tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post2851237103860262474..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: My Vintage HaulYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-28652397027525157812015-02-02T13:06:19.588-05:002015-02-02T13:06:19.588-05:00Yvette,
sigh
Books--the curse of the reading cla...Yvette,<br /><br />sigh<br /><br />Books--the curse of the reading classFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-51400418066348785932015-02-02T12:51:52.342-05:002015-02-02T12:51:52.342-05:00Mine too, Fred. But that just ain't gonna'...Mine too, Fred. But that just ain't gonna' happen. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-16504043401644481482015-02-01T15:25:03.940-05:002015-02-01T15:25:03.940-05:00I'll hold you to that promise, Sue!! I still h...I'll hold you to that promise, Sue!! I still have hope that one day I'll return. I've heard and read about Hay-on-Wye - a book-maven's dream town. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-59894747264465443832015-02-01T15:23:47.760-05:002015-02-01T15:23:47.760-05:00Blinders! Great idea!!! :) I need a pair of those ...Blinders! Great idea!!! :) I need a pair of those myself. Ha.<br />I hope you'll enjoy LIFE AFTER LIFE as much as I did, Kathy. Let me know what you think. It's a bit hard to get into, but keep going. What an amazing book.<br /><br />I'm thinking of adding LAURA to my film library so I can watch it whenever I like. I already have THE LADY VANISHES and watch it all the time. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-37259793028211446542015-02-01T15:20:41.222-05:002015-02-01T15:20:41.222-05:00I didn't have any except CASTLE SKULL, so I...I didn't have any except CASTLE SKULL, so I've decided to begin my John Dickson Carr rereads with old Henri. Luckily they seem to be readily available online.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-25717452125563545432015-02-01T15:19:43.172-05:002015-02-01T15:19:43.172-05:00Me too, Patti, but of course, forgot it all. :) Th...Me too, Patti, but of course, forgot it all. :) That seems to be the way of things, these days. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-82364894609333154232015-02-01T12:18:58.633-05:002015-02-01T12:18:58.633-05:00Yvette, if you ever make it across the 'pond&#...Yvette, if you ever make it across the 'pond' I'll take you to Hay-on-Wye - the town of bokshops! You can ferret away in dusty backrooms and basements to your heart's content....! (and many a gem I've found there myself!)<br />http://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/SueHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394307650434614637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-27674114495554392052015-01-31T23:19:42.713-05:002015-01-31T23:19:42.713-05:00What a wonderful haul! You'll be quite busy f...What a wonderful haul! You'll be quite busy for awhile.<br />Can't wait for your reviews.<br /><br />I'm not the most keen on Golden Age mysteries, but I have Life after Life high up on my TBR stack, and so many others. I want to dig into my stacks so I can use my dining room table and make a dent in my piles around here.<br /><br />I do love the films Laura and The Lady Vanishes -- one of my favorite movies of all-time. I've seen it five times. It's wonderful.<br /><br />I'm trying to find some A.D. Scott books to read about Scotland, so that's my next project while I tackle Atkinson's book and attempt to cull the TBR stacks. I have to put on blinders about more book titles until I've made a dent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-18818005087654185992015-01-31T21:29:17.151-05:002015-01-31T21:29:17.151-05:00Yvette,
I've tried juggling but I find I keep...Yvette,<br /><br />I've tried juggling but I find I keep wandering off the schedule and dragging in other works. I'm hoping that concentrating on one series will keep me focused enough that I will ignore the numerous distractions.<br /><br />Actually I suspect, fear, that the only way I can keep concentrated on a schedule is to drop all discussion groups and blogs, pay no attention to friends comments, ignore library recommendations, avoid all lists and commentaries. . .<br />I fear that's my only hope. <br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-38981370203670282222015-01-31T17:10:46.278-05:002015-01-31T17:10:46.278-05:00Quite a collection there, Yvette. You remind me th...Quite a collection there, Yvette. You remind me that it has been many years since I read any of Carr's Bencolin books. Sigh. Time to dig through my collection again; I know I have some of them here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-6770373324219758802015-01-31T15:48:16.251-05:002015-01-31T15:48:16.251-05:00Great haul. I used to read Eberhart a lot.Great haul. I used to read Eberhart a lot.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35313991933282960392015-01-31T13:57:29.895-05:002015-01-31T13:57:29.895-05:00Thanks to you, Prashant, and you're enthusiasm...Thanks to you, Prashant, and you're enthusiasm for MacLean, I finally decided to pick up a bunch. Lucky for me, I saw the anthology online and snapped it up. I did take the H.M.S. Ulysses book out of the library, but never got around to reading it and had to return it. That's what happens sometimes when other things/books take priority, but this time out I can take as much time as I need since the book is mine, mine, mine! Ha.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-27696256629310377592015-01-31T13:54:42.858-05:002015-01-31T13:54:42.858-05:00Thanks, Joan. I do wish I could read by osmosis - ...Thanks, Joan. I do wish I could read by osmosis - definitely. I always feel that I'm just on the cusp of figuring out a way to do it. Ha! I will be reading the other three Bencolin books just as soon as I can get my hands on them. You should read CASTLE SKULL, it's SO creepily good. :) Perfect for Halloween, I'd say. <br /><br />It's difficult to think just how many books I've read and forgotten over the years. Know what I mean?