Mount TBR October Check-in

I read this book for the Mount TBR 2018 Reading Challenge.

I've read only 25 out of my goal of 48. The classics challenge has really taken up my reading time: Classic Crimes, Brave New World Revisited, Shakespeare, Mansfield Park, and A Study in Scarlet. 

My favorite character so far has been Bertha Cool in Bats Fly at Dusk, a mystery by Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair. I was shocked that a publisher rejected the second Cool/Lam novel, The Knife Slipped, on the grounds that Bertha was too unlikable. In fact, not being a good egg or a toughie with a heart of gold make her a great whodunnit series character.

As for opposites in reading, let's go for city and country. The Trail to Ogallala was about a cattle drive and virtually all the others were set in cities. Curious, I should do something about the urban/rural divide in my reading.

At least the western was the longest one I read; I don't like doorstop mysteries. It was a western I would suggest even to people who think they don't like westerns.

The Trail to Ogallala lead me to Lord Mullion’s Secret about The Case of the Black-eyed Blonde. Her Bats Fly at Dusk over The Power House, pointing out The Corpse in the Snowman, a Freak that teaches The Simple Art of Murder to Women Sleuths who use dangerous knowledge for professional development.

Click the date to go to the review.

The Trail to Ogallala – Benjamin Capps
Posted: July 13

Lord Mullion’s Secret – Michael Innes
Posted: July 25

The Case of the Black-eyed Blonde – Erle Stanley Gardner
Posted: July 31

Bats Fly at Dusk – Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair
Posted: August 12

The Power House – William Haggard
Posted: August 20

The Corpse in the Snowman – Nicholas Blake
Posted: August 28

Freak - Michael Collings
Posted: September 5

The Simple Art of Murder – Raymond Chandler
Posted: September 13

Women Sleuths - Various
Posted: September 25