Paul's Race to 75 Part 37 and year wrap
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2PaulCranswick
I wanted to take up this message to wish everyone who has visited my (somehow) 37 threads this year, whether posting or not, a wonderful new year and a hearty thank you for making LT generally and this group in particular what it is.
3PaulCranswick
STAT ATTACK ON MY TBR SHELVES (Kuala Lumpur only)
End of November books 1,522
Additions in December to date 163
Completed so far in December 8
New total 1,677
Pages to read end November 589,831
Pages added so far in December 50,238
Pages read so far in December 2,419
Revised total to read 637,650
End of November books 1,522
Additions in December to date 163
Completed so far in December 8
New total 1,677
Pages to read end November 589,831
Pages added so far in December 50,238
Pages read so far in December 2,419
Revised total to read 637,650
4PaulCranswick
Books read so far:
1 North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
2 The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
3 The Guards by Ken Bruen
4 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
5 Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela
6 Shadow by Karin Alvtegen
7 The Road Home by Rose Tremain
8 One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
9 Pure by Andrew Miller
10 The Appointment by Herta Muller
11 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
12 The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J.L. Carr
13 No Glossing Over It by Gary Edwards
14 Unknown by Mari Jungstedt
15 The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
16 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
17 Zoo Station by David Downing
18 The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell
19 Jack Sheppard by William Ainsworth
20 An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington
21 The Fourth Man by K.O. Dahl
22 Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
23 Troubles by J.G. Farrell
24 My Life in Cricket by Dennis Lillee
25 Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone
26 The Affair by Lee Child
27 The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri
28 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
29 The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
30 Praying Mantis by Andre Brink
31 Parky by Michael Parkinson
32 All Men Are Liars by Alberto Manguel
33 The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
34 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
35 Legion of the Damned by Sven Hassel
36 Treblinka : A Survivor's Memory by Chil Rajchman
37 L'Enver de Treblinka by Vasily Grossman
38 Open Season by C.J. Box
39 Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman
40 The Chalk-Circle Man by Fred Vargas
41 Lovely Green Eyes by Arnost Lustig
42 The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White
43 Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
44 Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
45 The Butterfly Effect by Pernille Rygg
46 Twist of Gold by Michael Morpurgo
47 Eternal by Craig Russell
48 Life by Keith Richards
49 The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
50 Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
51 The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Transtromer
52 Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet by Gerry Davis
53 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
54 In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee
55 Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster by Terrance Dicks
56 The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
57 The Day of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks
58 We Were Young and Carefree by Laurent Fignon
59 River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
60 Thirty Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
61 Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles
62 Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum
63 Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell
64 Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
65 Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olson
66 Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands
67 The Deep Dark Sleep by Craig Russell
68 Burned by Thomas Enger
69 Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
70 The Age of Doubt by Andrea Camilleri
71 The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey
72 An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
73 Room by Emma Donoghue
74 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
75 The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
76 Doctor Who and the Three Doctors by Terrance Dicks
77 The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
78 Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
79 The Sun King by Nancy Mitford
80 Death in August by Marco Vichi
81 Ratcatcher by James McGee
82 Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriadson
83 Boudicca and her Barmy Army by Valerie Wilding
84 Doctor Who and the Crusaders by David Whitaker
85 Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
86 Love and Summer by William Trevor
87 She's Never Coming Back by Hans Koppel
88 God's Own Country by Ross Raisin
89 August by Bernard Beckett
90 Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
91 Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer
92 Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig
93 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography by Mark Twain
94 Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
95 The Dwarfs by Harold Pinter
96 Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
97 The Joke by Milan Kundera
98 Long Ride Home by Louis L'Amour
99 Athabasca by Alistair MacLean
100 The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
1 North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
2 The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
3 The Guards by Ken Bruen
4 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
5 Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela
6 Shadow by Karin Alvtegen
7 The Road Home by Rose Tremain
8 One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
9 Pure by Andrew Miller
10 The Appointment by Herta Muller
11 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
12 The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J.L. Carr
13 No Glossing Over It by Gary Edwards
14 Unknown by Mari Jungstedt
15 The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
16 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
17 Zoo Station by David Downing
18 The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell
19 Jack Sheppard by William Ainsworth
20 An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington
21 The Fourth Man by K.O. Dahl
22 Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
23 Troubles by J.G. Farrell
24 My Life in Cricket by Dennis Lillee
25 Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone
26 The Affair by Lee Child
27 The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri
28 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
29 The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
30 Praying Mantis by Andre Brink
31 Parky by Michael Parkinson
32 All Men Are Liars by Alberto Manguel
33 The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
34 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
35 Legion of the Damned by Sven Hassel
36 Treblinka : A Survivor's Memory by Chil Rajchman
37 L'Enver de Treblinka by Vasily Grossman
38 Open Season by C.J. Box
39 Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman
40 The Chalk-Circle Man by Fred Vargas
41 Lovely Green Eyes by Arnost Lustig
42 The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White
43 Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
44 Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
45 The Butterfly Effect by Pernille Rygg
46 Twist of Gold by Michael Morpurgo
47 Eternal by Craig Russell
48 Life by Keith Richards
49 The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
50 Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
51 The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Transtromer
52 Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet by Gerry Davis
53 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
54 In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee
55 Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster by Terrance Dicks
56 The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
57 The Day of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks
58 We Were Young and Carefree by Laurent Fignon
59 River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
60 Thirty Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
61 Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles
62 Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum
63 Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell
64 Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
65 Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olson
66 Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands
67 The Deep Dark Sleep by Craig Russell
68 Burned by Thomas Enger
69 Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
70 The Age of Doubt by Andrea Camilleri
71 The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey
72 An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
73 Room by Emma Donoghue
74 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
75 The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
76 Doctor Who and the Three Doctors by Terrance Dicks
77 The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
78 Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
79 The Sun King by Nancy Mitford
80 Death in August by Marco Vichi
81 Ratcatcher by James McGee
82 Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriadson
83 Boudicca and her Barmy Army by Valerie Wilding
84 Doctor Who and the Crusaders by David Whitaker
85 Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
86 Love and Summer by William Trevor
87 She's Never Coming Back by Hans Koppel
88 God's Own Country by Ross Raisin
89 August by Bernard Beckett
90 Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
91 Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer
92 Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig
93 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography by Mark Twain
94 Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
95 The Dwarfs by Harold Pinter
96 Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
97 The Joke by Milan Kundera
98 Long Ride Home by Louis L'Amour
99 Athabasca by Alistair MacLean
100 The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
5PaulCranswick
Best Books of the Year so far:
Literary Fiction
1. The Road Home
2 Lyrics Alley
3 Room
4 Dandelion Wine
5 Sea of Poppies
6 The Garden of Evening Mists
Thrillers
1. Zoo Station
2. The Deep Dark Sleep
3. The Potter's Field
4 Divorcing Jack
5 Disgrace
6 Devil's Peak
12 in 12 categories
1: Historical Fiction 9/12
2: 19th Century Fiction 5/12
3: Biography 10/12
4: In translation 11/12
5: Series Starts 11/12
6: Scandicrimesters 9/12
7: Sci-Fi 9/12
8: Noughties 7/12
9: One Word Titles 8/12
10: African Born Writers 6/12
11: Bought and Read in 2012 12/12
12: Off the Shelves 3/12 (IN RESERVE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR)
Literary Fiction
1. The Road Home
2 Lyrics Alley
3 Room
4 Dandelion Wine
5 Sea of Poppies
6 The Garden of Evening Mists
Thrillers
1. Zoo Station
2. The Deep Dark Sleep
3. The Potter's Field
4 Divorcing Jack
5 Disgrace
6 Devil's Peak
12 in 12 categories
1: Historical Fiction 9/12
2: 19th Century Fiction 5/12
3: Biography 10/12
4: In translation 11/12
5: Series Starts 11/12
6: Scandicrimesters 9/12
7: Sci-Fi 9/12
8: Noughties 7/12
9: One Word Titles 8/12
10: African Born Writers 6/12
