I'm taking a bit of a break from my usual Friday Linkups to try something a little different. I'm in a list making kind of mood so I thought I'd start making random five lists. Sometimes they'll be bookish other weeks not so much. I have finally faced facts that I am a collector. Minimalism seems to be very much in fashion and in theory I'm all for it but when it really comes down to it I like my stuff and I get a lot of joy from collecting and arranging. One of my favorite things to collect is books by specific authors. There's something oh so fun about the list making and the hunt for the next book. Sometimes that can come back to bite me as back in college I decided a particular historical mystery series would be my favorite thing and I made it my mission to buy all the books. The problem is I hadn't actually read them. And when I did read a few it turns out I disliked the author's writing style intensely. So now I try to read a book or two BEFORE I go on a collecting spree. Here are 5 classic mystery authors whose books are on my list to start collecting.
1. Patricia Moyes - I read a few Patricia Moyes books when I was a teenager because my Grandmother had a few hiding on her shelves but somehow completely forgot she existed. I stumbled across her name recently and remembered just how much I enjoyed her books and decided it was collection time!
2. Catherine Aird - I've read a few Aird books now and desperately want to read more. I have the book above coming up on my TBR for this month and will be hunting down the rest of her books soon!
3. Dorothy L. Sayers - I don't think it's a secret that I'm a huge Agatha Christie fan but somehow I've never read much by Sayers. I did read the first book several years ago and I'm planning on reading the second soon so I might wait until I get three books by her read but then the collection will be on!
4. Dorothy Gilman - This is an author I'm already working on and so far every book of hers that I've read has been an absolute delight. Mrs. Pollifax is working her way into my favorite fictional characters rubbing shoulders with Miss Marple and Miss Silver. I'm looking forward to trying some of her standalone books as well.
5. Dorothy Simpson - Apparently I have quite the surplus of Dorothys on this list! I read a few books from this author as a teenager (raiding my Grandmother's shelves again) and remember enjoying them but nothing else. I have one book by this author on my shelf so I'm going to give this a try before I go full collection mode.
Are you a collector?
Dorothy Sayers is an author I've meant to try. I've read such good things about her books....someday soon
ReplyDeleteI have read all the Dorothy Sayers and Dorothy Gilman books and enjoyed them.
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I love to collect books by certain authors too! I have run into the same problem you have with collecting the books before actually reading any in the series. I try to be more careful and read a few before deciding on collecting. I like Dorothy Sayers as well, but have only read a few of her books. I don't find them very often. The Mrs. Pollifax series is one I would like to read and have collected a few of the books, but not the first in the series, so I am hoping I like them :)
ReplyDeleteYou do have quite a few Dorothy books here! Yes finding out you don't like a series after gathering the books is a bummer, so reading a couple first is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these authors. The only classic mystery author I've ever read was Agatha Christie. These all look like great books.
ReplyDeleteI need to write the authors I don't know down so I can check them out! Got my first Sayer book and I just got a couple boxes of books from an older lady and there was nine Polfax books in there! One is the one you have listed on here. :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these authors yet but I sure do like collecting books :)
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call a group of Dorothys? A mystery of Dorothys. 😁 Or would that be Dorothies? 🤔
ReplyDeleteBook series I've actually bought: All Souls Trilogy, The Black Witch, Harry Potter, Twilight, and recently the Blood and Ash Series.
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