Jamie B's 2021 Reading Log

[Jamie]

1. The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh #5)- James, P.D. (Jan 30, 2021)
2. An Unkindness of Ghosts- Solomon, Rivers (Jan 28, 2021)
3. The Cinderella Killer (Charles Paris #19)- Brett, Simon (Jan 28, 2021)
4. A Decent Interval (Charles Paris, #18)- Brett, Simon (Jan 26, 2021)
5. Dead Room Farce (Charles Paris, #17)- Brett, Simon (Jan 25, 2021)
6. The Heart of a Goof- Wodehouse, P.G. (Jan 25, 2021)
7. Sicken and So Die (Charles Paris #16)- Brett, Simon (Jan 24, 2021)
8. A Reconstructed Corpse (Charles Paris, #15)- Brett, Simon (Jan 23, 2021)
9. Corporate Bodies- Brett, Simon (Jan 23, 2021)
10. Sicilian Slaughter (The Executioner, #16)- Crawford, William (Jan 22, 2021)
11. What Bloody Man Is That? (Charles Paris #12)- Brett, Simon (Jan 21, 2021)
12. Panic in Philly (The Executioner, #15)- Pendleton, Don (Jan 21, 2021)
13. Dead Giveaway (Charles Paris, #11)- Brett, Simon (Jan 20, 2021)
14. Not Dead, Only Resting- Brett, Simon (Jan 20, 2021)
15. Murder in the Title (Charles Paris #9)- Brett, Simon (Jan 18, 2021)
16. Murder Unprompted- Brett, Simon (Jan 14, 2021)
17. Situation Tragedy- Brett, Simon (Jan 14, 2021)
18. Black Mischief- Waugh, Evelyn (Jan 11, 2021)
19. Unconditional Surrender- Waugh, Evelyn (Jan 09, 2021)
20. Crossings- Landragin, Alex (Jan 08, 2021)
21. The High Window- Chandler, Raymond (Jan 07, 2021)
22. Trainspotting- Welsh, Irvine (Jan 07, 2021)
23. The Thin Man- Hammett, Dashiell (Jan 06, 2021)
24. Officers and Gentlemen (Sword of Honour, #2)- Waugh, Evelyn (Jan 05, 2021)
25. Vile Bodies- Waugh, Evelyn (Jan 04, 2021)
26. The Lady in the Lake- Chandler, Raymond (Jan 03, 2021)
27. Dr. Bloodmoney- Dick, Philip K. (Jan 02, 2021)
28. Men at Arms (Sword of Honour, #1)- Waugh, Evelyn (Jan 1, 2021)

[Elyse, Moderator]

Welcome back, Jamie! Looking forward to seeing what you read!

[Jamie]

Goals:
Authors to work on this year
- Carry-overs: Louis L'Amour, Andre Norton, Stephen King, Pearl S. Buck, Paul Auster, Philip K. Dick, JG Ballard, Susan Wittig Albert, PD James, Tony Hillerman, John Grisham, Simon Brett, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates
- new for 2021: Michael Moorcock, Evelyn Waugh, Raymond Chandler, John Updike, Daphne Du Maurier, Joseph Conrad

- finish 50 books off the Guardian 1000 list, and 50 off the Boxall's 1001 list
- weekly blog posts on Ravenmount (poor neglected book blog...)

