May 1 to May 9, 1976
Goodey's Last Stand, Charles Alverson
My note was: female characters naively done. Looking it up it seems he was trying to do something in the manner of Raymond Chandler in the 1970s, 'nuff said.
On the Track of Murder, Barbara Gelb
The Running of the Beasts, Bill Pronzini and Barry Maltzberg
May 1 to May 9, 2006
Recently, I've been straying into other people's spaces, and guest blogging over at Laurie Edison and Debbie Notkin's Body Impolitic at .
Between the technicalities of unfamiliar blog space, editing one of my own manuscripts, and orchestrating the departure of a huge sofa that had become primarily a cat perch, I haven't read anything new in the past week. However, my cats have now forgiven me, and I found a copy of Tricky Business by Dave Barry. It turns out I had read that book before (and possibly even reported on it here). But any book where even the acknowledgements can make me laugh out loud on the second reading was too good to put down. So I read the whole thing again.
The TV series Huge and what was added (and subtracted) from the book
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Usually a book contains subtle layers and little touches that are missing
from the more streamlined film version. But *Huge* is that rare video that
adds d...
11 years ago
2 comments:
Lynne's link to Body Impolitic must have disappeared into the ether -- in case anyone else is interested, I Googled and found it here:
Body Impolitic
Thank you, Sue!
Lynne
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