New book: A History of Mathematics (1968) by Carl B. Boyer.
![]()
New book: A History of Mathematics (1968) by Carl B. Boyer.
![]()
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
Murder on "B" Deck by Vincent Starrett
<American Mystery Classics>
(© 1929 / published 2022 by Penzler Publishers)
I finished reading an advance copy of the John Sandford thriller The Investigator. I'll be reviewing it for Mystery Scene magazine.
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 Kindle reads: The short story The District Doctor (1848) by Ivan Turgenev and Rebel Spurs (1962) - the second and final novel in the Drew Rennie series by Andre Norton.
![]()
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
Gladwell illustrates how the methods we use to judge successful people on their merits may be flawed, the result being many people with great potential may never have an opportunity to flourish.
The Cover Contest Weekly Winners ThreadSo much winning!!
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis
“It’s your party and you can cry if you want to.” - Captain Europe
British thriller author Jack Higgins has passed away.
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.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
Just starting:
-A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
-The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy (Kindle)
-Demystifying a Diva: the truth behind the myth of La Lupe, by Juan A. Moreno-Velazquez (Kindle)
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
Author Patricia MacLachlan, best known for the book Sarah, Plain and Tall and it's sequels, has passed away.
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: The Spy and the Traitor (2018) by Ben Macintyre.
![]()
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
I finished reading advance copies of the Christopher Reich book Once A Thief and Leonard Goldberg's The Blue Diamond and submitted reviews to Mystery Scene magazine.
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 reads: the short story One Autumn Night (1895) by Maxim Gorky and the short-story collection The Lonesome Trail (1907) by John G. Neihardt.
![]()
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
Lightning by Ed McBain <87th Precinct series>
(originally released in 1984)
Now reading: The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference (1995).
I will also be reading The Timetables of History (1946; 1991 edition) by Bernard Grun a lit bit every day all year long.
![]()
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
New on the Kindle: the short story The Little Angel (1915) by Leonid Andreyev and the novel The Heart of Canyon Pass (1921) by Thomas K. Holmes.
![]()
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
Pre-CBR Reboot Join Date: 10-17-2010
Pre-CBR Reboot Posts: 4,362
THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?