me/Laura Dave
L. A. Requiem/Robert Crais
The Twenty-Three/Linwood Barclay
Parting Shot/Linwood Barclay
Bad Blood/John Sandford
The Fix/David Baldacci
The Fallen/David Baldacci
A Dog's Perfect Christmas/W. Bruce Cameron
Shock Wave/John Sandford

Reading List/2020

Two Kinds of Truth/Michael Connelly
Pieces of Her/Karin Slaughter
The Wrong Side of Goodbye/Michael Connelly
The Last Widow/Karin Slaughter
The Kept Woman/Karin Slaughter
The Burning Room/Michael Connelly
Heat Rises/Richard Castle
Long Range/C. J. Box
Unseen/Karin Slaughter
The Black Box/Michael Connelly
Wolf Pack/C. J. Box
Criminal/Karin Slaughter
The Drop/Michael Connelly
Nine Dragons/Michael Connelly
The Disappeared/C. J. Box
All the Devils Are Here/Louise Penny
The Neighbor/Lisa Gardner
Vicious Circle/C. J. Box
Off the Grid/C. J. Box
Fallen/Karin Slaughter
Endangered/C. J. Box
Broken/Karin Slaughter
Stone Cold/C. J. Box
Breaking Point/C. J. Box
Right Behind You/Lisa Gardner
The 4th Man/Lisa Gardner
Heat Wave/Richard Castle
Naked Heat/Richard Castle
Undone/Karin Slaughter
Force of Nature/C.J. Box
One Last Lie/Paul Doiron
The Overlook/Michael Connelly
Fractured/Karin Slaughter
Say Goodbye/Lisa Gardner
Triptych/Karin Slaughter
Nowhere to Run/C. J. Box
Echo Park/Michael Connelly
Below Zero/C. J. Box
Hid From Our Eyes/Julia Spencer-Fleming
Blood Trail/C. J. Box
The Closers/Michael Connelly
Free Fire/C. J. Box
The Narrows/Michael Connelly
In Plain Sight/C. J. Box
Victim 2117/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Out of Range/C. J. Box
Trophy Hunt/C. J. Box
The Scarred Woman/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Back of Beyond/C. J. Box
Lost Light/Michael Connelly
The Hanging Girl/Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Marco Effect/Jussi Adler-Olsen
City of Bones/Michael Connelly
The Purity of Vengeance/Jussi Adler-Olsen
A Conspiracy of Faith/Jussi Adler-Olsen
A Darkness More than Night/Michael Connelly
The Absent One/Jussi Adler-Olsen
A Better Man/Louise Penny
Depth of Winter/Craig Johnson
The Pope of Palm Beach/Tim Dorsey
The Keeper of Lost Causes/ Jussi Adler-Olsen
Kingdom of the Blind/Louise Penny
Glass Houses/Louise Penny
Winterkill/C. J. Box
The Great Reckoning/Louise Penny
The Nature of the Beast/Louise Penny
Sixkill/Robert B. Parker
Killing the Blues/Robert B. Parker
Trunk Music/Michael Connelly

Reading List/2019

The Lost Man/Jane Harper
Through the Evil Days/Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Long Way Home/Louise Penny
The Dry/Jane Harper
How the Light Gets In/Louise Penny
Almost Midnight/Paul Doiron
The Last Coyote/Michael Connelly
The Beautiful Mystery/Louise Penny
The Survivor's Club/Lisa Gardner
Beneath the Depths/Bruce Robert Coffin
Thereby Hangs a Tail/Spencer Quinn
Alone/Lisa Gardner
Among the Shadows/Bruce Robert Coffin
Stay Hidden/Paul Doiron
The Concrete Blond/MichaelConnelly
Gone/Lisa Gardner
The Salton Killings/Sally Spencer
A Trick of the Light/Louise Penny
Knots and Crosses/Ian Rankin
Savage Run/C. J. Box
One Was a Soldier/Julia Spencer-Fleming
I Shall Not Want/Julia Spencer-Fleming
White Nights/Ann Cleeves
The Betrayers/James Patrick Hunt
Goodbye Sister Disco/James Patrick Hunt
The Western Star/Craig Johnson
An Obvious Fact/Craig Johnson
Widow-Maker/Paul Doiron
Knife Creek/Paul Doiron
The Whip/Karen Kondazian
Ashes to Ashes/Tami Hoag
All Mortal Flesh/Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Surgeon/Tess Gerritsen
The Highwayman/Craig Johnson
The Precipice/Paul Doiron
The Black Ice/Michael Connelly
Chasing Midnight/Randy Wayne White
Dry Bones/Craig Johnson
The Bone Orchard/Paul Doiron
The Next Accident/Lisa Gardner
The Black Echo/Michael Connelly
The Brutal Telling/Louise Penny
Silent Creed/Alex Kava
Crossing/Michael Connelly
Breaking Creed/Alex Kava
Massacre Pond/Paul Doiron
Chomp/Carl Hiaasen
Spirit of Steamboat/Craig Johnson
Any Other Name/Craig Johnson
Deadline/Gerry Boyle

