tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post5965439544004337943..comments2024-03-28T22:42:54.810-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Bookshelf Traveling For Insane Times No. 9TracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-43261262835703238232020-05-21T10:04:49.230-07:002020-05-21T10:04:49.230-07:00Kathy, Glad to hear that you liked Nemesis. I have...Kathy, Glad to hear that you liked Nemesis. I have waited too long to read it. And I want to continue the McGrath series also. <br /><br />I have only read one book by Garry Disher, but have heard good things about Bitter Wash Road. I will have to look around for that one. <br /><br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-82474620304778844682020-05-21T09:55:18.935-07:002020-05-21T09:55:18.935-07:00Rick, I enjoyed your book shelf post and I do enco...Rick, I enjoyed your book shelf post and I do encourage other bloggers to go check it out. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-46031474462612382672020-05-20T23:49:01.702-07:002020-05-20T23:49:01.702-07:00Nemesis is one of the best thrillers I have ever r...Nemesis is one of the best thrillers I have ever read, and I have high standards for thrillers. There are very interesting characters and plot twists, as well as a Roma gangster who is in jail and plays mental chess with Harry Hole. Very unusual book. Unputdownable.<br /><br />Liked McGrath's sense of place and characters.<br /><br />Garry Disher: I liked Bitter Wash Road about a police detective in a dusty old Australian town. Now Peace is out, a sequel. Want to read that.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-90063518808939614402020-05-18T10:54:59.603-07:002020-05-18T10:54:59.603-07:00So now you've seen mine. For readers of this b...So now you've seen mine. For readers of this blog who don't know, the blog address is www.tipthewink.net and I'd welcome a visit!Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-3965770380922900652020-05-17T17:14:15.471-07:002020-05-17T17:14:15.471-07:00Judith, I am behind all the time now. No need for ...Judith, I am behind all the time now. No need for apologies.<br /><br />I look forward to reading the Sara Blaedel book someday. I haven't read many books set in Denmark. I have had the same impression ... that the Nesbo books may get too grim, but I will keep reading the ones I have until I hit one that is too bad. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-91994485664118375112020-05-17T17:03:38.245-07:002020-05-17T17:03:38.245-07:00Col, I do need to get to Lansdale. Glen has read o...Col, I do need to get to Lansdale. Glen has read one of his books, but not in the Hap and Leonard series. I am pretty sure I will read Nemesis this year. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-40080638235745865082020-05-17T13:55:31.520-07:002020-05-17T13:55:31.520-07:00Hi Tracy,
I'm sorry I'm so behind this wee...Hi Tracy,<br />I'm sorry I'm so behind this week. <br />I loved! being able to really get up close and personal with your photographed bookshelf. (Loved the ability to see an enlarged photo--that was a treat!) I noticed a book and author I've read, and that's Sara Blaedel, Call Me Princess. I read that one and I believe one other by her. I liked them, but haven't read any more by her, mostly because she and her more recent books haven't crossed my path. <br />Around 2007-2012 I read a few of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole novels. I loved the ride and the depictions of Oslo, but after a time I found they were getting a bit too grim for me to enjoy. I read The Snowman, but I think that was the last one I read. But I may try another at some point. <br />Judithhttps://readerinthewilderness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-36440281593957265702020-05-17T00:08:22.450-07:002020-05-17T00:08:22.450-07:00Nice to see Lansdale on the pile. Another author I...Nice to see Lansdale on the pile. Another author I haven't read for a while. Ditto Nesbo.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-63458018369317941522020-05-16T17:13:37.166-07:002020-05-16T17:13:37.166-07:00Cath, I am enjoying Scalzi's book very much so...Cath, I am enjoying Scalzi's book very much so far, and I will review it. And I liked other books that he wrote. I have read the first two in the Old Man's War series, and Lock In. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-53968198189759802492020-05-16T17:09:34.686-07:002020-05-16T17:09:34.686-07:00Katrina, it is good that we share some reading tas...Katrina, it is good that we share some reading tastes with our husbands, I guess. <br /><br />I finished The Master and Margarita just a day or so ago (and left a brief comment on one of your recent posts). The days run together now. I found it confusing but entertaining. Writing a review will be challenging. There was definitely a section of it where I was lost. And I think it will be worth a reread someday.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-32150808535016979032020-05-16T17:03:40.222-07:002020-05-16T17:03:40.222-07:00And Rick, I am glad to see that you have done a po...And Rick, I am glad to see that you have done a post and look forward to seeing it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-14449002407387552302020-05-16T17:02:52.817-07:002020-05-16T17:02:52.817-07:00Rick, that bookcase for TBR books sounds nice. I h...Rick, that bookcase for TBR books sounds nice. I had to look up Corey, that would be science fiction?