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David J. Montgomery is the thriller/mystery critic for The Daily Beast and the Chicago Sun-Times. He has written about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Washington Post, USA Today and Boston Globe.
He lives in the Washington, D.C. suburbs with his wife and daughters.
David:
I don't mean to make light of your predicament, but for those of us who must go through major monetary shifts in order to finance the purchase of a newly released hardcover, your daily pile of ARCs and new releases seems a bit...ahh...enviable.
Posted by: Alan Cranis | March 23, 2007 at 12:16 PM
You do realize that you've got doubles there, so it looks like more, right? :)
I had to enlarge the photo to look at the titles!
Posted by: Karen Olson | March 23, 2007 at 01:43 PM
What in the world do you do with all those books, LOL?
Posted by: spyscribbler | March 23, 2007 at 03:10 PM
It truly is a happy predicament (if I can even use that word). All the free books is one of the best reasons to be a reviewer.
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | March 23, 2007 at 03:36 PM
How did you end up with two copies of the Gibson book and I got none?
Posted by: Sarah | March 23, 2007 at 05:39 PM
David, how fast do you read? A typical mystery takes you how long to finish? (Since it takes most of us writers at least a year to finish writing one, I suspect your answer is going to depress me, but thank goodness you're out there.)
Posted by: Tim Maleeny | March 23, 2007 at 07:15 PM
David, I wholly understand the problem of storing books, but I still wish someone would send me great heaps of them on a daily basis....
; )
Posted by: Tasha Alexander | March 24, 2007 at 07:49 AM
Some people I know read much faster than I do (Hi Sarah! Don't ask me to explain how publishers work. You know I can't.), but I only read middling-fast. So I try to read 3 books per week. Occasionally I manage a little more than that. But that's what I shoot for.
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | March 24, 2007 at 07:56 AM
Hi David -
I also get a lot of books -not just for reviewing, but also for judging, as well as manuscripts.
It is bitter-sweet as I try and read 2-4 a week, and as much as I love seeing what's new, and I just love books, but I feel stressed as I always have more books than time -plus I buy loads of books also!
Ali
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Posted by: Ali | March 24, 2007 at 09:43 AM
Oooh! A new Thomas Perry!
Posted by: Michael Berry | March 26, 2007 at 01:55 AM