tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post5845732407383829084..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Friday's Forgotten (or Overlooked) Books: A Vintage Assortment.Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-66803297350629458492014-06-02T14:51:03.505-04:002014-06-02T14:51:03.505-04:00You're welcome, Kathy. But I don't have yo...You're welcome, Kathy. But I don't have your email address. At any rate, here's mine: yvettespaintbox@yahoo.com.<br /><br />Send me the particulars when you have a moment. I'm still in the process of going through my book shelves so give me a bit of time to get organized so don't expect a package immediately. Let's say within the next couple of weeks. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35198389856738620172014-06-01T19:31:07.447-04:002014-06-01T19:31:07.447-04:00Yvette, thank you so much. The Rubber Band would ...Yvette, thank you so much. The Rubber Band would be great. Please send me your email and I'll send you my address.<br /><br />That is very kind of you.<br /><br />I could scream about the library keeping one copy and not circulating it. I just tried to find The Virago Book of Women Gardeners, the library has one copy at its main branch, noncirculating, of course. I went to Abe Books' website and ordered a used copy for under $4, free shipping.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-29374753078877144422014-05-28T14:39:10.459-04:002014-05-28T14:39:10.459-04:00'Fontophobia' - HA! Perfect. That happened...'Fontophobia' - HA! Perfect. That happened to me with an old copy of a J.R.R. Tolkien book. The type is miniscule. I will probably have to order another copy. Still, it was only a couple of bucks so I'm not too disgruntled. I have duplicates of a couple of the Rex Stout books, Kathy. I'll be happy to send them to you. Not sure is THE RUBBER BAND is among them, but I'll check. Whatever I have extra is yours for the keeping if you like.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-70956819995884124302014-05-27T18:53:02.532-04:002014-05-27T18:53:02.532-04:00When I first started reading mysteries during my t...When I first started reading mysteries during my teen years, way back in the Middle Ages, I read books by Rex Stout, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie and Josephine Tey.<br /><br />Since my interest in crime fiction rebegan several years ago, I haven't been interested in vintage books, although several titles jump out at me on various blogs. But many are very hard to get.<br /><br />My library puts older books in the main building, noncirculating and stops circulating copies. It makes it impossible to read them, and I am so frustrated about this.<br /><br />Even with Stout's The Rubber Band, there is no paper copy circulating.<br />I buy some books, but I'm afraid of tiny fonts in older paperbacks, "fontophobia," I guess. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-65003335876630448052014-05-25T18:45:23.847-04:002014-05-25T18:45:23.847-04:00Oh how I envy you your Penguin paperbacks, Les! :)...Oh how I envy you your Penguin paperbacks, Les! :) I love those green and white books. I don't have a Kindle yet but I download the occasional book to read on my computer. Needless to say, not my favorite way to read. But I might make an exception for Croft.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-58760286279546647252014-05-24T21:36:56.274-04:002014-05-24T21:36:56.274-04:00FWIW, Yvette, a number of the Crofts mysteries are...FWIW, Yvette, a number of the Crofts mysteries are available as e-books for the Kindle (and probably other formats as well)...not the same as holding the book while trying to follow one of Crofts's convoluted alibi-busted-by-train-schedule plots, but I'll take what I can get. I still have some of his in those great Green Penguin Paperbacks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-55057905751812830292014-05-24T13:49:30.096-04:002014-05-24T13:49:30.096-04:00Isn't that always the way? :) I've been re...Isn't that always the way? :) I've been reading up a vintage storm lately and just yesterday brought home a bunch from the library, mostly non-mysteries, but I'm eager to try them. I'm near the end of a most entertaining book my Helen MacInnes, ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY. Can't wait to write about it.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-60320870263921249442014-05-24T13:47:19.580-04:002014-05-24T13:47:19.580-04:00Oh me too, Prashant. All my vintage reading always...Oh me too, Prashant. All my vintage reading always seems to take precedence (at least lately) over my more contemporary books. Can't say why specifically, but that's the way it works out. I'm just having a lot of fun reading all the old good stuff that I can find.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-78887133698025793112014-05-24T13:45:03.003-04:002014-05-24T13:45:03.003-04:00Oh you must give Ian Carmichael a looksee one of t...Oh you must give Ian Carmichael a looksee one of these days, Kirk. I don't think he'll disappoint you. I think my first Wimsey was THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB - the dvd of which was ruined for me by one casting decision of a very grumpy unpleasant looking actress. At least she came across as such in the dvd. So maybe you ought to stay away from that one too. Ha.