<br /><br />It is my goal to read all the Lee Child books, they are fast reads but not short, but it will take me a while. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-34822878421331181722020-05-16T15:51:55.561-07:002020-05-16T15:51:55.561-07:00Sorry to clog up the comments, but one last thing:...Sorry to clog up the comments, but one last thing: I have done one and will put it up Sunday night for Monday. It’s an odd mix.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-25225968669359427262020-05-16T15:23:46.859-07:002020-05-16T15:23:46.859-07:00I keep thinking I should try something by John Sca...I keep thinking I should try something by John Scalzi so I look forward to hearing what you think of that book. Nice to see your shelves look just like mine with random piles. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-72827979615519777922020-05-16T15:02:49.002-07:002020-05-16T15:02:49.002-07:00Hmm, My husband keeps adding to my reading stacks ...Hmm, My husband keeps adding to my reading stacks too. How are you getting on with The Master and Margarita? I've finished it.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-39513288773794981812020-05-16T13:51:27.410-07:002020-05-16T13:51:27.410-07:00Yes, she’s read them all.Yes, she’s read them all.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-68160639608080868932020-05-16T13:50:46.653-07:002020-05-16T13:50:46.653-07:00One more thing: I do have a small 3-shelf bookcase...One more thing: I do have a small 3-shelf bookcase for my TBR things, and the items thereon are not organized by author, genre or anything, except they are all softcover. They range from Mike Shayne to E.C.R. Lorac to S.A. Corey.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-76017402754280901482020-05-16T12:20:15.030-07:002020-05-16T12:20:15.030-07:00I am not sure I will ever catch up to Barbara and ...I am not sure I will ever catch up to Barbara and read all the Nesbo books, Rick, although I do have four more on my shelves to read: the first two and two later books. <br /><br />Has Barbara read all of the Lee Child books about Jack Reacher? I have read the first two and two later books (ones that were made into movies) and bought a few more at the last book sale.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-63652240802967827782020-05-16T11:49:37.795-07:002020-05-16T11:49:37.795-07:00Barbara has read all the Nesbo books, I have read ...Barbara has read all the Nesbo books, I have read none.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-42168400326246341292020-05-16T11:34:42.649-07:002020-05-16T11:34:42.649-07:00Rick, I shelve my books the way I do in optimistic...Rick, I shelve my books the way I do in optimistic hopes that I will be spurred to read the books soon. That obviously is not working. And I don't know why that book is upside down but I have not turned it right side up yet. <br /><br />I am glad to hear good things about the Valin book from both you and Patti, I should read it soon. When I go through my shelves I see so many series I should start or continue. (And feel guilty.)<br /><br />I am enjoying reading The Collapsing Empire.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-86007061434501751062020-05-16T11:06:25.039-07:002020-05-16T11:06:25.039-07:00It blows my mind the way you shelve your books, bu...It blows my mind the way you shelve your books, but each to his/her own, I guess. There's even one upside down!<br /><br />I've read several of the books shown, but by far there are more I haven't read, many not even heard of. When I read Valin years ago I liked them a lot, for the character as much as the plot. The Lime Pit is pretty harsh, but good. As with several other posts in the last couple of days, this one makes me want to do some catching up on series I didn't finish. Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-85606484551678763552020-05-16T10:50:30.236-07:002020-05-16T10:50:30.236-07:00In this case, Margot, I have read the first book i...In this case, Margot, I have read the first book in the Edie Kiglatuk series by McGrath and the first novel in Garry Disher's Inspector Challis series. I liked both of them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-89829836978957844472020-05-16T10:30:30.901-07:002020-05-16T10:30:30.901-07:00Patti, I haven't read anything by either Lansd...Patti, I haven't read anything by either Lansdale or Valin yet and I have had both of those books close to 10 years. When I finally get to those books I will probably wonder why I waited so long. <br /><br />And I do have a lot of older, fragile paperback books.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-31536796853970663612020-05-16T07:57:35.630-07:002020-05-16T07:57:35.630-07:00I love taking a peek at what other people are read...I love taking a peek at what other people are reading, Tracy. Thanks for sharing your shelves. I hope you'll enjoy the McGrath. I like her sense of place and local culture very much. I suppose that's what also drew my eye to your Garry Disher. He's another who can really transport the reader. I hope you'll enjoy it.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-38384291412559823792020-05-16T05:23:44.156-07:002020-05-16T05:23:44.156-07:00Liked SAVAGE SEASON by Lansdale and have read seve...Liked SAVAGE SEASON by Lansdale and have read several Valins and probably all the Rex Stouts. You have some books as fragile as mine, I see. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com