20th tub - so 1000 books logged and catalogued.
999 of them remain untouched and 1 has been pulled and read, I'd like to say I'm about halfway through the logging task but a quarter-way would be much nearer the mark!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEFh13jtuNFyhwhIuBqbhhus7vuP4SDoEYa1TzdH8XMGgb_2i5ImZRjTai2JQedr-rztHRK2bK8jSwF1-f1m80EDwiu5F4kyFJmpTFPjbUlb_aG_cnSer1v8JUyZ_g_J2bmHI8aXmEshK/s1600/002.jpg) |
Tub 20 - books 951 - 1000 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguK9p-_v5XEkVxSXMXZs6pfsa1QdrmXcoshrCnLHcTL3XCU3LAFqNd7he34oqwB5P8N9WBEvEj9ejh7bjCCR-i2eK9C0WyipzftH-y4VtrYWke-R8nRcBEWh4gQF6FBZZ5izW6KsMkIgHH/s1600/003.jpg) |
Brit Crime, Brit Lit, US espionage, Us Lit, and some humour. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LvyEHkaoWsL01HSGBaWhri1tP2pWJAkHIhGWYr0t6REf-3pG98sQ99Aws7YY7OdODgZKbpeap9jz0iw11XsGZS28PWT7zx2iwBqe80exyq9Q6Zin8wTSrhZFfo1H16sQUqv3ooDdQ7a3/s1600/004.jpg) |
Loved the 5 People Heaven book. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuaAN9pZLFsvV_b2YOn8AQs5jnzHYQyK1YLh-9KLpBV3NGlIM-1CbHwiyEqgOTSSDvhNeUsP1pTHVCNJBkkZWVKISGAs2ibJN2VEsg2AXQuKtQe3CDcy5sdDC8jWTYfKYG3bFM-bKrmBd/s1600/005.jpg) |
Not sure what it's about - a second hand acquisition |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdAEskQiFNGufBdzMIQ9BAlCS9GX2JmscrEqvX_WO4EbdTNV6YTbtSBScfso4GukDYQAudSgL9I-L-UNFd6iaFpTSOcpKKbwMS5MCDwlNgkKbMss2_WF4sYTZDnuYHGwuu5awOl3WsEfq/s1600/006.jpg) |
John Grisham x 3 - I like a bit of legal now and again., Linoel Davidson and a Crais book which I have subsequently evicted from the library because I read it in 2013. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRolkdSVRQ2wdzKuGVrl2Za3aJIzX_O03DNrPCsiOghrsYn8Li9d_eVn7G1BdM-3vYuEY-CmWGRh3fCHCxcm7Cm-DfL-6hcY1pUL6vmk7BFRAquA9_JKMRl8sEd_GjZW7_g2CwhlklnGZ/s1600/007.jpg) |
I think I've seen the film - Gene Hackman maybe? |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gVKP5VEOgYX9VZsHayFWno-PMxy4ef19Ty76HobYXW1wramUne8hjzB7bCwhfEaJxTkeycPXyTGJEw-k_5Sqe2XIG3rXf8f0tRDKgmWjvga9gBoWABHnM8hZaylXsWXshB7ZwZnM1ujL/s1600/008.jpg) |
Two New Zealand crime books from Paul Thomas, the ever-present Lawrence Block, Domenic Stansberry and Hard Case Crime, plus a 50's book by Harry Whittington |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3Id4TN79vn6bM-l_rC-OXIHTcOvZbdWWWDpKM5TQK8oTm9HrMTgTjh427YuQo1z6H4MS2CDLEQ3T1aMLSxV5Kht0xVnc1C5Z4t62Zo3jYEXjMITi6WLCR5lwofDtloxt2U6udE0IGJxl/s1600/009.jpg) |
50's Noir and I think it got left out in the sun too long! |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kbNp_HeoFx1CDZNM5V9u9Om-_Q_A1m7o6PnwI6Gkq7Y9Q8RPvAj0JVP0Q9WmkGu1Y4XL7YGfniMMogWCHw08rjxfI_XaIwySEeGwpcur7U97IqHzk8KrnfhuamDuoMfSrq5-4ju7n8wo/s1600/010.jpg) |
Block again, 2 from Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard and a Tom Sharpe |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8A0uPl-0USgemDBZ1SIBpoqwlUmcTqUrjCh3_7I6L0Nn2HsRHBqnbtPoLlqdTO5ohxaw4m22uF-P3D6AuPmUtUDTbDRtL70_mzA2-welba-E8xZOScYeW_BaBa054XtZp4lX1nXnGJZue/s1600/011.jpg) |
