For Janice - Books Part 12

Well, little Clyde and I went out early this morning to the vet so he could get his Libretto (*sp) shot. It's to help with arthritis. It seems to be working as he's once again jumping up on the bed by himself and running up and down stairs. 
At the moment he's asleep in his doggy bed with me in the Den. Bonnie and Jo are watching FBI in the family room. Maybe we'll (just Jo and I of course) go to Benino's for lunch today. 

The G's

1. The G's. Yesterday I started going through the hidden book storage in the family room. I'll continue with that today. Neil Gaiman has become a favorite of mine in the Fantasy genre. I've been working through his graphic novel series featuring Sandman and his kin. I've enjoyed some of his books. The Neil Gaiman Reader is a collection of short stories and excerpts from some of his novels. Jo found me a copy of The Graveyard Book when she realized it was one I hadn't yet. I've read the first Cormoran Strike mystery by Galbraith and really enjoyed it. I've got the next few on my bookshelves and hope to read #2 this year. I'd also like to try the TV series based on the books. Jo and I watch the old Perry Mason TV series all the time on MeTV. We've now seen them a few times because their on a cycle but they're still fun. I've just started trying the books and I enjoyed the first one. I generally like William Gibson's take on Sci Fi. I have given up on a couple of his books but I've enjoyed the Sprawl trilogy so far. Sue Grafton has been a favorite ever since I found her. I try to read one book a year at least but I'm now coming to the end of the series. Bye bye Kinsey. Elly Griffiths is a relatively new author for me. She writes the Ruth Galloway mystery series and I enjoyed the first book. She also writes the Harbinder Kaur series. I've got the first book of that. I haven't tried John Gwynne's fantasy yet, probably intimidated by the size. But I am looking forward to giving Malice a go. MR Hall writes the Jenny Cooper forensic mystery series. CBC relocated the books to Canada for their TV series, Coroner, which is excellent and actually made me try the books. Enjoying so far. I've mentioned Timothy Hallinan before. His Poke Rafferty mystery series set in Bangkok is a new one for me. 

H - J

2. H - J's. How do you like that. Poke Rafferty made it to both groups. LOL. Sophie Hannah is a new author for me. She has revamped the Hercule Poirot series and also writes her own mysteries, Elsa Hart writes the Li Du mystery series set in China. The first book was excellent. Darkness and Light is the 3rd book in John Harvery's Frank Elder mystery series. He also writes one featuring Charles Resnick. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino is another of those mysteries that sounded very interesting and encourages me to travel around the world with my reading. It is the first book in his Detective Galileo series. I took a course in Mythology back in my university days and have always been interested in it. I thought Charlotte Higgin's Greek Myths sounded interesting. Now to read it. Lyn Hightower was one of those mystery authors I took a chance on a few years back. When we still had ABC Books in downtown Courtenay and I first moved here I regularly spent time there going through the mystery section. I found The Debt Collector and it was so good. It took awhile but I've been able to enjoy a few of her books since. Fortunes of the Dead is the 2nd book in her Lena Padgett series. I've kind of avoided Joe Hill, son of Stephen King, for some reason. But Joe and I enjoyed the NOS4A2 TV series and I really liked his Locke & Key graphic novel series. So I think I need to delve into his work a bit more. Eh? Susan Hill wrote The Woman in Black amongst other works. I've been enjoying her Simon Serrailler mystery series; The Shadows in the Street in part of that series. The other day I read an article about Howard's End is on the Landing and it seemed right up my alley. Basically, one day she went looking for a book to read and discovered all these other books that she'd basically forgotten about in her bookshelves. And decided to spend a year reading them. Neat, eh? This is the book of that year. Two new mystery writers next. Adrian Hyland, Diamond Dove, writes the Emily Tempest mystery series. Joe Ide is author of the IQ novels. The last books are mysteries from authors I've already tried. Arnaldur Indridason sets his mysteries in Iceland and PD James writes the Inspector Dalgleish mystery series, one my favorites, intelligent and so well written.

The J's and onward to L

3. J's continued - the L's. So let's see. We'll start with some horror. Ruby Jean Jensen wrote Mama, about possessed dolls. Creepy. Home Sweet Home is about summer camp... and more? J. Sydney Jones is author of the Viennese mysteries. It took me a long time to finally find The Empty Mirror. But I had tried The German Agent, a WWI spy thriller and enjoyed that. Lars Kepler is one of the Scandinavian mystery writers. His Joona Linna series is a nice psychological series. Jo bought me the Key & Key Look at the History of Sketch comedy for Christmas. Jordan Key was part of the comedy sketch duo of Key and Peele. I saw the book talked about on Stephen Colbert's talk show and told Jo it looked very interesting. I just read Caitlin Kiernan's first book in her Tinfoil Dossier Sci Fi series. I used to read Stephen King all the time. He wrote some of my favorite horror novels. But I kind of got a bit tired of his work. I've started exploring again in the past few years. I look forward to trying Fairy Tale and Later. My daughter Jennifer read some of Naomi Klein's books (I think) when she was getting her Communication's degree. Doppelganger is a fiction story that looked really interesting. Two other new authors for me next. TJ Klune's In the Lives of Puppets is a neat looking fantasy. Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars is the first book in her Lady Astronaut series. I think I heard about it from one of my Goodreads friends. Next is another book in the Commissario Brunetti crime series set in Venice (I've mentioned previously.) Great mystery series. Jonathan Lethem's Gun, with Occasional Music sounds a bit like Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next fantasy mystery series. Finally closing off this segment is the sequel to Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby.

Some books for you to check out as you start a new week. Enjoy.