Reading List/2018

Bad Little Falls/Paul Doiron
Raven Black/Ann Cleeves
Trespasser/Paul Doiron
Out of the Deep I Cry/Julia Spencer-Fleming
A Rule Against Murder/Louise Penny
A Serpent's Tooth/Craig Johnson
Drop Shot/Harlan Coben
Hide/Lisa Gardner
The Poacher's Son/Paul Doiron
A Fountain Filled with Blood/Julia Spencer-Fleming
Deal Breaker/Harlan Coben
Grave Undertakings/Ralph McInerny
The Cruelest Month/Louise Penny
In the Bleak Midwinter/Julia Spencer-Fleming
Murder on the Rocks/Karen MacInerney
Unnatural Acts/Stuart Woods
As the Crow Flies/Craig Johnson
A Fatal Grace/Louise Penny
Hell is Empty/Craig Johnson
Hothouse Orchid/Stuart Woods
Still Life/Louise Penny
What Angels Fear/C .S. Harris
The Third Victim/Lisa Gardner
Spring Fever/Mary Kay Andrews
Deep Blue/Randy Wayne White
New York Dead/Stuart Woods
Junkyard Dogs/Craig Johnson
The Perfect Husband/Lisa Gardner
Field of Prey/John Sandford
The Dark Horse/Craig Johnson
Between Sisters/Kristin Hannah
The Other Daughter/Lisa Gardner
Have Dog, Will Travel/Stephen Kuusisto
Heat Lightening/John Sandford
Hotel Vendome/Danielle Steel
Love You More/Lisa Gardner
The Killing Hour/Lisa Gardner
The Taster/V. S. Alexander
The Red Bandana/Tom Rinaldi
Victoria/Daisy Goodwin
Dead Silence/Randy Wayne White
Big Little Lies/Liane Moriarty
Another Man's Moccasins/Craig Johnson
Kindness Goes Unpunished/Craig Johnson
Death Without Company/Craig Johnson
The Cold Dish/Craig Johnson
The Scarred Woman/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Dog Days of Voodoo/G. A. Chase
Blue Christmas/Mary Kay Andrews

Reading List/2017

The Mammoth Hunters/Jean Auel
The Valley of Horses/Jean Auel
The Clan of the Cave Bear/Jean Auel
The Passage/Justin Cronin
To Kill a Mockingbird/Harper Lee
Chasing the Bear/Robert B. Parker
Mockingjay/Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games/Suzanne Collins
The Mangrove Coast/Randy Wayne White
When Breath Becomes Air/Paul Kalanithi
Written in My Own Heart's Blood/Diana Gabaldon
Maisie Dobbs/Jacqueline Winspear
A Great Reckoning/Louise Penny
Glass Sword/Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen/Victoria Aveyard
Ladies Night/Mary Kay Andrews
Florida Firefight/Randy Wayne White
A Breath of Snow and Ashes/Diana Gabaldon
Blood for Blood/Ryan Graudin
The Fiery Cross/Diana Gabaldon
Dark Light/Randy Wayne White
The Hangman/Louise Penny
A Taint in the Blood/Dana Stabenow
Wolf by Wolf/Ryan Graudin
The Things We Do for Love/Kristin Hannah