Not crime |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY2bpPxvNkP2Sb3IH6cEVq9jxn4pxxaUsfvvBlwDPZrk6Q-tTXnmGUne0V0uaIDWbzTQXhjzUPRYd-i53Er-nkaoAgBdcC3Mcdjqp7HaO-zHuEZ4TsQ_NchkfLj-6mUie_y2ik1dmMp5W/s1600/012.jpg) |
Definitely crime |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCSoYyYn7XNyOWvKFL23KE0yOvsTiQNXSrAXpppCmgc0fXrV9H7_Y_oqPBndBEoSZQ_igm8MMaqcOv_7jCPeuUf0eExOupmKXpQbIavhFBd0TiIliaPCSiOIr2LGwW2mp6_aOpaENSqTF/s1600/013.jpg) |
Tourist Season - one of the funniest books I have ever read, Helen MacInnes, Arnaldur Indridason - Iceland, Graham Greene and Ian Fleming |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP0Xb_pW2lw7otv5cpknugvfOAVTqzNhyFJvelBptLIDr2bBOB4781C4UkgDXwXqRWokqOQbBiNEhtdhFcCq7RjHg5PDggBvHbdxId68FM9f12Vf8FBKqBfTMWrpZESrUiks366ztlQYI/s1600/014.jpg) |
Not read any Fleming or Bond yet. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraXZpnRXERovRU-G9FktwT5-Z2pc2KCwovvPDM4vVvh0pMmCC-FprTuM2NEMVNanVZHCIn7wVetr-omRJhlt1FVOQnHcnXny9wzInKVis-V5kLNju3GGMn2g-kduNdU22ZnijPnc1DsXm/s1600/018.jpg) |
Daniel Silva series book. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBo5zo-o25c12RZZytv18SWcuY1F3J4pInTQZchmceq_AF3PO5alxlJOakkY8zW-Pg_6PkDAHcZgsMlG4ztX91QzHbpUZBLrPxJ6EPVkM7ox1dV2ROo15zgYCAGq5ABztgYWDd6k3yvHa/s1600/019.jpg) |
Newton Thornburg - I absolutely loved his TO DIE IN CALIFORNIA - heart-wrenching. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTI9_Dqpo6rZpxH6oKAPvC1DDGhftqqQqKzHdLzC3AMzCH0ODS16lFBKDTowwaJd2p0KQz-cDQqGFo6baRfibFjF07dqdXJSgyDX5Cw2ewofLEVZy5-pVUrdTyNzVjCOwp-aCpEzpV9YtP/s1600/015.jpg) |
30's novel from Greene |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLdaugZHlux1fnnhv8JUzmyUoT3OpEQgYo6Kn1W2F-pZHgGfg8jprxriq2FoEz9ve3fANIQdpmr2-tuFDJ1AdlCbh2W0K0Gz2ruegNr3BQG46BvubWvdr1VLMSxsZrQzOGgzfaJrR9Xxb/s1600/016.jpg) |
Block monster short story collection, Newton Thornburg, Daniel Silva, Sebastian Faulks and some non-fiction crime! |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfdVQIRRuDEEqiQ4l1mCDy-CTqRCpJ02EWuMipFEvqySjRebNUSLK3nSbPNVapYVcDrmuRAWDZedAkOjfIt6hsqCa0wBXtsNCP-tYC2Eo7Is1q-52lt3JUXC6C4iPC_sNLHNzOzEiPtVl/s1600/017.jpg) |
Brit Lit |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy-1lQKtR4DDjmvcqy3cW7YUNB0CjLD6Z7q5dxok-HSczhSRBDNGDXhU-xTEW8TNwLmLm3shspayledaNY1wZp9IdmQhqjN0CcI-1GYpmya6HJyffJhG2F-uUZXj53Phu9-l7JsajQP1v/s1600/022.jpg) |
Irreverent Les Norton, Aussie PI stuff |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUWdjd152ZzO5vstiwe9_TxiF9kHfzFmGW2Mju1JfOkKr5m7p1Ytct_5f5ckhhS_1-HDhtA1DGIqOjjliHZwp5-WLaK0NOMnRQrDxRI5RKLoz9gDEusgPw8aflJ_FmEIp2iNn3RuZyjgl/s1600/023.jpg) |
Brit Crime from the 90's I think |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-tyLUaF96-wxFHiyBoywI8hN-WTCWmrolJuveaz_whdr3ZHyNSreUHFloTCMIG0K9B5rbN7f0ck4ri4U1EQjt-1rVUgN0phzB8EbaCBdIoee8h321stJcWtZv05E_L39K7_auICkZfdD/s1600/024.jpg) |
