I don't think I'm well-suited to committing to reading challenges as it has taken me three plus years to complete this one. It would have been sooner but the goalposts did get re-calibrated and shifted upwards at some point. I got there eventually.
Peggy Ann organised the challenge - Read Scotland in 2014
20 books read by Scottish authors in the past three years, mostly crime.
I managed to ignore Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, James Oswald, Denise Mina, William McIlvanney, Douglas Lindsay and a fair few others that have a presence in my book collection.
Favourites of the bunch I did read - Malcolm Mackay and Douglas Skelton!
2014/2015/2016/2017 READING CHALLENGE - READ SCOTLAND- Aiming for BEN NEVIS - 16 - 20 books!
- (20) Mark Wilson - Head Boy (2013) (4)
- (19) Brendan Gisby - The Bookie's Runner (2013) (3.5)
- (18) David F. Ross - The Man Who Loved Islands (2017) (4)
- (17) Ron McMillan - Bangkok Belle (2016) (4)
- (16) Catriona McPherson - The Child Garden (2015) (4)
- (15) Douglas Skelton - Blood City (2013) (5)
- (14) Brendan Gisby - The Burrymen War (2013) (4)
- (13) T. F. Muir - Blood Torment (2016) (5)
- (12) Douglas Skelton - Open Wounds (2016) (5)
- (11) Alan Jones - Bloq (2016) (4)
- (10) Malcolm Mackay - The Sudden Arrival of Violence (2014) (5)
- (9) Malcolm Mackay - Anatomy of a Hit (2013) (5)
- (8) Alan Jones - Blue Wicked (2014) (4.5)
- (7) Gordon M. Williams - The Siege of Trencher's Farm AKA Straw Dogs (1969) (4.5)
- (6) Tom O. Keenan - The Father (2015) (2)
- (5) Torquil MacLeod - Meet Me in Malmo (2010/2015) (4)
- (4) Russel D. McLean - Cry Uncle (2015) (4)
- (3) Charles Cumming - A Colder War (2014) (4)
- (2) Alan Jones - The Cabinetmaker (2013) (3.5)
- (1) John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) (4)
Never mind the years, but 20 books by Scottish authors is a good milestone, Col. I want to read Ian Rankin someday soon.
ReplyDeletePrashant, you could probably choose 20 from Ian Rankin alone and not get bored!
DeleteThat's what matters, Col: you got there eventually. And I'm glad you found some really good reads, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margot, I discovered some interesting new authors along the way - too many probably!
DeleteThat's been hanging around a while - I remember spotting it pop up from time to time. congratulations on finally finishing it!
ReplyDeleteCheers, I need to pay some attention to the other sidebar book lists and challenges. They're starting to irritate me!
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