tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post7786480199044089784..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: ADAM STERNBERGH - SHOVEL READYcol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-73768350732857012912014-02-01T00:06:52.097-08:002014-02-01T00:06:52.097-08:00I won#t be rushing back to this author TBH. Your b...I won#t be rushing back to this author TBH. Your book sounds a bit more interesting than I found this one.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-12617515797379601182014-01-31T13:19:08.551-08:002014-01-31T13:19:08.551-08:00Not sure about this one. Especially since you are ...Not sure about this one. Especially since you are not enthusiastic. I have liked some dystopian books blended with crime fiction, but...<br /><br />Funny though, I looked the author up on Goodreads and he was co-writer of a non-fiction book which I have: Hey! It’s That Guy! It is about all the characters actors who look familiar but you don't know their name. It was written in 2005 so some of them are better known by now.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-18058057266290900652014-01-30T03:32:11.927-08:002014-01-30T03:32:11.927-08:00Here's a challenge for you then - out of his e...Here's a challenge for you then - out of his extensive list of books, please recommend me two only. Your two favourites. I will try and pick them up cheaply and read at least one this year. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-85565447623797480222014-01-30T03:24:00.728-08:002014-01-30T03:24:00.728-08:00Jack Higgins (Harry Patterson), as you might have ...Jack Higgins (Harry Patterson), as you might have guessed, is my favourite author, definitely in the top five. His heroes are all battle-hardened fighters, sympathetic to their cause, hopeless romantics, and really don't give a damn about themselves. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-54520572551451992412014-01-30T02:22:41.370-08:002014-01-30T02:22:41.370-08:00I enjoyed it up to a point. If you said read a 2nd...I enjoyed it up to a point. If you said read a 2nd book by him or pick up a Higgins (someone I may have read only once a long, long time ago) I would choose Higgins. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-80144542057432656772014-01-30T00:46:20.555-08:002014-01-30T00:46:20.555-08:00Col, this one sounds like one of those Jack Higgin...Col, this one sounds like one of those Jack Higgins thrillers with their "dead man walking" kind of heroes.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-47772654582892710912014-01-27T04:40:10.299-08:002014-01-27T04:40:10.299-08:00Margot thanks. It wasn't the worst written boo...Margot thanks. It wasn't the worst written book I have ever read, it was just........flat.......for me at least. Still, I'm one step closer to my next amazing read!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-28256140720817664902014-01-27T04:38:32.918-08:002014-01-27T04:38:32.918-08:00In a perverse way, I kind of prefer reading books ...In a perverse way, I kind of prefer reading books that I don't enjoy, insofar as they provoke a reaction, which is possibly preferable to indifference? Rage, anger, incredulity........<br /><br />Dunno, I might have to think on on that one.<br /><br />I don't regret reading it, it just means I'm one book closer to my next "blowmeoutofthepark" read. And I also suppose given the number of books I read that not everything either is going to register on the rocks or sucks part of the scoreboard. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-77417215980651019982014-01-27T04:30:56.909-08:002014-01-27T04:30:56.909-08:00Col - Honestly, this doesn't sound like one fo...Col - Honestly, this doesn't sound like one for me. I'm rarely one for dystopian settings, and even though there's not too much techno-wizardry here, I'm not much of a one for that either. More to the point, it doesn't sound as though it was written in a really compelling way. No, I admit this one's not going on my list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-53917104984591284982014-01-27T04:26:48.130-08:002014-01-27T04:26:48.130-08:00Books like this that warrant no response - negativ...Books like this that warrant no response - negative or positive - are just neutral. From that cover I never would have suspected this was a futuristic. Always good to try something out of the box but it sounds like it was executed all that well. whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030571187291039318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-22530054548481475112014-01-27T01:47:40.335-08:002014-01-27T01:47:40.335-08:00Moira, I think future dystopia and me aren't g...Moira, I think future dystopia and me aren't going to get along. I do have a Ben Winters book to read - The Last Policeman, but after that I'm probably done. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-13852960330477064052014-01-27T01:20:15.687-08:002014-01-27T01:20:15.687-08:00I love the idea of hitman warring with futuristic ...I love the idea of hitman warring with futuristic dystopia in your decision-making process. Fortunately, you've probably made the decision for me too.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com