11: Bought and Read in 2012 12/12
12: Off the Shelves 3/12 (IN RESERVE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR)
6PaulCranswick
Currently reading:
Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
7PaulCranswick
List of my active series. Doesn't include series I own books but haven't started (far too many) or series that I have read all - Sherlock, Poirot, Marple, Dr. Who, Wallender, John Carter, Richard Hannay, Father Brown, Rougon MacQuart, etc etc etc
WRITER SERIES NEXT BOOK UP
1 Abbott, Jeff // Whit Mosley Black Jack Point 2/3
2 Adler-Olsen, Jussi // Department Q Disgrace 2/3
3 Akunin, Boris //Erast Fandorin Special Assignments 5/10
4 Atkinson, Kate //Jackson Brodie When Will There Be Good News 3/4
5 Aubert, Brigitte //Elise Andrioli Death from the Snows 2/2
6 Auel, JM //Earth's Children The Valley of Horses 2/6
7 Bateman, Colin //Dan Starkey Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men 2/7
8 Billingham, Mark //Tom Thorne Good as Dead 10/10
9 Black, Benjamin //Quirke The Silver Swan 2/5
10 Black, Cara //Aimee Leduc Murder in Belleville 2/13
11 Blake, Nicholas //Nigel Strangeways A Question of Proof 2/16
12 Block, Lawrence //Matt Scudder A Drop of the Hard Stuff 17/17
13 Block, Lawrence //Bernie Rhodenbarr The Burglar in the Closet 3/10
14 Blunt, Giles //John Cardinal Crime Machine 5/6
15 Box, C.J. //Joe Pickett Savage Run 2/12
16 Brand, Christianna //Inspector Cockrill Heads You Lose 2/6
17 Brookmyre, Christopher //Jack Parlabane Country of the Blind 2/5
18 Brown, Dan //Robert Langdon The Lost Symbol 3/3
19 Bruen, Ken //Jack Taylor The Killing of the Tinkers 2/9
20 Burke, James Lee //Robicheaux Neon Rain 2/19
21 Camilleri, Andrea //Montalbano The Dance of the Seagull 15/15
22 Carr, Caleb //Kreizler The Angel of Darkness 2/2
23 Chandler, Raymond //Philip Marlowe The High Window 4/7
24 Child, Lee //Jack Reacher A Wanted Man 17/17
25 Cornwell, Bernard //Saxon Chronicles The Burning Land 5/6
26 Cotterill, Colin //Dr. Siri Disco for the Departed 3/8
27 Crispin, Edmund //Gervase Fen The Case of the Gilded Fly 3/9
28 Dahl, KO //Frank Frolich The Man in the Window 2/3
29 Deaver, Jeffrey //Rune Death of a Blue Movie Star 2/3
30 Deighton, Len //Harry Palmer Horse Under Water 3/6
31 Deighton, Len //Bernard Samson Faith 7/9
32 DeMille, Nelson //John Corey Plum Island 2/6
33 Dibdin, Michael //Aurelio Zen Medusa 9/11
34 Downing, David //John Russell Silesian Station 2/5
35 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan //Brigadier Gerard Adventures of Gerard 2/2
36 Dunnett, Dorothy //Francis Lymond Queen's Play 2/6
37 Eastland, Sam //Pekkala The Red Coffin 2/4
38 Edwardson, Ake //Erik Winter Frozen Tracks 3/6
39 Eisler, Barry //John Rain The Detachment 7/7
40 Finder, Joseph //Nick Heller Buried Secrets 2/3
41 Forbes, Colin //Tweed Double Jeopardy 3/24
42 Ford, Richard //Bascombe Independence Day 2/3
43 Fossum, Karin //Sejer The Caller 8/9
44 Fraser, George MacDonald //Flashman Flashman in the Great Game 5/12
45 Freeling, Nicholas //Van der Valk Because of the Cats 2/13
46 Fyfield, Francis //Helen West Shadow Play 2/6
47 Gadney, Reg //Alan Rosslyn Immaculate Deception 5/6
48 Ghosh, Amitav //Ibis Trilogy River of Smoke 2/3
49 Gilman, George G //Edge Hell's Seven 9/61
50 Gray, Alex //Lorimer A Small Weeping 2/9
51 Harvey, John //Resnick Cold in Hand 11/11
52 Harvey, John //Elder Ash and Bone 2/3
53 Hewson, David //Nic Costa The Seventh Sacrament 5/9
54 Hill, Reginald //Pascoe and Dalziell Ruling Passion 3/24
55 Hillerman, Tony //Leaphorn / Chee Dancehall of the Dead 2/18
56 Holt, Anne //Vik and Stubo The Final Murder 2/4
57 Hurley, Graham //Faraday and Winter Cut to Black 5/12
58 Iggulden, Conn //Conqueror Bones of the Hills 3/5
59 Indriadson, Arnadur //Erlendur Outrage 7/8
60 James, PD //Dalgleish A Taste for Death 7/14
61 James, Peter //Roy Grace Dead Tomorrow 5/8
62 Jardine, Quintin //Bob Skinner Skinner's Ordeal 5/22
63 Jecks, Michael //Medieval Mysteries The Merchant's Partner 2/31
64 Johnstone, William W //Mountain Man Ordeal of the Mountain Man 17/32
65 Jungstedt, Mari //Knutas The Killer's Art 4/7
66 Kerr, Philip //Bernie Gunther A Quiet Flame 5/8
67 Leon, Donna //Brunetti The Girl of His Dreams 17/21
68 Lovesey, Peter //Peter Diamond The Summons 3/13
69 Lucarelli, Carlos //Negro Day after Day 2/2
70 Ludlum, Robert //Bourne The Bourne Supremacy 2/3
71 MacBride, Stuart //Logan McRae Shatter the Bones 7/7
72 MacDonald, Ross //Lew Archer The Way Some People Die 3/18
73 Mahfouz, Naguib //Cairo Trilogy Palace of Desire 2/3
74 Manning, Olivia //The Levant Trilogy The Battle Lost and Won 2/3
75 Mantel, Hilary //Cromwell Series Bring Up the Bodies 2/3
76 Marklund, Liza //Bengtzon Paradise 2/6
77 Martin, Andrew //Jim Stringer The Blackpool Highflyer 2/8
78 McBain, Ed //87th Precinct Killer's Choice 5/55
79 McCall-Smith, Alexander Tears of the Giraffe 2/13
80 Nabb, Magdalen //Guarnaccia Death of a Dutchman 2/14
81 Nadel, Barbara //Ikmen Deep Waters 4/15
82 Napier, William //Attila The Gathering of the Storm 2/3
83 Nesbo, Jo //Harry Hole Phantom 7/8
84 Nesser, Hakan //Van Veeteren The Inspector and Silence 5/7
85 O'Brian, Patrick //Aubrey Post Captain 2/21
86 O'Brien, Martin //Jacquot Confession 5/7
87 Plaidy, Jean //Tudor Saga Uneasy Lies the Head 2/11
88 Price, Anthony //Audley The Alamut Ambush 2/19
89 Rankin, Ian //Rebus The Hanging Garden 10/18
90 Rees, Matt //Omar Yussef The Saladin Murders 2/4
91 Rendell, Ruth //Wexford From Doon With Death 3/23
92 Rickman, Phil //Merrily Watkins Midwinter of the Spirit 2/11
93 Robinson, Peter //Banks Watching the Dark 20/20
94 Russell, Craig //Lennox The Deep Dark Sleep 3/4
95 Russell, Craig //Jan Fabel The Carnival Master 4/6
96 Sandford, John //Lucas Davenport Buried Prey 21/22
97 Sansom, CJ // Shardlake Dark Fire 2/5
98 Sayers, Dorothy L //Lord Peter Wimsey Whose Body? 2/14
99 Sigurdottir, Yrsa Thora //Gudmundsdottir Ashes to Dust 3/4
100 Silva, Daniel //Gabriel Allon Portrait of a Spy 11/12
101 Simenon, Georges //Maigret The Crime of Inspector Maigret 9/98
102 Sjowall, Maj //Beck The Man Who Went Up in Smoke 2/10
103 Smith, Tom Rob //Demidov Agent 6 3/3
104 Taylor, Andrew //Dougal Waiting for the End of the World 2/8
105 Temple, Peter //Jack Irish Black Tide 2/4
106 Vargas, Fred //Adamsberg Have Mercy on Us All 2/7
107 Waites, Martyn //Joe Donovan Bone Machine 2/4
108 White, Stephen //Alan Gregory Privelged Information 2/19
109 Wilson, Robert //Javier Falcon The Silent and the Damned 2/4
110 Wingfield, RD //Jack Frost Frost at Christmas 3/6
111 Cornwell, Bernard // Richard Sharpe Sharpe's Gold 2/21
112 Enger, Thomas // Henning Juul Pierced 2/2
113 Forester, C.S. // Hornblower Lieutenant Hornblower 2/11
114 Tey, Josephine // Alan Grant
115 Taylor, Patrick // Dr. Laverty
116 Vichi, Marco // Inspector Bordelli
117 McGee, James // Matthew Hawkswood
118 Meyer, Deon // Benny Greissel // Thirteen Hours 2/3
119 Griffiths, Elly // Ruth Galloway // The Janus Stone 2/4
ALTERNATIVELY LOOK ME UP ON FICTFACT.COM WHICH HAS A FULLER LIST INCLUDING THOSE COMPLETED AND THOSE WHERE I HAVE THE BOOK BUT HAVEN'T STARTED THE SERIES YET (THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE)
WRITER SERIES NEXT BOOK UP
1 Abbott, Jeff // Whit Mosley Black Jack Point 2/3
2 Adler-Olsen, Jussi // Department Q Disgrace 2/3
3 Akunin, Boris //Erast Fandorin Special Assignments 5/10
4 Atkinson, Kate //Jackson Brodie When Will There Be Good News 3/4
5 Aubert, Brigitte //Elise Andrioli Death from the Snows 2/2
6 Auel, JM //Earth's Children The Valley of Horses 2/6
7 Bateman, Colin //Dan Starkey Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men 2/7
8 Billingham, Mark //Tom Thorne Good as Dead 10/10
9 Black, Benjamin //Quirke The Silver Swan 2/5
10 Black, Cara //Aimee Leduc Murder in Belleville 2/13
11 Blake, Nicholas //Nigel Strangeways A Question of Proof 2/16
12 Block, Lawrence //Matt Scudder A Drop of the Hard Stuff 17/17
13 Block, Lawrence //Bernie Rhodenbarr The Burglar in the Closet 3/10
14 Blunt, Giles //John Cardinal Crime Machine 5/6
15 Box, C.J. //Joe Pickett Savage Run 2/12
16 Brand, Christianna //Inspector Cockrill Heads You Lose 2/6
17 Brookmyre, Christopher //Jack Parlabane Country of the Blind 2/5
18 Brown, Dan //Robert Langdon The Lost Symbol 3/3
19 Bruen, Ken //Jack Taylor The Killing of the Tinkers 2/9
20 Burke, James Lee //Robicheaux Neon Rain 2/19
21 Camilleri, Andrea //Montalbano The Dance of the Seagull 15/15
22 Carr, Caleb //Kreizler The Angel of Darkness 2/2
23 Chandler, Raymond //Philip Marlowe The High Window 4/7
24 Child, Lee //Jack Reacher A Wanted Man 17/17
25 Cornwell, Bernard //Saxon Chronicles The Burning Land 5/6
26 Cotterill, Colin //Dr. Siri Disco for the Departed 3/8
27 Crispin, Edmund //Gervase Fen The Case of the Gilded Fly 3/9
28 Dahl, KO //Frank Frolich The Man in the Window 2/3
29 Deaver, Jeffrey //Rune Death of a Blue Movie Star 2/3
30 Deighton, Len //Harry Palmer Horse Under Water 3/6
31 Deighton, Len //Bernard Samson Faith 7/9
32 DeMille, Nelson //John Corey Plum Island 2/6
33 Dibdin, Michael //Aurelio Zen Medusa 9/11
34 Downing, David //John Russell Silesian Station 2/5
35 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan //Brigadier Gerard Adventures of Gerard 2/2
36 Dunnett, Dorothy //Francis Lymond Queen's Play 2/6
37 Eastland, Sam //Pekkala The Red Coffin 2/4
38 Edwardson, Ake //Erik Winter Frozen Tracks 3/6
39 Eisler, Barry //John Rain The Detachment 7/7
40 Finder, Joseph //Nick Heller Buried Secrets 2/3
41 Forbes, Colin //Tweed Double Jeopardy 3/24
42 Ford, Richard //Bascombe Independence Day 2/3
43 Fossum, Karin //Sejer The Caller 8/9
44 Fraser, George MacDonald //Flashman Flashman in the Great Game 5/12
45 Freeling, Nicholas //Van der Valk Because of the Cats 2/13
46 Fyfield, Francis //Helen West Shadow Play 2/6
47 Gadney, Reg //Alan Rosslyn Immaculate Deception 5/6
48 Ghosh, Amitav //Ibis Trilogy River of Smoke 2/3
49 Gilman, George G //Edge Hell's Seven 9/61
50 Gray, Alex //Lorimer A Small Weeping 2/9
51 Harvey, John //Resnick Cold in Hand 11/11
52 Harvey, John //Elder Ash and Bone 2/3
53 Hewson, David //Nic Costa The Seventh Sacrament 5/9
54 Hill, Reginald //Pascoe and Dalziell Ruling Passion 3/24
55 Hillerman, Tony //Leaphorn / Chee Dancehall of the Dead 2/18
56 Holt, Anne //Vik and Stubo The Final Murder 2/4
57 Hurley, Graham //Faraday and Winter Cut to Black 5/12
58 Iggulden, Conn //Conqueror Bones of the Hills 3/5
59 Indriadson, Arnadur //Erlendur Outrage 7/8
60 James, PD //Dalgleish A Taste for Death 7/14
61 James, Peter //Roy Grace Dead Tomorrow 5/8
62 Jardine, Quintin //Bob Skinner Skinner's Ordeal 5/22
63 Jecks, Michael //Medieval Mysteries The Merchant's Partner 2/31
64 Johnstone, William W //Mountain Man Ordeal of the Mountain Man 17/32
65 Jungstedt, Mari //Knutas The Killer's Art 4/7
66 Kerr, Philip //Bernie Gunther A Quiet Flame 5/8
67 Leon, Donna //Brunetti The Girl of His Dreams 17/21
68 Lovesey, Peter //Peter Diamond The Summons 3/13
69 Lucarelli, Carlos //Negro Day after Day 2/2
70 Ludlum, Robert //Bourne The Bourne Supremacy 2/3
71 MacBride, Stuart //Logan McRae Shatter the Bones 7/7
72 MacDonald, Ross //Lew Archer The Way Some People Die 3/18
73 Mahfouz, Naguib //Cairo Trilogy Palace of Desire 2/3
74 Manning, Olivia //The Levant Trilogy The Battle Lost and Won 2/3
75 Mantel, Hilary //Cromwell Series Bring Up the Bodies 2/3
76 Marklund, Liza //Bengtzon Paradise 2/6
77 Martin, Andrew //Jim Stringer The Blackpool Highflyer 2/8
78 McBain, Ed //87th Precinct Killer's Choice 5/55
79 McCall-Smith, Alexander Tears of the Giraffe 2/13
80 Nabb, Magdalen //Guarnaccia Death of a Dutchman 2/14
81 Nadel, Barbara //Ikmen Deep Waters 4/15
82 Napier, William //Attila The Gathering of the Storm 2/3
83 Nesbo, Jo //Harry Hole Phantom 7/8
84 Nesser, Hakan //Van Veeteren The Inspector and Silence 5/7
85 O'Brian, Patrick //Aubrey Post Captain 2/21
86 O'Brien, Martin //Jacquot Confession 5/7
