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Sam Gunn, Jr.
Sam Gunn dies, his son takes over. I was gonna include a bunch quotes, poor treatment of women, mistakes, and oddities. But it's too much effort. The book is OK, in a 50s sort of way, the author died before it was published, we move on.
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5/2024
Collateral Damage
Richard Michaelson solves another locked-room mystery in Washington, D.C. Excellant story!
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8/2000
Corruptly Procured
Richard Michaelson finds out why German nationalists steal the Library Of Congress's copy of the Gutenberg Bible.
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"I wanted to have what they had even though I wasn't like them. I resented them for having what I didn't. My sin was envy, the most useless sin, the only sin that brings evil without pleasure or satisfaction."Read:
7/1999
Washington Deceased
Richard Michaelson tries to find out how a prisoner was killed inside a locked room. This series is humorous and interesting!
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8/1999
Breaking Point
I wonder if the first of two references to a baked potato was a foreshadowing. Good story. Too many brand names mentioned. Someone has an iPhone? How does that advance the plot. Sure wish my local library had all the series titles so I could read them in order!
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9/2016
Off The Grid
Nate and Jack separately end up at a deserted sheep ranch to foil the plans of some terrorists who have take over a patriot's project to incapacitate the NSA installation in Utah. You know, THAT one!
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9/2016
Blue Skies
Eco disaster novel of the near future. Everyone has terrible things happen to them. Book ends suddenly. As in, I'm turning more pages trying find the rest of story. No real conclusion. I prefer books with a conclusion. Otherwise, nice writing.
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"Insectos, por supuesto' [sic]Quote:
And she probably should have parked the car up on the ramp Todd had build for it... -- There was something about the ramp I wanted to point out, but I forget was it was.Quote:
...started the engine... -- There is an engine to start in a Tesla? What do I know.Quote:
"...'Babe, how do you call your lover boy?'" he said, quoting an old Lou Reed song he'd been fixated on since she'd got pregnant.Quote:
"But just in case, I'd better inspect your body, especially those hard-to-see places, right?..." -- Ticks, you know.Words I Had To Look Up:
Oases -- So I learned this is the plural of "oasis". Who knew?Read:
3/2024
Becoming George Sand
Maria, a Scottish professor and writer, deals with her love and husband, and the death of her friend, while writing a book about George Sand.
Words I Had To Look Up:
girning over trifles (pg. 35) -- To complain in a whining voice. To contort one's face; grimace.
arrived in a caléche (pg. 129) -- A light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood.
leave the door on the snib (pg. 164) -- A snib is a manually operated catch for the internal locking of Yale type locks.
practicing a phrase on the Pleyel (pg. 317) -- Not an instrument, as I first thought, a piece of music by Ignace Pleyel.
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10/2011
Quicker Than The Eye
A bunch of short stories, including Another Fine Mess, maybe my favorite, but the librarian one was pretty good, too.
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11/2012
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants
How four girls spent their summer. Very good, several weepy times.
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3/2003
Flawed Dogs
An abused Dachshund seeks revenge upon the Poodle that set him up. An interesting tale, some obligatory weeps at the end.
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2/2015
Evvy's Civil War
Story of a Southern girl during the Civil War, showing her relationship with the slaves and her growing social consciousnous. A very excellent story. QUOTE (As I remember it, too lazy to look it up.) "South Carolina, too small to be a country, too big to be an insane asylum."
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11/2002
Molokai
A young girl is diagnosed with leprosy and sent to the leper colony on Molokai island. Good story!
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5/2016
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Some Mafia gangs in Brooklyn shoot it out. And some other stuff. The book was OK, I hear the movie was not. Surely I saw it, back in the day. It had Leigh Taylor-Young, for goodness sake! I never heard of her co-star, some guy named Robert DeNiro...
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8/2023
I Try To Take One Day At A Time
But Sometimes Several Days Attack Me At Once. A Pot-Shots™ a day for a whole year. Some of them I liked, but mostly... meh. I guess you have to be in the mood for this sort of thing. I wonder if he did the illustrations, too, and if not, did he managed to copyright them, too?
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10/2013
Existence
A garbage collector astronaut recovers an interesting piece of orbiting debris.
Quote:
"Why is the future always ... in the future?"Quote:
Gerald snorted, "No tanks."
"You're welcome," Akana chuckled.Quote:
Would you like us to teach you Morse code?"Quote:
"It's a goddamned chain letter!"Read:
6/2024
Kiln People
Talk about feet made of clay!!! Ditto! P.I. in the future is duped.... Hahahaah, I crack myself up! Possibly 100 pages too long?
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3/2004
Tomorrow happens
A collection of stories and essays.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Migrams (pg. 37) emailed author, said is made-up word. --
seraglio (pg. 140) A large harem.
-- dip·tych (pg. 75) A work consisting of two painted or carved panels that are hinged together. Read:
11/2005
Caddie Woodlawn
Finally read this charming Newbery award winning book. Very Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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9/2007
Magical Melons
Continues the story of Caddie Woodlawn and the people she knows. Charming!
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5/2010
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