tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post3210460763930245243..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: 2022 READING PLANScol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-52068408476546139072022-03-23T23:03:30.301-07:002022-03-23T23:03:30.301-07:00Ben, good to know I'm not the only one who get...Ben, good to know I'm not the only one who gets side-tracked. Thanks for the suggestions for Utah, I'll bear them in mind. <br /><br />Disher is great isn't he. The Challis books I haven't got to. The Wyatt's I've maybe read 3, but want to start again. It's not like I have a gazillion books waiting that I can't spare the time to re-read some!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-84249947853254204102022-03-23T11:00:29.227-07:002022-03-23T11:00:29.227-07:00I always have a fuzzy idea of what I want to read,...I always have a fuzzy idea of what I want to read, but like you, I always get distracted by something new and shiny. If you haven't read a book set in Utah (my home state) you could try Gary Stewart (The Tenth Virgin, The Zarahemla Vision), John Farris's Solar Eclipse, or Robert Irvine's first Moroni Traveler book, Baptism for the Dead, or -- last one, I promise -- Andrew Hunt's City of the Saints. <br /><br />I really dig Garry Disher's work. If I hadn't already read his Wyatt novels more than once I would start the series today. I like his Inspector Challis books, too. Chain of Evidence is the best, I think.<br /><br />Anyway, here's to a great year of reading.Ben Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-38819380673552076762022-03-23T05:51:23.123-07:002022-03-23T05:51:23.123-07:00Margot, thanks. I like making plans, writing lists...Margot, thanks. I like making plans, writing lists, setting targets etc and I suppose whether I meet them or not is incidental. The world isn't going to stop spinning on its axis because I didn't read x,y or z before an arbitrary deadline. <br /><br />I get the life is short thing and discard a book if you aren't vibing it, but I don't know that I'll ever be able to do that. I suppose the number of books I've felt like hurling at the wall is quite low, because I kind of know what I'll like and maybe I don't push my reading boundaries too hard. I have a strategy for slow books which works for me. And despite my sometimes glass half empty outlook, I do always remain positive that a book will get better as I read it.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-70958287050715521762022-03-23T04:18:33.741-07:002022-03-23T04:18:33.741-07:00I really do admire you for making reading plans, C...I really do admire you for making reading plans, Col, whether or not they end up happening. You can't reach a goal that you haven't set. That said, though, I think your last is the most important: enjoy what you read. And I'd add: life is short. If a book isn't drawing you in, if it's not for you, don't finish it.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com