The task continues with another 50, though it has to be said I'm starting to flag a bit. I have still to catch up on the details for last week's 50 plus do some tidying up regarding the finer details for the first few week's tubs.
Maybe I'll take a week or two off over the Christmas and New Year period and come back in January. Or conversely I'll be back in a week's time having recharged my batteries after a fairly hectic time of it recently at work.
Anyway, here's the latest tub....
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| Tub 11 |
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| Lee Child, Jo Nesbo, Chuck Palahniuk, Leonard Gardner and a non-fiction book about a road, Leadville. |
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| Irving, Carofiglio, Giles Blunt, Dean Koontz and Eugene Izzi |
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| Camilleri, Don Winslow, Chester Himes - autobiography, Bill James and some short stories. |
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| Palahniuk, Winslow, Peter Temple, Joseph O'Connor and a bit of Rambo! |
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| Lee Child, Gary Phillips, Tony Spinosa (aka Reed Farrel Coleman), Bill Fitzhugh and a sports biography. |
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| A couple by Sam Millar, another Peter Temple, Irvine Welsh, Gene Kerrigan |
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| Martin Beck series book |
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| Eoin McNamee, Harry Crews - my favourite book of his, Simon Kernick, Christopher Brookmyre and Sjowall and Wahloo |
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| Lawrence Block, The almost obligatory Pronzini, Harry Dolan and a couple by Richard Lange |
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| Mr Monk appears again. |
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| Lee Goldberg and his Monk, Lawrence Sanders and two by David Cray - who is actually one of last week's guests on the blog - Stephen Solomita. |
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| Two more by the mighty Solomita, two by Michael Genelin and another Bill James |
Quite an interesting tub with only a couple that scare me - Dean Koontz - does he rediscover his magic touch that had me raving about him in the 80's and early 90's or is it more of the same dross he has churned out recently? Paul Thomas - one of my favourite crime fiction authors, pens an auto-biography of a New Zealand Rugby Union coach......hmm, looks like fun.
Another observation.........this tub is almost a female free zone, with only Maj Sjowall with half a book offering any representation, though of course there may be some female-penned short stories in A Book of Two Halves compilation.
I'm fairly sure the next tub will be positively over-flowing with books from the fairer sex......haha course it will!
I am looking forward to in no particular order.........Block, Winslow, Solomita (plus Cray), Lange and that man Pronzini.
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
| BLOCK |
LAWRENCE |
HIT ME |
2013 |
K5 |
F |
| BLUNT |
GILES |
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS |
2006 |
JC4 |
F |
| BROOKMYRE |
CHRISTOPHER |
COUNTRY OF THE BLIND |
1997 |
JP2 |
F |
| CAMILLERI |
ANDREA |
THE PAPER MOON |
2008 |
IM9 |
F |
| CAROFIGLIO |
GIANRICO |
THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY |
2007 |
|
F |
| CHILD |
LEE |
THE ENEMY |
2004 |
JR8 |
F |
| CHILD |
LEE |
BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE |
2007 |
JR11 |
F |
| CRAY |
DAVID |
KEEPLOCK |
1995 |
|
F |
| CRAY |
DAVID |
BAD LAWYER |
2001 |
|
F |
| CREWS |
HARRY |
A FEAST OF SNAKES |
1976 |
|
F |
| DOLAN |
HARRY |
THE LAST DEAD GIRL |
2014 |
DL |
F |
| FITZHUGH |
BILL |
RADIO ACTIVITY |
2004 |
RA1 |
F |
| GARDNER |
LEONARD |
FAT CITY |
