Another tub another 50, no end in sight......
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| Pre-logging look |
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| David Peace, Don Winslow, a couple from Sam Millar, Andrew Nugent |
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| Larry Brown, Russel D. McLean, John Harvey, Val McDermid, Gerald Seymour, |
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| Loved this guy, died too young! |
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| Jasper Fforde, Nick Stone, Charles Bukowski, Marc Behm, Eugene Izzi |
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| US author, mainly published in France where he lived as an ex-pat. |
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| Cracker book, a couple of Pufferfish books from David Owen, William Faulkner, Leonard B. Scott |
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| Literature from the 20's? |
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| Stuart Pawson, Eugene Izzi, Paul Watkins, Robert Campbell, John Le Carre |
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| Standalone from author of the Jimmy Flannery series |
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| Larry Watson, Tony Hillerman, Jeffery Deaver, John Ridley |
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| Not picked up one of these for a few years - overdue. |
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| Michael Herr, Alexander Baron, William P. McGivern, Mark Baker, Richard Price, |
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| The Big Heat - 50's I think. |
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| Vietnam - non fiction |
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| Forgotten English author - brought back into print now. |
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| Shaky camera hand - Murdaland anthology, Niall Griffiths, Anthony Loyd, Charlie Higson, Sean Condon - travelogue |
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| Anthony Loyd - war correspondent - Another Bloody Love Letter |
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| Short-lived anthology of crime in print. |
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| Russell James, Lauren Henderson, James Dickey, Willy Vlautin, |
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| English noir! |
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| Stella Duffy, Brian McGilloway |
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| Olen Steinhauer, Mark SaFranko |
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| Great cover |
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| Gary Phillips, Bill James, Emily Bronte |
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| Who says I'm strictly low-brow? |
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| Post logging view! |
Highlights, lowlights.........looking forward to getting back to
Eugene Izzi and
Tony Hillerman. I'm also looking forward to cracking open
Mark SaFranko's book, plus embarking on the
Olen Steinhauer - Milo Weaver books.
Not too sure if or when I will read
Emily Bronte, or indeed
Jasper Fforde,
50 more next week.....hopefully
Full 50 are........
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
GENDER |
| BAKER |
MARK |
NAM |
1981 |
|
N |
M |
| BARON |
ALEXANDER |
KING DIDO |
1969 |
LF3 |
F |
M |
| BEHM |
MARK |
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER |
1980 |
|
F |
M |
| BRONTE |
EMILY |
WUTHERING HEIGHTS |
1847 |
|
F |
F |
| BROWN |
LARRY |
DIRTY WORK |
1983 |
|
F |
M |
| BUKOWSKI |
CHARLES |
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN TOWN |
1983 |
|
F |
M |
| CAMPBELL |
ROBERT W. |
CIRCUS COURONNE |
1977 |
|
F |
M |
| CONDON |
SEAN |
SEAN AND DAVE'S LONG DRIVE |
1996 |
|
N |
M |
| DEAVER |
JEFFERY |
MANHATTAN IS MY BEAT |
1989 |
R1 |
F |
M |
| DICKEY |
JAMES |
TO THE WHITE SEA |
1993 |
|
F |
M |
| DUFFY |
STELLA |
FRESH FLESH |
2000 |
SM4 |
F |
F |
| FAULKNER |
WILLIAM |
SANCTUARY |
1931 |
SAS3 |
F |
M |
| FFORDE |
JASPER |
THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS |
2002 |
TN3 |
F |
M |
| GRIFFITHS |
NIALL |
RUNT |
2007 |
|
F |
M |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
NICK'S BLUES |
2008 |
|
F |
M |
| HENDERSON |
LAUREN |
PRETTY BOY |
2001 |
SJ7 |
F |
F |
| HERR |
MICHAEL |
DISPATCHES |
1977 |
|
N |
M |
| HIGSON |
CHARLIE |
KING OF THE ANTS |
1992 |
|
F |
M |
| HILLERMAN |
TONY |
LISTENING WOMAN |
1978 |
JL3 |
F |
M |
| IZZI |
EUGENE |
INVASIONS |
1990 |
|
F |
M |
| IZZI |
EUGENE |
PLAYERS |
1996 |
|
F |
M |
| JAMES |
RUSSELL |
SLAUGHTER MUSIC |
1994 |
|
F |
M |
| JAMES |
BILL |
THE LOLITA MAN |
1986 |
H+I2 |
F |
M |
| LANGNAS |
MICHAEL ed. |
MURDALAND |
2007 |
|
F |
M/F |
| LE CARRE |
JOHN |
SINGLE & SINGLE |
1999 |
|
F |
M |
| LOYD |
ANTHONY |
ANOTHER BLOODY LOVE LETTER |
2007 |
|
N |
M |
| McDERMID |
VAL |
FEVER OF THE BONE |
2009 |
TH/CJ6 |
F |
F |
| McGILLOWAY |
BRIAN |
GALLOWS LANE |
2008 |
IBD2 |
F |
M |
| McGIVERN |
WILLIAM P. |
THE BIG HEAT |
1953 |
|
F |
M |
| McLEAN |
RUSSEL |
THE LOST SISTER |
2009 |
JMCN2 |
F |
M |
| MILLAR |
SAM |
BLOODSTORM |
2008 |
|
F |
M |
| MILLAR |
SAM |
DARK SOULS |
2003 |
|
F |
M |
| MORTIMORE |
JIM |
CRACKER: MEN SHOULD WEEP |
1995 |
C6 |
F |
M |
| NUGENT |
ANDREW |
SECOND BURIAL |
2006 |
|
F |
M |
| OWEN |
DAVID |