Another Barrett - Les Norton book, Robert Rankin, and Grisham again. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ne3KpWWc2LyThPCGp3UBcQlXE8JgdjEyn_k0jOJTtrc4cBLDWa8jc1kE8thqiTpxftI4jNK02vVZCTfgOXVhSRagsb_I_Ig_zYr3_XgNEkiuFzBdx3_OSu4mxSHkf9o4iFBqf6niIF9n/s1600/025.jpg) |
Tom Robbins - I hope it's better than the last one of his I read which sucked, plus non-fiction memoirs type stuff from a war zone reporter. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2Y0TUAkJ0wK3aoNRovgjqGubqXH0gx17qpYQlJuaX1IjgtiMBoEArzAWmturim5VWuI5f1ISEeNhknwRnEZsAEQZg77NQFLIpB6XYTcOeDQgQrjFlV7y9cr9MEjcXKbYYhhHHRM6D7Xn/s1600/026.jpg) |
Another Jon McGregor book, Jo-Ann Goodwin and Charles Williams |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFG7Ie99ekepS169dMXG8LCozCBo2E8GuhP7RweUHYv33dH9mHtC99QPRx050iLS9kQBUkHPGAVA2gLcUDu75IpAiW17nEy4GJWwQJREpawfuE9c3pqVJV0i43tNpcdcTxEiER3yXOHWxY/s1600/027.jpg) |
Brit-Lit |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo2F_lJyzFMWla-olI2vhQtTyabLuB9ilvayQwFB3KFTHq4Y2JGc4Z5Mm5lXxKXm43kG4p-ymj2Nmf8W7gR0izeZq5Sq5XiSvoOj3t53ciJoshCZTzPqkILncBzcGOzP4i-DhxSlc9eiM/s1600/028.jpg) |
Bateman - N. Ireland Crime author, Erica Spindler wifey-book! |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYktacUAY6IJEu2WJDsyBz4zVIbx0EvDPHQhFKF0UkO__y4fSllKLlNreLNiPW5pG1CtjIq46JIOCRhynM1suP6Jr4dMeJxsu8FalJ4KFMEQYABmCuBc4YSTbnYFC2qBq44XWqtWQMUZHC/s1600/029.jpg) |
Clifford Hanley - I wanted his other book that Moira blogged about, but I found this instead |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUIqu-8Ifo_o9vwICIlb5XwpjMhOysi2BgRwryFaq-suLmemyaFBA6uhe9fKMpwA6LcbkwQY0MpXfCTJyVWy56HJrmc0Nioh9yHFA5P60dkq4I73j4Eb14lZqde4pSpZJJiTv35AXhotj/s1600/030.jpg) |
Grisham-like I think, |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmAAgxxXFSaVHNVrbN53nFhhavAejbRLO1duZXAsWaofAQhPZZdOusvsk7AAPXVbcW9HDEp7RSgogONW-RUDWWdb62WflYrmX-FdI_Al9diL9ATDedlohj_b2XQ5C37tFEpFg2LrmSHnA/s1600/020.jpg) |
Another Station book from Downing, another Allon book from Silva and a REDNECK MANIFESTO from SHIT MAGNET author Jim Goad |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LpC4Hr2JPfwLLMJj2UUIo20Z50AMXB6WTiBRU5JXINkSeZAk0rAh87ExdSPPnmRnDUcWnTqrFP8NONAaxtP6r1NyboHyheUAAvCJzy_KD4T0txJdPe_1HJovcM__jbM6tyGLbHrHpU5S/s1600/021.jpg) |
Another Hiaasen, Nicholas Blincoe, Lawrence Block, Robert Barrett, John Grisham. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFvWdg7LQAy-lMnwvpq_MPE3Okn84RUmQJXzaCpezxlA8dYxMatdDIJWDCHh5BwloPgJ_5_b_u664zwe9w3s2hHcA2Fg_y2whmAWz6h18Az8kZHJOj0HpgjzTf25k8NuVJpvsy6ipE-6t/s1600/031.jpg) |
Post-logging view of the tub. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NbO6Q29MLlN-mRw6Wbnk11wFXZDRxXNip9hoCteV6WchYm0-FEKgZBS7Da13r2RlEevgZRoJp69AzDoHIwE2RVg7TsdTXOpTi3jpKr3cLT368qfqvfSwGcyaYacJ7tvODSc9v255pzIh/s1600/001.jpg) |
The replacement book for the Robert Crais to bring the numbers back up to 50 |
Highlights........Newton Thornburg, Carl Hiaasen, Lawrence Block,
Lowlights.....nothing really that I'm now averse to reading.
