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The Railway Detective (Inspector Robert Colbeck) by Edward Marston
The Bee's Kiss (Joe Sandilands Mysteries) by Barbara Cleverly
The Twylight Tower by Karen Harper
Death at the Beggar's Opera (John Rawlings Mystery) by Deryn Lake
The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 5) by Alexander McCall Smith
Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historic Crime by Maxim Jakubowski
Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie
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About meI'm a reader, not a collector, but I keep books I really enjoy and know I will read again. I prefer paperbacks to hardcovers. I like to read series books in order. I don't skip ahead and I hate spoilers. If I don't like a book, I don't finish it for the sake of finishing it -- I move on to another. I often have more than one book going at a time, as long as they are different genres.
I buy new and used books, online and at retail stores. I should own stock in Amazon.com... I love Half Price Books stores. My husband is a big reader, too, and like many of you, our home is overflowing with books. We need more shelves!
About my libraryThese are mostly my historical mysteries. I also read (some) contemporary mysteries, historical novels, fantasies, adventure/thrillers, many non-fiction histories, and have seemingly endless shelves of reference books on everything from writing and editing to computer (Macintosh and web development, etc.) and nature field guides (mostly birds).
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you will find 'Under Vesuvius' a marvellous read when you get to it. I can remember passing up the chance to buy SPQR I and II at a secondhand market stall back in the early 90s. Kicked myself stupid when I read some of the short stories in the Mike Ashley collections :(. I eventually tracked them down (I - III) before he landed his current publisher and started rolling them out. Recently I even bought new copies of the first 3 to get them all in the same size and printing (how obsessive can one get).
Currently I'm working my way through Tom Holland's 'Millenium' which is an excellent narrative history of dark age Europe. Nearly finished and then I have to decide what next.
David
cheers from Canberra
posted by Macbeth at 8:06 am (EST) on Jan 2, 2009
I hope that 2009 goes well for you (50 minutes to go in Canberra)
I have recently finished the latest from Rowland ('The Snow Empress') and Roberts ('Under Vesuvius')
Loved them both, the mystery story in Snow Empress was weak but the setting was brilliant. As for the latest SPQR - he never dissapoints.
Cheers
posted by Macbeth at 7:13 am (EST) on Dec 31, 2008
posted by susanalbert at 11:05 am (EST) on Dec 30, 2008
posted by bennettsmama at 8:13 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2008
I added you to my 'interesting library' list (which I hope you don't mind) primarily because of your picture. It reminds me of my school pictures from the 1950s. The bangs are quite similar. Similar collars. Oh - also, I love Historical Mysteries so there is that. I think our school pictures are Historical Mysteries. Oh wait maybe thats your monther's school picture. Nevermind.
posted by silverbooks at 6:07 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2008
thankyou for tagging me as an intersting library. My tags to some degree reflect the way I shelve my books (and like you my house is overflowing with books - we take delivery of a new 7'x4' shelf soon YAY!!). I keep my books together by Period/Theme - when an author branches out I have to decide whether to seperate the different books or to try and keep the two subjects close on the shelves.
My love affair with the Historical Novel began in my early teen years when my grandmother loaned me Tranter's "Macbeth the King" and Cannings "The Crimson Chalice". I have been a great fan of Tranter, but found the later (post 1993) novels to be more like repetitive lowland soap operas. However he gave us so many great novels over so many years - I built up a wargames army of Macbeth's Scots on the strength of Macbeth the King.
I did try and aquire the Chisolm novels - I had two later ones from one of my favourite bookshops. "Gaslight Books" - which you can find on the net do both new and secondhand crime and scifi/fantasy. I could never find the first two of Chisolms so I traded them back in (at the time my daughters were in daycare and money was tight - I traded back some books at Gaslight to ensure I could keep up with Jecks, Rowland and Doherty (to name a few).
I still have a lot of books to add to my LT catalouge - I am hoping to have some time to myself to paint toy soldiers, catalouge books (including scan the covers) and generally tidy up my hobbies.
I will look out for Chisolm again and look through your library to see what else jumps out.
All the best
David (aka Macbeth)
posted by Macbeth at 2:15 am (EST) on Mar 17, 2008
You are on my list of interesting libraries, too. Ideas for new reads! BYW, I love Georgetter Heyer, just haven't gotten her entered yet.
Sara
posted by saraLlewellyn at 7:29 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2008
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posted by lmedgerton at 3:57 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2007