Monthly Archives: August 2016

New Arrival – Louise Penny

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I’ve made no secret of my devotion to Louise Penny’s Three Pines / Inspector Gamache novels. The 12th and latest in the series, A Great Reckoning, was published today (August 30) and arrived in my mailbox an hour ago. I’m in … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Gil North, Kent Krueger, Mark Billingham

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I took a break from Krueger to read a quite different book, The Methods of Sergeant Cluff  by Gil North. This 1961 novel is the second in the Cluff series, and I wish I’d gotten the first one, Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: Samsara by John Hamilton Lewis

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 232nd in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Samsara by John Hamilton Lewis, Durbin House, 2002 hardcover, historical, 1940-55, Asia/Hong Kong I’m not terribly fond of books written in little bits and snatches like two page paragraphs, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Krueger, Grecian, and some GNs

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Realizing a new Cork O’Conner novel by William Kent Krueger is coming next month, I thought I’d better see where I was in that series. I’m much further behind that I realized, so I’ve started Vermillion Drift, which is the 10th in the … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: The Virgin In the Ice by Ellis Peters

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 231st in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters, © 1982, Fawcett Crest paperback 1984, 5th in Brother Cadfael series I’ve read many of these Cadfael mysteries, so I’m fairly familiar … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Henning Mankill, more graphic novels

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Rick Robinson

We’re both doing less reading, due to watching a lot of Olympics plus Barbara’s quilting and my current lack of enthusiasm (perhaps due to the fact that our weather has caught up to the rest of the country and it’s … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: The Long-Winded Lady, Notes from the New Yorker by Maeve Brennan

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 230th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Long-Winded Lady, Notes from the New Yorker by Maeve Brennan, 1969, 1998 non-fiction, collection of essays. I grew up in the country, and the closest I ever … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: non-fiction & more graphic novels

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I finished  The Long-Winded Lady, notes from The New Yorker by Maeve Brennan. It’s a collection of pieces printed in The New Yorker magazine in the”Talk of the Town” column, and I enjoyed it a lot. Review coming Friday. I’m still reading through the … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Rick Robinson

this is the 229th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, written and edited by Arthur C. Clarke, Tor 2002 trade paper, science fiction short story collection Certainly Clarke isn’t in the least a … Continue reading →

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Quilts in Progress

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I mentioned in Monday’s Current Reading post that Barbara has been busy working on some new quilts. These things take time; there is a lot of design work, a lot of fabric choices, an awful lot of piecing to make … Continue reading →

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