Monthly Archives: September 2013
New Arrivals, Current Reading September 23 – 29, 2013
NEW ARRIVALS: Autumn has arrived, and with it typical Portland Fall weather: cooler, some rain, goodbye to high 70s and above until next late June, at the earliest. Update: Though the rain and some wind hasn’t let up since Friday, … Continue reading
It’s baaack.
The power came back on last night just in time for us to watch Oregon trounce Cal in the monsoon like conditions. Rain continues steadily, we’ll get 3 or 4 inches from this storm. Wind continues unabated. We get a … Continue reading
Power outage
I’m typing this on battery backup to the router and computer systems. The power is out, we’re in the middle of a huge storm, the remnant of a typhoon off the coast of China which is giving us a rain … Continue reading
ffb: Eleven
this is the 121st in my series of posts on forgotten or seldom read books Eleven by Patricia Highsmith © 1970, Doubleday 1970 hardcover, this edition: 1978 Penguin mass market paperback, mystery-horror short story collection I expect there will be much praise and … Continue reading
The plan that wasn’t so successful
I had high hopes for my summer reading when I posted my proposed summer reading list (here). I’m not a fast reader, so that was an optimistic list. Of the eighteen books shown in that post, can you guess how … Continue reading
ffb: The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes
this is the 120th in my series of posts on forgotten or seldom read books The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes by Donald Thomas, Macmillan (UK) , 1997 – hard cover – pastiche: Sherlock Holmes short stories The investigations described in this volume … Continue reading
A Book Procurement
Last week I was searching for some information on a science fiction author. The author wrote only one novel but many short stories, so I found a lot of science fiction collections and anthologies along with lists of stories which … Continue reading
ffb: The Floating Admiral
this is the 119th in my series of posts on forgotten or seldom read books The Floating Admiral by the members of the Detection Club, Charter Books mass paperback, 1980 The famous Detection Club created this and several other books both … Continue reading
New Arrivals, Current Reading September 2 – 8, 2013
NEW ARRIVALS: It’s gotten cool and wet here, a nice break for the garden and us before the final hot days of Summer later in the month.Wonderful weather, gardening, various outings have kept us busy, but I’ve taken time for … Continue reading
note on ffb
In case anyone wonders why I again didn’t have a Friday Forgotten Book this last week, here’s why: I had the book picked, the short review written, the cover image inserted and then forgot to send the bloody link to Patti. … Continue reading
New Arrivals, Current Reading August 26 – September 1, 2013
NEW ARRIVALS: Wonderful weather, gardening, various outings have kept us busy, but I’ve taken time for Summer reading. For the third week in a row, just one book. How the light Gets In by Louise Penny [Minotaur Books 2013 hardcover, … Continue reading
September, and the reading is easy
I can hardly believe it. September already. Yesterday afternoon I looked out on the garden and thought “it feels like Fall”, which of course it isn’t, but with school looming for the Portland children, college football starting, a little color … Continue reading
The Broken Bullhorn 