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Suspects
Lt. Tony Scanlon investigates the murders of his cop friend and a candy store owner.
Read:
5/2001
Summerland
A charming fantasy of baseball, airships, and faerie-myth. But mostly baseball. Two weeps. There is a 300 word sentence on pages 254-255 that I enjoyed very much, and read out loud to an unappreciative audience. There is a lot of reading here, and it's a 500 page book. Took me a couple weeks! Includes a map.
Quote:
"Oh, you always have a choice." Coyote said. "That's another little fun feature of life you can put down to me, if you like."Read:
12/2007
Telegraph Avenue
A couple of guys who run a used record store in Oakland are being threatened by a mega-store owned by a former football star who owns a
zeppelin.
Read:
8/2013
Yiddish Policemen's Union
Odd that I can't come up with a smoke quote from this book, since smoking is so prevalent in the story. So, does he get the girl?
Read:
12/2007
The School Of Good And Evil
Book one of a trilogy, two girls are kidnapped by The Schoolmaster to be students at his school. One girl is assigned to Good, and the other to Evil. Both girls think they are in the wrong group. A long (488 p.) book that didn't really ever catch my interest, although it has a great deal of love on Goodreads, and quite possibly will be a movie.
Read:
1/2016
Postcards From No Man's Land
Jacob travels to Amsterdam to visit the grave of his grandfather who died in World War 2. A very interesting and reflective book with observations on homosexuality, love, assisted suicide, and family relationships. The last line was cracked me up.
Words I Had To Look Up:
rekening (pg. 44) -- The bill
prockled Dutch over his head (pg. 111) -- No relevant defintions. To proke (poke) a wart? I think not! Maybe they "poked" Dutch above his head while he ate.
chunder (pg. 131) -- To puke or vomit. Whst's the difference?
amotopian fantasy (pg. 199) -- Can't find a definition, but I think it means "utopian".
vrede forever (pg. 204) -- Peace.
kaneel stroop pannenkoeken (pg. 205) -- Cinnamon, syrup, pancakes. As explained in the text.
panini (pg. 247) -- Sandwiches. By the way, "panera" means bread box in Spanish.
mijn hele leven zocht ik jou om eindelijk gevonden te weten wat eenzaam is (pg. 272) -- Babelfish.com says it means my whole life I searched for you finally found what lonely
lacrioso (pg. 272) -- Sadly, tearfully.
Read:
3/2009
A Closed And Common Orbit
I learned why Pepper is name that (probably), but not sure about Blue. Maybe in the next book? Really good!
Read:
7/2019
A Prayer For The Crown-Shy
Monk & Robot, #2. They visit several towns and villages, including Dex's family home.
Read:
1/2024
A Psalm For The Wild-Built
Monk and Robot, #1. I enjoyed this VERY much, and am already reading #2.
Read:
1/2024
Record Of A Spaceborn Few
Third and maybe last book in the Wayfarer series. Really good!!
Read:
7/2019
The Galaxy, And The Ground Withing
Final volume of the Wayfarer series. God Damn best book I've read in a long time! Not much space ship stuff, and only one human pops in near the end, but this is a story full of love. Which is something I'm not usually comfortable reading about. But I loved this!
Read:
7/2021
The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet
The adventures of the good ship Wayfarer and her crew. There is some funny stuff here, but every so often there is some seriously thought provoking stuff to think about. I am enjoying the series very much.
This book is the first in a series of which the third book is a Hugo nominee for 2019.
Read:
6/2019
The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe, #1. The private detective get hired by some rich guy to deal with a blackmail attempt. Of course, things get complicated.
Quote:
"Thanks lady. You're no English muffin yourself."Read:
12/2023
The Little Sister
Some cute little woman/girl from Kansas or Oklahoma or somewhere out there comes into Marlowe's office and asks him to find her brother who isn't sending any more letters home.
Quote:
So I kissed her. It was either that or slug her.Quote:
"...I am not one of these synthetic blondes with a skin you could strike matches on. These ex-laundresses with large boney hands and sharp knees and unsuccessful breasts. Read:
1/2024
The Long Goodbye
Marlowe meets some guy who eventually dies, or doesn't, and another guy who definitely dies. And some women, two of who die, and one who doesn't. Somewhat confusing, couldn't keep the women straight. I think two of them were sisters. Not sure. Good read!
Quote:
A slice of spumoni wouldn't have melted on her now.Read:
1/2024
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
Excellent story, I liked it very much. A fictional biography, a woman librarian goes to France during WWI to start a library.
Quote:
According to the Archivist, the staff remains scarred from the Great Breakup of 1984, when two librarians dated, eloped, and divorced, then demanded coworkers take sides. Factions were created, war ensued.Read:
5/2024
The Paris Library
Really good story of the American Library in Paris during World War II intertwined with events in the life of a girl growing up in small town Montana during the 1980s. I enjoyed it very much.
Read:
7/2021
Adios muchachos
Alicia is a, well, a hooker, in Havana who uses a bicycle with a trick broken pedal to entice gentlemen into helping her. Pretty good story, a little too much sex details in some parts.
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6/2007
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
A high school freshman recounts the school year in a series of letters he addresses to someone who doesn't know him. I liked the first two-thirds very much (some weeping), the last third somewhat less. Maybe I was trying to read too much in one day. Much requested in by middle school students, and is in the collection of eight of our middle schools, but I am thinking to send this copy off to the high school.
Read:
2/2014
In The Middle Of Somewhere
Ronnie and her ADHD brother Gee go on a trip around Kansas with their estranged grandfather in his RV. Very enjoyable. Has a map!
Words I Had To Look Up:
snap-brim hat (pg. 197) -- A hat having a flexible brim, usually turned down in front and up at the back.
Read:
6/2009
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