Monday 6 July 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART THIRTY-NINE

Tub 39, another 50 books bought in the past 25 years of scrupulously acquiring at a rate faster than I read them........
Tub 39...here we go!


Peter Blauner, Andrew Vachss x 2, Alex Berenson, Joseph Wambaugh,
Elmore Leonard

Part of Hollywood Station series

John Wells series

Elmore Leonard x 2, David Benioff, Graham Greene, George MacDonald Fraser

Interesting cover

No idea on the content of this,

Lawrence Block, James W. Hall, Jeff Abbott, Ben Elton x 2, 

Thorn PI series book!

Matt Scudder series!

Elmore Leonard x 2, Jonathan Tropper, Reed Farrel Coleman, John Connolly,

Probably in my list of top 10 authors! 

Reed Farrell Coleman - Moe Prager PI series.

Detroit crime 

Thomas McGuane, Lawrence Block, Robert G. Barrett, Elmore Leonard x 2,

Thomas McGuane - new-to-me author,

Aussie PI fiction,

Kelly McGillis - whatever happened to the lady? 

Lawrence Block x 2, Elmore Leonard, Robert Littell, Lisa Gardner,

Keller - hit man series book!

Probably one of the first books I read that got me hooked on the genre!

Matthew Scudder series book

Espionage fiction

Ian Fleming, James McClure, Lawrence Block, Richard Montanari,

James Bond

South African crime - apartheid era

Block standalone novel

Colin Bateman, James Frey, Reed Farrel Coleman, Friedrich Glauser,

Austrian crime - set in the 20's, probably written in the 30's 

Moe Prager PI book

John B. Spencer, Douglas Lindsay, Jake Arnott,

Interesting cover!

Scottish author of the Barney Thompson series

Joe R. Lansdale, Elmore Leonard,

Hap and Leonard number 7 or 8?

Charles Bukowski, Charlie Newton, Richard Marcus,

£3 ? Bargain!

Charlie Newton

Dick Francis and son, Nathan Filer, Ross Thomas

Espionagesque

Content unknown!

Roger Alan Skipper




HIGHLIGHTS........Elmore Leonard, Lawrence Block, Joe R. Lansdale to name but three......

