Raylan Given, #3. U.S. Marshall Raylin, with his cowboy hat, looks for the killer of an old man, three women robbing banks, and an escaped gambler, who might have been one of those aforementioned three women robbing banks, but wasn't.
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"You don't think of your manners and let the woman go first," Art Mullen said, "not when she is pointing a gun at you."
Well, I must have read this before, possibly before I even started keeping track of books, but I having read it I don't remember anything of the story, so maybe not. I enjoy it, though! Whales! Dolphins!
Emma Graham #1. Emma is twelve and lives at the hotel where her mother is cook, and possibly co-owner, or previous owner, a lot is not made clear. It is an interesting story, and very nicely written. It moves along very slowly, however, and some readers take issue with that. It is sort of a murder mystery. A very literary crime story, some have said.
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I am not Catholic or of any particular creed, but I cross myself whenever I think of those buckwheat cakes.
Subtitle: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See.
Here is what I got from this book, on how to see art:
1. Look at the art for at least five minutes. At least. Forty would be better. Four hours is not unheard of.
2. Find five things about it that catch your senses. Then find five more.
3. Then read the information sign about the piece. If you must.
That's what I got out of it!
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If you didn't, good luck unseeing it now. -- I never could see it!
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The best art-history education I ever got was staring at art while Guggenheim.
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]
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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.
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...started the engine... -- There is an engine to start in a Tesla? What do I know.
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"...'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.
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"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?
Richard Jury, #7. Jury goes to some small village (as always?) to check out the death of an old woman using a pay phone during a rain storm.
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..."except for the .412 shotgun butted against her shoulder"... -- I've heard of a 410, but not .412
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Carrie...had already taken on a whippet and a poodle... The Alsatian was having a nap...The poodle was doing the same. -- I thought an Alsatian was a German Shepherd?
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...she was groping in the bag and brought out an apple. "Would you like this for your lunch?" "Thank you," said Jury gravely... It was the first bribe he'd ever taken.
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Her dressing gown was definitely the sweeping sort, blue brocade and ivory insets and a long train. -- I thought that said "insects"...
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... loaded the .412 again... -- There's that .412 again!!