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Meanwhile, enough of this sort of thing, and back to reading mysteries. Currently reading a Margery Allingham Campion mystery -- The Beckoning Lady, gotten as a Kindle Unlimited ages ago, but not read yet. And since I'm going to drop KU, I figured I should read all the ones I have. And, I must say, a delightful read. Also reading, via Audible, P.D. James' An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, narrated by Katie Scarfe. (This is also available from Audible in the US, but with a different narrator, so I went with the UK version. ) A delightful re-read. I had read this back in the 70's, but had forgotten nearly everything, so it's really a completely new book to me. |
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I've read epistolary novels before that I've really enjoyed, so I know it's not the format itself that caused me trouble. Stephenson's works usually resonate quite strongly with me, so I was a bit disappointed in that regard. |
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07-12-2017, 11:02 PM | #26133 |
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Just finished Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon. Liked it a lot. Also found out that Ms. Moon was once (and always) a Marine.
I've begun Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. One of the shortest titles for a non-fic I've seen in quite a while. |
07-13-2017, 07:38 AM | #26134 | |
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Moving on to Lindsey Davis' The Silver Pigs - the first in her 20ish mystery novels set in ancient Rome. |
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07-13-2017, 02:10 PM | #26135 | |
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I'm currently reading Pale Kings and Princes by Robert B. Parker. It's the 14th book in the Spenser series. So far, it's quite good.
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I bought them in December 2013, but I'm reading newly downloaded copies. I didn't notice lots of errors.
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Next up: The Day After Never by Nathan Van Coops. The third in his time travel series. It's an odd series for me, in that I don't really like the protagonist. But the ideas are interesting. |
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07-14-2017, 12:23 PM | #26139 | |
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I do agree about the end. I think it suffered pacing problems. There was a lot of time in the middle of the book that could have more constructively gotten us to that rushed ending. |
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Finished An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. I quite enjoyed this audio book, so I'm moving on immediately to the second and last in the series, The Skull Beneath the Skin. |
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I've finished Pale Kings and Princes by Robert B. Parker and I did enjoy it.
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07-14-2017, 07:51 PM | #26143 |
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I'm not sure how it happened, but I am re-reading in tandem the Gervase Fen mystery novels by Edmund Crispin and the Philip Marlowe mystery novels by Raymond Chandler. Both authors were brilliant wordsmiths and stylists, in each their own distinctive fashion. And both were enamored of convoluted plots populated by memorably eccentric characters.
I began this reading adventure after completing a re-read of the Hilary Tamar mystery novels by Sarah Caudwell. |
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Sometimes that can happen. There are stories in the SF magazines that I hate because of the writing style or topic, but I know that they must have some merit or the editor wouldn't have selected them, even if they're not for me.
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