tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post2397172236596410264..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: ANDREW WEBBER - LAD (2016)col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-10380859489463170532018-01-02T09:01:52.535-08:002018-01-02T09:01:52.535-08:00I'd like to get back to a bit of non-fiction t...I'd like to get back to a bit of non-fiction this year, maybe a couple of Vietnam War memoirs, more female authors, a few more Westerns. All the best to you and yours for this year also. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-86496642794324772482018-01-02T07:22:01.982-08:002018-01-02T07:22:01.982-08:00I have been reading outside the box this season, t...I have been reading outside the box this season, too, including a teen novel, an animal novel, a western, and an old book that is nearly 10 times as long and the tight little noir novels I like so much. Also, my resolution is to make a dent in the backlog of new works on my Kindle. Happy New Year!Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-18437991534854679472018-01-02T05:18:58.200-08:002018-01-02T05:18:58.200-08:00Elgin, a bit different from my usual crime-type re...Elgin, a bit different from my usual crime-type reading, but I liked it. Nice to read "out of the box" sometimes.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-84047671461964491952018-01-01T18:29:26.465-08:002018-01-01T18:29:26.465-08:00I am heading to Amazon now to get a lool at this o...I am heading to Amazon now to get a lool at this one. Thanks, Col. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-48140947833971769142017-12-30T09:10:34.743-08:002017-12-30T09:10:34.743-08:00Margot, I appreciate your persistence. I did see t...Margot, I appreciate your persistence. I did see the comment in my emails, but not on this page. I really enjoyed the book and it was a bit of a departure from my usual reading. Very relate-able, for me even if our life experiences were somewhat different.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-19005772427486418212017-12-30T09:08:10.563-08:002017-12-30T09:08:10.563-08:00No, definitely not - thankfully. Yep couldn't ...No, definitely not - thankfully. Yep couldn't really class this as a crime or mystery novel. Ditto that regarding our children. I wouldn't like my son to be like that either, and he isn't. Because I could remember my own awkwardness and low self-esteem/confidence at that young age, I kind of applauded our main man's chutzpah but it's all very shallow. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-758483670494914122017-12-30T08:46:45.127-08:002017-12-30T08:46:45.127-08:00I tried to post earlier, Col, and Blogger said my ...I tried to post earlier, Col, and Blogger said my comment was published. Hmm..... At any rate, This does sound like an interesting book. And I like that blend of wit and sadness/poignancy. I'm glad that Webber gets to the truth of the 'Lad culture' without getting too soppy, if that's the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-56000227576287684412017-12-30T04:43:24.242-08:002017-12-30T04:43:24.242-08:00So it's not musical maestro Andrew Lloyd Webbe...So it's not musical maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber then? tee hee.<br />This sounds interesting - more of a novel than crime by the sound of it. With a son and a daughter of the right era I'm probably busy thinking I hope one isn't like that, and the other doesn't meet one...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com