Monday 17 August 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART FORTY-THREE

Another tub from the library in the sky!
Someone turn the light on!

Tim O'Brien, Will Beall, Colin Bateman, Kem Nunn, Carl Hiaasen,

LA crime!

Mark Timlin x 2, Christopher Hudson, Thomas H. Cook, Adam Baron,

UK author and actor!

James M. Cain, Jonathan Kellerman, John Harvey, Quintin Jardine, Robert W. Campbell, 

30s or 40s crime!

Jeffery Deaver - housebrick x 2, Alistair MacLean Robert Littell, Tim Willocks, 

Richard Stark, Elmore Leonard, John Harvey, Tim O'Brien, Andrea Camilleri,

One of my top 10 books of all time! I wonder if rereading it kills my nostalgia?

UK comedian turned author!

Umberto Eco

Niall Griffiths, Umberto Eco, John Niven, John Irving, David Baddiel,

Charming! I loved Larry Brown - sadly died too young.

Colin Bateman, Marshall Karp, Larry Brown, Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Woodrell,

US espionage!
I probably have a copy of Rum Punch as well somewhere!

Robert Wilson, Scott Turow, Stephen Greenleaf, Jack Kerley, E. Phillips Oppenheim,

Vintage espionage!

US PI series book, I think!

Niall Griffiths, Stephen King, Tami Hoag, John Sandford, William Boyd,

Dark Tower series book!

Intriguing title!

Robert Wright Campbell, Barry Bowe, Tess Gerritsen,

Scottish crime author!

Elmore - still the king of crime!

43 - A very dark tub!



HIGHLIGHTS... Looking forward to Richard Stark, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore - of course, Will Beall and an Irving re-read!

LOWLIGHTS.... Tess Gerritsen, Tami Hoag, Jeffery Deaver......all look a bit scary! 

FULL LIST OF 50:

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BADDIEL DAVID WHATEVER LOVE MEANS 1999 F
BARON ADAM SHUT EYE 1999 BR1 F
BATEMAN COLIN MURPHY'S REVENGE 2005 JM2 F
BATEMAN COLIN MYSTERY MAN 2009 MM1 F
BEALL WILLIAM LA REX 2006 F
BOWE BARRY BORN TO BE WILD 1994 N
BOYD WILLIAM RESTLESS 2006 F
BROWN LARRY FATHER AND SON 1991 F
CAIN JAMES M. THE BUTTERFLY 1938 F
CAMILLERI ANDREA AUGUST HEAT 2009 IM10 F
CAMPBELL ROBERT W. HONOR 1987 F
CAMPBELL ROBERT W. THE 600LB GORILLA 1987 JF2 F
COOK THOMAS H. THE MURMUR OF STONES 2006 F
DEAVER JEFFERY A MAIDEN'S GRAVE 1995 F
DEAVER JEFFERY PRAYING FOR SLEEP 1994 F
ECO UMBERTO THE NAME OF THE ROSE 1980 F
GERRITSEN TESS BLOODSTREAM 1998 F
GREENLEAF STEPHEN GRAVE ERROR 1979 JMT1 F
GRIFFITHS NIALL SHEEPSHAGGER 2001 F
GRIFFITHS NIALL GRITS 2000 F
HARVEY JOHN BLUE LIGHTNING (ed.) 1998 F
HARVEY JOHN ROUGH TREATMENT 1990 R2 F
HIAASEN CARL NATIVE TONGUE 1991 S2 F
HOAG TAMI GUILTY AS SIN 1996 DL2 F
HUDSON CHRISTOPHER THE KILLING FIELDS 1984 N
IRVING JOHN A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY 1989 F
JARDINE QUINTIN SKINNER'S ROUND 1995 BS4 F
JARDINE QUINTIN FOR THE DEATH OF ME 2005 OB9 F
KARP MARSHALL BLOOD THIRSTY 2007 L+B F
KELLERMAN JONATHAN RAGE 2005 AD19 F
KERLEY JACK THE BROKEN SOULS 2006 CR3 F
KING STEPHEN THE DARK TOWER: THE WASTE LANDS 1991 TDT3 F
LEONARD ELMORE JACKIE BROWN 1997 F
LEONARD ELMORE RIDING THE RAP 1995 RG2 F
LITTELL ROBERT AN AGENT IN PLACE 1991 F
MACLEAN ALISTAIR ICE STATION ZEBRA 1960 F
NIVEN JOHN KILL YOUR FRIENDS 2008 F
NUNN KEM TIJUANA STRAITS 2004 F
O'BRIEN TIM TOMCAT IN LOVE 1998 F
O'BRIEN TIM IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS 1994 F
OPPENHEIM E. PHILLIPS THE GREAT IMPERSONATION 1920 F
SANDFORD JOHN EYES OF PREY 1991 LD3 F
STARK RICHARD FIREBREAK 2001 P20 F
TARANTINO QUENTIN TRUE ROMANCE F
TIMLIN MARK DEAD FLOWERS 1998 NS14 F
TIMLIN MARK FALLS THE SHADOWS 1993 NS8 F
TUROW SCOTT THE BURDEN OF PROOF 1990 KC2 F
WILLOCKS TIM BAD CITY BLUES 1991 F
WILSON ROBERT BLOOD IS DIRT 1997 BM3 F
WOODRELL DANIEL UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS 1986 RS1 F

