Books read and other media of note |
Dodger
by Terry Prachett Worth rereading, three years after I read it
initially. Adventures of a tosher in London in what is called
historical fantasy, clearly derivative of Joan Aiken, that excelled in
both stories about a tosher and historical fantasy... Dead Center by David Rosenfelt. He has a tendency to name books slightly misleadingly. From the protagonist's love of sports, one would guess it was a basketball murder, but it was actually related to Wisconsin, which is sort of dead center in the US, although Belle Fourche SD claims that title... The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett. A lovely coda to a literary life based on a joke from the sixties about the world being held up by four elephants standing on a great turtle. When asked what was under the turtles, the answer was "It's turtles all the way down..." I guess you'd have to be there... Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt. A football player accused of murder makes this title appropriate... A fine mix of fun and mayhem... The Promise by Robert Crais . Crais started as an imitator of Robert Parker's tough PI, but he's gone on to weave tougher suspense detective plots than Parker settled for. First Degree by David Rosenfelt. Another tightly plotted mystery, with a Carpenter instead of Perry Mason... The Hollow by Agatha Christie. Similar to A Little Night Music, a weekend in the country turns tragic... Rumo by Walter Moers. This is a rereading of the quest fantasy by Walter Moers, who is compared with Douglas Adams and the Harry Potter series on the cover but really is the super deluxe expanded edition of The Princess Bride... |
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