--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "cptpipes2000" <cptpipes@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone up for cussin' and discussin' our favorite books of 2008? I
really liked (in
> chronological order) Gas City by Loren Estleman, Salt River by James
Sallis, Lush Life by
> Richard Price, Money Shot by Christa Faust, Cross by Ken Bruen,
City of Thieves by David
> Benioff, Empty Ever After by Reed Farrell Coleman, The Turnaround by
George Pelecanos, The
> Ancient Rain by Domenic Stansberry, The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow,
Master of the Delta by
> Thomas H. Cook, Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski, The Brass
Verdict by Michael
> Connelly and The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. ( may remember a few I
forgot and will add
> them if I do).
>
I have the Winslow, as yet unread. And likewise, I have yet to get
into Farrell Coleman, much praised here. One that I enjoyed enormously
(I don't remember if it's strictly 2008) is Sara Gran's _Dope_. I have
two other books by her in the pipeline.
Too many good books and authors... I can't keep up. My problem is that
I can't read fiction back to back. I read a lot of nonfiction. I
inserted a rereading of Karl Polanyi's _The Great Transformation_
between two noir books... that is a big insert that led to collateral
reading. It's hopeless, a happy hopeless.
Best,
mrt
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