tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post581866197720325094..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th CenturyYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-7265818273205412592010-10-13T16:34:20.989-04:002010-10-13T16:34:20.989-04:00Hi Dave, thanks for posting. I've lately felt ...Hi Dave, thanks for posting. I've lately felt a lot of pressure to read even more than I do now, but I'm trying to fight this off. I HATE pressure!! Eleven is fine!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-19944869086234559522010-10-13T16:24:08.561-04:002010-10-13T16:24:08.561-04:00I only managed eleven, just have to find those rea...I only managed eleven, just have to find those reading glasses. :) interesting to see Reginal Hill there. I must try him sometime.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-28678790703046285072010-10-13T10:04:18.516-04:002010-10-13T10:04:18.516-04:00Yeah, well, I took a permanent break. Ha! But it&#...Yeah, well, I took a permanent break. Ha! But it's good, I suppose, that you're persevering.<br />Hopefully it's not feeling too much like a chore. :(Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-55146058078123845922010-10-13T02:10:15.038-04:002010-10-13T02:10:15.038-04:00Doing very well, if slow, with 'The Passage.&#...Doing very well, if slow, with 'The Passage.' <br />I've sat it down and read a couple of others then came back to it. Currently on page 461.<br />It's such a dense book, I need a break every once in a while.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-6779586725678460732010-10-12T12:41:55.817-04:002010-10-12T12:41:55.817-04:00Andy, 30 is good. If you'd said 50, I would ha...Andy, 30 is good. If you'd said 50, I would have been crushed. Ha! But you know there are titles on this list I DON'T have any interest in reading so that's that. Yes, read THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE. (You know that is practically my favorite series of all.) How are you doing with THE PASSAGE, by the way?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-65469545255538761182010-10-12T12:17:26.075-04:002010-10-12T12:17:26.075-04:00I thought I'd read 29 but had skipped over Dun...I thought I'd read 29 but had skipped over Dunnings 'Booked to Die'. So I've read 30.<br />I keep meaning to read 'The Beekeeper's Apprentice' because you speak so highly of it.<br />But I keep forgetting.<br />I'll make myself a note for when I finish "The Passage'.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-16732982849986742022010-10-12T10:02:14.246-04:002010-10-12T10:02:14.246-04:00Neer, I loved THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT by Robert ...Neer, I loved THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT by Robert Crais. It's the first in his Elvis Cole/Joe Pike L.A. detective series. GREAT series! <br /><br />I am definitely going to get my hands on Michael Innes' HAMLET, REVENGE.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-15423415023677758242010-10-12T02:05:05.188-04:002010-10-12T02:05:05.188-04:00I’ve read the following (personal favourites in bl...I’ve read the following (personal favourites in block letters):<br /><br />ALLINGHAM, MARGERY: TIGER IN THE SMOKE<br />Buchan, John: The 39 Steps<br />Carr, John Dickinson: Three Coffins<br />Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep<br />CHRISTIE, AGATHA: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD<br />Crispin, Edmund: The Moving Toyshop<br />Doyle, Arthur Canon: The Hound of the Baskervilles<br />DUMAURIER, DAPHNE: REBECCA<br />HAMMET, DASHIEL: THE MALTESE FALCON<br />Highsmith, Patricia: The Talented Mr. Ripley<br />INNES, MICHAEL: HAMLET, REVENGE!<br />JAMES, P.D.: AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN<br />LEE, HARPER: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD<br />Rendell, Ruth: No More Dying Then<br />Tey, Josephine: Brat Farrar<br /><br />Well, well, well, only 15! A poor show indeed.<br /><br />Some of them, incidentally, have very intriguing titles:<br />Constantine, K.C.: The Man who liked Slow Tomatoes<br />Crais, Robert: The Monkey’s Raincoat<br />Crumley, James: The Last Good Kiss<br />Woolrich, Cornell: I Married a Dead Man<br /><br />Would love to read these books.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.com