It's inspired by a buddy read of Martin Edwards's "The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books", which traces the major features and developments of (mostly) British crime fiction in the first half of the 20th century, and presents a total of roughly 100 (actually 102) books exemplifying the topics of each individual chapter. Many more books than the 102 specifically featured are referenced in the individual chapters, however.
I did join, apparently 2 whole months ago, but I only just now decided I was actually up to the challenge, so I'm in! And thank you for all the lists and links and looking-up you've done. Wow.
Here's a late welcome, then! Glad to have you along for the ride!
Themis gets all of the credit for those lists, which were truly an astonishing amount of work! I just made the pretty bingo card, because I love making pretty bingo cards and other stuff like that!
And your pretty bingo cards are what defines the BookLikes bingo club's (and Detection Club's) outward appearance, and we're all so much better off for that! Seriously, you have no idea how much they contribute to the joy of the game.
I converted the BookLikes lists I created into an Excel sheet, btw, to better be able to track my TBR, purchases, and reads for this project -- and while I was at it, I also added in the books mentioned in "The Golden Age of Murder" (though there is some substantial overlap, there is less of it than I would have thought). Crazy? Guilty as charged ...
Yes! :) The two books really complement each other -- though in hindsight I feel I probably ought to have read "The Golden Age of Murder" first. It's got much more of a continuous narrative, and provides a lot of helpful background that is, or would have been useful in reading "The Story of Classic Crime".
I made a lot of progress this week! I've also been working on my classic crime blog, and it is starting to shape up. I am in the process of migrating posts from other places to add content, as well as cross-posting my classic crime reviews from here as I post them!
So I did -- goes to show my brain is well and truly a sieve these days. :) And of course, having reread it, I now remember my instant conclusion -- start the Postgate reads with "Verdict of Twelve" ...
... because it happened to be available more quickly? Or because it tied into the railway / travel theme (cf. "Mystery in White", J. Jefferson Farjeon)?
Thanks MR, for taking the time to create these for us - you are a legend!
http://booklikes.com/thread/3168/detection-club-bingo-track-your-reading-progress
http://booklikes.com/thread/3155/links-references-and-other-resources
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It's inspired by a buddy read of Martin Edwards's "The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books", which traces the major features and developments of (mostly) British crime fiction in the first half of the 20th century, and presents a total of roughly 100 (actually 102) books exemplifying the topics of each individual chapter. Many more books than the 102 specifically featured are referenced in the individual chapters, however.
http://booklikes.com/groups/show/1012/the-detection-club
Themis gets all of the credit for those lists, which were truly an astonishing amount of work! I just made the pretty bingo card, because I love making pretty bingo cards and other stuff like that!
I converted the BookLikes lists I created into an Excel sheet, btw, to better be able to track my TBR, purchases, and reads for this project -- and while I was at it, I also added in the books mentioned in "The Golden Age of Murder" (though there is some substantial overlap, there is less of it than I would have thought). Crazy? Guilty as charged ...
How was the Postgate, btw? (Or did I forget already I'd read your review?)