tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.comments2024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:00Book ChaseSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger19174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-76781158420134347812024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:002024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:00I wasn' t sure if How To Build A Boat would be...I wasn' t sure if How To Build A Boat would be for me but your review really has me interested. What jumped out at me is Jamie's transition to a larger Catholic school. Bullying is a very serious issue and you would think in a religious school it wouldn't be that bad but that's wrong. Fortunately Jamie has Tess and Mr. Foley and that's great because too many teachers never Kathy's Cornerhttps://apple592.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-86719956556085034812024-03-18T16:47:21.741-05:002024-03-18T16:47:21.741-05:00I wish I did know something about those women auth...I wish I did know something about those women authors and their books, but the only one I've ever read is Peace Adzo Medie. I did really like her book His Only Wife. Happy reading this week. :D Lark@LarkWriteshttps://larkwrites.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-69444209762849176682024-03-18T16:45:18.203-05:002024-03-18T16:45:18.203-05:00Glad this one was a little more optimistic and hop...Glad this one was a little more optimistic and hopeful than some of the others! I like books that have this kind of found family feel to them. lark@larkwriteshttps://larkwrites.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-40374802826406173322024-03-18T16:03:04.599-05:002024-03-18T16:03:04.599-05:00I'm only about 75% of the way through it and s...I'm only about 75% of the way through it and still finding it informative. She alludes to some big name music industry people sometimes (she was a band manager working for her father's agency for a long time) that I wish I could recognize from her descriptions. She uses false names to hide everyone else's identity, but I still wonder how she can reveal so much stuff about people that Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-10859981065676944152024-03-18T16:00:49.348-05:002024-03-18T16:00:49.348-05:00The mental abuse heaped upon most of them is hard ...The mental abuse heaped upon most of them is hard to imagine. I still can't believe he was allowed to get away with some of the stuff he pulled on the women, but Hollywood was an even darker place for women back then than it is today. Some, like Hedrin, suffered physical abuse as well as mental. She took quite a dangerous beating from all those panicked, live birds who were set loose on her Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-90460418635115249572024-03-18T15:57:27.934-05:002024-03-18T15:57:27.934-05:00I picked them up this morning and all but a couple...I picked them up this morning and all but a couple of them really have me curious to know more about them. In particular, the two you mention look really good from what I got out of flipping through them. But they are by writers from all over the world and in places I'm not familiar with, so I can imagine this list could be turned into a fun project. There are sixteen of them, though...and I&Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-31629847680045216132024-03-18T15:36:16.609-05:002024-03-18T15:36:16.609-05:00Sociopath sounds a bit scary. Did you find it wort...Sociopath sounds a bit scary. Did you find it worth reading? thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-2793509622875937252024-03-18T15:33:16.989-05:002024-03-18T15:33:16.989-05:00I feel sorry for these actresses. The work environ...I feel sorry for these actresses. The work environment must have been hell with a director who treated them like that. Some of them had breakdowns afterwards right? Or they just had to escape him. thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-36968280939292025352024-03-18T15:25:58.156-05:002024-03-18T15:25:58.156-05:00Oh my, the books all came in at once, that's t...Oh my, the books all came in at once, that's tough! I'm curious about Enter Ghost and River East, River West. See which ones interest you when you pick them up. I read The Storm We Made and liked the Malaysian setting aspect of it and spying for Japan made it a bit new but some of the kids' parts were over the top and seemed a stretch. Though the mother really puts her family in thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-79429697502673164922024-03-17T11:16:44.698-05:002024-03-17T11:16:44.698-05:00This one would work great as an audiobook read, to...This one would work great as an audiobook read, too, I'm betting. But I don't know if it's been recorded or released yet in that format. I wouldn't mind reading a sequel of this one because of the way that it ended with so many possibilities. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-20507119351031894342024-03-17T11:14:43.141-05:002024-03-17T11:14:43.141-05:00Thanks for the kind words, Tracy. She's trying...Thanks for the kind words, Tracy. She's trying desperately to avoid back surgery, but this time I'm afraid that the odds are against her.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-54956291268607707082024-03-17T11:13:02.236-05:002024-03-17T11:13:02.236-05:00I don't think I'll ever forget this one, K...I don't think I'll ever forget this one, Kathy, much as I would like to. It pushed all of the exact buttons that make me dislike some crime fiction. Quite a feat in that it punched ALL of them in one novel.<br /><br />I kind of agree with you on that Hammet novel...probably my least favorite of his books, in fact. