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CURRENTLY READING

CURRENTLY READING
ROGER McKNIGHT - HOPEFUL MONSTERS (2019)

ALSO READING

ALSO READING
ADAM MAXWELL - COME ON STEAL THE NOISE (2019)

ALSO ALSO ON THE GO GO

ALSO ALSO ON THE GO GO
JANET ROGER - SHAMUS DUST (2019)

DRIVING AROUND LISTENING TO

DRIVING AROUND LISTENING TO
LAWRENCE BLOCK - RESUME SPEED AND OTHER STORIES (2018)

NEXT ONE UP

NEXT ONE UP
ANDREA CARTER - TREACHEROUS STRAND (2016)

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CATCHING UP WITH MY WIFE AND SON

Harlan Coben - Just One Look
Harlan Coben - Stay Close
Tess Gerritsen - Last To Die
Jess Walter - The Financial Lives Of The Poets
Zoran Drvenkar - Sorry
Julia Crouch - Cuckoo
Wiley Cash - A Land More Kind Than Home
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Oliver Stark - American Devil
Harlan Coben - The Innocents

David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Chuck Palahnuik - Fight Club
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
Charlie McDowell - Dear Girls Above Me

10 behind my wife............she's getting away from me! 4 behind my son! I reckon I can reel her back in during the second half of the year!
Not always my cup of tea - but I like reading what my better half has read, I find it promotes some learned discourse over the dinner table!

AUTHOR CATCH UP

19 behind........how did that happen?

Duane Swierczynski - Dark Origins,
Michael Connelly - The Black Box,
Charlie Stella - Rough Riders,
Lou Berney - The Long and Faraway Gone,
Patrick Quinlan - The Hit,
Pearce Hansen - The Storm Giants,
Anthony Neil Smith - Hotdoggin'
Duane Swierczynski - Hell And Gone,
Linwood Barclay - Trust Your Eyes,
JJ Connolly - Viva La Madness,
George Pelecanos - The Double,
George Pelecanos - What It Was,
Anthony Neil Smith - The Baddest Ass,
Anthony Neil Smith - Choke On Your Lies,
Duane Swierczynski - Point And Shoot,
Pearce Hansen - Gun Sex,
Michael Connelly - Gods Of Guilt,
Red Hammond (aka A.N. Smith) - XXX Shamus,

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READING CHALLENGE 2020 - THE NUMBERS GAME

  • 2020 TARGET - 120 READS
  • 2020 - 4
  • January - 4 so far
  • February -
  • March -
  • April -
  • May -
  • June -
  • July -
  • August -
  • September -
  • October -
  • November -
  • December -
  • 2019 - 144
  • 2018 - 137
  • 2017 - 143
  • 2016 - 108
  • 2015 - 132
  • 2014 - 120
  • 2013 - 156
  • 2012 - 120
  • 2011 - 77
  • 2010 - 104

2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 - READING CHALLENGE USA STATES

  • 6 DOWN 45 TO GO
  • ALABAMA
  • ALASKA
  • ARIZONA
  • ARKANSAS
  • CALIFORNIA
  • COLORADO
  • CONNECTICUT
  • DELAWARE
  • DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  • FLORIDA
  • GEORGIA
  • HAWAII
  • IDAHO
  • ILLINOIS - DAN O'SHEA - PENANCE
  • INDIANA
  • IOWA
  • KANSAS
  • KENTUCKY - PAULETTE LIVERS - CEMENTVILLE
  • LOUISIANA
  • MAINE
  • MARYLAND
  • MASSACHUSETTS
  • MICHIGAN
  • MINNESOTA
  • MISSISSIPPI
  • MISSOURI - MIKE HARVKEY - IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS
  • MONTANA
  • NEBRASKA
  • NEVADA
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE
  • NEW JERSEY
  • NEW MEXICO
  • NEW YORK - DOROTHY UHNAK - CODES OF BETRAYAL
  • NORTH CAROLINA
  • NORTH DAKOTA
  • OHIO
  • OKLAHOMA
  • OREGON
  • PENNSYLVANIA - ANNETTE DASHOFY - CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE
  • RHODE ISLAND
  • SOUTH CAROLINA
  • SOUTH DAKOTA
  • TENNESSEE
  • TEXAS - LES EDGERTON - THE BITCH
  • UTAH
  • VERMONT
  • VIRGINIA
  • WASHINGTON
  • WEST VIRGINIA
  • WISCONSIN
  • WYOMING

2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 READING CHALLENGE - TBR PILE

  • Completed so far - 8
  • xxxxx PAUL THOMAS - SEX CRIMES
  • xxxxx CHARLES BUKOWSKI - SOUTH OF NO NORTH
  • xxxxx JAMES ROSS - THEY DON'T DANCE MUCH
  • xxxxx JOHN MULLIGAN - SHOPPING CART SOLDIERS
  • TIM O'BRIEN - THE NUCLEAR AGE
  • BRADY UDALL - THE MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT
  • JIM NISBET - DEATH PUPPET
  • xxxxx PETER TEMPLE - AN IRON ROSE
  • xxxxx MICHAEL AVALLONE - SHOCK CORRIDOR
  • JEAN-CLAUDE IZZO - TOTAL CHAOS
  • KEM NUNN - TAPPING THE SOURCE
  • xxxxx STEPHEN JAY SCHWARTZ - BOULEVARD
  • Alternatives
  • ROBERT O'CONNOR - BUFFALO SOLDIERS
  • xxxxx DAY KEENE - THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN

2019/2020 AUSSIE AUTHOR CHALLENGE

2019/2020 AUSSIE AUTHOR CHALLENGE

2019/2020 AUSSIE AUTHOR CHALLENGE - PROGRESS

  • 1. John Dale (ed.) - Sydney Noir (Akashic Noir Series) (2019) (February, 2019)
  • 2. Mark Brandi - Into the River (2019) (March, 2019)
  • 3. Peter Temple - An Iron Rose (1998) (May, 2019)
  • 4. Chris Hammer - Scrublands (2018) (June, 2019)
  • 5 Candice Fox - Crimson Lake (2017) (November, 2019)
  • 6 Dave Warner - Exxxpresso (2000) (December, 2019)

2019/2020 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE

2019/2020 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE

2019/2020 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE - PROGRESS

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TV + FILMS - I'M WATCHING - TV + FILMS - TO WATCH

Justified - all seasons - I'm going restart at the beginning

The Wire - all seasons - ditto above

The Corner

Breaking Bad - all seasons

True Detective - series 1 and 2

FILMS outstanding - The Godfather (all of them), Hopscotch, Cold in July, The Getaway, Cockfighter, Bullitt (to finish),
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