tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8775387149984493264..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): What Are You Reading?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51809880305056940902012-04-23T17:16:42.957-04:002012-04-23T17:16:42.957-04:00Kent-love Mosher. I must find that book for my son...Kent-love Mosher. I must find that book for my son. Also have a book of short stories by Bass---Platte River.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35258225348739534942012-04-23T17:15:00.243-04:002012-04-23T17:15:00.243-04:00Me, too. A book, a book of short stories, an audio...Me, too. A book, a book of short stories, an audio book. I am getting quite a list of books to read here.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46105598205039821652012-04-23T17:09:03.954-04:002012-04-23T17:09:03.954-04:00Believe it or not, I tend to read three to four bo...Believe it or not, I tend to read three to four books at the same time these days. Currently in the rotating line-up are:<br /><br />THE ROOM UPSTAIRS by Mildred Davis<br />THE PERFECT FRAME by William Ard<br />LORD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL by Shelley Smith<br /><br />My plan to read one non-fiction book per month completely fell apart this year. But I am reading a lot of short stories as well - both on-line and in the many anthologies crammign my shelves.<br /><br />And just in case you think I never read NEW books I did read an excellent novel from 2011 (US edition, that is) called BOXER BEETLE by Ned Beauman a few weeks ago that I thought it was utterly original. A Nazi memorabilia collector gets mixed-up with some dangerous characters all in search of a rare species of beetle that was supposedly genetically engineered to honor Hitler. Eugenics, race talk, strange medical disorders, and the weird world of Nazi memorabilia. All done with a wicked sense of humor. It has two parallel stories - one in the present about the Nazi collectors and the other in the 1930s telling the story of the racist entomologist who created the beetle. I loved it!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32306223579023752382012-04-23T16:54:21.633-04:002012-04-23T16:54:21.633-04:00I've just finished The Great Northern Express,...I've just finished The Great Northern Express, Howard Frank Mosher's memoir of travelling across the US visiting independent bookstores while dealing with prostate cancer, and Nashville Chrome, a novel by Rick Bass that is based on the story of the country group The Browns who were as popular as and friends of Elvis in the 1950s and early '60s. I've started Tim Wendel's Summer of '68 that combines the story of the major league baseball season with all that was going on that summer. Go Tigers.Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27750971501259820172012-04-22T18:38:51.276-04:002012-04-22T18:38:51.276-04:00Exactly what my husband said at dinner. I am looki...Exactly what my husband said at dinner. I am looking it up now.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-34086382627716254962012-04-22T18:18:36.215-04:002012-04-22T18:18:36.215-04:00I didn't know about the Finnish Civil War, eit...I didn't know about the Finnish Civil War, either, and I'm pretty informed about military history. I know Finland fought Russia and even allied themselves with Nazi Germany to maintain their war effort.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19204229229976813182012-04-22T12:59:54.053-04:002012-04-22T12:59:54.053-04:00Brautigan has always seemed like an interesting ch...Brautigan has always seemed like an interesting character. I wish biographies were less than 900 pages though.<br />Horrible to admit I didn't know there was a civil war in Finland. Americans live in a bubble. We can barely give you the date of our own civil war much less know about ones in other countries. This was brought home to me when we met an Australian couple in Paris who knew all about US politics. I couldn't name the head of Australia.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21495007979498990642012-04-22T10:33:48.037-04:002012-04-22T10:33:48.037-04:00I'm in a period of reading non-fiction at the ...I'm in a period of reading non-fiction at the moment. Right now I'm halfway through a book on the Finnish civil war by one Aapo Roselius which I doubt has been translated into English. Not so much about the military events, as about the terror and summary executions that went with it, and even continued after the war itself had ended. Not pleasant.Anders Engwallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9555058295185610422012-04-21T23:08:35.229-04:002012-04-21T23:08:35.229-04:00William Hjortsberg's new biography of Richard ...William Hjortsberg's new biography of Richard Brautigan, all 880 pages. I rarely read fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26819626714095746212012-04-21T23:06:12.902-04:002012-04-21T23:06:12.902-04:00Le Petit Chose, Alphonse Daudet
