Monday 16 March 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-THREE

Week twenty-three and another 50 from the massed ranks of the library.... 



Pre-logging look!

James Patterson, Frank Lean, Jeffery Deaver, Dale A. Dye and John Harvey

An early John Harvey stand-alone.

T.M. Wright, Trevanian, Jack Curtis, George V. Higgins, Ian Fleming.

Only Eyes Your For

I did like a bit of horror back in the day - must have missed a previous library cull!

Anthony Grey, Charles McCarry, Lee Child, Len Deighton,

Get some Harry Palmer!

Two from Ira Levin, Stuart MacBride, George V. Higgins, Ed McBain,

Enjoyed the film with Nicole Kidman, not seen the original or read this yet!

Standalone from McBain

Two from Deaver, another Deighton, Gordon M. Wiliams, David Morrell, 

AKA The Siege at Trencher's Farm

Carlo Lucarelli, Donald Westlake, Frank Herbert, Tess Gerritsen,

Robert Littell, Fred Vargas, Qiu Xiaolong, Graham Greene

Mid-80's I think
Larry Heinemann, Martin Amis, Elmore Leonard, Jack O'Connell, Tess Gerritsen

Vietnam novel - read twice and it reduced me to tears on both occasions - extremely powerful, I expect it will do the same if I read it a third time!

David Peace, Irvine Welsh, Martin Cruz Smith

Carl Hiaasen -non-fiction, a McBain two-fer, Lance Armstrong - fiction?, Philip Roth

First couple on the 87th Precinct series

Non-fiction, Lee Child and Robert Campbell 

Jimmy Flannery series book

John Le Carre and Smiley

Ian Vasquez - Belize author.

Post-logging look!
Highlights......Larry Heinemann, a bit of Len Deighton, Le Carre and McCarry.

I read and enjoyed the Lance Armstrong book a few years ago. Would it be classed as fiction these days? I'm sad at seeing his fall from grace. Do I still have admiration for him? - yes, though somewhat tarnished.

Lowlights.... don't think I'll enjoy the Frank Herbert Dune book. I think that sneaked in from my son's books.

Full list of 50......

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
AMIS MARTIN DEAD BABIES 1975 F
ARMSTRONG LANCE EVERY SECOND COUNTS 2003 N
CAMPBELL ROBERT W. THE CAT'S MEOW 1988 JF5 F
CHILD LEE TRIPWIRE 1999 JR3 F
CHILD LEE WORTH DYING FOR 2010 JR15 F
CRUZ SMITH MARTIN THREE STATIONS 2010 AR7 F
CURTIS JACK MIRRORS KILL 1994 F
DEAVER JEFFERY TWISTED 2003 F
DEAVER JEFFERY THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP 1999 F
DEAVER JEFFERY MISTRESS OF JUSTICE 1992 F
DEIGHTON LEN AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE 1967 HP5 F
DEIGHTON LEN SPY HOOK 1995 BS8 F
DYE DALE A. CITADEL 1989 F
FLEMING IAN FOR YOUR EYES ONLY 1959 JB8 F
GERRITSEN TESS HARVEST 1996 F
GERRITSEN TESS GIRL MISSING 1994 F
GREENE GRAHAM THE TENTH MAN 1985 F
GREY ANTHONY SAIGON 1983 F
HARVEY JOHN BLIND 1981 F
HEINEMANN LARRY PACO'S STORY 1986 F
HERBERT FRANK DUNE 1965 D12 F
HIGGINS GEORGE V. SWAN BOATS AT FOUR 1995 F
HIGGINS GEORGE V. KENNEDY FOR THE DEFENCE 1980 JK1 F
HIIASEN CARL THE DOWNHILL LIE 2008 N
LE CARRE JOHN SMILEY'S PEOPLE 1979 S7 F
LEAN FRANK BOILING POINT 2000 DC5 F
LEONARD ELMORE OUT OF SIGHT 1996 F
LEVIN IRA THE STEPFORD WIVES 1972 F
LEVIN IRA ROSEMARY'S BABY 1967 R1 F
LITTELL ROBERT  THE STALIN EPIGRAM 2009 F
LUCARELLI CARLO DAY AFTER DAY 2004 IN2 F
MACBRIDE STUART DYING LIGHT 2006 LMCR2 F
McBAIN ED GUNS 1976 F
McBAIN ED COP HATER 1956 87P1 F
McBAIN ED THE MUGGER 1956 87P2 F
McCARRY CHARLES SECOND SIGHT 1991 PC5 F
McKITTRICK/McVEA DAVID/DAVID MAKING SENSE OF THE TROUBLES 2000 N
MORRELL DAVID ASSUMED IDENTITY 1993 F
O'CONNELL JACK WORD MADE FLESH 1998 Q4 F
PATTERSON JAMES WHEN THE WIND BLOWS 1998 WTWB1 F
PEACE DAVID NINETEEN SEVENTY-SEVEN 2001 RRQ2 F
ROTH PHILIP THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA 2004 F
TREVANIAN THE LOO SANCTION 1973 JH2 F
VARGAS FRED THE THREE EVANGELISTS 2006 TE1 F
VASQUEZ IAN IN THE HEAT 2008 F
WELSH IRVINE MARABOU STORK NIGHTMARES 1996 F
WESTLAKE DONALD WATCH YOUR BACK! 2005 D12 F
WILLIAMS GORDON M. STRAW DOGS 1969 F
WRIGHT T. M. THE CHILDREN OF THE ISLAND 1983 SS3 F
XIALONG QIU DEATH OF A RED HEROINE 2000 IC1 F

