Monday, 2 February 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART SEVENTEEN

Tub 17......or as it ought to be known Joseph Hansen Suite with Mickey Spillane East Wing and Robert Crais West Wing.

Tub 17
1 by Hansen

Hansen, Hand, 2 x Hosp. Garcia-Roza

Grisham, 2 x Reginald Hill, Arthur Lyons, Randy Wayne White  

Literature in the tubs - Hosseini from Afghanistan  

Elliott Hall, Anne Holt, Hosseini, Arthur Lyons, Peter Hoeg - Smilla book

Another Hansen

Scandi - with Horst, Nick Oldham - UK, Vince Flynn (RIP), Alan Bradley

Terrill Lankford - film-maker

Highsmith from the 1950's

Ellis Peters, Hill again, Highsmith, Hansen and Randy Wayne White

Florida man - Randy Wayne White, a couple from Crais, Howard Engel, Dick Francis

Crais x 2, Hansen x 3 

Shaky camera hand again

5 from Hansen

Mike Hammer - 5-fer from Mickey Spillane

Jesmyn Ward, Val McDermid, Clarence Cooper Jr.

2011 National Book Award Winner

Who else? That man Hansen

Nice cover!

Another nice cover!
Thoughts well I did enjoy the first Joseph Hansen book I read a year or two ago - Fadeout. So it makes sense to get the other 12 or 13 in the series doesn't it? Hansen's main man is an older guy, an insurance claims investigator who happens to be gay.......all appeared between 1970 and 1991. Time to read some more about Dave Brandstetter.

Jesmyn Ward's book looks interesting also........on the whole nothing here that troubles me.

Full list of 50........

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BRADLEY ALAN THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE 2009 FDLM1 F
COOPER JR. CLARENCE THE FARM 1967 F
CRAIS ROBERT DEMOLITION ANGEL 2000 F
CRAIS ROBERT INDIGO SLAM 1997 EC7 F
CRAIS ROBERT SUNSET EXPRESS 1996 EC6 F
CRAIS ROBERT LA REQUIEM 1999 EC8 F
ENGEL HOWARD THE SUICIDE MURDERS 1980 BC1 F
FLYNN VINCE THE LAST MAN 2012 MR12 F
FRANCIS DICK BREAK IN 1985 KF1 F
GARCIA-ROZA LUIZ ALFREDO THE SILENCE OF THE RAIN 2002 IE1 F
GRISHAM JOHN THE KING OF THE TORTS 2003 F
HALL ELLIOTT THE FIRST STONE 2009 ST1 F
HAND ELIZABETH GENERATION LOSS 2007 CN1 F
HANSEN JOSEPH SKINFLICK 1979 DB5 F
HANSEN JOSEPH THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED 1986 DB8 F
HANSEN JOSEPH THE MAN EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID OF 1978 DB4 F
HANSEN JOSEPH A COUNTRY OF OLD MEN 1991 DB12 F
HANSEN JOSEPH DEATH CLAIMS 1973 DB2 F
HANSEN JOSEPH NIGHTWORK 1984 DB7 F
HANSEN JOSEPH GRAVEDIGGER 1982 DB6 F
HANSEN JOSEPH BRANDSTETTER & OTHERS 1984 DB F
HANSEN JOSEPH OBEDIENCE 1988 DB10 F
HANSEN JOSEPH THE BOY WHO WAS BURIED THIS MORNING 1990 DB11 F
HANSEN JOSEPH EARLY GRAVES 1987 DB9 F
HANSEN JOSEPH TROUBLEMAKER 1975 DB3 F
HIGHSMITH PATRICIA STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1950 F
HILL REGINALD A CLUBBABLE WOMAN 1970 D+P1 F
HILL REGINALD AN APRIL SHROUD 1975 D+P4 F
HILL REGINALD AN ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING 1971 D+P2 F
HOEG PETER MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW 1993 F
HOLT ANNE 1222 2010 HW8 F
HORST JORN LIER DREGS 2011 WW1 F
HOSP DAVID NEXT OF KIN 2011 SF4 F
HOSP DAVID INNOCENCE 2007 SF2 F
HOSSEINI KHALED THE KITE RUNNER 2003 F
LANKFORD TERRILL LEE EARTHQUAKE WEATHER 2004 MH1 F
LYONS ARTHUR ALL GOD'S CHILDREN 1975 JA2 F
LYONS ARTHUR HARD TRADE 1981 JA5 F
McDERMID VAL A PLACE OF EXECUTION 1999 F
OLDHAM NICK CRUNCH TIME 2008 HC12 F
PETERS ELLIS DEATH AND THE JOYFUL WOMAN 1961 F2 F
SPILLANE MICKEY ONE LONELY NIGHT 1951 MH4 F
SPILLANE MICKEY THE SNAKE 1964 MH8 F
SPILLANE MICKEY THE TWISTED THING 1966 MH9 F
SPILLANE MICKEY THE BODY LOVERS 1967 MH10 F
SPILLANE MICKEY SURVIVAL …. ZERO! 1970 MH11 F
WARD JESMYN SALVAGE THE BONES 2011 F
WHITE RANDY WAYNE TAMPA BURN 2004 DF11 F
WHITE RANDY WAYNE TWELVE MILE LIMIT 2002 DF9 F
WHITE RANDY WAYNE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS 2000 DF7 F