The Life and Opini...Le Petit Chose, Alphonse Daudet<br />The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy, Gentleman, Lawrence Sterne<br />Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan<br /><br />Of course I'm lying. I'm reading the B Side of an Ace Double western and some modeling magazines.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62894572562866363852012-04-21T22:53:53.372-04:002012-04-21T22:53:53.372-04:00Oops, I left the H out of THE SHOP.Oops, I left the H out of THE SHOP.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-54816706287683183702012-04-21T22:50:56.006-04:002012-04-21T22:50:56.006-04:00We do love us some books!We do love us some books!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87266900438854253812012-04-21T22:48:39.377-04:002012-04-21T22:48:39.377-04:00Just finished one called THE SOP by J. Carson Blac...Just finished one called THE SOP by J. Carson Black, a thriller, and about to get back into THE EMERALD STORM by William Dietrich, an historical thriller.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60560943706356339032012-04-21T19:38:03.602-04:002012-04-21T19:38:03.602-04:00Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris. Very good president...Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris. Very good presidential bio by the man who wrote one of the worst bios, the one on Reagan where Morris inserted himself into the story.<br /><br />1491. Everything you know about pre-Columbian America is wrong. And if it weren't for the Spaniards (Stupid Cortez and Pizarro!), we'd have a more fascinating picture of the ancient world.Jim Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122822825357026014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-366342971704686152012-04-21T19:30:01.630-04:002012-04-21T19:30:01.630-04:00Sidling in here after THE LAST GOOD KISS, a book I...Sidling in here after THE LAST GOOD KISS, a book I've meant to read for months. Don't even have a copy.<br /><br />Just started Richard Wheeler's COLLECTED STORIES.<br /><br />The new Blogger interface seems both over-engineered and user-unfriendly. Several days ago, my scheduled posts have all had to be posted manually. Mystified.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90842014838010154602012-04-21T19:09:07.396-04:002012-04-21T19:09:07.396-04:00You caught me between books. i finished Robert Cra...You caught me between books. i finished Robert Crais's THE FIRST RULE last night. Next up is a re-read of James Crumley's THE LAST GOOD KISS.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74557833875440343152012-04-21T16:25:56.484-04:002012-04-21T16:25:56.484-04:00Have that on reserve at the library. I am at the e...Have that on reserve at the library. I am at the end of a long list though.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29781931082917992692012-04-21T16:11:58.833-04:002012-04-21T16:11:58.833-04:00I'm in the middle of Missing Justice by Alafai...I'm in the middle of Missing Justice by Alafair Burke, and then I want to get hold of Frank Langella's new memoir.Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74014407307311388812012-04-21T15:37:51.026-04:002012-04-21T15:37:51.026-04:00Well, theoretically I am reading a cozy mystery, b...Well, theoretically I am reading a cozy mystery, but as it is far more cozy than mystery, I put it down in favour of a blog round :)Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-853350376666920082012-04-21T15:26:05.294-04:002012-04-21T15:26:05.294-04:00Clearly the "new Blogger" is also more w...Clearly the "new Blogger" is also more wide open for spam. You're quite welcome.<br /><br />Loren, your "discovery" of works of classic stature is almost as heartening as Prashant's. Keep plugging, folks. And all of you (you, too, Patti) try, say, DAVY by Edgar Pangborn sometime...even without the same weight of people who don't know anything else about sf behind it as are behind Miller's A CANTICLE. Or THE ROAD, for that matter.<br /><br />And, Patti, you clearly don't know the breadth of my reading, even if it isn't shown as readily in my blog (where I mostly have time for FFBs and such).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42467204307971015992012-04-21T15:18:16.943-04:002012-04-21T15:18:16.943-04:00His wife done the fabulous job for the family and ...His wife done the fabulous job for the family and loved ones. I always respect those people who cares their loved ones or family members.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.importpartspro.com/nissan350z.html" rel="nofollow">Nissan 350z</a>importhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452718347818552962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79410567639987821152012-04-21T15:17:32.728-04:002012-04-21T15:17:32.728-04:00George-you never fail to surprise me. You are the ...George-you never fail to surprise me. You are the most eclectic reader I know. <br />Fleur-which did you like best?<br />Thanks, Todd.<br />Loren- Read that years ago. It's brilliant.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35876448805666472642012-04-21T14:57:42.135-04:002012-04-21T14:57:42.135-04:00A Canticle for Leibowitz, which is an odd but comp...<i>A Canticle for Leibowitz</i>, which is an odd but compelling post-apocalyptic novel.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-34255462121308557642012-04-21T14:57:14.806-04:002012-04-21T14:57:14.806-04:00Sorry! My mild dyslexia kicking in. The cog is on ...Sorry! My mild dyslexia kicking in. The cog is on the top far right of the page ("stage left"!).<br /><br />(I read well enough [except perhaps when, too often, exhausted], but always actually have to think about which is right and which left.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72503182168900063362012-04-21T14:49:17.968-04:002012-04-21T14:49:17.968-04:00From the Design or Overview pages, look for the co...From the Design or Overview pages, look for the cog icon on the top far left of the page, click on that for the dropdown menu, and from there hit "Old Blogger Interface."<br /><br />I found myself in this by finally trying to widen my columns last night, having tired of widescreen embeds getting cropped. But what they've done to the composition page in the new version is ridiculous.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com