Monthly Archives: July 2015

ffb: A Glancing Light

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Rick Robinson

this is the 180th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books A Glancing Light by Aaron Elkins, Fawcett 1991 paperback, art mystery – Chris Norgren #2 This is Elkins’ second Chris Norgren art mystery, and it’s typically Elkins: engaging, great sense … Continue reading →

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Hot, Hot, Hot!

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Rick Robinson

We had a heat wave a few weeks ago and I complained. After all, this is Portland, OR, not Tucson or Texas (if you get my meaning). But Come on. As I type this it’s 103 degrees and still going … Continue reading →

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Current Reading, July 20 – 26, 2015

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Rick Robinson

I’m still reading The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, and also reading some short stories and a Shadow novel, The Living Shadow. Light summer fare. Barbara finished Stephen King’s Finders Keepers. She says it was creepy, and she enjoyed it. Now she’s … Continue reading →

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ffb: Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Rick Robinson

this is the 179th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell by Eric Frank Russell, NESFA, 2003, hardcover, science fiction – short story collection “The battleship was eight hundred feet in … Continue reading →

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Current Reading, July 13 – 19, 2015

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Rick Robinson

Reading is still down. One reason: the hot weather has returned with a vengeance, we got to 98 yesterday and will reach 101 today. Another reason is getting up every morning at dawn to watch the Tour de France. Then … Continue reading →

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ffb: Song of the Beast

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Rick Robinson

this is the 178th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Song of the Beast by Carol Berg, ROC (NAL/Penguin) 2003 paperback fantasy This is a puzzle story, with a Celtic-flavored setting and an absorbing plot. Aidan MacAllister, cousin of … Continue reading →

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review: Concrete Angel by Patricia Abbott

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Rick Robinson

Concrete Angel by Patricia Abbott © 2015, Polis Books 2015 trade paper literary domestic suspense – stand alone novel “When I was twelve, my mother shot a soda-pop salesman she’d known less than eight hours.” Thus begins Patricia Abbott’s novel Concrete Angel, … Continue reading →

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Current Reading, July 6 – 12, 2015

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Rick Robinson

Almost no reading this last week.One reason for the reading slowdown is there’s been a break in the heat and we’ve been out and about a lot, meaning less reading. The other reason is working on other projects such as … Continue reading →

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ffb: The Bottom of the Harbor

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Rick Robinson

this is the 177th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Bottom of the Harbor by Joseph Mitchell – original © date 1944, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959 –  Pantheon Books 2008 hardcover, non-fiction – portraits of people and … Continue reading →

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Current Reading, June 29 – July 5, 2015

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Rick Robinson

It’s been so miserably hot – for Portland – that it’s taken a lot my reading energy away, but I did manage to get back in the mood for novel reading, so I finished three novelettes, a short story and … Continue reading →

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