Thursday 31 January 2013

JANUARY 2013 - READING LIST




Dominic Streatfeild - Cocaine: An Unauthorised Biography (2001) (4)

Erica Spindler - Watch Me Die (2011) (4)

Twenty Major - The Order Of The Phoenix Park (2008) (2)

Anthony Neil Smith - All The Young Warriors (2011) (5)

Austin S. Camacho - The Payback Assignment (1999) (3)

Duane Swierczynski - Fun And Games (2011) (4)

Linwood Barclay - The Accident (2011) (4)

Martin Amis - The Pregnant Widow (2010) (3)

Jo Nesbo - The Bat (2012) (4)

Joe Clifford - Choice Cuts (2012) (4)

Lawrence Block - The Sins Of The Father (1976) (4)

Ed Lacy - Room To Swing (1957) (4)

Marcus Sakey - At The City's Edge (2008) (2)

Deon Meyer - Blood Safari (2008) (5)

Chuck Palahniuk - Survivor (1999) (3)

Well January certainly had quantity if nothing else - 15 books read.
A few disappointments in particular Sakey's At The City's Edge and Twenty Major's Phoenix Park.

My first taste of Jo Nesbo and a re-read of the first Scudder book from Lawrence Block; both above average.  As was Swierczynski, Spindler and Streatfeild.

A toss up for book of the month between Neil Smith and Deon Meyer, but I'll give Smith the vote because of the Somalian location. Both amazing reads though and highly recommended.

January book of the month - Anthony Neil Smith - All The Young Warriors

2 comments:

  1. Sounds like you had a productive month Colman.

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  2. Sarah, yes a very productive month, I don't suppose that I can maintain this pace, but I'll try!

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