87 Plaidy, Jean //Tudor Saga Uneasy Lies the Head 2/11
88 Price, Anthony //Audley The Alamut Ambush 2/19
89 Rankin, Ian //Rebus The Hanging Garden 10/18
90 Rees, Matt //Omar Yussef The Saladin Murders 2/4
91 Rendell, Ruth //Wexford From Doon With Death 3/23
92 Rickman, Phil //Merrily Watkins Midwinter of the Spirit 2/11
93 Robinson, Peter //Banks Watching the Dark 20/20
94 Russell, Craig //Lennox The Deep Dark Sleep 3/4
95 Russell, Craig //Jan Fabel The Carnival Master 4/6
96 Sandford, John //Lucas Davenport Buried Prey 21/22
97 Sansom, CJ // Shardlake Dark Fire 2/5
98 Sayers, Dorothy L //Lord Peter Wimsey Whose Body? 2/14
99 Sigurdottir, Yrsa Thora //Gudmundsdottir Ashes to Dust 3/4
100 Silva, Daniel //Gabriel Allon Portrait of a Spy 11/12
101 Simenon, Georges //Maigret The Crime of Inspector Maigret 9/98
102 Sjowall, Maj //Beck The Man Who Went Up in Smoke 2/10
103 Smith, Tom Rob //Demidov Agent 6 3/3
104 Taylor, Andrew //Dougal Waiting for the End of the World 2/8
105 Temple, Peter //Jack Irish Black Tide 2/4
106 Vargas, Fred //Adamsberg Have Mercy on Us All 2/7
107 Waites, Martyn //Joe Donovan Bone Machine 2/4
108 White, Stephen //Alan Gregory Privelged Information 2/19
109 Wilson, Robert //Javier Falcon The Silent and the Damned 2/4
110 Wingfield, RD //Jack Frost Frost at Christmas 3/6
111 Cornwell, Bernard // Richard Sharpe Sharpe's Gold 2/21
112 Enger, Thomas // Henning Juul Pierced 2/2
113 Forester, C.S. // Hornblower Lieutenant Hornblower 2/11
114 Tey, Josephine // Alan Grant
115 Taylor, Patrick // Dr. Laverty
116 Vichi, Marco // Inspector Bordelli
117 McGee, James // Matthew Hawkswood
118 Meyer, Deon // Benny Greissel // Thirteen Hours 2/3
119 Griffiths, Elly // Ruth Galloway // The Janus Stone 2/4
ALTERNATIVELY LOOK ME UP ON FICTFACT.COM WHICH HAS A FULLER LIST INCLUDING THOSE COMPLETED AND THOSE WHERE I HAVE THE BOOK BUT HAVEN'T STARTED THE SERIES YET (THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE)
8PaulCranswick
NOBEL CHALLENGE
NOBEL WINNERS READ WITH FAVOURITE WORK READ SO FAR:
2011 The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Transtromer
2010 The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa
2009 The Appointment by Herta Muller
2007 The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
2006 Snow by Orhan Pamuk
2005 The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
2003 The Master of Petersburg by J.M.Coetzee
2001 A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
1998 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Jose Saramago
1995 Station Island by Seamus Heaney
1994 A Quiet Life by Kenzaburo Oe
1991 July's People by Nadine Gordimer
1988 Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
1987 On Grief and Reason by Joseph Brodsky
1983 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1982 A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1976 Herzog by Saul Bellow
1972 Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Boll
1970 Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1968 Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
1964 The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre
1962 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
1961 Bridge On the Drina by Ivo Andric
1958 Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
1957 The Plague by Albert Camus
1955 The Atom Station by Halldor Laxness
1954 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
1953 History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill
1949 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
1948 The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
1947 The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide
1946 Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
1938 The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
1932 A Man of Property by John Galsworthy
1930 Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
1925 Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
1923 Collected Poems by W.B. Yeats
1921 And the Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole France
1907 Kim by Rudyard Kipling
UNREAD NOBEL WINNERS ON THE SHELVES
2012 Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
2008 The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clezio
2004 The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
2002 Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz
2000 Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
1999 The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
1997 Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo
1996 Poems New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska
1993 Jazz by Toni Morrison
1990 The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
1989 The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jose Cela
1986 Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
1985 Flanders Road by Claude Simon
1981 Kafka's Other Trial by Elias Canetti
1978 Enemies : A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
1973 Voss by Patrick White
1971 The Captain's Verses by Pablo Neruda
1969 Molloy by Samuel Beckett
1952 Vipers' Tangle by Francois Mauriac
1950 A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
1936 A Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
1934 Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
1933 The Village by Ivan Bunin
1929 Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
1920 Hunger by Knut Hamsun
1913 He (Shey) by Rabindranath Tagore
1909 The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof
NOBEL WINNERS READ WITH FAVOURITE WORK READ SO FAR:
2011 The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Transtromer
2010 The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa
2009 The Appointment by Herta Muller
2007 The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
2006 Snow by Orhan Pamuk
2005 The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
2003 The Master of Petersburg by J.M.Coetzee
2001 A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
1998 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Jose Saramago
1995 Station Island by Seamus Heaney
1994 A Quiet Life by Kenzaburo Oe
1991 July's People by Nadine Gordimer
1988 Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
1987 On Grief and Reason by Joseph Brodsky
1983 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1982 A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1976 Herzog by Saul Bellow
1972 Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Boll
1970 Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1968 Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
1964 The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre
1962 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
1961 Bridge On the Drina by Ivo Andric
1958 Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
1957 The Plague by Albert Camus
1955 The Atom Station by Halldor Laxness
1954 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
1953 History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill
1949 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
1948 The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
1947 The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide
1946 Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
1938 The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
1932 A Man of Property by John Galsworthy
1930 Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
1925 Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
1923 Collected Poems by W.B. Yeats
1921 And the Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole France
1907 Kim by Rudyard Kipling
UNREAD NOBEL WINNERS ON THE SHELVES
2012 Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
2008 The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clezio
2004 The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
2002 Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz
2000 Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
1999 The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
1997 Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo
1996 Poems New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska
1993 Jazz by Toni Morrison
1990 The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
1989 The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jose Cela
1986 Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
1985 Flanders Road by Claude Simon
1981 Kafka's Other Trial by Elias Canetti
1978 Enemies : A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
1973 Voss by Patrick White
1971 The Captain's Verses by Pablo Neruda
1969 Molloy by Samuel Beckett
1952 Vipers' Tangle by Francois Mauriac
1950 A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
1936 A Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
1934 Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
1933 The Village by Ivan Bunin
1929 Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
1920 Hunger by Knut Hamsun
1913 He (Shey) by Rabindranath Tagore
1909 The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof
9PaulCranswick
2013 reading plans
I plan to concentrate on a 13 in 13 challenge and knock off 13 books in each category. This involves 169 books which used to be (as a carefree bachelor) well within my grasp but hasn't been achieved since Belle (our number three) came along 8 years ago.
Each category dedicated to a dear friend in the group.
I also want to fit as many of them as I can into TIOLI challenges in the year.
These are the challenges:
1. Featured Author/ Anne Tyler - Wry but never dry I have Prue to thank for championing her cause.
2. Books originally written in French - I won't struggle with a language I pretend to understand well but are often left abused by. I will read some old favourites such as Zola and Balzac and some newer stars such as Cosse, Barbery and Nothomb. In between I hope to add to my Nobel list with Claude Simon, Francois Mauriac and Le Clezio.
3. Books written between the two world wars - I will mainly look to British authors here although I may spare a couple of places of Faulkner, Fitzgerald and Dos Passos.
De la Mare, Graves, Waugh, Arlen, Bowen, Keane and others are lined up for my enjoyment.
4. Books about Travel or Places to Visit - I am hoping this will be a year of plenty of travelling for me so I want to look at the genre too. AA Gill, Michael Palin and others lined up here.
5. Books about Sports - Another passion of mine and I tend to gobble these up quickly. Expect cycling, soccer and cricket to predominate as these would be my favourite sports but I will also pander to my new found NFL support of the Bears to help the long suffering Mark.
6. Scandi - Regulars here would know that I have a hankering for those Nordic climes probably because I spend most of my time sweltering in the tropics. A lot of old friends here but I may get serious and slip in the odd Nobel read with a Selma Lagerlof expected.
7. Some sleuths are old friends - I couldn't go a whole year without swallowing an installment of Jack Reacher or Inspector Montalbano. I did series starts this year; next it is series that have already been started and have become an addiction.
8. Historical Fiction - Originally a student of history I regularly return to the past to look forward to the future. Three Sharon Penmans are lined up amongst others here in a group read. Edith Pargeter, Mary Stewart, TH White (Arthur is history!) and Bernard Cornwell are likely to be seen too.
9. Then and Now - Non-Fiction. Mainly with a historical twist but not exclusively so. Have a couple of excellent World War Two histories to get through amongst others.
10. Poetry and Plays - As a writer of verse (of sorts) I like to keep my eye in. I also like to declaim the odd (usually very odd) line from plays. Will add to my Nobel challenge here with Pirandello, Fo, O'Neill, Neruda all likely alongside Priestley, McGough, Hill and Dunn.
