Monthly Archives: March 2014
New Arrivals and Current Reading, March 17 – 30, 2014
New Arrivals Oh yes, we have new arrivals. Mysteries and more mysteries. It’s what happens when you go to a mystery convention. note: we saw and got a lot of self published books. People who self publish need to proof, … Continue reading
Left Coast Crime Convention, 2014 – wrap-up
We had a blast. Went to more than the usual number of panels, caught up with friends, the weather was great. The convention ran from Wednesday, March 20 (early registration) then Thursday, March 21 through Sunday, March 24, with panels … Continue reading
ffb: Dead Skip by Joe Gores
this is the 139th in my series of posts on forgotten or seldom read books Dead Skip by Joe Gores, Ballantine Books – 1974 paperback (hardcover first published in 1972), private eye – 1st DKA “The 1969 Plymouth turned onto Seventh Avenue, away … Continue reading
LCC (travel & arrival) Day 2
The pretty part of the drive (see photo) – but the longest driving day – is over, now it’s just down the flat Interstate 5, over past San Jose (song jingle deleted) onto the 101 and into Monterey. Depending on … Continue reading
LCC Day 1
Really this is travel TO LCC day one, but who cares about technicalities? The trip from top to bottom of Oregon is really beautiful, especially in early Spring, when the Willammette Valley is warming, the pastures and fields are green, … Continue reading
New Arrivals and Current Reading, March 10 – 16, 2014
New Arrivals I was listening to the program Here and Now on public radio about a week ago and there was a very good segment on visiting Eudora Welty’s home in Jackson, Mississippi. The piece had recordings of Welty speaking … Continue reading
Left Coast Crime
We’re busy getting ready to head off to LCC; planning, packing, loading the car and all that for a drive to Monterey. Sorry for no Friday Forgotten Book post. There will be a brief New Arrivals post Monday. I’ll be … Continue reading
Signs of Spring
While much of the country is suffering late snow storms, heavy rain with chance of floods or too early summer heat, here in Portland, Oregon it’s Spring. Though we’re still dipping into the high 30’s at night, the days are … Continue reading
New Arrivals and Current Reading, March 3 – 9, 2014
New Arrivals Ah, a flurry of goodness. Firstly, I now have the complete set – I already have volume 1 – of the MacBride & Kennedy collected stories. All three with an introduction by Evan Lewis. Shake-Down: The Complete Cases of … Continue reading
ffb: Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
this is the 138th in my series of posts on forgotten or seldom read books Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham, Carroll & Graf 1994 paperback, ISBN 0-7867-0441-1, first published in 1930, featuring Albert Campion, amateur Sleuth “I’ll bet you fifty dollars, even money,” said the … Continue reading
New Arrivals and Current Reading, February 24 – March 2, 2014
New Arrivals It’s all science fiction this time! I very much enjoyed the short story collection Constellation, Vol. 1 by Lee & Miller [Thanks again to Carl Anderson at Stainless Steel Droppings for the review that led me to it!] so I decided to … Continue reading
The Broken Bullhorn 