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-74242009648466962602024-03-17T11:10:02.377-05:002024-03-17T11:10:02.377-05:00The TV show was a lot of fun even though the formu...The TV show was a lot of fun even though the formula was set and hardly ever varied. Mason never lost, but he played fair and always came up with a last second way to save his client. I've seen the TV version of this novel, and it really simplifies the plot and cuts to the chase. If not for the title, I wouldn't have even recognized it as being based on the novel. I read a lot of legal Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-52563119695223209792024-03-17T11:07:08.876-05:002024-03-17T11:07:08.876-05:00I didn't know about the Bertha Cool books at a...I didn't know about the Bertha Cool books at all, so I'll have to try one of those for sure. It will be interesting to see how Gardner plays in a story where the woman is actually the boss and not the other way around. It surprises me at just how complicated his plots can be, even to the point (in my opinion) of being overly complicated just for the sake of confusing things exactly when Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-15601352099587949882024-03-17T10:59:00.080-05:002024-03-17T10:59:00.080-05:00I KNOW a book is bad when it starts to make me ang...I KNOW a book is bad when it starts to make me angry enough to talk back to it. lol This is one I will remember for a very long time - for all the wrong reasons.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67572085014356266042024-03-16T17:28:06.317-05:002024-03-16T17:28:06.317-05:00A very well written review of why we should steer ...A very well written review of why we should steer clear of The Case of the Empty Tin and those reviews are not easy to write because when we read a book we dislike we want to forget it but it's important to let readers know about the bad books as well as the good ones. <br /><br />I had a similar experience with Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammet. I had read one of Hammet's Continental Op Kathy's Cornerhttps://apple592.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9956129097009107652024-03-15T18:21:18.699-05:002024-03-15T18:21:18.699-05:00Ouch! But sometimes it's quite satisfying to ...Ouch! But sometimes it's quite satisfying to just lay out all the flaws before you move on. I have never read a Perry Mason book or seen the TV show - maybe I am not missing much. I did love the show The Good Wife but I can't think of any legal thrillers I followed.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-68935988942106195652024-03-15T17:37:22.849-05:002024-03-15T17:37:22.849-05:00I want to read this one too, now that I have read ...I want to read this one too, now that I have read the premise and you enjoyed it, but it could be a while. I am not buying books until September and I would be wanting to find an inexpensive copy anyway. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-44709511979409455592024-03-15T17:32:22.304-05:002024-03-15T17:32:22.304-05:00Wow, you really did not like this one. I looked at...Wow, you really did not like this one. I looked at the two reviews of the Perry Mason mysteries on my blog. One I definitely liked [The Case of the Restless Redhead, #45 (1954)], but I did not comment on Della. The other one [The Case of the Rolling Bones, #15 (1939)] I did not like (too complicated to follow) but I did like the interaction of Della and Perry. I also looked at some Goodreads TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-6321955430560131162024-03-15T16:59:32.432-05:002024-03-15T16:59:32.432-05:00I am very sorry to hear that your wife is having h...I am very sorry to hear that your wife is having health issues and I am sure that is very worrisome, in addition to changing your routines. I too am a creature of habit. <br /><br />I am going to your latest post to check out your review of the Gardner's book. <br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-12171608550123365032024-03-15T16:04:26.094-05:002024-03-15T16:04:26.094-05:00Sounds like he should have stopped with #18. I can...Sounds like he should have stopped with #18. I can't believe he never even steps inside a courtroom in this one, and that he's so unethical in his actions. What a disappointing read. Lark@LarkWriteshttps://larkwrites.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-61272165322030528402024-03-15T13:46:45.030-05:002024-03-15T13:46:45.030-05:00I hope you like it as much as I did, Cath.I hope you like it as much as I did, Cath.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-58299578275434399602024-03-15T13:46:23.324-05:002024-03-15T13:46:23.324-05:00They are fun characters, for sure, Lark. And the f...They are fun characters, for sure, Lark. And the funny thing is that they are so much alike despite being separated by two generations and never actually having met. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-30804861522841056882024-03-15T13:45:30.603-05:002024-03-15T13:45:30.603-05:00Constance, I really liked it, and thought that sev...Constance, I really liked it, and thought that several of the characters were really nicely done. It's one of the relatively few mysteries that I figured out by the halfway point, but that got me to read even faster to confirm my suspicions. That seldom happens for me.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-25435996877702736922024-03-15T13:43:56.402-05:002024-03-15T13:43:56.402-05:00Sorry that your arthritis is acting up, Cath. I do...Sorry that your arthritis is acting up, Cath. I don't have that yet, but my wife has suffered it for years, so I do understand. Maybe the lack of concentration right now partially comes from the change of seasons, requiring a shuffled priority-deck, as it does. I'm hoping that's a big part of it...seems contagious, doesn't it? lolSam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.com