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The call of Spenser and Cthulhu2 comments

unfinishedperson wrote 1 week ago: This is a combination of the past two weeks’ Library Loot actually. You may say, “That … more →

Tags: Books, Midweek Review, Mind, Music, H. P. Lovecraft, Library Loot

The call of Spenser and Cthulhu5 comments

unfinishedperson wrote 1 week ago: This is a combination of the past two weeks’ Library Loot actually. You may say, “That … more →

Tags: Books, H. P. Lovecraft, Library Loot

More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. 10 comments

fakename2 wrote 4 weeks ago: I’ve never been to New York City (Fakename will now pause for the collective gasp), unless you … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, blogs, Nevada Barr, Reading, James Lee Burke, New York City, broadway, Ziegfeld Follies

Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker

Dynila wrote 1 month ago: ( 87 ) This is supposed to be a YA book, and was shelved by the library as such. I’ve been a b … more →

Tags: ya, Spenser

Influences (the good)

bwmathews wrote 1 month ago: Every author you read — whether they’re any good or not — influences you as a writ … more →

Tags: Stephen King, Louis L'Amour, Sackett's Brand, Elmore Leonard, Donald E. Westlake, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Hemingway, Fitzgerald

Review: The Professional

bwmathews wrote 1 month ago: I knew I’d be disappointed in The Professional by Robert B. Parker. Right up front, I’m … more →

Tags: Book Review, The professional, The Godwulf Manuscript, All Our Yesterdays, Love and Glory, Small Vices, Hundred Dollar Baby, The Great Gatsby

Meg Gardiner

bwmathews wrote 1 month ago: For a long time, you couldn’t find Meg Gardiner’s books in the U.S. The American citizen … more →

Tags: Donald Westlake, Evan Delaney, Meg Gardiner, Stephen King, Sue Grafton, Thriller

Another Edition of Reading With Fakename8 comments

fakename2 wrote 5 months ago: Today I finally finished Schindler’s List, but won’t do a review of it, since as I said … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Appaloosa, resolution, Brimstone, Lee Child, The Cure for Grief, first-time novelists, Anne Tyler

Why Do We Keep Reading Mystery Series That Are Running Out of Gas? Maureen Corrigan on Robert B. Parker's 'Spenser' Novels2 comments

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 5 months ago: Why do we keep reading novels in mystery or other series long after their plots have become formulai … more →

Tags: Mysteries and Thrillers, Books, Book Reviews, Detective novels, Boston, private eyes, Mysteries, Spenser

Robert Parker's new book

tourman wrote 5 months ago: Brimstone is his second (or third) effort to write a Wesatern.  He writes great dialog but this one … more →

Tags: Brimstone

Why Do People Read Detective Novels? Quote of the Day From Maureen Corrigan’s ‘Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading’

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 6 months ago: Why do people read detective novels? Critics often say that mysteries are modern morality tales … more →

Tags: Quotes of the Day, Books, Reading, Novels, Men, Money, Dashiell Hammett, Ross MacDonald, Chester Himes

Manfiction5 comments

henryct wrote 7 months ago: In the publishing world, it’s a well-known fact that most mystery/thriller readers are women.  … more →

Tags: Posts, Recommendations, Charlie Huston, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Lee Child, Barry Eisler, John Connolly

Appaloosa

emmegail wrote 8 months ago: Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker Everett Hitch Trilogy #1 Fiction – Western, Published 2005 Read … more →

Tags: Reviews, Fiction, Westerns, Appaloosa, western

Reading With Fakename7 comments

fakename2 wrote 8 months ago: This week I was sitting in the bank drive-through commercial lane (as I do every day), and the ultra … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Walter Mosley, William Tapply, Michael Shaara

Text-to-Screen Ratio: Appaloosa2 comments

lesismore wrote 9 months ago: (Editor’s note: This post is relatively free of spoilers, though plots and scenes are discusse … more →

Tags: Text-to-Screen Ratio, film adaptation of book, Appaloosa, Historical Fiction, western, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Text to screen, Spenser novels

Just Asking: Robert B. Parker - WSJ.com

boomergrl49 wrote 9 months ago: Just Asking: Robert B. Parker – WSJ.com. Here’s a Wall Street Journal interview with one … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine, night and day

Appaloosa (2008)

humanvulture wrote 10 months ago:   The Plot: When a crazy ass, land-hungry rancher (Jeremy Irons) puts the marshal and deputies of Ap … more →

Tags: appaloosa 2008, Movie, Review, Jeremy Irons, Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger, Lance Henriksen, western

Appaloosa, A Book and Film Review

Tim Byrd wrote 10 months ago: It was a long time ago, now, and there were many gunfights to follow, but I remember as well, perhap … more →

Tags: Movies / TV, Books, Music, adventure, Literature, film, Westerns, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen

2008 - My Year in Books

Bruce wrote 11 months ago: "The Dirt" by Motley Crue   I never got around to writing any year end “best of list … more →

Tags: Books, Warren Zevon, mel gilden, Hard Case Crime, Jason Starr, Ken Bruen, star wars, yoda, Batman


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