tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7842290053852934788..comments2024-03-29T07:00:46.755-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Bookspattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-66675768684328949622010-09-17T18:48:19.844-04:002010-09-17T18:48:19.844-04:00following Patti's lead, I posted my list of bo...following Patti's lead, I posted my list of books I read in 1991 over on my blog.Irenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078694505194875348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91099658286071602402010-09-17T15:58:14.780-04:002010-09-17T15:58:14.780-04:00I was mostly a mainstream novel reader at that per...I was mostly a mainstream novel reader at that period. Before and after, mostly crime fiction.<br />Good time to weed some out, Rick? I doubt it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71239685818708177112010-09-17T15:56:46.990-04:002010-09-17T15:56:46.990-04:00I can never believe how much people remember from ...I can never believe how much people remember from their early childhoods. Maybe they have family members who tell stories more than mine did.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43277234197597354722010-09-17T15:56:22.201-04:002010-09-17T15:56:22.201-04:00Wow! I read a few of the crime books, not many of ...Wow! I read a few of the crime books, not many of the rest. Now everything is getting packed away again, at least for a while.Richard R.http://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-66530132783646390902010-09-17T15:46:59.619-04:002010-09-17T15:46:59.619-04:00Dan, in the early 70's when I was in college I...Dan, in the early 70's when I was in college I read over 300 books a year a couple of times. A lot of them were plays as I went through most of O'Neill and Coward at that time.<br /><br />Also read a fair amount of Erle Stanley Gardners, including 3 in a day once.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53168359458698311342010-09-17T15:44:11.022-04:002010-09-17T15:44:11.022-04:00Patti, I think WE WERE DREAMERS was Jim Lehrer'...Patti, I think WE WERE DREAMERS was Jim Lehrer's best book. The amount of detail was amazing. How could he remember so much detail about operating a small bus line in Kansas when he was a kid at the time? Anyway, great book.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12314800719913765112010-09-17T14:01:13.849-04:002010-09-17T14:01:13.849-04:00Audio books can be wonderful though. My son does b...Audio books can be wonderful though. My son does both and he says some readers bring more to the book than the sound of his own voice in his head--if that makes sense.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89606945441562202292010-09-17T13:45:33.864-04:002010-09-17T13:45:33.864-04:00I used to do between 2 and 4 a week when not worki...I used to do between 2 and 4 a week when not working the day job and about 2 a week when I was. If I was writing my own stuff, that usually meant about a book less either way.<br /><br />Now, because of the health stuff, it is taking me about two to three weeks to read one book most of the time. Not only is that frustrating, but it also really messes up the book.<br /><br />I may have to switch to audio books for at least some of them and that is yet another change I don't want to have to make.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76132075500669671412010-09-17T13:42:28.339-04:002010-09-17T13:42:28.339-04:00Dan-have you done a review for here? I don't s...Dan-have you done a review for here? I don't see your name but the list is so long now.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40243400178526463952010-09-17T13:41:14.221-04:002010-09-17T13:41:14.221-04:0087-88 was the last year I was a stay-at-home Mom a...87-88 was the last year I was a stay-at-home Mom and my kids were teens and not exactly taking up all my time. Now I am lucky to read a book a week.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10607974456240147542010-09-17T13:21:20.903-04:002010-09-17T13:21:20.903-04:00Good God.
How do you read so much so fast. The o...Good God.<br /><br />How do you read so much so fast. The only time I ever came close to reading that many books was in the early 90s and was reading a lot of postwar American poetry. I could blow through a book by Ted Berrigan or Paul Blackburn in an hour but then I was a broke poet and couldn't afford to buy too many old "collector's copies." <br /><br />Now I have young kids, a full time job, a mortgage AND I'm trying to freelance my writing. Most of the books I read now I review.<br /><br />Dan LuftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-11490007045900204422010-09-17T11:41:09.192-04:002010-09-17T11:41:09.192-04:00Also, when I actually manage to get my thoughts do...Also, when I actually manage to get my thoughts down in phosphor (maybe at lunch here), I do try to focus on books out of print or nearly so...but not by any means solely CF, which does seem to be the opposite of a lot of folks, particulary of late, who are focusing on widely-available classics. I might've been the most wide-ranging (or, simultaneously, most irrelevant to most contributors' interests) of the regular participants.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90320051021960864812010-09-17T11:37:53.564-04:002010-09-17T11:37:53.564-04:00Speed-reading isn't necessarily a better way o...Speed-reading isn't necessarily a better way of reading...and can contribute to everything running togehter/fading. I've read FREAKY DEAKY (which I remember reading back to back with TRUST ME ON THIS by Donald Westlake at lunches at work) and THE HAMLET TRAP out of that stack...did you read Wilhelm's DEATH QUALIFIED, Patti? And what did you read in non-CF?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27887721649653008322010-09-17T10:54:33.945-04:002010-09-17T10:54:33.945-04:00This week I selected "Money Shot" by Chr...This week I selected "Money Shot" by Christa Faust.<br /><br /><br />I think I am going to have to start a notebook deal of my own. The mind, not to mention the body, ain't what they used to be.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74359308151766870202010-09-17T10:31:48.082-04:002010-09-17T10:31:48.082-04:00Crap! You people read waaayy more than me. Though ...Crap! You people read waaayy more than me. Though I'll blame it on school--the educational philosophy of John Dewey makes me never want to read again.Chris Rhatiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769089157184374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64846968660521483622010-09-17T09:57:15.784-04:002010-09-17T09:57:15.784-04:00I corrected that once and somehow it drifted back....I corrected that once and somehow it drifted back. Weird. <br />I read every Grafton until midway through and probably every Rendell until Road Rage. <br />I would guess I read under 75 books a year now. At one point, I was at 150. That was before I took up writing and blogging though.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24932654120346869652010-09-17T09:14:28.299-04:002010-09-17T09:14:28.299-04:00Interesting. I've read over 25 of Rendell'...Interesting. I've read over 25 of Rendell's books but none on your list. I have read the Graftons (I finally quit reading them after M), Leonard, McBain, Turow, Lyons, Hillerman and Dorothy Simpson titles. I liked her books.<br /><br />As I've probably mentioned before I've been keeping notebooks of books read since the early 1970's and complete lists since mid-1975. Now it is all on two databases (fiction and non fiction).<br /><br />In 1987 I only read 61 fiction and 16 non fiction books. Most of the former were mysteries. The ones that stand out are McBain, Ross Thomas, Jim Thompson and Max Allan Collins.<br /><br />1988 was worse - 69 books (58 fiction, mostly mystery), including a bunch of Bill Criders early books.<br /><br />My goal is always 200 books a year but I haven't reached that since 2002. Still, since 1990 I've read a minimum of 110 books each year.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15025206348846435842010-09-17T09:02:11.797-04:002010-09-17T09:02:11.797-04:00Just a quick correction - the Coburn novel is ON T...Just a quick correction - the Coburn novel is ON THE LOOSE, not ON THE RUN.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61572959502672198752010-09-17T09:02:05.557-04:002010-09-17T09:02:05.557-04:00I've never heard of Coburn or Nebel so that...I've never heard of Coburn or Nebel so that's a couple more that are new to me. I Patti's list it's nice to se Ruth Rendell who has written some marvellous books.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.com