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Block, Lawrence
The Burglar Who Counted The Spoons
Bernie Rhodenbarr #11. Happily visiting this series again! Bernie gets to steal book, then later a spoon.
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7/2023
The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling
Well well well, someone gets killed on Bernie's watch, and he gets blamed. Who could imagine?
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7/2023
The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown
This alternate universe story was...OK, but I didn't think it was as good as the rest of the series.
Quote:
"Girl Scout Cookies," he announced. "There is a child in this building, just a little bit of a thing, and it is her ambition to outself all the other members of her coven."
"I think they call it a troop," Carolyn said.
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7/2023
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondarian
Mondrians everywhere! What's a burglar to do?
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The last hike boosted the sales tax to 8 1/4 percent, and there are people who can figure out that sort of thing in their heads, but they probably can't pick locks. God gives us all different talents and we do what we can with them.Read:
7/2023
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
Well, I kinda figured out who did it, but on the other hand I didn't see those two who were gonna do it. If you know what I mean.
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"...An old man like that, you worry about his heart, or maybe he had a fall, things like that. The guy was seventy-one."
"I didn't realize he was that old."
"Yeah, seventy-one..."Read:
7/2023
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
I really enjoyed this one, I even found a couple of really good quotes. I kinda fell in love with Ilona myself.
Smoke Quote:
She took another deep drag on her cigarette. When she smoked, she really smoked.Quote:
Or maybe she'd Just raise her eyebrows the slightest bit and give me that look of skeptical amusement. -- My Camellia would do that!Read:
7/2023
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
Bernie Rodenbarr accused of stealing baseball cards.
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"Marginal?" He nodded. "Like you wouldn't want your sister to marry one, but it'd be okay for your cousin. Marginal..."Read:
6/1999
The Canceled Chezch
Evan Tanner goes to Chezchoslovakia to rescue an old Nazi.
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10/2001
The girl with the long green heart.
Con men swindle a guy with a fake Canadian land deal. May have read before. Sorta sounds familiar. Did I already read this?
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12/2005
The Sins Of The Fathers
Matthew Scudder #1. I must of read this before 1998 because it isn't on my list of books read, and I know I read a ton of the Matthew Scudder books. Well, they are so excellent that I can just read them again!!
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10/2024
Time To Murder And Create
Matthew Scudder, #2. Scudder is drinking in this one, I guess he hasn't started AA yet. An acquaintance, a blackmailer, is murdered and Scudder finds himself trying to figure out who done it. Great story!
Quote:
I got to my feet and brushed myself off. I was shaking, and badly rattled. She said, "Mister, if you could spare..." then her eyes clouded slightly and she frowned at some private puzzlement. "No," she said. "You just gave me money, didn't you? I'm very sorry. It's difficult to remember." -- So touching!!. Read:
9/2024
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