11. Asia Pacific - Well I suppose it is where I am from nowadays. Will read one from China, India, Israel, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand with one wild card. Can expect to see Khoury, Oz, Mo Yan, Winton and others here.
12. Short Story Challenge - Was planning it anyway but don't tell RD as I want him to believe that this is just for him. Got loads to choose from O'Connor, Munro, Gordimer, Trevor, Gappah are certainties here.
13. Thirteen Different Awards - I want to read one each from the last thirteen years of the Booker, Orange, Pulitzer, National Book Award, Critics Circle, Miles Franklin, Giller, Commonwealth Writers, Hawthornden, Costa, Guardian First Book Award, James Tait Black and IMPAC award. Obviously this category has to be dedicated to Darryl.
I plan to concentrate on a 13 in 13 challenge and knock off 13 books in each category. This involves 169 books which used to be (as a carefree bachelor) well within my grasp but hasn't been achieved since Belle (our number three) came along 8 years ago.
Each category dedicated to a dear friend in the group.
I also want to fit as many of them as I can into TIOLI challenges in the year.
These are the challenges:
1. Featured Author/ Anne Tyler - Wry but never dry I have Prue to thank for championing her cause.
2. Books originally written in French - I won't struggle with a language I pretend to understand well but are often left abused by. I will read some old favourites such as Zola and Balzac and some newer stars such as Cosse, Barbery and Nothomb. In between I hope to add to my Nobel list with Claude Simon, Francois Mauriac and Le Clezio.
3. Books written between the two world wars - I will mainly look to British authors here although I may spare a couple of places of Faulkner, Fitzgerald and Dos Passos.
De la Mare, Graves, Waugh, Arlen, Bowen, Keane and others are lined up for my enjoyment.
4. Books about Travel or Places to Visit - I am hoping this will be a year of plenty of travelling for me so I want to look at the genre too. AA Gill, Michael Palin and others lined up here.
5. Books about Sports - Another passion of mine and I tend to gobble these up quickly. Expect cycling, soccer and cricket to predominate as these would be my favourite sports but I will also pander to my new found NFL support of the Bears to help the long suffering Mark.
6. Scandi - Regulars here would know that I have a hankering for those Nordic climes probably because I spend most of my time sweltering in the tropics. A lot of old friends here but I may get serious and slip in the odd Nobel read with a Selma Lagerlof expected.
7. Some sleuths are old friends - I couldn't go a whole year without swallowing an installment of Jack Reacher or Inspector Montalbano. I did series starts this year; next it is series that have already been started and have become an addiction.
8. Historical Fiction - Originally a student of history I regularly return to the past to look forward to the future. Three Sharon Penmans are lined up amongst others here in a group read. Edith Pargeter, Mary Stewart, TH White (Arthur is history!) and Bernard Cornwell are likely to be seen too.
9. Then and Now - Non-Fiction. Mainly with a historical twist but not exclusively so. Have a couple of excellent World War Two histories to get through amongst others.
10. Poetry and Plays - As a writer of verse (of sorts) I like to keep my eye in. I also like to declaim the odd (usually very odd) line from plays. Will add to my Nobel challenge here with Pirandello, Fo, O'Neill, Neruda all likely alongside Priestley, McGough, Hill and Dunn.
11. Asia Pacific - Well I suppose it is where I am from nowadays. Will read one from China, India, Israel, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand with one wild card. Can expect to see Khoury, Oz, Mo Yan, Winton and others here.
12. Short Story Challenge - Was planning it anyway but don't tell RD as I want him to believe that this is just for him. Got loads to choose from O'Connor, Munro, Gordimer, Trevor, Gappah are certainties here.
13. Thirteen Different Awards - I want to read one each from the last thirteen years of the Booker, Orange, Pulitzer, National Book Award, Critics Circle, Miles Franklin, Giller, Commonwealth Writers, Hawthornden, Costa, Guardian First Book Award, James Tait Black and IMPAC award. Obviously this category has to be dedicated to Darryl.
10richardderus
"On hold" is so much more polite than my "MINE!"
11PaulCranswick
Wow mate it is a good job I have sent you two books already cause you won the prize again! Sent off to you yesterday.
12PaulCranswick
on hold for end of year thread/posting league results.
13PaulCranswick
on hold for end of year book reading league results
14PaulCranswick
on hold for book analysis stats
15PaulCranswick
on hold for end of year awards
16richardderus
OMIGOSH! I'm sorry I got in the middle of your posts! Honest and truly I didn't think about your lists. I apologize.
You sent me two books?! OOO OOO! Thanks!
You sent me two books?! OOO OOO! Thanks!
17PaulCranswick
No problem mate. I normally only put up a half dozen or so reserves - you're good but not yet a mind reader, rdear.
18richardderus
Not just yet. WOrkin' on it, though!
19roundballnz
RD .... so funny Paul is far too polite to say MINE!!!!!!!!!!
20nittnut
Hi there. Earlier than usual... can't wait to see reading plans for 2013. You managed a fair number of pages this year.
21PaulCranswick
RD - Hahaha my guess (and I am certainly not farsighted - sold an apartment last year a matter of weeks before they appreciated in value and I lost about $30,000 on the deal) is that you'll have it off pat in 2013.
Alex - It is funny indeed my dear NZ-Oldhamite friend for a transplanted red-roser to have cause to praise a transplanted white-roser for his good manners!
Alex - It is funny indeed my dear NZ-Oldhamite friend for a transplanted red-roser to have cause to praise a transplanted white-roser for his good manners!
22PaulCranswick
Jenn - Early or late but always very, very welcome. In the early hours of the morning I gathered my 13 January reads together for a pep talk and to engage in some wishful and well intentioned thinking.
23calm
Hi Paul. Lovely picture of the bat cave:) Impressive lists as always, looking forward to seeing what goes into the "on hold" spots:)
Hope all is well with you and yours.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
24msf59
Hi Paul- Is this where the Wrap-Up party is at? If so, you couldn't pick a better location...other than the Cafe, of course.
Love the bat cave and good luck on that '13 challenge. Looks fun.
Love the bat cave and good luck on that '13 challenge. Looks fun.
25PaulCranswick
Calm - I was fully expecting Bruce Wain to saunter into view but cannot say I was too disappointed after all. There must have been 2000 bats clinging to the walls of the cave. Looks like you will finish top thirty in the posting league for 2012.
Mark - I would and will pick the cafe too mate, no gripes from me there. I want to test myself a bit this year and I have a hankering to pass 200 books for the first time since college days (when I did little else). Let's see.
Mark - I would and will pick the cafe too mate, no gripes from me there. I want to test myself a bit this year and I have a hankering to pass 200 books for the first time since college days (when I did little else). Let's see.
26PaulCranswick
I was saddened today to note that Tony Greig passd away. Who you will all be asking?
John Simpson of course knows that he was the South African born and much maligned England cricket captain of the mid 1970's - the era I grew up in and fell in love with the game. Tremendous cricketer, great and brave captain, terrible PR - famously predicted we would make the lethal West Indies team grovel just before losing the series 5-0.
John - He would actually make my England team of my lifetime as he was good with the bat, a fabulous fielder and could bowl several styles as conditions dictated. He would also be my captain.
Boycott, Cook, Edrich, Gooch, Pietersen, Botham, Greig, Knott, Snow, Underwood, Willis - what do you think?
John Simpson of course knows that he was the South African born and much maligned England cricket captain of the mid 1970's - the era I grew up in and fell in love with the game. Tremendous cricketer, great and brave captain, terrible PR - famously predicted we would make the lethal West Indies team grovel just before losing the series 5-0.
John - He would actually make my England team of my lifetime as he was good with the bat, a fabulous fielder and could bowl several styles as conditions dictated. He would also be my captain.
Boycott, Cook, Edrich, Gooch, Pietersen, Botham, Greig, Knott, Snow, Underwood, Willis - what do you think?
27maggie1944
Paul, Hi! I'm having a bookish morning here. Pellet stove singing, new dog asleep at my feet, old dog retreated to the privacy of the dogs' cave (aka a crate), and a book on my mind. But occasionally I've stopped to catch up on LT postings (a Sisyphus' venture, no doubt) and you have INSPIRED me to add another site to my already too busy time on the computer. I just joined FICT FACT. Yes, I did. Thanks to you.
28jnwelch
Just checking in, Paul. Now Karen's got me curious about FICT FACT.
I'm a typical clueless Amurkin when it comes to cricket, but I know that feeling about childhood sports heroes. My son and I have debated all-time professional basketball teams.
Hope you're enjoying Barchester Towers and The Grapes of Wrath. I enjoyed the first and thought the second was quite remarkable. I'll be interested in your perspective on it from Yorkshire and Malaysia.
I'm a typical clueless Amurkin when it comes to cricket, but I know that feeling about childhood sports heroes. My son and I have debated all-time professional basketball teams.
Hope you're enjoying Barchester Towers and The Grapes of Wrath. I enjoyed the first and thought the second was quite remarkable. I'll be interested in your perspective on it from Yorkshire and Malaysia.
29Crazymamie
Just claiming my spot in your twilight thread of the year, Paul. Sure has been a fun ride!
30PaulCranswick
Karen - I have the inverterate muncher Caro to thank for fict fact. Have fun with it my dear but it doesn't allow for communication like we can enjoy chez ici.
Joe - I grew up as a Brit who looked down his nose at American sports (Rugby versus American Football), (Cricket versus Baseball) and I thought it a no brainer that "my" sports were superior. I'm less sure than I was I must say although I still love "British" sports. And then there was Basketball. British sports fans were weaned on the Harlem Globetrotters and all other versions of the sport seemed tame. As a 5 foot 6 inches fellow it was never going to be my sport!
I will give you a Yorkshire perspective on Barchester Towers and a Malaysian slant on The Grapes of Wrath - have a great weekend mate.
Joe - I grew up as a Brit who looked down his nose at American sports (Rugby versus American Football), (Cricket versus Baseball) and I thought it a no brainer that "my" sports were superior. I'm less sure than I was I must say although I still love "British" sports. And then there was Basketball. British sports fans were weaned on the Harlem Globetrotters and all other versions of the sport seemed tame. As a 5 foot 6 inches fellow it was never going to be my sport!
I will give you a Yorkshire perspective on Barchester Towers and a Malaysian slant on The Grapes of Wrath - have a great weekend mate.
31PaulCranswick
Mamie - I have loved every minute of it!
33PaulCranswick
Beth - touche! I will be along to wish you a happy new year closer to the time. I have read slowly this year but got through some pretty good reads IMO.
34PaulCranswick
This is the beach at Tanjung Rhu where our mangrove jaunt alighted. The well sculpted bather is not I and is there for the delectation of Mr. Derus.
35PaulCranswick
Believe it or not that is in the coastal waters just off the island - who says there has been over fishing!
36PaulCranswick
I'm smiling but she's breaking my fingers. Bit difficult to pretend that I don't love my wife!