Tub 21 next week, let the second thousand commence!
FULL LIST.......
AUTHOR |
|
TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
ALBOM |
MITCH |
FOR ONE MORE DAY |
2006 |
|
F |
AMBLER |
ERIC |
THE LIGHT OF DAY |
1962 |
AAS1 |
F |
AYRES |
CHRIS |
WAR REPORTING FOR COWARDS |
2005 |
|
N |
BARRETT |
ROBERT G. |
THE GODSON |
1989 |
LN4 |
F |
BARRETT |
ROBERT G. |
MELE KALIKIMAKA MR WALKER |
1994 |
LN8 |
F |
BATEMAN |
COLIN |
I PREDICT A RIOT |
2007 |
|
F |
BERENSON |
ALEX |
THE SECRET SOLDIER |
2011 |
JW5 |
F |
BLINCOE |
NICHOLAS |
MANCHESTER SLINGBACK |
1998 |
|
F |
BLOCK |
LAWRENCE |
EVEN THE WICKED |
1996 |
MS13 |
F |
BLOCK |
LAWRENCE |
THE BURGLAR WHO LIKED TO QUOTE KIPLING |
1979 |
BR3 |
F |
BLOCK |
LAWRENCE |
THE BURGLAR WHO PAINTED LIKE MONDRIAN |
1983 |
BR5 |
F |
BLOCK |
LAWRENCE |
THE COLLECTED MYSTERY STORIES |
2000 |
|
F |
DAVIDSON |
LIONEL |
KOLYMSKY HEIGHTS |
1994 |
|
F |
DOWNING |
DAVID |
SILESIAN STATION |
2008 |
JR2 |
F |
FAULKS |
SEBASTIAN |
HUMAN TRACES |
2005 |
|
F |
FLEMING |
IAN |
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE |
1957 |
JB5 |
F |
GLENNY |
MISHA |
McMAFIA |
2008 |
|
N |
GOAD |
JIM |
THE REDNECK MANIFESTO |
1997 |
|
N |
GOODWIN |
JO-ANN |
DANNY BOY |
2000 |
|
F |
GREENE |
GRAHAM |
ENGLAND MADE ME |
1935 |
|
F |
GRISHAM |
JOHN |
THE FIRM |
1991 |
|
F |
GRISHAM |
JOHN |
THE INNOCENT MAN |
2006 |
|
N |
GRISHAM |
JOHN |
THE SUMMONS |
2002 |
|
F |
GRISHAM |
JOHN |
THE STREET LAWYER |
1998 |
|
F |
GRISHAM |
JOHN |
THE TESTAMENT |
1999 |
|
F |
HANLEY |
CLIFFORD |
A SKINFUL OF SCOTCH |
1965 |
|
N |
HART |
JOHN |
THE LAST CHILD |
2009 |
|
F |
HAWKS |
TONY |
PLAYING THE MOLDOVANS AT TENNIS |
2007 |
|
N |
HIAASEN |
CARL |
BASKET CASE |
2002 |
|
F |
HIAASEN |
CARL |
SICK PUPPY |
1999 |
S4 |
F |
HIAASEN |
CARL |
TOURIST SEASON |
1986 |
|
F |
HIAASEN |
CARL |
DOUBLE WHAMMY |
1988 |
S1 |
F |
INDRIDASON |
ARNALDUR |
SILENCE OF THE GRAVE |
2005 |
IE2 |
F |
LEONARD |
ELMORE |
STICK |
1983 |
|
F |
MACINNES |
HELEN |
ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY |
1942 |
|
F |
McGREGOR |
JON |
EVEN THE DOGS |
2010 |
|
F |
McGREGOR |
JON |
IF NOBODY SPEAKS OF REMARKABLE THINGS |
2002 |
|
F |
RANKIN |
ROBERT |
APOCALYPSO |
1998 |
|
F |
RAYMOND |
DEREK |
NIGHTMARE IN THE STREET |
2006 |
|
F |
ROBBINS |
TOM |
VILLA INCOGNITO |
2003 |
|
F |
SHARPE |
TOM |
VINTAGE STUFF |
1982 |
|
F |
SILVA |
DANIEL |
THE SECRET SERVANT |
2007 |
GA7 |
F |
SILVA |
DANIEL |
THE MESSENGER |
2006 |
GA6 |
F |
SPINDLER |
ERICA |
BLOOD VINES |
2010 |
|
F |
STANSBERRY |
DOMENIC |
THE CONFESSION |
2004 |
|
F |
THOMAS |
PAUL |
GUERILLA SEASON |
1996 |
TI3 |
F |
THOMAS |
PAUL |
INSIDE DOPE |
1995 |
TI2 |
F |
THORNBURG |
NEWTON |
DREAMLAND |
1983 |
|
F |
WHITTINGTON |
HARRY |
WEB OF MURDER |
1958 |
|
F |
WILLIAMS |
CHARLES |
MAN ON A LEASH |
1973 |
|
F |
