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| March's book of the month! |
Verge Le Noir - Desperados (2016) (4)
Thomas Pluck - Bad Boy Boogie (2017) (4.5)
Simon Maltman - More Faces (2017) (4)
Paul D. Brazill - Too Many Crooks (2017) (4.5)
Bill Crider - Piano Man (2014) (4)
Mick Herron - The List (2015) (4)
Gerard Brennan - Wee Danny (2013) (5)
Ron McMillan - Bangkok Belle (2016) (4)
Mark J. Newman - In for the Kill (2016) (4.5)
Mark Rogers - Red Thread (2016) (4.5)
Friedrich Durrenmatt - The Pledge (1958) (4.5)
Book of the month - Gerard Brennan - Wee Danny - the month's only 5 STAR READ!
5 of the 11 rated 4.5 STARS, and the other 5 read rated 4 STARS,
More useless trivia......
11 different authors.
4 of the 11 were new-to-me authors........Simon Maltman, Mark Rogers, Ron McMillan and Friedrich Durrenmatt7 authors have been enjoyed before.... Paul D. Brazill, Mick Herron and Verge Le Noir - more than once.
I still have unread books from 6 of these on the shelf, in the tubs or on the Kindle.
Gender analysis - no surprises here - 11 male reads, ZERO female
I think 4 authors hail from the US, 3 authors are English, 2 from Northern Ireland, 1 from Scotland and 1 from SwitzerlandAll 11 were fiction reads,
1 was a collection of short stories, 1 was a short story read that has been published on its own.
10 were published this decade - 3 from this year, 4 from last. Only one book pre-dated this decade - Durrenmatt's The Pledge from 1958, though it was a modern re-issue I read.
2 of the 11 books were pre-owned - 2 came via the publisher, 6 from the authors, 1 was a Net Galley read.Favourite cover? Thomas Pluck - Bad Boy Boogie
Mick Herron's The List is my second favourite cover.
My reads were this long - 184 - 352 - 158 - 128 - 17 - 112 - 71 - 261 - 67 - 172 - 160
Total page count = 1682 (1608 in February)
1 < 50,
2 between 51 < 100,
6 between 101 < 200,
1 between 201 < 300,
1 between 301 < 400,
0 > 400 pages
Thomas Pluck's Bad Boy Boogie was the longest @ 352.
Glad you had a good reading month, Col. Nice, isn't it, when you have mostly 4- and 5-star reads!
ReplyDeleteMargot - not a dud anywhere in sight!
DeleteGood titles here, but... Aren't you a month behind, Col?
ReplyDeleteMarina Sofia - guilty! I'm still playing catch-up on my posts, April's summaries should be posted next week, so I'm slowly getting there. Only about 40 book posts behind!
DeleteThe List is the only one I've read, and the only one I'm likely to read. But a good month for you...
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you're happy to forego the charms of reading Brazill, Newman, Rogers, McMillan etc
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