Possibly at the halfway stage of the exercise, but maybe not. Having spent an afternoon shuffling the tubs around and giving myself some palpitations about the strength of the joists in my attic, there are 42 tubs still to catalogue. (Though they may or may not house 50-odd books in each.)
When I have the paperbacks and hardbacks in the attic done, there's 100-odd books downstairs, plus a load of "papers" and PDF copies of books also in the attic, then the Kindle. Something to worry about in about 42 week's time maybe.......
Tub 40 anyway.........
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| Tub 40 - pre-logged look! |
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| Alan Bennett, William Boyd, David Nicholls, Kenneth Abel, Robert Deane Pharr, |
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| Robert Deane Pharr, |
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| Kenneth Abel - likened to Elmore! |
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| Hakan Nesser, Russell James, P.J. Tracy, Steve Ulfelder, Ernesto Mallo, |
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| Argentinian Crime, |
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| Scandi crime. |
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| Brit crime, |
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| Joe R. Lansdale, Charles McCarry, Johan Theorin, Hakan Nesser, Jim Thompson. |
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| Jim Thompson |
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| Espionage from McCarry |
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| Joe R. Lansdale - standalone novel. |
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| Steve Mosby, Elmore Leonard, Arnaldur Indridason, Victor Headley, David Kevien, |
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| Carl Webster book |
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| David Levien - Lee Child likes him, |
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| Michael Peterson, Peter Robinson, Bill James, Tony Hillerman, James McClure, |
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| Native American crime |
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| Harpur and Iles series book |
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| South Africa - during apartheid era |
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| P.B.Yuill, Graham Hurley, David Morrell, Giles Blunt, Mark Gimenez, |
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| Canadian Crime |
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| UK police procedural |
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| John Irving, Ed O'Loughlin, Christopher Ross, Greg Rucka x 2, |
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| Horror on the shelves? |
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| Atticus Kodiak books |
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| London Underground - non-fiction |
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| Bill Bryson, Jonathan Valin, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Manuel Vasquez Montalban, Inbali Iserles, |
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| Spanish author |
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| Harry Stoner series book, |
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| African journal from Bryson |
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| YA book - slipped in the tub by one of the kids? |
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| Bruce Zimmerman, Gerald Seymour, Reed Farrel Coleman, Don Winslow, Mike Knowles, |
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| Moe Prager PI series |
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| Series book from Mike Knowles |
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| Sequel to a Trevanian novel, |
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| Bradley Denton, Gerald Seymour, Dashiell Hammett, Nicholas Blincoe, Harry Crews - bio book, |
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| My kind of book, |
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| 20's hard-boiled from Hammett |
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| English thriller writer |
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| Nicholas Blincoe |
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| Essays on Harry Crews |
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| Tub 40 put to bed. |
Highlights........
Kenneth Abel, Joe Lansdale, Mike Knowles, Greg Rucka...
Lowlights........ nothing in particular, though I did struggle to get into
Blincoe when I tried reading him a few years ago. Second time's the charm, maybe.
Full list of 50........
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
| ABEL |
KENNETH |
THE BLUE WALL |
1996 |
|
F |
| ADLER-OLSEN |
JUSSI |
REDEMPTION |
2013 |
DQ3 |
F |
| BENNETT |
ALAN |
FOUR STORIES |
2006 |
|
F |
| BLEDSOE |
ERIK |
PERSPECTIVES ON HARRY CREWS (ed.) |
2001 |
|
N |
| BLINCOE |
NICHOLAS |
JELLO SALAD |
1997 |
|
F |
| BLUNT |
GILES |
FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW |
2000 |
JC1 |
F |
| BOYD |
WILLIAM |
ORDINARY THUNDERSTORMS |
2009 |
|
F |
| BRYSON |
BILL |
AFRICAN DIARY |
2002 |
|
N |
| COLEMAN |
REED FARREL |
REDEMPTION STREET |
2004 |
MP2 |
F |
| DENTON |
BRADLEY |
BLACKBURN |
1993 |
|
F |
| GIMENEZ |
MARK |
THE ABDUCTION |
2007 |
|
F |
| HAMMETT |
DASHIELL |
RED HARVEST |
1929 |
|
F |
| HEADLEY |
VICTOR |
SEVEN SEALS |
2002 |
|
F |
| HILLERMAN |
TONY |
THE BLESSING WAY |
1970 |
JL1 |
F |
| HURLEY |
GRAHAM |
TURNSTONE |
2000 |
F+W1 |
F |
| INDRIDASON |
ARNALDUR |
HYPOTHERMIA |
2009 |
IE6 |
F |
| IRVING |
JOHN |
THE 158-POUND MARRIAGE |
1974 |
|
F |
| ISERLES |
INBALI |
THE TYGRINE CAT |
2007 |
TC1 |
F |
| JAMES |
RUSSELL |
PICK ANY TITLE |
2002 |
|
F |
| JAMES |
BILL |
HARPUR AND ILES |
1988 |
H+I4 |
F |
| KNOWLES |
MIKE |
NEVER PLAY ANOTHER MAN'S GAME |
2012 |
W4 |
F |
| LANSDALE |
JOE R. |
FREEZER BURN |
1999 |
|
F |
| LEONARD |
ELMORE |
UP IN HONEY'S ROOM |
2006 |
CW2 |
F |
| LEVIEN |
DAVID |
THE CONTRACT |
2011 |
FB3 |
F |
| MALLO |
ERNESTO |
SWEET MONEY |
2011 |
IL2 |
F |
| McCARRY |
CHARLES |
CHRISTOPHER'S GHOSTS |
2007 |
PC7 |
F |
| McCLURE |
JAMES |
SNAKE |
1975 |
K+Z4 |
F |
| MONTALBAN |
MANUEL VASQUEZ |
SOUTHERN SEAS |
1986 |
PCM2 |
F |
| MORRELL |
DAVID |
THE COVENANT OF THE FLAME |
1991 |
|
F |
| MOSBY |
STEVE |
THE CUTTING CREW |
2005 |
|
F |
| NESSER |
HAKAN |
THE INSPECTOR AND SILENCE |
2010 |
IVV5 |
F |
| NESSER |
HAKAN |
BORKMANN'S POINT |
2006 |
IVV2 |
F |
| NICHOLLS |
DAVID |
STARTER FOR TEN |
2003 |
|
F |
| O'LOUGHLIN |
ED |
TOPLOADER |
2011 |
|
F |
| PETERSON |
MICHAEL |
A TIME OF WAR |
1990 |
|
F |
| PHARR |
ROBERT DEANE |
GIVEADAMN BROWN |
1978 |
|
F |
| ROBINSON |
PETER |
CAEDMON'S SONG |
1990 |
|
F |
| ROSS |
CHRISTOPHER |
TUNNEL VISIONS |
2001 |
|
N |
| RUCKA |
GREG |
KEEPER |
1996 |
AK1 |
F |
| RUCKA |
GREG |
FINDER |
1997 |
AK2 |
F |
| SEYMOUR |
GERALD |
THE FIGHTING MAN |
1993 |
|
F |
| SEYMOUR |
GERALD |
THE GLORY BOYS |
1976 |
|
F |
| THEORIN |
JOHAN |
THE DARKEST ROOM |
2009 |
O2 |
F |
| THOMPSON |
JIM |
CROPPER'S CABIN |
1952 |
|
F |
| TRACY |
P. J. |
TWO EVILS |
2012 |
M6 |
F |
| ULFELDER |
STEVE |
PURGATORY CHASM |
2011 |
CS1 |
F |
| VALIN |
JONATHAN |
NATURAL CAUSES |
1983 |
HS5 |
F |
| WINSLOW |
DON |
SATORI |
2011 |
|
F |
| YUILL |
P. B. |
THE BORNLESS KEEPER |
1974 |
|
F |
| ZIMMERMAN |
BRUCE |
BLOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE |
1989 |
QPM1 |
F |
Steve Ulfelder has a good series going with his Conway Sax novels. Gerald Seymour has written some first rate books.
ReplyDeleteElgin, I did like the look of them (the Sax books), but I'll see how the 1st one goes, before considering any more. I've read a couple from Seymour and enjoyed them both.
DeleteCol, this looks like an alien tub to me. Few authors I'm familiar with though I'd like to know your thoughts on John Irving's THE 158-POUND MARRIAGE. It's among the smallest of his novels I have read.
ReplyDeleteIt is less intimidating than some of his other offerings. I did read it years ago, but can remember very little about it, scrub that - nothing, maybe a bit about wrestling in there, but I'm searching....
DeleteOh, you do have some authors there whose work I really like, Col! Mallo, Nesser, Robinson, Hammett...yes, all great!
ReplyDeleteMargot cheers - I do need a bit of a South American flavour in my reading, so probably the Mallo will come first from your picks.
DeleteYou might want to give Denton's Blackburn a look sooner rather than later. It's actually a sort of dark comedy/satire, in which you end up guiltily rooting for the serial killer. I enjoyed it really quite a lot.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I'm scratching my head....I wish I had kept a list of all I had read from the early 80's onwards....I'm maybe 60% certain I have read it, but until I try it again and parts come back to me, I can't say for definite. Something to look forward to, even if it does turn out to be a re-read!
DeleteThat's an Irving I haven't read; I know the Bryson and the Dashiell Hammett, and I've certainly seen the film of Starter for Ten!
ReplyDeleteStill slightly reeling from how much you still have left to log!
Moira, it kinds of feels like I've been sorting books for the whole of my life, with no end in sight.....a bit wearying and a bit chastening - when did it all get out of control? I haven't read Bryson for a few years, but I have enjoyed what I have consumed of his in the past.
DeleteCharles McCarry is one of my favorite writers. I don't remember Christopher's Ghosts specifically, it is the last one in that series, so you would think I would remember it better. I should reread all of those.
ReplyDeleteI remember you're a fan. I think I'll look to read him 2016 (or 2017) - one a month strategy! Will you have time to reread all of them?
DeleteMcCarry is excellent, though I'd recommend starting at the beginning of the series, as he's very complex at all the interweaving. (And I didn't think Christopher's Ghosts was his best.)
ReplyDeleteVicki, cheers I'm OCD so will definitely tackle them in order!
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