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2013 Books

Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
edited January 2014 in Free for all
The list starts with a couple of books I didn't quite finish last year!

  1. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
  2. A Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
  3. The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
  4. The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø
  5. Standing In Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin
  6. Kinsmen by Bill Pronzini
  7. The Dinner by Herman Koch
  8. Femme by Bill Pronzini
  9. Little Green by Walter Mosley
  10. The Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns
  11. Joyland by Stephen King
  12. The Last Whisper in the Dark by Tom Piccirilli
  13. Treachery in Bordeaux by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen
  14. Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet
  15. The Girl on the Glider by Brian Keene
  16. A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
  17. Naoko by Keigo Higashino
  18. Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
  19. The Bat by Jo Nesbø
  20. Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox
  21. Hard Listening by Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., Mitch Albom, James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Matt Groening, Greg Iles, Sam Barry, and Roger McGuinn
  22. Inferno by Dan Brown
  23. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
  24. Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
  25. The Horror...The Horror: An Autobiography by Rick Hautala
  26. If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
  27. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  28. Green Shadows, White Whale by Ray Bradbury
  29. Light of the World by James Lee Burke
  30. Cabal by Clive Barker
  31. Arbeitskraft by Nick Mamatas
  32. The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce
  33. Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
  34. Stranger Than Fiction: The Life and Times of Split Enz  by Mike Chunn
  35. Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
  36. Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
  37. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
  38. Stephen King: Man and Artist by Carroll Terrell
  39. Hit Me by Lawrence Block
  40. The Truth by Michael Palin
  41. Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith
  42. Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
  43. Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives edited by Sarah Weinman
  44. The Abominable by Dan Simmons
  45. Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
  46. The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney
  47. The Double by George Pelecanos
  48. The Hunter and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
  49. The Last Dark by Stephen R. Donaldson
  50. Police by Jo Nesbø
  51. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
  52. Darker than Amber by John D. MacDonald
  53. The Prophet by Michael Koryta
  54. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
  55. When the Women Come Out to Dance by Elmore Leonard
  56. Snowblind by Christopher Golden
  57. Luther: The Calling by Neil Cross
  58. The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry
  59. The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein 
  60. The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
  61. From Hell by Alan Moore
  62. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
  63. Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
  64. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie
  65. Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø
  66. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
  67. The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block
  68. Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson
  69. Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell

Comments

  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    Will you be doing a review for N0S4A2? ie closer to the book's release date?



    Any quick impressions? Good followup from Horns?
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    I hope to work on it this weekend. It's a good follow-up. Not a knock your socks off amazing book, but good. I think this is the book where Joe says, "Screw it. I'm Stephen King's son." There are a bunch of homage references.
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    4364775E57686F62646F75010 wrote: Not a knock your socks off amazing book, but good. I think this is the book where Joe says, "Screw it. I'm Stephen King's son." There are a bunch of homage references.


    Those last two statements have made me curiouser and curiouser.



    His work with the Locke & Key comic book series has been excellent - I made it through the first 5 volumes and was engrossed all the way through.
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    I haven't read them -- I'm not a big fan of the format.
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    4067745D546B6C61676C76020 wrote: I haven't read them -- I'm not a big fan of the format.


    Same here but waiting for the volumes to come out - each made up of 5 or 6 issues - and reading through all 5 volumes together allowed the story momentum to stay with me.



    Awesome series.



    Would love to see the unsold & unaired pilot that was made a couple of years ago.
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    Ooo! I see you read Dr. Sleep! So... did it keep you awake?
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    In short: [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    092E3D141D2225282E253F4B0 wrote: In short:  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
    8-) 8-)
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    How did you find The Abdominable?  I'm sure Simmons researched the heck out of it.



    I really liked - actually loved - Paha Sapa or Black Hills.
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    I just started it. It begins with a long introduction by Simmons.
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    Finished it yesterday -- it's really good. Not at all about what I expected, either.
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    How does it stack against The Terror?
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    I found The Terror to be sort of slow and ponderous. This book is equally as long, but it moved along faster, I thought. It's less of a horror novel, though, and perhaps a thriller of sorts. There is a LOT of mountain climbing in it!
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    So... The Last Dark That was quick....
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    I add things when I start them, not when I finish -- I'm about 1/4 of the way through it. Didn't have any reading time this weekend.
  • Lou_SytsmaLou_Sytsma
    Ah. I was pretty floored to see it on your list already.
  • BevVincentBevVincent
    Updated
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