37cameling
I love the picture of your Langkawi bat cave, Paul. I have one a little similar I took when I went spelunking on one of the small islands off Phuket.
As Richard is probably writhing from the discomfort of his knee, I'll drool over your sunbather on his behalf.
I've watched a few cricket matches and still don't quite understand the rules. Baseball is so much simpler to understand and follow. What I do appreciate in cricket is that the players and spectators get to stop for lunch and tea in the middle of the match. Very civilized.
I'm just starting Barchester Towers myself although I think I may have to put it aside for a couple of days until the new year.
As Richard is probably writhing from the discomfort of his knee, I'll drool over your sunbather on his behalf.
I've watched a few cricket matches and still don't quite understand the rules. Baseball is so much simpler to understand and follow. What I do appreciate in cricket is that the players and spectators get to stop for lunch and tea in the middle of the match. Very civilized.
I'm just starting Barchester Towers myself although I think I may have to put it aside for a couple of days until the new year.
38richardderus
Bishop Proudie and his memorable wife await in Barchester!! How can you put it aside!!
That's a lovely sight indeed, Paul, and while I'm not precisely writhing, it's sure that said sculpted bather and I would not be disporting ourselves should he happen to materialize chez moi today.
That's a lovely sight indeed, Paul, and while I'm not precisely writhing, it's sure that said sculpted bather and I would not be disporting ourselves should he happen to materialize chez moi today.
39phebj
Hi Paul! Wonderful pictures--my favorites are the one of you and Hani holding hands and the fish but they're all good. Whenever I hear cricket I think of Joseph O'Neill's book Netherland. I think that's the most I've ever read about it and I still don't really get it but that's OK.
I enjoyed going through your lists and spying your phrase "stat attack". :) I also noted your challenge to read 13 books each from a different prize and now I understand your TIOLI challenge for January.
I'm really looking forward to following you again this year and hope I get lucky enough to meet you on one of your US tours.
I enjoyed going through your lists and spying your phrase "stat attack". :) I also noted your challenge to read 13 books each from a different prize and now I understand your TIOLI challenge for January.
I'm really looking forward to following you again this year and hope I get lucky enough to meet you on one of your US tours.
40PaulCranswick
Caro - I'm with RD on not putting aside Barchester Towers for the simple reason of a year's transition. I saw an eminently sensible suggestion on one of the 2013 threads mentioning that any book more than halfway through count it in 2012 and any less than half completed put it in 2013.
Langkawi seemed wick this time with follicly challenged individuals - how they sunbathe without braising their bonnets is beyond me.
RD - I thought the absence of a book might put you off but maybe he is fast asleep having just finished a chapter by Chuckles.
Pat - Cricket is rent with euphemisms such as how to bowl a maiden over. The pitcher as he would be called in America is called in cricket the Bowler and he gets 6 goes at a time to get "out" the batsman. Those 6 goes or "balls" constitute an "over". The batsman obviously wants to prevent being out but also wants to score runs by crossing the pitch or hitting the ball out of the ground (6 runs if it goes out without hitting the floor first, four if it hits the ground first). If the batsman fails to score any runs the bowler has achieved a maiden. Hence the saying bowled a maiden over!
No clearer?
ETA - It goes without saying Pat that I am looking forward to your threads again in 2013.
Langkawi seemed wick this time with follicly challenged individuals - how they sunbathe without braising their bonnets is beyond me.
RD - I thought the absence of a book might put you off but maybe he is fast asleep having just finished a chapter by Chuckles.
Pat - Cricket is rent with euphemisms such as how to bowl a maiden over. The pitcher as he would be called in America is called in cricket the Bowler and he gets 6 goes at a time to get "out" the batsman. Those 6 goes or "balls" constitute an "over". The batsman obviously wants to prevent being out but also wants to score runs by crossing the pitch or hitting the ball out of the ground (6 runs if it goes out without hitting the floor first, four if it hits the ground first). If the batsman fails to score any runs the bowler has achieved a maiden. Hence the saying bowled a maiden over!
No clearer?
ETA - It goes without saying Pat that I am looking forward to your threads again in 2013.
41mmignano11
Hi Paul, That must have been a fantastic holiday to judge from the pictures. I got a new monitor from my husband for Christmas and he got me a program called Dragon so I can talk to my computer instead of using my keyboard all the time. All this from the guy who says "You spend too much time on the computer!" when he wants me to come to bed and watch a movie or ...whatever... Just gotta love the guy! He did mention that my library has gone from 500 books to 5000 since I signed up with LibraryThing. I'm not sure his numbers are completely accurate though...Would you mind if I stole a category (or 3) from you? I think we talked about doing short story collections already but I always read Historical Fiction so that's a no brainer (I may refine it to more specific selections)but I love the idea of the thirteen different Awards. I have some poetry suggestions for you if you are interested, and remember to let me know when you are going to start "The Once and Future King". I see that you are reading Sharp Objects, so I might move that one up on my list. It looks like a fast read. I got that from My SantaThing. It was just what I asked for!
42phebj
Somewhat clearer, and I liked hearing about the origin of the saying "bowled a maiden over". You're a font of interesting information!
43ErisofDiscord
Peace be with you, Paul! *hug* I hope you had (and are still having) a wonderful holiday season. Your bat cave is marvelous! So not only are you a Time Lord, but you are Batman as well? O_O Gosh. Well, I always figured that Batman was a Time Lord, as he seemed to regenerate every couple of movies.
I am ashamed to say that I've missed about two of your threads. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. I am going to do better next year, although I have a feeling you're going to be more popular than ever next year!
On Christmas Day Doctor Who had a spectacular Christmas special, called The Snowmen, and I think you would like it! It linked back to two Second Doctor episodes, The Abominable Snowman and The Web of Fear. The villain in those stories was the Great Intelligence, and this Eleventh Doctor episode kinda serves as a prequel to those episodes. Not only that, but the new companion, Clara, is gorgeous and more than a little bit clever. She and the Doctor are going to have fantastic episodes together!
I am ashamed to say that I've missed about two of your threads. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. I am going to do better next year, although I have a feeling you're going to be more popular than ever next year!
On Christmas Day Doctor Who had a spectacular Christmas special, called The Snowmen, and I think you would like it! It linked back to two Second Doctor episodes, The Abominable Snowman and The Web of Fear. The villain in those stories was the Great Intelligence, and this Eleventh Doctor episode kinda serves as a prequel to those episodes. Not only that, but the new companion, Clara, is gorgeous and more than a little bit clever. She and the Doctor are going to have fantastic episodes together!
44johnsimpson
Hi Paul, re post 26 i would have to agree with your team selection and choice of captain. Greggy did make the occasional error re the Grovel but as he said in an interview earlier this year with Agnew, he was misquoted as the interviewer was more interested in what the Windies were going to do rather than asking Greig what England were going to do to combat the fearsome pace battery.
The best thing Greig did was WSC which eventually got cricketers more money rather than the greedy boards keeping the lions share. Last year i read Chris Harte's book on the complete history of Australian cricket and Steve Waugh's autobiography and they both alluded to the fact that the ACB didn't want the players to be paid what they should and in Waugh's book he stated that they nearly went on strike to get proper recompense after a large TV deal.Greig will be sadly missed and i dare say that the Wisden Cricketer magazine will have a decent piece about the man in the next issue.
Lovely pictures my friend and it looks like we will be doing cricket tutorials before the start of the English season.
The best thing Greig did was WSC which eventually got cricketers more money rather than the greedy boards keeping the lions share. Last year i read Chris Harte's book on the complete history of Australian cricket and Steve Waugh's autobiography and they both alluded to the fact that the ACB didn't want the players to be paid what they should and in Waugh's book he stated that they nearly went on strike to get proper recompense after a large TV deal.Greig will be sadly missed and i dare say that the Wisden Cricketer magazine will have a decent piece about the man in the next issue.
Lovely pictures my friend and it looks like we will be doing cricket tutorials before the start of the English season.
45roundballnz
26> Greig will be greatly missed as a cricketer & great cricket mind - will miss his commentating down under .....
40 > Shall we now elucidate the different names for all the bowling ? nah that would be cruel & unusual
40 > Shall we now elucidate the different names for all the bowling ? nah that would be cruel & unusual
46AMQS
Hello Paul! Love the photos, and I look forward to following your reading in 2013 -- what interesting categories you'll pursue!
47EBT1002
Lovely photos, Paul. The bat cave looks eerie enough for me! And the beach looks heavenly. I'll be on a similar beach in late March/early April and I'm very much looking forward to it!
I finished Devil's Peak last night, after my safe and thankfully uneventful flight home. I notice you list it among your favorite thrillers. I, too, enjoyed it. Good suspense!
You know that I will continue to follow you closely as your 2013 threads get running. I hope to match your accomplishment and read 100 books in 2013; it would be a record for me, that's for sure!
I finished Devil's Peak last night, after my safe and thankfully uneventful flight home. I notice you list it among your favorite thrillers. I, too, enjoyed it. Good suspense!
You know that I will continue to follow you closely as your 2013 threads get running. I hope to match your accomplishment and read 100 books in 2013; it would be a record for me, that's for sure!
48thornton37814
Those are some colorful fish! (I tried to spell it the British way, but autocorrect insists I'm American.) Nice photo of you and your wife!
49PaulCranswick
Mary Beth - I would be delighted if you borrowed any of my categories - sharing is caring as they say. When you mentioned the monitor I thought you were referring at first to the oversized lizard! Your hubster is obviously a keeper and I am pleased that he is so understanding as I am looking forward to you being progressively more active in 2013!
Pat - Thank you. Hani loves to tell her friends about how during our courting days I used to test her on the kings and queens of England or the capital cities of the world. My mixture of cheesy romance and general knowledge paid off and she showed her eagerness to be Mrs. Cranswick by learning all the kings and queens since William the Conqueror (I know other people have cooler party tricks) and all the capital cities of South America. On the rare occasions that we have a quiet hour at the office the pencils will out and the staff will be subjected to a general knowledge quiz. It does take a certain type to work for me!
Eris - Missed you loads my dear - but I did pop over to your place occasionally to get a peek at Tom and the new Doctor. I must say that the latest helpmeet is extremely good looking - I think I'd travel through space and time to spend a few hours in her delectable company!
John - Fine cricketer Greigy and a real leader who knew that the game shouldn't be all about stuffed shirts. Regarding the selection - with Cooky, Boycs and Edrich at least one of them could anchor the team. I suppose if we were playing in India I might want Gatting in my team.
One Day XI? Your turn mate.
Alex - I think we might have hit on a method to make my thread less popular!!
All time Black Caps XI? (We might have done that last year)
The various methods of getting out should be discussed one at a time.
I'll start with "bowled". The Bowler (y'all remember him right) bowls at the three stake placed in the ground called "stumps" with two small bis of wood placed on top of them called "bails". The batsman is called upon to defend his "wicket" or in other words stop the ball hitting those stumps. If the ball hits the stumps and removes the bails when the bowler bowls at it he is out "bowled".
