tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post29930690074581036..comments2024-03-28T05:19:28.500-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): What Are You Reading Right Now?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79671661887555580832008-10-13T08:42:00.000-04:002008-10-13T08:42:00.000-04:00I can't remember if I saw The Dead Girl or just th...I can't remember if I saw The Dead Girl or just the promos for it. Have to check it out.<BR/>I've been eyeing The Monster of Florence. Always fun to read BAMS and see what I'm doing wrong.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51999267335059744032008-10-12T16:59:00.000-04:002008-10-12T16:59:00.000-04:00Robert Crais' Chasing Darkness, the new Elvis Cole...Robert Crais' Chasing Darkness, the new Elvis Cole, and The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi, a true crime story of Italy"s "Jack The Ripper."Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1855790353625939332008-10-12T04:07:00.000-04:002008-10-12T04:07:00.000-04:00Well let's see, it's October so that means that it...Well let's see, it's October so that means that it must be B.A.M.S. time. "The Best American Mystery Stories of 2008."<BR/><BR/>"Damn Near Dead" was even better than I expected.Cormac Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990698766444728760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37176357253651150832008-10-11T00:52:00.000-04:002008-10-11T00:52:00.000-04:00Juri, THE COLLECTOR is probably the closest to you...Juri, THE COLLECTOR is probably the closest to your favorite kind of reading. I need to read THE MAGUS. <BR/><BR/>When I finally get back to it, the last (and easily the worst) story in the Spring issue of ON SPEC, the Canadian speculative fiction magazine. Also reading THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR, and the new Jones annual BEST NEW HORROR (the hundred or so pages of nonfiction take a while to get through before I get to the fiction).<BR/><BR/>Hey, did you catch THE DEAD GIRL? One of the few films I've seen all the way through recently (as in last several weeks), and I rather liked it.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26262324038864285632008-10-10T10:58:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:58:00.000-04:00The Magus holds up very well. I read the later edi...The Magus holds up very well. I read the later edition some seven years ago and liked it a great deal. So far the only Fowles I've read.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44800384944015630182008-10-10T08:48:00.000-04:002008-10-10T08:48:00.000-04:00Just finished Marcia Muller's "Listen to the Silen...Just finished Marcia Muller's "Listen to the Silence" and Robert Crais' "Indigo Slam". Have just started John Connolly's "The Black Angel" and Grace Metalious' "Peyton Place"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-411966733920808552008-10-09T21:33:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:33:00.000-04:00War is a Force That Gives Us Meaningby Chris Hedge...War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning<BR/>by Chris Hedges and Carleen Brice's Orange Mint and Honey (I won it in a drawing on Lisa's Eudamonia blog :-)debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41195017877618917512008-10-09T15:59:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:59:00.000-04:00I've got about 5 books I'm juggling right now. Mo...I've got about 5 books I'm juggling right now. Most of them are good or are probably good (haven't gotten that far). <BR/>There's that library book I gotta finish NIM CHIMPSKY: THE CHIMP WHO WOULD BE HUMAN. Fascinating, often depressing but sometimes not<BR/>There's HERE, THERE BY DRAGONS, a YA title by James Owen that Stu suggested and which is quite good.<BR/>SMALL FAVOR by Jim Butcher, the most recent in the Harry Dresden series which I now have to back up and start.(this sentence no syntax).<BR/>There's Jeff Marks' ANTHONY BOUCHER: A BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY, which I think I am going to thoroughly enjoy and hope will interest others.<BR/>There's the ARC of Louise Penny's upcoming January release A RULE AGAINST MURDER<BR/>And SWEET MAN IS GONE by Peggy Ehrhart which i started then put down but will be picking back up as soon as I'm done with the Louise Penny.<BR/>Eclectic or easily distracted? You decide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76656587239641896802008-10-09T08:38:00.000-04:002008-10-09T08:38:00.000-04:00Give Us A Kiss is fantastic.Reading Human Smoke by...Give Us A Kiss is fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Reading Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker, the November issue of Ellery Queen (thanks to David)and Born Standing Up by Steve Martin.Joe Bolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008843373798248009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-57390205648662904202008-10-09T08:03:00.000-04:002008-10-09T08:03:00.000-04:00It works for me. I read a couple chapters of one b...It works for me. I read a couple chapters of one book and then begin rotating through the pile.