Week 31 of the exercise - another 50 in the frame!
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Pre-logging look! |
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Time Life book when I was going through a Vietnam reading and viewing phase! |
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Probably not suitable for a bed-time read! |
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Ditto! |
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Dave Barry, Henning Mankell, Donald Harstad, Shane Maloney, Robert G. Barrett, |
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First in the Aussie Les Norton series! |
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American journo turned author! |
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William J. Caunitz, Brian M. Wiprud, Andrew Vachss, Jack Ehrlich, Charles Willeford, |
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Willeford - 1960 originally! |
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Pulp fiction - 1961 |
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US Crime with a humourous bent! |
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John Connolly, Erskine Caldwell, Thomas Harris, Les Standiford, Charles Willeford, |
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Willeford short stories |
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1932 book |
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Olen Steinhauer, James W. Hall, Tony Black, Chad Kultgen, Jon Stock |
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Looks interesting, but unread as yet! |
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Gus Dury series book! |
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A couple of John Irving's, Stephen Fry, Tom Franklin, Don Robertson, |
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Short stories from Crooked Letter author. |
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Not crime, but interesting cover and a Stephen King blurb! |
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Papillon - Henri Charriere - great film also, John Connolly, Mark Gimenez, Henning Mankell, |
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Thomas Perry, 2 from Colin Harrison, John Connolly, |
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New York thriller |
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Thomas Perry non-series book! |
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Stephen Fry, Elmore Leonard, Ben Elton, Colin Harrison again. |
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Elmore Leonard from the 80's. |
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A couple from Henning Mankell, Ben Elton, Garry Disher, |
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Garry Disher - Wyatt series book |
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Michael Harris, Robert Littell, Jim Thompson x 4 omnibus |
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Michael Harris |
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A 4-fer from Jim Thompson |
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Robert Littell |
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Post-logging look |
Highlights.......I've enjoyed
Colin Harrison previously,
Jack Ehrlich and the early
Willeford books look good
Lowlights...... I'm not rushing towards
John Connolly, after his cooking lesson which added about 5 pages of filler to the first book of his I read.
FULL LIST OF 50 IS AS FOLLOWS:
AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
BARNES |
JEREMY |
THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR |
1988 |
|
N |
BARRETT |
ROBERT G. |
YOU WOULDN'T BE DEAD FOR QUIDS |
1985 |
LN1 |
F |
BARRY |
DAVE |
TRICKY BUSINESS |
2002 |
|
F |
BLACK |
TONY |
LOSS |
2010 |
GD3 |
F |
BOWMAN |
DAVID J. |
THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE |
1989 |
|
N |
CALDWELL |
ERSKINE |
TOBACCO ROAD |
1932 |
|
F |
CAUNITZ |
WILLIAM J. |
EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE |
1991 |
|
F |
CHARRIERE |
HENRI |
PAPILLON |
1969 |
|
N |
CONNOLLY |
JOHN |
THE WHITE ROAD |
2002 |
CP4 |
F |
CONNOLLY |
JOHN |
THE KILLING KIND |
2001 |
CP3 |
F |
CONNOLLY |
JOHN |
BAD MEN |
2003 |
|
F |
DISHER |
GARRY |
PORT VILA BLUES |
1996 |
W5 |
F |
EHRLICH |
JACK |
SLOW BURN |
1961 |
|
F |
ELTON |
BEN |
GRIDLOCK |
1991 |
|
F |
ELTON |
BEN |
THE OTHER EDEN |
1993 |
|
F |
FRANKLIN |
