Monday 12 October 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART FIFTY

Another week, another tub - a bit of a landmark - 2500 books logged!
Tub 50

Michael Chabon, Martin Cruz Smith, Walter Mosley, F. X. Toole, Joe R. Lansdale,
New-to-me-author

Pseudonymously published Eugene Izzi book

Frank Corso - double edition

Jake Lassiter series book

Hap and Leonard book

Pele, Jonathan Kellerman. Joe R. Lansdale, Zoe Sharp, Danny Wallace,

Another good looking Lansdale book,

Jake Arnott, Nick Gaitano, John Sandford x 2, Pete Dexter,


Stephen Done, Gunnar Staalesen, Ian Rankin, Ian Sansom, Michael Hutchinson, 

John Le Carre, David Lodge, T. Jefferson Parker, 
Prolific English author - I think he used to knock a book off before breakfast

Espionage book from Gayle Lynds
Non-fiction book about a cycling endurance challenge 

G. M. Ford - twofer, Martin Cruz Smith, James Patterson, Ian Rankin. Stuart Pawson, 

Non-series book from Cruz Smith,

Joe R. Lansdale, Robert Littell, Frank Lean, L. A. Morse, Robert Wilson, 

Great cover - great book from memory - time for a re-read

Paul Levine, Kingsley Amis, James Swain, 

Elmore Leonard, Graeme Gordon, Robert Twigger, Jakubowski - Ripley edited anthology

Robert Littell, Alan Bradley,

Great cover

Tess Gerritsen, Joe R. Lansdale, John D. MacDonald, James Hadley Chase, Gayle Lynds, Peter Temple.

Top Australian author

Tub 50 logged!

David Baddiel - making the numbers up


HIGHLIGHTS.... nothing too amazing, though I'll look forward to Lansdale, Littell and Martin Cruz Smith.

LOWLIGHTS... nothing too objectionable, though I probably wouldn't buy the Robert Wilson today - a so-so tub really.

FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS: 


AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
AMIS KINGSLEY THE OLD DEVILS 1986
ARNOTT JAKE HE KILLS COPPERS 2001 LF2
BADDIEL DAVID TIME FOR BED 1996
BRADLEY ALAN A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD 2011 FDLM3
CHABON MICHAEL THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY 2000
CRUZ SMITH MARTIN WOLVES EAT DOGS 2004 AR5
CRUZ SMITH MARTIN STALLION'S GATE 1986
DEXTER PETER TRAIN 2003
DONE STEPHEN THE LAST TRAIN TO BRACKLEY CENTRAL 2012 IVM5
FORD G. M. FURY 2001 FC1
FORD G. M. BLACK RIVER 2002 FC2
GAITANO NICK SPECIAL VICTIMS 1994
GERRITSEN TESS STOLEN 1995 TF2
GORDON GRAEME BAYSWATER BODY COUNT 1995
HADLEY-CHASE JAMES IN A VAIN SHADOW 1951
HUTCHINSON MICHAEL THE HOUR 2006
JAKUBOWKSI/RIPLEY MAXIM/MIKE FRESH BLOOD 3 (ed.) 1999
KELLERMAN JONATHAN DEVIL'S WALTZ 1992 AD7
LANSDALE JOE R. MUCHO MOJO 1994 HC+LP2
LANSDALE JOE R. A FINE DARK LINE 2002
LANSDALE JOE R. THE DRIVE-IN 2 1989 DI2
LANSDALE JOE R. BY BIZARRE HANDS 1989
LE CARRE JOHN THE CONSTANT GARDENER 2000
LEAN FRANK KINGDOM GONE 1999 DC4
LEONARD ELMORE MR PARADISE 2004
LEVINE PAUL SLASHBACK 1995 JL5
LITTELL ROBERT THE COMPANY 2001
LITTELL ROBERT LEGENDS 2005
LODGE DAVID DEAF SENTENCES 2008
LYNDS GAYLE MASQUERADE 1996 LS1
MACDONALD JOHN D. SOFT TOUCH 1953
MORSE L. A. THE BIG ENCHILADA 1982
MOSLEY WALTER WALKIN' THE DOG 1999 SF2
PARKER T. JEFFERSON BLACK WATER 2002 MR3
PATTERSON JAMES JACK AND JILL 1996 AC3
PAWSON STUART THE JUDAS SHEEP 1996 CP3
PELE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2006
RANKIN IAN THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD 2011 MF2
RANKIN IAN DEAD SOULS 1999 IR10
SANDFORD JOHN RULES OF PREY 1989 LD1
SANDFORD JOHN NAKED PREY 2003 LD14
SANSOM IAN MR DIXON DISAPPEARS 2006 ML2
SHARP ZOE KILLER INSTINCT 2001 CF1
STAALESEN GUNNAR THE WRITING ON THE WALL 2002 VV11
SWAIN JAMES DEADMAN'S BLUFF 2006 TV7
TEMPLE PETER BLACK TIDE 2000 JI2
TOOLE F. X. ROPE BURNS 2000
TWIGGER ROBERT ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS 1997
WALLACE DANNY FRIENDS LIKE THESE 2012
WILSON ROBERT THE SILENT AND THE DAMNED 2004 JF2