This is an example from the recent test series. Alistair Cook the England captain is bowled by an Indian bowler Pragyan Ojha. He is a spin bowler but that is a story for another day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlBugDFGmeo
Pat - Thank you. Hani loves to tell her friends about how during our courting days I used to test her on the kings and queens of England or the capital cities of the world. My mixture of cheesy romance and general knowledge paid off and she showed her eagerness to be Mrs. Cranswick by learning all the kings and queens since William the Conqueror (I know other people have cooler party tricks) and all the capital cities of South America. On the rare occasions that we have a quiet hour at the office the pencils will out and the staff will be subjected to a general knowledge quiz. It does take a certain type to work for me!
Eris - Missed you loads my dear - but I did pop over to your place occasionally to get a peek at Tom and the new Doctor. I must say that the latest helpmeet is extremely good looking - I think I'd travel through space and time to spend a few hours in her delectable company!
John - Fine cricketer Greigy and a real leader who knew that the game shouldn't be all about stuffed shirts. Regarding the selection - with Cooky, Boycs and Edrich at least one of them could anchor the team. I suppose if we were playing in India I might want Gatting in my team.
One Day XI? Your turn mate.
Alex - I think we might have hit on a method to make my thread less popular!!
All time Black Caps XI? (We might have done that last year)
The various methods of getting out should be discussed one at a time.
I'll start with "bowled". The Bowler (y'all remember him right) bowls at the three stake placed in the ground called "stumps" with two small bis of wood placed on top of them called "bails". The batsman is called upon to defend his "wicket" or in other words stop the ball hitting those stumps. If the ball hits the stumps and removes the bails when the bowler bowls at it he is out "bowled".
This is an example from the recent test series. Alistair Cook the England captain is bowled by an Indian bowler Pragyan Ojha. He is a spin bowler but that is a story for another day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlBugDFGmeo
50PaulCranswick
Anne - I'm itching to get after them to be honest and it is affecting my present reading!
Ellen - I would have it no other way than to go through the year together. I am going for 200 this year an I will know by the end of February whether I have any chance or not! It will be fun trying though.
Lori - hahaha, Alex corrected me yesterday in that Terry Pratchett should be termed as Fantasy not Sci-Fi and his first Discworld is The Colour of Magic which I have and cringe at incessantly as the title has been Americanised or should I say Americanized.
In all honesty "your" spellings make far too much sense - isn't the English language meant to be infuriatingly obtuse?
Ellen - I would have it no other way than to go through the year together. I am going for 200 this year an I will know by the end of February whether I have any chance or not! It will be fun trying though.
Lori - hahaha, Alex corrected me yesterday in that Terry Pratchett should be termed as Fantasy not Sci-Fi and his first Discworld is The Colour of Magic which I have and cringe at incessantly as the title has been Americanised or should I say Americanized.
In all honesty "your" spellings make far too much sense - isn't the English language meant to be infuriatingly obtuse?
51brenzi
Only you, Paul, or maybe Joe or Richard or Kath could post a new thread with only two days to go in the old year and already be up to fifty posts. happy New Year to you and your family. It's been a pleasure getting to know you.
53LovingLit
>40 PaulCranswick: cricket in a nutshell! Im impressed. I get it totally now ;)
>49 PaulCranswick: and I'm bowled over by your descriptions of how to get out in cricket too :)
>51 brenzi: Only you, Paul, or maybe Joe or Richard or Kath could post a new thread with only two days to go
I was thinking the same thing Bonnie! hehe, I was surprised but delighted to get in on the last thread quickly :9
Hi paul, I believe I have said all I need to here, other than******** Happy New Year!*********
>49 PaulCranswick: and I'm bowled over by your descriptions of how to get out in cricket too :)
>51 brenzi: Only you, Paul, or maybe Joe or Richard or Kath could post a new thread with only two days to go
I was thinking the same thing Bonnie! hehe, I was surprised but delighted to get in on the last thread quickly :9
Hi paul, I believe I have said all I need to here, other than******** Happy New Year!*********
54PaulCranswick
Bonnie - or Mamie or Mark or occasionally Stephen! The feeling is entirely mutual dear lady.
Roni - I will be doing my own passing throughs tomorrow.
Megan - Don't believe for a moment that you don't know much about cricket. Get those two splendid boys cracking as the Kiwis could do with a bit of help!
Roni - I will be doing my own passing throughs tomorrow.
Megan - Don't believe for a moment that you don't know much about cricket. Get those two splendid boys cracking as the Kiwis could do with a bit of help!
55nittnut
Impressed, but a bit overwhelmed by your 13 in 13 list. I am chronically unable to commit all my reading to such a list, although I believe it would be edifying. :) I get attitude and have a hard time reading stuff if I'm not in the mood. I may attempt a pyramid 13.
thanks for the "cricket in a nutshell" as I know very little about it. I have heard that the games can be very long. I'd probably like it. I could get a lot of knitting done... ;)
ETA: Traveled back to your previous thread to catch up. It would be great fun to meet you and your family! I will not be informing Jonah that there are missing episodes of Dr. Who. We have quite enough to watch and think about as it is. Once you know your travel plans, you will have to post somewhere. You will have quite a crowd of LTers hoping to meet you in person. :) Would be fun to see how many you can connect with.
thanks for the "cricket in a nutshell" as I know very little about it. I have heard that the games can be very long. I'd probably like it. I could get a lot of knitting done... ;)
ETA: Traveled back to your previous thread to catch up. It would be great fun to meet you and your family! I will not be informing Jonah that there are missing episodes of Dr. Who. We have quite enough to watch and think about as it is. Once you know your travel plans, you will have to post somewhere. You will have quite a crowd of LTers hoping to meet you in person. :) Would be fun to see how many you can connect with.
56LovingLit
>54 PaulCranswick: you saw through my thin disguise, Paul :)
Wilbur is great with a bat and ball, only problem is he calls the softball bat a cricket bat and in the spirit of a 4 year old- will NOT be told otherwise! So even though he has his equipment a bit muddled, he has the stance needed for each bat-use sorted just fine.
Wilbur is great with a bat and ball, only problem is he calls the softball bat a cricket bat and in the spirit of a 4 year old- will NOT be told otherwise! So even though he has his equipment a bit muddled, he has the stance needed for each bat-use sorted just fine.
57roundballnz
49 -
This is still my favourite explanation : has me in fits of laughter every time ....
Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game
someone above mentioned knitting ...... well there are Three forms of the game ( with a few more sideliners)
20/20 - this is when each side has 20 overs to get the most runs without losing all their wickets ( when the man that was in is now out) generally only a couple of hours ....
1-dayers - this is when each side has 50 overs to get the most runs without losing all their wickets with the added extra such as power plays generally this is a 4-8 hour game depending on our good.bad each side is!
Test cricket - this s the one for purists & is played over 5 days each team needs to get the other team out twice..... more a game of strategy as they can still be a draw after the 5 days......
This is still my favourite explanation : has me in fits of laughter every time ....
Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game
someone above mentioned knitting ...... well there are Three forms of the game ( with a few more sideliners)
20/20 - this is when each side has 20 overs to get the most runs without losing all their wickets ( when the man that was in is now out) generally only a couple of hours ....
1-dayers - this is when each side has 50 overs to get the most runs without losing all their wickets with the added extra such as power plays generally this is a 4-8 hour game depending on our good.bad each side is!
Test cricket - this s the one for purists & is played over 5 days each team needs to get the other team out twice..... more a game of strategy as they can still be a draw after the 5 days......
58kiwiflowa
Love your explanation Alex! I love cricket. I like having it on the telly all day in the background or to go watch - fantastic lazy day for spectators.
59kiwiflowa
#49 OMG a general knowledge quiz on a slow day? Are your staff exceptionally busy people?? lol Did you ever watch The West Wing? "President Bartlett" had the same quirk: "What fruit has seeds on the outside?"What three words in the English language start with dw? What river in South America..." lol
60kiwiflowa
re: maiden over - when scoring an over with no runs they can also make an 'M' on the score card - God I dredged that up from high school girls XI
61drachenbraut23
Good morning Paul, as always I love the pics. The bat caves looks very interesting and did you actually see any? I remember two years ago when I went with a friend and our children to Romania, we hiked almost 14 km to see a bat cave - well we only saw ONE bat and our kiddies were mightily upset and Alex even said that there are more bats in our garden *grin*.
Lovely photo of you and Hani, did you take this beautiful fish picture on that trip?
I love your categories and admire that you are actually going for 13 in each category. I know, I read between 150 and 200 books a year, but I only commited myself for 10 in each category. *smile*
WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY WONDERFUL HAPPY NEW YEAR! Paul
Lovely photo of you and Hani, did you take this beautiful fish picture on that trip?
I love your categories and admire that you are actually going for 13 in each category. I know, I read between 150 and 200 books a year, but I only commited myself for 10 in each category. *smile*
WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY WONDERFUL HAPPY NEW YEAR! Paul
62Carmenere
You're such an amazing fellow and probably sleep only one hour each day to accomplish so much. Between 37 threads, stats galore, 100 books read, a family, career and SWMBO it's just incredible!
So glad you joined the group, Paul, your threads are always a joy to read.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
So glad you joined the group, Paul, your threads are always a joy to read.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
63gennyt
I too love the idea of you organising general knowledge quizzes at work during quiet spells. Do the staff try to keep themselves very busy to avoid being subjected to this?
And Hani bothering to learn all the English Kings and Queens in order to impress you with her knowledge of trivia while courting - what a great story!
Makes me think about possible chat up lines for bibliophiles 'Come up and see my bookshelves'...
And Hani bothering to learn all the English Kings and Queens in order to impress you with her knowledge of trivia while courting - what a great story!
Makes me think about possible chat up lines for bibliophiles 'Come up and see my bookshelves'...
64msf59
Paul- Hope you are enjoying your weekend. I'm nearly finished with Education of a wandering Man. This might be a memoir you would be interested in. I grew up reading this guy and he helped place me on the literary path, that I'm still happily cruising along on. Bless him.
65Linda92007
I am very impressed by your 13 in 13 plans, Paul, and especially glad to see mention of the Nobel winners. I'm looking forward to trying to keep up with you in 2013 and wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
66PaulCranswick
Jenn - I have a feeling that I too might get overwhelmed by my plans! I have tried to pick categories varied enough and loose enough that I can fit most of my collection into it somehow. Travel and Places for example may include reportage or history confined to a certain place. Sports may also be fiction where sport plays a role.
I know that there are quite a few of my pals in the West - Portland and Powells is definitely on the list but so is Denver as of now which must be close enough for us to meet up.
Megan - I have high hopes that your two boys maybe the next to take up the mantle of the Hadlee brothers.
Alex - Thanks so much for sharing that - great and utterly perplexing explanation!
