Monthly Archives: September 2011
One Hundred and Seventy-Five of them
Bulbs. Mostly Daffodils. Planted in the garden last Saturday. We have hopes for Spring. By the way, no FFB here tomorrow, sorry. Just reading too slowly, I guess.
FFB: The Bat Flies Low
The Bat Flies Low by Sax Rohmer © 1935, P.F. Collier & Son hardcover, Orient Edition (see text) 1930s – mystery-adventure-mystical this is the 69th in my series of forgotten books First, the book and it’s edition, my thoughts on the story afterward. … Continue reading
Down the Mysterly River
Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham © 2011, Starscape Books 2011 hardcover with illustrations by Mark Buckingham, fiction, YA adventure This is a tale of a boy, bear, badger and cat in a mysterious wilderness. Max, a top-notch Boy Scout, has no idea how … Continue reading
New Arrivals September 12 – 18, 2011
Pretty good variety this week, and a reasonable number – meaning not too many – including one thing ordered because of a Friday Forgotten Books review, one of a “regular” review, and one that was on pre-order. Down the Mystery … Continue reading
If I Were At Bouchercon Today: Friday September 16
Day 2 – I usually go to less panels and do more time in the book room, hanging out with friends and having meals with them, and I like to get out of the hotel and walk or go someplace … Continue reading
If I Were At Bouchercon Today: Thursday Sept 15
If I were in St. Louis, which I’m not, this is probably what I would be doing in the way of panels and such. I do go to a lot of panels, even after all these years. Of course sometimes … Continue reading
New Arrivals, September 5 – 11, 2011
For those of you who have managed to pull yourselves away from the seemingly endless retrospectives of the horrific events of September 11, 2001, here is what found it’s way through my front door this past week. In addition to … Continue reading
deck… no deck
Two days ago we had a two story deck. Yesterday it was torn down. Next week, after footings and inspectors sign off, construction begins on a new one. Meanwhile here’s the current before and after. It’s now a long step … Continue reading
no FFB
We’ve just ben so busy I haven’t had a lot of time to read, what with the landscaping work, Labor Day activities, our heat wave and so on, reading took a low priority this last week or two. I’ve done … Continue reading
New Arrivals August 29 – September 4, 2011
Three-fifths of this is Bill Crider’s fault. He recently reread and reviewed Spoon River Anthology and that got me started thinking about, then looking for and finally buying the last three books here. I’ve had them all at one time or … Continue reading
Landscaping continues…
It seems to us as if it’s taking forever, but then who knew it would be such a big job? The plans for the landscaping job looked fine, but they didn’t fully anticipate the degree of slope they had to … Continue reading
The Broken Bullhorn 