Finished A Dedicated Man by Peter Robinson. I must admit that i'm disappointed. A big part of the book i only asked mtself why does not yhe detective ask himself the question (i wont write in case of spoiling it for someone). It was one of the first he should have asked. Instead he went around beating the same dead dog again and again. When he finally gets there i had known the solution a long time. Thats not good in a crime story. Usually he (Robinson) is dependable but here he really missed out completely. Luckily it is an exception. It is the second in the Alan Banks series and can not be recommended but most of the others by him can. This is an author learning his trade. The first in the series is really just OK and Dedicated man is bad but from Past Reason Hated, Dry Bones That Dream, Innocent Graves, Dead Right, In A Dry Season, Cold is the Grave, Aftermath and the Summer That Never Was are all good and some excellent.
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Makes sense. They call it "escape literature" for a reason. Suspend your cognitive abilities and enjoy
Thank you for this, Walter! I have been a Robertson fan for many, many years after I read an interview with Steve in the early 80's and he mentioned how he had an epiphany while readng one of Robertson's books (I think it was The River And The Wilderness) in which a character is playing a banjo and Robertson used the word 'plink' to describe the sound that the banjo made and King said to himself something like 'That's it exactly! That's the sound!' and it fired him up for writing. Now, Walter, there are two more novels that feature Morris Bird III and you will have to check them out!
Started Blackwater Saga book 1 last night. What a strange little town!
Oh, how I envy you!!! I love this series!!! I need to get copies of those books back in my collection again!
Alw
I love your reviews on the books you read but worry about you . . .I want you to get out more . . .
in time maybe?
I want you to find love again . . .that is if you haven't already.
You are sweet and so damn special.
Forgive me if I'm outta line . . .
I love your reviews on the books you read but worry about you . . .I want you to get out more . . .
in time maybe?
I want you to find love again . . .that is if you haven't already.
You are sweet and so damn special.
Forgive me if I'm outta line . . .
Haven't had a chance to read as much lately-- school, work, and the fact that I'm dating again (!!!!!!!!) takes up time.
Right now I'm pulling a three-parter:
Huckleberry Finn-- for American Lit II class
Mr. Mercedes-- for the online discussion here
Shadowland, by Peter Straub-- for enjoyment
Right now I'm pulling a three-parter:
Huckleberry Finn-- for American Lit II class
Mr. Mercedes-- for the online discussion here
Shadowland, by Peter Straub-- for enjoyment
I'd ordered The River and The Wilderness & The Ideal Genuine Man before I finished The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread...they should arrive next week and will definitely be reading the next two stories about Morris eye-eye-eye. Crazy thing is that within the last few pages of Bread...actually on the next to last page, "they walked past an apartment building that said ATLAS. They were holding hands." Heh! I'd posted above before I read that and seeing the word "ATLAS" was a kind of epiphany for me as Atlas Powder figures in one of mine...all these mines around here, they had to have a place that made dynamite, and there was an explosion back in the day. No one died in this one...but I'd wondered if blowing up the town was a tad lame, a cop-out...endings...you got Twain's well but not everyone fits. Plus they used things like "angel-buggies" to move product around...all hush hush, voices carry. Wife's grand-uncles worked out there but even so. I also like the idea of a trilogy. Have about five more Travis McGee stories to finish before I get to Finders Keepers...and maybe a bunch from Robertson.
In Bread, Robertson put the word bloobers in Morris's mouth, a word to describe pieces of fat in his grandmother's cooking and his grandmother came out with crosspatch to describe a condition, dyedinthewool bear, don't you go getting all crosspatch on me now. Don't shoot the pianoplayer; he's doing the best he can. From the story...but seems like I've heard it, read it elsewhere, too...some group has lyrics the same, don't know if that's a nod on their part, or what.
Not at all. Madam..... It is really sweet of you to think of me like that. But please don't worry to much. I would also like to find a new love. Perhaps it awaits somewhere down the line? Who knows? In the meantime i'll manage, i'll hope. Thank you for your thoughts.
I started McDowell's Cold Moon Over Babylon the other day. So far it seems like it could be a sort of continuation of the Blackwater saga. Maybe? It certainly takes place in the same geographical area. Loving it so far.
I finished Revival. I liked it on the whole, especially the first part. The end is very dark and disturbing.
Please tell me if you like it.....
Started Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough. On recommendation from SK A blend of crime and horror it is said. Jack the Ripper are stalking whitechapel (i must admit i have always had an interest in him) and opiumdens and whores and policeconstables are filling the streets. Well see but it looks promising (i just read a little bit yet)
Don't you think that it would rather be a prequel than a sequel considering that it was written some years before the first Blackwater book?
The Scarecrow - Michael Connelly
This is a Jack McEvoy novel (no Harry Bosch in this one). Started a little slow but has kicked into high gear.
This is a Jack McEvoy novel (no Harry Bosch in this one). Started a little slow but has kicked into high gear.
I didn't realize that when I wrote my first post, but yes. Even though it takes place after the events in the Blackwater series, it would be considered a prequel.
Going to the library to pick up The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith maybe that will break through my reading block.
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