Thank you!I think it's worth tracking down and I think you would like it.
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Thank you!I think it's worth tracking down and I think you would like it.
It's Joe Lansdale and you cannot go wrong with him!Hey fljoe0 ! Been meaning to ask how much you liked Fender Lizards (I think was the title)? I looked at the library, but they don't have it. Was wondering if it's good enough for me to try to track it down elsewhere.
I haven't read any of his work.It's Joe Lansdale and you cannot go wrong with him!
Oh, luv, you are in for a treat. Lansdale is a wonderful writer. His 'Hap & Leonard' books have been filmed as a series on one of the cable stations and is a big hit. He's another 'regional' writers where he sets most of his stories down in East Texas, where he resides. Great reading, great stories and great characters! The only quibble I have with him is his use of the 'n' word in his tales, but it reflects how his characters talk down that way. I don't believe he is racist as one of his most beloved characters 'Leonard' is a large black gay man.I haven't read any of his work.
...I haven't caught a ton of Lansdale's stuff over the years, but what I have read is tasty....Oh, luv, you are in for a treat. Lansdale is a wonderful writer. His 'Hap & Leonard' books have been filmed as a series on one of the cable stations and is a big hit. He's another 'regional' writers where he sets most of his stories down in East Texas, where he resides. Great reading, great stories and great characters! The only quibble I have with him is his use of the 'n' word in his tales, but it reflects how his characters talk down that way. I don't believe he is racist as one of his most beloved characters 'Leonard' is a large black gay man.
Finished The Girl with All the Gifts last night and started In Cold Blood. Capote's writing is poetry.
I'm rereading IT too.In The Woods - Tana French. Enjoying it very much. Thanks for the recommendations.
But, at the same time starting another re-read of IT, well.. because I must.
You didn't like it?I'm rereading IT too.
I'm afraid to tell Doc Creed about In Cold Blood.
I'm afraid to tell Doc Creed about In Cold Blood.
You didn't like it?
Okay.Oh, c'mon! Creed's a big boy. If he gets mad he can get glad in the same pants he got mad in. Don't coddle him! C'mon, give! Fork it over! Stop being such a tease!
Okay.
I didn't finish it.
Too much back story!!!!
Get to the murders!!!!
Don't get me wrong. The writing was beautiful, awesome, lovely. But waaaay too wordy for me.
(I'm also going through a weird time in my life, and that's another reason I stopped reading it. I will finish it; I promise.)
Just started The Great God Pan, a book mentioned in Danse Macabre, which I just finished. For the 6th time
I completely get the "weird time" in your life. I quote that from Fight Club sometimes because it feels applicable to my own situation. In Cold Blood really is a masterpiece but, as I told 80sFan, books hit each of us in different ways and at different times.Okay.
I didn't finish it.
Too much back story!!!!
Get to the murders!!!!
Don't get me wrong. The writing was beautiful, awesome, lovely. But waaaay too wordy for me.
(I'm also going through a weird time in my life, and that's another reason I stopped reading it. I will finish it; I promise.)