1969 |
|
F |
| GENELIN |
MICHAEL |
REQUIEM FOR A GYPSY |
2011 |
JM4 |
F |
| GENELIN |
MICHAEL |
THE MAGICIAN'S ACCOMPLICE |
2010 |
JM3 |
F |
| GOLDBERG |
LEE |
MR MONK GETS EVEN |
2012 |
MM15 |
F |
| GOLDBERG |
LEE |
MR MONK ON THE COUCH |
2011 |
MM12 |
F |
| HIMES |
CHESTER |
MY LIFE OF ABSURDITY |
1976 |
|
N |
| IRVING |
JOHN |
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP |
1978 |
|
F |
| IZZI |
EUGENE |
THE EIGHTH VICTIM |
1988 |
|
F |
| JAMES |
BILL |
GOSPEL |
1992 |
H+I9 |
F |
| JAMES |
BILL |
THE GIRL WITH THE LONG BACK |
2003 |
H+I20 |
F |
| KERNICK |
SIMON |
THE LAST 10 SECONDS |
2010 |
|
F |
| KERRIGAN |
GENE |
THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR |
2006 |
|
F |
| KOONTZ |
DEAN |
THE BAD PLACE |
1990 |
|
F |
| LANGE |
RICHARD |
THIS WICKED WORLD |
2009 |
|
F |
| LANGE |
RICHARD |
ANGEL BABY |
2013 |
|
F |
| MCNAMEE |
EOIN |
THE ULTRAS |
2004 |
|
F |
| MILLAR |
SAM |
THE REDEMPTION FACTORY |
2005 |
|
F |
| MILLAR |
SAM |
THE DARKNESS OF BONES |
2006 |
|
F |
| MORRELL |
DAVID |
FIRST BLOOD PART II |
1985 |
FB2 |
F |
| NESBO |
JO |
NEMESIS |
2008 |
HH4 |
F |
| O'CONNOR |
JOSEPH |
THE IRISH MALE AT HOME AND ABROAD |
1996 |
IMT2 |
F |
| PALAHNIUK |
CHUCK |
LULLABY |
2002 |
|
F |
| PALAHNIUK |
CHUCK |
CHOKE |
2001 |
|
F |
| PHILLIPS |
GARY |
BANGERS |
2003 |
|
F |
| PLATT |
EDWARD |
LEADVILLE |
2001 |
|
N |
| PRONZINI |
BILL |
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE |
2008 |
|
F |
| ROYLE |
NICHOLAS |
A BOOK OF TWO HALVES ed. |
1996 |
|
F |
| SANDERS |
LAWRENCE |
THE FOURTH DEADLY SIN |
1985 |
EXD5 |
F |
| SJOWALL/WAHLOO |
MAJ/PER |
THE MAN ON THE BALCONY |
1967 |
MB3 |
F |
| SOLOMITA |
STEPHEN |
ANGEL FACE |
2011 |
|
F |
| SOLOMITA |
STEPHEN |
DANCER IN THE FLAMES |
2012 |
|
F |
| SPINOSA |
TONY |
HOSE MONKEY |
2006 |
JS1 |
F |
| TEMPLE |
PETER |
TRUTH |
2008 |
BS2 |
F |
| TEMPLE |
PETER |
BAD DEBTS |
1996 |
JI1 |
F |
| THOMAS |
PAUL |
CHANGE OF HART |
1997 |
|
N |
| WELSH |
IRVINE |
CRIME |
2008 |
|
F |
| WINSLOW |
DON |
THE TRAIL TO BUDDHA'S MIRROR |
1992 |
NC2 |
F |
| WINSLOW |
DON |
THE GENTLEMEN'S HOUR |
2009 |
|
F |
Col, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP was a much-hyped up book. I liked only the first half and thought it kind of lost its way towards the end which, of course, is not a reflection on John Irving's writing.
ReplyDeletePrashant, GARP is my second favourite Irving book after A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY. I can't recall having the same issues as you on first reading. Maybe second time around I'll have a more critical eye when reading it. It has been a few years since I picked one of his up. I'll try for one on 2015.
DeleteThose early Lee Childs were really good reads - sad when a series goes a bit off, but one can understand that it must be a drag turning them out.
ReplyDeleteI read the first couple and enjoyed them, so have continued to accumulate them as I come across them. I suppose all series ultimately get tired in the end. I've switched off a few myself. I don't suppose Reacher is harming his bank balance though as he continues to churn them out!
DeleteI read a Reacher book now and again - they don't tend to make for blog entries though. Otherwise, Irving and Winslow caught my eye - 2 very fine writers.
ReplyDeleteI could probably squeeze a post out of Reacher, but then I'd have to read one instead of just stock-piling. Agreed on Irving and Winslow.....plus others
DeleteAh, you found some books by Michael Genelin. And the Chester Himes autobiography sounds good. I need to read some of his mysteries.
ReplyDeleteI've read the first Coffin Ed - Grave Digger Jones book, I'll start on him again when I find the second. I have it somewhere! His autobiography is in two parts - this one's the second installment.
DeleteGenelin books are the 3rd and 4th, but I think I'll start there..no time to back-track.