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14 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 February 2015 at 04:23

    Crais, Holt, HIghsmith, and Dick Francis too? Yes, I'd be happy to help sort through your library, Col! Of course, I'd spend more time reading than actually getting any sorting done....

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    1. col29102 February 2015 at 04:30

      Margot, any assistance gratefully received! Even if you might get distracted... I have a job exiting the attic without bringing down an armful of books myself!

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  2. Clothes In Books2 February 2015 at 14:55

    I read a couple of Hansen's and liked them, but I don't have your completism! When you're doing the logging, do you sneak any of the books out, moving them up the list to become the next read?

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    1. col29102 February 2015 at 20:42

      I haven't been tempted to do that really, I haven't done any juggling of the tubs other than adding one or taking one away to keep each exactly at 50 reads. I did rob an earlier tub of my sole 1955 logged book to read this month and don't feel compelled to add something else back.
      I think the early part of this year other than Rich's monthly I will concentrate on clearing up review copies and Net Galley and the like, as I kind of feel guilty over falling behind. A bit like grabbing the biggest bit of cake off the table then leaving half.

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  3. Prashant C. Trikannad2 February 2015 at 21:15

    Col, I have been putting off reading THE KITE RUNNER which has received good feedback and reviews in India. I have also neglected Patricia Highsmith's fiction and hope to read something by her this year. I miss reading Mickey Spillane and need to look for his paperbacks in used bookshops. Joseph Hansen? Never heard of him until now. Your tubs continue to enhance my book knowledge.

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    1. col29102 February 2015 at 21:24

      Prashant, I have yet to try Highsmith or Spillane myself. Hansen was unknown to me a year or two ago, I did enjoy his first, hence the rest....

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  4. Anonymous3 February 2015 at 06:14

    I read the first two books in the David Brandstetter series and enjoyed them. May read a couple of more this year.

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    1. col29103 February 2015 at 06:47

      In an ideal world - 30 hour days and no work - I'd plough through the series! I'd like to say I will read a couple this year, at worst, but we'll see....I'll keep an eye out for any reviews you post.

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  5. TracyK4 February 2015 at 22:10

    I hope to read some Joseph Hansen this year. You have quite a few Robert Crais books... have you read any of his books yet. I read the first two books he wrote and liked them fine, but now I am way behind. The story of my reading life.

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    1. col29105 February 2015 at 00:26

      2013 I started reading a few series from the start - Bill Pronzini, Max Allan Collins, John D. MacDonald, Lawrence Block and Robert Crais as well as another I wasn't enjoying too much. I read 1 of each for 4 or 5 straight months which was working perfectly....... I then got side-tracked by people offering me review copies and I discovered Net Galley.....and I haven't got back to my own reading, in a sense ever since......I'd like to clear all my review promises and other commitments then start back on reading more of my own books. I find it hard to say no though!

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    2. TracyK5 February 2015 at 08:11

      I remember when you were reading John D. MacDonald and Lawrence Block more. I was trying to wait to comment until you added the list... I should have waited one more day. You do have a lot of Hansen. I only have four, and I really hope I get to one or two of them this year.

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    3. col29105 February 2015 at 09:51

      I want to get back to those reading days really. I could have added the updated list earlier, in fact for the next two weeks I already have them logged. It doesn't look that good or easy on the eye once I have done it, so I kind of wait a few days until after the posting.....sorry!

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  6. skiourophile14 February 2015 at 17:36

    I read a lot of Flynns a longish time ago. He wrote a good, involved plot, I thought.

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    1. col291015 February 2015 at 03:00

      Vicki - I have about 10 of them and haven't yet started on him......madness!

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