tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post3397014111634475800..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, Friday, January 13, 2012pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17689143643939693852012-01-13T22:29:12.613-05:002012-01-13T22:29:12.613-05:00Great. Just ship it over a day or two ahead. Thank...Great. Just ship it over a day or two ahead. Thanks!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52139982477757520972012-01-13T21:47:25.835-05:002012-01-13T21:47:25.835-05:00OK, I'll take WTWTCH? for February 17's FF...OK, I'll take WTWTCH? for February 17's FFB.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46903491204086223852012-01-13T20:07:25.186-05:002012-01-13T20:07:25.186-05:00Deb-no one had claimed either. Just used that as a...Deb-no one had claimed either. Just used that as an example since the spelling was easy.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31129281205946562532012-01-13T19:02:44.490-05:002012-01-13T19:02:44.490-05:00Oh, I was going to volunteer to do an FFB on THE A...Oh, I was going to volunteer to do an FFB on THE AX--and then I read your comment--ha-ha! Anyway, I'd be glad to do WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? if no one else wants to do it.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10746802442078402632012-01-13T18:05:02.515-05:002012-01-13T18:05:02.515-05:00I've read Mosley's first two Socrates Fort...I've read Mosley's first two Socrates Fortlow collections, after watching the HBO movie version of the first (called ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED), starring Laurence Fishburne.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68331015651257933912012-01-13T16:56:50.860-05:002012-01-13T16:56:50.860-05:00"RL's Dream" is another great, inten..."RL's Dream" is another great, intense Walter Mosley book. It had me with the first sentence: "Pain moved up the old man's hipbone like a plow breaking through hard sod." <br />MichelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42064648570120126852012-01-13T14:13:57.857-05:002012-01-13T14:13:57.857-05:00I will have to try them. So far just EASY and the ...I will have to try them. So far just EASY and the one with the guy in the basement.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36396820012501759772012-01-13T13:59:28.917-05:002012-01-13T13:59:28.917-05:00I've read a couple of the Easy Rawlins books b...I've read a couple of the Easy Rawlins books by Walter Mosley, but I have to say that my favorite books of his are the Fearless Jones series.<br /><br />FEARLESS JONES is on my list of 100<br />Favorite Mysteries/Thrillers which I'm working on right now.<br /><br />It's a terrific book and not a bad place to start if you want to try something a little different.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31474622434050573762012-01-13T11:38:17.602-05:002012-01-13T11:38:17.602-05:00Let me know which one so we don't all do THE A...Let me know which one so we don't all do THE AX.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70798969542888445832012-01-13T11:22:50.182-05:002012-01-13T11:22:50.182-05:00count me in on the Westlake/ Richard Stark posts.....count me in on the Westlake/ Richard Stark posts...Irenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078694505194875348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37571059481214828522012-01-13T11:00:03.279-05:002012-01-13T11:00:03.279-05:00I've read all the Mosley Easy Rawlins books bu...I've read all the Mosley Easy Rawlins books but the latest, as well as a few of his others. I thought they did a good job with the movie of DEVIL, especially with Don Cheadle playing Mouse.<br /><br />Millar is a terrific writer. HOW LIKE AN ANGEL is a classic.<br /><br />Kevin, never read Westlake? I'm shocked. He's #5 on my 'most read authors' list (behind Simenon, Hunter/McBain, Christie, and Pronzini) with 61 books read, including all the Richard Stark and Tucker Coe titles. <br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-3582734979742373672012-01-13T10:19:56.705-05:002012-01-13T10:19:56.705-05:00Whoops! Forgot to say thanks for including my post...Whoops! Forgot to say thanks for including my post in this week's links. I very much appreciate it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58904626994317465692012-01-13T10:19:27.002-05:002012-01-13T10:19:27.002-05:00Patti - No doubt about it at all! Margaret Millar ...Patti - No doubt about it at all! Margaret Millar was a rare talent - a rare talent. And I'm so glad you liked <i>Devil in a Blue Dress</i>, too. Isn't Walter Mosley a skilled writer!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46333629266162910052012-01-13T10:16:59.288-05:002012-01-13T10:16:59.288-05:00I just happened to start in on Margaret Millar'...I just happened to start in on Margaret Millar's <i>An Air that Kills</i> last night. You're right, of course, she was an elegant stylist. She wrote such wonderful dialogue - witty and sometimes snippy, but never contrived. Canada's loss was America's gain.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22107047033861839272012-01-13T09:46:27.544-05:002012-01-13T09:46:27.544-05:00Great choices both. Millar is so underrated and s...Great choices both. Millar is so underrated and so good. A young intern I worked with introduced me to her out of the blue one day because she knew I liked to read. Any time someone does that, I figure it's worth checking out. And Mosley is great too, although his science fiction books are just meh.Katherine Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696623795926663895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18364442730817733752012-01-13T09:45:20.892-05:002012-01-13T09:45:20.892-05:00Yea for DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS.Yea for DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91908806414617934932012-01-13T09:32:41.185-05:002012-01-13T09:32:41.185-05:00I'm late and I am sorry.
My review for this w...I'm late and I am sorry.<br /><br />My review for this week is a followup to the short story I reviewed yesterday also by Sylvia Dickey Smith. The book is the first of her Sidra Smart series titled "Dance on His Grave." It is at:<br />http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />I guess I should also confess to in addition to never having read a Westlake novel, I have never read a Mosely book either.<br /><br />KevinKevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56966032546042536992012-01-13T09:21:40.030-05:002012-01-13T09:21:40.030-05:00DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS was the first Mosley book I ...DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS was the first Mosley book I read and it made me a fan of the series. Caught them all so far as well as a good selection of his other works.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70642847507857679472012-01-13T09:13:24.524-05:002012-01-13T09:13:24.524-05:00"Devil in a blue dress" is on my list of..."Devil in a blue dress" is on my list of books I want to read but as of yet don't even own a copy. I'm a sorry excuse for a bibliophileCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65814100388695333682012-01-13T08:58:49.122-05:002012-01-13T08:58:49.122-05:00Millar is in my top five.Millar is in my top five.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76302349354846273522012-01-13T08:57:02.686-05:002012-01-13T08:57:02.686-05:00Oh, I like the Mosely books. With Millar, for some...Oh, I like the Mosely books. With Millar, for some reason I've never read one. I've intended to, but . . .<br />You have spurred me on. I've put this book on my list.Joe Baronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275991273751678636noreply@blogger.com