Monthly Archives: May 2016

Current Reading: Camilleri & Nesbø

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Today (May 29) is John F. Kennedy’s birthday. Then tomorrow is Memorial Day. Synchronicity. I’m reading Montalbano’s First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri, which collects 22 stories, one of which, the titular story, is 122 pages, another is 60 pages, the rest more usual … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: The Leper of St. Giles by Ellis Peters

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 222nd in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters, © 1981, Mysterious Press paperback 1995, mystery – 5th Brother Cadfael It’s 1139 in Shrewsbury. Brother Cadfael is visiting the leper colony at … Continue reading →

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Current Reading May 16 – 22, 2016

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Last week I said the next book I was going to read was Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane. Well, another book came in from the library a day or so later, and I decided to read it instead. The … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 221st in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey, Soho Press, 2003 trade paperback, mystery, Peter Diamond It had been quite a while since I read one of Peter Lovesey’s Detective Peter Diamond … Continue reading →

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This Is What We Do

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Rick Robinson

This is what we do in Portland when it rains. It rains a lot here.

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Current Reading May 9 – 15, 2016

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Though I read primarily mystery and science fiction-fantasy, I have other reading interests, including biographies/autobiographies. The book I’m currently about two-thirds of the way through, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan, is one such. I’m not certain where I … Continue reading →

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Current Reading May 2 – 8, 2016

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I came across a book by a favorite author, Anne McCaffrey, that I hadn’t read or even heard of, Nimisha’s Ship. So I found a copy on BookSwap and just finished reading it. I’ve read everything she’s written, and this is … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 219th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman, Harper & Row 1970 paperback This is special Forgotten Book  week on first novels, and I decided to re-read and post on Hillerman’s … Continue reading →

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A New Arrival: MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part IV

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Regular readers will remember I posted more than once about the three-volume set of new Sherlock Holmes stories published by MX Publishing. (here and here). Each of the volumes has excellent new stories of the traditional Sherlock Holmes and Watson, original setting. … Continue reading →

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Current Reading

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Another slow reading week. I finished the third Joe Leaphorn novel by Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman. I liked it, but thought it was weaker than the 2nd novel, Dance Hall of the Dead. Done with Hillerman, I went through the … Continue reading →

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