Monday 11 May 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART THIRTY-ONE

Week 31 of the exercise - another 50 in the frame!



Pre-logging look!
Time Life book when I was going through a Vietnam reading and viewing phase!


Probably not suitable for a bed-time read!

Ditto!

Dave Barry, Henning Mankell, Donald Harstad, Shane Maloney, Robert G. Barrett,

First in the Aussie Les Norton series!

American journo turned author!

William J. Caunitz, Brian M. Wiprud, Andrew Vachss, Jack Ehrlich, Charles Willeford,

Willeford - 1960 originally!

Pulp fiction - 1961

US Crime with a humourous bent!

John Connolly, Erskine Caldwell, Thomas Harris, Les Standiford, Charles Willeford,

Willeford short stories

1932 book

Olen Steinhauer, James W. Hall, Tony Black, Chad Kultgen, Jon Stock

Looks interesting, but unread as yet!
Gus Dury series book!

A couple of John Irving's, Stephen Fry, Tom Franklin, Don Robertson, 

Short stories from Crooked Letter author.

Not crime, but interesting cover and a Stephen King blurb! 

Papillon - Henri Charriere - great film also, John Connolly, Mark Gimenez, Henning Mankell,

Thomas Perry, 2 from Colin Harrison, John Connolly,

New York thriller

Thomas Perry non-series book!

Stephen Fry, Elmore Leonard, Ben Elton, Colin Harrison again.

Elmore Leonard from the 80's.

A couple from Henning Mankell, Ben Elton, Garry Disher,

Garry Disher - Wyatt series book

Michael Harris, Robert Littell, Jim Thompson x 4 omnibus

Michael Harris

A 4-fer from Jim Thompson

Robert Littell
Post-logging look
Highlights.......I've enjoyed Colin Harrison previously, Jack Ehrlich and the early Willeford books look good

Lowlights...... I'm not rushing towards John Connolly, after his cooking lesson which added about 5 pages of filler to the first book of his I read.

FULL LIST OF 50 IS AS FOLLOWS:
AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BARNES JEREMY THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR 1988 N
BARRETT ROBERT G. YOU WOULDN'T BE DEAD FOR QUIDS 1985 LN1 F
BARRY DAVE TRICKY BUSINESS 2002 F
BLACK TONY LOSS 2010 GD3 F
BOWMAN DAVID J. THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE 1989 N
CALDWELL ERSKINE TOBACCO ROAD 1932 F
CAUNITZ WILLIAM J. EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE 1991 F
CHARRIERE HENRI PAPILLON 1969 N
CONNOLLY JOHN THE WHITE ROAD 2002 CP4 F
CONNOLLY JOHN THE KILLING KIND 2001 CP3 F
CONNOLLY JOHN BAD MEN 2003 F
DISHER GARRY PORT VILA BLUES 1996 W5 F
EHRLICH JACK SLOW BURN 1961 F
ELTON BEN GRIDLOCK 1991 F
ELTON BEN THE OTHER EDEN 1993 F
FRANKLIN TOM POACHERS 1999 F
FRY STEPHEN THE LIAR 1991 F
FRY STEPHEN THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 1994 F
GIMENEZ MARK THE COLOUR OF LAW 2005 SF1 F
HALL JAMES W. BODY LANGUAGE 1998 F
HARRIS THOMAS THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1988 HL2 F
HARRIS MICHAEL THE CHIEU HOI SALOON 2010 F
HARRISON COLIN BODIES ELECTRIC 1993 F
HARRISON COLIN MANHATTAN NOCTURNE 1996 F
HARRISON COLIN THE HAVANA ROOM 2003 F
HARSTAD DONALD THE BIG THAW 2000 CH3 F
IRVING JOHN THE WATER-METHOD MAN 1972 F
IRVING JOHN SETTING FREE THE BEARS 1968 F
KULTGEN CHAD THE LIE 2009 F
LEONARD ELMORE FREAKY DEAKY 1988 F
LIPSMAN/DOYLE SAMUEL/EDWARD THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE: AMERICA TAKES OVER 1985 N
LITTELL ROBERT  THE SISTERS 1986 F
MALONEY SHANE NICE TRY 1998 MW3 F
MANKELL HENNING THE MAN WHO SMILED 2005 KW4 F
MANKELL HENNING ONE STEP BEHIND 1997 KW7 F
MANKELL HENNING THE RETURN OF THE DANCING MASTER 2003 F
MANKELL HENNING FIREWALL 1998 KW8 F
PERRY THOMAS PURSUIT 2001 F
ROBERTSON DON THE IDEAL GENUINE MAN 1987 F
STANDIFORD LES DONE DEAL 1993 JD1 F
STEINHAUER OLEN THE CONFESSION 2004 YB2 F
STOCK JON DEAD SPY RUNNING 2009 DM1 F
THOMPSON JIM THE GETAWAY 1959 F
THOMPSON JIM THE GRIFTERS 1963 F
THOMPSON JIM THE KILLER INSIDE ME 1952 F
THOMPSON JIM POP. 1280 1964 F
VACHSS ANDREW FLOOD 1985 B1 F
WILLEFORD CHARLES THE WOMAN CHASER 1960 F
WILLEFORD CHARLES THE MACHINE IN WARD ELEVEN 1963 F
WIPRUD BRIAN M. PIPSQUEAK 2002 GC1 F

11 comments:

  1. Thomas Perry - really wish he was being republished in a systematic way as ebooks (or maybe it's a regional access issue... *sad face*), as I'd like to read the Jane Whitfield books in order. I think that's a series I'd enjoy a lot.

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    1. That's a shame - he should be required reading. I don't really understand the difficulties in offering them digitally worldwide TBH.

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  2. You have Dave Barry!! I love it ! He's written some columns that I think are hilarious. I hope you'll enjoy that one, Col. He also has another one out, Big Trouble, that you may enjoy. I wonder what you'll think of Tobacco Road...

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    1. Boom - Dave Barry. I was pleased to find this one, as I know you have a high opinion of him. I'm 95% certain I have a copy of BIG TROUBLE somewhere, just haven't located it yet. I think I bought it because of the similarities to Hiaasen - well I hope they are similar. I was never compelled to see out his columns though, unlike Hiaasen or Paul Thomas - maybe because I haven't actually read his prose yet.

      TOBACCO ROAD....I have been meaning to read for a few years. From the little I know of it, it's perhaps a bleaker more desperate portrayal of the hardships of the Great Depression. Maybe a la GRAPES OF WRATH, but without much hope or optimism.

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  3. I used to really enjoy Dave Barry's newspaper columns when we lived in the USA - I didn't know he'd written fiction too, sounds good.

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    1. I never ever read one of his columns. I'm not sure if he has written more than the 2 mentioned above, but even so I will stick for now. I'm 95% certain mine are UK published so you should be able to track them down fairly easily.

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  4. Col, I went through a Vietnam War reading phase too and also remember reading Time Life series on other wars, particularly WWII. Now I browse through them online. I used to read Dave Barry's column a long time ago and I'd forgotten about him. Art Buchwald was another but his humour got stale after a while.

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    1. I was fascinated by Vietnam, still am but to a lesser degree....maybe distant memories of seeing it on the TV when I was growing up.
      I have heard the name - ART BUCHWALD, but don't know anything about him. I will have to look him up.

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  5. Some of these are familiar, of course, but many are new to me. Looking forward to hearing about them. I like the look of that Tom Franklin book.

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    1. I've not tried Franklin yet - it's a great cover!

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