19 comments:

  1. I'm always so impressed with the variety of books that you have, Col! And I'm grateful for the nudge to read some of Cruz Smith's work that's not in his Renko series...

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    1. Margot thanks - I think there's a bit of diversity among my books, but I do have favourite authors and particular themes that I prefer. I'm keen to try and vary my readingt though, to avoid getting jaded.

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  2. The Lansdales look best to me. I have one of his and enjoyed it years ago.

    Are you in danger of running out of tubs? Fifty is a huge amount.

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    1. Glen, he writes across a lot of genres which means I don't find all his books appealing - just most of them!
      Re the tubs - I got them from my workplace and it's a bit touch and go whether I have enough for the task at hand. Not acquiring any more books might be a good idea though!

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    2. I looked it up and the Lansdale I have is Sunset and Sawdust. You would like it I think.

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    3. I'm hoping I have that one - the title seems familiar, but I haven't located it yet.

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  3. Congrats on the landmark, Col!

    For me, the Rankins look to be the pick of the bunch.

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    1. Congrats or maybe commiserations - that's a helluva lot of reading ahead of me, though in fairness I have mebbe read 20% of the library, but entertain thoughts of re-reads! (There in lies madness)
      Not read as much of Rankin as I should but if you gave me an ultimatum him or Lansdale - I'd plump for the Texan!

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  4. Col, I read most Chase novels with semi-clad models on the covers. Those books still hold up whenever I read them. I have got a replica of Cruz Smith's "Stallion Gate" and a pile of John D. MacDonald, all unread as yet.

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    1. Oh, and congratulations on the 50 & 2,500 milestones!

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    2. I've not read any of Chase's books, though there a certain fascination for the promise of what's inside based on the covers. There's a definite 70s feel to paperbacks of the time aimed at the male market, I think. Bimbo, bikini, cleavage, legs = SEX! Not sure the content subsequently reflects that.

      50 tubs down - maybe 40 more to go.......OUCH!

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  5. Amazing, I have a lot of books but you have me beat, I am sure. Lots of interesting authors here. I want to read Paul Levine for sure. I loved, loved, loved Legends by Littell and I have a lot more of his books to read. I did read The Company years ago and was lukewarm about it but then I went and bought another copy so I can reread. At 800 pages.

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  6. High praise for Legends - I will look forward to it. The Company does look intimidating but hey we can both do it! Paul Levine's first Lassiter book - To Speak For The Dead, I thought was amazing. Time to get back to him if I can.

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  7. Honestly, you really must have set some kind of record for a non-bookshop collection. How much farther to go? I'm a big Chabon fan, and you might enjoy Kavalier and Klay. Like Tracy I read The Company and found it very long and boring - what's she doing making me think I might like to read a different one? Very unfair of you Tracy...

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    1. More than 30 tubs, possibly 40. Mad I know. Not read Chabon, I think I used to confuse him in my head with Jerome Charyn who I have read.
      Yeah - give Littell another go, I bet you get to him before me.

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    2. Regarding Chabon, Tracy and I both read The Yiddish Policeman''s Union. Excellent alternate history plus police procedural set in Alaska. Pretty long.

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    3. Glen, I think I swerved away from that one, though you make it sound quite interesting,

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  8. Glad you mentioned the dangers of re-reading -- I fear that is my reading downfall. Have you read much Peter Temple? I've only read Truth, but really liked his style and should (patriotically!) read some more. Some of his books have been made into a TV series now here.

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    1. Only The Broken Shore and one of his Jack Irish books. Not enough that's for sure!

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