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Hard Time
V.I. investigates the death of an escaped prison inmate. Gritty!
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3/2001
Hardball
V.I. finds out who murdered a young woman at a peace march back in the 60s. V.I. faints on page six. She needs to get her emotions under control.
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12/2009
Indeminity Only
V.I. Warshawski looks for a missing Labor Union Boss's daughter. First in the series, pretty good!
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8/2000
Killing Orders
Crooked friars cause V.I. Warshawski no end of trouble.
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11/2000
Total Recall
V.I. Warshawski is investigating Ajax Insurance again, and some guy thinks he is a holocaust survivor. Very good.
SMOKE QUOTE:
"You look horribly healthy, it makes me want to smoke more in self-defense."Read:
2/2002
Tunnel Vision
The tunnels under Chicago are flooding, V.I.'s office building is condemned, and some scam is afoot at a non-profit housing outfit.
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11/2000
Windy City Blues
A collection of stories about V.I. Warshawski.
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6/2000
Women The Case
26 stories by women writers of crime. Some were excellent, some were not.
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6/2000
Futuristic Violence And Fancy Suits
Originally published under author's pseudonym, David Wong. Zoey Ashe #1. A bit in the future, Zoey lives in a trailer park and works at a small coffee shop. A LOT of violence happens, but works out OK except for all the folks who die/are injured.
Smoke Quote:
She shouldn't be in this bad of shape, she had quit smoking when she was fifteen.Quote:
Zoey was disappointed that the van didn't explode into a fireball like in old action movies, but was one of the downsides of electric car technology.Quote:
We want to sew doubt about why she's so confident. -- "sew"? How about sow?Quote:
Without turning away from the wall, Armando said, "This man, is he still around?" -- WOAH, I said!Quote:
...paint it, modify it, put real tactical sites on it... -- "sites"?? Maybe, "sights"?Read:
1/2024
I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
Synopsis from Good Reads: Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. -- Yeah, outside of Los Angeles...like 86 miles in Victorville!!
Quote:
Sometimes she liked to have a little puddle of [sugar] granules at the end; it was like the coffee's dessert.Quote:
"If you think about it," she said, "Party City is kind of the apex of human civilization."Read:
1/2024
John Dies At The End
John Dies at the End, #1. Originally published as authored by David Wong, which is the pseudonym of Jason Pargin.
I am not reading anymore books in this series!!!
Quote:
... one wall was still covered by an incompetent mural of a dusky woman riding a bull and proudly flying the flag of Mexico, carrying a cartoon burrito the size of a pig under her arm.Quote:
... in Korean, 'chachi' means 'penis'. -- No, it does not. Quote:
I let the naked man, hairy as Robin Williams, help me up... -- Now THERE'S a vision! Read:
2/2025
Zoey Is Too Drunk For This Dystopia
Zoey Ashe, #3. There's an election going on. Who is Zoey and her crew supporting? Plus, there are three women missing from a brothel. One that Zoey owns, of course.
Quote:
She looked down at the Doritos bag, the animated flaming-triangle logo dancing above a heap of dusted chips, as if looking to it for advice. Receiving none, she started running. Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 26.Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 28.Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 33.Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 59.Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 6, page 93. Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 6, page 94. Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 6, page 101. Quote:
... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 9, page 165. Quote:
The socks were her favorite, they were thick and cushioned and had little nubs on the bottom. -- Yes, I love hospital socks!Quote:
"Aviv, we don't even know if we can tolerate each others company for longer than it takes to have sex and get dressed."Read:
2/2024
Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick
Zoey Ashe, #2. Very funny, and violent. I think I could do with less of the cannibalism, but it IS funny. Sometimes.
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"...A bodyguard who hides and shoots from fifty yards away is probably being a bit too proactive in his duties."Quote:
"Ah, it's a solid life rule that if Will Blackwater hands you a weapon, it either isn't loaded, or there is a much larger one pointed at your back."Read:
2/2024
Project Mulberry
Julia is not too enthused about her and Patrick's new project, breeding silkworms. It's too Korean.
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12/2009
Click
One novel, ten authors,neat book jacket. Each chapter written by a different author, telling events in the lives of people who knew George "Gee" Keane, a photojournalist. I really enjoyed the story until the strange separate personality weirdness.
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9/2009
A Catskill Eagle
Spencer travels to Mill Valley, California, to assist Hawk and Susan.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Jocasta (pg. 235) -- Mother of Oedipus.
Quote:
She dog-eared the page to mark her place and smiled at me. (pg. 232) Caitiff!!! (Not the first word I thought of)
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7/2008
Back Story
A friend of Paul asks Spencer to look into who killed her mother during a bank robbery 28 years ago.
Quibble:
On page 9 the text refers to a "M1 carbine. Fully-automatic." DISCLAIMER: I am not a weapons expert! As far as I can find, the M1 is semi-automatic, and it is the M2 that is fully-automatic. And there is a big difference between semi and fully.Read:
8/2008
Bad Business
Spencer is hired for a little marital investigation, finds out he is not the only one on the job, plus there's some other sordid stuff going on.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Portman lobbies (pg.17) -- John Portman, an American architect, is known for his atrium hotel designs.
Atrium -- Glazed courtyard often extending through several floors at the entrance to a building.
Cantabrigian (pg. 142) -- A student or graduate of Cambridge University; or a native or resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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8/2008
Brimstone
First of the Westerns I have read. Seems very like the Boston books, don't ya think? Still, they are fun.
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7/2013
Chance
Spenser ends up in Vegas looking for a gangster's son-in-law. Meets that short guy there.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Postlapsarian (pg. 73)-- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the time or state after the fall of humankind described in the Bible.
Tripartile (pg. 231 --Divided into or composed of three parts
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Outside the bright desert air hinted faintly of carbon monoxide as we walked down the Strip. -- (pg. 293) I think it is odorless and colorless, but i know what he means!Donut Quote:
I opend the box. Plain donuts. Perfect.
"Do you know how to eat a donut?" I said.
"I'll watch you on the first one," Susan said.
...I ate half a donut.
"Ugh," Susan said. "Is that how it's done?"
"Girls sometimes take smaller bites," I said. -- (pg. 181)
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8/2008
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