Monday 29 February 2016

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART SEVENTY

This week's tub - number 70 and 3500 books in the bank!

Tub 70!

Robert Rankin, M. J. Naparsteck, Tucker Coe, Dennis Lehane, Toby Litt,

Donald E. Westlake as Tucker Coe

Elmore Leonard x 2, Liz Holliday, Vincent Patrick, Ed Dee,

Classic Leonard from the 70s!

Vincent Patrick - New York author!

Ed Dee - untried US author!

T. Jefferson Parker, Robert L. Duncan, James W. Hall, Elmore Leonard x 2,

Elmore - early 90s!

Henning Mankell x 3, Robert G. Barrett, Elmore Leonard,

Elmore Leonard - 70s!

Thomas Harris, Robert G. Barrett, Donald E. Westlake x 2.5, Brian Garfield x 0.5,

Australian standalone novel from Robert G. Barrett!

Dortmunder series book 2!

Jim Thompson, Gene Kerrigan, Richard Price, Derek Raymond, Damon Runyon,

Price's latest!

Runyon - short story king?

Daniel Silva, Donald E. Westlake, Peter Corris, Donald Harstad, Ruth Rendell,

John Connolly, Wilbur Smith, John Harvey, John Steinbeck, Donald E. Westlake,

Dortmunder number 4!

Gar Anthony Haywood, Dan Fante x 2, Henning Mankell, Wallace Stroby,

Swedish crime - Kurt Wallander series book!

Bruno Dante series book!

Gar Anthony Haywood - Aaron Gunner series book!

Eddie Muller, Benjamin Whitmer, Glenn Meade, Mark Timlin, Tim O'Mara,

Benjamin Whitmer - second novel!

70 done and dusted!


HIGHLIGHTS......Dan Fante, Donald Westlake, Elmore Leonard, Benjamin Whitmer,

LOWLIGHTS...... Wilbur Smith - not sure where it came from, but it's about the size of two housebricks! Not yet convinced by John Connolly either - his first wasn't great
!
FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:


AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
BARRETT ROBERT G. DAVO'S LITTLE SOMETHING 1992
BARRETT ROBERT G. THE ULTIMATE APHRODISIAC 2002
COE TUCKER A JADE IN ARIES 1970 MT4
CONNOLLY JOHN DARK HOLLOW 2000 CP2
CORRIS PETER THE BLACK PRINCE 1998 CH22
DEE ED  THE CON MAN'S DAUGHTER 2003
DUNCAN ROBERT L. THE SERPENT'S MARK 1990
FANTE DAN SPITTING OFF TALL BUILDINGS 2001 BD3
FANTE DAN MOOCH 2000 BD2
HALL JAMES W. BUZZ CUT 1996 TPI5
HARRIS THOMAS RED DRAGON 1981 HL1
HARSTAD DONALD THE KNOWN DEAD 1999 CH2
HARVEY JOHN CUTTING EDGE 1991 R3
HAYWOOD GAR ANTHONY YOU CAN DIE TRYING 1993 AGM3
HOLLIDAY LIZ CRACKER: ONE DAY A LEMMING WILL FLY 1994 C3
KERRIGAN GENE HARD CASES 1995
LEHANE DENNIS A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR 1994 K+G1
LEONARD ELMORE SWAG 1976 JR2
LEONARD ELMORE THE BOUNTY HUNTERS 1953
LEONARD ELMORE MAXIMUM BOB 1991
LEONARD ELMORE SPLIT IMAGES 1981
LEONARD ELMORE THE HUNTED 1978
LITT TOBY HOSPITAL 2007
MANKELL HENNING THE FIFTH WOMAN 1996 KW6
MANKELL HENNING FACELESS KILLERS 1991 KW1
MANKELL HENNING THE WHITE LIONESS 1993 KW3
MANKELL HENNING SIDETRACKED 1995 KW5
MEADE GLENN SNOW WOLF 1995
MULLER EDDIE THE DISTANCE 2002 BN1
NAPARSTECK M. J. WAR SONG 1980
O'MARA TIM SACRIFICE FLY 2012 RDM1
PARKER T. JEFFERSON CALIFORNIA GIRL 2004
PATRICK VINCENT FAMILY BUSINESS 1985
PRICE RICHARD THE WHITES 2015
RANKIN ROBERT THE ANTIPOPE 1981 B1
RAYMOND DEREK I WAS DORA SUAREZ 1990 F4
RENDELL RUTH A JUDGEMENT IN STONE 1977
RUNYON DAMON FROM FIRST TO LAST 1954
SILVA DANIEL A DEATH IN VIENNA 2004 GA4
SMITH WILBUR RAGE 1987 C2 - 3
STEINBECK JOHN THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT 1961
STROBY WALLACE SHOOT THE WOMAN FIRST 2013 CS3
THOMPSON JIM A SWELL-LOOKING BABE 1954
TIMLIN MARK ANSWERS FROM THE GRAVE 2004
WESTLAKE DONALD E. PITY HIM AFTERWARDS 1964
WESTLAKE DONALD E. BANK SHOT  1972 D2
WESTLAKE DONALD E. THE AX 1997
WESTLAKE DONALD E. NOBODY'S PERFECT 1977 D4
WESTLAKE/GARFIELD DONALD E./BRIAN GANGWAY! 1973
WHITMER BENJAMIN CRY FATHER 2014

12 comments:

  1. I wondered about that Wilbur Smith, myself, Col. But you've got Leonard, Westlake, Mankell and Kerrigan, and those sound good. And the Rendell, too. :-)

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    1. I had a friend years ago who used to only read Wilbur Smith and he loved them. They seem interesting but are definitely out of my comfort zone - more kind of action/adventure. I wouldn't mind trying one but they are extremely long, or at least they appear to be.
      The others mentioned are much more my thing.

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  2. I have got to dig up my small pile of Elmore Leonard, including SWAG, and Donald E. Westlake, and start reading them. I read Wilbur Smith's RAGE ages ago, though I'm not sure I want to read descriptive books now. I remember his novels for their sweeping landscapes.

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    1. Smith always seemed to be about African plains and big-game hunters and ivory poaching and the like, but kind of to the theme of why use one word when you can use fifty! Less would be more in my book.

      I'd much rather be reading Leonard and Westlake!

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  3. We all seem to rather be reading Leonard and Westlake. Right now I'm re-re-reading the 87th Precinct books and loving them just as much as I did the first and second time around.

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    1. Mary, I suppose there's a lot worse we could be spending our time on. 87th is another series I've neglected. It'll be first time for me when I do start it.

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  4. Lots of Donald Westlake and Elmore Leonard... that sounds like fun. Someday I will get to Elmore Leonard.

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    1. You could do a lot worse Tracy. I hope you enjoy him when you get there.

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  5. **squee* I have the SAME book by Ed Dee!

    Not sure why I haven't read anymore Elmore Leonard. :::shrug::::

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    1. I got the Dee when my local library was having a clear-out a few years ago. I should give it a spin soon!

      Tsk...not read any more Elmore?.... too many other things, I know that problem.

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  6. Gonna pick on an obscure one here. Damon Runyon IS the king of the short story, but that book you have is kind of a ripoff - collection of early journalism and stories that weren't good enough. I bought it many years ago and was very disappointed about wasted money. I think you should send it on to a charity shop...

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    1. Oops...well I don't have anything else by him, so might start it. 8 or 9 decent reviews from 9 only on AM-UK (I'm only saying!)

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