Monday 21 December 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART SIXTY

Tub 60 and 3000 books in the database, with many more still to go.....I'm starting to realise I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew....

Tub 60!

Bernard Cornwell, Scott Sigler, Ross MacDonald, Ian Fleming x 2,

Ian Fleming - yet to be tried!

Vince Flynn x 2, Peter Spiegelman, Christopher Fowler, Franklin Allen Leib,

Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp series!

Vince Flynn x 4, Joseph Finder,

Another Mitch Rapp book,

Robert Ludlum, Andrew Vachss, Jon Steele, John Connolly, John Grisham,

Non-fiction

John Grisham - not picked him up for a few years - overdue a read!

Charles Williams, Greg Rucka, Val McDermid, Ken Follett, Greg Rucka,

Charles Williams - made into an amazing film with Nicole Kidman!

Vince Flynn, Carl Hiaasen, Peter James, Brian Freeman, Ian Fleming,

One of the funniest books I've ever read - Carl Hiaasen!

Brian Freeman!

Christopher Fowler x 3, Dan Fesperman, Bill Fitzhugh,

Bill Fitzhugh - comedy crime!
Bryant & May series book!

Another untried author - Dan Fesperman!

Alan Furst, Eric Ambler, Bill Fitzhugh, Jim Harrison, Zygmunt Miloszewski,

Polish author!

James Frey, Vince Flynn, Dan Fante x2, Anthony Frewin, 

Anthony Frewin - he's been compared to Derek Raymond previously!

Dan Fante - RIP!

Ditto - another Bruno Dante adventure!

G. M. Ford - Leo Waterman book!

G. M. Ford - Leo Waterman book!

Derek Raymond - Factory book!

Jasper Gibson!

Jesse Kellerman!

Tub 60 - put to bed!
29 "F"Authors in this tub, so I obviously at some point harbored the illusion that I could sort and log the tubs alphabetically. It would be like trying to solve the world's biggest Rubik cube in the confines of a small loft, I quickly dismissed that idea as impractical. It's been difficult enough cataloging the bloody things!

HIGHLIGHTS..... the recently passed Dan Fante, Dan Fesperman,  Anthony Frewin, Carl Hiaasen and an interesting Polish author Zygmunt Milozewski

LOWLIGHTS.... not too sure how I'll get on with John Connolly - hopefully it isn't full of cooking recipes and hints and Scott Sigler's books may be great but wouldn't be high up on a list of books I'd choose to read - a bit science-fictionish for my liking, I reckon. Passed onto me from my son.

FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:


AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
AMBLER ERIC THE LEVANTER 1972
CONNOLLY JOHN THE REAPERS 2008 CP7
CORNWELL BERNARD SHARPE'S GOLD 1981 S9
FANTE DAN CHUMP CHANGE 1998 BD1
FANTE DAN 86'D 2009 BD4
FESPERMAN DAN THE AMATEUR SPY 2009
FINDER JOSEPH THE ZERO HOUR 1996
FITZHUGH BILL FENDER BENDERS 2001
FITZHUGH BILL PEST CONTROL 1996 PC1
FLEMING IAN QUANTUM OF SOLACE 1977 JB
FLEMING IAN THE SPY WHO LOVED ME 1962 JB10
FLEMING IAN MOONRAKER 1955 JB3
FLYNN VINCE KILL SHOT 2012 MR2
FLYNN VINCE SEPARATION OF POWER 2001 MR5
FLYNN VINCE THE THIRD OPTION 2000 MR4
FLYNN VINCE CONSENT TO KILL 2005 MR8
FLYNN VINCE EXTREME MEASURES 2008 MR11
FLYNN VINCE EXECUTIVE POWER 2003 MR6
FLYNN VINCE TRANSFER OF POWER 1999 MR3
FLYNN VINCE MEMORIAL DAY 2004 MR7
FOLLETT KEN EYE OF THE NEEDLE 1976
FORD G. M.  CAST IN STONE 1996 LW2
FORD G. M.  THE BUM'S RUSH 1997 LW3
FORD G. M.  SLOW BURN 1998 LW4
FOWLER CHRISTOPHER THE WATER ROOM 2004 B+M2
FOWLER CHRISTOPHER SEVENTY-SEVEN CLOCKS 2005 B+M3
FOWLER CHRISTOPHER BRYANT & MAY ON THE LOOSE 2009 B+M7
FOWLER CHRISTOPHER TEN-SECOND STAIRCASE 2006 B+M4
FREEMAN BRIAN IMMORAL 2005 JS1
FREWIN ANTHONY SIXTY-THREE CLOSURE 1998
FREY JAMES THE FINAL TESTAMENT OF THE HOLY BIBLE 2011
FURST ALAN DARK STAR 1991 NS2
GIBSON JASPER A BRIGHT MOON FOR FOOLS 2013
GRISHAM JOHN THE BROKER 2005
HARRISON JIM A GOOD DAY TO DIE 1973
HIAASEN CARL SKIN TIGHT 1989 MH2
JAMES PETER DEAD SIMPLE 2005 RG1
KELLERMAN JESSE THE BRUTAL ART 2008
LEIB FRANKLIN ALLEN THE FIRE DREAM 1989
LUDLUM ROBERT THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 1990 JB3
MACDONALD ROSS THE GOODBYE LOOK 1969 LA15
McDERMID VAL BLUE GENES 1996 KB5
MILOSZEWSKI ZYGMUNT ENTANGLEMENT 2010 TS1
RAYMOND DEREK HE DIED WITH HIS EYES OPEN 1976 F1
RUCKA GREG SMOKER 1998 AK3
SIGLER SCOTT CONTAGIOUS 2008 I2
SPIEGELMAN PETER BLACK MAPS 2003 JM1
STEEL JON WAR JUNKIE 2002
VACHSS ANDREW TWO TRAINS RUNNING 2005
WILLIAMS CHARLES DEAD CALM 1963

8 comments:

  1. I want to read more Dan Fesperman and more Ian Fleming in 2016. (I always have hopes.) I have read several of the Christopher Fowler series, have you read any of them yet? We both have that Fender Benders book, and the Jasper Gibson book has a great cover.

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    1. Tracy, I've not read either of those two yet! (Heavy sigh) I have managed the first of Fowler's Bryant and May series, but a few years ago.I enjoyed it, but wasn't blown away by it. Fitzhugh, I've also read previously but can't recall which one and the Gibson I found cheap and then realised afterwards I already had it on Kindle - bought when it was a £1. I'll probably read it in paperback.

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  2. I have a soft spot for Vince Flynn - his books one saved me when I was trapped on holiday with *no* reading material left (a horrible sensation).

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    1. I think I'll enjoy Flynn when I get to him. I've had a similar holiday experience with Danielle Steele and Jackie Collins getting me out of the sh*t! FFS!

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  3. The thing about Ian Fleming is that I have seen all the films based on his novels and probably read just one of them. I read Ludlum and Follett in my teens and early twenties. They were popular bestselling authors in 80's India. I remember Follett's EYE OF THE NEEDLE as a particularly good WW2 thriller. Some good covers and titles there, Col. Your tubs are looking more and more intimidating.

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    1. One more than me! I was never really a fan of Bond, not identifying with his Britishness. I have enjoyed the last few films, but not yet seen the latest. Follett hasn't been read yet either.

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  4. I have just embarked on reading the James Bond books (which I first read many years ago and haven't touched since) - would be good to hear your opinions. Move em up the pile!

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    1. I think I'll enjoy the books better than the films. Maybe the first will feature as a meme year over at Rich's this year. I can't be reading them out of order.

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