What Did you Read Last Month (and which was your favourite)? - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T09:55:13Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/what-did-you-read-last-month?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A192092&xg_raw_resources=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI probably should have actual…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-13:537324:Comment:1933582009-04-13T12:15:58.556ZJeff Rosshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeffRoss
I probably should have actually read The Road rather than listen to it over the course of a couple of three hour runs.
I probably should have actually read The Road rather than listen to it over the course of a couple of three hour runs. I read it before Christmas, b…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-13:537324:Comment:1932972009-04-13T02:32:12.924ZEDWARD C MORGANhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ECMorgan
I read it before Christmas, but found the Road to be simply incredible.
I read it before Christmas, but found the Road to be simply incredible. I haven't been reading much r…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-13:537324:Comment:1932732009-04-13T00:54:00.054ZDwighthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Dwight
I haven't been reading much recently, but while on jury duty for two days I read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' and I have to agree with Eric; gloomy, but brilliant.
I haven't been reading much recently, but while on jury duty for two days I read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' and I have to agree with Eric; gloomy, but brilliant. I teach American Lit so last…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-11:537324:Comment:1929352009-04-11T01:52:17.335ZJohn Desjarlaishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnDesjarlais
I teach American Lit so last month I read an awful lot: modernist short fiction (Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald), modernist poets (TS Eliot, Moore, Pound), Harlem Rennaissance writers (Hughes, Ellison, Hurston, Baldwin with some WEB DuBois thrown in) and - hooray - Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon." What's more "American" than the hard-boiled detective story? (hmm- looking over this list, it appears male-dominant, but over the semester we do read a goodly number of women writers, too).
I teach American Lit so last month I read an awful lot: modernist short fiction (Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald), modernist poets (TS Eliot, Moore, Pound), Harlem Rennaissance writers (Hughes, Ellison, Hurston, Baldwin with some WEB DuBois thrown in) and - hooray - Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon." What's more "American" than the hard-boiled detective story? (hmm- looking over this list, it appears male-dominant, but over the semester we do read a goodly number of women writers, too). FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, Peter Ro…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-10:537324:Comment:1929052009-04-10T23:40:48.055ZLarry W. Chavishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/lchav52
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, Peter Robinson<br />
SWEETHEART, Chelsea Cain<br />
PIG ISLAND, Mo Hyder<br />
FIELD OF BLOOD, Denise Mina<br />
MALICE, Lisa Jackson<br />
THE PSALM KILLER, Chris Petit<br />
GONE, Lisa Gardner<br />
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Hands down, THE PSALM KILLER was my favorite, a complex tale of two officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary trying to track down a serial killer in the chaos of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Very well-written.
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, Peter Robinson<br />
SWEETHEART, Chelsea Cain<br />
PIG ISLAND, Mo Hyder<br />
FIELD OF BLOOD, Denise Mina<br />
MALICE, Lisa Jackson<br />
THE PSALM KILLER, Chris Petit<br />
GONE, Lisa Gardner<br />
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Hands down, THE PSALM KILLER was my favorite, a complex tale of two officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary trying to track down a serial killer in the chaos of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Very well-written. Shades of Darkness - Peter Ro…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-08:537324:Comment:1923522009-04-08T23:14:20.334ZDana Kinghttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
Shades of Darkness - Peter Robinson<br />
The Ice Harvest - Scott Phillips<br />
Hardcore Hardboiled - Edited by Todd Robinson<br />
Russian Roulette - Austin Camacho<br />
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson<br />
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler<br />
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Leaving Chandler aside (as it's a re-read) I'd say The Ice Harvest and Hardcore Hardboiled were pretty even to me. Both excellent reads.
