If you are a follower of my blog you'll know it has been an eventful week for me, but surprisingly quite a good reading one too. I've made a good start on my reading for a number of the challenges I've joined for 2011.If you are interested in book giveaways and historical crime fiction at that, you might like to visit Book Giveaway to celebrate Oz release of THE PERICLES COMMISSION.
The book giveaways are international though, so do look.
There's another international book giveaway running at EuroCrime, Barbara Nadel's A NOBLE KILLING.
I'm really pleased to advertise international book giveways. I get indescribably cross when the giveaway is restricted to the US.
As you know, mine are always open to outside Australia, despite the fact that our postage costs to the rest of the world are horrendous, and sometimes more than the value of the book itself.
This week I have published a couple of crime fiction lists of interest:
Next week I'll publish the full lists.
On Monday 10 January, the first in a new series of the Crime Fiction Alphabet commences with the letter A.
It will run weekly for the next 26 weeks (except for perhaps Easter Monday), and you can participate regularly or occasionally. Join Crime Fiction Alphabet 2011 here. Check Monday's posting.
Posts this week:
- An eventful week - in remembrance of Ernie
- Review: RAILWAY TO THE GRAVE, Edward Marston
- Best Crime Fiction Read in 2010 - the top authors
- Forgotten Books: MAIGRET titles, Georges Simenon
- Review: COTSWOLD KILLING, Rebecca Tope
- Best Crime Fiction Read in 2010 - the top titles
- Review; THE MAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo
- Challenges I've joined in 2011
- Review: DUMB WITNESS, Agatha Christie
- Book Giveaway to celebrate Oz release of THE PERICLES COMMISSION
- THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST - Best GoodRead's Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller 2010
- Kishwar Desai wins Costa First Novel Award for Witness the Night
- British New Year's Honours 2011 focused on Writing and Publishing
- David Suchet CBE
TBRN (To Be Read Next)
- now - OF WILD DOGS, Jane Taylor
- next - THE PERICLES COMMISSION, Gary Corby
- now on audio - OUR LADY OF PAIN, Elena Forbes
- next on Kindle - OPERATION NAPOLEON, Arnaldur Indridason
- next on audio STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG , Kate Atkinson
- next Agatha Christie - DEATH ON THE NILE
2 comments:
Kerrie - I agree; I like international giveaways, too, and when I've had them, I've posted internationally. Just seems better that way...
I'm looking forward to your reviews of the books coming up next on your list.
It's great to see Maigret popping up - I must go and read some more. And my thoughts are with you at this sad time.
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