Simon Brett Books: Charles Paris series- Cast, In Order of Disappearance (1975), So Much Blood (1976), Star Trap (1977), An Amateur Corpse (1978), A Comedian Dies (1979), The Dead Side of the Mic (1980), Situation Tragedy (1981), Murder Unprompted (1982), Murder in the Title (1983), Not Dead, Only Resting (1984), Dead Giveaway (1985), What Bloody Man Is That? (1987), A Series of Murders (1989), Corporate Bodies (1991), A Reconstructed Corpse (1993), Sicken and So Die (1995), Dead Room Farce (1998), A Decent Interval (2013), The Cinderella Killer (2014), A Deadly Habit (2018)
Mrs. Pargeter series- A Nice Class of Corpse (1986), Mrs, Presumed Dead (1988), Mrs Pargeter's Package (1990), Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh (1992), Mrs Pargeter's Plot (1996), Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour (1999), Mrs Pargeter's Principle (2015), Mrs Pargeter's Public Relations (2017)
Fethering series- The Body on the Beach (2000), Death on the Downs (2001), The Torso in the Town (2002), Murder in the Museum (2003), The Hanging in the Hotel (2004), The Witness at the Wedding (2005), The Stabbing in the Stables (2006), Death Under the Dryer (2007), Blood at the Bookies (2008), Poisoning at the Pub (2009), The Shooting in the Shop (2010), Bones Under the Beach Hut (2011), Guns in the Gallery (2011), Corpse on the Court (2012), Strangling on the Stage (2013), The Tomb in Turkey (2014), The Killing In The Cafe (2015), The Liar In The Library (2017), The Killer In The Choir (2019)
Blotto and Twinks series- Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter (2009), Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess (2010), Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera (2011), Blotto, Twinks and the Bootlegger's Moll (2012), Blotto, Twinks and the Riddle of the Sphinx (July 2013), Blotto, Twinks and the Heir to the Tsar (July 2015), Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (2017)
Non-serial- The Clutter Corpse, A Shock to the System, The Christmas Crimes at Puzzel Manor, Dead Romantic, The Penultimate Chance Saloon, Singled Out,

Evelyn Waugh Books: Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Black Mischief, A Handful of Dust, Scoop, Put Out More Flags, Brideshead Revisited, The Loved One, Helena, Men at Arms, Love Among the Ruins, Officers and Gentlemen, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Unconditional Surrender

[Jamie]

Louis L'Amour:
Westward the Tide (1950), The Riders of High Rock (1951), The Rustlers of West Fork (1951), The Trail to Seven Pines (1951), Trouble Shooter (1952), Hondo (1953), Showdown at Yellow Butte (1953), Crossfire Trail (1954), Kilkenny (1954), Utah Blaine (1954), Heller with a Gun (1955), Guns of the Timberlands (1955), To Tame a Land (1955), The Burning Hills (1956), Silver Canyon (1956), Last Stand at Papago Wells (1957), Sitka (1957), The Tall Stranger (1957), Radigan (1958), The First Fast Draw (1959), Taggart (1959)
The Daybreakers (1960), Flint (1960), Sackett (1961), High Lonesome (1962), Killoe (1962), Lando (1962), Shalako (1962), Catlow (1963), Dark Canyon (1963), Fallon (1963), How the West Was Won (1963), Hanging Woman Creek (1964), Mojave Crossing (1964), Kiowa Trail (1964), The High Graders (1965), The Key-Lock Man (1965), The Sackett Brand (1965), The Broken Gun (1966), Kid Rodelo (1966), Kilrone (1966), Mustang Man (1966), Matagorda (1967), The Sky-Liners (1967), Brionne (1968), Chancy (1968), Down the Long Hills (1968)
Conagher (1969), The Empty Land (1969), The Lonely Men (1969), Galloway (1970), The Man Called Noon (1970), Reilly's Luck (1970), The Ferguson Rifle (1973), North to the Rails (1971), Tucker (1971), Under the Sweetwater Rim (1971), Callaghen (1972), Ride the Dark Trail (1972), The Man from Skibbereen (1973), The Quick and the Dead (1973), Treasure Mountain (1973)
The Californios (1974), Sackett's Land (1974), The Man From the Broken Hills (1975), Over on the Dry Side (1975), Rivers West (1975), The Rider of Lost Creek (1976), To the Far Blue Mountains (1976), Where the Long Grass Blows (1976), Borden Chantry (1977), Fair Blows the Wind (1978), The Mountain Valley War (1978)
Bendigo Shafter (1979), The Iron Marshal (1979), The Proving Trail (1979), Lonely on the Mountain (1980), The Warrior's Path (1980), Comstock Lode (1981), Milo Talon (1981), The Cherokee Trail (1982), The Shadow Riders (1982), The Lonesome Gods (1983), Ride the River (1983), Son of a Wanted Man (1984), The Walking Drum (1984), Jubal Sackett (1985), Passin' Through (1985), West of Pilot Range (1986), (1986), Last of the Breed (1987), Haunted Mesa (1987)

[Juli, Moderator]

I like that you have author goals!