As I have been occupied with writing
posts about my best reads of 2013 I am a little late with my fourth quarter
review of Best New to Me authors for the meme hosted by Kerrie Smith at her
excellent blog, Mysteries in Paradise.
For October, November and December I
read four new authors of fiction:
1.) Outburst
by R.D. Zimmerman;
2.) Furies
by D.L. Johnstone;
3.) A
Cold White Sun by Vicki Delany; and,
4.) Japantown
by Barry Lancet.
In non-fiction I read books by two new
authors:
1.) Fire
on Ice by Darrell Davis; and,
2.) Jim
Henson by Brian Jay Jones.
Over the course of the 3 months I read
13 books with 11 being fiction and 2 of non-fiction.
The totals are slightly lower than the
second and third quarters of the year.
Japantown was my favourite new book of fiction for the quarter. I think Lancet
has created a compelling character in Jim Brodie who will soon be well known to
readers around the world.
In non-fiction Jim Henson is my choice though by a narrow margin over Fire on Ice.
Bill - I'm glad you enjoyed Japantown as much as you did. It does sound like a terrific book. I'm hoping to read it myself this year.
ReplyDeleteMargot: Thanks for the comment. I hope you get a chance to read it. It is different from the average thriller.
DeleteHi Bill - just took a quick peek at your review of "Japantown"....sounds very intriguing. It's on my TBR list!
ReplyDeleteDebra: Thanks for the comment. I hope Japantown is near the top of your TBR list.
DeleteBill, it's interesting that Darrell Davis should write about the famous hockey players of Saskatchewan in "Fire on Ice" rather than all of Canada. They must be real legends. I've read that ice hockey is popular in Canada and USA. I've seen snatches of the game on the sports channels and it looks fairly dangerous as the players often careen into each other. In comparison, ground hockey as played in other countries like India looks safer. My reading of non-fiction in 2013 was poor and I hope to make up this year with a few books related to war and geopolitics, my preferred choice.
ReplyDeletePrashant: Thanks for the comment. Darrell wrote about Saskatchewan hockey players as he is from Saskatchewan and wanted to write about the high number of professional hockey players from Saskatchewan though we have a total population of just over a million.
ReplyDeleteIce hockey can be dangerous. I played for fun. I was never good enough to be better than a very low level player. It is sometimes called the fastest game in the world because of the speed players can get on skates.
Instead of ground hockey we call it field hockey. On the West Coast and in Ontario a fair number of women play field hockey.
I look forward to seeing non-fiction reviews from you in 2014.
Bill, I used to play field hockey in my teens. Field hockey is the term used here too. Ground hockey was just off the top of my head.
DeletePrashant: I expect you were a better field hockey player than I was an ice hockey player.
DeleteBill, Glad to hear that you liked Japantown so much. My husband has that book and we are both looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeleteTracyK: Thanks for the comment. I hope we get a pair of perspectives when you post your review of Japantown.
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