Monthly Archives: April 2017

Current Reading: the reading blahs

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Rick Robinson

I’ve been picking up books and putting them back down. I’ve been reading a few pages, and finding myself staring out the window. I’ve been napping, leafing through magazines, watching some TV. I’ve read maybe twenty or thirty pages in … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Rick Robinson

this is the 255th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2001, hardcover – mystery, cozy I don’t read a ton of cozies, but once in a while I’m tempted … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Barbara!

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Rick Robinson

It’s my lovely spouse’s birthday today! Our celebration will be low-key, staying in on a rainy day, curling up by the fire with a book. Maybe a movie later.

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Current Reading: Lafferty, Steele, Patrick, Camilleri

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Rick Robinson

I finished Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, a locked room science fiction mystery, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Recommend. I also read Quiet Neighbors by Catriona McPherson. This was the second book by her I’ve tried, the other being The Reek of Red Herring. … Continue reading →

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Forgotten book: Jeopardy is My Job by Stephen Marlowe

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Rick Robinson

Jeopardy is My Job by Stephen Marlowe, © May 1962, Gold Medal 1962 paperback, mystery featuring Chester Drum In this Chester Drum adventure, Drum is hired by “the Governor” to find his adult son, who has gone missing in Spain. As the search gets … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: still Lafferty, Mankell

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Rick Robinson

Not a much reading progress for either one of us this last week. I’m still plugging along in Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty, a science fiction novel that’s also a murder mystery. I’m enjoying it, but I’ve been busy with other things … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Book: Wilderness Days by Sigurd Olson

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Rick Robinson

this is the 253rd in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Wilderness Days by Sigurd Olson, Alfred A. Knopf (a Borzoi Book) ©1972, this 7th printing 1984, hardcover non-fiction – essays on nature I find reading about nature soothing. Part of it … Continue reading →

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Stimulating the Economy: Speed Queen washer & dryer

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Rick Robinson

We’ve had to replace our six-and-half year old (!) GE washer and dryer, as the washer was working poorly and the dryer control broke. Honestly, we’ve never been that happy with them, but they were on sale… After doing the … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Czerski, Doyle, Vaughn, Lafferty, Mankell

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Rick Robinson

I put requests in for books at the library, and they all seem to become available in bunches.  The first was Storm In A Teacup, by Helen Czerski, which I learned about from George Kelley’s blog. It’s non-fiction, about physics in … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Rankin, Child

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Rick Robinson

I decided to read the other Rebus book, Mortal Causes, that I’d gotten from BookSwap, a couple books earlier in the series than Let It Bleed (my review here) I’m nearly done with it, and liking it better. Still, I think it … Continue reading →

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