16 comments:

  1. Oh, you have some really fine authors there, Col. Jardine, Leonard, Kellerman, Hiaasen, Turow... yes, you're in for, I think, some good reads when you get there. Not, I must admit, so sure about the Eco, but who knows? You may like it.

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    1. Cheers Margot. I'll see how Eco takes me when I do eventually get around to reading it!

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  2. Hiaasen is one of my favorites. Humor on the page is hard to do, and he does it very well with his characters and observations. STRIP TEASE is my favorite of his.

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    1. Elgin, you're so right. Others have been a bit hit and miss in places - Tim Dorsey, Bill Fitzhugh, even Westlake at times, but Hiaasen has had me laughing like a drain in the past. Is STRIPTEASE the one with the plastic surgeon? I can't remember. NATIVE TONGUE and TOURIST SEASON were brilliant.

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    2. STRIP TEASE has a stripper trying to earn a living, a crazy and randy Congressman pursuing her, a political operative nick-named Moldy trying to fix the problems caused by the politician and trying get the girl out of the picture, and other colorful South Florida characters. Good writing, nice suspense, and very funny.

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    3. Elgin cheers - I think I'm going to have to tackle the Hiaasen books in order - 1 a month after I've finished this exercise and got a handle on where they all are.

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  3. Like you, I loved Owen Meany the first time around. I recently bought a few Irving novels with the intent of re-reading them. Now I'm afraid to do it. What if they are no longer as wonderful as they were all those years ago? Sigh.

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    1. Mary, I'm the same - conflicted. The two of his I absolutely adored were Meany, with Garp slightly less. I enjoyed most of the others without feeling the same emotional attachment to the characters. I'll delay any decision until next year at least! (Coward!)

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  4. I read The Name of the Rose back in the day when I read challenging books and am not sure I understood it even then. I'm interested in your take when you get around to it.

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    1. Glen, I just looked the book up on wiki, as I was a bit surprised Margot was a little bit lukewarm about it. It definitely isn't my everyday read, but who knows?

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  5. I probably have a copy of Rum Punch as well somewhere!

    LOL!

    Agree with the comments about Hiaasen. I've enjoyed Hoag in the past.

    Just had most of my teeth out, so won't prattle . . .

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    1. Ouch that doesn't sound particularly pleasant!

      Haven't yet logged Rum Punch but will compare the two when I do! Wouldn't be the first time I've doubled up. Hiaasen I love - but haven't read for a year or two now. Time for a re-visit. I used to log on to the Miami Herald every weekend to read his newspaper column each Saturday I think it was!

      Hoag's books look quite big and intimidating, but might bear more detailed scrutiny. I think I bought them for my wife and she wasn't used to having something so large in her hands!

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  6. Deaver does write big, fat books, doesn't he? I am sure I would read more of them if they were shorter. I want to read more by Robert Wilson. I have a ton of his books.

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    1. I think that has held me back from reading both of the authors you mention. Less would be more attractive!

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  7. Col, my takeaways from this lot would be James M. Cain and Richard Stark. Alistair MacLean is an old favourite and I read his novels occasionally.

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    1. Stark I'll definitely agree on. Not yet tried MacLean so no comment as yet!

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