tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Do Some DamageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-17132220980559282542024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:002024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00I have pre-ordered this book because after reading...I have pre-ordered this book because after reading MAGIC CITY BLUES, I've decided Bobby Matthews is a writer I need to know better. I will also say, he does a wonderful job moderating panels. I saw him be a last-minute substitute at Bouchercon in 2023, and he was wonderful. Sarah Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787516080600915717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-81920336351168663032024-02-20T09:20:35.562-05:002024-02-20T09:20:35.562-05:00Fascinating project, Scott — and yes, such fun to ...Fascinating project, Scott — and yes, such fun to read things dramatically different at the same time. (I've never tried to tackle Proust... though that kind of project is right up my alley generally. I read War and Peace a chapter a day one year... there were, surprisingly, almost the exact number of chapters.) Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-53036367638101299692024-01-18T19:22:27.865-05:002024-01-18T19:22:27.865-05:00Yo! Scott! Though not in 7thHeaven
because Im gonn...Yo! Scott! Though not in 7thHeaven<br />because Im gonna be withe young<br />women RITEn for oemnillions of<br />years, novels, time as we'll explore<br />the vast reaches of spaceX, bubba,<br />however, I'd definitely like YOU to be<br />Upstairs, too. Follow us to Heaven:<br />● nrg2xtc.blogspot.com ●<br />Cya soon, dude-withe-lude...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-32311800870155955092023-11-24T18:10:17.665-05:002023-11-24T18:10:17.665-05:00I didn't like the book and it's overly com...I didn't like the book and it's overly complicated language. The ambiguous ending was a disappointment. I won't read it again. I read a difficult book from time to time and this was one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-41376208003373937822023-11-06T09:12:28.108-05:002023-11-06T09:12:28.108-05:00"Entering my fifth year of the 'Writing S..."Entering my fifth year of the 'Writing School,' I've honed my skills, but exploring fiction medical books adds a fascinating dimension to my literary journey. Invaluable insights await!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />John Hagenhttps://john-hagen.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-22884720784636517572023-11-02T14:18:36.911-05:002023-11-02T14:18:36.911-05:00Great. Can't wait to hear how you like it.Great. Can't wait to hear how you like it. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924642896142479842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-12816262864633263782023-10-25T13:01:32.984-05:002023-10-25T13:01:32.984-05:00Congrats!Congrats!Emilio Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14874801769971896308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-91269300695974531342023-10-24T09:28:34.064-05:002023-10-24T09:28:34.064-05:00Nice review, Scott. I watched it a couple of month...Nice review, Scott. I watched it a couple of months ago. You captured its essence. Punjabi Noir I think I proclaimed on social networks after watching it.BSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314306619705254859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-22907399837856845452023-10-20T15:08:23.567-05:002023-10-20T15:08:23.567-05:00Instead of trying to find a solution with the edit...Instead of trying to find a solution with the editors, they decide to ax the whole thing? There seems to be no real appreciation for the magazine or its editors here. I feel for them. You think you're working for a college all these years only to find out that it's just another soulless corporation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-74489897705759495632023-10-18T17:02:57.318-05:002023-10-18T17:02:57.318-05:00Elgin - Great choices. I remember Angela's Ash...Elgin - Great choices. I remember Angela's Ashes being EVERYwhere when it was published.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-4294629904462185132023-10-15T20:39:50.532-05:002023-10-15T20:39:50.532-05:00Thanks for the heads up on this book.
