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2021 - MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR - PART 2

2021 - MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR - PART 1

2020 - MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR

2019 - MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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2017 - BOOKS OF THE YEAR

2016 - PICKS OF THE YEAR

2015 - PICKS OF THE YEAR

2014 - PICKS OF THE YEAR

2013 - MY FAVOURITE READS OF THIS YEAR

2012 - BOOKS OF THE YEAR

2011 - SUMMARY

2010 - SUMMARY




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CURRENTLY READING

CURRENTLY READING
JOHN GODEY - NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN KILL TODAY (1970)

ALSO READING

ALSO READING
MARC OLDEN - THEY'VE KILLED ANNA (1977)

LISTENING TO

LISTENING TO
CRAIG A. HART - SERENITY SUBMERGED (2017)

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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

17 behind........how did that happen?

Duane Swierczynski - Dark Origins,
Michael Connelly - The Black Box,
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George Pelecanos - What It Was,
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READING CHALLENGE 2022 - THE NUMBERS GAME

  • 2022 TARGET - 120 READS
  • January - 22
  • February - 22
  • March - 20
  • April - 20
  • May - 20
  • June - 17 so far
  • July -
  • August -
  • September -
  • October -
  • November -
  • December -
  • 2022 - 121 so far
  • 2021 - 223
  • 2020 - 191
  • 2019 - 144
  • 2018 - 137
  • 2017 - 143
  • 2016 - 108
  • 2015 - 132
  • 2014 - 120
  • 2013 - 156
  • 2012 - 120
  • 2011 - 77
  • 2010 - 104

2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2022 - READING CHALLENGE USA STATES

  • 8 DOWN 43 TO GO
  • ALABAMA - D. P. LYLE - DEEP SIX (2016) (January, 2022)
  • 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
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  • MICHIGAN
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  • MISSISSIPPI
  • MISSOURI - MIKE HARVKEY - IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS
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  • NEVADA
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE
  • NEW JERSEY
  • NEW MEXICO
  • NEW YORK - DOROTHY UHNAK - CODES OF BETRAYAL
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  • NORTH DAKOTA
  • OHIO - ROBIN YOCUM - THE SACRIFICE OF LESTER YATES (2021)
  • 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

2019/2020/2021/2022 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE

2019/2020/2021/2022 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE

2019/2020/2021 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE - PROGRESS

  • 1 Scotland - Denise Mina - Conviction (2019)
  • 2 Sweden - Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - Roseanna (1965)
  • 3 France - Jean-Claude Izzo - Total Chaos (1995)
  • 4 Ireland - Andrea Carter - The Well of Ice (2017)
  • 5 Iceland - Lilja Sigurdardottir - Betrayal (2020)
  • 6 Wales - Math Bird - The Whistling Sands (2016) (January, 2022)
  • 7 Switzerland - Hansjörg Schneider - The Basel Killings (2004/2021) (February, 2022)
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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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