Good Reads

I do. Well, I guess I do. I never knew there were so many kinds of "crime" books out there. I recently learned about "Hardboiled" crime fiction. Wiki states that "The name comes from a colloquial phrase of understatement. For an egg, to be hardboiled is to be comparatively tough. The hardboiled detective—originated by Daly's Terry Mack and Race Williams and epitomized by Hammett's Sam Spade and Chandler's Philip Marlowe —not only solves mysteries, like his "softer" counterparts, he (and often these days, she) confronts danger and engages in violence on a regular basis." Hmmm. I have a Squidoo lens ( http://www.squidoo.com/AdrianMcKintyandLeeChild )that features ... Read Full Story

I finished reading Lee Child's 12th Jack Reacher novel a few weeks ago. I spent at least a week writing a lens (page) on Squidoo about it. Go visit Nothing to Lose by Lee Child - the 12th Jack Reacher Book . The book was pretty good. I am a slow reader, but I finished it in a few days. Jack Reacher is such a compelling creation and I love reading about all the situations he gets stuck in. He is like a troublesome chick magnet! He usually gets a girl and gets a fight as well. Mostly, I liked the book because it ... Read Full Story

Being over 50 (yes, I am classic Boomer), I sometimes have trouble remembering what books I have read or listened to in the past. I attribute this lapse to the computer-like nature of my brain. If a file has not been used recently or used often, my brain deletes it to create more space. Now that I have a DVR, I am discovering that this machine can also automatically delete shows or movies when the memory becomes full. So maybe I am evolving into a DVR? Hopefully, it will be HD. Because I discovered several authors from other lenses on Squidoo (Charlaine Harris, for ... Read Full Story

Both Lee Child and Adrian McKinty have an honored place in my little red wagon full of great reading. Though Lee Child is the better known of the two, I put them both at the top of the heap in their shared fiction genre. And What would that genre be? Crime Fiction; Suspense? Loners who keep getting into trouble fiction? Macho men fiction? These two authors, McKinty and Child, have each created a character that I find remarkable. McKinty's Michael Forsythe and Child's Jack Reacher, have a lot in common. Both are equipped with the inexplicable ability to survive. And Survive they do very ... Read Full Story

I get an e-newsletter every week titled All About Thyme: A Weekly Calendar of Times & Seasonings Celebrating the Mysteries, Magic, and Myths of Herbs sent by the fictional character, China Bayles. China Bayles is the creation of one of my favorite mystery authors, Susan Wittig Albert. The newsletter is exactly what it says: a calendar. I always learn something new, get a new recipe or find a new book to read. For example, did you know that October 30st is National Candy Corn Day! You did if you read this newsletter or my lens about it! Well, according to Ms. Bayles, on some ... Read Full Story