Monday 14 November 2016

OCTOBER 2016 - READING LIST AND PICK OF THE MONTH

October's reading in summary. 

I kind of struggled in the month to concentrate on my reading which might explain why I watched so many films instead. A break towards the end of October with a few days away with my wife, saw me spending more time loitering in book shops and the book sections of charity shops than actually reading. Hopefully November sees an improvement.

Nick Triplow - Frank's Wild Years - best book in the month!

A bit of a stretch considering the length of some of these, but hey hoh - my blog, my rules - 11 books read in the month.

They were....

Andrew Nette - Gunshine State (2016) (4.5)

Nick Triplow - Frank's Wild Years (2012) (5)

Stephen Puleston - The Devil's Kitchen (2016) (3)

Aidan Thorn - Criminal Thoughts (2013) (4)

Eric Beetner - The Year I Died Seven Times Book 1 (2014) (4)

Garnett Elliott - The Drifter Detective: Volume 1 (2013) (4)

William Marshall - Yellowthread Street (1975) (4)

Martin Stanley - The Curious Case of the Missing Moolah (A Stanton Brothers thriller) (2014) (4.5)

K. A. LaityHard Boiled Witch: Toil & Trouble (Hard-Boiled Witch Book 2) (2014) (4)

K. A. Laity - Hard Boiled Witch: Charms O'erthrown (Hard-Boiled Witch Book 3) (2014) (4)

Adam Maxwell - The Defective Detective: Murder on the Links (2011) (3.5)

Book of the month - Nick Triplow - Frank's Wild Years - October's only 5 star read. 

2 x 4.5 stars - Andrew Nette and Martin Stanley. 
6 x 4 star ratings,
1 x 3.5 and 1 x 3 stars - another month where they all entertained me and nothing was a struggle to enjoy.

A bit more trivia or data........

10 different authors.

5 of the 10 were new-to-me authors........  Stephen Puleston, Aidan Thorn, Garnett Elliott, William Marshall, and Martin Stanley - I have more from all of them in the library.

5 authors have been read before - Andrew Nette and Nick Triplow have been read one time previously,  Eric Beetner has half a book credit to his name - I read Over Their Heads - a novel he co-authored with J.B. Kohl earlier this year. Third go for Adam Maxwell and fourth and fifth time around the block with K.A. Laity.

Gender analysis - no surprises here - 9 dudes, 1 lady - up on September! The lady was read twice.
Could do better Mr Keane.

3 authors hail from the US, 3 from England, 2 from Australia, 1 from Wales, 1 British (Welsh, Scottish or English but unconfirmed.)

All 11 reads were fiction.

1 was a paperback read, 10 were Kindle books.

10 from this decade - with 2 from this year. 1 book from the 1970s.

10 of the 11 books were pre-owned!
Though at a glance a few of them would have been Amazon Freebies when bought.

1 was received from the publisher 280 Steps via an early reviewing website - Edelweiss.

Favourite cover? Gunshine State - Andrew Nette




Garnett Elliott's The Drifter Detective is probably my second favourite cover.










My reads were this long 306 - 216 - 70 - 61 - 41 - 106 - 128 - 106 - 27 - 27 - 27
Total page count =  1115 (1789 in September)



4 < 50,
2 between 51 < 100,
3 between 101 < 200,
1 between 201 < 300,
1 between 301 < 400,
0 > 400 pages

Andrew Nette's Gunshine State was the longest @ 306.







6 comments:

  1. Glad you found some good reads for the month, Col. The majority of your reads sound like good 'uns, too, and it's nice to have a month where you're not often disappointed.

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  2. Thanks, Margot - a lot of shorties, but sometimes I need that to keep the reading ticking over. November is kind of going the same way at the minute.

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  3. Lots of interesting covers in that batch, but I agree, Gunshine State's cover is the best. I look forward to reading that one.

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  4. Col, your numbers are always impressive. I'll probably start drinking the day I read more than five or six books a month.

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  5. Frank's Wild Years means Tom Waits to me - connection? Look forward to hearing what made the book so good.

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