Col, a thousand books — to me that's mindboggling considering that my own collection has fewer than a hundred paper books. I love the Graham Greene book cover and have been wanting to read this particular title. More room to your books!
ReplyDeleteI think 1000, 2000, or probably 4000 is a bit mad, but when I put it into the context of loving books and being a big reader most of my adult life and the fact that I have only really started reading and disposing of in the past few years (I was always a keeper) I'm not beating myself up over it.
DeleteCol - You really do have a large collection! I love it that you've got so much Lawrence Block, actually. And Hiassen and Grisham too! I really need to start digging in and putting my own books in better order like that...
ReplyDeleteThanks - I won't lie I do miss my study with its dense floor to ceiling shelves double-stacked with books, but sometimes you have to take one for the team.
DeleteAt least with the project in hand, I can find what I want when I want it, or at least I will when I have finished.
Block, Hiaasen and Grisham - three favourite authors among many! I just need a time machine to expand my available reading hours!
I see why you're reluctant to buy any more books. Your collection is huge, Col.
ReplyDeleteMore books than brains I'm afraid - I'll have to break the world longevity record to get half of them read!
DeleteThere's a book in there that I hated, threw-across-the-room hated, one of the Jon McGregor ones, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things. Awful. And my mind is boggled by the sheer numbers you have. You should start a bookshop! And, I fully intended to send you that Scottish book, but obviously failed, when it turns up I will wing it your way.
ReplyDeleteThrow across the room hated - better bump that one up the pile then, see what the fuss is all about. No problems re the Hanley, I err do have a few to be getting on with!
DeleteNice to hit a big number! I think I wanted to read a book by Bateman set in a bookshop - very vague memories of adding it to a list and obviously forgetting totally about it. When I google to see what it was called (Mystery Man), I see that Bateman is now known "mononymously" as 'Bateman' (Wikipedia), so I've learned a new word as well as being reminded of a book.
ReplyDeleteThat's a new word for me as well I reckon. I've enjoyed a few Bateman books over the years, back when he had two names!
DeleteI can't believe I am this far behind in your Logging the Library posts. I can't believe you have this many books. I enjoyed The Light of Day by Ambler. There are other authors here that we have in common, but you have different books, so I look forward to your reviews.
ReplyDeleteTracy, I'm not even close to halfway yet! I'm looking forward to trying Ambler at some point.
Delete