Books 2007
Jan. 1st, 2008 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulroI read 75 books in 2007. That's probably about 25 more than usual (most years I average a book a week). Oddly enough that's not entirely down to the amount of time I spent unemployed - the months that I wasn't working, or was only working part time, are not necessarily the months where I clocked up the most titles. So I aim to keep it up next year.
Since I've made the decision to keep working full time, making major inroads with the pile o'non-fiction isn't all that realistic a goal. I suspect I'll be reading a lot of crime fiction and supernatural thrillers. I would like to end the year with a smaller pile of unread books.
Are there any crime writers I should be looking out for? I read Gaudy Night in 1992 and loved it but never got round to reading any more Sayers, something I intend to rectify soon. For reference I like PD James, Kathy Reichs, John Connolly and Ian Rankin. I tried a Sue Grafton and it didn't do anything for me. I also tried a Karin Slaughter, and although I couldn't stand the characters and their drama getting in the way of the investigation, the mystery itself was seriously compelling.
Since I've made the decision to keep working full time, making major inroads with the pile o'non-fiction isn't all that realistic a goal. I suspect I'll be reading a lot of crime fiction and supernatural thrillers. I would like to end the year with a smaller pile of unread books.
Are there any crime writers I should be looking out for? I read Gaudy Night in 1992 and loved it but never got round to reading any more Sayers, something I intend to rectify soon. For reference I like PD James, Kathy Reichs, John Connolly and Ian Rankin. I tried a Sue Grafton and it didn't do anything for me. I also tried a Karin Slaughter, and although I couldn't stand the characters and their drama getting in the way of the investigation, the mystery itself was seriously compelling.