LOWLIGHTS........ nothing here that I'm kind of thinking, err - help

THE FULL LIST OF 50..........
AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
ABBOTT JEFF CUT AND RUN 2003 WM3
ARNOTT JAKE THE DEVIL'S PAINTBRUSH 2009
BARRETT ROBERT G. GUNS 'N' ROSE 1996 LN11
BATEMAN COLIN TITANIC 2020 2007 T1
BENIOFF DAVID THE 25TH HOUR 2000
BERENSON ALEX THE FAITHFUL SPY 2006 JW1
BLAUNER PETER SLOW MOTION RIOT 1991
BLOCK LAWRENCE HIT LIST 2000 K2
BLOCK LAWRENCE ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING 2005 MS16
BLOCK LAWRENCE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD 1993 MS11
BLOCK LAWRENCE HIT PARADE 2006 K3
BLOCK LAWRENCE SMALL TOWN 2003
BUKOWSKI CHARLES HOLLYWOOD  1989
COLEMAN REED FARREL WALKING THE PERFECT SQUARE 2002 MP1
COLEMAN REED FARREL THE JAMES DEANS 2005 MP3
CONNOLLY JOHN THE UNQUIET 2007 CP6
ELTON BEN POPCORN 1996
ELTON BEN STARK 1989
FILER NATHAN THE SHOCK OF THE FALL 2013
FLEMING IAN FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE 1957 JB5
FRANCIS/FRANCIS DICK/FELIX CROSSFIRE 2010
FREY JAMES  MY FRIEND LEONARD 2005
GARDNER LISA THE OTHER DAUGHTER 1999
GLAUSER FRIEDRICH IN MATTO'S REALM 2005 SS2
GREENE GRAHAM TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT 1969
HALL JAMES W. SQUALL LINE 1989 TPI2
LANSDALE JOE R. DEVIL RED 2011 HC+LP8
LEONARD ELMORE GET SHORTY 1990 CP1
LEONARD ELMORE KILLSHOT 1989
LEONARD ELMORE GLITZ 1985
LEONARD ELMORE CITY PRIMEVAL 1980
LEONARD ELMORE BE COOL 1999 CP2
LEONARD ELMORE THE COMPLETE WESTERN STORIES OF 2004
LEONARD ELMORE THE SWITCH 1978
LEONARD ELMORE CAT CHASER 1982
LINDSAY DOUGLAS LOST IN JUAREZ 2008
LITTELL ROBERT THE DEBRIEFING 1979
MACDONALD FRASER GEORGE FLASHMAN AND THE REDSKINS 1982 FP7
MARCUS RICHARD THE GREAT CASINO HEIST 2005
McCLURE JAMES THE CATERPILLAR COP 1972 K+Z2
McGUANE THOMAS NINETY-TWO IN THE SHADE 1973
MONTANARI RICHARD THE ROSARY GIRLS 2005 JB+KB1
NEWTON CHARLIE START SHOOTING 2012
SKIPPER ROGER ALAN BONE DOGS 2010
SPENCER JOHN B. THE ELECTRONIC LULLABY MEAT MARKET 1975
THOMAS ROSS MISSIONARY STEW 1983
TROPPER JONATHAN HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER 2007
VACHSS ANDREW HARD CANDY 1989 B4
VACHSS ANDREW STREGA 1987 B2
WAMBAUGH JOSEPH HOLLYWOOD MOON 2009 HS3

16 comments:

  1. Lots of Lawrence Block and Elmore Leonard here this time, Col. I think you'll enjoy that part of getting through the TBR :-)

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    1. Yes Margot a fair few favourites this week, plus Vachss and Lansdale as well - happy days!

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  2. Like Margot says, lots of Block and Leonard that I should be reading too. I'm also looking out for Ian Fleming's paperbacks that I feel like reading. I'm tired of the 007 movies.

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    1. I was never a big fan of the Bond films growing up, I have watched a few of the recent ones, but never really cared for Sean Connery and I preferred Roger Moore as the Saint. I'm looking forward to Fleming's books though.

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  3. Most of my favourite Elmore Leonard books there and Hollywood is great fun.

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    1. I've probably read most of the Elmore's, but a long-time ago, so I'm sure they'll stand a re-read. I've not read HOLLYWOOD yet. POST OFFICE was a great read, I'm not sure if I still have a copy.

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  4. Another interesting collection of books. I've had The James Deans on my own shelf for a while, and really ought to get round to reading it sometime soon!

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    1. John cheers. I've read one from his previous series many years ago, but haven't yet read any of his later stuff. He's too prolific to keep up with. It's a curious title and I'm wondering what the significance is.

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  5. Nothing much to really grab me there, but I'll look forward to the reviews - over the next ?10 years?

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    1. Probably, maybe longer.... I'm really determined to stop adding which will make a big difference

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  6. Another two authors I have been meaning to get to. Lawrence Block and Elmore Leonard. I have that book by Alex Berenson and haven't read it.

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    1. I do like the sound of the Berenson series, though I haven't yet started it and I haven't kept up with the books as they have come out.

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  7. Aah, I love Keller the hitman -- must read some more. Thanks to you I am now on my third Chelsea Cain novel at the moment... ;-)

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    1. Wow - I take it they are enjoyable then. Keller the Hit Man series will be read after I finish the Scudder books, which I'm probably a year away from doing if not longer!

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    2. Oh yes - good blend of gore (can't read them while eating) and decent characterisation. I'm on number 5 now... ;-)

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  8. Blimey - you aren't hanging about. She's next one up for me!

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