Reading List/2016

Wild/Cheryl Strayed
Red Tide/Peg Brantley
Drums of Autumn/Diana Gabaldon
The Nature of the Beast/Louise Penny
The Boy in the Suitcase/Lene Kaaberbol & Agnete Friis
Open Season/Archer Mayor
Never Go Back/Lee Child
All Our Yesterdays/Robert Parker
Midnight Riot/Ben Aaronovitch
Bloody Mary/J. A. Konrath
The Dog Who Spoke With Gods/Diane Jessup
Sick Puppy/Carl Hiaasen
The Island of Worthy Boys/Connie Hertzberg Mayo
Promises in Death/J. D. Robb
The Long Way Home/Louise Penny
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo/Stieg Larsson
How the Light Gets In/Louise Penny
The Beautiful Mystery/Louise Penny
The Jury Master/Robert Dugoni
A Trick of the Light/Louise Penny
My Sister's Grave/Robert Dugoni
Bury Your Dead/Louise Penny
The Hanging Girl/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Cockroaches/Jo Nesbo
Hide and Seek/Ian Rankin
Good Tidings/Terri Reid
Knots and Crosses/Ian Rankin
Bed Bugged/Susan J. Kroupa
House Broken/Sonja Yoerg
Dog Crazy/Meg Donohue
Gone With the Woof/Laurien Berenson
The Alphabet House/Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Brutal Telling/Louise Penny

Reading List/2015

Hunter's Moon/Randy Wayne White
Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic/Meghan Ciana Doidge
A Rule Against Murder/Louise Penny
A Dog's Journey/W. Bruce Cameron
Killing the Blues/Robert B. Parker
A Fatal Grace/Louise Penny
The Dogs of Christmas/W. Bruce Cameron
Cathedral/Nelson DeMille
Because of Winn-Dixie/Kate DiCamillo
Fortune's Rocks/Anita Shreve
Sins of the Father/Jeffrey Archer
Only Time Will Tell/Jeffrey Archer
Still Life/Louise Penny
A Dead Red Oleander/R. P. Dahlke
Louisiana Longshot/Jana Deleon
The Celtic Dagger/Jill Patterson
Saving Grace/Pamela Fagan Hutchins
The Time Keeper/Mitch Albom
Killer Fudge/Mary Kay Andrews
Mortal Causes/Ian Rankin
The Surrogate Thief/Archer Mayor
Skink--No Surrender/Carl Hiaasen
The Death Factory/Greg Iles
Flesh and Blood/Patricia Cornwell
The Affair/Lee Child
Executive Privilege/Phillip Margolin
The Marco Effect/Jussi Adler-Olsen
A Big Little Life/Dean Koontz
Darkfever/Karen Marie Moning
Dead Irish/John Lescroart
Death at La Fenice/Donna Leon
Blood from a Stone/Donna Leon
Willful Behavior/Donna Leon
First Impressions/Nora Roberts
Picture This/Jacqueline Sheehan

Reading List/2014

You Had Me At Woof/Julie Klam
The Purity of Vengeance/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Headhunters/Jo Nesbo
Dog On It/Spencer Quinn
The Absent One/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Changing Tides/K. D. Mason
The Girl Who Chased the Moon/Sarah Addison Allen
Fired Up/Jayne Ann Krentz
The First Commandment/Brad Thor
The Redbreast/Jo Nesbo
Without Mercy/Lisa Jackson
Sons of Fortune/Jeffrey Archer
Holiday in Death/J. D. Robb
Dead of Night/Randy Wayne White
Black Water Rising/Attica Locke
The Boys in the Boat/Daniel James Brown
The Fixer Upper/Mary Kay Andrews
The Devil's Star/Jo Nesbo
Black Widow/Randy Wayne White
Deep Shadow/Randy Wayne White
The Grease Monkey's Tale/Paul Burman
Full Moon Rising/Keri Arthur
The Bat/Jo Nesbo
Eyes of Justice/Lis Wiehl
Divergent/Veronica Roth
Backseat Saints/Joshilyn Jackson
The Keeper of Lost Causes/Jussi Adler-Olsen
Bad Monkey/Carl Hiaasen
The Other Side of the Coin/Mary Blayney
Possession in Death/J.D. Robb
The Art Forger/B.A.Shapiro
Captivated/Nora Roberts
Wallace/Jim Gorant
Dragonfly in Amber/Diana Gabaldon

Reading List/2013

The Outlander/Diana Gabaldon
Hissy Fit/Mary Kay Andrews
The Art of Racing in the Rain/Garth Stein
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/J. K. Rowling
Suspect/Robert Crais
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince/J. K. Rowling
A Dangerous Fortune/Ken Follett
Gabriel's Angel/Nora Roberts
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/J. K. Rowling
Glory in Death/J.D. Robb
Flashpoint/Stephanie Newton
Playing for Keeps/Nora Roberts
Mourning Gloria/Susan Wittig Albert
Widow Watched/Astrid Marshall
Heaven and Earth/Nora Roberts
Hidden Summit/Robyn Carr
Angels Fall/Nora Roberts
Calico Joe/John Grisham
The Search/Nora Roberts
Killing Lincoln/Bill O'Reilly