FEBRUARY 2015 - READING LIST AND PICK OF THE MONTH

10 books of various lengths read in the month, which keeps pace with the year-end target. I just need to maintain until the end of the year.


February consisted of the worst book read in a long, long while. I can't actually recall a 1 star read since the blog started.......Chester Himes - you own it!


7 of the 10 were new-to-me authors. Himes, Putnam and Evanoberg (or is it Goldvich, I forget) have all been read previously.

2 of the 10 were short reads,

5 of the 10 came courtesy of Net Galley as I try to catch-up,

2 were paperbacks, 1 was a printed PDF (a short story before all the tree huggers send me abuse), 7 were Kindle reads.

7 were from this decade, 1 from the 50's (boo, hiss), 1 from the 80's and 1 from the 90's

8 Americans, 1 Scottish and 1 English author,

9 and a half were male, half a read was female (could do much better - deja-vous)

1 - 1 star, 7 x 4 stars and 2 x 5 star reads, vying for the supreme accolade of Col's Criminal Library January Pick of the Month .......Crider or Putnam, Putnam or Crider?

The Replacements by David Putnam gets the nod by a short-head.

Lee Goldberg/Janet Evanovich - The Job (2014) (4)

Bill Crider - Outrage at Blanco (1998) (5)

Russel D. McLean - Cry Uncle (2015) (4)

Lee Matthew Goldberg - Detached (2013) (4)

Chester Himes - The End of a Primitive (1955) (1)

Bob Forward - The Owl: Justice Never Sleeps (1984) (4)

David Putnam - The Replacements (2015) (5)

Tony Peluso - Archangel of Sedona (2014) (4)

Dick Lochte - Rappin' Dog (2014) (4)

Tim Stevens - Spiked (2013) (4)

Favourite cover!