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-3963546368293097922015-01-31T12:50:19.678-05:002015-01-31T12:50:19.678-05:00Hi Yvette! Nice to have you back in the blogging s...Hi Yvette! Nice to have you back in the blogging space. I was happy to see a few Alistair MacLeans, an author I have never tired of reading. In fact, I read two of his novels over the past few months and will be reviewing the second one shortly. Happy reading!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-44708272253038643822015-01-31T08:15:06.536-05:002015-01-31T08:15:06.536-05:00Don't you sometimes wish we could read by osmo...Don't you sometimes wish we could read by osmosis? Just covering ourselves with books and letting them sink in? The only John Dickson Carr Henri Bencolin I've read in The Corpse in the Waxworks. I read that in 1984, so I don't remember anything about it. I've also read The Lady Vanishes, but I have no record of reading Eberhart, but it seems I did. My record keeping and memory seem to be much like yours! Nice to read your post!joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34497488369288227662015-01-30T21:37:35.245-05:002015-01-30T21:37:35.245-05:00I'm becoming a vintage fiend, Bev. HA!! Will I...I'm becoming a vintage fiend, Bev. HA!! Will I ever get any sleep ever again? Not at the rate I'm going. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-82776922867294450312015-01-30T21:36:04.327-05:002015-01-30T21:36:04.327-05:00Yes, I was lucky to find these for very little mon...Yes, I was lucky to find these for very little money. Now if I can just control myself from picking up a few more. Abe Books is SO tempting. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33858373253510415692015-01-30T21:34:51.581-05:002015-01-30T21:34:51.581-05:00I think that causes too much stress for me, Fred. ...I think that causes too much stress for me, Fred. Reading through a series while other books are waiting, I mean. Alternating is what I try to do. Unless I go bonkers like I did with Ngaio Marsh's books one year. I sat down and read them all in one fell swoop. But that's something that hardly ever happens.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-40326889291123169492015-01-30T21:32:18.160-05:002015-01-30T21:32:18.160-05:00It is less fatiguing online, John, but not as much...It is less fatiguing online, John, but not as much fun. Oh well, I'm happy enough to have the books. I read the first page when a book comes in just to see what's what. :) I'm really looking forward to this batch. But have to wait just a bit to finish up what I'm reading now. Though maybe I can figure out a plan that won't drive me nuts. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-76864317703823908392015-01-30T21:28:18.517-05:002015-01-30T21:28:18.517-05:00Can't wait to get started. :)Can't wait to get started. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-70661970650393427202015-01-30T20:38:10.070-05:002015-01-30T20:38:10.070-05:00Great looking list of books, Yvette! I'm with ...Great looking list of books, Yvette! I'm with you--it's not the same as scouring the shelves of a good used bookstore....but shopping online will do when you just "need" to get some more!Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-53189008872117166282015-01-30T17:25:09.872-05:002015-01-30T17:25:09.872-05:00Wow! What a haul Yvette!
Looking forwrd to your r...Wow! What a haul Yvette!<br /><br />Looking forwrd to your reviews.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-56131793926871988362015-01-30T15:44:05.154-05:002015-01-30T15:44:05.154-05:00Yvette,
I know the problem. I've been trying...Yvette,<br /><br />I know the problem. I've been trying to juggle a number of series (older ones from the past) by alternating through them. Once I went through the list, I would then start over again. That's not working, so maybe I will just settle down to working my way through a series and then moving on to another when I finish it. <br /><br /><br />. <br /><br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-58059159685405912572015-01-30T15:03:55.578-05:002015-01-30T15:03:55.578-05:00Cool books! I've only read LAURA in LETHAL LAD...Cool books! I've only read LAURA in LETHAL LADIES and got to it just last year. But I know all three movies very well having seen them multiple times. FOUR FALSE WEAPONS is lined up for my Bingo Challenge this year. We'll see who get to it first, shall we? :^D<br /><br />I always have to open the books I order online and read at least the plot blurb and the table of contents. One book I ordered recently began with a letter from the author to a friend explaining how the novel came to be written. That was followed by a publisher's note pointing out how the book was "breaking new ground" in mystery novels in 1934. You know I have to read that one next!<br /><br />Love old books. But you know that already. Especially love getting them in the mail. Though you're right about not really being a very good substitute for visiting a real used bookstore crammed with treasures.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-10391659054042630582015-01-30T14:50:39.706-05:002015-01-30T14:50:39.706-05:00So hard to remain in control of one's reading....So hard to remain in control of one's reading. Fred, I'm flummoxed. What to read next??? I'm busy sorting all this, mixing and matching with what I have home from the library. Oh yes, there's a bunch here from the library as well. That's usually where I get my more current authors. <br /><br />Thanks for the list of the Bencolin books. I know John reviewed one of these at his blog a while back and that gave me the idea that there were more Bencolin books and why hadn't I read them - but then I got busy with other ideas and well, you know how that is. :)<br /><br />I will definitely be trying to get my hands on the these three:<br />IT WALKS BY NIGHT<br />THE LOST GALLOWS<br />THE CORPSE IN THE WAXWORKS (Gotta' LOVE that title!)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com