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Nick Baam
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Little Snitches
Did you know?? September 25 was National “If you see something, say something” Awareness Day.
Back in the 60’s there was on American television an extraordinary program called The Fugitive. It was extraordinary for several reasons. First was the performance of David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, aka the fugitive, falsely accused of killing his wife. Several times per episode you’d find yourself va Read more of this blog post »
Back in the 60’s there was on American television an extraordinary program called The Fugitive. It was extraordinary for several reasons. First was the performance of David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, aka the fugitive, falsely accused of killing his wife. Several times per episode you’d find yourself va Read more of this blog post »
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You've read my blog on the 150-year-old Dickens typo? You haven't?? Well, very similar to this one; on page 76, said of a character named Climpt: 'The sixth, an older man, wore jeans and a heavy sweater and carried an automatic pistol just to the left ...more |
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"I caught a cold reading this, that can't be a coincidence... I don't know how anyone can live in conditions like this, it was interesting to read about it but I definitely do not want a first-hand experience.
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The movie (dir. Clint Eastwood) is awful. As is Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man, and Robert Redford's (Assassination Something) isn't much better.
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"When it comes to my reading life (which is a significant part of my life overall), I frequently rely on literary serendipity. True, my “want to read” list on Goodreads rivals my “read” list in length, but it’s rather rare that I deliberately go out a"
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The subtitle of this book should be: 'Story of a guy who only answers yes.' And voila. He has his (damn good) book. ...more |
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B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2):
"First Grafton book I’ve ever read and likely to be my last. If you’re into over descriptive phrases about how people dress and what houses look like I guess this is your your book. Me, I prefer that we get to the story and get it on. I think the basi"
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I thought the film version was horribly cast, which you can't recover from.
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“On the smooth brown hair was a hat that had been taken from its mother too young.”
― The Little Sister
― The Little Sister
“It was his shoes, he noticed to his pleasure, that she most objected to; and he thought: bloody good, that's what shoes are for.”
― A Small Town in Germany
― A Small Town in Germany
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ya know? i gotta read some Graham Greene and Raymond Chandler.