16 comments:

  1. My fair city paid Lance Armstrong a million bucks to appear at the Tour Down Under, so we're all looking rather sheepish now... Also disgruntled and inclined to sue, I gather. ;-) Re the books - I haven't read any other Martin Cruz Smith except Gorky Park - was never sure if this was a one hit wonder or not, so shall add him to my 'must investigate' list.

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    1. A million bucks? Are your city's administrators that fast and loose with your taxes? How much for me to appear and talk about books? 10k, 20k....I'll do it!
      I think they ought to be looking at suing the guys who made that decision also.
      CRUZ SMITH is definitely more than a one-trick pony.well worth looking at POLAR STAR at least. I ought to pick him up again soon.

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    2. We have a history of things going wrong like this. There was the time we presented Cher with the key to the city (should that be in CAPS: Key to the City?) and she tried to sell it on ebay.

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    3. Wow, that's hilarious. Did it sell or did it get pulled!

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    4. There was a huge (local, very local) outcry and then Cher said it was all a mistake, didn't mean to flog it, etc. In the interim someone bought it and then refused to pay for it, but sadly then we'd all moved on to the next sensational happening, so I don't know what the end result was.

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    5. Cheers for that......keep us posted on the next moves the wise city elders make in the future!

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  2. Quite a variety there, Col. I'll be interested in what you think of the Levin, having seen the film. I'm in the 'book is better' camp as a rule, and I think that applies here. And I see some Westlake and some MacBride too. Yes, you're set for a bit with this lot!

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    1. I think Levin and Westlake will be read before MacBride. I think my tubs are kind of proving to me that older books have a tendency to be shorter affairs.

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  3. Col, leaving aside the other fine books in your Tub 23, I was delighted to spot SAIGON by writer-journalist Anthony Grey. I have read three of his books and this one was by far my favourite. I bought a used copy recently and intend to reread it later this year. It is a heavy book, no doubt, but I liked Grey’s epic story of the Vietnam War. I thought it was extremely well-written too.

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    1. I read it years ago, enjoyed it and kept it. I would like to re-read it if time allows, but we'll have to see. Agreed - it is a big book!

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  4. Not much there for me (though you never know what you might persuade me into with a good review), and a half dozen I have read. Swan Boats at Four is a brilliant title, best I've heard this month.

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    1. I have no idea what the title even means TBH. I ought to check it's meaning or relevance.

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  5. I'm guessing it might be set in Boston? There are swan boats on a lake in the middle of the city, quite the local landmark and a tourist attraction. But that's boring compared with what your imagination might come up with.

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    1. Correct, Higgins is - err was a noted Boston author and apparently the Swan Boats are one of the city's top 28 tourist attractions,, according to Trip Advisor. My imagination has deserted me temporarily, I need to re-ignite it overnight!. Best I can come up with is that a nun whilst fleeing from a drugs bust at the Catholic Cathedral, after a rowdy and raucous Midnight Mass spiralled into mayhem, stashed her dope in one of the boats.........nah too lame by half

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  6. A lots of variety here. Charles McCarry is one of my favorite authors ever...I haven't read his most recent book, but almost all of the others. I am sure I have told you that before. Also Len Deighton books are favorites.

    The two by Ira Levin are both to spooky for me, although I am sure that they are really good. I saw both of the movies and don't know that I want to experience that as intimately as it would be in a book.

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    1. I have all the Paul Christopher books and haven't read any yet - ridiculous huh? Not started either of Deighton's two series either.....madness...

      I've only seen the re-make of Stepford which I liked. Rosemary's Baby scared the hell out of me, though I shouldn't have been watching it, I was far too young. I wonder if I would have the same reaction now.......I am a bit of a behind the sofa viewer when it comes to horror films.

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