TOM |
POACHERS |
1999 |
|
F |
FRY |
STEPHEN |
THE LIAR |
1991 |
|
F |
FRY |
STEPHEN |
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS |
1994 |
|
F |
GIMENEZ |
MARK |
THE COLOUR OF LAW |
2005 |
SF1 |
F |
HALL |
JAMES W. |
BODY LANGUAGE |
1998 |
|
F |
HARRIS |
THOMAS |
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS |
1988 |
HL2 |
F |
HARRIS |
MICHAEL |
THE CHIEU HOI SALOON |
2010 |
|
F |
HARRISON |
COLIN |
BODIES ELECTRIC |
1993 |
|
F |
HARRISON |
COLIN |
MANHATTAN NOCTURNE |
1996 |
|
F |
HARRISON |
COLIN |
THE HAVANA ROOM |
2003 |
|
F |
HARSTAD |
DONALD |
THE BIG THAW |
2000 |
CH3 |
F |
IRVING |
JOHN |
THE WATER-METHOD MAN |
1972 |
|
F |
IRVING |
JOHN |
SETTING FREE THE BEARS |
1968 |
|
F |
KULTGEN |
CHAD |
THE LIE |
2009 |
|
F |
LEONARD |
ELMORE |
FREAKY DEAKY |
1988 |
|
F |
LIPSMAN/DOYLE |
SAMUEL/EDWARD |
THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE: AMERICA TAKES OVER |
1985 |
|
N |
LITTELL |
ROBERT |
THE SISTERS |
1986 |
|
F |
MALONEY |
SHANE |
NICE TRY |
1998 |
MW3 |
F |
MANKELL |
HENNING |
THE MAN WHO SMILED |
2005 |
KW4 |
F |
MANKELL |
HENNING |
ONE STEP BEHIND |
1997 |
KW7 |
F |
MANKELL |
HENNING |
THE RETURN OF THE DANCING MASTER |
2003 |
|
F |
MANKELL |
HENNING |
FIREWALL |
1998 |
KW8 |
F |
PERRY |
THOMAS |
PURSUIT |
2001 |
|
F |
ROBERTSON |
DON |
THE IDEAL GENUINE MAN |
1987 |
|
F |
STANDIFORD |
LES |
DONE DEAL |
1993 |
JD1 |
F |
STEINHAUER |
OLEN |
THE CONFESSION |
2004 |
YB2 |
F |
STOCK |
JON |
DEAD SPY RUNNING |
2009 |
DM1 |
F |
THOMPSON |
JIM |
THE GETAWAY |
1959 |
|
F |
THOMPSON |
JIM |
THE GRIFTERS |
1963 |
|
F |
THOMPSON |
JIM |
THE KILLER INSIDE ME |
1952 |
|
F |
THOMPSON |
JIM |
POP. 1280 |
1964 |
|
F |
VACHSS |
ANDREW |
FLOOD |
1985 |
B1 |
F |
WILLEFORD |
CHARLES |
THE WOMAN CHASER |
1960 |
|
F |
WILLEFORD |
CHARLES |
THE MACHINE IN WARD ELEVEN |
1963 |
|
F |
WIPRUD |
BRIAN M. |
PIPSQUEAK |
2002 |
GC1 |
F |
Thomas Perry - really wish he was being republished in a systematic way as ebooks (or maybe it's a regional access issue... *sad face*), as I'd like to read the Jane Whitfield books in order. I think that's a series I'd enjoy a lot.
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame - he should be required reading. I don't really understand the difficulties in offering them digitally worldwide TBH.
DeleteYou have Dave Barry!! I love it ! He's written some columns that I think are hilarious. I hope you'll enjoy that one, Col. He also has another one out, Big Trouble, that you may enjoy. I wonder what you'll think of Tobacco Road...
ReplyDeleteBoom - Dave Barry. I was pleased to find this one, as I know you have a high opinion of him. I'm 95% certain I have a copy of BIG TROUBLE somewhere, just haven't located it yet. I think I bought it because of the similarities to Hiaasen - well I hope they are similar. I was never compelled to see out his columns though, unlike Hiaasen or Paul Thomas - maybe because I haven't actually read his prose yet.
DeleteTOBACCO ROAD....I have been meaning to read for a few years. From the little I know of it, it's perhaps a bleaker more desperate portrayal of the hardships of the Great Depression. Maybe a la GRAPES OF WRATH, but without much hope or optimism.
"see" typo - SEEK !
DeleteI used to really enjoy Dave Barry's newspaper columns when we lived in the USA - I didn't know he'd written fiction too, sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI never ever read one of his columns. I'm not sure if he has written more than the 2 mentioned above, but even so I will stick for now. I'm 95% certain mine are UK published so you should be able to track them down fairly easily.
DeleteCol, I went through a Vietnam War reading phase too and also remember reading Time Life series on other wars, particularly WWII. Now I browse through them online. I used to read Dave Barry's column a long time ago and I'd forgotten about him. Art Buchwald was another but his humour got stale after a while.
ReplyDeleteI was fascinated by Vietnam, still am but to a lesser degree....maybe distant memories of seeing it on the TV when I was growing up.
DeleteI have heard the name - ART BUCHWALD, but don't know anything about him. I will have to look him up.
Some of these are familiar, of course, but many are new to me. Looking forward to hearing about them. I like the look of that Tom Franklin book.
ReplyDeleteI've not tried Franklin yet - it's a great cover!
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