THE DEVIL TAKER |
1997 |
|
F |
M |
| OWEN |
DAVID |
X AND Y |
1994 |
|
F |
M |
| PAWSON |
STUART |
LAST REMINDER |
1997 |
DICP4 |
F |
M |
| PEACE |
DAVID |
TOKYO YEAR ZERO |
2007 |
TT1 |
F |
M |
| PHILLIPS |
GARY |
HIGH HAND |
2000 |
MC2 |
F |
M |
| PRICE |
RICHARD |
LADIES' MAN |
1978 |
|
F |
M |
| RIDLEY |
JOHN |
LOVE IS A RACKET |
1998 |
|
F |
M |
| SAFRANKO |
MARK |
HATING OLIVIA |
2004 |
MZ1 |
F |
M |
| SCOTT |
LEONARD B. |
THE LAST RUN |
1987 |
|
F |
M |
| SEYMOUR |
GERALD |
THE COLLABORATOR |
2009 |
|
F |
M |
| STEINHAUER |
OLEN |
THE NEAREST EXIT |
2010 |
MW2 |
F |
M |
| STONE |
NICK |
MR CLARINET |
2006 |
MM1 |
F |
M |
| VLAUTIN |
WILLY |
NORTHLINE |
2008 |
|
F |
M |
| WATKINS |
PAUL |
ARCHANGEL |
1995 |
|
F |
M |
| WATSON |
LARRY |
WHITE CROSSES |
1997 |
|
F |
M |
| WINSLOW |
DON |
THE DAWN PATROL |
2008 |
|
F |
M |
Col - You do have a variety there! From my perspective, any time is a good time to re-read Hillerman. There are simply authors like that. And you've got some others in there I'd like to read. Looking forward to your reviews.
ReplyDeleteI will probably have to be the world's oldest person, in order to read and review everything I have.......might as well set the bar high!
DeleteNot sure I was expecting to see Emily Bronte amongst that lot! It'll be a Mitford sister next. There's some good stuff there, some I've read and some I'd like to. Big fan of Winslow and Peace. I read quite a few Lauren Hendersons in my day, and am converted to Steinhauer. I read Eye of the Beholder long ago, and have samples several others of the authors. I read about King Dido recently - could you review that one soon, so as I can decide whether I need to...?
ReplyDeleteWell a tub more to your liking. I doubt I'll go so far as Mitford, I don't even know where the Bronte appeared from! I think I have read one Henderson, but have 5 or 6!
DeleteKing Dido - were you disappointed when you realised it wasn't a typo? I'll aim for this year or next!
How many more tubs to go? Looks like you shouldn't buy any books for awhile *g*
ReplyDeleteKeishon............ooh, might be around 80 in total......sharp intake of breath - 50 plus to go! Yeah, I get the not buying thing but I'm sort of addicted and deluded.....
DeleteWhere do you keep em all?? Are these coming out the loft, or garage? And I know your wife's a keen reader too, but does she never suggest getting rid of some of them?? Mr Clarinet is a book I greatly enjoyed. And I've been reading Brian McGilloway a lot recently. I love seeing other people's book collections - when people talks in their studies on a TV show, I'm always trying to read the titles behind! When I was a child I dreamt of a house with a library (too much Agatha Christie!) But I'd like a study!
ReplyDeleteThey are lined up like the Terracotta Warriors taking up about half the attic. I used to be a keeper but try and get rid of the ones I have read now, though I am finding it hard to part with some copies. They are kind of out of sight, out of mind as far as the rest of the family go........fortunately my wife never ventures into the attic!
DeleteI'm exactly the same, I find it hard not to tap people on the shoulders if they are reading something on a bench, on a tube, on a train just so I can see what they are at. Bookshelves are exactly the same.
I have only read McGilloway's first, manuy years ago - more await!
Col, I read your reply to Keishon above. Surely, you didn't mean eighty tubs, did you?! If you did, then here's a question — when did you start collecting books?
ReplyDeleteHmm, yeah best guess in the region of 80 total, plus papers, PDFs and kindle books that I don't even want to think about.
DeleteMaybe I got the bug mid-to-late 80's. I'm trying to push to envelope to 30-odd years ago, so I don't seem so ridiculous, but in truth its about 25/26 years I guess.
Col, I started seriously buying books about a decade ago. Until then, I used to borrow most of my books. The only books that I have been collecting since childhood are comic-books which number a little less than a thousand. Comic-book paper doesn't last.
DeleteI can safely defer to you in the comic stakes - I don't have any! (Just as well I never caught that bug)
DeleteOk, if you have 80 tubs, I do think you have got me beat in numbers of TBR books. I started counting a while ago, ran out of time and energy for that project.
ReplyDeleteIn this tub, I think I have only read Gallows Lane by McGilloway. So lots here for me to wait and see what you think of them.
In fairness to myself probably 20 - 25 % might be books I may have already read. Until a few years ago I was a keeper. I suppose I should have tried to assess books in the tubs as to whether I had read them before or not, but too late now to back track again. I do want too read them all again regardless.
Delete80 tubs x 50 books = 4000 books. Take away a quarter and you still have 3000. I am thinking I have between 1500 and 2000. And hoping it is on the lower side of that.
DeleteI now only keep books that there is a chance I will reread (or someone else in the family might want to read).
Yeah I look at some books and think........hmm will I, but then I think well I bought it for a reason. Sobering thought - the logged tubs equal about 10 years reading on their own, without any new additions!
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