New book: The Ionian Mission (1981), the eight Aubrey-Maturin novel by Patrick O'Brian.
New book: The Ionian Mission (1981), the eight Aubrey-Maturin novel by Patrick O'Brian.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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Tomorrow on my Kindle, I will read the essay How to Make Money (1913) by B.F. Austin. By Wednesday, I will be tackling Irresistible Impulse (1997) the ninth Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi novel by Robert K. Tanenbaum.
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I finished reading the James R. Benn mystery Rag and Bone. It's book 5 in the Billy Boyle World War II mystery series. It was pretty damn good.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
New book: Hearts of Lions: The Story of American Bicycle Racing (1988) by Peter Nye.
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Currently reading
The Complete Cases of Max Latin
by Norbert Davis
The Dime Detective Library.
Stories were originally published 1941-1943.
New book: The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo. FYI: the film was the first movie I ever saw in a theater (well, a drive-in for my seventh birthday in 1972.
On the Kindle side: I first red the short story Lost in a Blizzard (early 20th century) by Edward S. Ellis, then the essay Ambition and Success (1919) by Orison Swett Marsden, and finally Ten Plus One (1963), the seventeenth 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain.
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Started reading
Death on the Aisle (A Mr. & Mrs. North Mystery)
by Frances and Richard Lockridge
(Copyright © 1942 by Frances and Richard Lockridge / published in 2019 by Penzler Publishers)
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Marukami.
Fairytale by Stephen king.
Joyland by Stephen King
Watching television is not an activity.
I'm currently reading...
Pull List: Daredevil, Radiant Black, Rogue Sun, No One, Time Before Time
“We never lose our demons. We only learn to live above them"
Now reading: American Soldier (2004) by General Tommy Franks.
On the Kindle side: the short story A Battle in the Air (early 20th century) by Edward S. Ellis, the essay The Art of Making Money (1880) by P.T. Barnum, and Count Zero (1986) - the second novel from the Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson.
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Currently reading
The Wrong Murder by Craig Rice
<A John J. Malone Mystery #3>
(© 1940 / published by Rue Morgue Press 2013)
I took a ride to the Sandwich Public Library tonight for the latest stop on author Hank Phillippi Ryan's book tour for her new suspense thriller THE HOUSE GUEST.
Turned out to be a very good night. I ran into fellow Jungle Red Writers commenter Joan, who I hadn't seen in a number of years.
Once I got to where the event was being held in the library, I saw Hank signing books that had been pre-ordered. She saw me and said hello and that it was nice to see me. (We hadn't seen each other in three years, and that was at a book signing for another author). She then surprised me by saying that someone from The Strand Magazine had reached out to her looking to get in contact with me. Color me shocked, to say the least.
At the start of her talk, she mentioned how it had been three years since she'd seen people including both myself and Joan. After a brief interview, the floor was opened up to questions and people were asking them with Hank providing answers and stories.
I asked a question and before she answered, she said to the crowd, "This is Jay, a well-known book reviewer and now I'm terrified." That sent a chuckle through the room.
I don't know why she gives me such great shout out and support. It is always a surprise and always appreciated. I mean, how lucky can one dumbass like me get this kind of support from authors who certainly don't have to go out of their way for me.
After the event finished, I waited until everyone else had gotten their books signed and then Hank signed not only my newly purchased copy of THE HOUSE GUEST but also the two books of hers that I had bought the last couple of years but hadn't yet gotten signed.
On National Read Across America Day, Hank Phillippi Ryan sure knows how to continue to make one hell of an impression!
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Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
I am currently reading knife of dreams wheel of time.
Started reading
Golden Age Detective Stories
edited by Otto Penzler
(Published in 2021 by Penzler Publishers) / <American Mystery Classics>