Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Our Favorite Books Read in 2023: Christina, Laura

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Our Favorite Books Read in 2023: Christina, Laura: Here are two more staff members with lists of their favorite books read in 2023! Christina :   A black hole is not a hole by Carolyn Cinami...

Publishers Weekly List of Best Mystery/Thriller Titles of 2012

I have to admit I have read only one of these and that was CREOLE BELLE by James Lee Burke. I am on the library hold list for BLACK BOX by Michael Connelly.



EXIT PLAN by Larry Bond
CREOLE BELLE by James Lee Burke
KILL YOU TWICE by Chelsea Cain
BLACK BOX by Michael Connelly
THE GODS OF GOTHAM by Lyndsay Faye
GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn
DEAD ANWAY by Chris Knopf
LIVE BY NIGHT by Dennis Lehane
AFTERWARDS by Rosamund Lupton
PHANTOM by Jo Nesbo
MANDARIN GATE by Eliot Pattison
AGENT 6 by Tom Robb Smith

Another Very Cool Thing!

Getting mentioned once again in THE RAP SHEET  yesterday. Very pleased as always.



Kevin

Best Reads--2011

 In no particular order, below is the list I put together for one of the reader groups I am involved with online. Clearly, it reflects my primary interest in crime/mystery fiction. In no particular order:

“The End of Everything” by Megan Abbot

“Deadly Currents: A RM Outdoors Adventures Mystery” by Beth Groundwater

“Dead Even: A River City Crime Anthology” by Frank Zafiro

“And Every Man Has To Die” by Frank Zafiro

“Inhuman Condition: Tales of Mystery & Suspense” by Kate Thornton

“Nights of the Red Moon” by Milton T. Burton

“A Patchwork of Stories: 9 Tales from Sunny Side Up to Over Hard” by Kaye George

“Double Prey: The Posadas County Mysteries” by Steven F. Havill

“Breaking Silence” by Linda Castillo

“The Wild Hog Murders: A Dan Rhodes Mystery” by Bill Crider

“The Last Call: A Bill Travis Mystery” by George Wier

“The Perfect Defective: a novella” by Clark Casey

Lots of good reading there that came via my library and direct from authors. 

Hope you try one or more and agree that these are good books.

Kevin

PW Best Books 2011

It is that time of year when the lists of the best books start rolling out. I am not a big fan of these lists because my thoughts are usually very different than what other established review sites come up with every year. Often, such as the case here with the list from Publisher Weekly, I have only read a couple of the books listed if I am lucky.

The 2011 best book list from PW:

• The End of Everything, by Megan Abbott
• Started Early, Took My Dog, by Kate Atkinson
• Revenger, by Rory Clements
• Hurt Machine, by Reed Farrel Coleman
• A Simple Act of Violence, by R.J. Ellory
• Field Gray, by Philip Kerr
• The Most Dangerous Thing, by Laura Lippman
• A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny
• Two for Sorrow, by Nicola Upson 

While I am a huge fan of several of these authors, I am limited to what is sent to me for review and what I can get at my local library. Not to mention other factors such as the huge TBR pile I already have.

So, the only book I can say I have read from this list is the incredibly good THE END OF EVERYTHING by Megan Abbott. Simply put, it is an incredibly good book dealing with a lot of adult themes in a complex mystery. My complete review from last September is here.

Kevin