11 reads from a yearly total of 137 rated as 5 STARS on the random, arbitrary Keane Scoreboard.
I don't know if I've gotten more miserly as the year climaxed but my last 5-er was Kevin Wignall's For the Dogs in September. Maybe time for my quarterly happy pill?
If I was to narrow the selections down to some top, top picks on the basis of which of these 11 books I would re-read first if forced to pick say 3...... step forwards - Alan Parks, Preston Lang and Mick Herron
Links to my thoughts on all these beauties below.....
Lawrence Block - Keller in Des Moines (2016) (5)
Blair Denholm - Sold (2017) (5)
David Young - A Darker State (2018) (5)
Steve Brewer - Homesick Blues (2016) (5)
David B. Lyons - Midday (2018) (5)
Earl Javorsky - Down to No Good (2017) (5)
Cormac O'Keeffe - Black Water (2018) (5)
Preston Lang - Sunk Costs (2018) (5)
Alan Parks - Bloody January (2018) (5)
Mick Herron - The Marylebone Drop (2018) (5)
Kevin Wignall - For the Dogs (2004) (5)
Mick Herron and Lawrence Block - can't go wrong with those two authors! And I nearly met Block in NY, and you interviewed him - big year for both of us! I also saw Mick Herron at a distance at a recent event...
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I do kind of wish I had pushed him for a bit more detail, but hey. Didn't want to piss him off! If I could get Mick Herron on the blog, that would be a coup as well!
DeleteYou had a good year for reading, Col. I'm not at all surprised to see Herron and Block on your list - as Moira says, you can't go wrong there. A few other interesting ones here, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margot. Herron and Block are very good.
DeleteMan that Javorsky book is haunting my TBR. And now there are more in my TBR. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteDavid, thanks for stopping by. I hope the Javorsky rocks as and when you get to it. Looking forward to hearing what you think.
DeleteI will definitely get to the Mick Herron book sometime. I plan to read Spook Street soon. And Kevin Wignall's books sound good.
ReplyDeleteTracy, I would like to get caught up on Herron and Mackay this year if possible. Well all things are possible, if I shuffle around and defer my intended plans!
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