Shades of Darkness - Peter Robinson<br />
The Ice Harvest - Scott Phillips<br />
Hardcore Hardboiled - Edited by Todd Robinson<br />
Russian Roulette - Austin Camacho<br />
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson<br />
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler<br />
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Leaving Chandler aside (as it's a re-read) I'd say The Ice Harvest and Hardcore Hardboiled were pretty even to me. Both excellent reads. McCarthy, The Road. i listene…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-08:537324:Comment:1922302009-04-08T17:49:41.195ZJeff Rosshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeffRoss
McCarthy, The Road. i listened to this while running. don't do this. WAYYY too depressing for anything over 10K. And the scary bits are scarier when you're out on an empty trail.<br />
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Steve Hamilton: A lot of them. Finishing A Stolen Season now.<br />
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Pelecanos. Shoedog. I love this guys stuff.<br />
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Giles Blunt 'Breaking Lorca' Interesting. But while reading it I wanted to get back to 'crime' writing even though you can't get more of a crime than was happening in this novel. A very difficult read.<br />
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Malcom…
McCarthy, The Road. i listened to this while running. don't do this. WAYYY too depressing for anything over 10K. And the scary bits are scarier when you're out on an empty trail.<br />
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Steve Hamilton: A lot of them. Finishing A Stolen Season now.<br />
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Pelecanos. Shoedog. I love this guys stuff.<br />
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Giles Blunt 'Breaking Lorca' Interesting. But while reading it I wanted to get back to 'crime' writing even though you can't get more of a crime than was happening in this novel. A very difficult read.<br />
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Malcom Gladwell: Outliers Very interesting stuff I hate to say this, but I rar…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-08:537324:Comment:1922162009-04-08T17:33:02.797ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
I hate to say this, but I rarely remember mysteries for a whole month.
I hate to say this, but I rarely remember mysteries for a whole month. I started off with Michael Li…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-08:537324:Comment:1921702009-04-08T16:12:11.649ZNaomi Hiraharahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/gasagasagirl
I started off with Michael Lister's BLOOD OF THE LAMB. Protagonist is a prison chaplain--some great inside prison scenes (Lister is a prison chaplain himself).<br />
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Then I began my great sports mystery reading binge:<br />
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David Rosenfelt's SUDDEN DEATH<br />
Harlan Coben's FADE AWAY<br />
Alison Gordon's PRAIRIE HARDBALL<br />
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I've come to the conclusion that I really enjoy sports mysteries. In terms of character development, Harlan is superb. I love Myron Bolitar, and can't believe that it has taken me this long to…
I started off with Michael Lister's BLOOD OF THE LAMB. Protagonist is a prison chaplain--some great inside prison scenes (Lister is a prison chaplain himself).<br />
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Then I began my great sports mystery reading binge:<br />
<br />
David Rosenfelt's SUDDEN DEATH<br />
Harlan Coben's FADE AWAY<br />
Alison Gordon's PRAIRIE HARDBALL<br />
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I've come to the conclusion that I really enjoy sports mysteries. In terms of character development, Harlan is superb. I love Myron Bolitar, and can't believe that it has taken me this long to get to this series. I'll be reading some sports historicals next, and then returning to Coben and Gordon. Thanks to all the crimespacers who recommended these writers. I read The Road by Cormac McC…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-08:537324:Comment:1920922009-04-08T11:38:14.221ZEric Christophersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A scary, post-apocalyptic world in which there are no longer any quotation marks and extremely few commas. Brilliant! (But on a strictly emotional level the "happy" ending didn't work for me as well as the rest of the novel. It felt fake.)<br />
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I also read Stephen King's Misery. (Brilliant too!) I'm currently re-reading David Morrell's Creepers, which is quite enjoyable the second time around. I'm planning to write a claustrophobic thriller myself, so these two…
I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A scary, post-apocalyptic world in which there are no longer any quotation marks and extremely few commas. Brilliant! (But on a strictly emotional level the "happy" ending didn't work for me as well as the rest of the novel. It felt fake.)<br />
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I also read Stephen King's Misery. (Brilliant too!) I'm currently re-reading David Morrell's Creepers, which is quite enjoyable the second time around. I'm planning to write a claustrophobic thriller myself, so these two are part of my preparation.<br />
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The Song is You by Megan Abbott underwhelmed me (but she had stiff competition this month). I just wasn't much into the main character and thought the historical setting got short thrift.