Monthly Archives: October 2011

Wicked Autumn

Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet © 2011 – St. Martin’s Press 2011 hardcover – English country village mystery – first in Vicar Max Tudor series I read a review of this one at Steve Lewis’ Mystery*File website on Friday Forgotten Book day … Continue reading

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New Arrivals, October 24 – 30, 2011

Excepting the birthday, stuff, which was already posted, here are the two new arrivals. I read a review of this series sometime within the last couple of months, but search as I could I can’t find the source, whether it … Continue reading

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New Stuff – birthday

Instead of a Friday Forgotten Book today it’s going to be a brief post on the new stuff I got at birthday mine on Wednesday. It was a great day. This takes the place of the New Arrivals post I do … Continue reading

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no new arrivals

Sorry, I don’t have a thing for you this week. Nor last week, if you weren’t here. There will probably be something next Monday as there is a b’day between now and then. Beautiful Fall day here, night temps will … Continue reading

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FFB: Smith and Other Events: Stories of the Chilcotin

this is the 71st in my series of forgotten books Smith and Other Events – Stories of the Chilcotin by Paul St. Pierre © 1984, Beaufort Books, Inc., 1984 hardcover, short story collection Back in ’84 when I was a regular visitor to … Continue reading

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Tuesday forgotten music (very late edition)

Now that I’ve posted this, I realize it’s forgotten MOVIE day, not forgotten music. The forgotten movies are all over at Todd Mason’s blog. From me, you get this. Whatever. Dig it. So… IMAGINE YOUR FAVORITE NUCLEAR DISASTER FILM HERE. I just … Continue reading

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FFB: The Complete Venus Equilateral

this is the 70th in my series of forgotten books The Complete Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith © 1942-1947, 1973 – Del Rey 1976 paperback, science fiction short story collection Having read a review of this on Friday Forgotten Books, I was … Continue reading

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taste of things to come

I was able yesterday to take photos of the finished landscaping, and over the coming days will be putting together before-and-after shots for your pleasure. Here is one, just to tease you. Yes, there will be an FFB tomorrow. SF … Continue reading

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New Arrivals, September 26 – October 9, 2011

Two weeks worth of new arrivals. Seems these things come in batches, I had just one in late September so skipped doing a new arrivals post, now bang! So here’s the story: several of these are gifts, one from Carl … Continue reading

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Happy Columbus Day

Since I’ll have a new arrivals post tomorrow (lots of goodies), I thought I’d put this up today, get ahead of the curve. I hope you all have a happy, healthy and relaxing day. On another note, the landscaping. new … Continue reading

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Landscaping update

I know, it seems there’s not much in the way of BOOKS or REVIEWS going on here lately. I don’t like it either. There’s good news, though. I think pretty soon now I’ll be able to concentrate more on reading … Continue reading

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