Your three versions are of course the international games (i.e. between countries) but domestic cricket has different versions. First class cricket in England has two leagues of 9 teams playing 16 games a season each on the test match format but over 4 days instead of 5.
I know that there are quite a few of my pals in the West - Portland and Powells is definitely on the list but so is Denver as of now which must be close enough for us to meet up.
Megan - I have high hopes that your two boys maybe the next to take up the mantle of the Hadlee brothers.
Alex - Thanks so much for sharing that - great and utterly perplexing explanation!
Your three versions are of course the international games (i.e. between countries) but domestic cricket has different versions. First class cricket in England has two leagues of 9 teams playing 16 games a season each on the test match format but over 4 days instead of 5.
67PaulCranswick
Lisa - Thanks for three posts in a row. I wouldn't want to doze off at a cricket ground you could easily get hit by a flying ball with the right (wrong) batsman in attendance.
It is rare to be fair to have general knowledge quizzes nowadays in the office. I always make it easy on them and given them a fair chance. The topic might be, say, battles and I will write down the name of 12 battles and across the page but jumbled up 12 wars and ask them to match them up.
The caves were absolutely full of bats Bianca. The fish photo was taken by one of our friends and we were crumbling biscuits into the water to feed them in fairness.
I failed with the 12 in 12 this year and this one has 25 extra books but we'll see.
Lynda - Thanks for your lovely post; when you put it like thatI do seem a bit busy don't I?! I do survive on little sleep, I suppose. I will be along to wish you a Happy New Year closer to the time.
Genny - She has retained quite a bit of the info about capitals too although she needs a bit of prompting now and then. For example if I say to her "what's the capital of Honduras?" she'll counter with "start's from?" ; I'll invariably say "H" to which she will say "No the city, stupid not the country" and then I'll say "T" and she'll get it right.
Chat up lines for biblios - "I would like to take a leaf out of your book" - maybe or "Why don't we turn the pages, together?"
Mark - Louis L'Amour wrote so much stuff that it is often forgotten that some of it is actually pretty good. Weekend going well but probably seems a bit short. Sat through the first installment of the Hobbit today and do think that it would have been better to have made it one film.
Linda - I am still adding to my Nobel collection. Have a few more on order from Book Depository and will keep on chipping away.
It is rare to be fair to have general knowledge quizzes nowadays in the office. I always make it easy on them and given them a fair chance. The topic might be, say, battles and I will write down the name of 12 battles and across the page but jumbled up 12 wars and ask them to match them up.
The caves were absolutely full of bats Bianca. The fish photo was taken by one of our friends and we were crumbling biscuits into the water to feed them in fairness.
I failed with the 12 in 12 this year and this one has 25 extra books but we'll see.
Lynda - Thanks for your lovely post; when you put it like thatI do seem a bit busy don't I?! I do survive on little sleep, I suppose. I will be along to wish you a Happy New Year closer to the time.
Genny - She has retained quite a bit of the info about capitals too although she needs a bit of prompting now and then. For example if I say to her "what's the capital of Honduras?" she'll counter with "start's from?" ; I'll invariably say "H" to which she will say "No the city, stupid not the country" and then I'll say "T" and she'll get it right.
Chat up lines for biblios - "I would like to take a leaf out of your book" - maybe or "Why don't we turn the pages, together?"
Mark - Louis L'Amour wrote so much stuff that it is often forgotten that some of it is actually pretty good. Weekend going well but probably seems a bit short. Sat through the first installment of the Hobbit today and do think that it would have been better to have made it one film.
Linda - I am still adding to my Nobel collection. Have a few more on order from Book Depository and will keep on chipping away.
68PaulCranswick
Made my last book purchases of 2012 today. A fairly restrained 5 in Borders:
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (Joe loved it as I recall)
Point of Departure by James Cameron
Stasiland by Anna Funder
After Such Knowledge by Eva Hoffman
Rome by Robert Hughes
Mainly non-fiction.
I have added 163 books to the shelves this month - how I am still allowed into the marital bed is beyond me.
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (Joe loved it as I recall)
Point of Departure by James Cameron
Stasiland by Anna Funder
After Such Knowledge by Eva Hoffman
Rome by Robert Hughes
Mainly non-fiction.
I have added 163 books to the shelves this month - how I am still allowed into the marital bed is beyond me.
69richardderus
>57 roundballnz: *eyes glaze over* mmm uh huh oooh well now mmmhmmm *comatose*
Paul, it's Ernest Gaines, you can't go wrong reading his work. Can. Not.
Paul, it's Ernest Gaines, you can't go wrong reading his work. Can. Not.
70gennyt
how I am still allowed into the marital bed is beyond me. Presumably because you have not owned up to most of those 163?
Are those definitely the last 5 purchases. No last minute book shopping on New Year's Eve?
Are those definitely the last 5 purchases. No last minute book shopping on New Year's Eve?
71-Cee-
Love your pictures. I was snorkeling in a bat cave (Barbados) once - thinking I would sneak in and just have a look around. The boat captain had other ideas though. As soon as the group of us was in the cave - he blasted his horn! Thousands of bats flew at us - over us - and out of the cave! Yikes! (That's not quite what I said at the time.)
>57 roundballnz: LOL - I am bowled over! (now how did that go?)
You are quite ambitious in your reading goals for 2013, Paul. Wishing you very good luck - and a long vacation or two?
>68 PaulCranswick: "...my last book purchases of 2012...
*giggle*
>57 roundballnz: LOL - I am bowled over! (now how did that go?)
You are quite ambitious in your reading goals for 2013, Paul. Wishing you very good luck - and a long vacation or two?
>68 PaulCranswick: "...my last book purchases of 2012...
*giggle*
72Copperskye
Nice pictures Paul. Looks like you had a great vacation!
I love your categories for 2013. You make me wish I was more organized, but that'll never happen... Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors and I'm happy to see her in your reading future. I've read most of her books, and except for maybe one book, I have not been disappointed. I hope you enjoy her as much!
Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family!
I love your categories for 2013. You make me wish I was more organized, but that'll never happen... Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors and I'm happy to see her in your reading future. I've read most of her books, and except for maybe one book, I have not been disappointed. I hope you enjoy her as much!
Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family!
73roundballnz
Stasiland nice been on my want list for a bit now ....... but last books with another day to go ?
If I don't come back here tonight ( yes I am working today on new years eve) Have an excellent New Years whatever you may be doing ......
If I don't come back here tonight ( yes I am working today on new years eve) Have an excellent New Years whatever you may be doing ......
74phebj
Happy New Year's from me too, Paul, considering it will happen in your neck of the woods so much sooner than mine.
And, thanks (I think) for the additional cricket info. After Alex's explanation, my head almost exploded.
And, thanks (I think) for the additional cricket info. After Alex's explanation, my head almost exploded.
75ErisofDiscord
Oh, and I bloody forgot to do something.
I really loved "City of Death." :)
I really loved "City of Death." :)
76Donna828
68: Donna loved A Gathering of Old Men too. An excellent choice for one of your last book purchases...of the year.
Paul, I'll be trying to keep up with you in 2013 as you read through your 13 categories. Thanks for making LT so much fun this past year. A very Happy New Year to you and your lovely family.
Paul, I'll be trying to keep up with you in 2013 as you read through your 13 categories. Thanks for making LT so much fun this past year. A very Happy New Year to you and your lovely family.
77LizzieD
I am sneaking in at almost the last opportunity just so that I can say I made it to your last thread! As usual, a lot going on and all of it lovely!
78PaulCranswick
RD - And there was I thinking you were an afficionado of the old sport!
Genny - Yes you have a point there still she is waiting to send me to work, laying on my reading room sofa and looking askance at the piles of books surrounding me so I think she has a good idea. Halim isn't working today as he and Sal (his missus) are having tests to gauge their suitability to donate a kidney.
Cee - We all kept pretty quiet to be honest so the bats stayed where they were, clinging to the walls of the cave.
I will do my best with my reading and the two long holidays planned will see me somewhere near Maine once at least.
Joanne - Anne Tyler has a style that gels for me. We did have a lovely time in Langkawi but it is always nice to be home for new year.
Genny - Yes you have a point there still she is waiting to send me to work, laying on my reading room sofa and looking askance at the piles of books surrounding me so I think she has a good idea. Halim isn't working today as he and Sal (his missus) are having tests to gauge their suitability to donate a kidney.
Cee - We all kept pretty quiet to be honest so the bats stayed where they were, clinging to the walls of the cave.
I will do my best with my reading and the two long holidays planned will see me somewhere near Maine once at least.
Joanne - Anne Tyler has a style that gels for me. We did have a lovely time in Langkawi but it is always nice to be home for new year.
79PaulCranswick
Alex - I can say definitively no more books in 2012. I am not going near the shops today. Will pop along to my NZ and Oz friends first to wish you all a Happy New Year shortly.
Pat - not keen on exploding heads in these parts, but I know what you mean! I think we are about 12 hours ahead of you with NZ about 17 ahead of you.
Eris. Thanks, Time Lords could do with some lessons on art I suppose!
Donna - I have been looking for that one for a while so it was great to stumble upon it yesterday. Thanks so much for your lovely comments - it is all the visitors here that made my thread what it has been this year - I have just been a facilitator!
Peggy - Sneaking with an air of Dickensian class! Lovely as always to see you here.
Pat - not keen on exploding heads in these parts, but I know what you mean! I think we are about 12 hours ahead of you with NZ about 17 ahead of you.
Eris. Thanks, Time Lords could do with some lessons on art I suppose!
Donna - I have been looking for that one for a while so it was great to stumble upon it yesterday. Thanks so much for your lovely comments - it is all the visitors here that made my thread what it has been this year - I have just been a facilitator!
Peggy - Sneaking with an air of Dickensian class! Lovely as always to see you here.
80LovingLit
>70 gennyt: Are those definitely the last 5 purchases. No last minute book shopping on New Year's Eve?
I was thinking the same thing! There's still time yet......
Happy New Year Paul- this will be (officially) my last visit to your 2012 thread :)
See you on the other side, as they say.
PS Richard Hadlee had a cricketing brother?
I was thinking the same thing! There's still time yet......
Happy New Year Paul- this will be (officially) my last visit to your 2012 thread :)
See you on the other side, as they say.
PS Richard Hadlee had a cricketing brother?
82PaulCranswick
Megan - He actually had two brothers who also played international cricket Dayle and Barry. Not of course anywhere near to the standard of Sir Richard.
I have treasured every one of your posts this year and although I haven't done the final totting up am sure that you will have been the most frequent poster here other than I.
Jenn - Quite! Alex is far more droll than he is given credit for.
I have treasured every one of your posts this year and although I haven't done the final totting up am sure that you will have been the most frequent poster here other than I.
Jenn - Quite! Alex is far more droll than he is given credit for.
83thornton37814
Borders? You still have a Borders in Malaysia? I miss ours in Knoxville.
85PaulCranswick
Lori - They franchised it over here so that Borders survived over here whilst the rest of the world went down.