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10583084668283012252008-10-09T06:57:00.000-04:002008-10-09T06:57:00.000-04:00Four books at once: I'm impressed. I can do two bu...Four books at once: I'm impressed. I can do two but only if one is not crime.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23990283655600324112008-10-08T22:01:00.000-04:002008-10-08T22:01:00.000-04:00I'm reading The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics,...I'm reading The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics, edited by Paul Gravett which is just incredible. Also The City In The Sky by Max Brand, The Song Is You by Megan Abbott, and the November issue of Alfred Hitchcock.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39885370572306141642008-10-08T21:08:00.000-04:002008-10-08T21:08:00.000-04:00Sjowall and Wahloo were two pf my favorite writers...Sjowall and Wahloo were two pf my favorite writers. Reading mysteries set in Sweden was so exotic 30 years ago. Now, of course, it's a center of crime writing. The Laughing Policeman and The Locked Room were two of my favorites.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38062481564091378862008-10-08T19:42:00.000-04:002008-10-08T19:42:00.000-04:00Just reread the first 2 Martin Beck mysteries by P...Just reread the first 2 Martin Beck mysteries by Per Wahloo & Maj Sjowall. Black Lizard is reissuing them. They were a big influence on Henning Mankell. Also just finished True Grit by Charles Portis and will be beginning the new Michael Connelly(got it a week early).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68815484922221684252008-10-08T19:21:00.000-04:002008-10-08T19:21:00.000-04:00Oh, to read it for the first time in 2008. It must...Oh, to read it for the first time in 2008. It must seem quite different.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38089053764813901642008-10-08T18:35:00.000-04:002008-10-08T18:35:00.000-04:00The first version of The Magus was published in 19...The first version of The Magus was published in 1966 - when I mentioned the updated version this came out in 1977 but I did not pick up this edition until this century.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55821138805593640352008-10-08T17:47:00.000-04:002008-10-08T17:47:00.000-04:00I've only read one Coben and saw one as a French m...I've only read one Coben and saw one as a French movie recently. Compelling, for sure, but I like little more depth to the characters. Like those in Dust Devils, for instance, or Sleeping Dogs or The Magus. But that's just personal taste.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8500020285657569322008-10-08T17:44:00.000-04:002008-10-08T17:44:00.000-04:00Reading THE INNOCENT by Harlan Coben at the moment...Reading THE INNOCENT by Harlan Coben at the moment, and enjoying it so far, about a third of the way in.<BR/><BR/>I also read and loved THE MAGUS many years ago. Don't know how well it would hold up to a reread. That new edition sounds intriguing, though.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83167741896989702432008-10-08T17:00:00.000-04:002008-10-08T17:00:00.000-04:00Loved Sleeping Dogs by Gorman. Oh, The Magus. I lo...Loved Sleeping Dogs by Gorman. <BR/>Oh, The Magus. I loved that book 30 years ago. All of his work seemed to original then. Glad it holds up. America at War. Interested in your take on it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20326799721681890132008-10-08T16:48:00.000-04:002008-10-08T16:48:00.000-04:00America at War...to be reviewed on Friday.America at War...to be reviewed on Friday.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13764042847439075472008-10-08T15:37:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:37:00.000-04:00I'm in the middle of Fools Rush In by Ed Gorman. ...I'm in the middle of Fools Rush In by Ed Gorman. You can't go wrong with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19317989325109467042008-10-08T15:34:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:34:00.000-04:00On page 104 of a book called 'Die A Little'. So fa...On page 104 of a book called 'Die A Little'. So far so good.<BR/><BR/>Books that I'd recommend?<BR/>John Fowles: The Magus - I read this way back but the new edition where all the deleted parts have been restored is so much better.<BR/>An English teacher goes to teach in Greece and meets up with a man who has a past. Past, present and future mingle together with mirror images.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18965991365654712882008-10-08T15:19:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:19:00.000-04:00Oh, good idea. I could use learning more about him...Oh, good idea. I could use learning more about him.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21865292479569981412008-10-08T15:01:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:01:00.000-04:00Reading my own story at the moment, but whenever I...Reading my own story at the moment, but whenever I get back to the sofa, I'll pick up Peter Ackroyd's biography of Poe. It's good.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.com