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-26219391938387415162014-05-24T05:29:47.932-04:002014-05-24T05:29:47.932-04:00Very true, Yvette. Mind you, I have never seen an...Very true, Yvette. Mind you, I have never seen any of the DVDs. I prefer the books so that my mental images on Wimsey, Bunter and the rest remain uninfluenced…<br />Murder must advertise is good. I like the Nine Tailors as well - I read that in my late teens and this was the book that introduced me to the Sayers world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-38361528216349478762014-05-24T04:01:29.757-04:002014-05-24T04:01:29.757-04:00Yvette, I have to read While the Patient Slept! So...Yvette, I have to read While the Patient Slept! Sounds yummy. And to think I let someone else walk away with a copy of it at my library book sale! It didn't have that cool cover though. I do have a couple of her books on my shelf to read though. Last year was my 'vintage year' I seem to be spending all my time in Scotland this year:) Peggy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426356514707257708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-74116466250126866622014-05-24T01:51:12.580-04:002014-05-24T01:51:12.580-04:00Yvette, I haven't read any of these vintage bo...Yvette, I haven't read any of these vintage books though I once almost read an ebook by Dorothy L. Sayers, which remains unread as yet. I love vintage fiction too and it's eating into my reading of books from the second half of the 20th century and contemporary fiction.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-20956845395507454922014-05-23T17:56:01.760-04:002014-05-23T17:56:01.760-04:00Hi Kirk, welcome back. I just recently watched FIV...Hi Kirk, welcome back. I just recently watched FIVE RED HERRINGS on dvd and enjoyed it but it was not my fave. (Great minds can disagree.) My fave is CLOUDS OF WITNESS. And maybe, MURDER MUST ADVERTISE which I'll be watching again at some point. But really, you can't go wrong with any Sayers, DVD or book. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-7600972743544372442014-05-23T15:34:01.865-04:002014-05-23T15:34:01.865-04:00I want to read them all - Mignon Eberhart, I mean....I want to read them all - Mignon Eberhart, I mean. As well as the Mr. and Mrs. Norths and Freeman Wills Croft, etc, etc, etc. Just got back from the library with a pile of vintage. A couple of Dorothy Sayers among them. No more Mignon Eberhart at the library. Jeez.<br /><br />Ann Sheridan? No. Hard to fathom. But who played Lance O'Leary??? I could see Aline MacMahon in the part. Maybe I'll find it online somewhere. Thanks for the tip, John.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-32004233756163091132014-05-23T15:28:25.658-04:002014-05-23T15:28:25.658-04:00Clouds of Witnesses: As a Peter Wimsey fan I would...Clouds of Witnesses: As a Peter Wimsey fan I would have picked this one first out of your collection. Actually my favourite Wimsey is 'Five Red Herrings' - what a fab read that book is!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-32358836158239067862014-05-23T14:28:57.805-04:002014-05-23T14:28:57.805-04:00One thing I am continually amazed when I read thes...One thing I am continually amazed when I read these blogs and people write abuot vintage mysteires is the number of paperback editions of certain titles I never knew existed. That bizarre cover of the Eberhart book is one I've never seen. Judging by the 95 cents price I'm guessing this is a mid 1970s reprint. There was a resurgence in reprinting all the old mystery writers' books back in the "Christie craze" right after MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS was released, but I don't recall Eberhart being one of those targetted for massive reprinting. Apparently she was.<br /><br />The first Eberhart book I ever read was FROM THIS DARK STAIRWAY. I was pretty darn impressed with Nurse Keate and Lance O'Leary. WHILE THE PATIENT SLEPT was one of about seven Eberhart novels that became a movie, each time with a different actress playing the nurse turned sleuth. In a couple of cases Nurse Keate was completly removed from the story.That great character actress Aline MacMahon played Sarah in the movie of WTPS and I think she's perfect. If you can believe it, glamour gal Ann Sheridan also played Nurse Keate in two movies. Could any actress be more completely wrong for the dour spinster nurse!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-69946188587517837992014-05-23T12:36:28.284-04:002014-05-23T12:36:28.284-04:00You're welcome, Sergio. :) I hope you find at ...You're welcome, Sergio. :) I hope you find at least a couple. I"m going to track down all the Mr. and Mrs. North books little by little. Fun to read. And if I trip over a Freeman Wills Croft book or two, I'll be even happier.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-20940147572200519132014-05-23T12:34:24.165-04:002014-05-23T12:34:24.165-04:00Well, it's all the more inviting and funny wit...Well, it's all the more inviting and funny with those straight faces. If they were not taking it seriously it wouldn't be funny.That's how I look at it anyway. I love all that pomp and circumstance anyway. Why not? I guess you can call me a Royalist from way back. Ha. I think I'm going to buy the DVD of this one. SO enjoyable.<br /><br />As for A DISTANT MIRROR, well, actually, I'm listening to it. Audible has a mighty fine unabridged version read by a wonderfully voiced woman whose name escapes me at the moment. At any rate, I'm listening in small doses so who knows when I'll finish. <br /><br />I'm supposed to be finishing up the John Buchan book which I have in a 'kindle' version to read online. But I so hate reading online that I keep finding other things to do.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-10947109743664772382014-05-23T11:38:00.794-04:002014-05-23T11:38:00.794-04:00What a great haul Yvette - Other than the Sayers I...What a great haul Yvette - Other than the Sayers I've not ready ANY of these so this was all exceedingly enjoyable to hear about (even the Eberhart, not my usual copp of java) - I want to chase all of these up right now - thanks chum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-43450471863804585792014-05-23T11:22:17.224-04:002014-05-23T11:22:17.224-04:00Yvette,
I loved the trial scene in the _Clouds of...Yvette,<br /><br />I loved the trial scene in the _Clouds of Witness_ film version: the costumes, the rituals, the formulas, and then the absurd last-minute entrance with Wimsey bursting in with evidence in hand. . .<br /><br />It's marvelous that they can do it with a straight face. <br /><br />OT--I see you're reading Tuchman's _A Distant Mirror_. A great book. I shall have to dust it off one of these days for a reread. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com