Monthly Archives: January 2016

February is for Short Stories

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Note: this post constitutes my current reading post for this week. Last year I read more short stories than in any prior year, and I enjoyed it. So I’ve decided to devote February to mostly short stories. I have a … Continue reading →

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FFB: The League of Frightened Men

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 209th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout, © 1935, I read the 1977 paperback – mystery, Nero Wolfe “Wolfe and I sat in the office on Friday afternoon.” It’s … Continue reading →

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review: The Builders by Daniel Polansky

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Rick Robinson

The Builders by Daniel Polansky © 2015, Tor 2015 trade paperback, fantasy      “Recoquista was cleaning the counter with his good hand when the double doors swung open. He squinted his eye at the light, the stub of his tail curling around … Continue reading →

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Current Reading January 18 – 24

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I finished The Builders, review this coming week. Also read was Woman With A Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine. It’s a difficult book to summarize or explain. It’s a multi-layerd story of a Japanese-American author writing a book which he started and submitted … Continue reading →

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FFB: A Letter of Mary

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 207th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King, Bantam 1998 paperback, featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell, 3rd in series – mystery This is set in 1923 and … Continue reading →

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Current Reading January 11 – 17

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Still not a lot of reading getting done here, but I did finish Richard Prather’s Everybody Had A Gun for my Friday Forgotten Book post. Now I’m reading The Builders by Daniel Polansky. The blurbs have been interesting, such as “Magnificent Seven meets … Continue reading →

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FFB: Everybody Had A Gun by Richard S. Prather

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Everybody Had A Gun by Richard S. Prather © 1951, my copy Gold Medal 1954 paperback, mystery – hardboiled, 3rd in Shell Scott series I’ve read more than a few of Prather’s Shell Scott books, and enjoyed them, some more than others, but … Continue reading →

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Current Reading – January 10

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Just a quick note. I’m reading Everybody Had A Gun by Richard Prather, for the coming FFB. Also read were the two Roy Thomas books I got at Christmas, Superman the War Years and Batman the War Years. Quick, fun period … Continue reading →

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FFB

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I took the last two Fridays off, and I’ll be taking one more off, but will be back for the special Richard Prather Friday in two weeks (January 16). See you then.

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Current and Future Reading – 2016

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Right now I’m reading Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon, which I should finish today. A year or two ago I posted my reading plans for the coming year, with titles, covers and all. I’m not doing that this time, just mentioning some … Continue reading →

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