APRIL - JUNE AUTHORS NEW TO ME

The 2^nd quarter of the year saw me read a total of 38 books, of which 13 were from authors that were new to me. (1^st quarter figured 18 newbies in my 44 reads, so a bit of a drop, but over 30 and we’re only halfway through the year.)  

The full list is as follows;

Dick Francis – Forfeit (1968) (4)

Leif G. W. Persson – Between Summer's Longing And Winter's End (2010) (4)

Camilla Lackberg – The Stranger (2011) (2)

Tom Robbins – B Is For Beer (2009) (2)

Alan Furst – Mission To Paris (2012) (5)

Seeley James – The Geneva Decision (2012) (2)

Rob Kitchin – Stiffed (2013) (4)

Sue Grafton – A Is For Alibi (1982) (4)

David Corbett – Do They Know I'm Running (2010) (4)

Asa Larsson – The Savage Altar (2006) (4)

Terry Shames – A Killing At Cotton Hill (2013) (5)

Jack Rylance – Copacabana (2012) (3)

Jac Wright – The Closet (2013) (3)

Of the 13 new-timers, 7 of them were encountered during June and of the earlier ones, I have subsequently read further books by both Dick Francis and Leif G.W. Persson.

Highlights were undoubtedly Shames and Furst.

Others of note were Kitchin, Grafton and Corbett.

Francis and Larsson, just behind these in the enjoyment stakes. 

Obviously, from my non-scientific scoring there were a few disappointments, but that's to be expected. I open every new book, hoping I am engaged and interested, but it doesn't always pan out unfortunately.