tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post1492834878571379933..comments2024-03-19T03:14:54.856-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Some of My Favorite Books of 2014pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31866896149229427052015-01-06T07:42:02.834-05:002015-01-06T07:42:02.834-05:00I really like the variety here, Patti!I really like the variety here, Patti!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85408278727673124502015-01-05T17:38:46.667-05:002015-01-05T17:38:46.667-05:00Great list, Jeff. Been meaning to read Scalzi and ...Great list, Jeff. Been meaning to read Scalzi and DEPLOYMENT, which everyone seems to love., pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-48966201349495882942015-01-05T16:23:33.078-05:002015-01-05T16:23:33.078-05:00The only ones I've read on that list are the M...The only ones I've read on that list are the Megan Abbott and John Green books, though I've read the first in the McKinty series, THE COLD COLD GROUND.<br /><br />I started making a list in order of reading (but as I missed out the Abbott and McKinty books it was clearly not complete). Here is what I have so far:<br /><br />Jo Walton, Farthing/Ha'penny/Half a Crown trilogy (alternate universe mystery series)<br />Martin Limon, Nightmare Range (mystery shorts, set among US Army in Korea)<br />Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls (time traveling serial killer)<br />Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry<br />John Scalzi, Lock In (SF)<br />Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves<br />Molly Antopol, The Unamericans (ss)<br />Julie Schumacher, Dear Committee Members<br />Michael Connelly, The Burning Room (Harry Bosch)<br />Stephen King, Revival<br />Ron Rash, Something Rich & Strange: Selected Stories<br />Phil Klay, Redeployment (ss)<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-48708650450749325912015-01-05T10:23:36.541-05:002015-01-05T10:23:36.541-05:00I'm afraid I haven't read any of these.I'm afraid I haven't read any of these.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28421992201572428112015-01-05T09:44:16.758-05:002015-01-05T09:44:16.758-05:00I think I have February House somewhere. I think I have February House somewhere. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25172596195989282972015-01-05T08:52:51.534-05:002015-01-05T08:52:51.534-05:00I had the privilege of working with Carlos Dews, a...I had the privilege of working with Carlos Dews, a prominent McCullers scholar; we even began working together on a book about the McCullers household (McCullers, Auden, George Davis, Richard Wright, and a bizarre assortment of others) at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn in the 40s, but we moved too slowly, and another author came out with a book on the subject entitled February House (which is a great book). Carlos is now teaching in Italy and writing crime fiction with S. J. Rozan; I, on the other hand, remain forever ensconced in the Redneck Riviera.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49536384588711062972015-01-05T08:44:47.600-05:002015-01-05T08:44:47.600-05:00I've read all of McCullers, R.T. One of my fav...I've read all of McCullers, R.T. One of my favorites. I started the new French after liking the last three, but I couldn't get into it. Perhaps after some time has passed. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27408319556252680732015-01-05T08:39:01.204-05:002015-01-05T08:39:01.204-05:00I liked IN THE MORNING I'LL BE GONE by Adrian ...I liked IN THE MORNING I'LL BE GONE by Adrian McKinty. And, of course, Megan's THE FEVER. Tana French's new book is on my Read Real Soon stack.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38090682085011600532015-01-05T08:37:39.416-05:002015-01-05T08:37:39.416-05:00If you liked the two McCullers books, perhaps you ...If you liked the two McCullers books, perhaps you will also like her Ballad of the Sad Café. To my mind, McCullers -- except for Heart is the Lonely Hunter -- has been neglected in recent decades.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com