And, yeah, t...Thanks for the heads up on this book.<br />And, yeah, that cover looks like a movie poster from the days when I had to sneak into R rated films. <br />Elgin Bleeckerhttp://elginbleecker.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-39365487555310187102023-10-15T20:34:31.057-05:002023-10-15T20:34:31.057-05:00Not sure if these books came out in the 1990s or i...Not sure if these books came out in the 1990s or if that was when I read them, but they stood out:<br />“Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley <br />“Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love” by Oscar Hijuelos <br />“Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt<br />Elgin Bleeckerhttp://elginbleecker.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-41378275941084860932023-10-05T06:38:25.612-05:002023-10-05T06:38:25.612-05:00Excellent point, Patti Excellent point, Patti Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-81165898507471767852023-10-04T10:14:53.904-05:002023-10-04T10:14:53.904-05:00For anyone outside of Pennsylvania, the only way t...For anyone outside of Pennsylvania, the only way they would have ever heard of Gettysburg College is through the Gettysburg Review. Could it really be that costly. Although a good reminder to us to support the literary journals we want to survive. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-37256012126577309522023-09-12T14:27:13.258-05:002023-09-12T14:27:13.258-05:00I've read two Modiano novels, so far. Both fol...I've read two Modiano novels, so far. Both follow a similar pattern to Invisible Ink, the first, The Black notebook, an individual - fifty years later - searches for someone from their past, whom they knew in the aftermath of the the Algerian war. The second, Missing Person, an individual with a decade of amnesia attempts, to figure out who he is, in pursuit of the identity he lost in the murky days of the Paris Occupation.<br /><br />Both excellent, just picked up his Occupation Trilogy and Suspended Sentences, another trilogy of novellas, set during the occupation. Looking forward to reading them.<br /><br />Excellent article, Scott.Michael Blantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402686017542896266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-65064944977252782922023-09-04T21:40:39.450-05:002023-09-04T21:40:39.450-05:00Can't shake the fact that the kid could have k...Can't shake the fact that the kid could have killed the Judge (not once, but several times) -- but didn't, wouldn't, or couldn't. Also, at the end, the dancing wasn't a celebration but rather a ritual (includes blood letting, a war). I think the kid succumbs to his fate, which was to be ritualistically murdered by the Judge as a sacrifice to spurn the possibility of the judge's immortality.<br />RBLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966056928404033722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-48440185363989385072023-09-04T08:36:26.716-05:002023-09-04T08:36:26.716-05:00I find several things to take issue with in Gladwe...I find several things to take issue with in Gladwell's position even though I agree with the primary point, that most police fiction does not do anyone a service by depicting how cops do what they do. Where Gladwell misses the point is in saying the books focus too much on the cops and not enough on crime solving. My complaints there are that <br />1. Good stories are about people. As Wambaugh famously said, a good police novel is less about how the cops work the case and more about how the case works the cops.<br />2. There are plenty of writers out there who give fair and accurate descriptions of police work. They're just not best sellers. Malcolm needs to broaden his reading to more than just Amazon's top recommendations.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-44068462597937983592023-09-02T08:15:36.494-05:002023-09-02T08:15:36.494-05:00We certainly have similar tastes. It was a good su...We certainly have similar tastes. It was a good summer for movies indeed. Also enjoyed THEATER CAMP and PAST LIVES. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-34323874705718431742023-09-01T21:59:52.148-05:002023-09-01T21:59:52.148-05:00the check for 2 cents is in the mail: Blood Merid...the check for 2 cents is in the mail: Blood Meridian narrates how the land from Appalachia to Pacific Coast was taken by the European settlers - brutally, murderously, ferally - the ending denotes the shift that must take place - but the kid is still in feral mode and doesn't fit in with the new reality of saloon culture which heralds the establishment of American civilization - prostitution, alcohol, hedonistic pleasaures, cities, filled with happy people dancing not fighting, the type of people who are disgusted not excited by seeing a dead disfigured corpse in a bathroom stall. The judge has known this all along and led the conquest of the natives and in the last page of the book, leads the transition across the meridian to start the modern american state - which requires killing off the old vicious soldiers (including finally the kid) so a more genteel society can thrive and dance naked. There is no place for the kid and his kind in this new world, so he is snuffed out in a brutal murder with a weaponized piece of metal hardware from the bathroom door by the judge - who is then glad to move on with this American life ! In many ways it is a constant mirror - we create feral killers to perform violence on those we subjugate, but then we must reign those killers in so we can enjoy life ( and the conquests) for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-41038346621111240432023-08-31T07:48:56.803-05:002023-08-31T07:48:56.803-05:00Thank you for hosting me on "Doing Some Damag...Thank you for hosting me on "Doing Some Damage," Steve!Kristin Kisskahttp://www.kristinkisska.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-23302715130650934062023-08-28T03:43:07.478-05:002023-08-28T03:43:07.478-05:00Whoa, that's a crazy plot twist. I knew Jacki...Whoa, that's a crazy plot twist. I knew Jackie Coogan was friends with Brooke Hart and had heard the story about the lynching, as a native San Josean, many times but had never heard that Coogan was on rough times and was somehow involved in that kidnap plot that turned to murder.<br /><br />Everything you say seems to add up, even the accident part. So many dirty little secrets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-38690594024985002002023-08-27T14:30:24.621-05:002023-08-27T14:30:24.621-05:00Holly, I finished yesterday--after the review went...Holly, I finished yesterday--after the review went live--and I very much enjoyed this book. One of my favs of the year. The ending actually was a surprise. Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-24092692272692851022023-08-26T12:25:41.928-05:002023-08-26T12:25:41.928-05:00I love Duane but hadn't decided to read this u...I love Duane but hadn't decided to read this until I saw your post. Now I definitely will. Thanks!Holly Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910436592791818527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-8163035829178874142023-08-15T05:04:22.196-05:002023-08-15T05:04:22.196-05:00Thank you both so much!Thank you both so much!Richie Narvaezhttp://www.richienarvaez.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-53525001856109957512023-08-11T09:02:33.289-05:002023-08-11T09:02:33.289-05:00Having read and loved this story, it’s interesting...Having read and loved this story, it’s interesting to learn about both its origins and journey. I can’t wait to celebrate with you in San Diego!Holly Westhttp://hollywest.comnoreply@blogger.com