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The Number Of The Beast
Mr. Heinlein's mad ride through space and time.
Vanderdecken (pg. 130) The Lost Dutchman.
"'"Owner,"'" Zebadiah said firmly. (pg. 234) I still haven't figured out the punctuation there.
"Zebadiah, is my number fifty-nine?" (pg. 269) I have not figured out the name/number puzzle yet.
Praxitele (pg. 276) A renown Greek sculptor of the fourth century B.C., first to sculpt a female nude ACT Wikipedia.
Koschei (pg. 461) A character in Slavic folklore, he is very hard to kill.
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8/2017
The Puppet Masters
I've read this several times before, but apparently not since 1998. Scary book, scary movie.
On page 272 a "Jo block" is mentioned. I looked 'em up, they are standard gauge blocks of varying size that are combined for measurement in a machine tool. More or less!
On page 313 a quote "Would that my subjects had but one neck...", which pretty much is what is in the standard quote sites, and is attributed to Caligula.
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8/2024
The Star Beast
A boy and his pet, or vice versa, head out to the woods for a little alone-time from the stresses of societal demands... I think I only read this one five times since junior high. I love the teen girl divorcing her parents in a 1954 book!
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8/2021
Time for the stars
Twins with telepathic talents maintain communications between a spaceship surveying planets to settle and Earth. Read again. And again. This time I learned that "sasparilla" is a variation of the original "sarsaparilla". Or vice versa. Or neither!
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9/2019
Tunnel In The Sky
Final exam in Solo Survival goes awry.
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6/2012
Murder By Bicycle
Ellie Quieke tries to find out who is bicycling around her "pleasant London suburb" delivering poisoned buns. And, she make a decision about her suitor, Bill.
Words I Had To Look Up:
paracetamol (pg. 40) -- We in the U.S. know it as acetaminophen.
senna (pg. 28) -- A plant, used as a laxative.
cascara (pg. 28) -- Another plant, used as a laxative.
carers (pg. 129) -- Brit for caregivers.
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...there was always a crumble in the rose leaf, wasn't there? (pg. 40)
Murder In House
I like how the author's name is TWICE AS LARGE as the title. Ellie meets up with the truly evil family of developer Prior.
Words I Had To Look Up:
slag (pg. 52) -- Brit. slang for tart, whore, a loose woman.
Save the mark! (pg. 139) -- An exclamation of humorous astonishment, irony, contempt, etc. Often prefaced with "God".
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7/2010
Murder In The Park
Ellie is involved in finding the lad whose pit bull killed a woman in the park. Ellie's house is burned, and aunt Drusilla is in very poor health.
Words I Had To Look Up:
maisonette (pg. 31) -- An apartment / flat on two levels with internal stairs, or which has its own entrance at street level. from Wikipedia.
treacle sponge (pg. 122) -- A treacle sponge pudding is a British dessert dish consisting of a steamed sponge cake with golden syrup or molasses cooked on top of it, sometimes also poured over it and often served with hot custard. from Wikipedia.
[Diana] having a high opinion of her deserts (pg. 88) -- I thought this was a typo of "desserts", but found this on Wikipedia: Desert, in philosophy, is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad.
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He seems to think laughter comes from god. (pg. 74) I like that phrase!
"Tough titties," said Ellie... (pg. 167) Language, Ellie!!Read:
7/2010
Murder Of Identity
Lee takes the identity of Russell, his landlord. Tries to plant Russell is some old lady's garden. Ellie discovers the body. Diana eventually bops Lee over the head, and is the hero, for once.
Words I Had To Look Up:
secateurs (pg. 3) -- Brit. Eng. for pruning shears, or hand pruners.
winceyette (pg. 49) -- A kind of cotton flannel.
Baxi fire (pg. 26) -- An
underfloor draught fire, some sort of home heating device.
it's en suite (pg. 196) -- Brit. Eng. for including a bathroom.
donkey jacket (pg. 198) -- Brit. Eng. for a type of jacket worn by manual workers.
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7/2010
Cha Cha Cha
Alison gets divorced, poor (relatively), accused of murder, and falls in love with a guy who owns a sailboat. An enjoyable diversion.
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10/2003
Crystal Clear
Crystal goes to Secona, AZ, to get her aura cleansed. Somebody disappears. Pretty Jane Heller, enjoyable little
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4/2004
Female Intelligence
Dr. Lynn Wyman tries to teach a CEO how to communicate with women, while having communication problems of her own.
QUOTE:
"...Do you remember the words Tom Cruse's character used to tell Rene Zellwegger's character he loves her?" He shook his head. "I must have put my hands over my eyes at that point. I do that when movies have scary parts."Read:
7/2002
Infernal Affairs
Woman makes deal with the Devil, tries to back out. Takes place in Florida. Cute dog named "Pete" is major charactor.
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8/2003
Lucky Star
Stacy Reiner's mom come to L.A. and accidently becomes a star, much to Stacy's chagrin.
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7/2004
Princess Charming
Three women and a hit man go on a Caribbean cruise.
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12/2001
Sis Boom Bah!
Deborah and her sister Sharon don't get along, putting it mildly, so when a doctor they both have the hots for get murdered, guess who is under suspicion?
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10/2003
Some nerve
Ann Roth is fired from her job as a Hollywood journalist, goes back home to Missouri, becomes a hospital volunteer, runs across the actor who caused her to get fired, blah blah. No, I enjoyed this romantic sorta comedy, like all the rest the books I've read by this author.
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11/2006
The Club
Judy gets fired, her husband joins them up to a country club, and her step daughter hates her. Then there's the woman who gets murdered.
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12/2003
The Secret Ingredient
Elizabeth, a high-class hotel inspector, decides her husband needs improvement. Complications arise!
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10/2003
A farewell to arms
I read this book because I see his stuff on various great books lists. I did not care for it. I probably will not read any more of his stories, unless they are VERY short. Anyway, this one is about some war, a newborn baby dies, the mother dies, it is a metaphor for war or something, oh crud, I gave it all away!
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12/2006
20 books displayed
[Haddix - Haldeman] [Hale - Hallett] [Hallinan - Hard] [Harland - Heat-Moon] [Hebden - Heinlein] [Heinlein - Hemingway] [Henry - Herriot] [Herriot - Hiaasen] [Hiaasen - Hillerman] [Hillerman - Hobb] [Hobb - Hornung] [Hornung - Huff] [Hughes - Hyman]