tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post1100618413292582720..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, Friday, March 9, 2012pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44667190300878916732012-03-10T18:32:07.200-05:002012-03-10T18:32:07.200-05:00I was in a used bookstore looking for THE EXECUTIO...I was in a used bookstore looking for THE EXECUTIONER and you are right, there are so many MacDonalds. A couple others too.<br />I'd like to see the film version of UNSUITABLE.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13579959500740581092012-03-10T17:20:41.627-05:002012-03-10T17:20:41.627-05:00Deb, once again we are sympatico as LEMON stands o...Deb, once again we are sympatico as LEMON stands out for me too. I will have to think of what to review.<br /><br />I read the first five James books (including the first Cordelia Gray) in the fall of 1984 but have only read a few since, including the second Gray.<br /><br />I did not really care for the TV version with Helen Baxendale, who I preferred in COLD FEET. (Incidentally, the stars of that show have mostly gone on to many other British - and occasionally American - television work, usually seen on both sides of the Atlantic.)<br /><br />Jeff M.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17620385510187435802012-03-10T14:04:02.865-05:002012-03-10T14:04:02.865-05:00But you make such a good chairmany chairman! I'...But you make such a good chairmany chairman! I'm thinking that since I enjoy John D. MacDonald, Ross Macdonald, Philip Macdonald and Craig McDonald so much, I should change my nom de plume to some version thereof....BV Lawsonhttp://bvlawson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36704409248079209072012-03-10T13:01:56.914-05:002012-03-10T13:01:56.914-05:00I have heard so many good things about John D. Mac...I have heard so many good things about John D. MacDonald, but I don't believe I've ever read him. This sounds like a good place to start. <br /><br />I think I might have read the PD James novel many years ago, but I can't be certain. Things have changed a lot for women in the workplace in the last forty years. Not enough, but it's still change for the better.Linda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44805686493452058902012-03-10T09:41:21.360-05:002012-03-10T09:41:21.360-05:00While I was hoping for Georges Simenon, I bow to t...While I was hoping for Georges Simenon, I bow to the will of the majority. Patti--I'll do THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY and email you my review a few days prior to April 14.<br /><br />As for duplicates, I say don't worry. As with the Westlake FFB, when there is a duplicate review, it's interesting to read two different takes on the same material.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24174713272303648532012-03-09T13:07:32.126-05:002012-03-09T13:07:32.126-05:00Unsuitable Job was the first James novel I read, f...Unsuitable Job was the first James novel I read, followed by Skull Beneath the Skin. I liked them both but found them very different from the things I'd been reading such as Christie and Sayers and Allingham. I didn't read another of her books for a couple of decades, I don't think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28465006860811591832012-03-09T11:29:11.446-05:002012-03-09T11:29:11.446-05:00And, of course, it was the BBC (or Granada? I shou...And, of course, it was the BBC (or Granada? I should check) adaptation of UNSUITABLE that introduced me to James...I haven't read the novel yet, but suspect it wasn't nearly as improved as James's awful, ridiculous THE CHILDREN OF MEN was by the still-goofy (how much can aging hippies congratulate themselves? THIS MUCH!) film (sans article) CHILDREN OF MEN...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64744001965434766542012-03-09T11:26:31.020-05:002012-03-09T11:26:31.020-05:00THE EXECUTIONERS is so much better than either of ...THE EXECUTIONERS is so much better than either of the films CAPE FEAR (even given Mitchum's performance) that to compare either film to the novel is to suddenly see how clumsily meddlesome and hidebound Hollywood is by its nature.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55832205377673280342012-03-09T10:54:31.061-05:002012-03-09T10:54:31.061-05:00My 'forgotten' entry is up now, Patti. Tha...My 'forgotten' entry is up now, Patti. Thanks.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42409224131661274852012-03-09T10:29:11.425-05:002012-03-09T10:29:11.425-05:00I would like to participate this week, if I may. H...I would like to participate this week, if I may. Here's the link to my review:<br /><br />http://www.thesecondsentence.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-review-hay-wire.htmlElisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67380238635265543742012-03-09T09:34:23.488-05:002012-03-09T09:34:23.488-05:00For more John D. goodness, you should check out:
...For more John D. goodness, you should check out:<br /><br />http://thetrapofsolidgold.blogspot.com/Chad Eagletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863680540230538227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28219841616547367612012-03-09T09:09:34.277-05:002012-03-09T09:09:34.277-05:00I wish I had more time to reread MacDonald. I have...I wish I had more time to reread MacDonald. I have reread some but not too often. I still have a few that I've never read. I dole them out to myself.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com