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I'm keeping pace with my year-end target though I had hoped to be a couple of books ahead of schedule by now, for when the inevitable blues or reading slump hits.
I've reviewed 9 of my titles read and the links and scores are below......
ALL 10 COVERED NOW!
Olen Steinhauer - All the Old Knives (2015) - 5
Torquil MacLeod - Meet Me in Malmo (2010/2015) - 4
Thatcher Robinson - Black Karma (2014) - 5
Jim Thompson - Ironside (1967) - 4
Stark Holborn - Nunslinger 1 (2013) - 4
Jamie Mason - Monday's Lie (2015) - 4
Stark Holborn - Nunslinger 2: The Good, The Bad and the Penitent (2013) - 4
Don Pendleton - The Executioner: War Against the Mafia (1969) - 4
Neil Cross - Captured (2010) - 4
5 of the 9 were authors I have previously enjoyed reading - the second Stark Holborn offering being preceded by the first by a day or so!
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2 of the 9 here were 5 star reads and the other 7 were all 4's - nothing sucked which was good.
6 of the 8 authors above were male. Jamie Mason proving the exception. The enigmatic, pseudonymous Stark Holborn has undetermined genitalia so is classed as a ..... an unclassified, enigmatic, pseudonymous mystery.
One Scot in the gang - Mr Macleod - who writes about Sweden and lives in England, one Englishman - Mr Cross who apparently lives in New Zealand. All the rest are American.
2 from the 60's - all the rest from this decade.
2 sadly are deceased, the rest are thankfully/hopefully in rude health.
4 were Net Galley books and I'm still woefully behind, but catching up slowly. Nunslinger was another from there, but expired and I have the library book on long loan. I should get more episodes read in April and a corresponding number of ticks in the April reads column.
5 were paperbacks, 5 were Kindle reads.
3 of the authors above consented to interview via e-mail which was a surprise and a pleasure.
Thank you....... Mr Steinhauer, Mr Robinson and Mr MacLeod.
Mr Putnam was on the blog in March, after being read in February.
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My pick of the month hasn't been reviewed yet and will appear on the blog in mid-April with an interesting author profile and Q+A the day after. Can you remember the author and the book?
IT HAS NOW!
Evangeline Jennings - Riding in Cars with Girls (2015) - 5 STARS
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Liverpool lass, now living in Texas - Evangeline Jennings! |
Glad you had a good reading month, Col. Nice to see that none of your reads was a dud. I'll be interested to read your review of the Jennings when you publish it .
ReplyDeleteThanks Margot,
DeleteYou did have a good reading month. All the ratings were 4s or 5s.
ReplyDeleteNo stinkers that's for sure....must be overdue one!
DeleteCol, read ten, reviewed nine — that's pretty awesome. Someday I'll get there.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, one day I won't.....
Deletenice selection, and I'm really intrigued by the pick-of-the-month, will be looking forward to that - good title and a Liverpool connection and what sounds like quite a female book - all good.
ReplyDeleteYes on all counts! Cheers,
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