Wednesday 2 April 2014

MARCH ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY.......SOME OF AT LEAST

No sign of the embargo taking effect just yet!

Some of what was added to the shelves in March.......

Time to apportion some responsibility for these,
My fault

My fault

Jose Ignacio
Favourite cover - Purple Jesus, (how could you not want to read a book titled that?), followed by Never Hit the Ground, with Welcome to Oakland or Nightmare Alley in third.
Goodreads giveaway
Glen
Paul D. Brazill

Least favourite - Bad Religion or Federales
Paul D. Brazill



Raven

My fault

Still - a Goodreads friend

Paul D. Brazill

Keishon

My fault





17 comments:

  1. I want to read some Pascal Garnier - the name keeps popping up. Will be interested in your thoughts on that one.

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    1. Vicki - I'm hoping to get to it in April, fingers crossed!

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  2. That's a lot of books for someone with an embargo, but I'm impressed by the attempt to shift the blame to others. I believe I have not heard of any of these, so will await reviews with interest.

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    1. Err..postal strike - all ordered last year before the shutters came down and just delivered recently! Seriously - no more buying after today!
      Collective responsibility is the buzzword,
      Never heard of Purple Jesus? Seriously? Me neither til recently

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  3. Col - Embargo? What embargo? ;-) At any rate you've got a nice lot of books there. I've heard that Tenderloin is quite good. I'll be interested of course in what you think of all of them.

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    1. I've seen good reviews for Tenderloin, the Garnier and the Irvin. The rest I'm sort of taking a punt on.

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  4. Col, I sense a lot of good books here particularly the Paul D. Brazil title; he's one of many "new" authors I hope to read this year.

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    1. That ought to read "Brazill" and "titles," I did spot more than one.

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    2. Prashant thanks. Slight misunderstanding they aren't Paul's titles insofar as he authored them. I'm holding him responsible for me buying them because of his frequent blogging about new stuff that interests me. My wallet would be in better shape if he blogged about cosey mysteries concerning cats and little old ladies, or conversely if I could exercise a modicum of self control, instead of acting like Billy Bunter let loose in a sweet shop!

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    3. Col, I knew I was confused about the Brazill titles. I thought they might be pseudonyms for him but I didn't find these titles under his name on the internet. My silly mistake! Still, Brazill is an author I intend to read.

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    4. Hey no problem - I have him on the UNREAD pile as well. He has been giving away some of his short stories on his website every Saturday for the past 6 weeks or so - have you been getting them?

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    5. No, Col. Didn't know about his short stories online until now. I've been to his website, though, and will go back and check it out.

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  5. Col, another interesting crop of books for the pile. I have "The Old Buzzard Had It Coming" but it remains unread. And I'll bet you get to it first!

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    1. Thanks Glen, I picked up on "Old Buzzard" after flicking through your books over on Goodreads - so thanks! I still think you'll beat me to it.

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  6. So Glen has "The Old Buzzard Had It Coming" ... I knew I recognized that cover. Other than that, the Garnier is the only other one I have heard of. I will have to wait and see what you think of them.

    I have not been successful at cutting back on buying books either. In February I did better, only three books. In January and March .... way too many.

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    1. Tracy, April I'm really determined to do better........ha who am I kidding! Ok I'll try!

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