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What I read in March 2012

Crime Fiction 2012
I've read some really good books this month as you'll see from my list below. I read a mixture of recently published (rp), some translated books (tr) and classics.
Only two audio books this month, 7 e-books on my Kindle, 5 hard covers from the local library, one review copy, and regretfully no Australian authors.

Pick of the month was a near thing but my choice went to GONE by Mo Hayder,  a book that had me on the edge of my seat as it raced towards its conclusion. I read GONE on my Kindle. Click on the hyperlink for my review.

  1. 4.6, THE HOLLOW, Agatha Christie - Kindle
  2. 4.8, THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE, Lena Kaarbol & Agnete Friis - Kindle- rp, tr
  3. 4.3, GIDEON'S NIGHT, John Creasey (aka J.J. Marric)  - audio book
  4. 4.4, NIGHT ROUNDS, Helene Tursten - library book - rp, tr
  5. 4.5, BEASTLY THINGS, Donna Leon -  review copy  - rp
  6. 4.5, THE LIMPOPO ACADEMY OF PRIVATE DETECTION, Alexander McCall Smith  - library book - rp
  7. 5.0, GONE, Mo Hayder  - Kindle - rp
  8. 4.3, A LILY OF THE FIELD, John Lawton  - library book
  9. 4.8, 1222, Anne Holt  - Kindle - rp, tr
  10. 4.4, SPARKLING CYANIDE, Agatha Christie  - library book
  11. 4.4, WITCH HUNT, Ian Rankin - audio
  12. 4.6, THE BEST MAN TO DIE, Ruth Rendell
  13. 4.3, 8 POUNDS, Chris. F. Holm  - Kindle
  14. 3.8, ANTIQUES ROADKILL, Barbara Allan- Kindle
  15. 4.9, THE NOBODIES ALBUM, Carolyn Parkhurst - library book - rp
  16. 4.4, INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS, Imogen Robertson  - Kindle
So far this year I've read 44 books and so I'm well on target for 166 books and in achieving most of my reading challenges. See my Updates page.
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    5 comments:

    1. Prashant C. Trikannad1 April 2012 at 14:57

      Sixteen books read in March! That's about a book every two days. I used to read like that in college. Now I'd be lucky if I read as many in a year. Among some of the fine books you've read, I'm keen to read INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS.

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    2. Sarah1 April 2012 at 18:00

      I haven't read any Mo Hayder, Kerrie. Glad you liked her.

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    3. Maxine Clarke1 April 2012 at 20:45

      Great list of books, Kerrie. I would have switched the order of Parkhurst and Hayder if it had been me ;-) but I think both are very good. Gone was definitely a return to form for Hayder after a couple of so-so books, for me.

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    4. Cat2 April 2012 at 06:16

      I'm reading Gone now and was thinking it's going to be hard to beat for my April pick. Glad you enjoyed it too.

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    5. kathy d.2 April 2012 at 12:20

      I'd say my favorite reads of March were Voice of the Violin, a Camilleri/Montalbano book; The Devotion of Suspect X and, sticking my neck out, Breakdown by Paretsky.

      I am trying to read All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen but seem to be frozen in mid-book.

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