Calm - The very same to you my dear.
Calm - The very same to you my dear.
86paulstalder
Hej Paul, I was so busy looking at the 2013 threads already and thinking up my tioli challenge, that I missed quite some posts here. Congratulations to your 100th book. That one looks promising.
The picture indicates that you see the end of the tunnel ... Happy new year, I wished you a blessed start into 2013
The picture indicates that you see the end of the tunnel ... Happy new year, I wished you a blessed start into 2013
88The_Hibernator
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
90EBT1002
Yep, only five books is a pretty restrained haul for you. Five good ones, though.
I'm cruising through *unstarring* folks' 2012 threads as I *star* their 2013 threads (although I had already done that with yours days ago!).
I've probably already said this and I'll undoubtedly say it again: Happy New Year, Paul!!!!
I'm cruising through *unstarring* folks' 2012 threads as I *star* their 2013 threads (although I had already done that with yours days ago!).
I've probably already said this and I'll undoubtedly say it again: Happy New Year, Paul!!!!
92johnsimpson
Hi Paul, have a very happy new year mate. Thanks for a great year of chatting with you and for all the new friends i have been introduced to, this will no doubt expand now that i am a 75er. It won't be long before we are back in India and then onto New Zealand for a bit more winter cricket to enjoy. I will complete my 2012 stats on my 50 book challenge thread and will have to set my stall out on the "Virgin Thread". Have a great 2013 and i look forward to our chats and sharing the "Tutorials" lol.
93Crazymamie
Happy New Year, Paul! What a grand adventure this year has been, and your thread has been no small part of that! I have loved every moment of your library acquisitions and the antics involved in sneaking them into your home, your snarky and irreverent sense of humor that accompanies a soft and caring heart, your lovely use of the English language, and of course your amazing and incredible stats. Looking forward to following you into the New Year and doing it all over again!
94avatiakh
Happy New Year Paul. I've enjoyed scrolling through your 13 categories and look forward to a whole new year of your book purchases reading.
95PaulCranswick
Paul, Katie, Rachel, Joe, Ellen, John, Mamie and Kerry with your leave I am going to break the habit of an entire year and reply to all of you collectively. You are 8 of the reasons why my year on LT has been wonderful. Thank you all so much and I look forward to continuing our relationships in the coming year(s).
It is 3.15 a.m. just got home and am pretty bushwhacked. It is 2013 here already so HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
It is 3.15 a.m. just got home and am pretty bushwhacked. It is 2013 here already so HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
96RebaRelishesReading
Happy new year, Paul!!! We have 12 1/2 hours left in 2012 but I know you've already reached the new one there. Your thread has done a lot to make my first year as a 75er interesting and entertaining. I love your statistics but, most of all, love the stories of your acquisitions. I look forward to following your exploits next year and, I hope, meeting you in April.
97nittnut
Stopping by to say HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We have just under 12 hours to go. Our exciting night will include taking Jonah and some of his friends on light rail down town for the 9 pm firework show. It's supposed to be 7 degrees F and snowing lightly, so we'll see how that goes. They will come back here for beignets and hot chocolate to welcome in the new year. So far it looks like 4 girls and 2 boys. LOL. I will need to take a nap shortly, in order to survive.
I wish you and all your family the best in 2013! See you on the other side!
We have just under 12 hours to go. Our exciting night will include taking Jonah and some of his friends on light rail down town for the 9 pm firework show. It's supposed to be 7 degrees F and snowing lightly, so we'll see how that goes. They will come back here for beignets and hot chocolate to welcome in the new year. So far it looks like 4 girls and 2 boys. LOL. I will need to take a nap shortly, in order to survive.
I wish you and all your family the best in 2013! See you on the other side!
98cameling
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Thank you for being such a lovely friend, Paul .. I'm looking forward to sharing more laughs, books, food and escapades with you in the coming year.
99AnneDC
Happy New Year, Paul (though you're well into 2013 over there) and thanks for all your visits to my thread this year. See you in the 2013 group!
100ronincats
Here's to a great new year ahead, Paul! It's been lovely having you around in this one.
101lkernagh
Fast skim reading the thread so I can make a lightning fast stop - belated, I know - to thank you for all the great conversations, pictures and books that have been posted on your various threads throughout the year, Paul.
Happy New Year and all the very best for you and your family in 2013!
Happy New Year and all the very best for you and your family in 2013!
102arubabookwoman
I've enjoyed following your thread this year Paul--when I can keep up with you!. Your photos of Malaysia every new thread are amazing.
Would love to participate in a meetup with you and other "Northwesterners" in Portland or Seattle if you make it here. My vote is for Seattle, which I think has more to offer than Portland for a visitor, but Portland has Powell's, which is hard to ignore.
Best Wishes to you and your lovely family for the New Year!
Would love to participate in a meetup with you and other "Northwesterners" in Portland or Seattle if you make it here. My vote is for Seattle, which I think has more to offer than Portland for a visitor, but Portland has Powell's, which is hard to ignore.
Best Wishes to you and your lovely family for the New Year!
103mirrordrum
what a thoughtful man you are to push me over 100. i'd never even thought about it and was touched. you're a dear.
i hope to visit more threads this coming year but as it's frequently a choice between listening to a book or being at LT, i tend to opt for the reading.
at least i hope to see you at Joe's, which is the one place i try to visit each day.
i know it's already the first morning of 2013 for you so i wish you and yours a year of peace, joy, travel and good books.
i hope to visit more threads this coming year but as it's frequently a choice between listening to a book or being at LT, i tend to opt for the reading.
at least i hope to see you at Joe's, which is the one place i try to visit each day.
i know it's already the first morning of 2013 for you so i wish you and yours a year of peace, joy, travel and good books.
104gennyt
Happy New Year Paul, may it be filled with good books to buy and read, good conversations and the occasional meeting up with LT friends, and be accompanied by a happy, healthy family and a prosperous career!
105PaulCranswick
What a lucky little fellow I am. Refreshed after, ahem, 4 hours sleep I awake to find more lovely messages on my 2012 thread.
Reba - You know very well that I view your arrival in the group as one of the highlights of the year. Warmth, wit and wonderment are an illiteative trio and they have followed you around this year! x
Jenn - Love the idea of us all spending the day so differently. One of our best friends owns a restaurant overlooking the KLCC twin towers so that we could view the fireworks there, but your ride through the snow sounds more romantic.
Caro - You were my first LT meet-up this year and, frankly, the experience "confirmed" to me how wonderful this group is. I was probably lucky cause not everyone can be as nice as you! x
Anne - I used to be confused about the 2 Annes in the group (AMQS) plus yourself (it is funny because your posting stats were also for so long remarkably similar). I now realise that you are both lovely ladies and I can tell you both apart! x
Reba - You know very well that I view your arrival in the group as one of the highlights of the year. Warmth, wit and wonderment are an illiteative trio and they have followed you around this year! x
Jenn - Love the idea of us all spending the day so differently. One of our best friends owns a restaurant overlooking the KLCC twin towers so that we could view the fireworks there, but your ride through the snow sounds more romantic.
Caro - You were my first LT meet-up this year and, frankly, the experience "confirmed" to me how wonderful this group is. I was probably lucky cause not everyone can be as nice as you! x
Anne - I used to be confused about the 2 Annes in the group (AMQS) plus yourself (it is funny because your posting stats were also for so long remarkably similar). I now realise that you are both lovely ladies and I can tell you both apart! x
106PaulCranswick
Roni - The 75ers chapter over in San Diego is blessed by both Reba and yourself as its custodians of warmth, good taste and in your case fine pottery. Thank you for being here throughout the year.
Lori - I was the proud recipient of a LT helper badge this morning (I didn't know such things existed) for adding book covers. Don't think that would be the first thing I was remembered for but still it is nice to see the monoliths are watching!
It takes more than one to make good conversation my dear!
Deborah - Thank you so much. I think that Portland is a must and Seattle (along with Vancouver) a possibility. You may have noticed from my propensity for wry asides that I loved the show Frasier which was set in Seattle and I have oft fancied going there too. Will let everyone know when tickets are booked and itineries settled.
Ellie - Some times I think that I should concentrate a little more on my TBR pile too but it keeps expanding very much as my waistline does! I have seen you around so often this year that I have often been dumbfounded that your thread figures were at less than 100. As an integral part of the group you fully deserved pushing over the line.
Genny - what a nice manifesto that is for the new year! x
Lori - I was the proud recipient of a LT helper badge this morning (I didn't know such things existed) for adding book covers. Don't think that would be the first thing I was remembered for but still it is nice to see the monoliths are watching!
It takes more than one to make good conversation my dear!
Deborah - Thank you so much. I think that Portland is a must and Seattle (along with Vancouver) a possibility. You may have noticed from my propensity for wry asides that I loved the show Frasier which was set in Seattle and I have oft fancied going there too. Will let everyone know when tickets are booked and itineries settled.
Ellie - Some times I think that I should concentrate a little more on my TBR pile too but it keeps expanding very much as my waistline does! I have seen you around so often this year that I have often been dumbfounded that your thread figures were at less than 100. As an integral part of the group you fully deserved pushing over the line.
Genny - what a nice manifesto that is for the new year! x
107thornton37814
I got one of those cover badges too, Paul. It was a nice present from Tim.
108PaulCranswick
Mmm It seems I had two others I knew nothing about. You're right though it was a nice thought.
109mirrordrum
i just discovered i got two as well. it's kind of fun. this must be badge distribution day or something.
110PaulCranswick
Hahaha maybe the prizes given out to those they didn't send books to!
111PaulCranswick
That is the first time I have had to go to the second page of the group page to find my thread - shows how busy everyone is I guess!
Not done over here yet.
I will post up the final posting leagues and the book reading leagues as well as the book details when I work em out.
Not done over here yet.
I will post up the final posting leagues and the book reading leagues as well as the book details when I work em out.
112RebaRelishesReading
wow, that really started my year off right -- thank you kind sir of the golden tongue -- he who brightens LT with statistics, fun stories, beautiful photos, etc.
114johnsimpson
Hi mate, just thought i'd let you know that CMJ passed away this morning aged 67, he will be sadly missed by all cricket lovers and in the TMS box. First Greig and now the "major".
Glad to hear you had a good new year's eve mate, here's to a great 2013.
Glad to hear you had a good new year's eve mate, here's to a great 2013.
115PaulCranswick
Reba - My tongue is awaiting coffee this morning....ah there she is.
Thanks Roni
John that is sad. Liked CMJ's dry but very knowledgeable style. RIP.
Thanks Roni
John that is sad. Liked CMJ's dry but very knowledgeable style. RIP.
116benitastrnad
Made it back to Alabama after my lengthy vacation in Kansas. I am now caught upon your threads adam sure that your Christmas vacation was accompanied by much milder weather than was mine. I added some books to my collection on this trip but not as many as I have in the past. I have one more day to spend quietly and the back to the tromp and tremor of hard and heavy workday just trying to catch up with everything.
